It took this speedrunner 139 hours to 100% Tears of the Kingdom (2024)

It took this speedrunner 139 hours to 100% Tears of the Kingdom (1)

A speedrunner claims to have 100% completed The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom after nearly six full days of gameplay.

Youtuber Smallant - known for their Pokemon challenge runs and place on the pencil-sharpening speedrunning boards - announced yesterday that "I have 100% Tears of the Kingdom after 139 hours." That equates to five days and 19 hours of play, one of the highest totals I've seen since Nintendo revealed your TotK play counts earlier this week.

I HAVE 100% TEARS OF THE KINGDOM AFTER 139 HOURS.1000 KOROKS152 SHRINES120 LIGHTROOTS509 COMPENDIUM PICS228 RECIPES253 QUESTS18 MEMORIES135 ARMOR FULLY UPGRADED250+ BOSSES DEFEATED81 HUDSON SIGNS+ ALL DUNGEONS, TOWERS, PARAGLIDERS pic.twitter.com/II3nTWdp5TMay 25, 2023

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To achieve that 100% completion, Smallant collected 1,000 Koroks, solved 152 shrines, completed 253 quests, fully upgraded 135 pieces of armor, and completed all dungeons, towers, and Lightroots. Add to that maps, named locations, Yiga schematics, Gamba machines and a whole lot more, and Smallant's suggestion that "game is massive" feels like a serious understatement.

The streamer says that for the first half of the nearly week-long playthrough they did plenty of their own exploration. But as the days dragged on, they started using maps "because it felt impossible to do otherwise." Unfortunately, some parts of their quest were more entertaining than others - asked what their favourite part of the run was, Smallant responded "not the koroks that's for sure." Perhaps that's why my social media has been so full of Korok torture that the voice of Hestu had to speak up to admonish players for their sins.

At the other end of the scale, it took less than 24 hours for the Any% Tears of the Kingdom speedrun record - the time taken to roll credits no matter how much of the game has been completed - to drop to just 94 minutes. As of today, that record now sits at only 68 minutes.

One new obstacle now stands in the way of Tears of the Kingdom speedrunners, however. Tears of the Kingdom patch 1.1.2 launched today, and removes all known variants of the duplication glitches from the game. It might be a little harder to complete all those armor upgrades with a few fewer resources easily at hand.

Need to get around fast but can't built for toffee? Here our Zelda Tears of the Kingdom horse guide.

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It took this speedrunner 139 hours to 100% Tears of the Kingdom (2024)

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It took this speedrunner 139 hours to 100% Tears of the Kingdom? ›

To achieve that 100% completion, Smallant collected 1,000 Koroks, solved 152 shrines, completed 253 quests, fully upgraded 135 pieces of armor, and completed all dungeons, towers, and Lightroots.

How many hours to 100 percent Tears of the Kingdom? ›

When focusing on the main objectives, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is about 59 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 239 Hours to obtain 100% completion.

What is the speedrun time for Tears of the Kingdom 100? ›

[Uncontested WR] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 100% Version 1.0. 0 no amiibo in 38:03:10 by Abahbob : r/speedrun.

What was the fastest speedrun? ›

Since then, hundreds of gamers have tried their hand at aiming for the fastest speedrun. As of August 2022, a player who goes by CantEven took the lead after completing a speedrun of Portal in less than six minutes. The exact time of the speedrun was five minutes and fifty-three seconds.

How much content is in Tears of the Kingdom? ›

That list is significantly bigger than Breath of the Wild's checklist, which has 15 main quests and 76 side quests. You'll see a staggering difference if you add both game's quests up. Breath of the Wild has 133 and Tears of the Kingdom has a whopping 225. That might make a bit more sense of the sequel's $70 price tag.

What counts to 100% TotK? ›

Completion Checklist - What Counts in for 100 Percent in TotK. Not all activities counts towards the 100% completion rate in Tears of the Kingdom. The Map 100% rating only really applies to discoveries on your map that are registered within it, and not for things like quest completion or activities completed.

Has anyone 100 Tears of the Kingdom? ›

To achieve that 100% completion, Smallant collected 1,000 Koroks, solved 152 shrines, completed 253 quests, fully upgraded 135 pieces of armor, and completed all dungeons, towers, and Lightroots.

What is a 100% speedrun? ›

Any%, which involves getting to the end as fast as possible with no qualifier, 100%, which requires full completion of a game. This may entail obtaining all items or may use some other metric. Low%, the opposite of 100%, which requires the player to beat the game while completing the minimum amount possible.

What is the longest 100% speedrun? ›

As @Diehe posted, the longest one for a 100% run is definitely this submission for Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon with 528h 16m 44s.

What is Usain Bolt's top speed? ›

Top Speed. At the Berlin 2009 World Championships, Bolt set a world record time of 9.58 seconds for the 100m race, notching a top speed of 27.8 miles per hour (44.72 kilometers per hour) between meters 60 and 80, with an average speed of 23.5 mph.

How old is Link in Tears of the Kingdom? ›

So Link is about 123 - 127 years old in Tears of the Kingdom. Aragorn is 87 years old during the events of The Lord of the Rings, so youthful, but aged swordsmen abound in fantasy.

Can you play after beating TotK? ›

The end is a dead end: If you want to keep playing (and you probably will), you have to pick up from before the final quest is complete, which suggests that completion was never really the point.

How many tears are in a TotK? ›

Finding every Tear will also reveal the location of The Master Sword (possibly well before the main story will, depending on the order in which you tackle things) and give some insight into the Blood Moon. Finding all 12 Tears is part of “The Dragon's Tears'” main quest.

How much time has passed in Tears of the Kingdom? ›

This is also the general consensus online, with many on Reddit agreeing that Tears of the Kingdom seems to take place roughly five to six years after the events of Breath of the Wild. "If I had to guess probably like six or seven years based on the apparent age of Hudson's daughter," one user suggested.

How long to 100 Tears of the Kingdom reddit? ›

Based on BOTW's estimated 100% completion time (apparently around 200hrs) how long would you guesstimate it'd take an avg.

How to tell how many hours are there in Tears of the Kingdom? ›

Select the “Profile” section of your page. Look for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom under “Play Activity.” Assuming it's been 10 days since you started the game, the Switch will tell you a generalized figure of how many hours you've played it.

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