Skip to main content
Join The Community
- Join our community
11
Premium Benefits
24/7
Access Available
21K+
Active Members
Commenting
Join the discussion
Exclusive Articles Coming Soon
Member-only articles
Weekly Newsletters
Weekly gaming & entertainment news
Member Badges
Earn badges as you go
Exclusive Competitions
Members-only prize draws
Curated Deals Coming Soon
Tech and gaming deals worth grabbing
GET COMMUNITY ACCESS QUICK
For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. We will send a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all your gaming news.
By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.
FIND OUT ABOUT OUR MAGAZINE
Want to subscribe to the magazine? Click the button below to find out more information.
Find out more
GET Community ACCESS QUICK

Join the GamesRadar community for quick access. Enter your email below and we'll send confirmation, and sign you up to our newsletter.

By submitting your information, you confirm you are aged 16 or over, have read our Privacy Policy and agree to the Terms & Conditions. Geographical rules apply.

Background
Welcome to GamesRADAR+ Community !
Hi ,

Your membership journey starts here.

Keep exploring and earning more as a member.

MY ACCOUNT

Badge picture
Earn your first badge
Read 1 article to unlock your first badge.
Keep earning badges
Explore ways to get more involved as a member.
Latest Games News

Latest Games News

Breaking gaming news and updates

Read Now
Latest Games Reviews

Latest Games Reviews

Expert verdicts on the newest releases

Read Now

See what you’ve unlocked.

Explore your membership benefits.

Explore
Member Exclusives

Stay Ahead with GamesRadar+

Get the biggest gaming news, reviews, and releases straight to your inbox.

Explore

Sign Out
GamesRadar+ GamesRadar+
US EditionUS CA EditionCanada UK EditionUK AU EditionAustralia
Sign in
  • View Profile
  • Sign out
  • Games
    • Game Insights
      • Games News
      • Games Features
      • Games Reviews
      • Games Guides
      • Big in 2026
      • Big Preview
      • Future Games Show
      • Golden Joystick Awards
    • Genres
      • Action Games
      • RPGs
      • Action RPGs
      • Adventure Games
      • Third Person Shooters
      • FPS Games
    • Platforms
      • PS5
      • Xbox Series X
      • PC
      • Nintendo Switch
      • Nintendo Switch 2
      • Tabletop Gaming
    • Franchises
      • Grand Theft Auto
      • Pokemon
      • Assassin's Creed
      • Monster Hunter
      • Fortnite
      • Cyberpunk
      • Red Dead
      • The Elder Scrolls
      • The Sims
  • Entertainment
    • TV Shows
      • TV News
      • TV Reviews
      • Anime Shows
      • Sci-Fi Shows
      • Superhero Shows
      • Animated Shows
      • Marvel TV Shows
      • Star Wars TV Shows
      • DC TV Shows
    • Movies
      • Movie News
      • Movie Reviews
      • Big Screen Spotlight
      • Superhero Movies
      • Action Movies
      • Anime Movies
      • Sci-Fi Movies
      • Horror Movies
      • Marvel Movies
      • DC Movies
    • Streaming
      • Apple TV Plus
      • Disney Plus
      • Netflix
      • HBO
      • Amazon Prime Video
      • Hulu
    • Comics
      • Marvel Comics
      • DC Comics
  • Hardware
    • Insights
      • Hardware News
      • Hardware Reviews
      • Hardware Features
      • Buying Guides
    • Computing
      • Desktop PCs
      • Laptops
      • Handhelds
    • Peripherals
      • Headsets & Headphones
      • TVs & Monitors
      • Gaming Mice
      • Gaming Keyboards
      • Gaming Chairs
      • Speakers & Audio
    • Accessories & Tech
      • Gaming Controllers
      • Tech
      • SSDs & Hard Drives
      • VR
      • Accessories
      • Retro
  • Deals
    • Toys & Collectibles
    • Lego
    • Dungeons and Dragons
    • Merch
  • Video
    • Videos
    • GR+ Replay - Submit Your Clips
    • G+RLS Podcast
  • Newsletters
    • Quizzes
    • About Us
    • How to pitch to us
    • How we score
    • Newsarama
    • Retro Gamer
  • Home
  • Games
    • View Games
      • Games News
      • Games Features
      • Games Reviews
      • Games Guides
      • Big in 2026
      • Big Preview
      • Future Games Show
      • Golden Joystick Awards
      • Action Games
      • RPGs
      • Action RPGs
      • Adventure Games
      • Third Person Shooters
      • FPS Games
    • Platforms
      • View Platforms
      • PS5
      • Xbox Series X
      • PC
      • Nintendo Switch
      • Nintendo Switch 2
      • Tabletop Gaming
      • Grand Theft Auto
      • Pokemon
      • Assassin's Creed
      • Monster Hunter
      • Fortnite
      • Cyberpunk
      • Red Dead
      • The Elder Scrolls
      • The Sims
  • Entertainment
    • View Entertainment
    • TV Shows
      • View TV Shows
      • TV News
      • TV Reviews
      • Anime Shows
      • Sci-Fi Shows
      • Superhero Shows
      • Animated Shows
      • Marvel TV Shows
      • Star Wars TV Shows
      • DC TV Shows
    • Movies
      • View Movies
      • Movie News
      • Movie Reviews
      • Big Screen Spotlight
      • Superhero Movies
      • Action Movies
      • Anime Movies
      • Sci-Fi Movies
      • Horror Movies
      • Marvel Movies
      • DC Movies
    • Streaming
      • View Streaming
      • Apple TV Plus
      • Disney Plus
      • Netflix
      • HBO
      • Amazon Prime Video
      • Hulu
    • Comics
      • View Comics
      • Marvel Comics
      • DC Comics
  • Hardware
    • View Hardware
      • Hardware News
      • Hardware Reviews
      • Hardware Features
      • Buying Guides
      • Desktop PCs
      • Laptops
      • Handhelds
    • Peripherals
      • View Peripherals
      • Headsets & Headphones
      • TVs & Monitors
      • Gaming Mice
      • Gaming Keyboards
      • Gaming Chairs
      • Speakers & Audio
      • Gaming Controllers
      • Tech
      • SSDs & Hard Drives
      • VR
      • Accessories
      • Retro
  • Deals
    • Toys & Collectibles
    • Lego
    • Dungeons and Dragons
    • Merch
  • Video
    • View Video
    • Videos
    • GR+ Replay - Submit Your Clips
    • G+RLS Podcast
  • Newsletters
    • Quizzes
    • About Us
    • How to pitch to us
    • How we score
    • Newsarama
    • Retro Gamer
Trending
  • Countdown to GTA 6
  • Fall Preview
  • Join our monthly RPG Club
  • GTA 6
  • Game of the Week
  • G+RLS Podcast
  • Pre-order GTA 6
  • Best gaming tech
  • Submit your clips. Win prizes
Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter

Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more


By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

You are now subscribed

Your newsletter sign-up was successful


Want to add more newsletters?

GamesRadar+

Every Friday

GamesRadar+

Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you're going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them.

GTA 6 O'clock

Every Thursday

GTA 6 O'clock

Our special GTA 6 newsletter, with breaking news, insider info, and rumor analysis from the award-winning GTA 6 O'clock experts.

Knowledge

Every Friday

Knowledge

From the creators of Edge: A weekly videogame industry newsletter with analysis from expert writers, guidance from professionals, and insight into what's on the horizon.

The Setup

Every Thursday

The Setup

Hardware nerds unite, sign up to our free tech newsletter for a weekly digest of the hottest new tech, the latest gadgets on the test bench, and much more.

Switch 2 Spotlight

Every Wednesday

Switch 2 Spotlight

Sign up to our new Switch 2 newsletter, where we bring you the latest talking points on Nintendo's new console each week, bring you up to date on the news, and recommend what games to play.

The Watchlist

Every Saturday

The Watchlist

Subscribe for a weekly digest of the movie and TV news that matters, direct to your inbox. From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we've got you covered.

SFX

Once a month

SFX

Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month!


Join the club

Get full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards.


An account already exists for this email address, please log in.
  1. Games
  2. Action Games
  3. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Even after 200+ hours, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players keep missing the same tutorial

News
By Hirun Cryer
Published 14 July 2023

The "special controls" are very easy to miss

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
(Image credit: Nintendo)
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Flipboard
  • Email
Share this article
Join the conversation
Follow us
Add us as a preferred source on Google
Subscribe to our newsletter

Even after hundreds of hours and two months, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players are still missing one particular tutorial.

Players missing something even after hundreds of hours is pretty common in a game as vast as Tears of the Kingdom, but this one discovery takes the cake. It turns out a horde of players are missing out on special tutorial from their menu, and they're all left pretty damn stumped by what it could be.

I have 200 hours in the game. Completed all shrines. What is this mysterious special control?
 from r/tearsofthekingdom

Even after completing the entire main story, and seeing every Shrine through to completion, plenty of players are still perplexed at this missing tutorial. If you don't want to know what the answer is, and want to find out the feature on your own, now is your chance to exit this article!

Latest Videos FromGamesRadar+
Watch full video here:
What am I missing!?
 from r/tearsofthekingdom

The tutorial everyone's missing, of course, is for the special 'jump slash' attack, where Link hops up into the air and slams down on the ground with his weapon. Yes, it's literally that move that you've probably done a dozen times over without even really thinking about it. 

It turns out there's actually two locations where you can learn the special ability, if the Reddit comments to these posts are to be trusted. The first is simply by heading to the tents nearby Hyrule Chasm South in Hyrule Field, and by reading a book left open in one of the tents.

You may like
  • Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was so secret within Nintendo, most employees found out about it at E3
  • The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales Square Enix Zelda-like does what Nintendo didn't in Ocarina of Time, silencing years of Navi trauma
  • Mina the Hollower Mina the Hollower devs tell struggling players how to make the game less difficult
190 hrs in, what is this
 from r/tearsofthekingdom

The second method, apparently, is by heading to Kakariko Village at night. If you can track down a guard called Goustan near Impa's House and listen to his conversation, the tutorial for the jump attack will apparently pop in your menus as unlocked immediately afterwards.

It's strange that the ability's tutorial wouldn't unlock after the player executes the move for the first time. Hopefully this PSA gives Tears of the Kingdom players around the world the closure they're after.

Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter

Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more

By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

Here's how we somehow spent 40 hours playing Tears of the Kingdom in Elden Ring mode, all because we took a wrong turn.

Hirun Cryer
Hirun Cryer
Social Links Navigation
Freelance Writer

Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.

Read more
The Legend of Zelda Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was so secret within Nintendo, most employees found out about it at E3
 
 
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales
Action RPGs Square Enix Zelda-like does what Nintendo didn't in Ocarina of Time, silencing years of Navi trauma
 
 
Mina the Hollower
Action Games Mina the Hollower devs tell struggling players how to make the game less difficult
 
 
Link faces off against a Geldman in official art for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda One of Zelda: A Link to the Past's most radical ideas couldn't be realized until Link's Awakening
 
 
Link as he appears in the final battle of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda After 16 months, Zelda Ocarina of Time expert completes a hitless, randomized run of the game
 
 
Link faces Midna in a screenshot from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
The Legend of Zelda 20 years later, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess still has Zelda's best dungeons
 
 
Latest in Action Games
Marvel's Wolverine - Sabertooth holding Wolverine up with a clawed hand ready to strike and a big grin
Action Games That great PS3 Wolverine game saw zero crunch because the movie it accompanied was delayed, dev says
 
 
Ocarina of time remake
The Legend of Zelda Nintendo has updated the Zelda timeline, and the Ocarina of Time remake has made it more complicated
 
 
Link looks at an NPC couple twirling
The Legend of Zelda After another scalping disaster, Nintendo is restocking the Legend of Zelda Switch 2
 
 
Lucia yells from the window in joy as Jason drives a stolen car down the highway, from the GTA 6 extended look
Grand Theft Auto Politicians clear $3m in GTA 6 Miami Beach marketing despite violence concerns because "It's a video game, it's fake"
 
 
Hideo Kojima
Action Games Sony reportedly axed Physint because Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear successor is over budget, years away
 
 
Metroid Ravenous gameplay screenshot captured on Nintendo Switch 2
Metroid Metroid Ravenous fans think the Dread studio has already confirmed its involvement
 
 
Latest in News
Marvel's Wolverine - Sabertooth holding Wolverine up with a clawed hand ready to strike and a big grin
Action Games That great PS3 Wolverine game saw zero crunch because the movie it accompanied was delayed, dev says
 
 
Austin Abrams as Bryan in Resident Evil
Horror Movies Resident Evil director says test audiences thought movie was "too funny," so he toned down humor
 
 
God of War
Games Fed up with Sony, PlayStation fans compile a list of times the company said "you own" your games
 
 
Ocarina of time remake
The Legend of Zelda Nintendo has updated the Zelda timeline, and the Ocarina of Time remake has made it more complicated
 
 
A screenshot of the upcoming PC game, wardogs
FPS Games Wardogs makes Steam explode with 340,000 peak players, breaking servers and leading to negative reviews
 
 
Link looks at an NPC couple twirling
The Legend of Zelda After another scalping disaster, Nintendo is restocking the Legend of Zelda Switch 2
 
 
LATEST ARTICLES
  1. Ocarina of time remake
    1
    Nintendo has updated the Zelda timeline, and the Ocarina of Time remake has made it more complicated
  2. 2
    What is Avengers: Endgame Encore? Marvel's new re-release, explained
  3. 3
    When will Wardogs release on PS5 or Xbox Series X?
  4. 4
    After another scalping disaster, Nintendo is restocking the Legend of Zelda Switch 2
  5. 5
    Wardogs makes Steam explode with 340,000 peak players, breaking servers and leading to negative reviews

GamesRadar+ is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.

Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google
  • About us
  • Contact Future's experts
  • Terms and conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies policy
  • Advertise with us
  • Review guidelines
  • Write for us
  • Accessibility statement
  • Careers

© Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036.

Please login or signup to comment

Please wait...