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Tears of the Kingdom lets you make BOTW-style ice blocks

You might not have a magic spell, but there's still a way to make ice blocks in TOTK

Kirk McKeand

Tears of the Kingdom lets you make BOTW-style ice blocks
Tears of the Kingdom lets you make BOTW-style ice blocks /

Tears of the Kingdom takes Link back to the same Hyrule as Breath of the Wild, but he's got a bunch of weird new powers to play around with. That means you can't use Cryonis, which allowed you to raise blocks of ice out of the water. But don't worry, mom says we have Cryonis at home. 

Thanks to the ability to throw items and fuse items to weapons, players have found a genius way of creating ice blocks to cross bodies of water without sapping their stamina. All you need is some Ice Fruit or White Chu Chu Jelly. 

Throw either of those into the water and it'll create an ice platform for you to stand on. Best of all, you don't even need to carry loads of these items around with you. 

Once you've got the first ice block down, you can fuse that block to your weapon and simply poke the water with your popsicle spear.

Here's a video of it in action:

Whether you're looking for the best order to complete dungeons in TOKT, or you want to farm rupees, we've got a bunch of guides in our full Tears of the Kingdom walkthrough. 

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Kirk McKeand
KIRK MCKEAND

Kirk McKeand is the Content Director for GLHF.  A games media writer and editor from Lincoln, UK, he won a Games Media Award in 2014 in the Rising Star category. He has also been nominated for two Features Writer awards. He was also recognized in MCV's 30 Under 30 list in 2014. His favorite games are The Witcher 3, The Last of Us Part 2, Dishonored 2, Deus Ex, Bloodborne, Suikoden 2, and Final Fantasy 7.  You can buy Kirk McKeand's book, The History of the Stealth Game, in most bookstores in the US and UK.  With a foreword written by Arkane's Harvey Smith, The History of the Stealth Game dives deep into the shadows of game development, uncovering the surprising stories behind some of the industry's most formative video games.  He has written for IGN, Playboy, Vice, Eurogamer, Edge, Official PlayStation Magazine, Games Master, Official Xbox Magazine, USA Today's ForTheWin, Digital Spy, The Telegraph, International Business Times, and more.  Kirk was previously the Editor-in-Chief at TheGamer and Deputy Editor at VG247. These days he works as the Content Director for GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage, serving media partners across the globe.  You can check out Kirk McKeand's MuckRack profile for more.  Email: kirk.mckeand@glhf.gg

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