The highly anticipated sequel to 2017’s Breath of the Wild has finally arrived in the form of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Although initially designed as a DLC for the original game, the developer’s ideas were far too ambitious to pursue as a mere expansion, and a successor title was created instead. Here’s how long it takes to beat The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
How long is Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom?
With The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you’re given a ton of freedom in the way you approach exploration and combat. This results in a differing number of hours necessary for completion.
- Story completion: About 50 hours
- 100% completion: About 100+ hours
By definition, story completion is what it takes, on average, to reach the final cutscene and the credits. On the other hand, 100% completion is what it takes on average to finish every single activity in the game and get all the collectibles.
Like its predecessor, Tears of the Kingdom is chock full of challenges, bosses, and activities to engage in. Aside from all the Shrine challenges and puzzles, exploring every single side quest, the Sky Islands, underground areas, and finding missing Korok seeds will demand dozens of hours of play.
However, Tears of the Kingdom expands the combat and customization to let you fuse together your own weapons and test new abilities. As a result, it will definitely take longer to finish than Breath of the Wild did.
How many shrines in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom?
Tears of the Kingdom has at least as many shrines as its predecessor, Breath of the Wild, so expect a minimum of 120.
