Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player decimates the final boss in under a minute by simply throwing weapons

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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A Tears of the Kingdom player has destroyed the game's final boss by yeeting the same weapon at it six times over.

Be warned: there are spoilers for Tears of the Kingdom's final boss here!

Still with us? Fabulous. If you somehow didn't already know, or couldn't have guessed, the Demon King Ganondorf is Tears of the Kingdom's final boss, but that climactic boss fight is apparently no match for the same claymore being thrown at him on repeat.

Killing the final boss in less than a minute from r/tearsofthekingdom

To be exact, that's a Gibdo Claymore the player is wielding here. Link here is armed with seemingly endless number of the elite Fused weapon, and it's via this that each phase of the Demon King Ganondorf boss repeatedly falls to the weapon in just two smacks. Between loading screens and cutscenes, it's not long before the 52-second clip cuts down to closer to 30 seconds of actual gameplay, which makes this an even more impressive achievement.

One can't help but wonder if the player acquired the claymores via the duplication glitch. The glitch has now reared its head and been subsequently patched out of Tears of the Kingdom three times now, but acquiring the parts to make at least six Gibdo Claymores organically is quite some work.

Then again, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players are a genius, hard-working bunch, so we can't really discount anything here. Hell, someone used Fuse to stick together a mega barrel bomb the other week to obliterate a boss in just one hit, so the player base has definitely been putting in work to vanquish bosses as quickly as possible over the last month or so.

Check out our Zelda Tears of the Kingdom weapons guide if you want to get your hands on some elite-level items for taking on bosses like Demon King Ganondorf. 

Hirun Cryer

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.

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