Against my better judgement, I bought a house plot. Honestly a little underwhelmed by the building, I wasn't expecting much but the modular style is very limiting, which considering the vast possibilities of Ultra-hand is unfortunate. At least I have somewhere to store my special items now.

Took the rails up to Death Mountain and stumbled upon the Rock Octoroks. I relied heavily on them to continuously repair my 'Strong Fusion' spear. Was quite taken a back by the sheer size of one the lava caverns, just when I thought I'd hit the end, it would open up to another room.

Explored Hyrule Castle at last and got the 'Champion Leathers' and some better gear. The royal passage connecting the bottom portion of the castle and Lookout Landing was rather bomb expensive.

After that I set off to the Korok Forest, this lead to my first battle with a Gloom Hands / Phantom Ganon, which due to having any gloom recovery items meant I was pretty low by the end. I regret not leaving obtaining the master sword until later since it was hassle afterwards trying to track it down for materials. The sequence of you acquiring the sword though is really cool, seems like you'd need a minimum 5 stamina upgrades to pull it out.

Did over a dozen shrines and most played out similarly to the others, the one surprise though, was the fake Rauru's Blessing. Wish it went on longer but still a welcome shakeup. Finished the last of the labyrinths, really should continue the story now...