The Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Korok Space Program is not a very nice trend that some players are engaging in. Like in Breath of the World, there are a lot of Koroks spread throughout the Kingdom of Hyrule, with 900 Korok Seeds in TotK. These Korok Seeds are earned after solving puzzles and finding the hiding spots of these small wooden sprites, and can be traded in for additional slots for weapons, shields, and bows. But a lot of players out there don’t like the Koroks and, in a reference to the video game Kerbal Space Program, are launching them into the sky using all sorts of rockets. Here’s why some players are engaging in what is effectively Korok torture.
What is the Korok Space Program trend in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom?
The Korok Space Program describes a trend where players are using the crafting features of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to launch poor Koroks into the sky using various forms of rockets.
A small part of this trend comes from genuinely wanting to get the Korok across a river or canyon to its friend on the other side. But a larger part of this trend comes from pent-up frustration, particularly from completionists, of having to find all of the Korok Seeds in BotW and TotK. More than that, the reward for collecting all 900 Korok Seeds in BotW was a slap in the face: an item called Hestu’s Gift, which looks like gold-colored poop that’s described in the game as “a gift of friendship” that “smells pretty bad.”
This has led to a lot of resentment against the Koroks, and to be honest, we’ve seen a lot of disturbing things that players have done to them in Tears of the Kingdom that makes this Korok Space Program seem tame by comparison. At the very least, it’s getting some players to think creatively about the game’s building features, though the Koroks don’t really need to be a part of these mean engineering projects.
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