The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

• The tutorial area may seem open-ended, but you may have a much harder time and have to backtrack if you don't follow the path.

• You should follow the main story quest a bit after leaving the tutorial zone - until you do, you won't get your glider or activate the towers.

• It's probably also a good idea to head in the direction every NPC hints at for your first major journey as you'll stumble across a fairly important main quest on the way.

• Every cave has a glowing creature you can defeat that will drop a collectible gem - when you do, a checkmark will appear on the cave's icon on the map.

• Jump in every well you see.

• Save your Diamonds, but other gems can be safely sold, especially Amber.

• Increasing max Hearts is much more important than it was in Breath of the Wild, partially because having reduced max hearts from Gloom damage disables the usual one-shot protection for being at full health.

• You may still want to get a full second Stamina wheel before too long, though, for reasons that will become apparent in time.

• If you find a good source of Sundelions (which make meals that remove said reduction), mark it on your map, and make a habit of picking up a few more every time there's a Blood Moon.

• Don't be afraid to just Roast food ingredients you have a lot of, especially ones with no special meal effects, or ones you don't really care about (i.e. Apples, Silent Shrooms). Roasted food stacks, but meals don't.

• Don't underestimate the usefulness of being able to attach monster parts to arrows. For example, Keese Eyes add a homing effect, which can be very useful against evasive flying enemies. They may also home in on weak points, depending on the monster and your firing angle.

• There's an NPC in Tarrey Town who can detach items from weapons without destroying them.

• You can and should find the shirt that increases climb speed in a seemingly-generic cave near the North Hyrule Plains stable, behind the waterfall.

• When you go to Zora's domain and want to start the main quest there, it's a good idea to go and talk to the prince's fiancé first. It's a short quest and it'll make the rest much easier.