Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Players Attempt to Trap NPCs in Bizarre Zonai Device Boxes

An imaginative player of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom recently embarked on an intriguing venture, trying to confine a cow within a box constructed from Zonai devices. In a brief video clip from Tears of the Kingdom, the player can be seen making two separate attempts to ensnare the bovine creature inside the box, with each effort leading to an unexpected outcome.

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is renowned for encouraging experimentation among its players. Fans have exploited the game's physics and Zonai devices to create some of the most remarkable contraptions in contemporary gaming. From elevators and flying machines to hovercrafts and more, enthusiasts have harnessed Tears of the Kingdom's physics to craft an array of fascinating creations. It didn't take long for fans to turn their attention to interacting with animals and other NPCs within the game world. Numerous online videos showcase players engaging in playful antics with Koroks, launching them from one part of Hyrule to another, or propelling them into space using rocket-powered inventions.

On the Hyrule Engineering subreddit, a Reddit user named UdgeTime embarked on an experiment to enclose a cow from Hyrule Field within a makeshift container constructed from Zonai devices, and the outcome was truly surprising. In the video, Link employs his Ultrahand ability to gradually guide the cow into the improvised enclosure. Once the cow is successfully trapped, the box unexpectedly propels itself forward, soaring high into the air and careening back and forth across the field, even toppling a random structure in its path. The video proceeds with a second attempt, during which the box hurtles down a hill once the cow is enclosed.

This peculiar glitch displayed in the video appears to stem from an unusual physics issue affecting certain NPCs in Tears of the Kingdom. The same phenomenon occurs with human NPCs, as evidenced by a clip shared by Reddit user Accomplished_Oil_781. In this video, Link endeavors to confine Beedle, one of the most iconic shopkeepers in the Zelda series, inside a contraption assembled from railings. The instant Link successfully binds all the railings around Beedle, the entire structure, along with Beedle, shoots forward at incredible speed and disappears from view.

The trend of confining NPCs within boxes and contraptions seems to be gaining traction recently, with another Tears of the Kingdom player attempting to ensnare a Gleeok in a box. In this case, the box didn't soar into the air or race forward; instead, the Gleeok persistently broke free from its constraints with each attempt.