How To Do the Stack Nudge in Tears of the Kingdom

In the latest 1.2.0 update of Tears of the Kingdom, an exciting breakthrough has emerged: the discovery of a new technique known as Stack Nudging. This method, credited to the brilliant mind of ProfessorParsnips, enables the creation of more flexible and even invisible connections between building components.

The concept, demonstrated in a Reddit video, involves taking a two-part gimmick held together by glue and attaching it to a stationary stake. From there, a third object can be glued to the gimmick, pulling one part of the two-piece gimmick in a specific direction and stretching the glue along with it. By repeating this process multiple times, the glue inside the gimmick parts stretches further, causing the distance between the components to exceed normal limits.

The most intriguing aspect is that the autobuild function allows users to save the artificially stretched gimmick to their building encyclopedia, but without the stretched glue between the parts. This results in building plans with invisible connectors between the components. This newfound capability liberates creators from the constraints of a fixed physical configuration, enabling the construction of elaborate contraptions without requiring the parts to be adjacent to one another.

The possibilities are seemingly endless, as showcased in the Reddit post. Users have crafted impressive creations like a fully-functional planetarium with rotating stars and planet-like items, and a colossal vehicle capable of scaling rivers, waterfalls, and even lava waterfalls without the need for costly armor. Additionally, weapons like the Black Wyrm Nx and Jaeger V5 have been enhanced with more parts and increased flexibility between them, all thanks to the invisible connections made possible by Stack Nudging.

Although the notion of innovative ways to connect building components is not entirely new, Zelda fans are well acquainted with a similar technique called Q-linking. Stake Nudging, a variant of Q-linking, takes it a step further by enabling connections between parts that would typically be incompatible, such as rails, through gluing them to one or other parts of the gimmick, with the invisible adhesive.

While the idea may appear perplexing on paper, the numerous applications already discovered make experimenting with Stake Nudging highly worthwhile. Moreover, the potential for further technological advancements in this realm is undoubtedly on the horizon.