I've been playing Botw since launch almost completely on the go, which means I only play 5-7h per week.

I find this game to be overwhelmingly big to be played on short bursts and the fact that most of the side quests don't give you the exact coordinates, but rather more or less cryptic information is not helping either.

Now that I've beaten all titans, I want to focus on the most important / best side content of the game. Please guide me, cause I really don't want to spend too much time running around, looking for random stuff that doesn't really matter.

Stuff I want to complete is:

• See all of Zelda's memories
• Find the Sword
• Find the best armor

What else should I look for before confronting Ganon? Just throw bullet points, I'll search for explanations if needed

There's an island in the East, a ruin in the North, and a great mountain near Hataeno.

There's a reward (a real one) for completing all the Shrines, if you feel able.

I suggest keeping your eye open for unusual curiosities in the landscape and looking for similar unusual things on the map. The game is good at guiding you with these.

I don't think there's really a "Best Armor", it depends on what you're looking for and if you consider the look important or not. With that in mind, my top 3 armors are (in no particular order):

1. Hylian Armor set; you can find this set in Hateno Village and, despite the lack of a particular bonus, once upgraded it provides beter defense than almost any other set in the game. I don't really like the helmet so I use the Cloack instead. It's also one of the cheapest and offers best value for money of them all.

2. Ancient Set: It provides very high physical defense, extra defense vs guardians and has a high bonus attack if you're using guardian/ancient weapons. You can get it in the northeast lab, but it is really expensive and requires rare stuff from guardians. Also, the helmet design sucks.

3. Barbarian Set; You get the pieces for completing the Lomi mazes/labyrinths in Northeast Akkala, east Gerudo and northeast Hebra. You'll find sets with higher defense, but this one provides bonus attack when equipping the whole set.

For Swords 'n Shields, you can get the best of them by defeating Lynels. Once you've defeated several Lynels they will show up with better weapons and equipment, so keep killing them until you get the savage weapons, which inflict the highest damage of the "easily found" ones.

Buy the house in Hate village. Then follow the side missions that take place afterwards, Son.

Well if you beat the 4 titans, you should be powerful enough to beat Ganon fairly easily. But, here are some things you may want.

You can get the helmet the Gerudo leader was using, which will allow you to get struck by lightning without taking damage. This means completing all of the Gerudo's sidequests. Along the way, you'll get access to the Jewelry Store which will let you get some items that give good heat/cold resistance.

The Hylian Shield can be found at the Dungeon in Zelda's Castle.

There is a vendor in Tarrey Town that can sell you things you already found. Complete the From the Ground Up and Hylian Homeowner Quests to unlock him.

You can unlock the Sword by finding Korok Village. This is right above central Hyrule on your map. You have to do a little puzzle in the Lost Woods first. You need 13 hearts to be able to wield it.

You'll need to find all the Dragons and Fairies if you want to be able to upgrade your armor to the max.

Those are the main things I could think of at the moment. Again though, you should be good to beat Ganon with what you have now.

Where is that house? I never found it in my 172 hours with the game. I looked around Hateno, missed it.

You don't really need anything else after defeating the 4 divine beasts, the reward for exploration is the journey you create. The barbarian set was my favorite for fighting, the 3 mazes were fun and the attack bonus is nice. The climbing gear was essential to my playstyle, after the 2nd upgrade and full stamina upgrades you can practically jump up any mountain without delay.

As for weapons, at the end I just used the 38x5 savage bows from Lynels against the boss. I had over a thousand arrows combined from looting chests and bow wielding enemies. I had close to 500 shock arrows at some point.

Eventide island is fun to do, North Akela has a hidden monster gear merchant, Gerudo and Hebra are filled with nice challenges. There's something to find and do anywhere you go.

You don't need that much planning, for Gannon. I thought the same way. He's not hard. Since he's an amalgamation of the divine beasts. You beat them. You can beat him. Just have your abilities and Master Sword fully charged. Plus, maybe 10 healing items. You'll do fine.

Side Quests. I personally loved unlocking the hidden shrines. Plus, bothering the flower lady. She's basically a cuco. I really liked getting all the srines and stuff from Gerudo's desert. As for favorite armor. Mine was the Rubber Suit. To buy Link's house. It's the house that's basically orphaned from the rest of the villiage. On the bottom left. The guy with the pink pants is normally next to it.

It's right here! Just south of that shrine in Hateno Village!

The Shrine right above the village--if you warp there and make a left, you'll find a group of people trying to tear down a house. Instead, offer to buy it. It quickly became my "Base of operations".

You'll get to upgrade it to store weapons, give you a free place to sleep whenever you want, and start a fairly rewarding quest to build a new city where all races coexist. I've said too much!

I just maxed out the Wild armour set you get for beating all the shrines. It has 28 for each piece of gear for a total defense of 84. That takes 24 dragon parts, 8 from each dragon and four star fragments to fully upgrade. The Wild set is one of only three armour sets I have found that max to 84.