Nintendo introduced weapon fusing to the Zelda franchise with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and one fan has created one of the least helpful boomerang fusions ever. When Breath of the Wild was released back in 2017, much of the foundation for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom had been made, but the addition of weapon fusing makes for many interesting combinations like this potentially useless tool.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom fittingly retains many of the systems from Breath of the Wild, with the sequel featuring the same stamina wheel, Korok puzzles, shield surfing, and more. With much of the Hyrule landscape being slightly altered in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the map has been expanded to include a multitude of floating islands, and an underground cave network that combine to exponentially expand the setting established with Breath of the Wild. Weapon fusing may be a new concept to The Legend of Zelda franchise with Tears of the Kingdom, but fans continue to make an arsenal of innovative equipment, with this boomerang potentially among the least useful.
Reddit user ClayMeta recently shared a clip in which they are exploring one of the many Bokoblin camps that dot The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Hyrule landscape. These Bokoblin camps were a common staple of Breath of the Wild that was retained in its sequel, and they often include important loot for progressing through the game and some weapons that may be useful against other enemies. With a Knights Shield and boomerang already equipped, ClayMeta chose to fuse one of the Bokoblin items lying around camp with their throwable melee weapon to hilarious effect.
Immediately after combining an explosive barrel with their boomerang using The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Fuse mechanic, ClayMeta throws their new tool off the side of the Bokoblin camp. Perhaps to no surprise, the explosive boomerang that ClayMeta had just made quickly circles back and returns to Link who fails to catch it, with the weapon exploding on contact and catching the hero on fire in the process. With the explosive boomerang causing such an explosion once connecting with Link, some fans have speculated that this weapon combination could be used as an offering to enemies like Lizalfos who may throw it and receive the same fiery result.
Although the clip concludes just after the boomerang connects with Link and having already lost two heart containers' worth of damage when the ClayMeta clip began, the damage caused by the exploding boomerang may have been enough to cause a game over screen. While the boomerang attack in the clip had consequences for throwing it, the fusing of these two items could be used to defeat enemies like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Bokoblins that usually litter these camps if thrown directly at them instead of nothing.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available now for Nintendo Switch.