| # | Quest | Giver | Starts in | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Closed Door | Rauru | Great Sky Island | Clear Ukouh, In-isa and Gutanbac shrines for Ultrahand, Fuse and Ascend, claim an Energy Cell and open the Temple of Time door. |
| 2 | To the Kingdom of Hyrule | Zelda’s Voice | Temple of Time | Jump from the Temple of Time, skydive to Hyrule Field, walk to Lookout Landing and meet Purah. |
| 3 | Find Princess Zelda | Steward Construct | Great Sky Island | Get the Purah Pad, open the Temple of Time, learn Recall, clear Nachoyah Shrine and earn a Heart Container. |
| 4 | Regional Phenomena | Purah | Lookout Landing | Visit Hebra, Eldin, Lanayru and Gerudo, finish each Temple, then report to Purah at Lookout Landing. |
| 5 | Tulin of Rito Village | Teba | Rito Village | Find Tulin, climb to the Wind Temple, open its five locks, beat Colgera and earn the Vow of Tulin. |
| 6 | Yunobo of Goron City | Yunobo | Goron City | Talk to Bludo, free Yunobo at YunoboCo HQ, climb Death Mountain, beat Moragia, ring five gongs and defeat Marbled Gohma. |
| 7 | The Sludge-Covered Statue | Yona | Zora’s Domain | Wash the statue in Zora’s Domain with Splash Fruit, then speak to Yona and head for Mipha Court to meet Sidon. |
| 8 | The Broken Slate | Jiahto | Toto Lake | Wash the sludge off Jiahto’s slate piece at Toto Lake and fit it into the wall to read the clue about the sky. |
| 9 | Restoring the Zora Armor | Yona | Zora’s Domain | Bring an Ancient Arowana to Yona in Zora’s Domain to get the Zora Armor, which lets you swim up waterfalls. |
| 10 | Clues to the Sky | Jiahto | Toto Lake | Get King’s Scales from Dorephan in Pristine Sanctum, then shoot one through the stone tear on Floating Scales Island. |
| 11 | Sidon of the Zora | Yona | Zora’s Domain | Meet Sidon at Mipha Court, follow the sludge to the Water Temple, open four faucets and beat Mucktorok. |
| 12 | Riju of Gerudo Town | Riju | Gerudo Town | Train Riju, defend Kara Kara Bazaar and Gerudo Town, light the red pillars, raise the Lightning Temple and beat Queen Gibdo. |
| 13 | Secret of the Ring Ruins | Tauro | Kakariko Village | Photograph the Ring Ruin tablet, find the Charged armor, offer a Zonai Charge and reach Dragonhead Island. |
| 14 | Guidance from Ages Past | Zonai Relic | Dragonhead Island | Follow the mask’s beam to the Depths, rebuild Mineru’s Construct, then beat the Seized Construct. |
| 15 | Find the Fifth Sage | Purah | Lookout Landing | Talk to Purah, Paya and Tauro, follow the Zonai relic on Dragonhead Island and meet Mineru, Sage of Spirit. |
| 16 | Camera Work in the Depths | Josha | Lookout Landing | Jump into Hyrule Field Chasm, light two Lightroots, photograph the statue and earn Zonaite x5 from Josha. |
| 17 | A Mystery in the Depths | Josha | Lookout Landing | Follow the statue trail from Iayusus Lightroot to the Great Abandoned Central Mine, learn Autobuild. |
| 18 | Crisis at Hyrule Castle | Purah | Lookout Landing | Find Captain Hoz at the First Gatehouse, report to Purah, get the Paraglider and activate Lookout Landing Skyview Tower. |
| 19 | Trail of the Master Sword | Mineru | Spirit Temple | Enter Korok Forest through the Depths, defeat Phantom Ganon, then speak to the Great Deku Tree. |
| 20 | Recovering the Hero’s Sword | Deku Tree | Korok Forest | Follow the Light Dragon marker, launch from a Skyview Tower and pull the Master Sword. |
| 21 | Impa and the Geoglyphs | Cado | New Serenne Stable | Meet Impa near New Serenne Stable, repair her balloon with Ultrahand, fly up and glide to the Dragon’s Tear for a memory. |
| 22 | The Dragon’s Tears | Impa | New Serenne Stable | Main quest in Tears of the Kingdom: how it starts with Impa, what the quest log asks for and where the memories are. |
| 23 | Destroy Ganondorf | Purah | Lookout Landing | The final main quest. Descend beneath Hyrule Castle, beat the army, Ganondorf and the Demon Dragon, then catch Zelda. |
Main Quests
Tears of the Kingdom has 23 main quests. They run from the Great Sky Island to the final battle with Ganondorf, and the five regional quests (Rito, Goron, Zora, Gerudo and the Depths) can be done in any order once you reach the surface. The table lists them in story order with the giver, where each starts and what it asks of you; every quest has its own page with the full walkthrough.
