Cape Cales Cliffbase Cave - Zelda: TotK Cave Guide

Cape Cales Cliffbase Cave is a cave in East Necluda, about 117 map units from Cape Cales. Caves like this one hide chests and a Bubbulfrog that drops a Bubbul Gem; trade the gems to Koltin in The Hunt for Bubbul Gems!

Region	East Necluda
Entrances	1
Entrance coordinates	3650, -3210, -6
Nearest landmark	Cape Cales (117 map units)

How to find it

The entrance is at map coordinates 3650, -3210, near Cape Cales. Look for the cave mouth at that spot; a Blupee or a ring of light often marks them.

Inside the cave

Climb onto the wrecked pirate ship

The cave mouth opens onto a flooded cavern with a wrecked pirate ship wedged inside. Reach the deck by swimming to the hull and climbing the ladder or the broken planks, using Brightbloom Seeds to see in the dark.

Crates and barrels stacked on the wrecked pirate ship deck

Wooden pirate ship deck with a ladder and a cluster of hanging stalactites

Open the Savage Lynel Bow chest

The chest on the ship’s deck holds a Savage Lynel Bow (or Lynel Bow or Mighty Lynel Bow, depending on your progress). Search the crates and barrels around the deck for arrows as you go.

Glowing chest on the pirate ship deck beneath dripping stalactites

Savage Lynel Bow item box on the ship deck

Take the Royal Broadsword from the raft

A second chest floats on a wooden raft in the water, surrounded by red Gloom. Ride or pull the raft to a ledge you can stand on, then open the chest for a Royal Broadsword (or Traveler’s Sword, Soldier’s Broadsword or Knight’s Broadsword, depending on your progress). Avoid touching the Gloom, which drains your hearts.

Wooden raft with a chest on the water ringed by red Gloom

Royal Broadsword item box beside the chest on the raft

Shoot the Bubbulfrog

The Bubbulfrog skips across the water at the back of the cavern. Shoot it with an arrow to receive a Bubbul Gem.

Pale lights of a Bubbulfrog skimming over the dark cave water

How to open the hidden gate

The cave looks like a dead end at first. Reach the base of the cliff by a raft or boat, or drop off the cliff’s north side and glide in to land on the floating wooden plank in front of the rock wall. Stand on the plank (you must be standing, not swimming) and press Down on the D-pad to whistle; the wall slides open into the cavern with the pirate ship. If you miss the plank, throw an Ice Fruit into the water to make a frozen platform. The same whistle is the answer to the riddle in the Misko’s Treasure: Pirate Manuscript side quest. Climbing the hull is awkward, so park under the ship and use Ascend to get on deck.

Chests

Ship deck	A chest atop the forward mast holds a Lynel Bow (seen as a Savage Lynel Bow).
Behind the crates	A chest behind the stacked wooden crates at the back of the ship holds Tingle’s Tights (the reward for Misko’s Treasure: Pirate Manuscript).
Floating chest	A chest drifting on a raft holds a Royal Broadsword.
Enemies	Stalkoblins and a Stalmoblin on the ship.
Bubbul Gem	One Bubbulfrog in the cavern.
Korok seeds / shrine	None inside the cave.