A Bottled Cry for Help

Quest type	Side quest
Giver	Bottled Letter
Starts in	Hateno Beach (Hateno Bay shallows)
Goal	Mapla Point Cave, in the eastern cliffs of Mapla Point
Reward	100 rupees from Chumin

A message in a bottle on Hateno Beach leads to Mapla Point Cave, where a fisherman named Chumin is trapped behind a boulder. Follow the trail of Brightbloom Seeds and flowers floating in the sea, remove the rock, and he pays you 100 rupees.

Walkthrough

Pick up the bottle on Hateno Beach

The Bottled Letter lies in the shallows of Hateno Bay beside a wrecked boat. Read it: Chumin was caught in a storm while fishing, sheltered in a cave and was trapped by a falling rock. He scattered Brightbloom Seeds into the water to mark the way.

Wrecked boat and a glass bottle lying in the shallows of Hateno Beach

Bottled Letter floating in the shallows with the quest title shown

Follow the Brightbloom trail to Mapla Point Cave

Follow the glowing Brightbloom Seeds and flowers floating on the sea. They lead to Mapla Point Cave in the eastern cliffs of Mapla Point. The current is strong, so build a small Zonai raft or boat, or use a flying device to skip the water enemies.

Brightbloom Seeds floating on dark water leading toward the cliff

Brightbloom Seeds lighting the inside of Mapla Point Cave

Remove the boulder

Inside the cave, find the rock jammed in the way and use Ultrahand to pull it free. Once the passage is open, Chumin is waiting beyond the opening.

Large boulder held with Ultrahand in the cave

Chumin standing in the cave beside the cleared exit

Collect Chumin’s thanks

Talk to Chumin to complete the quest. He gives you 100 rupees for freeing him.

Rupee reward received from Chumin after the rescue

A Bottled Cry for Help complete banner in Mapla Point Cave

Rewards

You receive 100 rupees from Chumin, given as a Silver Rupee he found on the cave floor (a Silver Rupee is worth 100 rupees). He also mentions selling you fish later, and one guide reports he turns up as a fish seller in Lurelin Village afterwards.

Tips

The bottle sits in the shallows at the south-western edge of Hateno Bay, around map position 4567, -2244. The floating seeds are hard to spot in handheld mode, so set a map pin on the cave.
Chumin waits in the smaller second chamber of Mapla Point Cave, by the south-eastern side of the pool. Ore Deposits line the cave walls, and a Bubbulfrog can be reached by using Ascend in the first chamber.
A quick boat is a plank with a control stick and a fan powered by a battery. A flying Zonai device avoids the current and the water enemies.

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