Dragons make a return in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – each acquainted and new. The truth is, the most recent of those creatures – the Gentle Dragon – is an important. However it’s additionally a moderately elusive being, should you don’t know the route it flies and the place to search out it.
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The truth is, even should you’re acquainted with the character of the three different dragons from again in BOTW, it’s value noting that the way in which that the dragons work in TOTK is a bit completely different.
This information is right here that will help you make sense of the variations, plus to assist clue you in on the Gentle Dragon’s path & route by way of Hyrule – which ought to make it a lot simpler so that you can discover its location for no matter cause you want it for.
Tears of the Kingdom Sky Dragon Location & Route
In the event you check out the above map, the blue line presents a tough define of the Gentle Dragon’s route by way of Hyrule.
As you possibly can see, the Gentle Dragon path is clockwise, and weaves largely across the outskirts of the dominion – although it comes out and in of the inside a part of the map right here and there. It takes the Gentle Dragon round 2 hours to finish a full loop.
It is value maintaining in thoughts that in some areas the Gentle Dragon flies you could want some environmental safety from the weather – both within the type of armor or meals. Normally, that is simply Chilly Resistance.
The map is useful – however there are different issues that’ll help in realizing the Gentle Dragon’s location and path that’ll make issues even simpler. Learn on for our recommendations on finding this mysterious new Dragon…
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Figuring out the Gentle Dragon’s Present Place & Path
Right here’s the most important distinction between Tears of the Kingdom and BOTW: Dragons now not react to quick journey or time skips. In BOTW, it was attainable to know a dragon can be in a precise and particular spot at a selected time, and use this to determine and farm supplies from the dragons. In TOTK, the dragon’s place won’t change once you quick journey – as an alternative, it’ll slowly weave its approach across the map no matter what you’re doing under.
As such, we are able to’t provide you with useful timestamps to say ‘The Gentle Dragon is over Hebra at 3pm’, as a result of the timing of the actions will range, and desync from the beginning positions in the beginning of the sport from the very first second time skips for any cause, which occurs rather a lot.
One factor our map doesn’t account for is the peak of the Gentle Dragon. It might probably fly as excessive as 2500 on the in-game vertical coordinates – which places her up above lots of the Sky Islands. Nonetheless, when you treatment Korok Forest and the Deku Tree, the Gentle Dragon will transfer to fly a lot decrease till you receive the Grasp Sword.
This can even straight up drop an goal marker on the Gentle Dragon – however that disappears as soon as that quest is over. After that, the dragon returns to having variable heights. Typically talking, nevertheless, with a good quantity of stamina to glide it’s best to be capable to attain the Gentle Dragon from any of the Skyview Towers it flies near.
Failing that, don’t neglect you can also make use of Zonai units. For what it’s value, we discovered the Hebra area (prime left of the map) an amazing place to succeed in it from the close by Skyview Towers. The identical is true for the Gerudo Highlands Skyview Tower, and the Mount Lanayru Skyview Tower.
Farming for Gentle Dragon’s Scale, Talon, Fang, Horn, and Spike gadgets
When the Gentle Dragon is prepared to surrender new supplies, its horns and spikes will glow. When it is depleted, they are going to be uninteresting, inset.
Except for the Grasp Sword quest, one of many main causes you’ll need to get near the Gentle Dragon is to farm supplies. Supplies from the Gentle Dragon have distinctive therapeutic properties, however they’re crucially additionally a significant part within the Champion’s Leathers armor set – TOTK’s model of Hyperlink’s now-iconic Blue Tunic.
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There’s 5 gadgets you will get from the Gentle Dragon, all obtained in numerous methods. In the event you’re farming, you will want two of every to improve the Champion’s Tunic totally:
- Gentle Dragon’s Scale: Obtained by hitting the Gentle Dragon’s physique typically. They’re going to both spawn on prime of the dragon should you’re standing atop it, or fall to Hyrule like a capturing star.
- Gentle Dragon’s Talon: Obtained by hitting the clawed ft of the Gentle Dragon. They’re going to shoot off to land in Hyrule under, or you possibly can dive to catch them in mid-air.
- Shard of Gentle Dragon’s Fang: Obtained by capturing the Gentle Dragon within the face, round its lips, with an arrow. The Gentle Dragon would not typically open its mouth, however that does not matter – simply hit it in the best place.
- Gentle Dragon’s Horn: Obtained by hitting the horns on prime of the Gentle Dragon – most simply achieved by touchdown atop it and hitting it together with your sword.
- Shard of Gentle Dragon’s Spike: These develop alongside the spikes on the Gentle Dragon’s again, respawning periodically. They will merely be picked up by strolling down the dragon’s again.
Right here’s the vital data for farming: you will get a brand new materials from the Gentle Dragon each ten minutes. This must be ten minutes of reside play, not idling in menus. You’ll be able to stand on the dragon’s again and let it fly round simply superb, although. Round some sky islands, the Gentle Dragon will fly near some flying enemies who may zero in on you – so should you plan to idle driving its again, be warned.
When on or approaching the Gentle Dragon, you possibly can have a look at its horns or the spikes on its again – as they glow with a delicate luminous hue when the dragon is able to be harvested. The screenshot above demonstrates the distinction between after they’re glowing and after they’re not, inset.
Just like the journey occasions, this respawn counter will not be affected by quick journey or passing time. Nonetheless, if you could find the Gentle Dragon as soon as, you possibly can preserve observe of its place within the quick time period comparatively simply with our Gentle Dragon route map above – as until you wait a very long time, it’ll by no means be too distant from the place you left it.