The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomexpands Hyrule in a massive way. Not only is the Sky filled with new floating islands to explore, but there is also even a completely new area underground, ripe for exploration.
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The Depths are truly gigantic in scale, and navigating through them is going to be an undertaking and a half. Here are a few tips to keep you hale andheartyas you venture deep under Hyrule soil.
Updated by Hamza Haq on June 08, 2025: The Depths in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom present a unique navigational challenge that’s unlike anything we’ve seen before in Breath of the Wild. Darkness hides a land brimming with treasure, quests, and monsters and it’s all ripe for the taking. Planning and strategy can go a long way in making your journey underground easier so we have updated our guide to include additional tips to help players conquer the Depths with ease.
14Use Brightbloom Seeds
One of the earliest available, and among the most useful, tools for navigating the Depths is theBrightbloom Seeds. These seeds act like permanent torches to light up the darkness.
Players can throw the seed by hand or attach it to an arrow and shoot thefused arrow. Either way, the seed will light up at the point of impact, creating a large dome of light. Despite their diminutive size, the light dome is surprisingly large. Without these seeds, it’s almost impossible to see anything in the darkness, so remember to stock up on a few before heading underground.
13Light Up The Lightroots
As you explore the Depths, you’ll see larger-than-life roots that are emitting light in the eternal darkness underneath. These are Lightroots, and they function as thefast-travel spotsdown below in lieu of Shrines.
Activating a Lightroot is as easy as stepping up to it and pressing A. Not only does this action bring light to the surroundings, but it also clears away the fog of war from Link’s map.
12Build Zonai Vehicles
Another method to navigate the Gloom is to build Zonai vehicles to traverse the gloomy terrain. You’ll find Zonai devices lying around in plenty of locations, especially near puzzles that require the help of player-made Zonai constructs to solve.
Related:The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom - Best Fusion Weapons, RankedInstead of leaving these devices behind to gather dust, use your Fuse them together in a semblance of a vehicle and ride over the Gloom without worry. It can be as simple as slapping together two wheels and a steer to fly over the Gloom. Of course, wheels make for the best land-bound Zonai vehicles.
11Be Mindful Of Lost Hearts
While adventuring down in the Depths, you’ll inevitably end up taking some damage from the Gloom that infests every corner of the underground region. Taking gloom damage is unlike regular damage because Gloom does damage to your Maximum health.
Any hearts lost to Gloom remain permanently gone until you take steps to recover them. Torecover broken hearts, you’re able to either head over to a Lightroot, eat certain types of food, or fast-travel to the surface. Just remember to eat health-recovery foods afterward because recovering broken hearts doesn’t inherently restore hearts.
10Climb Trees To Avoid Gloom
Trees are your best friend in the Depths, as nine times out of ten, they’refree of gloom. If you don’t have a Stalhorse or a Zonai vehicle handy, and you’re forced to traverse on foot, climbing on a tree and jumping from one to the next is sometimes the safest way out of a gloom-infested area.
Often, you’ll come across an area filled with gloom and a Lightroot just past it. Instead of circling around to find a safer path,climb on top of a tree and jump off to activate the paraglider. If you haveTulin’s ability unlocked, this can be even more useful.
9Bring A Boulder-Fused Weapon
Weapons fused with boulders are perfect companions for adventurers venturing through the Depths. The underground is filled to the brim withrocks to breakand walls to crush. Having a boulder weapon on hand makes the task of crushing rocks to get to the ores a breeze.
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8Look Out For Ruins
When exploring the Depths, you’ll come across ruins of abandoned mines quite often. Ruins are hubs of activity and missions in the Depths, and finding one usually means you’ve discovereda treasure trove of Zonai, ores, and sometimes even armor.
If you’re looking for something to do down on the massive underground map, looking for Ruins to investigate is an excellent use of your time. Even if you don’t find anything of note in a particular ruin,there will always be mine carts andZonai devicesyou can use as fusion material.
7Farm Zonite Walls
The Depths are littered with Zonite Walls that serve as large caches of Zonite that you can farm any time you come across one.Look for tall stone formations and large caves, as they’re often hosts for these deposits.
See an indent in the cliffside far into the distance? Chances are, that’s a Zonite deposit just waiting to be crushed with aboulder-fused Claymore. Chasing after these might take you off the beaten path, but that’s the charm of Tears of the Kingdom, after all.
6Gather Poe
Poes are small, glowing wisps of blue light that float around in groups, typically in the Depths. you’re able to find them quite easily once you start exploring. When you come across a group of Poe, collect them by pressingAon each Poe individually until you’ve gathered them all.
Collected Poes will appear in your inventory under the Key Items category. You can exchange Poe for rewards by heading over to Lookout Landing and finding the Bargainer Statue, and talking to it. After a short introduction, the statue will become a shop selling items in exchange for Poe.
5Find All Bargainer Statues
While you’ll encounter the first Bargainer Statue quite easily when you first head into Lookout Landing, what might not be immediately obvious is that this is not the only statue out there.
In fact, there aresix more Bargainer Statuesspread throughout the Depths. Keep a lookout for these statues, as not only does this unlock new shop items, but you’ll also get an extra heart container or stamina vessel out of it.
