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Top 10 Tips for Navigating the Depths and Gloom With Ease
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Top 10 Tips for Navigating the Depths and Gloom With Ease

Learn how to tame Shulhorses, unlock Autobuild, use Brightbloom Seeds, and activate Lightroots to easily navigate the dark Depths in Zelda: TOTK.

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Learn how to tame Shulhorses, unlock Autobuild, use Brightbloom Seeds, and activate Lightroots to easily navigate the dark Depths in Zelda: TOTK.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Tame a Shulhorse: Find undead horses called Shulhorses in the Depths. They can be controlled like surface horses and allow you to ride over gloom, navigating faster. They also defend you from enemies.
  2. 2
    Unlock Autobuild: Speak with the Steward Construct at the Great Abandoned Cave Mine in the Depths to unlock the Autobuild ability, which helps construct vehicles and structures using blueprints.
  3. 3
    Use Brightbloom Seeds: Attach Brightbloom Seeds or Large Brightbloom Seeds to arrows with the Fuse Ability to create light sources and illuminate the dark Depths. Large seeds provide more light.
  4. 4
    Activate Lightroots: Locate and interact with Lightroot Trees (orange/yellow trees) by standing underneath them. These illuminate large areas, reveal portions of the map, and act as fast travel points. Prioritize activating these for easier navigation.
  5. 5
    Utilize Lightroot Fast Travel: Lightroots form a fast travel network, allowing instant travel between activated Lightroots to significantly cut down travel time.
  6. 6
    Gather Poe: Collect Poe currency (Regular Poe for 1, Large Poe for 5, Grand Poe for 20) found in clusters in the Depths. Spend Poe at the Bargainers Statue in Lookout Landing to purchase items like Armor with Gloom Resistance (150 Poe) and Dark Clumps.
  7. 7
    Use the Depths Interactive Map: Consult the Hyrule Depths Map for help finding Lightroot Trees and other features like Zonaite nodes, enemies, bosses, named locations, and weapons.
  8. 8
    Obtain Ghost Soldier Weapons: Defeat Ghost Soldiers found on vertical rock pedestals to obtain undamaged weapons like the Traveler's Sword, Traveler's Spear, and Traveler's Claymore, which deal more damage and have increased durability.
  9. 9
    Obtain Armor With The Glow Effect: Equip the Miners Mask for a permanent glow effect around you.
Tips
  • Shulhorses can be easily killed; find another if yours is lost.
  • Normal Brightbloom Seeds offer less light than Large Brightbloom Seeds.
  • Activating Lightroots should be a priority before focusing on quests or exploration.
  • The more Lightroots you activate, the more valuable the fast travel network becomes.
  • Grand Poe are rare; use the Hyrule Depths Map to find their locations.
  • Ghost Soldier weapons are useful for maximizing time spent in the Depths before needing to return to the surface.
  • Shulhorse (transportation over gloom)
  • Autobuild ability
  • Illuminated areas and map reveal from Lightroots
  • Fast travel network via Lightroots
  • Poe currency for purchasing items like Gloom Resistance Armor (150 Poe) and Dark Clumps
  • Undamaged Traveler's Sword, Traveler's Spear, and Traveler's Claymore
  • Miners Mask (Glow Effect)

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