Dragons - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Guide

Dragons are a returning mythical creature in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Like Breath of the Wild, these ancient spirits have been spotted traveling through the sky, in much higher locations than were possible in the previous games.

In Breath of the Wild, three Dragons could be found slowly flying around certain areas of Hyrule. Unable to be harmed by mortal means, Link could shoot different parts of them while they traveled across the syk to gain valuable Dragon Parts.

In Tears of the Kingdom, you will not only be able to use Dragon Parts in cooking recipes to increase effectiveness and the duration of buffs, but also greatly boost your attack power by fusing them to your weapons to give them powerful elemental effects not found elsewhere. There is also the addition of a fourth dragon that is much harder to reach than the others.

Dragon Locations in TotK

Each of the four dragons in Tears of the Kingdom flies around a set area in a loop that you can often spot in the sky as you travel. The three original dragons will alternate flying above the sky and floating into the Depths through giant chasms, with the fourth and new dragon can only be found flying high in the sky.

Dragon Name	Dinraal	Naydra	Farosh	Light Dragon
Main Regions	Great Hyrule Forest, Eldin Mountains, Akkala	Lanayru Mountain, East Necluda, West Necluda	Gerudo Desert, Gerudo Canyon, Faron	All Regions
Elemental Powers	Fire	Ice	Electric	Healing

Unlike Breath of the Wild, the Dragons of Tears of the Kingdom do not have a set schedule, and their path cannot be altered by fast traveling, resting, or sleeping until a different time, as they will remain in the same position during loading.

In order to find them, you will need to seek out the paths they loop and either wait for them to fly near you, or travel along their paths both above and below ground. The three elemental dragons take about 30 minutes to complete one loop, while the Light Dragon takes around 2 realtime hours to complete a loop of the entire map of Hyrule.

The dragons mainly fly at a height of around 400 meters up into the sky, and with the addition of various Sky Islands and Skyview Towers that can launch you up to over 800 meters, you can use them to glide down from above to reach the dragons, or construct flying machines from Zonai Devices to reach them wherever you may spot them.

Be warned - the elemental dragons aren't actively hostile, but they do ward off interlopers by constantly creating elemental orbs that fly alongside them and can damage you if you get too close. In addition, both Dinraal and Naydra are surrounded by extreme temperature zones, requiring two pieces of either frost of flame resistance when approaching them.

Dinraal

Dinraal, the Great Fire Spirit Dragon, patrols the skies on the north side of Death Mountain, and coasts along the upper edge of Hyrule past the Akkala Tech Lab all the way to the Thyphlo Ruins in the Great Hyrule Forest.

You can often spot him appearing from the East Akkala Plains Chasm, directly east of the Ulri Mountain Skyview Tower, before he floats along the coastline towards the Akkala Ancient Tech Lab, and then cuts across west past Skull Lake and continues on the northern slopes of Death Mountain. He'll finally curve around the Thyphlo Ruins Skyview Tower before disappearing into the nearby Drenan Highlands Chasm.

If you follow him underground, you'll find he takes a nearly identical route back through the Depths, unlike the other two dragons. He'll skirt along the north edge of the map on the way back, above the Gleeok Den and circling around the Fire Temple area before cutting down to the east of the Wellspring of Power to reach the chasm back up into Akkala.

Naydra

Naydra, the Great Ice Spirit Dragon, can be found patrolling around the great Mount Lanayru, and will make a sweeping loop around the southeastern part of Hyrule, from Kakariko to Hateno, before looping underground.

Naydra can often be spotted emerging from the Naydra Snowfield Chasm just to the west of the Mount Lanayru Skyview Tower. Once into the air, the dragon will coast to the southeast along the Lanayru Range and Walnot Mountain before passing by to the east of Hateno Village and down to Kitano Bay, before sweeping to the west, flying south of Ebon Mountain. Naydra will then curve upwards before reaching the Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower, heading north past the Cliffs of Quince and straight to Kakariko Village, disappearing into the large East Hill Chasm on the village's east side.

Once underground, Naydra will continue the loop back towards Lanayru Mountain by curving up and east at the edge of the border where the Rutala River is on the surface, before cutting back down near Lanayru Bay and south to the Naydra Snowfield Chasm to re-emerge before the mountain.

Farosh

Farosh, the Great Lightining Spirit Dragon, is located in Hyrule's southwest regions, and will fly out of Gerudo Desert and along its large canyon, before traveling below the Great Plateau to the other side of Lake Hylia, and going underground into The Depths.

Farosh can be found emerging from the large East Gerudo Chasm on the southeast side of the Gerudo Desert, just south of the Gerudo Canyon Skyview Tower. The dragon will fly north and dip along the canyon, flying above it as it curves around the Skyview Tower and back down south, before cutting straight to the east. Farosh will continue flying directly south of the Great Plateau and across the northern portion of Lake Hylia and its bridge, before arriving at the Hills of Baumer Chasm.

Once underground, Farosh will take a long curved route back by skirting the borders of Lake Hylia (which is a giant rock wall in the Depths), by traveling south and then east through the Faron Woods located on the surface. It will fly straight east across the depths version of the Faron Grasslands and then fly south around the South Lomei Labyrinth, up past the Champion's Gate and then back out of the Desert Chasm.

Light Dragon

The mysterious Light Dragon is a new dragon that appears in the skies when Link first awakens on the Great Sky Island, and will slowly fly around the entirety of Hyrule in a long loop.

Unlike the other three Dragons, the Light Dragon will fly much higher in the sky than all the others - anywhere from 1500 to 2200 meters up in the sky. This will place it higher than the Great Sky Island's Room of Awakening, as well as both the Water and Wind Temples, making it difficult to reach unless by extreme means. However, by completing later main game quests by locating each of the Dragon's Tears or finding a way into the Korok Forest, the Light Dragon will eventually lower dramatically in altitude.

Though the path will slightly alter depending which height the dragon is flying at, it will generally weave around most regions of Hyrule, and generally curve around many of the Skyview Towers and Geoglyph locations as it does. Since it takes a much longer time to complete a loop of the map (2 hours), you may have to warp between various Skyview Towers and look high up to spot it.

Though it doesn't fly too close to Central Hyrule, it will travel along the northern edge of the Great Plateau, and dip along the Regencia River that separates Hyrule Ridge from Hyrule Field.