Unleashing the Magic: Ultimate Guide to Dragon Routes and Locations in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

A dedicated fan of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has created an incredibly useful map that meticulously tracks the routes and locations of the game's various dragons. Similar to its predecessor, Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom features a select few dragons that gracefully soar through the skies along pre-determined paths. However, due to the vastness of the map, it can be challenging to keep track of their whereabouts at any given time.

Within the world of Tears of the Kingdom, players can encounter four dragons roaming the skies of Hyrule: Dinraal, Farosh, Naydra, and the Light Dragon. The first three dragons follow relatively compact, predetermined paths that are primarily confined to specific regions of the map. On the other hand, the Light Dragon's route covers a significantly larger portion of the map, encompassing nearly the entirety of the map's perimeter with occasional brief detours into its more central areas.

A Reddit user, known as Minigamerguy123, shared a valuable map on the Zelda subreddit that details the routes followed by each of the four dragons in Tears of the Kingdom. The map cleverly uses colors to represent the dominant color of each dragon, such as red for the fire dragon Dinraal and light blue for the ice dragon Naydra. The paths are depicted with wavy lines and arrows to indicate the direction in which the dragons move. Additionally, stars are used to mark the hidden holes in the ground from which the dragons emerge and descend.

The paths that are darker in color, like Dinraal's dark red path, indicate the route taken by the dragon when it travels underground in the Depths beneath Hyrule's surface. This information is particularly useful because Dinraal possesses scales that can be fused onto a weapon. So, it is important to know that it starts its path by emerging from the depths at the East Akkala Plains Chasm. It then follows a loop around the northeastern edge of Akkala, enters Eldin (the home of the Gorons), and descends below ground again through the Drenan Highlands Chasm southwest of the Thyphlo Ruins. Dinraal eventually retraces its steps, traveling through the depths, and reemerges from the East Akkala Plains Chasm to complete its route and start anew.

Minigamerguy123's comprehensive map provides valuable assistance to players of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom who are struggling to find a particular dragon for gathering scales or claws, or to fulfill quests. While the three named dragons venture into the depths, the Light Dragon gracefully glides through the skies, traversing every region in Hyrule, with only a brief pass through the map's center. This helpful resource is readily accessible for Nintendo Switch users, as The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is currently available on this platform.