Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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44 free Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
Tears of the Kingdom took the Hyrule of Breath of the Wild, lifted islands into the sky, dug the Depths beneath it and handed Link a Zonai arm that could glue rockets to shields. It sold ten million copies in three days, was the first Nintendo game priced at $70, and was finished a full year before Nintendo let it out the door. These 44 questions cover the story and the making of it: the Upheaval beneath Hyrule Castle, Rauru and Sonia, the Imprisoning War, Mineru's mechanical body, Zelda's draconification and the Light Dragon, Sidon, Tulin, Yunobo and Riju, Phantom Ganon and the Demon Dragon. There are mechanics questions on Ultrahand, Fuse, Ascend, Recall and Autobuild, gloom and zonaite, Lights of Blessing and Korok seeds, plus development facts: the DLC ideas that grew too big, the debug feature that became Ascend, the Wii Sports Resort and Skyrim inspirations, the E3 2019 tease, the leak, the Switch 2 edition and the Age of Imprisonment spin-off. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a Zelda night.
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Q 01Link frees which Korok Forest guardian from a curse before reclaiming the Master Sword?
The Great Deku Tree
The Great Deku Tree's rescue unlocks the quest that shows Link where the repaired Master Sword is being kept.
Q 02In what state do Link and Zelda find Ganondorf beneath Hyrule Castle?
Mummified
Mummified and pinned by a disembodied arm, Ganondorf awoke, shattered the Master Sword and wounded Link's arm.
Q 03Tears of the Kingdom is the direct sequel to which 2017 game?
Breath of the Wild
Breath of the Wild got a full sequel because the team had too many ideas for DLC, which could only add to the same world.
Q 04Who directed Tears of the Kingdom?
Hidemaro Fujibayashi
Hidemaro Fujibayashi first worked on Zelda at Capcom, on two Game Boy Color games, before Nintendo brought him in-house.
Q 05Who produced Tears of the Kingdom?
Eiji Aonuma
Eiji Aonuma's first Zelda job was designing dungeons for Ocarina of Time, and he rose to produce the whole series.
Q 06What is the vast underground area beneath Hyrule called?
The Depths
The Depths are about as big as the surface but pitch dark, so Link throws Brightbloom Seeds and wakes Lightroots to light his way.
Q 07What is the harmful substance that temporarily reduces Link's maximum hearts?
Gloom
Gloom was already seeping out from beneath Hyrule Castle and making townspeople ill before Link and Zelda went down to investigate.
Q 08Which ability lets Link pick up, move and attach objects together?
Ultrahand
Ultrahand is how players build rafts, go-karts and planes from whatever is lying around, then power them with rockets, springs and fans.
Q 09Which ability combines materials and objects onto a weapon or shield?
Fuse
Fuse lets Link stick a rocket to his shield and blast straight up into the air.
Q 10Which ability lets Link swim upward through solid ceilings?
Ascend
Ascend turns ceilings into shortcuts: Link can walk into a cave, swim up through the rock and pop out somewhere new.
Q 11Which ability sends an object back along its path, so a fallen rock rises again?
Recall
Recall can turn back a rock that fell from above while Link clings to it, carrying him all the way back up.
Q 12Which ability recreates one of Link's saved contraptions in an instant?
Autobuild
Autobuild grabs nearby parts for a saved design and conjures any that are missing, at a cost.
Q 13Which returning item carries Link safely down after he launches himself high into the air?
Paraglider
The Paraglider turns launch points into routes: from a tower top Link can spot a shrine far below and glide straight to it.
Q 21Sidon, Link's ally, is prince and later king of which people?
The Zora
The Zora's Prince Sidon inherits an ancient sage's secret stone and awakens as the new Sage of Water.
Q 22Tulin, the young archer, belongs to which people?
The Rito
The Rito's young archer Tulin inherits a secret stone after the Wind Temple battle and becomes the new Sage of Wind.
Q 23Tulin is the son of which ally from the previous game?
Teba
Teba was a past ally of Link's, and now it is his son who steps up to become one of the new sages.
Q 24Riju is the young chief of which people?
Q 14What does Link trade four Lights of Blessing for?
More hearts or stamina
More hearts or stamina cost four Lights of Blessing, and Link earns one by finishing each shrine.
Q 15What do Korok seeds buy Link?
Inventory capacity
Inventory capacity grows when Link hands Korok seeds to Hestu, who adds a weapon, shield or bow slot.
Q 16Whose spirit provides the arm that replaces Link's wounded one?
Rauru
Rauru was Hyrule's first king and gave his life sealing Ganondorf away, ages before his arm saved Link.
Q 17Where does Link awaken after the cavern disaster?
The Great Sky Island
The Great Sky Island is where Link gains his first new powers before he drops to the surface far below.
Q 18What name is given to the cataclysm that lifts Hyrule Castle into the sky?
The Upheaval
The Upheaval tore open caves and red chasms all over Hyrule and roused new kinds of monsters.
Q 19What is the ancient race whose devices and ruins fill the skies above Hyrule?
Zonai
Zonai ruins fill the skies, yet the Zonai themselves had almost died out, and Link meets them only as spirits.
Q 20What was the ancient conflict against the Demon King called?
The Imprisoning War
The Imprisoning War ended only when Hyrule's first king gave up his own life to seal the Demon King away.
The Gerudo
The Gerudo's young chief Riju accepts her ancestor's secret stone and awakens as the new Sage of Lightning.
Q 25The Zelda Link finds at Hyrule Castle turns out to be an illusion created by whom?
Phantom Ganon
Phantom Ganon, a servant of the Demon King, had to be beaten in battle at the castle before Link's quest could go on.
Q 26Which last ancient sage survives as a spirit and needs a mechanical body?
Mineru
Mineru, older sister of Hyrule's first king, rides her rebuilt construct as the Sage of Spirit and fights beside Link.
Q 27Who was Hyrule's first queen, killed by Ganondorf for her secret stone?
Sonia
Sonia's death handed Ganondorf her secret stone, and using its power, he became the Demon King.
Q 28What does Zelda become after swallowing her secret stone?
The Light Dragon
The Light Dragon carried the broken Master Sword for thousands of years so it could heal, no longer remembering she was Zelda.
Q 29Where does the secret stone Zelda finds beneath Hyrule Castle send her?
Hyrule's founding era
Hyrule's founding era is where Zelda meets her ancestors, the first king and queen, and joins their fight as one of the sages.
Q 30Which huge one-eyed underground beast gobbles up the glowing seeds Link throws to light his way?
Frox
Frox has one big eye, and a shot there stuns it, while its gaping mouth can suck Link straight in.