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Returning from the previous title, Colossal Skeletons make their reappearance inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomin three prominent locations. The secrets they hold are vast and unknowable, but for the adventurer stubbornly wishing to unlock their secrets, the first concern should be their location.
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Three main skeletons are hidden in remote locations of Hyrule. These regions are of the most extreme in biomes, so only the most prepared and well-equipped adventurer will have hopes for success in finding them. And of course, that’s only just the first step. You’ll need every ounce of your patience and problem-solving packed for the trip.
Where To Find Loone And Begin The Colossal Fossil Quests
While you may find these fossils just fine on your own, interacting with them will only be possible if you’vespoken to the quest-giver, Loone, in Deep Akkala. You can find her justoutside of East Akkala Stableon the pathleading up to the Ancient Tech Lab.
Speak with Loonebeside the Yiga Clan fence and tell her about yourinterest in “Ancient Things.“She’ll tell you about askeleton in the Eldin regionandmark the location on your map.Follow her there.
How To Complete Eldin’s Colossal Fossil
Asindicated on your map, the Great Skeleton of Eldin can be foundnorth of Death Mountain in the East Deplian Badlands. It is rightbeside Mayak Shrine.
To reach it, you canteleport to Mayak Shrine or glidefrom eitherTyphlo Ruins Skyview Tower orTenbez Shrinein the Sky.
Once you reach the fossil,run under itto discover apile of rocksin the skeleton’s skull. These rocks can bebroken by either aBomb Floweror Yunobo’s attack, and breaking them willreveal a large, circular boulder.
Pick up the boulderwith Ultrahand andexit the skull on your left side(the right side of the skull).
You should see acrater-like eye-socket in the skull.If you don’t, you’re on the wrong side and need to go on the other one.
Place the boulder into the crater,and if you’re successful in your placing, thegame will automatically register that you’ve placed itand give a short cutscene (much like it does when you receive a Korok Seed).Don’t let go until it does this, or you’ll drop the boulder on yourself (ouch!).
When in place,run over to Loone.She isn’t next to her campfire but insteadon the small hill just beside the skeleton’s head.
Talk with Looneto receive a Purple Rupee. Yournext location will be indicated on your map in the Hebra region, and a quest-update will be added to your log.
How To Complete Hebra’s Colossal Fossil
This fossil islocated on the east side of Hebra North Summit.To reach it, the easiest method would be toglide from one of the two shrines found during theWind Temple ascentin the Sky(Kahatanaum Shrine is the best for this).
Unlike the Eldin Fossil, however, thisfossil cannot be seen from the sky. You should note agrove of trees and an area that looks like it’s sloping downwardinto the base of the mountain. At the bottom of that slope is what appears to be acave entrance.
This cave entrance is marked by atemple-like doorwayand cannot be mistaken as a simple cave. Once inside, it will tell you that you’ve discovered the fossil (even if you can’t see it yet).
Glide downthe cave ofLuminous Stonesto find thefossil at the very bottom. However, it is broken and incomplete. To fix it, you’ll need tofind two bones in this area.
Thefirst bone can be found on the left side of the skeletonand mostlyhidden among some breakable rocks in the wall.Use aBomb Floweror Yunoboto reveal it.
Pick up the boneand turn around to see alarge bone structure on the opposite wall.There are three fingers with a gap between two of them on the right.
Take the bone over and rotate ittofit it in the slot on top of the rockon the ground. This may take a few tries depending on how you rotated it.
Don’t let go of the boneuntil the game accepts the position you’ve placed it in.
If it doesn’t, try other rotations andmake sure you’re placing the bone under a bone on topandover the one on the bottom.
With that bone in place, you’ll no doubt have noticed thegiant ice boulder next to you on the left.Melt itto reveal yoursecond bone.
You can melt this boulder by:
Take the bone to the empty slot between two bonessticking out of the groundbehind you. It should look like a vertebra section.
Rotate the bonejust as you had the one beforeuntil it sticks into the slot. Again, if it doesn’t fit, try other ways of rotating it and slide it back into place until it snaps.
When both bones are in their places, you canreturn to Looneto receive another Purple Rupee and your next map marker.
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How To Complete Gerudo’s Colossal Fossil
Locatedpast the Lightning Templein thefar southwestern corner of Gerudo Desert,this fossil is buried underneath the sandsin a cave of a rocky outcropping. Like the Hebra Colossal Fossil, youcannot see it from above.
You can travel to this distant location via many methods, but thefastest route is to rent aSand Sealfrom Gerudo Town and travel around the Lightning Temple.
Beware of the Arbiter’s Grounds area.The quicksand here can make travel difficult, so give it a wide berth.
Entering the cave, there arethree bonesyou need to deal with.The first is provided for you— a head at the front of the cave, soall you’ll need to find are two others.
To begin with,climb the fossil to the top of its skullvia climbing or the use of Ascend. Once you reach it, you should see that theceiling above you is covered in breakable boulders.Break them withBomb-Fused Arrowsto have the fossil drop onto the ground.
Drop from the skulland look around forafanpartially buried in a pile of sand. you’re able to use this fan toreveal several items(including a chest) and, most importantly, yoursecond required piece of bone(the tail)beside the pond of fairiesand within sight of Loone’s camp.
Take the tail bone and Attach it to the piece that fell from the ceiling.You should attach it tothe end that doesn’t have the rib cage.
Pick up the Attached piecesandbring them to the head piece. Loone may interrupt you to talk about the pieces you found, but ignore her andAttach the head to the side with the ribs.This shouldcreate a fossil shape mimicking the largest fossil.
Speak with Loone,and she’ll congratulate you on finishing the “Leviathan child” fossil. Her thank you will be another Purple Rupee, and you’ll then be free to go on your merry, adventuring way.
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