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Dragon parts inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomare great items to get your hands on for your fusing and cooking needs. However, just as they were in the prequel to this installment, they’re a bit tricky to get your Hylian paws on. You’ll need no shortage of hard problem-solving and ingenuity to reach these rare treasures.
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There are four dragons in Hyrule, and you can get five parts from each of them. Some dragons are friendlier than others, and some are a bit more shy. With the introduction of the Depths, you’ll not only have your hands full trying to reach them in the sky, but you’ll need to search both high and low to find them.
Dragon Parts And Effects
You can gain dragon parts from each of the dragons bystriking them in a specific spot.InBreath of the Wild, you couldstrike them with an arrow while fallingand chase down the part as it fell.
you’re able to still do this method in Tears of the Kingdom, but you can also nowland on the dragons and stand on their backs.
While on a dragon’s back, you canpick up Spike shardsrandomly (up to around ten-12 each time) orstrike the dragonwith a weapon in melee or by arrowfor a specific type of part.
You canonly get a dragon part once(except the Spike shards) and mustwait ten minutes in real time for the dragon’s resources to refresh, so choose carefully the type of dragon part you’d like.
You can tell if a dragon’s parts are available again based on its glow. If a dragon isbrightly glowing around its specific body parts, you can farm them; if it is dim, you must keep waiting.
Each dragon gives acertain type of part depending on the body part you strike:
Each body part can befused to your weapons, arrows, and shieldsto adddamage bonuses and the associated dragon’s effects.
Additionally, you canadd these parts to a cooked dishto guarantee your meal will have a’Critical Success.‘This can:
All Dragon Parts And Effects
26
16
20
18
Healing (Regain on Hit)
12
14
2 Hearts
Where To Find The Dragons
All dragons have theirown unique flight paths, and with the introduction of the Depths, they each havean above-ground and below-ground route(indicated on the below maps by solid — above ground — and opaque — below ground — lines).
They infinitelyalternate between these two pathsin a loop, so if you don’t spy your dragon in the skies, chances are that they’re under your feet.
Unlike in Breath of the Wild, farming these dragonswill not cause them to fly awayonce you’ve drained them of resources. You can collect without a worry of a timer while you work, but you’ll need tobe cautious due to the dragons’ defenses.
Each dragon (except the Light Dragon, who is harmless) willsummon orbs of elemental energymeant to ward you off.
Each dragon’s path loop isapproximately a half hour in real timeexcept the Light Dragon’s — which is two hours.
Farosh
Farosh mostly sticks to theFaron region, taking a touraround Lake Hylia and across the Faron Grasslands. However, she does take a slightdetour through Gerudo Canyon, into the desert, andaround the Labyrinthbefore returning to Faron.
Her routeabove ground is on the northern sideof this path, stretching from the chasm in Gerudo (East Gerudo Chasm) through the canyon and to the Hills of Baumer Chasm.Once underground, she wraps around Lake Hyliaand skirts along the lake’s rock wall in the Depths until she reaches the desert’s chasm again.
Dinraal
Dinraal prefers to keep to thenorthern side of the map,following the border on thenorth side of Death Mountain.
Shebegins her pattern in the Akkala Highlandsat East Akkala Plains Chasm, fliesalong the east coast, and turns at the Ancient Tech Lab to continue along the northern borderto Drenan Highlands Chasm(curving around the Great Hyrule Forest).
Underground, she takes almost the exact same pathbut in reverse and prefers to stay even further to the north than her above path.
When following Dinraal underground, you’ll need totake care not to stumble upon the King Gleeokhiding in his den. He’s very aggressive and will probably ruin your whole day if you’re caught off-guard with him.
Naydra
In theLanayru and Necluda regions,Naydra can be found flying a rather large circle around one of Hyrule’s most mountainous regions.
In the skies, she emerges from thechasm near Mount Lanayru Skyview Tower, Naydra Snowfield Chasm, andtravels to Walnot Mountainbefore headingsouth to Kitano Bayand Ebon Mountain.
From here, sheheads northwest, curves around the Meda Mountain Chasm (ignoring it), and travels sharply north-northwest toEast Hill Chasm.
Underground, Naydra prefers to follow the Rutala Riverbefore reaching Samasa Plain and Lanayru Bay. She thentravels southto close out the loop and emerge from the Naydra Snowfield Chasm.
Light Dragon
Unfortunately, the Light Dragon has thelargest looping cycleof all four dragons, and shenever ventures into the Depths. She can always be found in the Sky, and she prefers to keep to theedges of Hyrule’s map(with two major exceptions).
To add further difficulty to the mission of finding her, she alsoflies far higher than any of the dragons.Under normal circumstances, you cannot reach her by using the Skyview Towers.
You canlower the Light Dragon’s altitudeby either completing theDragon’s Tears questlineor byentering Korok Forest.
Tips For Farming
Thegreatest difficultyin farming for these dragonsis in finding them.Unfortunately, they never seem to be right where you’d like them to be when you want them to be there. As such, you’ll likely spend more time hunting them down than farming them.
The name of the game with these dragons will be patience. You canfind a high place(either outside a chasm or on a Sky island along the dragon’s route) andwait for the dragon to pass before gliding onto it.Alternatively, you cantravel the dragon’s route counterclockwiseuntil you run into them.
If you choose to wait for the dragons, it can be a lengthy process — especially for the Light Dragon thanks to her excessively large loop time of two hours. Thankfully,Fast Traveling to new locations does not affect or reset the dragons' pathing in any way.
For thosestruggling to reach the dragons, there are a few good methods worth trying:
Once you find these dragons, your struggle isn’t quite over yet. Thethree main dragons will have their own kinds of defensesin temperature and in elemental attacks.
While farming, you’ll need tokeep in mind each dragon’s type affinity and their location.Certain weapons might not be the best, and some armor sets will help protect you during your farming.
Wear theSnowquill setto protect against cold.
Eat cold-resistant foods.
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