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The Awakening armor is a new set introduced inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It lets you take on the appearance of a very cartoonish-looking Link, as he appears in the remake of Link’s Awakening. Two pieces of the Awakneing set are guarded by Gleeoks, which are fearsome, three-headed dragons.
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We suggest starting with the Trousers of Awakening since this will trigger a side-quest called Misko’s Treasure of Awakening III in your Adventure Log. Reading the stone tablet in front of the first chest will also explain how to solve the puzzle to get theMask of Awakeninglater.
Updated July 24, 2025 by Jacob Whaling:We’ve updated this guide with some fresh formatting and instructions for how to use the Link’s Awakening Amiibo to get the Awakening set in Tears of the Kingdom.
Where To Find The Trousers Of Awakening
While we suggest doing this first, it does put you in the direct path of an extremely nasty boss enemy called the Gleeok.
It’s a three-headed dragon, which isattuned to the lightning element. It is standing in the middle of the Coliseum and your target is directly behind it.
First, head to theColiseum in the Hyrule Fieldregion on the map. You can find this by travelingsouthwest from the Susuyai Shrinein Central Hyrule.
As you approach the Coliseum, you will see that a three-headed dragon is guarding the center. You’ll need tofight and defeat the Gleeokto continue to the treasure.
Directly behind the Gleeok aretwo statues. One has a sword in its hands, but there is one without a sword.To the right of the sword-less statue is a weapon for it to hold.
UseUltrahand to move the sword into the statueso the tip points toward the statue’s feet.
Push it into place, and a cave will appear beneath. Go down and grab the chest to find theTrousers of Awakening.
Read the slab on the left to trigger the sub-quest,Misako’s Treasure of Awakening III.
This slab states you need to play with shadows at some point, which is explained lower down.
Where To Find The Tunic Of Awakening
TheTunic of Awakeningis alsoguarded by a Gleeok, but you don’t need to fight this one. Teleport to theMakurukis Shrinenext to theTabantha Bridge Stableon the western side of the map.
Headacross the Tabantha Great Bridgeand climb the first mountain you seeon the left after leaving the bridge. This will place you in theAncient Columns.
On the eastern tip of this mountain, where the Ancient Columns are on your map,there is a small ruin surrounded by pillars. Lookingeast and facing the ruins head-on, there is a pillar to your right.
Climb this pillar to find a small stone you may press by standing on it. When you do this, the floor in front of you will open and reveal the cave.
Go inside the cave and snag the Tunic of Awakening from the chest.
Where To Find The Mask Of Awakening
The third and final piece of the Awakening setis found in the Thundra Plateau. You want to head to the small circular island on the map, where you will find four pillars on the north, east, south, and western sides of the small circle island.
To get the door to open, you must cut downfour of the mushroom-topped treesfound in the area. Using the Ultrahand, fuse the tree trunks toform a large pole.
With your tree pole created, bring it to thesouthernmost pillar.
Climb the pillar and grab your tree pole with the Ultrahand, pointing itdirectly into the skyand in front of the pillar you’re standing on.
Facing North, keep hold of the pole with the Ultrahand andwait until noon.Exactly at noon (12:00 pm),the shadow from your tree pole will alignwith the northern pillar, opening the way to the armour.
Go in and grab the chest. There is aBubbulfrogbehind a cracked wallin the ceiling, so make sure you get that too.
Scan The Link’s Awakening Amiibo
If you’d prefer to get the Awakening set without going through all the trouble, there’s a short and easy method to obtain it instead. If you have theLink’s Awakening Amiibo, you’re able to simplyscan the Amiibo on your Switch. This will cause a treasure chest to appear that has achance of holding one of the three Awakening armor pieces.
Each Amiibo can only be scanned once a day, so you’ll need to wait aminimum of three days to get the full set of Awakening armor. Alternatively, you canset the time on your Switch forwardto bypass this time limit.
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