20 MORE Hidden Secrets in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

"Tears of the Kingdom" has more secrets to uncover than most other games. For this list, we'll continue exploring Easter Eggs and other hidden details in Nintendo's fantasy masterpiece. As always, some spoilers lie ahead. Our list of more hidden secrets in "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom" includes Mipha Court Homage, Pyper’s Animated Dance, Helping a Hidden Cucco, Teacher's Pets, and more! Be sure to check out our previous "Tears of the Kingdom" secrets videos. And if there's a special detail you feel no one has found, let us know about it in the comments!

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[liamwhite]

To add onto the Eyes of the Beholder quest, the eyes are hidden in the exact spots where, in BOTW, there were chests that could only be accessed once you claimed the corresponding ability.
The magnesis shrine at the north of the plateau has an eye underwater where a metal chest used to be.
The bomb shrine in the east has an eye in a breakable rock wall.
The stasis shrine in the south is under a fallen chunk of sky island, where in botw there was a boulder.
The cryonis shrine in the west has an eye stuck in ice. (the exact location of the botw treasure is now a korok)

[aidanjackson]

In addition to the point of "The Yiga and the Sheikah, " it's also shown that if you wear the Yiga mask in Gerudo Town, you will be arrested and locked up, only to be found as to actually be Link. They'll ask for you to remove it before letting you leave (if you don't just Ascend out).
This ties in with the Gerudo also having a history with the Yiga, since the Yiga clan's hideout is found North of Gerudo Desert and have been shown to try and steal the Gerudo's special helm, which they recreated in TotK

[LadyKattrina]

Piper is a Skull Kid, headcanon accepted.

[asianaalvarez]

The photos hanging on the first floor of Links House in Hateno ( now Zelda's House ) corresponds to the quests where you need to find clues about Zelda's whereabouts aka the lucky clover gazette quest . I noticed it after finishing the quest . 😊

[a.jthomas]

Nintendo kept saying there is no romance between Link and Zelda. But I however knew there is as I played both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom Story. Here is the evidences I found:

- As Link walks out the Shrine of Resurrection, the Japanese Text in the Mission log speaks of a more personal perspectives as Link stated that he heard a beautiful woman's voice direction the location being mark on the Sheikah Slate. Yet he felt
- King Rhoam assigning “HIM” as her appointed knight in in the first entry of Zelda’s diary
- She is the only person that helps her Appointed Knight and Hero to be more opened to her as seen in Zelda’s diary entry in BOTW; explaining why he felt necessary to remain silent because with so much at stake and too many eyes upon him.
- After the Calamity emerges beneath Hyrule Castle and nearly 80% of the land’s population is nearby wiped out, Link is gravely wounded defending his princess. She jumps in front of Link which activates her sealing powers. It is not a friendship love. It is a romantic love to her knight.
- As Zelda is about to placed the Master Sword to it's pedestal, she is about to ask the Deku Tree to deliver a message of how much she loves Link. But it was cut off as he reassure her that her words would sound sweeter in her voice instead.
In the Champion’s Ballad DLC, Kass hints Zelda’s love for Link at the very last song. Read this lyric here: 🎵 “The princess's love for her fallen knight awakens her power / And within the castle the Calamity is forced to cower. But the knight survives! In the Shrine of Resurrection he sleeps, until from his healing dream he leaps! For fierce and deadly trials await. To regain his strength. To fulfill his fate. To become a hero once again! To wrest the princess from evil's den. The hero, the princess—hand in hand—Must bring the light back to this land.” 🎵
- After you collected all of Link's memories, the Japanese version of Breath of the Wild once again proven it had give Link more personality when he said this: "I traveled to the 13 places of reminiscence and received Princess Zelda's feelings.

Within the memories, Princess Zelda is trying her hardest...

I want to rescue Princess Zelda as soon as possible and see her smile once again with my own eyes."
- Petals of the Silent Princess flowers represent their endless love as Bolton has mentioned after the Terry Town side quest.
- In memory 8 of the Dragon Tears, Zelda tells Rauru her description of Link as well as her fondness of her knight/hero/lover. Her ancestors acted like the kind of parents who would be interested in meeting their daughter’s boyfriend and hoping to put Link’s mind at ease.
- Before the pair set out to investigate the glooms beneath Hyrule Castle, Zelda was about to surprise Link with the newly improved Champion’s Tunic as you read another diary in her Secret Study Room. This may be a way to make a marriage purposal since Link has grown immerse with the Zora's cultural ways since he was a boy. If you think how Mipha is gonna give him the Zora Armor before the Calamity struck, it makes alot of sense.
- Both become teachers in Zelda’s School to educate a new generation of Hylians in Hateno Village with the assistant of Symin (since they saw themselves through them).
- I’m not sure what the Japanese version is like, it claims that it is their home while the western called Link’s formal home “Zelda’s House”.
- A scene you get of Link surrounded by the silent princess flowers, a flower field where there are princess flowers and blue nightshade side-by-side, an npc implying married couples by dream homes, that dream home having a study and silent princesses nearby.
- After completing the side quest in Lurelin Village, NPC tells Link about the couple’s secret visit at the Lover’s Pond (meaning Zelda visits there with Link accompanying her while disguising herself from raising suspicion) as the Scholar Princess is fascinated with the fairies dancing around at night time.
- While the original Western version of Tears of the Kingdom calls this side quest “Potential Princess Sightings”, Link calls her "my sweet princess" in the Japanese quest log version: 「マイ・スウィート・プリンセス」
- in the final boss battle, Light Dragon (Zelda) comes to save and aids Link against Draconified Ganondorf which could mean not all of her is lost. Zelda’s love for Link could be explained by her dragon instinct.
- After exploring the geoglyphs, the Japanese version of the mission log shows that Link learned of Zelda becoming the Light Dragon (or white Dragon in Japanese) all to entrust the Master Sword to him, and he must live up to her feelings, no matter what; "なんとしてもゼルダ姫の想いに応えなければ" or "(I) have to live up to/must respond to Princess Zelda's feelings"
-Zelda’s dragonification is reversed when Rauru’s light power and Sonia’s time power channeling through Link. The reason why it happened was because they required Link’s stronger motives. And we have seen that before in BOTW where Zelda’s motives to save Link triggered her Light powers. It was love.
- The entire goal of the game from the start isn't even "Kill Ganondorf". Rather it's "Find Princess Zelda" proves how personal this is for Link, and that is only completed by Link catching the real Zelda.
- Link held on to her tightly as they landed on a lake. Upon being woken after being asleep for hundreds of thousands of years, Zelda can describe it as “a warm, loving embrace”.
- When Zelda said “ Link, I’m home”, I believe it is not just she really returned to the Hyrule she belongs to. But Link is her home. In Japanese however, Zelda said this: "ただいま... リンク" (pronounced as I'm home Link). These words depict that is either someone close to family or a person you shared space with (aka lover). This hints that Link and Zelda are indeed lovers.
- Mineru Theorized that reversing Zelda’s Draconification requires Sonia’s Time power and Rauru’s Light Power to be channeled through Link’s arm; but activating magic is also in need of strong motive. That is when Zelda smiles at her knight knowing how much his princess means to him.
- In comparing the two secret endings, Link runs up to Zelda in Breath of the Wild while he walks proudly as he is showing his composure among his friends approaching Zelda. While she has shown a lot of love and care for the people of Hyrule, Princess Zelda’s true love is for Link and only the player can see the two of them in love.

Going over the evidences I pointed out in this analysis, this proves the romances between Link and Zelda are there in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

[Carmen-nnjk]

Something I noticed about the stable trotters during play through: Each of their instruments correspond to the instruments played in Majora's Mask. Most notably when you play at the Milk Bar. Horn - Deku pipes, drums- Goron drums, violin/strings- Zora guitar, and flute- ocarina. (I can't remember if this was pointed out in the first one)

[TheTolnoc]

I think the Blademaster just ignores who you are, because you're the only worthy candidate he's had in a while.

[ElGremlin]

Mojo I have something you missed with Poe souls. On top of the area where you construct mineru there are 4 grave like rocks much like Sonia’s grave and poe souls by each rock. This might be not only a reference to the 4 sages but this might be their graves.
😊

[NevikTek]

Good, glad one of these videos finally pointed out the Piper dance being a reference to the Skull Kids from OOT. I also believe the Maestro is doing a more exaggerated version of Link's Wind Waker conducting animation (of course that is probably obvious since both are essentially conducting)

[masonschwalm]

I dyed my Yiga outfit green… that shoulda been a hint to them, but they still foolishly trusted me…

[sonicguyver]

I don't know if it counts as an Easter Egg or just an interesting detail. In each place where a chunk of sky island has been sitting for a while, you can see the ground around it has changed. It is more stone like, even on grassy areas, and has markings like zonai lines. It's like the sky island pieces are infecting the land around them.

[SexyDexy]

I found the The legend of the Great Sky Island quest yesterday. I was down on Hyrule west field doing Korok puzzles when I looked up and saw a whitish, blue-green swirl in the sky. I checked the map and saw it was definitely The Great Sky Island and immediately knew it had to be the around the Temple Of Time. When I first saw the waterfalls, I knew you had to use the Zora’s armor to complete it. Such a neat challenge and discovery and it made me find out that a Bubbulfrog is in a Great Sky Island cave!

[-.MidnasLament.-]

Eustice may be in relation to the horn he's playing, which I think based on his name is supposed to be a Euphonium. It's a horn that sounds like what he's playing, it just looks a little different. I think that makes more sense for his name since everyone else's name seems to be related to their instruments 😊

[Trailblazer]

I love when they do things like piper dancing like skull kid, no matter how small or meanless they are. it's always enjoyable. fun note that scene from oot with the 2 skull kids and you match the tunes, last time I did that part a few years back I was tripping so hard I sat on that part for what seemed like hours (had to be atleast over 1). funny memories

[c.k.mcknight]

Whoa, that last one is really cool! I always wondered if they just pulled letters out of a hat or something to name the shrines. I had no idea there was real-world significance.

[calebh]

Unfortunately, the "bloody walls" in the Kakariko Village Well seems to just be a myth caused by improperly seeing things in the dim light. Shining a bright light inside the well reveals it to be normal red-accented walls with green moss splotches over it, not mossy walls with red blood splotches. Similar red accents can be found on other Zonai stonework in Thyphlo Ruins, the labyrinths, etc. Of course, the sharp, narrow corridors and red coloring could still be a subtle reference to the original Kakariko Well anyways.

[a.jthomas]

I would like to see more of Link and Zelda being school teachers in Hateno Children.

Sadly though, we may never get to the DLC since Fujibayashi and Aonuma have anoounced it a few days ago.

[chrisshorten]

I'm just going to say what I'm thinking: anyone else think Violynne is one of the prettiest NPCs in the game?

[skyesilverwing]

I kind of feel like TotK both is and is not a sequel to BotW. That is to say I think that when Zelda went back in time, she altered the past in such a way that the events of BotW happened differently in a way we are not exactly privy to. The world is similar, but there are a lot of changes that can't be explained by the passage of time or the industriousness of the people. For instance, on the Akkala Citadel, there are Ruins in TotK that were not there in BotW. Add to that the presence of Caves and tunnels and passages in places where there were other things in BoTW and the disappearance of most of the Shieka technology in favor of much more plentiful and usable Zonai Tech, and you end with an odd sort of half-remembered past.

[meghanmaclaughlan]

Over 200 hours in and still learned new things! Thanks!