Secret of the Ring Ruins

Secret of the Ring Ruins

Games	Tears of the Kingdom
Locations	Ring Ruins Zonai Ruins
Prerequisite	Start Find the Fifth Sage
Start	Speak with Paya & Tauro at Kakariko Village
Objective	Reach Dragonhead Island in the Thunderhead Isles and interact with Mineru's mask
Rewards	Begin Guidance from Ages Past Charged Set
Attributes
Type	Main Quest

Secret of the Ring Ruins is a Main Quest found in Tears of the Kingdom

Overview

In Kakariko Village, Paya, who is shown as the new chief, is investigating the Ring Ruin floating above the village. Alongside the chief, is the Zonai Survey Team's leader, Tauro, who is contemplating how to get inside the ring to find a stone tablet matching the one in the other four. However, they are stymied by an order from "Princess Zelda" not to touch the floating Ruin, and Calip prevents Link from getting close.

After finding the "Zelda" who gave the orders was a puppet of Ganondorf, Link explains this to Paya and Tauro. Excited, they realise the order was never valid, but are not sure how to get in non-destructively. Using Ascend, Link finds his way in, and with a picture of the tablet goes back to the ground and shows it to the team. After deciphering the tablet's writing, they are led to the Dracozu Lake in the Faron region.

A mural on a wall inside one of the ruins near the lake's head reveals information regarding an outfit, and putting a Zonai Charge on a shrine as a sort of tradition. Link picks up the Charged Shirt from a Zonai treasure chest in the room with the mural, and Charged Trousers & Charged Headdress in two similar rooms blocked by sediment and vines, respectively, along the winding river. Upon arrival at the ruins at the dragon river's tail, he wears the Charged Set, then places the Zonai Charge on the altar. The ruins begin to react, with eyes of various dragon statues beginning to glow green with thunder rods raising from the statues. Lightning strikes them, and it clears up the heavy storm above the region, which was once obscuring a series of sky islands in the shape of a dragon known as Thunderhead Isles.

When Link makes his way up to the islands, depending on which way he goes - Recalling Sky Debris may let him go directly to Dragonhead Island, the ultimate destination - he may have to go from island to island in the Thunderhead Isles chain, which still has stormy weather, using Ascend. Going through this path means defeating numerous enemies along the way including a Flux Construct III. At the end of the path, he finds Dragonhead Island, lower than the Thunderhead Isles and now with clear weather, with a building containing Joku-u Shrine, as well as a Zonai-style mask. Touching the mask, he hears a voice of a woman calling out to him referring to him as the "Chosen protector of Zelda" and the mask fires a green beam of light towards the ground for Link to follow, ending the quest to pick up with the Guidance from Ages Past quest.

Requirements

The quest branches off of the Find the Fifth Sage quest, requiring completion through the story up to said point including the first four dungeons.

Note that this quest itself is not required in order to do Guidance from Ages Past and ultimately obtain the Vow of Mineru, Sage of Spirit - the stormclouds' fog reduces visibility severely making it harder to reach Mineru's mask on Dragonhead Island, but do not prevent it. If Guidance from Ages Past is completed before the thunderhead which gives the Thunderhead Isles their name is dispelled, Secret of the Ring Ruins will complete as soon as this happens.

Walkthrough

• Speak with Paya and Tauro beneath the Ring Ruin in Kakariko Village to begin the quest.
• Use Ascend to get inside the ring ruin that is just above where Paya and Tauro. Inside the ruin, take a picture of the stone tablet. Show the picture to Tauro, Paya, and Calip.
• Travel to the Popla Foothills Skyview Tower, where Calip can be found near the small campfire. He informs Link that Tauro has traveled southeast to the Dracozu Lake.
• Travel to the Lake and Link will find a Note on the Table, from Tauro. Tauro mentions the rubble near the tent has led to a discovery and he asks to join him inside.
• Enter the rubble with the light to find Tauro examining some ruins. He mentions a riddle, where Link will need to wear an electric garb, while offering a Zonai charge to the altar at the tail of the wide-mouthed forest serpent. In this case, the tail is the end of the Dracozu River.
• Within the cave with Tauro, open the treasure chest to get the Charged Shirt, the first of three items in the Charged Set.
• Along the river, there is another opening on the west side that has a boulder within the door opening. Beyond the boulders is a treasure chest that contains the Charged Trousers.
• South of the river is another opening which Link will need to use a sword attack to slash the vines that block the entrance. Inside has a chest with the Charged Headdress.
• At the very end of the river, just to the west, there is an opening that leads to an altar. Inside, Link needs to wear the complete Charged Set, including the Charged Shirt, Charged Trousers, and Charged Headdress. While wearing the Charged Set, drop a Zonai Charge onto the altar. This triggers a cut-scene, where lightning strikes the four pillars. This will cause the skies up ahead to clear, revealing islands in the sky.
• Calip will appear back at the Popla Foothills Skyview Tower. Use the Skyview Tower to launch yourself up and fly to the southeast. Using Tulin's Power of Wind, glide over and land on the Thunderhead Isles.
• Link can travel from island to island, but well to the east, at a much lower elevation, Link will come across the Dragonhead Island. Just north of the Joku-u Shrine, there are some vines that Link can chop down. Beyond the vines, Link can push open the door, but he needs at least 10 heart containers to do so.
• The Zonai Relic will shine a green light down to the surface. This will complete the quest, but open the next main quest, Guidance from Ages Past.

Adventure Log

Step	Description
1	After you told Paya and Tauro about the false Princess Zelda, they began exploring the Ring Ruin previously forbidden by the impostor. They believe there is a stone slab carved with Zonai writing inside. Entering the site and investigating the slab will assist their research.
2	You deciphered the Zonai text carved in the stone slab inside the Ring Ruin. Tauro and his colleague are following a lead to the Zonai Ruins in balmy Faron in the southeast. They're gathering at the Skyview Tower near the ruins.
3	You traveled to the Skyview Tower in the Popla Foothills. Calip, who industriously assembled the team's base of operations, informed you that Tauro planned to start investigating the Zonai Ruins to the southeast by Dracozu Lake.
4	You reunited with Tauro in ruins presided over by stone dragon statues. Tauro deciphered the code found on an ancient mural in the ruins: Wear the electric garb hidden at long-necked dragons along the wide-mouthed forest serpent. Offer a Zonai charge to the altar at the tail.
5	You donned the charged attire found in the dragon-pillar ruins and offered a Zonai charge at the altar. A fork of lightning heralded the appearance of a new sky island.
6	You opened the door on Dragonhead Island. Inside, you discovered what appears to be a Zonai relic on a pedestal in the center of the chamber.
Complete	The floor of the chamber on Dragonhead Island opened when you touched the relic. After the relic fired a beam of green light to the ground, you heard a mysterious voice in your head: "Link... Chosen protector of Zelda... Take this... Follow the light..."

Gallery

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  Speak with Paya and Tauro in Kakariko Village

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  Use Ascend to get inside the floating Ring

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  There is a hidden area inside the ring

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  Snap a picture of the Ring Ruins Stone Slab

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  Show the picture to Paya, Tauro, and Calip

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  Find Calip at the Popla Foothills Skyview Tower

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  Find a Note on the Table at Dracozu Lake

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  Enter the ruins to find Tauro

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  Open the chest to get the Charged Shirt

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  Blast open the second opening along the river to get the Charged Trousers

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  Cut the vines by the next opening to get the Charged Headdress

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  Drop a Zonai Charge on the altar, while wearing the Charged Set

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  Tauro and Calip will appear

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  The skies open up revealing a series of islands in the sky

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  Glide southeast from the Popla Foothills Skyview Tower to reach the Thunderhead Isles

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  East of the Thunderhead Isles at a lower elevation, Link will arrive at Dragonhead Island

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  Cut the vines just north of the shrine

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  Push the large door open, which requires at least 10 heart containers

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  Link will find a Zonai Relic behind the door

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  Closeup of the Zonai Relic

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  The Relic will emit a green light

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  The Relic points to a specific location down on the surface