BotW A Freezing Rod: Ice Rod or Blizzard Rod for Kula

What does Kula want for A Freezing Rod?

Equip an Ice Rod or Blizzard Rod and show it to Kula in Korok Forest. This side quest in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild rewards you according to which rod you show. It does not ask you to freeze a target or hand over the weapon.

Kula is one of the Koroks around the forest’s central area near the Master Sword clearing. If you have not reached the forest, the Master Sword guide explains the route through the Lost Woods.

Should you bring an Ice Rod or a Blizzard Rod?

If you already own a Blizzard Rod, equip it for the larger reward. If your aim is simply to clear the quest, an Ice Rod is enough. You do not need both, and the task is completed by showing an accepted rod once.

Where do you get an ice rod?

Use the Wizzrobe location map to find the appropriate enemy. Ice Wizzrobes carry Ice Rods; the stronger Blizzrobes carry Blizzard Rods. The weapon name after pickup is the final check.

Both kinds are weak to fire. A Fire Arrow or a fire-element weapon can defeat them quickly, then you need to pick up the dropped rod. Leave a free melee-weapon slot before the fight so you do not abandon the item by mistake.

Some ice Wizzrobes stand in cold regions. Use cold protection for the journey, and choose a mapped encounter you can reach comfortably rather than climbing blindly into the snow.

How do you show the rod correctly?

1. Return to Kula with the rod still intact.
2. Open the weapons menu and equip the Ice Rod or Blizzard Rod.
3. Close the menu and speak to Kula.
4. Finish his reaction and collect the reward.

Merely keeping the rod in a spare inventory slot can leave you at the dialogue telling you to equip it. If you carry both types and he asks about the stronger one, switch to the Blizzard Rod.

There is no reason to swing the rod at Kula or use up its durability. You keep it afterward for freezing enemies during ordinary exploration.

What else can you do while you are in the forest?

The other forest challenges are separate tasks. Riddles of Hyrule asks for materials, and The Korok Trials leads to shrines. For all regional errands, return to the side quest list.