BotW Korok Seeds Map: All 900 Locations, Hestu Upgrade Costs

Korok Seeds buy more room for weapons, bows and shields. This guide separates the useful inventory target from the completionist target, gives every upgrade price, explains where Hestu moves and maps all 900 Koroks.

How many Korok Seeds are in Breath of the Wild?

There are 900 Korok Seeds. Every hidden Korok in this game gives one seed, whether you reveal it by lifting a suspicious rock or by completing a larger environmental puzzle.

How do the common Korok puzzles work?

Puzzle clue	What to do
Lone or suspicious rock	Lift it; rocks can also sit under slabs, leaf piles or breakable cover
Incomplete stone pattern	Place the nearby missing stone so the ground pattern matches
Stone ring in water	Throw a loose rock through the ring
Boulder and a nearby hole	Roll or guide the boulder into the hole
Mismatched metal blocks	Use Magnesis to copy the completed block shape
Flower trail or flower order	Follow the appearing flower, or touch the flowers in their indicated order
Pinwheel, balloon or acorn	Stand by the pinwheel when present, then shoot the revealed targets
Lily-pad ring	Dive or fall through the center of the ring
Leaf-marked stump	Step on it, then reach the goal ring before it disappears
Matching fruit trees	Remove the extra fruit until the trees match
Offering bowls	Put the matching fruit into the empty bowl
Large ice block	Melt it with a heat source to reveal what is inside

Unlike BotW, Tears of the Kingdom has 1,000 seeds and adds backpack Korok reunions that award two seeds.

How many BotW Korok Seeds do you need for full inventory?

You need 441 seeds to buy every permanent weapon, bow and shield expansion. The category totals are:

Stash	Expansion count	Seeds for every expansion
Weapons	11	208
Bows	8	73
Shields	16	160
All stashes	—	441

That leaves 459 seeds after every useful inventory purchase. The Master Sword guide explains the dedicated sword slot separately, while the shrine map guide covers the other major exploration checklist.

Hestu’s three locations, the maracas quest and which stash to expand first are covered in inventory expansion.

What does every Hestu inventory upgrade cost?

The price rises separately for each stash. Choosing a weapon upgrade does not advance the bow or shield price ladder.

Expansion	Weapon cost	Bow cost	Shield cost
1	1	1	1
2	2	2	2
3	3	3	3
4	5	5	4
5	8	8	5
6	12	12	10
7	17	17	10
8	25	25	10
9	35	—	10
10	45	—	10
11	55	—	15
12	—	—	15
13	—	—	15
14	—	—	15
15	—	—	15
16	—	—	20
Total	208	73	160

Where is Hestu in Breath of the Wild?

Hestu changes location as you progress, so finding an empty roadside spot does not mean the quest is broken.

Stage	Location	What moves him onward
First meeting	Road between Kakariko Bridge and Kakariko Village	Recover his maracas from the nearby monster camp; he offers only 2 upgrades here
Lost on the way home	Riverside Stable, Wetland Stable or Woodland Stable	He offers 5 more upgrades across this stage
Permanent home	Korok Forest	All remaining inventory expansions are available here

Browse Korok Seeds by region

Choose a region for its own map, all puzzle locations and a solution reference. Seeds and locations are counted separately.

Region	Locations	Seeds
Akkala	61	61
Central	118	118
Dueling Peaks	68	68
Eldin	44	44
Faron	53	53
Gerudo	41	41
Great Plateau	32	32
Hateno	61	61
Hebra	79	79
Lake	86	86
Lanayru	60	60
Ridgeland	60	60
Tabantha	42	42
Wasteland	64	64
Woodland	31	31
Total	900	900

Where are all 900 Korok Seeds?

All regions AkkalaCentralDueling PeaksEldinFaronGerudoGreat PlateauHatenoHebraLakeLanayruRidgelandTabanthaWastelandWoodland All types Lift a rock (174)Complete a rock pattern (73)Match the metal cube shape (66)Reach the goal before time runs out (51)Touch a sparkle that stays put (51)Follow a flower trail (46)Shoot the balloons by a pinwheel (44)Lift a rock in a rock pile (41)Chase a moving sparkle (39)Dive into the ring of lily pads (35)Roll a boulder into the hole (31)Shoot the acorn in a hole (29)Put the missing fruit on the offering plate (28)Shoot a balloon (26)Complete a circle of rocks (20)Make the rows of trees match (20)Lift a rock under leaves (19)Melt a block of ice (18)Put the chained metal ball in the hole (16)Shoot a hanging acorn (14)Lift a stone slab (12)Touch the flowers in order (11)Shoot the acorns by a pinwheel (10)Lift the rock blocking a door (8)Move a boulder (6)Shoot the crest (4)Jump the fences before time runs out (2)Burn the leaves (1)Remove the Luminous Stone (1)Take the apple from the palm tree (1)Shoot the targets (1)Light the torch (1)Take the stick (1) Hide found

Drag to move and zoom in to tell the points apart; on a computer, click the map first and the mouse wheel zooms it. Ticks are saved in this browser only; no account is needed.

Every Korok comes from the game’s own placement data, one seed each. The map data sorts the puzzles into 33 kinds; the most common are lift a rock 174, complete a rock pattern 73, match the metal cube shape 66, reach the goal before time runs out 51, touch a sparkle that stays put 51, follow a flower trail 46. Those puzzle names are the map community’s labels put into words — the game never names Korok puzzles.

“Nearest landmark” is the closest place name on the map; the region is the tower region of the nearest shrine.

Central (118)

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Lake (86)

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Hebra (79)

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Dueling Peaks (68)

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Wasteland (64)

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Akkala (61)

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Hateno (61)

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Lanayru (60)

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Ridgeland (60)

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Faron (53)

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Eldin (44)

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Tabantha (42)

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Gerudo (41)

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Great Plateau (32)

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Woodland (31)

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What do you get for collecting all 900 Korok Seeds?

After collecting all 900 and maxing the stashes, speak to Hestu in Korok Forest. He gives you Hestu’s Gift, a commemorative item with no gameplay effect. Its only unlock is the option to return and ask Hestu to dance.

Is it worth collecting every Korok Seed?

For inventory space, stop at 441. The remaining 459 do not buy more slots, so collecting every seed is worthwhile only if you want the full-map checklist and Hestu’s Gift. The 900 Koroks are over 70% of the map completion percentage; the rest is in the 100% completion guide.

If you are choosing which large checklist to tackle next, compare the games in Tears of the Kingdom vs Breath of the Wild before committing to another Korok hunt.