TotK Caves Map: All 147 Cave Locations by Region

Caves are where Tears of the Kingdom hides its Bubbulfrogs, 27 shrines, most of the armor that is not sold in shops, and a lot of treasure chests. This page lists all 147 by region with the official names and entrance locations, including every extra entrance, and for each region says which caves hold a shrine, a chest, a quest or a big monster. The last two sections explain how to find caves and how to tell when one is done.

Where are all 147 caves?

All regions AkkalaEldinFaronGerudoGreat Hyrule ForestHebraHyrule FieldLanayruNecludaTabantha 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.

“Show on map” marks one of the entrances; when a cave has more than one, the “Entrance 2” and “Entrance 3” buttons later in the same row are the others. The landmark is the nearest named place on the map. Wells are on their own page: all 58 wells. The four caves of Great Sky Island (Pondside Cave, Pit Cave, Bottomless Cave and Mining Cave) are filed under the surface region below them.

Each region starts with a short table of the caves worth a detour: the shrine inside, the chest or quest, and any big monster. Shrines and monsters come from the game data; chests and quests are the ones on the linked pages.

Hyrule Field (22)

The caves of Hyrule Field ring the Great Plateau and Hyrule Castle. The biggest is the Royal Hidden Passage, which has three entrances and links the Emergency Shelter under Lookout Landing to the castle: the three Soldier’s set chests, the Horned Statue and a Stalnox are all down there. Five shrines sit inside caves here, and the two Misko caves (Thundra Plateau Cave and Coliseum Ruins Cave) only open once you solve the riddle outside.

If you need Brightcaps, this is the region: Ancient Tree Stump Cave has 22 and Lindor’s Brow Cave 15, the two biggest patches in the game. Lindor’s Brow Cave also has a Gloom Spawn in the dark.

Cave	What is inside
Ancient Tree Stump Cave	Fierce Deity Boots (chest); Brightcaps (22)
Coliseum Ruins Cave	Trousers of Awakening (chest); Misko’s Treasure of Awakening II
Crenel Hills Cave	Barbarian Armor (chest); Stone Talus (Luminous)
Crenel Peak Cave	Jojon Shrine
Great Plateau Foothill Cave	Kyokugon Shrine
Lake Hylia Whirlpool Cave	En-oma Shrine; the whirlpool for Whirly Swirly Things
Lindor’s Brow Cave	Taki-ihaban Shrine; Brightcaps (15); Gloom Spawn
North Hyrule Plain Cave	Climbing Gear (chest)
Pondside Cave	Archaic Tunic (chest); on Great Sky Island
River of the Dead Waterfall Cave	Tadarok Shrine
Royal Hidden Passage	Soldier’s Helm, Armor and Greaves (3 chests); the Horned Statue; Stalnox
Satori Mountain Foothill Cave	Usazum Shrine’s crystal, carried by the Hinox; Hinox
Stalry Plateau Cave	Hearty Lizards
Tanagar Canyon East Cave	Stalnox
Thundra Plateau Cave	Mask of Awakening (chest); Misko’s Treasure of Awakening III
Whistling Hill Cave	Rubber Armor (chest)

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Necluda (27)

Necluda has more caves than any other region, and seven of them hold a shrine, also the most. Three caves near Lakeside Stable (Corta Lake Cave, Rodai Lakefront Tunnel and Calora Lake Cave) each have a Hinox, the targets of the side quest Ousting the Giants. The Tingle set is here too: read the ceiling in Dueling Peaks North Cave, copy it in Dueling Peaks South Cave, and whistle at the gate of Cape Cales Cliffbase Cave.

Eventide Island Cave is the pirates’ hideout of Seeking the Pirate Hideout, with a Black Boss Bokoblin and Marari-in Shrine behind the ship. Three of the region’s 27 caves are really on Great Sky Island (Pit Cave, Bottomless Cave and Mining Cave) and are listed here by their map position.

Cave	What is inside
Bottomless Cave	Bomb Flowers around it; on Great Sky Island
Byroad to Lanayru Wetlands	Hearty Truffles; Stone Talus (Luminous)
Calora Lake Cave	Ousting the Giants; Black Hinox
Cape Cales Cliffbase Cave	Tingle’s Tights (chest); Misko’s Treasure: Pirate Manuscript
Corta Lake Cave	Ousting the Giants; Blue Hinox
Deepback Bay Cave	Anedamimik Shrine
Dueling Peaks North Cave	the ceiling pattern for Tingle’s Shirt
Dueling Peaks South Cave	Tingle’s Shirt (chest); Misko’s Treasure: Twins Manuscript
Eventide Island Cave	Marari-in Shrine; Seeking the Pirate Hideout; Black Boss Bokoblin
Lanayru Road East Cave	Jogou Shrine; Black Boss Bokoblin
Mining Cave	a Forge Construct; on Great Sky Island
Mount Dunsel Cave	Bamitok Shrine
Oakle’s Navel Cave	Tokiy Shrine
Pit Cave	on the way to In-isa Shrine; on Great Sky Island
Retsam Forest Cave	Mayahisik Shrine
Rodai Lakefront Tunnel	Ousting the Giants; Hinox
Sahasra Slope Cave	the way into a Skyview Tower
Sarjon Woods Cave	Rubber Helm (chest)
Tobio’s Hollow Cave	Utojis Shrine

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Gerudo (23)

Several desert caves are buried ruins, and the monsters inside are Gibdos and Electric Chuchus rather than Horriblins. Ancient Altar Ruins has 12 entrances, the most of any cave, and the Phantom Greaves under the quicksand; the Phantom Armor is in Tamio River Downstream Cave, guarded by a Gloom Spawn. The Statue of the Eighth Heroine Cave only opens when you reflect sunlight onto the statue’s chest, and the Gerudo Sanctuary is where the Gerudo shelter during the main quest.

The Yiga Clan’s Blademaster Station is behind a waterfall; pass The Yiga Clan Exam there and the route into Taafei Hill Cave opens, with Suariwak Shrine and a Rare Stone Talus. The second cave shrine, Chichim, is in the Ancient Prison Ruins. The Gerudo Great Skeleton cave is the last stop of Loone’s fossil quests, and the Vah Naboris Divine Helm waits in the West Gerudo Underground Ruins.

Cave	What is inside
Ancient Altar Ruins	Phantom Greaves (chest); Gibdo ×4; Moth Gibdo ×3
Ancient Prison Ruins	Chichim Shrine
Central Gerudo Cave	Gibdo ×4
Gerudo Canyon Mine	Blue Boss Bokoblin
Gerudo Great Skeleton	Loone’s quest Gerudo’s Colossal Fossil
Gerudo Sanctuary	The Mysterious Eighth; Gibdo ×6
Lower Spectacle Rock Cave	Fire-Breath Lizalfos tails
Meadela’s Mantle Cave	the way into a Skyview Tower
Mount Nabooru Cave	a frog statue of The Yiga Clan Exam
Oasis Source	Lost in the Dunes (Ponthos)
Statue of the Eighth Heroine Cave	Tingle’s Hood (chest); Misko’s Treasure: Heroines Manuscript; Gibdo ×7; Moth Gibdo
Taafei Hill Cave	Suariwak Shrine; The Yiga Clan Exam; Stone Talus (Rare)
Tamio River Downstream Cave	Phantom Armor (chest); Gloom Spawn
Valley of Silent Statues	Gibdo ×3
West Gerudo Underground Ruins	Vah Naboris Divine Helm (chest)
Yiga Blademaster Station	The Yiga Clan Exam

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Lanayru (21)

Zora country, so expect water: swim through the waterfall under the Great Zora Bridge to find the Cave Under Zora’s Domain and the Vah Ruta Divine Helm, and the Ancient Zora Waterworks and Pristine Sanctum are both stops on Sidon’s main quest. Two Barbarian pieces are here, the Helm in Robred Dropoff Cave and the Leg Wraps behind ice in Walnot Mountain Cave, and two Climbing pieces in Ploymus Mountain Cave and the Upland Zorana Byroad.

Four shrines are inside caves here. Boné Pond East Cave has four entrances; the skull on top of the hill is the easy way down to Maoikes Shrine. Joniu Shrine is reached through Ralis Channel, a water channel rather than a dry cave.

Cave	What is inside
Ancient Zora Waterworks	Zora Greaves (A Token of Friendship)
Boné Pond East Cave	Maoikes Shrine; Blue Boss Bokoblin
Cave Under Zora’s Domain	Vah Ruta Divine Helm (chest)
Horon Lagoon Cave	Rubber Tights (chest)
Lanayru Road South Cave	O-ogim Shrine
Ploymus Mountain Cave	Climber’s Bandanna (chest)
Pristine Sanctum	King Dorephan (Clues to the Sky)
Ralis Channel	Joniu Shrine
Reservoir Lakefront Cavern	The Blue Stone
Robred Dropoff Cave	Barbarian Helm (chest); Blue Boss Bokoblin
Tarm Point Cave	Yomizuk Shrine; True Treasure (Sasan)
Ulria Grotto South Cave	Stone Talus (Luminous)
Upland Zorana Byroad	Climbing Boots (chest)
Walnot Mountain Cave	Barbarian Leg Wraps (chest; melt the ice first); Black Boss Bokoblin

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Eldin (18)

Eldin’s caves are hot and often run alongside lava, with Fire Likes and Igneo Pebblits inside, so bring Flame Guard. The Ember set is split across three of them, and Cephla Lake Cave is the start of every Misko quest: the dog leads you to the Ember Trousers, and the three Fierce Deity pieces open the hidden room with the Fierce Deity Sword. Goronbi River Cave holds the Ember Shirt and the stela that starts Misko’s Treasure of Awakening.

Four shrines sit in Eldin caves. Lizard’s Burrow (break the rocks at the mouth) has the Vah Rudania Divine Helm, Gorko Tunnel the secret hot spring of Simmerstone Springs, and the two “monster dens” are the strongholds of side quests. The Southern Mine is on the road to Goron City and has the mine-cart minigame.

Cave	What is inside
Cephla Lake Cave	Ember Trousers (chest); Fierce Deity Sword (hidden room); Misko’s Cave of Chests
Death Mountain East Tunnel	Igneo Talus
Deplian Badlands Cave	Minetak Shrine
Foothill Monster Den	a Lucky Clover Gazette quest
Gorko Tunnel	a secret hot spring and a Silver Rupee (Simmerstone Springs)
Goronbi River Cave	Ember Shirt (chest); the stela that starts Misko’s Treasure of Awakening
Isle of Rabac Gallery	Jiotak Shrine
Lake Darman Monster Den	a Monster-Control Crew stronghold
Lake Intenoch Cave	Moshapin Shrine
Lizard’s Burrow	Vah Rudania Divine Helm (chest)
Southern Mine	the mine-cart minigame; Fireproof Lizards
YunoboCo HQ East Cave	Isisim Shrine
YunoboCo HQ South Cave	Ember Headdress (chest)

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Hebra (12)

Hebra’s caves are frozen, so bring Cold Resistance and something to melt ice. The mouth of North Biron Snowshelf Cave is sealed with ice, and the Vah Medoh Divine Helm inside needs all three secret hot springs channelled in. Two Frostbite pieces are here (Lake Kilsie Cave and Hebra Headspring Cave), Selmie is trapped in East Biron Snowshelf Cave, and the Hebra Great Skeleton is the second of Loone’s fossils.

Hebra South Summit Cave is the way up to the Wind Temple; the Rito keep a bonfire at its entrance. Two shrines are inside caves here, Otak and Rutafu-um.

Cave	What is inside
East Biron Snowshelf Cave	Selmie (The Duchess Who Disappeared)
Hebra Great Skeleton	Loone’s quest Hebra’s Colossal Fossil
Hebra Headspring Cave	Frostbite Trousers (chest)
Hebra Mountains Northwest Cave	Rutafu-um Shrine
Hebra South Summit Cave	the way up to the Wind Temple
Icefall Foothills Cave	Otak Shrine
Lake Kilsie Cave	Frostbite Headdress (chest)
North Biron Snowshelf Cave	Vah Medoh Divine Helm (Treasure of the Secret Springs)
Pikida Stonegrove Northwest Cave	Boss Bokoblin
Sturnida Springs Cave	the mushroom haven

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Tabantha (8)

Only eight caves, but three of them hold a shrine. Brightcap Cave lives up to its name with 16 Brightcaps, the Frostbite Shirt and Nat’s mushroom quest outside. Ancient Columns Cave opens when you stand on the button on top of one of the Ancient Columns; the Tunic of Awakening is inside.

Cave	What is inside
Ancient Columns Cave	Tunic of Awakening (chest); Misko’s Treasure of Awakening I
Brightcap Cave	Frostbite Shirt (chest); Brightcaps (16); Cave Mushrooms That Glow
Kopeeki Drifts Cave	Nouda Shrine
Mount Drena Foothill Cave	Nat and Meghyn’s tent
Tanagar Canyon West Cave	Iun-orok Shrine
West Lake Totori Cave	Wao-os Shrine

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Akkala (7)

No shrine is inside an Akkala cave, but two Fierce Deity pieces are: the Mask in Skull Lake Cave, shared with a Stalnox, and the Armor in Akkala Citadel Ruins Summit Cave. Two more caves have a Hinox each (North Akkala Beach Cave and Ulria Grotto East Cave). Akkala Citadel Ruins Cave is a monster den; its entrance is decorated with a Bokoblin skull, the sign of a camp inside.

Cave	What is inside
Akkala Citadel Ruins Summit Cave	Fierce Deity Armor (chest)
North Akkala Beach Cave	Black Hinox
Skull Lake Cave	Fierce Deity Mask (chest); Stalnox
Ulria Grotto East Cave	Blue Hinox

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Faron (6)

Four of Faron’s six caves are “excavation sites”, ruins dug into the jungle, and none holds a shrine. Puffer Beach Overhead Cave is the odd one: its entrance is in the underside of the rock above the beach, so launch yourself up, and the Phantom Helmet is at the altar inside. The Popla Foothills Excavation Site is the way into the Skyview Tower.

Cave	What is inside
Popla Foothills Excavation Site	the way into a Skyview Tower
Puffer Beach Overhead Cave	Phantom Helmet (chest; the entrance is in the rock above)

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Great Hyrule Forest (3)

Pico Pond Cave is next to Koltin and Kilton’s balloon, so its Bubbulfrog is usually the first gem you trade. Rauru Hillside Cave has a monster camp and two Giant Brightbloom Seeds, and the Yiga Clan Maritta Branch is a Yiga hideout: clear it and Aliza hands over the Yiga Tights.

Cave	What is inside
Pico Pond Cave	the first Bubbulfrog, next to Koltin’s balloon
Rauru Hillside Cave	2 Giant Brightbloom Seeds (The Secret Room)
Yiga Clan Maritta Branch	Yiga Tights (talk to Aliza); Yiga Blademaster

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What is in a cave?

• A Bubbulfrog. A game tip: “They say every cave is home to a Bubbulfrog.” Beat it for a Bubbul Gem, which “someone somewhere in Hyrule might be interested in” — hold on to them. Koltin trades them for masks, materials and the Mystic set; see all 147 Bubbulfrogs.
• Shrines. 27 shrines are inside caves; many of them are Rauru’s Blessings, where the cave itself is the trial. The tables above name each one.
• Armor chests. More than 30 armor pieces are cave chests: the whole Barbarian, Climbing, Ember, Frostbite, Rubber, Phantom, Tingle, Fierce Deity and Hero of Awakening sets, the Soldier’s set, the Archaic Tunic and all four Divine Helms. See all armor.
• Ore and cave plants. Luminous Stone deposits, Bomb Flowers, Brightbloom Seeds and Brightcaps grow in caves; Glowing Cave Fish, Sticky Lizards and Sticky Frogs live in them.
• Shelter from the weather. “Duck into a cave or well to stave off the heat and cold of the outside world.”
• Plants and animals of its own. “Caves and wells have their own native flora and fauna” — and fairies are “most commonly found on sky islands and in caves.”

How do you find caves?

A cave entrance is a dark opening in a cliff or hillside, and the cave’s name appears on screen the first time you walk in. From then on the cave has its own icon on the map at every entrance you have found. Three things in the game point you to entrances you have not found yet:

1. Satori and the cherry-blossom trees. Put a fruit in the dish at the foot of one of the 8 cherry-blossom trees. Satori appears, and a pillar of light rises from every cave entrance in the area for a while. Walk toward a pillar.
2. Blupees. A game tip: “You’ll sometimes see a glowing blue spirit in the form of a rabbit. It has a habit of running toward caves.” If one hops away from you, follow it; it is heading for an entrance. Hitting it with an arrow also drops rupees.
3. Sensor + set to Bubbulfrog. Once Robbie has added Sensor + to the Purah Pad, open the Hyrule Compendium, pick the Bubbulfrog entry and choose “Set Sensor”. The sensor then beeps faster as you approach a Bubbulfrog, which means a cave you have not cleared, and goes quiet in caves you have.

Some entrances take more than walking in. A pile of rocks across a cave mouth, as at Lizard’s Burrow, breaks with a Bomb Flower, a hammer or Yunobo. A few are behind waterfalls (Cave Under Zora’s Domain), sealed by ice (North Biron Snowshelf Cave), or open only through a puzzle outside: the Ancient Columns, the Coliseum Ruins, Thundra Plateau, the Statue of the Eighth Heroine and the whistling gate at Cape Cales are all on Misko’s Treasure. A skull over the entrance means a monster camp inside.

How do you know a cave is done?

• The check mark. Once you beat a cave’s Bubbulfrog and pick up its Bubbul Gem, the cave icon on the map gets a check mark. Entering the cave, or opening its chests, does not add one; only the gem does. A cave with several entrances is still one cave with one frog, so it needs only one gem.
• Caves and wells. Wells use the same map icon, but every well’s name ends in “Well” and they are counted apart: 147 caves and 58 wells. Fera’s side quest Where Are the Wells? covers the wells, not the caves; see all 58 wells.
• Caves and chasms. Chasms are the red-glowing pits that drop you into the Depths; they have their own icon and no Bubbulfrog. See all 36 chasms.
• Koltin keeps the count. Each gem you hand Koltin raises his total, and the 147th earns Koltin’s Fabric, the proof that every cave is cleared. The Bubbul Gem page lists every frog with the cave it is in.

See also

More: all 147 Bubbulfrogs and Koltin’s rewards, all 58 wells, all 36 chasms, the 8 cherry-blossom trees, Misko’s Treasure, the 12 Dragon’s Tears and the Hinox and Taluses that live in some caves.