TotK Crisis at Hyrule Castle: Hoz, First Tower and Paraglider

Crisis at Hyrule Castle is the first main quest after Great Sky Island. The first half is short: reach Lookout Landing, find the search party at Hyrule Castle, come back and activate the first Skyview Tower, which is also where you get the paraglider. The second half waits until all four regions are done. This page walks through the first half step by step and then covers how the quest ends. For the whole story, see main quest order. To explore the castle on your own and find its chests, see the Hyrule Castle guide.

What do you do in Crisis at Hyrule Castle?

Where do you go after landing?

At the end of To the Kingdom of Hyrule you dive from the sky island back to the surface and meet Purah again at Lookout Landing, where she is directing the search. Talking to her starts Crisis at Hyrule Castle.

Purah thinks Princess Zelda may have called out from deep below the castle, so she sends you to join Captain Hoz and his search party below the floating Hyrule Castle. The shops and the Emergency Shelter can wait; head north.

Where is Captain Hoz at Hyrule Castle?

Most of the castle now floats in the sky. The part still on the ground surrounds a huge chasm. Go north from Lookout Landing through Hyrule Castle Town Ruins; Kyononis Shrine is on the way, so touch it for a travel point. Inside is a combat tutorial.

Soldiers of the search party tell you that Captain Hoz is directing things from the First Gatehouse at the end of the road. A soldier blocks the door to the Guards’ Chamber on the way; ignore it for now. Inside the First Gatehouse is a small camp, where a soldier explains that every weapon in the land decayed during the Upheaval. You can strengthen decayed weapons by fusing materials to them.

Hoz is on top of the gatehouse. Climb up, or use Ascend from the floor below.

While you fill him in, a figure of Princess Zelda appears in the distance, turns into light and flies off. The search party withdraws, and Hoz asks you to take the news to Purah at Lookout Landing.

What do you do back at Lookout Landing?

Purah changes her plan: since the princess flew off somewhere, the next step is to look into the Upheaval across Hyrule. She wants to check the map on your Purah Pad, then remembers that the Skyview Tower used to add map data is not ready. Its travel point still needs final adjustments, so she tells you to rest for a bit.

While you wait:

• Visit the Emergency Shelter. The living area under Lookout Landing has a free bed and a kitchen. Ask the guard standing in the middle of the base.
• Visit Mubs’s shop. Purah points you there for clothes. Prices for the Hylian set are in beginner tips.

When you are ready, go to the Lookout Landing Skyview Tower.

Where do you get the paraglider?

At the Lookout Landing Skyview Tower. Purah is inside at the terminal working on the travel point, while Josha handles the switch. If you walk to the switch instead, Josha sends you back to the tower.

1. Hold the Purah Pad over the terminal. The tower is registered on your Purah Pad and the travel point at its door now works. You can warp back to any registered tower at any time.
2. Take the paraglider. Purah explains that the map scan needs a paraglider and hands you one.
3. Step onto the launch pad. Link is shot high into the sky and scans the terrain, which adds the map data to the Purah Pad.
4. Glide down. From now on, a jump from a height no longer has to end in water.

There are 15 Skyview Towers. Most of the other 14 need a small obstacle cleared first; see Skyview Towers. The paraglider fabric can be changed in Hateno Village later.

Where do you go after the first Skyview Tower?

Report to Purah at the research lab at Lookout Landing. She marks the four regions where the strange phenomena are concentrated:

Josha mentions a rumor that someone saw Princess Zelda at Rito Village in Hebra, and Purah adds that the newspaper, the Lucky Clover Gazette, is just before Rito Village and its editor may help. This starts Regional Phenomena. The four regions can be done in any order; Rito Village is the usual first stop. The reasons behind each order are on main quest order.

A few things are worth doing before you set out: Josha goes off to see Robbie, which leads to Camera Work in the Depths and the camera. Inventory, armor and shrine advice is in beginner tips.

How does the quest end after the four regions?

Crisis at Hyrule Castle stays on hold while you work through the four regions. Once all four temples are done, go back to Lookout Landing. A soldier runs in with news that Princess Zelda has been sighted at Hyrule Castle. Join Purah at her telescope: a blood moon rises and the princess appears on the floating castle.

Purah and her soldiers cannot reach the floating castle, so getting up there is up to you. You can launch from the Lookout Landing Skyview Tower and glide across, or build something that flies; see vehicle builds. If you want the Hylian Shield first, it is under the castle.

Follow the princess’s voice through the castle to the Sanctum. The princess there is an impostor. It changes shape and attacks as five Phantom Ganons, with the sages you have awakened fighting beside you. Report back to Purah: the impostor was made by Demon King Ganondorf. That starts Find the Fifth Sage, which ends at the Spirit Temple.

Crisis at Hyrule Castle finally completes when you tell Purah you found the fifth sage. For the Master Sword and the final battle after that, see main quest order and sages.