TotK Divine Helms: All 4 Locations and Treasure Quest Riddles

None of the four Divine Helms in Tears of the Kingdom is sold in a shop; each one is the reward for a side quest. Once the four Regional Phenomena main quests are done, someone from the Zora, Goron, Gerudo and Rito each brings up an old text or rhyme that points to a cave hiding a helm. Every side quest is listed on all side quests.

The Medoh helm has you channel three hot springs into one cave, so it has its own walkthrough in hot spring quests. This page covers the other three.

How do you solve Secret Treasure under the Great Fish?

After the main quest Sidon of the Zora, talk to Sidon in the throne room of Zora’s Domain (Show on map). He found this passage in a book about the Zora royal family:

“The great fish. The eternal guardian. A secret treasure awaits just beneath the stony form of its statue. Below the long bridge that reaches for the statue, leave your fears behind. Pass beneath two waterfalls to find your prize.”

The great fish is the huge fish statue in Zora’s Domain, and the long bridge is the Great Zora Bridge (Show on map) leading to it.

1. Drop off the Great Zora Bridge to the big waterfall underneath. Swim into the waterfall to find the Cave Under Zora’s Domain (Show on map). Reportedly the Zora Armor makes you swim straight up the waterfall, so take it off first.
2. Across the cave is a second waterfall with a drop in between. Glide over and pass through it.
3. The small room behind it holds a chest with the Vah Ruta Divine Helm.

How do you solve The Hidden Treasure at Lizard Lakes?

After the main quest Yunobo of Goron City, talk to Bludo in the middle of Goron City (Show on map). He tells you the Lizard Lakes are also called the Lizard Brothers, and recites a nursery rhyme:

“One brother hunts what the other brother hides—two lizards fighting over what’s inside.”

Bludo remembers the spot as halfway up Death Mountain, on the north side, near a YunoboCo dig site you can reach by mine cart.

1. Open the map and look at the north side of Death Mountain: two lizard-shaped lakes sit one above the other. These are the Lizard Brothers, and the treasure is between them.
2. Between the two lakes is a cave mouth blocked by a pile of rocks: Lizard’s Burrow (Show on map). Break the rocks with Bomb Flowers, a two-handed weapon or Yunobo’s power.
3. Follow the cave to the end; the chest holds the Vah Rudania Divine Helm.

How do you solve Treasure of the Gerudo Desert?

After the main quest Riju of Gerudo Town, talk to Riju in Gerudo Town (Show on map). While investigating the shelter beneath the town she found an ancient text:

“Seek out the swordswoman upon the sand and look to where she points—there is treasure waiting underground.”

1. The swordswomen are the sword-raising statues of the northern Gerudo Desert. Stand by one and head where her sword points; reportedly several statues along the way hand you on from one to the next.
2. The destination is the West Barrens northwest of town, where a huge skeleton lies in the sand. A Like Like is said to guard the area.
3. Near the skeleton is a cracked hole in the ground. Throw a Bomb Flower in to blow it open and drop down into the West Gerudo Underground Ruins (Show on map).
4. Rock walls block the ruins everywhere. Bring a two-handed weapon or plenty of Bomb Flowers and smash your way deeper.
5. The last room holds a chest with the Vah Naboris Divine Helm.

What do the Divine Helms do?

All four are head armor with one effect each: Vah Ruta gives Swim Speed Up, Vah Rudania gives Flame Guard, Vah Naboris gives Shock Resistance and Vah Medoh gives Cold Resistance. Each description says the helm is “said to deepen the bond with the” Zora, Gorons, Gerudo or Rito “when worn by a Hylian.”

Great Fairies can upgrade them; see all armor for stats and materials, and best armor to compare flame and shock gear. They are also rare rewards from the Breath of the Wild Champion amiibo; see amiibo rewards.

Related guides

• Hot spring quests: the full Vah Medoh Divine Helm walkthrough.
• Misko’s Treasure and The Mysterious Eighth: more riddle side quests.
• Sages: the four sages and their powers.