TotK Key Items List: All 53, How to Get Each and What They Do
All 53 Key Items in Tears of the Kingdom, grouped by type: how to get each one, what it does, and which ones get used up or swapped.
In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom the last tab of the inventory, marked with a star, is Key Items. It holds your abilities, the sages’ vows, the Purah Pad’s tools, the collectibles you trade in, and the trophies you get for finishing big collections. This page lists every entry by type, with where it comes from and what it does, and links to the guide on this site that covers each one.
How many Key Items are there in Tears of the Kingdom?
The game’s item data puts 53 different entries in the Key Items tab:
| Type | Count | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Abilities | 5 | Ultrahand, Fuse, Ascend, Recall, Autobuild |
| Sage vows | 10 | A vow and a Solemn Vow for each of the five sages |
| Devices and tools | 7 | Purah Pad, Camera, Energy Cell, Paraglider, Travel Medallion Prototype, Travel Medallion, Earthwake Manual |
| Collectibles and currencies | 9 | Light of Blessing, Sage’s Will, Korok Seed, Bubbul Gem, Poe, Crystallized Charge, Schema Stone, Yiga Schematic, Old Map |
| Stable items | 2 | Pony Points Card, Sleepover Ticket |
| Keepsakes | 9 | All’s Well, Dispelling Darkness Medal, Hestu’s Gift and six Monster Medals |
| Horse gear | 11 | Towing Harness and five saddles and five bridles |
A few things the game also files under Key Items never get their own slot:
- Large Poe and Grand Poe are worth 5 and 20 Poes, and Large and Huge Crystallized Charges 20 and 100 crystallized charges. Picking one up just raises the normal count.
- Heart Containers, Stamina Vessels and Energy Wells take effect the moment you get them. Small keys only open a door inside a few Shrines of Light.
- The Hyrule Compendium and the Sensor are functions of the Purah Pad, not items.
- Paraglider fabrics, 53 in all, go into Key Items when you get them and leave once Sayge at the Kochi Dye Shop takes them into his keeping. They are covered on Paraglider fabrics.
So a search for “100 key items” has no answer in this game: a complete tab never gets anywhere near that many.
What are the abilities and sage vows?
| Key Item | How to get it | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Ultrahand | Rauru, in Ukouh Shrine | Grab, rotate and stick objects together |
| Fuse | Rauru, in In-isa Shrine | Attach one thing to an equipped weapon or shield |
| Ascend | Rauru, in Gutanbac Shrine | Rise through a ceiling and come out on top |
| Recall | A vision of Princess Zelda at the altar in the Temple of Time | Rewind an object’s movement |
| Autobuild | Great Abandoned Central Mine in the Depths | Rebuild saved Ultrahand builds at once; see Autobuild |
| Vow of Tulin, Sage of Wind | Clear the Wind Temple | Summon or dismiss Tulin’s avatar |
| Vow of Yunobo, Sage of Fire | Clear the Fire Temple | Summon or dismiss Yunobo’s avatar |
| Vow of Sidon, Sage of Water | Clear the Water Temple | Summon or dismiss Sidon’s avatar |
| Vow of Riju, Sage of Lightning | Clear the Lightning Temple | Summon or dismiss Riju’s avatar |
| Vow of Mineru, Sage of Spirit | Clear the Spirit Temple | Summon or dismiss Mineru’s construct |
Offer four Sage’s Wills at a Goddess Statue and one vow becomes a Solemn Vow (for example “Solemn Vow of Tulin, Sage of Wind”): “Your reinforced bond with Tulin has increased his avatar’s attack power.” The Solemn Vow replaces the normal one. There are 20 Sage’s Wills, enough to strengthen all five sages once. More on the sages, Sage’s Will locations and all abilities.
Which devices and tools are Key Items?
| Key Item | How to get it | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Purah Pad | A Steward Construct gives it to you right after you wake on Great Sky Island | Map, sensor, Hyrule Compendium and the other Purah Pad functions |
| Camera | Robbie, during the main quest Camera Work in the Depths | Take pictures and save them to the album |
| Energy Cell | A Steward Construct, as you leave In-isa Shrine | Powers Zonai devices and recharges over time; see battery upgrades |
| Paraglider | Purah, at Lookout Landing in Crisis at Hyrule Castle | Glide; press X in midair |
| Travel Medallion Prototype | A chest in Akkala Ancient Tech Lab, in Presenting: The Travel Medallion! | None; “unusable in its current state because it’s missing some important data” |
| Travel Medallion | Robbie, at Hateno Ancient Tech Lab, in exchange for the prototype | Choose Place in Key Items to set a travel gate; up to 3 |
| Earthwake Manual | Yiga Clan Hideout: defeat 6 Yiga in the one-minute training | Unlocks the Earthwake technique, a charge attack with no weapon |
The prototype disappears when Robbie turns it into a working Travel Medallion. You get a second and a third by revealing 10 and then all 15 surface regions and reporting back to him; see Purah Pad upgrades. The Earthwake training is on the minigames page.
Which collectibles and currencies are Key Items?
| Key Item | How many | Where from | What it is for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light of Blessing | 152 | One per Shrine of Light | Four buy a Heart Container or Stamina Vessel at a Goddess Statue |
| Sage’s Will | 20 | Chests on sky islands | Four strengthen a vow into a Solemn Vow |
| Korok Seed | 1,000 | Koroks all over Hyrule | Hestu expands your weapon, bow and shield slots; see Korok seeds |
| Bubbul Gem | 147 | One Bubbulfrog in each cave | Koltin trades them for masks, materials and armor; see Bubbul Gems |
| Poe | No fixed number | All over the Depths | Spent at Bargainer Statues; see Poe farming |
| Crystallized Charge | No fixed number | Forge Constructs (3 zonaite each), Depths chests and enemies | 100 make one Energy Well at a Crystal Refinery |
| Schema Stone | 12 | Master Kohga’s fights, Josha and near Lightroots | Adds a design to Autobuild; see schematics |
| Yiga Schematic | 34 | Chests in the Depths | Adds a design to Autobuild |
| Old Map | 31 | Chests on sky islands | Each points to a treasure in the Depths; see Old Maps |
Six of these get spent: Lights of Blessing and Sage’s Wills at Goddess Statues, Korok seeds with Hestu, Bubbul Gems with Koltin, Poes at Bargainer Statues and crystallized charges at a Crystal Refinery.
What else sits in Key Items?
| Key Item | How to get it | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Pony Points Card | Register your first horse at a stable | Tracks your Pony Points and the next reward |
| Sleepover Ticket | Pony Points rewards at 45 and 55 points (five each), and some side quests | One night in a regular bed at a stable; used up |
| All’s Well | Fera, after the challenge Where Are the Wells?; see wells | Keepsake: a model of a well in a glass sphere |
| Dispelling Darkness Medal | Light all 120 Lightroots | Keepsake |
| Hestu’s Gift | Hestu, for all 1,000 Korok seeds | Keepsake; “It smells pretty bad.” |
| Stone Talus, Hinox, Molduga, Gleeok, Frox and Flux Construct Monster Medals | Gralens in the Emergency Shelter at Lookout Landing, after you beat every one of that monster | Keepsakes; see Monster Medals |
The six Monster Medals need 87 Stone Taluses, 69 Hinox, 4 Moldugas, 14 Gleeoks, 40 Frox and 35 Flux Constructs.
Where do the saddles and bridles come from?
Horse gear goes into Key Items too. You put it on your horse at a stable.
| Key Item | How to get it |
|---|---|
| Towing Harness | 3 Pony Points |
| Traveler’s Saddle and Traveler’s Bridle | 13 Pony Points |
| Knight’s Saddle and Knight’s Bridle | 23 Pony Points |
| Extravagant Saddle and Extravagant Bridle | 26 Pony Points |
| Royal Saddle and Royal Bridle | The side adventure Zelda’s Golden Horse |
| Monster Saddle and Monster Bridle | Kilton’s A Monstrous Collection side quests |
The Towing Harness lets a horse pull a wagon or anything else you attach to it. The Stable Saddle and Stable Bridle a horse gets when you register it are not Key Items. Everything about Pony Points is on horses.
See also
- 100% completion: what counts toward the map percentage.
- Breath of the Wild Key Items: the earlier game’s list, 37 entries.
- Paraglider fabrics: all 53 fabrics and how to get them.
FAQ
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Are there 100 Key Items in TotK?
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Which Key Items get used up?
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