TotK Missables: What You Can Miss for Good and How to Fix It

Short answer: very little in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is missable for good. Quests do not disappear as the main story moves on, and beating Ganondorf sends you back to your save from before the final battle, so most “missed” things are only missed for now. This page splits them into three groups: true one-time things, things you can recover with rupees or legwork, and things that look missable but are not.

What is permanently missable?

These cannot be redone on the same save once they have passed.

You cannot replay those four fights, but your Compendium is safe: every one of their pictures can be bought, as the next section explains. For the fights themselves, see Like Likes, Master Kohga and Temple Bosses.

How do you fill in missed Compendium entries?

No Compendium entry is truly missable, because Robbie sells pictures. Once Robbie is back at Hateno Ancient Tech Lab, check the Compendium on his desk to start Filling Out the Compendium. After that you can buy missing pictures by category:

If you would rather take the photo yourself:

• Four temple bosses: Colgera, Marbled Gohma, Mucktorok and Queen Gibdo come back in the Depths after their temples. See Temple Bosses for where.
• The Demon Dragon and Ganondorf: after the ending you return to the save before the final battle, so you can fight it again and take the picture.
• Sun Pumpkin: it only appears after you finish Homegrown in Hateno. See Hateno Mayoral Election.

The full Compendium rules are on the Hyrule Compendium page.

Can you get lost or broken gear back?

Mostly, yes.

• Hylian Shield: after The Mayoral Election, Cece in Hateno Village sells a new one for 3,000 rupees. While you still own one, her list shows it as Sold Out. See Hylian Shield.
• Champion weapons: if you lose or break the Scimitar of the Seven, Daybreaker, Lightscale Trident, Great Eagle Bow or Boulder Breaker, bring the materials to the same smith and they make another. They will not while the original still exists somewhere in the world. See Champion Weapons.
• amiibo armor and a few unique weapons: anything you have owned before can be bought back with poes at the Bargainer Statues in the Depths. See Bargainer Statues.
• A horse that died: Malanya, the Horse God, revives it for a Roasted Endura Carrot. See Horses.

Two things people often worry about are not really missable:

• Treasure chests: an opened chest does not refill with a Blood Moon or with time, but an unopened one stays where it is. Temples can be re-entered after you clear them, so you can go back for a skipped chest.
• Zonai devices: once a device is out of its Zonai Capsule you cannot put it back, but you can get more from a Device Dispenser. See Zonai Devices.

Do any one-time choices change the outcome?

The choices players worry about most are all safe:

• The mayoral election: you are asked to pick Team Cece or Team Reede, but the election always ends the same way whichever side you help. Finish the whole quest line and Cece gives you the Cece Hat in her shop. See Hateno Mayoral Election.
• Hearts and stamina: the Heart Containers and Stamina Vessels you trade Lights of Blessing for can be redistributed at the Horned Statue under Lookout Landing, for a net 20 rupees per swap. See Hearts or Stamina.
• Horse names: the only choice you truly cannot undo, covered above.

Can you still fix things after beating the game?

Yes. When you defeat Ganondorf, the credits roll and you return to your save from before the final battle with everything you had. Side adventures, side quests and shrine quests do not disappear as the story moves on, so they can all be done after the ending. The extra scene after the credits works the same way: if you beat the game before meeting the condition, finish it and fight again. See Post-Game.

Breath of the Wild is stricter: Divine Beasts are sealed once cleared and some Lynel weapons vanish later on. See BotW Missables.