TotK Sage's Will Locations: All 20 and What They Do

In the game’s words, a Sage’s Will is “a small stone believed to have belonged to a sage”. All 20 are in chests on sky islands. This page shows where every one is and the kind of chest it is in, how to get up to each island, what four of them do, and which sage to upgrade first.

Where are all 20 Sage’s Wills?

Click “Show on map” to move the map above to that spot.

The island column names the sky island or archipelago the chest is on.

The chest kinds come from the chests’ names in the game data.

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How do you get up to each Sage’s Will?

Every entry below links to its chest on the map. The shrine named is the nearest one in the game’s placement data: once you have activated it, fast travel there and start from it. Where no shrine is close, launch from a Skyview Tower or fly over in a machine built from Zonai devices.

Five chests ride on a Flux Construct. You can pull the chest off its body with Ultrahand and open it without finishing the fight, or knock the Construct down first; see the Flux Constructs. Three more open only after the King Gleeok beside them is beaten; see Gleeok locations.

Central Hyrule and Faron sky

• South Hyrule Sky Archipelago: from Jinodok Shrine, head to the island with two stone pools. The chest lies at the bottom of the lower pool: lift the gate that holds the water in with Ultrahand, let the pool drain and grab the chest. Show on map
• Faron Sky Archipelago (Flux Construct III): a round island above Lake Hylia. It is said that gliding south from In-isa Shrine on the Great Sky Island gets you there. Show on map
• West Hyrule Sky Archipelago (Flux Construct III): a round arena island above Satori Mountain. It is said you can launch from Lindor’s Brow Skyview Tower, land on top of Courage Island and glide south. Show on map
• Thunderhead Isles: the chest is inside a small stone room on the isles, with a Like Like in it; Joku-usin Shrine is on the same isles, and the main quest Secret of the Ring Ruins takes you here. The room’s doorway is said to face west, blocked by rocks you have to break. Show on map
• Dragonhead Island: the chest stands in the open on the island, and Joku-u Shrine is on the same island. Show on map

Gerudo sky

• East Gerudo Sky Archipelago: from Rakashog Shrine, go to the island to the northwest and down to its bottom tier. The chest is behind a gate; point a mirror so a beam of light hits the light switch above the gate. Show on map
• Starview Island: a hollow sphere. Inside, turn the mirrors to pass the light from one to the next: one switch opens the small room with the chest, the other reveals Mayasiar Shrine, so aim at the room’s switch before you finish the path to the shrine. The nearest other shrine is Ganos, from which you can reportedly fly over. Show on map
• North Gerudo Sky Archipelago (King Gleeok): a lone island above the West Barrens with no shrine nearby. Reportedly, with full stamina and Tulin’s gust you can glide there from Gerudo Highlands Skyview Tower; a flying machine works too. Show on map

Hebra and Tabantha sky

• North Tabantha Sky Archipelago: put on the Zora Armor and swim up the waterfall that pours down from the islands, then cross the broken rails in mine carts with Rockets attached. The chest is on the westernmost of the three rail islands. Show on map
• South Hebra Sky Archipelago: two islands joined by a rail above Hebra Plunge, closest to Rospro Pass Skyview Tower. Land on the lower island, hang the plank from the rail with the hooks lying there, and fix Fans to it so it climbs to the higher island with the chest. Show on map
• West Hebra Sky Archipelago (King Gleeok): a round island west of Ijo-o Shrine; fly across from the shrine. Show on map

Eldin and Akkala sky

• South Eldin Sky Archipelago: from Kadaunar Shrine, go to the middle one of the three islands joined by rails. The chest is in a maze of vines: burn or cut your way in. Show on map
• Eldin Sky Archipelago: an island right above Goron Hot Springs and far from any other island. Reportedly a Wing with Fans and a Steering Stick, launched from Death Mountain, gets you there. Show on map
• Sokkala Sky Archipelago: from Natak Shrine, get into the big hollow sphere next to it. Turn the device in its middle with Ultrahand until the opening sits halfway down, then jump out and glide back in through the lower half, where the chest is. Show on map

Lanayru sky

• Lanayru Sky Archipelago, the sphere: Jirutagumac Shrine is inside it and Upland Zorana Skyview Tower stands right below. Take the Fan off the crank in the middle, turn the crank until the opening is about halfway, then jump out and glide back into the lower half for the chest. Show on map
• Lanayru Sky Archipelago, southwest of Wellspring Island (Flux Construct II): a round island; it is said you can glide to it from the Water Temple’s entrance. Show on map
• Wellspring Island (Flux Construct II): beside Igoshon Shrine on the Water Temple’s island, which the main quest Sidon of the Zora takes you to. Show on map

Necluda sky

• North Necluda Sky Archipelago: a small island above Kakariko Village covered in Luminous Stone deposits that glow at night, near Josiu Shrine. Show on map
• South Necluda Sky Archipelago (Flux Construct III): a round island above Tuft Mountain, southwest of Kumamayn Shrine. Show on map
• South Necluda Sky Archipelago (King Gleeok): a lone island far to the southeast, above Eventide Island. Fly over from the Necluda Sky Archipelago, where Kumamayn Shrine is, in a flying machine with plenty of battery. Show on map

What do Sage’s Wills do?

Offer four at a Goddess Statue to strengthen one sage’s vow. Each becomes a Solemn Vow; the game’s description, for Riju: “Your reinforced bond with Riju has increased her avatar’s attack power.”

Five vows × four wills = 20, so collecting every Sage’s Will upgrades every sage once.

Which sage should you upgrade first?

All five Solemn Vow descriptions say the same thing: the stronger bond raises the attack power of that sage’s avatar (for Mineru, of her construct). They mention nothing else; it is said the power also recharges a little faster after the upgrade.

• Pick the sage who fights beside you most. The bonus goes into the avatar’s attacks, so the sage you keep summoned in battles gets the most out of it.
• The order only matters early. Each vow is upgraded once, and 20 wills cover all five, so by the end every sage has a Solemn Vow.
• Mineru comes last. She joins only after the other four temples, so until then at most four sages can be upgraded; keep any spare wills for her.
• Start with the chests that need no boss. The 12 ordinary chests plus the 5 you can pull off Flux Constructs make 17, enough for four upgrades before you take on a King Gleeok.

What each sage’s power does in and out of battle is on sage abilities.

See also

More to collect: the 12 Dragon’s Tears, Schema Stones and Yiga Schematics, all 36 chasms and the Flux Constructs.

What each of the five sages does and how to summon or dismiss them: sage abilities.