TotK To the Ruins!: East Gerudo Ruins and the Sleigh Seal Ride

Pokki, a Gerudo, has taken a job surveying some ruins and has already been paid in advance, but she lost the map marking where they are. All she remembers is that the place is in the east of the desert and has huge statues facing each other. In the side quest To the Ruins! you drive her there on a sleigh seal. Every side quest is on all side quests.

How do you start To the Ruins!?

After Riju of Gerudo Town, visit the Sand-Seal Rental Shop in Gerudo Town. Pokki is asking the clerk Frelly: “I heard there’s a place out in the desert with huge statues that are all facing each other. Have any of your customers ever mentioned seeing something like that while they’re surfing the dunes?” Frelly says that is not much to go on.

Once they finish, talk to Pokki and she asks you directly:

“Have you ever seen massive ruins with huge statues facing each other? It’d be… in the eastern part of the desert, I think? I lost my map, so I don’t know exactly where they are…”

Choose “I’ll take you there!” to start the quest.

How do you complete To the Ruins!?

1. Rent a sleigh seal. At the same Sand-Seal Rental Shop, rent a sand seal with a sleigh attached. Pokki says she will wait at the east gate.
2. Pick up Pokki. Talk to her at the east gate and choose “Go ahead!” to let her climb aboard.
3. Head east. Leave by the east gate and keep going east to the East Gerudo Ruins, around Palu Wasteland. Along the way she reminds you: “The ruins are in the east!”
4. Arrive. When you reach the ruins, Pokki shouts “Hey! Hey! Stop here!”, hops off and gives you a Silver Rupee, and the quest is done.

What should you watch out for on the way?

Pokki calls out hazards as you go. Any of these can end the trip and send you back to town to start over:

• Monster camps. She yells “Monsters? We gotta go!” when you get close. Steer around them.
• Sinkholes. She cries “Ack! A sinkhole!” when she spots one. Do not drive into it.
• Molduga. When she says “Look out for the Molduga!”, change course quickly.
• Fire. If the sleigh catches fire she shrieks “OUCH! HOT! STOP, STOP!” and you have to go back to town.
• Broken reins. If the reins break you cannot carry her any further and have to restart from town.
• Cliffs. Near a drop she warns “Watch out for that cliff…” Do not drive off a ledge.

What happens at the ruins?

Pokki looks at the huge statues facing each other and is sure this is the place. She also muses to herself: “Rotana said these were supposed to be ruins of the seven heroines here, so where have the other two gone?” The story of the seven heroines and the eighth is on The Mysterious Eighth.

Further reading

• The Mysterious Eighth: another side quest tied to the Gerudo heroine statues.
• Lost in the Dunes: another side quest about finding someone in the Gerudo Desert.
• All side quests: all 139 side quests.