TotK Weapon Farming: Royal Guard, Royal, Savage Lynel Bow Spots

Weapons break in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, so the places that matter are the ones you can go back to. This page lists reliable sources of high-attack weapons by location: Hyrule Castle, the spirits in the Depths, Black Hinox and Lynels, and when each one comes back. For stat comparisons see best weapons; for bonus rules see weapon bonuses.

What makes weapons come back?

The Blood Moon. A Blood Moon revives defeated monsters and puts back weapons taken from the world. By source:

Source	After a Blood Moon	Example on this page
Weapons lying in the world	Back in place	The Royal Guard set in the Hyrule Castle Sanctum
Weapons carried by monsters or hung on a necklace	Back with the monster	Black Hinox Royal Bows, Lynel Savage Lynel Bows
Weapons held by Depths spirits	Offered again, possibly a different one	Pristine Royal Guard weapons
Treasure chests	Never; empty once opened	The Royal Guard chests in the castle

So a farming route only uses the first three. Defeating enemies also builds up kill points, and the more you have, the better the weapons monsters carry and chests hold: a Knight’s Claymore turns into a Royal Claymore at about 4,933 points, for example. Thresholds and white/yellow bonuses are on the bonuses page.

Where in Hyrule Castle can you grab the whole Royal Guard set?

The Sanctum. The Royal Guard’s Claymore, Royal Guard’s Sword, Royal Guard’s Spear, Royal Guard’s Bow and Royal Guard’s Shield all lie in the Sanctum, along with a Royal Broadsword, a Royal Halberd and a Royal Bow; the Dusk Bow lies higher up, on the central spire above the Sanctum. A Blood Moon puts them back once taken, so a lap of the Sanctum after each Blood Moon is the easiest farm. Sanctum: Show on map.

Other Royal Guard weapons lying in the castle:

Room	Weapon	Map
Princess Zelda’s Room	Royal Guard’s Claymore	Show on map
Princess Zelda’s Room	2 Royal Guard’s Bows	first, second
Princess Zelda’s Study	Royal Guard’s Bow	Show on map
Near the Library	Royal Guard’s Spear	Show on map
Princess Zelda’s Room	Royal Guard’s Shield	Show on map
Library	Royal Guard’s Shield	Show on map
Second Gatehouse	Royal Guard’s Shield	Show on map

A chest in Princess Zelda’s Study holds a Royal Guard’s Claymore and a Royal Guard’s Sword, and chests in the Sanctum hold a Royal Guard’s Spear and a Royal Guard’s Bow; those are one-time. There are almost no Royal Guard weapons outside the castle, so the castle is the only place to farm them. Every spot for each piece is on its own page, for example the Royal Guard’s Claymore and the Royal Guard’s Bow. For the first trip into the castle, see Crisis at Hyrule Castle. All 51 of the castle’s chests and every way in are in the Hyrule Castle guide.

Weapon	Attack	Durability
Royal Guard’s Claymore	32 (pristine 39)	11 (pristine 12)
Royal Guard’s Sword	22 (pristine 30)	10 (pristine 12)
Royal Guard’s Spear	15 (pristine 24)	14 (pristine 15)
Royal Guard’s Bow	50	20
Royal Guard’s Shield	Guard 70	14

The melee Royal Guard weapons in the castle are all decayed. Their effect is “Yields massive destructive power just before it breaks”, and their durability is low, so use them up and pick up new ones after the next Blood Moon.

Where are pristine Royal Guard weapons in the Depths?

The dark soldier spirits standing on rock mounds in the Depths hold intact (pristine) melee weapons. In the game data, 38 of them have a pristine Royal Guard weapon among their candidates: 15 Royal Guard’s Swords, 14 Royal Guard’s Spears and 9 Royal Guard’s Claymores. Each has five candidates, all pristine: Royal, Knight’s, Soldier’s, a boomerang or Throwing Spear, and Royal Guard.

Depths location	Spirits	Royal Guard candidates	Map
Gerudo Canyon Mine	13	Sword 5, Spear 5, Claymore 3	Show on map
Agaat Canyon Mine	7	Sword 2, Spear 3, Claymore 2	Show on map
Crenel Canyon Mine	6	Sword 3, Spear 3	Show on map
Abandoned Kara Kara Mine	2	Sword, Claymore	Show on map
Dalite Grove	2	Claymore, Spear	Show on map
Plains Bargainer Statue	2	Sword, Claymore	Show on map
Lone Island Coliseum	2	Sword, Claymore	Show on map
Applean Grove	2	Spear	Show on map
Minshi Grove	1	Sword	Show on map
Abandoned Kakariko Mine	1	Sword	Show on map

More than half (24) are at the four locations under the Gerudo region, so that is where to loop for pristine Royal Guard weapons.

How to farm them:

1. Break the decayed version first. For a pristine Royal Guard’s Claymore, use a decayed one from the castle in combat until it breaks. A weapon you have never broken does not show up in the spirits’ hands.
2. Go to the spots above and take what the spirits hold. Take it even if you do not want it; the spirit only disappears then.
3. Come back after a Blood Moon. The spirit offers a weapon again, one of its five candidates, not always the Royal Guard one.

The weapon is said to be decided only when you approach. Unlock rules and other weapon lines are on pristine weapons.

Where do you farm the Royal Bow?

Black Hinox in the Depths. The game’s description says “A deft hand can steal weapons off the necklaces they wear.” All 7 Black Hinox in the Depths have a Royal Bow (attack 38, durability 60) on their necklace:

Depths location	Necklace	Map
Bubinga Grove	Royal Broadsword, Royal Bow, Royal Claymore	Show on map
Rist Mine	Royal Broadsword, Royal Bow, Royal Claymore	Show on map
Gerudo Canyon Mine	Knight’s Broadsword, Royal Bow, Knight’s Halberd	Show on map
Hebra Dark Skeleton	Knight’s Broadsword, Royal Bow, Knight’s Claymore	Show on map
Corvash Canyon Mine	Knight’s Broadsword, Royal Bow, Knight’s Halberd	Show on map
Abandoned Kakariko Mine	Knight’s Broadsword, Royal Bow, Knight’s Claymore	Show on map
Tuft Canyon Mine	Knight’s Broadsword, Royal Bow, Knight’s Halberd	Show on map

The Royal Broadsword and Royal Claymore on these necklaces are decayed. The Knight’s weapons (Knight’s Broadsword, Knight’s Claymore, Knight’s Halberd) may turn into Royal ones once your kill points are high.

You do not have to kill it: climb up while it sleeps, or pick the weapons up after the fight. Hinox revive on a Blood Moon, and the necklace weapons are part of each Hinox’s placement data, so they come back with it. Fighting tips are on Hinox locations.

How do you farm Savage Lynel Bows and Lynel weapons?

White-Maned and Silver Lynels carry a Savage Lynel Bow (attack 32, durability 45, three arrows per shot), and usually a decayed Royal melee weapon in the other hand. These are starting colours; some Lynels rank up as you progress:

Location	Lynel	Weapons	Map
Floating Coliseum (Depths)	2 Silver, White-Maned	Savage Lynel Bow + Royal Claymore; Savage Lynel Bow + Royal Broadsword + Savage Lynel Shield; Mighty Lynel Bow + Knight’s Halberd	Show on map
Under Wetland Stable (Depths)	Silver	Savage Lynel Bow + Royal Halberd	Show on map
Under Snowfield Stable (Depths)	White-Maned	Savage Lynel Bow + Royal Claymore	Show on map
Risoka Snowfield (surface)	White-Maned	Savage Lynel Bow + Royal Halberd	Show on map
Kamah Plateau (surface)	White-Maned	Savage Lynel Bow + Royal Claymore	Show on map
Ukuku Plains (surface)	White-Maned	Savage Lynel Bow + Knight’s Broadsword + Savage Lynel Shield	Show on map

The Silver Lynel under Wetland Stable stands in Crenel Canyon Mine, which also has Royal Guard spirits from the previous section, so you can farm both in one trip. The Mighty Lynel Bow that Blue-Maned Lynels carry becomes a Savage Lynel Bow at about 3,733 points. For the easiest Lynels and what one round drops, see Lynel farming.

Where do you farm Zonaite weapons?

Zonaite Forge Island in the sky (the island with Yansamin Shrine) has two Zonaite Swords, a Zonaite Longsword, a Zonaite Spear, a Zonaite Shield and a Strong Construct Bow lying around, and they return on a Blood Moon: Show on map. They are said to turn into the Strong and Mighty versions as you progress.

Zonaite weapons have low base attack (Zonaite Sword 6, Longsword 8, Spear 4); their effect is a small attack boost when a Zonai device is attached, and the shield lowers the energy an attached device uses. The fixed Mighty versions are mostly in labyrinth chests, so you get them once. Stats are on Zonaite Sword.

How do you make farmed weapons stronger?

The Gloom Club, Gloom Sword and Gloom Spear hit harder, but they have no fixed spot in the world and are said to come only from Phantom Ganon, so they are not a farming target.

See also

• Best weapons
• All weapons
• Blood Moon
• Lynel farming
• Pristine weapons
• Enemy scaling
• Breath of the Wild weapon farming