TotK King's Scale: How to Get and Uses

King’s Scale is the “mark of the king” needed for Clues to the Sky in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Get it from Dorephan at the Pristine Sanctum, then attach one to an arrow and shoot through the droplet-shaped opening seen from Floating Scales Island. Keep your scales for that step before using them for anything else.

How do you get the scales?

1. Progress Sidon of the Zora: meet Sidon at Mipha Court, then help Jiahto restore the tablet at Toto Lake in The Broken Slate. Read the clue before looking for the king.
2. Look for Dorephan in the Pristine Sanctum, the sheltered cavern behind the waterfall at Mikau Lake, northeast of Zora’s Domain. He is not sitting on the throne in the domain. The children near the throne discuss his hiding place; listen without standing where they can see you.
3. Enter the sanctum and talk to Dorephan about the clue. He gives you five King’s Scales. They appear in the materials inventory, ready to attach to an arrow.

The Water Temple walkthrough connects these objectives with the rest of Sidon’s story. If you have not obtained the Zora Armor, finish its restoration so you can swim up waterfalls.

Where do you shoot the scale?

Go to Floating Scales Island, the fish-shaped island in the sky east of Mipha Court. From its central platform, look southwest and adjust your position until the separate floating rocks line up into a droplet with an open center. The shape depends on your viewing angle; it is not a single solid rock to break.

Draw a bow, open the arrow-material selection and choose King’s Scale. Aim through the empty center of the droplet and fire. A light appears at East Reservoir Lake. Return to Sidon at Mipha Court to continue; shooting the scale does not finish the entire Water Temple quest.

What if the puzzle does not work?

For the surrounding area use the interactive map; other items are listed in all materials.