TotK Light Dragon's Talon: Hitting the Claws and the Second Star

In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the talon is one of two Light Dragon parts you cannot get by standing on the dragon; the Shard of Light Dragon’s Fang is the other. It comes from the claws on the underside, so you work for it from a glide. You need three, all at the second star of the two Champion’s tunics, and one of those tunics then sends you after a second dragon entirely.

Where do you hit for a talon?

The Light Dragon’s claws hang under its body, and their tips glow. That is the target. From its back you are looking at scales and spikes, and any swing there gives you a Light Dragon’s Scale instead, so stay off the back for this one.

Get level with the dragon, or slightly below it, and glide alongside while you shoot at a claw. A bow is the practical tool; reaching a claw with a melee weapon is awkward. Launching from a Skyview Tower ahead of the dragon’s path gives you the most time beside it, and the routes are on dragon locations. The Light Dragon does not burn, freeze or shock you, so stay in whatever you were wearing.

A talon that comes off a claw has nothing under it but sky. Be ready to drop into a dive and catch it before it reaches the ground. And remember the shared timer: once any part drops, the dragon gives nothing for ten minutes of real time. A missed claw that hits the body still uses up that ten minutes on a scale.

The second star needs more than talons

Both blue tunics use talons at the second star and nowhere else:

• Champion’s Leathers, second star: 3 Silent Princesses, 2 Light Dragon’s Talons, 10 Sundelions and 50 rupees (defense 8 to 14).
• Tunic of Memories, second star: 3 Silent Princesses, 1 Light Dragon’s Talon, 2 Farosh’s Horns and 50 rupees (defense 7 to 12).

That makes three talons in all. The Leathers need Sundelions alongside them; the Tunic of Memories needs two Farosh’s Horns, and Farosh throws lightning, so that trip calls for the Rubber Set. If you only plan to wear the Leathers, which have more defense at every star, two talons are enough and Farosh can wait. The comparison is on Champion’s Leathers and Tunic of Memories.

Fuse it, shoot it or sell it?

On a melee weapon it adds 14 attack and the Light Dragon’s healing, a quarter of a heart per hit. The healing is identical on every Light Dragon part, so the talon has nothing special to offer here; Farosh’s, Naydra’s or Dinraal’s Claw adds 18 with an element.

On an arrow it gets more interesting. Claws count double on arrows, so a Light Dragon’s Talon adds 28, more than the Light Dragon’s Horn (20) manages on an arrow. The elemental claws reach 36 and add their element. The catch is the price: every shot spends a talon that sells for 180 rupees, and the healing reportedly does not carry over to arrows. Keep it for a shot that really matters. Arrow fusing in general is covered in the fuse guide.

In a cooking pot any dragon claw guarantees an incredible success and adds three minutes to a timed effect.

At a shop a talon fetches 180 rupees, the same as any dragon’s claw. Past your three, that is the most reliable use.

See also

• Light Dragon’s Scale, the first-star part
• Light Dragon’s Horn, the fourth-star part
• Armor upgrade materials
• All materials