TotK Shard of Light Dragon's Fang: Aim for the Lower Jaw

Of the four Light Dragon parts in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the fang shard is the fussiest to get. It comes from a small target, the lower jaw, and the spots right next to it give you a scale instead. Once you know where to aim it is quick, and three of them is all the armor ever asks for.

Snout, mouth or jaw: where does the arrow have to land?

Aim below the mouth, not at it. The part of the head that gives a fang shard is the lower jaw, just under the opening of the mouth. An arrow that lands on the snout, or a little too high above the mouth, comes back as a Light Dragon’s Scale. If you are unsure, err low; a shot slightly under the jaw is more likely to count than one at the lip.

That rules out the dragon’s back. From up there you can only reach the top of the head, and a melee hit above the muzzle gives a scale too. Jump off instead, glide alongside the head and shoot from the side. A Skyview Tower ahead of its route gives you the height; the loops are on dragon locations.

A wasted shot costs more than an arrow. After any part drops, the dragon gives nothing for ten minutes of real time, so a stray hit on the snout spends that window on a 150-rupee scale.

Three for the third star

Fang shards are needed at one star only, the third, on both blue tunics:

• Champion’s Leathers, third star: 5 Silent Princesses, 2 Shards of Light Dragon’s Fang, 15 Sundelions and 200 rupees (defense 14 to 22).
• Tunic of Memories, third star: 5 Silent Princesses, 1 Shard of Light Dragon’s Fang, 2 Naydra’s Horns and 200 rupees (defense 12 to 18).

If you are upgrading both, Naydra comes into it at this star, and Naydra freezes whoever lands on it: wear the Snowquill Set. If you only want the Champion’s Leathers, two fang shards finish this star and you can skip Naydra. Which tunic to wear is covered on Champion’s Leathers and Tunic of Memories.

Don’t farm them for money

A fang shard sells for 250 rupees, more than a scale or a talon. It still is not worth farming for cash. The ten-minute wait is the same whatever part you knock off, the Light Dragon’s Horn sells for 300, and you can hit the horns standing on the dragon’s head without jumping off to aim. Get your three fang shards and spend every later hit on the horns.

On an arrow it hits hardest

Fang shards count double on arrows. That turns the Shard of Light Dragon’s Fang into 32 attack per arrow, the highest of any Light Dragon part (the talon gives 28, the horn 20). The fang shards of Dinraal, Naydra and Farosh reach 40 and add their element. Each shot uses a part worth 250 rupees, and the Light Dragon’s healing reportedly does not work through arrows, so treat it as a finisher for something tough. The fuse guide lists which materials double on arrows.

On a sword or spear it adds 16 attack and heals a quarter of a heart per hit, exactly the healing every other Light Dragon part gives. In a cooking pot it guarantees an incredible success and adds ten minutes to a timed effect; of the dragon parts, only a horn adds more.

See also

• Light Dragon’s Talon, the second-star part
• Light Dragon’s Horn, the fourth-star part
• Dragon locations and dragon parts
• All materials