Summary
Deep beneath the Hebra Mountains inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomthere exists a cave overflowing with all kinds of mushrooms, making it a must-find for any player to stuff Link’s seemingly bottomless pockets with useful cooking ingredients. Though there are otherside quests like Cave Mushrooms That Glowwhich help showcase some of the new additionsTears of the Kingdommade toBreath of the Wild’s world, this particular mushroom cave isn’t one the game directs the players toward. Instead, players must go out on their own and explore Hyrule’s new cave systems to discover this fungal treasure trove.
Given thatThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomprompts players to first visit the Hebra region as the initial part of the game’s main storyline, finding this mushroom cave can be very beneficial so early on in the game. Even if players stumble across the cave at a later point, the sheer number and variety of mushrooms on offer will always be worthwhile when it comes to cooking effect-boosting recipes such as heat resistance, stamina boosts, and increased speed. But players should ensure they’re prepared to find the cave, as reaching it isn’t as straightforward asTears of the Kingdom’s other underground areas.
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How to Find Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Mushroom Cave
Thanks toTears of the Kingdom’s new cave systems, key locations fromBreath of the Wildlike thesecret hot springs of Hebra Mountainnow invariably lead to hidden caves. For the mushroom cave, players will first need to head to the Sturnida Secret Hot Spring located in the most northwesterly point of the region which is easily accessible after launching from the Rospros Pass Skyview Tower. The ground-level entrance to this particular cave system can be found by following the spring’s water back to its source, ultimately leading players to discover the Sturnida Springs Cave.
The cave itself starts as a winding tunnel that players should ensure they fully explore both for the various ore deposits throughout and forTears of the Kingdom’s new creepy critter the Bubbulfrog. However, to find the mushroom cave, players will need to locate the destructible wall of rocks that can be cleared using Bomb Flowers or their choice of rock-breaking weapons. Following this branching path further and using Ultra Hand to uncover a perfectly crouch-sided tunnel behind a boulder, players will finally come across a crystalline cave that is home to the menagerie of mushrooms in question.
What the Mushroom Cave Has To Offer
Despite not being the easiest cave to reach, it is worth the trouble as it has varioustypes of mushrooms from acrossTears of the Kingdom, such as Rushrooms, Stamella Shrooms, Brightcap Mushrooms, and Chillshrooms. In addition to these, Sticky Lizards also spawn within the cave, which means that players would have the opportunity to gather multiple different resources that can be used for cooking or fusing. There are even several Hearty Truffles as one of the more valuable types of mushrooms the cave has to offer, either for their use in health-boosting recipes or their resale value if players are short on rupees.
Moreover, as enemies aren’t the only things to respawn duringTears of the Kingdom’s Blood Moons, players can periodically revisit this mushroom cave and forage for fungi to replenish their stock. With the multiple types of mushrooms available, this could save players a lot of time as they wouldn’t need to scour several different regions and go out of their way to gather the same amount that spawns within the cave. So as one of a few locationsTears of the Kingdomlets players naturally come across, it is a worthwhile find no matter what point players are at during their playthrough.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis available now on Nintendo Switch.
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