Tears of the Kingdom: How to Find & Farm Dragons (2024)

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the sequel to the smash hit The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In Tears of the Kingdom, players follow Link's quest to aid Zelda in the battle against Ganandorf. The game features the expansive open world of Hyrule, which is full of numerous side quests and rich world-building. Tears of the Kingdom also has the ultimate fantasy creature: dragons.

Dragons are not unique to Tears of the Kingdom, as they also appear in Breath of the Wild. However, this doesn't make them any less desirable to players as they navigate the game. Dragons are a rich source of resources if players can find them, and with them being immortal and nonaggressive, they offer the perfect challenge to players old and new.

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Finding Dragons in Tears of the Kingdom

There are four great dragons in Tears of the Kingdom, which is an increase from the sole three in Breath of the Wild. Each follows its own path and has unique attributes that players should know and prepare for before trying to farm them for materials. Each dragon follows a set path in certain regions of Hyrule, traveling both aboveground and in The Depths.

Unlike in Breath of the Wild, players cannot fast-track finding dragons by resting and passing time. In Tears of the Kingdom, the dragons will stay on their set paths for a specific amount of real-world time. Players can either travel along the dragons' paths until they come across them or sit in one spot and wait for the dragon to travel by.

Dinraal, Farosh, and Naydra -- which are familiar in that they appeared in Breath of the Wild -- traverse their respective regions in loops of 30 minutes. The Light Dragon is a newcomer in Tears of the Kingdom, and is easily the most difficult one to come by -- this dragon takes two hours to loop the entire map. Each dragon also has unique elemental powers, which players must prepare for in their gear and way of confronting the dragons.

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Farming Dragons in Tears of the Kingdom

Finding each dragon is difficult, but the rewards are plentiful. Upon finding a dragon, players can shoot arrows at the glowing areas of their body to harvest scales, claws, horns, fangs, and shard spikes. This can also be done by jumping on the dragons' backs, which will trigger the harvestables to fall to the ground. Once an area on the dragon is harvested, it will stop glowing, and players will have to wait roughly ten minutes for the dragon to recharge and be able to be farmed again.

Aside from being an excellent source of Rupees, dragon parts can be used to make weapons and armor stronger or add healing properties to a food recipe. By fusing dragon parts to armor and weapons, they take on the elemental damage of the dragon that the parts came from. The damage output is then increased, though the Light Dragon's parts heal Link when he lands a strike. Similarly, adding dragon parts to a food recipe increases the amount of hearts recovered.