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THE LEGEND OF ZELDA BREATH OF THE WILD
11th April 2023
HYRULE DISCOVERY JOURNEY
A Hyrule that you don't know
HYRULE DISCOVERY JOURNEY VOL.2
A scorching volcanic region where you can feel the breath of Hyrule.

The Wonder of Hot Swirling Magma

Death Mountain is a volcano covered in boiling lava. The area around this volcano, known as the Eldin Region, is a scorching world due to the heat of the magma.

There are not only overwhelming waves of heat but also sheer rock walls, flying Magma Bombs, and cascading lava falls...

Numerous natural wonders that almost let you feel the heartbeat of the earth on your skin. The unquenchable excitement of adventure awaits you.

The Wonder of Hot Swirling Magma

The Wonder of Hot Swirling Magma

The Wonder of Hot Swirling Magma

Death Mountain is a volcano covered in boiling lava. The area around this volcano, known as the Eldin Region, is a scorching world due to the heat of the magma. There are not only overwhelming waves of heat but also sheer rock walls, flying Magma Bombs, and cascading lava falls... Numerous natural wonders that almost let you feel the heartbeat of the earth on your skin. The unquenchable excitement of adventure awaits you.

Pickup Eldin yet unseen

Climb the Scorching Peak

Death Mountain Marker #9

Feel the Heat of Magma on Your Skin

Climb the Scorching Peak

Death Mountain is the tallest active volcano in all of Hyrule. There are many dangers along the path to the top, and it cannot be reached easily, but this only heightens the feeling of accomplishment when you finally conquer it.

Amazing Views and Hardships Side by Side

Climb the sheer cliffs as you overlook the whole of Hyrule. A view that is both dangerous and beautiful is the true charm of the Eldin Region.

Amazing Views and Hardships Side by Side

Climb the sheer cliffs as you overlook the whole of Hyrule. A view that is both dangerous and beautiful is the true charm of the Eldin Region.

Death Mountain Mountain Road

Death Mountain Mountain Road

Death Mountain Mountain Road

Threats Rain Down From Overhead

Magma Bombs can fall down to you at the volcanically active Death Mountain. In such cases, take cover under nearby rocks immediately for safety.

Death Mountain Summit

Death Mountain Summit

Death Mountain Summit

A Beautifully Dyed Horizon

Death Mountain has no rainfall all year round. The mountaintop is always the best place to enjoy watching the sun rise and set.

"Don't Move" is the Trick to Mountain Climbing

Even if you’re holding on to a cliff, you won’t get tired if you don’t move. Instead of climbing heedlessly, the trick to mountain climbing is to stop from time to time and check upwards and to the left and right, searching for a spot where you can take a break.

Get Extremely Close to Flowing Magma

Only in the Eldin Region can you see boiling magma with your own eyes. You can see powerful lava rivers and falls around the five lava lakes scattered about.

Lava Falls That Run
Down the Mountainside

Viscous lava that gushed forth from the crater. A branching lava fall flows into Goro Cove, east of Goron City.

Goro Cove

Goro Cove

Goro Cove

FEEL THE HEAT OF MAGMA ON YOUR SKIN

Lava Falls That Run Down the Mountainside

Viscous lava that gushed forth from the crater. A branching lava fall flows into Goro Cove, east of Goron City.

Southern Mine

Southern Mine

Southern Mine

A Red Cave Illuminated by the River's Surface

In one corner of the mine, there is a cave into which a river of lava flows. The sight of the cave illuminated by the lava is frightening and fantastic.

A Red Cave Illuminated by the River's Surface

In one corner of the mine, there is a cave into which a river of lava flows. The sight of the cave illuminated by the lava is frightening and fantastic.

The Blacksmith of the Enemy World

In Lake Darman, where lava flows just like Goro Cove, there is one Rock Octorok. If you let this enemy suck in a rusty weapon, the rust will be completely removed, and it will be as good as new. If you're lucky, you might even get a powerful weapon.

CHEERFUL PEOPLE LIVING ON A HARSH VOLCANO

Goron City

Goron City

Cheerful People Living on a Harsh Volcano

To the Home of the Goron, the Rock People

The Goron people are accustomed to living in a harsh environment of constant heat. On your way up the mountain, why don't you try stopping by Goron City, located halfway up Death Mountain, and taking a look at how they live?

Death Mountain
Sightseeing Base

Goron City, located at Marker #5 of Death Mountain, overlooks Death Mountain and is fully equipped with tourist facilities. It's the perfect base for taking on the summit.

Death Mountain Sightseeing Base

Goron City, located at Marker #5 of Death Mountain, overlooks Death Mountain and is fully equipped with tourist facilities. It's the perfect base for taking on the summit.

Art Carved Into Rock

Huge rock statues watch over the Goron people. If you want to check out their details, it is recommended to visit early in the morning when the sunlight is good.

Goron People Statues

Goron People Statues

Goron People Statues

Art Carved Into Rock

Huge rock statues watch over the Goron people. If you want to check out their details, it is recommended to visit early in the morning when the sunlight is good.

Excavate Rare Ore

The precious ores and jewels produced in the Eldin Region are known as its specialties. Even jewellers eagerly gaze upon especially rare diamonds and sapphires.

Treasures Buried in
the Volcano

Death Mountain has deposits here and there, which occasionally produce precious gems such as diamonds. Be careful when mining, as Magma Bombs may rain down if you focus only on gems.

THE FRONT LINES OF THE JEWEL TRADE
The Front Lines of The Jewel Trade

Treasures Buried in the Volcano

Death Mountain has deposits here and there, which occasionally produce precious gems such as diamonds. Be careful when mining, as Magma Bombs may rain down if you focus only on gems.

Crush Hard Ore Deposits With One Blow

If you try mining with a weapon such as a sword or spear, the ore deposit will be difficult to break, and your weapon will be damaged quickly. What you want to use is a Drillshaft or Iron Sledgehammer made with the Goron people's technology. You can make good mining progress by crushing hard deposits with a single blow.

Special Deals With Bulk Sales

Special Deals With Bulk Sales

Ramella, of the Gerudo people, is staying in this area to purchase gems. If you sell gems you've mined to Ramella in bulk, she will buy them for a higher price than usual.

Blissful Hot Springs Brought About By Magma

Eldin Region hot springs heated by magma. The relaxing waters of Goron Hot Springs in particular have been used as a hot-spring health resort since ancient times. If you get tired of climbing and mining, why not stop by? Of course, the temperature is just right, so you can take off your equipment and relax. At the hot spring near Gut Check Rock, you can invite a Hinox to enjoy a thrilling mixed bath.

Blissful Hot Springs Brought About By Magma

Hot Volcano Activities

If you still have excess energy after climbing,
please visit these places.
Introducing activities that allow you to enjoy the harsh volcano more.

Gut Check Rock

A rock-climbing facility run by three brothers of the Goron people. Here you can take part in activities that involve climbing a cliff while collecting rupees. Just reaching the summit is hard work, but there are some brave people who gather plenty of rupees. The key is to collect the rupees behind the rocks as well without rushing headlong to the goal.

  • Location: Gut Check Rock Summit
  • Open 24/7
  • Price:
    Gut Check Course - 1 try for 50 rupees (introductory price is 20 rupees)
    Ultra Gut Check Course - 1 try for 100 rupees
    Gut Check Course - 1 try for 50 rupees (introductory price is 20 rupees)
    Ultra Gut Check Course - 1 try for 100 rupees
Gut Check with Rock Climbing
Lava Lake Trip by Mine Cart

Abandoned North Mine

Although this mining site is currently unused, large-scale devices such as mine carts and cannons are still there. The mine carts accelerate with Remote Bomb explosions.

  • Location: Darunia Lake
  • Open 24/7
  • Price: Free

At the End of the Rail...?

A mine-cart rail laid out so that it goes halfway around Darunia Lake. At the end of that is the Isle of Rabac, which looks like a crab when viewed from above. If you glide from the highest point of the abandoned mine, you can see it in its entirety.

At the End of the Rail...?

Challenge a Scorchingly Powerful Enemy

The Eldin Region is home to many enemies that attack with fire and heat.
Due to the harsh environment, accidents such as falling off cliffs or stepping
in lava occur frequently during battle. It is also important to
choose a battlefield where you can focus on the enemy in front of you.

VS Igneo Talus

VS Igneo Talus

An enemy with a body that burns like lava. You want to attack this formidable opponent's weak point—the ore deposit—but you will burn if you touch it. It may be wise to avoid fighting when you have no means of defending against heat.

KEY POINT

Hitting an Igneo Talus's body with an Ice Arrow will temporarily cool it down. Take the opportunity to climb up and attack its weak point.

VS Fire-Breath Lizalfos

As its name implies, this type of Lizalfos breathes fire from its mouth. The fire has quite a long reach, so it's safer to block with a metal shield than to run away. When it's finished breathing fire and is tired and unable to move, that's your chance to counterattack. It is also weak against cold.

KEY POINT

When you don't have a shield, one strategy is to get into close combat. If you can close the distance enough to get right up to it, the fire it breathes will not hit you.

VS Fire-Breath Lizalfos

Spicy Curry For When It's Hot

With the secret spices of the Goron people, anyone can easily make curry.
Be resolute in the face of the heat. Why not give your body a shock from the inside by filling it with spicy curry?

A Speciality of Eldin

Goron Spice
Goron Spice

The Heat Hits Just Right

Goron Spice is indispensable for
curry. You can purchase it in
Goron City. As a side note, even if
you put a lot in, the spiciness
does not change.

Simple is Best

Curry Rice

Made with only rice and spice, this classic curry is loved by both adults and children. The flavour is simple and never gets old. Increasing the amount of Hylian Rice will make you feel fuller.

Ingredients

  • Hylian Rice‥‥‥1 Sheaf
  • Goron Spice‥‥‥1 Vial
Seafood's Umami Brings Out the Spiciness

Seafood Curry

If you want to feel a refreshing breeze at a hot volcano, one way is to add seafood. Please note that if you make it with fish other than Hearty Blueshell Snail or porgy, it becomes a rice ball for some reason.

Ingredients

  • 1 Mighty Porgy
  • or 1 Armoured Porgy
  • or 1 Hearty Blueshell Snail
  • Hylian Rice‥‥‥1 Sheaf
  • Goron Spice‥‥‥1 Vial
Make Gourmet Poultry Luxurious

Gourmet Poultry Curry

This curry makes generous use of the finest poultry and was even served at Hyrule Castle. By using Gourmet Poultry from an Eldin Ostrich, you can enjoy a plate of the unique taste of this region.

Ingredients

  • Gourmet Poultry‥‥‥1 Piece
  • Hylian Rice‥‥‥1 Sheaf
  • Goron Spice‥‥‥1 Vial

Curry Rice

Made with only rice and spice, this classic curry is loved by both adults and children. The flavour is simple and never gets old. Increasing the amount of Hylian Rice will make you feel fuller.

Simple is Best

Ingredients

  • Hylian Rice1 Sheaf
  • Goron Spice1 Vial

Seafood Curry

If you want to feel a refreshing breeze at a hot volcano, one way is to add seafood. Please note that if you make it with fish other than Hearty Blueshell Snail or porgy, it becomes a rice ball for some reason.

Seafood's Umami Brings Out the Spiciness

Ingredients

  • 1 Mighty Porgy
  • or 1 Armoured Porgy
  • or 1 Hearty Blueshell Snail
  • Hylian Rice1 Sheaf
  • Goron Spice1 Vial

Gourmet Poultry Curry

This curry makes generous use of the finest poultry and was even served at Hyrule Castle. By using Gourmet Poultry from an Eldin Ostrich, you can enjoy a plate of the unique taste of this region.

Make Gourmet Poultry Luxurious

Ingredients

  • Gourmet Poultry1 Piece
  • Hylian Rice1 Sheaf
  • Goron Spice1 Vial

A Stone-Grilled Dish Made With Geothermal Heat

Just as Protein Palace in Goron City is famous for its stone-grilled dishes, the heat of this region makes it possible to make stone-grilled dishes just by placing ingredients on the ground. By grilling meat, fish, mushrooms, fruits, and anything else you want to eat on the ground, maybe you will be able to discover new tastes?

Various Discoveries Besides Volcanoes

Even Rocks Prepared Deliciously

Even Rocks Prepared Deliciously

The Goron people are known for eating rocks. It is said that they slowly cook the rare cut Rock Roast to make Deliciously Grilled Rock Roast and eat it. The way the flavour changes with cooking is quite interesting.

The Great Skeleton and Dragon Performance

The Great Skeleton and 
Dragon 
Performance

A huge fossil believed to be ancient was discovered on the north side of Death Mountain. In addition, it is said that the spirit Dinraal descends from the heavens in the form of a dragon here. If you wait around here between midnight and dawn, you can see the mysterious performance of the fossil and dragon.

Phantom Smotherwing Butterfly

Phantom Smotherwing Butterfly

Among the creatures that inhabit the Eldin Region, the Smotherwing Butterfly is said to be especially rare. Its fluttering form resembles the embers that drift down in volcanic areas, so it is difficult to spot. If you keep an eye on the embers while you are walking, you may come across this rare butterfly.

Life that Lives in a Scorching Land

Hotfeather Pigeon
Golden Sparrow
Eldin Ostrich

Perhaps because the ground is hot, the Eldin Region is home to many flying creatures.
Hotfeather Pigeons and Golden Sparrows, among others, are characterised by their fire-resistant plumage.
Although the Eldin Ostrich cannot fly, its legs are well-developed, and there are cases of injuries being caused by being rammed, so be careful.

Fireproof Lizard
Summerwing Butterfly
Sizzlefin Trout

The Fireproof Lizard, which can only be seen in this region, is so famous that people even take them home as souvenirs.
They often hide under rocks and can be found especially in the Southern Mine.
In addition, there are creatures with features unique to this region, such as the Summerwing Butterfly and Sizzlefin Trout, both of which remain unbothered by heat.

SCOOP!

Boss Bludo Wasn't an Ordinary Goron After All

Boss Bludo of the Goron people is suddenly attacked by a youth. He counterattacks with an iron fist and successfully drives him off. It seems that although Bludo usually appears to suffer from lower-back pain, he's still pretty tough. He is the leader of his people, after all!

Things to know before visiting Eldin

Suddenly, bodies burn.

Above Death Mountain Marker #2, your body will spontaneously combust. You will want to prepare some Fireproof Elixir and Fireproof Armour in order to climb the mountain comfortably.

The Temperature Cannot be Measured

The Temperature Cannot be Measured
Suddenly, bodies burn.

The Temperature Cannot be Measured

The Temperature Cannot be Measured

The Moment I Took Out a Bomb Arrow...

If you prepare a Bomb Arrow while embers are floating, it will immediately explode, and that is extremely dangerous. When you want to blow something up, go with a Remote Bomb that won't explode.

A Volcano Essential - Fireproof Elixir

Fireproof Elixir, which prevents the body from burning, is sold at Foothill Stable just before the mountain trail. You will be even safer if you learn to forage ingredients in the region and make it.

Fireproof Elixir

Fireproof Elixir

Heat Resistance Effect Lv.1
(Near Marker #5)

Ingredients (List):

  • 1 Fireproof Lizard
  • or
  • 1 Smotherwing Butterfly
  • 1 Monster part

Heat Resistance Effect Lv.2
(For People Approaching
the Crater)

Ingredients (List):

  • 4 Smotherwing Butterfly
  • 1 Monster part
Stone Armour That Resists Heat
Flamebreaker Helm 2000 Rupees
Flamebreaker Armour 600 Rupees
Flamebreaker Boots 700 Rupees
Available at the Armor Shop "Ripped and Shredded" in Goron City

Available at the Armour Shop "Ripped and Shredded" in Goron City

When you arrive in Goron City, the very first thing you'll want to check out is the stone armour sold for tourists. If you wear this, your body will not burn even in the heat of the volcano. The material may be stone, but it is designed to move easily, so you don't have to worry about the weight.

Flamebreaker Helm

Flamebreaker
Helm

Flamebreaker Armor

Flamebreaker
Armour

Flamebreaker Boots

Flamebreaker
Boots

Stone Armour That Resists Heat
Flamebreaker Helm 2000 Rupees
Flamebreaker Armour 600 Rupees
Flamebreaker Boots 700 Rupees
Available at the Armor Shop "Ripped and Shredded" in Goron City

Fire Extinguishing with Chuchu Jelly

You can temporarily protect yourself from heat by attacking Chuchu Jelly and getting the water on yourself. However, if you wait too long, the Chuchu Jelly will change to Red Chuchu Jelly due to the heat. This will explode when you attack it, so be careful.​

* This page uses Japanese game footage.