How to unlock the Royal Hidden Passage in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

There is a Royal hidden passageway hidden under the area of ​​Hyrule Castle The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The relatively small area has a lot crammed into it – everything from armor, a Stalnox and a cursed statue.

There are two ways to enter Royal hidden passageway, one that requires a bit of advancement and another that is immediately accessible. We’ll show you how to access the Royal hidden passagewayfind his secrets and collect all his loot.


How to access the Royal Hidden Passage

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The Royal hidden passageway can be reached from the emergency shelter in Lookout landing. You can jump directly into the Emergency Shelter to find an opening to the passage, only after completing one temple – either the Wind Temple, Fire Temple, Water Templeor Lightning Temple. It doesn’t matter which one.

Link looks up at the Observation Room in TOTK

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The alternate route is to access the Royal hidden passageway belongs to the Observation room in Hyrule Castle. Start by going to the Hyrule Castle surface level, past the gates. Look up and you’ll see an overhang – that’s it Observation room.

You will have to climb the walls to get there, for which you should have enough stamina. You know you’re in the right place when you see Nobiro. At the back of the room, on the first floor, is a grate. Usage Ultra convenient to open it and then fall right in. Don’t skip the chest here – there is one diamond inside.

Link with Ultrahand to open a grid

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You will have to descend the spiral staircase, exploring all the different nooks and crannies in the process. When you reach the bottom, you’ll find a wall of red rocks that you can burst through and go underground. There is a lot to discover here!


What to do in the Royal Hidden Passage

Link smashes some rocks to get through the Royal Hidden Passage

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The winding Royal hidden passageway has a lot to do — you want all the pieces of the A soldier’s armor set, find the Bubblefrog to get one bubble gemand maybe one Stalnox. You will also hit a lot of bricks.

Find the Bubblefrog

Bubbul gem in the Royal Hidden Passage

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The Bubbulfrog is easily accessible from the Observation room entrance, but you can get there anyway. If you go down through that entrance and keep following the path, you will eventually come to a path down that goes deeper inside. You see one Shock likeand the path to the bullfrog is behind it. Again, break some rocks to get through and drop into the pit below where you should see the Bubblefrog. Beat it and it will Bubble gem.

Collect the Soldier’s Armor set

How to find the soldier's armor in Zelda: TOTK

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All piece of the Armor set for soldiers are hidden in the Royal Hidden Passage – the soldier’s armor, Soldier helmetAnd Soldier shoots. The passageway is quite maze-like and our guide to finding the Soldier’s Armor can help you navigate through it. However, be careful when making your way through these areas – there is a huge one Stalnox hidden under some rubble.

Repec at the cursed statue

Link looks at the cursed statue in Zelda: TOTK

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The cursed statue is easily accessible from the emergency shelter entrance of the Royal hidden passageway at the (-0253, 0132, 0008) coordinates. In fact, it’s the first thing you’ll find there after crawling in and smashing a few bricks. It’s around the first corner on the right.

Here you can exchange hearts and stamina.