‘White Goats Gone Missing’ quest steps in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

By James On May 21, 2023

White goats missing is an optional quest in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Once you become an official reporter for The Lucky Clover Gazette, Hyrule’s up-and-coming newspaper, you must track down a herd of missing goats, as the name suggests.

You’ll probably come across this as you work your way through the “Potential Princess Sightings!” questline. This page covers the steps you need to take to save the goats and investigate the rumors surrounding Zelda’s return.

How to start the White Goats Gone Missing quest

“White Goats Gone Missing” is a side quest that is part of the “Potential Princess Sightings” arc. It can be completed once you’ve been to the Clover HQ southeast of Rito Village, so if you haven’t been there, go do that first.

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When you’re ready to begin the quest, head to Tabantha Bridge Stable and look for the noticeably empty goat shed to the southeast.

Map showing where White Goats Gone Missing should begin

It seems that Chork has lost his pride and joy – his white goats, which he fed with Princess Zelda’s special recipe of whole, unground Hylian pine cones. Or at least he thinks that was the recipe because he lost it…

Where to find the goats in the White Goats Gone Missing quest

After talking to Chork and Penn, your fellow reporter, begin the side mission. The task here is to follow the trail of uneaten Hylian Pine Cones to the missing herd.

Hylian Pine Cone zoomed in with a camera

While this may seem simple – and it starts simple enough – the pine cones can easily get lost in the grass if you stray from the trail. If this happens, you have three options to get back on track quickly.

1. The first is to use Ultrahand and rotate the camera, looking for glowing orange bits that mean something you can interact with.

2. The second is to pan the camera down to get a bird’s eye view. Fortunately, the Switch can’t pull enough grass to completely hide the pinecone!

Looking down at a Hylian pine cone from above

3. The third is to pan the camera very slowly and look for the ‘item-drop sparkles’. This will show you where the next collectible is, which is most likely your next Hylian Pine Cone!

Follow the path all the way and eventually you will meet the goats! If you’re having a hard time, move on coordinates (-2546, 0409, 0150).

White Goats zoomed in using the telescope

Below the herd is a message in a bottle – interact with it (and read the funny dialogue that follows) to complete the “White Goats Gone Missing” quest!

Link examines a bottle while surrounded by white goats

Congratulations on completing the quest!