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50 free Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Tears of the Kingdom took the Hyrule of Breath of the Wild, lifted islands into the sky, dug the Depths beneath it and handed Link a Zonai arm that could glue rockets to shields. It sold ten million copies in three days, was the first Nintendo game priced at $70, and was finished a full year before Nintendo let it out the door. These 50 questions cover the story and the making of it: the Upheaval beneath Hyrule Castle, Rauru and Sonia, the Imprisoning War, Mineru's mechanical body, Zelda's draconification and the Light Dragon, Sidon, Tulin, Yunobo and Riju, Phantom Ganon and the Demon Dragon. There are mechanics questions on Ultrahand, Fuse, Ascend, Recall and Autobuild, gloom and zonaite, Lights of Blessing and Korok seeds, plus development facts: the DLC ideas that grew too big, the debug feature that became Ascend, the Wii Sports Resort and Skyrim inspirations, the E3 2019 tease, the leak, the Switch 2 edition and the Age of Imprisonment spin-off. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a Zelda night.
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Q 01Tears of the Kingdom launched in 2023 on which console?
Nintendo Switch
An enhanced edition followed on the Switch 2 in June 2025.
Q 02In which year was Tears of the Kingdom released?
2023
It arrived on May 12, a year after Nintendo had finished it.
Q 03Tears of the Kingdom is the direct sequel to which 2017 game?
Breath of the Wild
Its gameplay ideas began as DLC concepts for that game that grew too big.
Q 04Who directed Tears of the Kingdom?
Hidemaro Fujibayashi
He had also directed the 2017 predecessor and the 2011 Wii entry.
Q 05Who produced Tears of the Kingdom, as he has most Zelda games since the late 1990s?
Eiji Aonuma
Miyamoto's role was minimised because he was busy producing The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Q 06What is the vast underground area beneath Hyrule called?
The Depths
It is pitch dark and needs items to illuminate.
Q 07What is the harmful substance that temporarily reduces Link's maximum hearts?
Gloom
Returning to the surface clears the effect.
Q 08Which ability lets Link pick up, move and attach objects together?
Ultrahand
Combined with ancient devices it builds rockets, sleds, fans and worse.
Q 09Which ability combines materials and objects onto a weapon or shield?
Fuse
Fusing a rocket to a shield lets Link launch into the air.
Q 10Which ability lets Link swim upward through solid ceilings?
Ascend
Polygon likened it to a noclip cheat.
Q 11Which ability rewinds an object's movement, sending a fallen rock back upward?
Recall
It is one of five powers replacing the Sheikah Slate runes of the previous game.
Q 12Which ability instantly recreates a device Link built earlier?
Autobuild
It scavenges nearby parts and conjures missing ones for a price.
Q 13What material is spent to recreate a device when parts are missing?
Zonaite
It is mined in the underground and also charges batteries.
Q 14How many main temples must be completed to advance the story?
Q 21What was the ancient conflict against the Demon King called?
The Imprisoning War
Murals beneath Hyrule Castle depict it; the 2025 spin-off is set during it.
Q 22Sidon, Link's ally, is prince and later king of which people?
The Zora
He is one of the four allies who become new sages.
Q 23Tulin, the young archer, belongs to which bird-like people?
The Rito
He becomes the Sage of Wind.
Q 24Tulin is the son of which ally from the previous game?
4
Water, Wind, Fire and Lightning, tackled in any order.
Q 15How many Lights of Blessing are exchanged at a Goddess Statue for a heart or stamina upgrade?
4
They are earned by completing Shrines.
Q 16What do Korok seeds buy Link?
Inventory capacity
More slots for melee weapons, shields and bows.
Q 17Whose spirit provides the arm that replaces Link's wounded one?
Rauru
He was Hyrule's first king and sealed the Demon King at the cost of his own life.
Q 18Where does Link awaken after the cavern disaster?
The Great Sky Island
The game's final scene returns there.
Q 19What name is given to the cataclysm that lifts Hyrule Castle into the sky?
The Upheaval
It also shatters the Master Sword and drops Zelda into the dark below.
Q 20What is the ancient race whose devices and ruins fill the sky islands?
Zonai
Link's new arm belonged to one of them.
Teba
Teba had helped Link reach Divine Beast Vah Medoh.
Q 25In Tears of the Kingdom, Yunobo the Goron is president of what?
YunoboCo
His mining company has been digging up something it should not.
Q 26Riju is the young chief of which people?
The Gerudo
She becomes the Sage of Lightning.
Q 27The Zelda Link finds at Hyrule Castle turns out to be an illusion created by whom?
Phantom Ganon
He is a servant of the Demon King.
Q 28Which last ancient sage survives as a spirit and needs a mechanical body?
Mineru
She is the older sister of Hyrule's first king.
Q 29Who was Hyrule's first queen, killed by Ganondorf for her secret stone?
Sonia
Her stone turned him into the Demon King.
Q 30What does Zelda become after swallowing her secret stone?
The Light Dragon
She loses her sense of self in order to repair the Master Sword over millennia.