The Gerudo’s Colossal Fossil side quest in Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will leave many players confused while trying to find the remains of the baby leviathan. However, this detailed guide will help you reunite the baby leviathan with its parent.
Gerudo’s Colossal Fossil Guide
- Proceed to the location of the quest as marked on your map.
- Close to the location, you will spot an entrance to a cave. Head inside it.
- Once you emerge into the opening, head towards the campfire at the right of the entrance.
- Talk to Loone at the campfire, and she will express her wish to see the baby and the parent Leviathan beside each other.
- Next, select the ascend ability and aim for the roof of the larger leviathan’s jaw and use it.
- When you are on top of the larger leviathan, follow the path above, and you will see a weak rock formation.
- Attach a bomb flower to your bow and shoot it to release the body of the baby leviathan.
- Move the body of the baby leviathan near the campfire using Ultrahand and attach the head to it using the Ultrahand ability as well.
- After this, move through the parent Leviathan’s lower jaw, and you will see a pond in front of you.
- At the left of the pond, using Ultrahand dislodge the fan from the dirt and carry it to the right of the pond where the last remains are.
- Hit the fan with your weapon to activate it, and using Ultrahand suspend it and move it across the dirt to reveal the tail.
- Carry the tail back to the partial skeleton and attach it to the body.
- Talk to Loone to complete the quests and receive your rewards.
Detailed Walkthrough for Gerudo’s Colossal Fossil
The first step is to get to the location of the quests. The exact coordinates are -3882, 3697, and 0222. To save travel time, we recommend fast traveling to the Isarak Shrine if completed since it is just east of the quest location.
When you get closer to the location, you will see the entrance to a cave.
Enter this cave, and a message will appear on the screen saying that you have discovered the Gerudo Great Skeleton. This confirms that you are on the right track.
When you emerge into the clearing in the cave, you will notice a light for a campfire towards the bottom right. Glide over to the campfire to interact with Loone and get started with the quest.
Upon talking with Loone, she will express her wish to see the parent and child Leviathans side by side.
Once you are done talking with Loone, you will want to stand next to the cliff right in front of the campfire. Look up and walk slightly toward the right until to see the roof of the parent Leviathan’s jaw. Use the ascend ability to get on top of the parent Leviathan assuming that you have it from completing the Gutanbac Shrine on the Great Sky Island.
Next, walk across the parent leviathan’s skeleton, and you will see a weak rock formation on the ceiling.
Attach a bomb flower to your bow and shoot it anywhere at this formation to break it and release the body of the baby Leviathan.
Now glide down from the parent Leviathan’s skeleton, and you will find the baby Leviathan’s body. Using Ultrahand, carry it towards the campfire right next to the skull of the baby Leviathan. Make sure that the tail end of the skeleton is facing toward you since the forward end is where the skull needs to be attached.
Now, using Ultrahand, attach the skull of the baby Leviathan to its body, ensuring that the body is placed in the correct orientation.
Once this is done, walk through the lower jaw bones of the parent leviathan, and you will find a pond shortly ahead.
On the right-hand side of the pond are dirt mounds containing the baby Leviathan’s tail that is needed to complete the skeleton.
In order to retrieve the tail, head towards the right-hand side of the pond, where you will see a fan trapped in a pile of dirt. Using Ultrahand dislodge this fan and carry it back towards the right-hand side of the pond. Rotate the fan to ensure it is facing the dirt instead of yourself.
Now hit the fan with your weapon or shoot it using your bow to activate it. A battery symbol will appear at the bottom of the screen, indicating the time the fan has until it stops. Use the Ultahand ability to lift the fan and move it across the dirt piles to remove them.
Once this is done, carry the tail back to the partially completed skeleton of the baby Leviathan and attach it to the skeleton using Ultrahand to complete it. At times, due to slightly incorrect attachments, the game doesn’t register the skeleton as being completed. If so, make sure that the body is correctly oriented and try reattaching the head and the tail again.
Talk to Loone to complete the quest and receive the Purple Rupee as the reward.
This concludes Gerudo’s Colossal Fossil quest guide. It is considered difficult due to the many steps involved, but if you follow this guide, you should have no problems. We would love to hear from you in the comments if you have any questions or critiques.
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