A mysterious voice echoes from beneath Hyrule, urging Link to restore forgotten statues scattered across the depths. Follow its eerie call through darkness, puzzles, and hidden dangers to uncover one of the game’s most haunting secrets.
How to start ‘A Call from the Depths’
To begin the “A Call from the Depths” quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, visit the Great Plateau area and approach the Temple of Time ruins. Examine the strange, glowing statue near the pool to hear a mysterious voice asking for help. The statue will request that you gather four missing eyes scattered across the Great Plateau’s chasms. Accept the task to trigger the main quest and prepare to explore the Depths to recover each eye and return them to the statue.
In order to begin the “A Call from the Depths” side adventure in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you need to progress the main story to the point where you’ve obtained the paraglider. From there, head south (to roughly where 2017’s Breath of the Wild starts). While you can attempt to scale the massive wall barring your path, if you follow the road, you’ll come across an area where you can see clearly destructible terrain. Use a hammer – which can be created through weapon fusion – or a bomb flower to break the rocks. Water will come rushing out, revealing a new path.
A cutscene will play, showing the water draining; you’ll hear a strange voice calling out to Link as the camera pans to the Temple of Time. That’s where you’ll need to head next. It’s an easy enough building to spot, and those familiar with Breath of the Wild will immediately know where to go. (You can also find it on our interactive Tears of the Kingdom map.) Once you reach the Temple of Time, head to the back room and interact with the Goddess Statue there. After this, four spots will be marked on your map following an explanation of your quest objective, which is to find a total of four eyes and throw them into the Depths.
Before you go, tag the Goddess Statue on your map. You’ll need this for later.
Where to Find the Goddess Statue Eyes
The four Goddess Statue Eyes lie near chasms on the Great Plateau. One rests in a pool north of its chasm, retrievable with Ultrahand. Others hide under rocks to the east and south, or frozen in a stalagmite to the west-destroy barriers, lift obstacles, or melt ice to free them. Toss each into the nearest chasm, then retrieve from the Depths below and carry to the statue beneath the Temple of Time ruins.
First Goddess Statue Eye
From here, head to the southernmost mark on your map. After climbing up some snow-covered cliffs, you’ll find your destination by peering over the southernmost point. Once you’ve descended onto this outcropping, you’ll notice there is a large rock you can move with your Ultrahand ability.
Pick it up to reveal the eye you’re looking for, and throw it into the Depths. If you don’t know what the Depths look like at this point, entry points are generally signified by red and black miasma oozing around various holes in the ground.
Second Goddess Statue Eye
Now head west. This is the hardest eye to obtain, as you’ll need cold resistance (whether spicy meals or clothing like the Snowquill Armor). You will also need to climb to your objective. Scale the side of the cliff, wearing your cold resistance clothes or after eating a spicy dish, to find some ice blocks.
Equip your bow and attach a fire fruit to your arrow to defrost these blocks. In one of them is the eye you’re looking for, and you’ll need to shoot the block of ice with three fire-imbued arrows to reach your prize.
Throw this into the chasm as well.
Third Goddess Statue Eye
Go north to locate the next eye. Once you’re at the marker, use your Ultrahand ability to pull the eye out of the water.
Then chuck it into the Depths.
Fourth Goddess Statue Eye
Lastly, go east. The eye here is hidden under a wall of rocks, which can be destroyed in the very same way you did to access this area.
Use a hammer or a bomb flower (either by itself or on an arrow) to break the wall. Grab the eye and toss it into the Depths.
Jump into the Depths to begin the next part of the quest.
Head into the Depths
After activating the four statues around the Great Plateau, a mysterious voice directs you underground to the Depths beneath the Temple of Time Ruins. Use a nearby chasm to descend and light the area with Brightbloom Seeds to keep track of your surroundings. Follow the trail of statues through the darkness until you reach the central altar, where a massive Steward Construct awaits with your next challenge.
Once you’ve entered the Depths, open your map. You’ll notice each of the eyes you’ve hurled into this pitch black underground are marked on your map, along with the Goddess Statue you marked earlier. You will need to take each eye to where the Goddess Statue is marked, which is actually where one of the game’s several bargainer statues is located.
This area is effectively a massive mine, so get ready to use some Zonai devices to cart these eyes to the central point on your map. You’ll need to use a lot of fans here, so if you already have some in your inventory, feel free to use them to help take the eyes to the statue. However, there are generally enough of these devices around to make your own minecarts that are propelled either by fans or rockets – or both, if you wanna go fast.
What reward do you get for A Call From the Depths
Completing “A Call From the Depths” in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom rewards you with a choice between one Heart Container or one Stamina Vessel.
Reward Details
This permanent upgrade equals the benefit of four Shrines and costs no Lights of Blessing. The Bargainer Statue awakens fully afterward, enabling Poe trades for materials and armor.
Additional Benefits
Linking this statue expands inventory at other Bargainer Statues, unlocking sets like the Depths Armor for Gloom resistance. The Temple of Time Ruins’ Goddess Statue then functions normally for exchanges.
How to start A Call from the Depths quest
To start “A Call From the Depths” in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, travel to the Great Plateau at coordinates around (-0571, -1526, 0021), west of the Forest of Time.
Accessing the Entrance
Clear the boulder-covered, water-filled cave entrance using a rock-breaking weapon like a hammer fused with a rock. This triggers a cutscene draining the water, revealing a submerged Goddess Statue.
Activating the Quest
Interact with the statue to hear a voice pleading for help, marking four Chasm locations on your map. Alternatively, visit the Temple of Time Ruins Goddess Statue first for a hint directing you here.
