Hidden across Hyrule lies the Soldier’s Armor set-classic gear that turns Link into a true fortress. Finding each piece takes wit and courage, but the reward is a defense boost fit for any battle.
This armor set – made up of the Soldier’s Armor, Soldier’s Helm, and Soldier’s Greaves – can be found underneath Hyrule Castle. The caverns beneath the castle are quite a maze, though, so follow these steps to get the Soldier’s Armor.
You’ll need to break a lot of debris during this adventure, so it’s worth bringing along some arrows and bomb flowers, if you want to make quick work of this quest.
Soldier’s Armor chest piece location
The Soldier’s Armor chest piece is hidden inside the Royal Hidden Passage beneath Hyrule Castle. You can access this tunnel from the Observation Room or by breaking through the rocks in the Emergency Shelter in Lookout Landing. Bring plenty of Bomb Flowers or a hammer-type weapon to clear the blocked passages. The chest containing the armor sits deep within the tunnels, guarded by stronger enemies, so make sure to carry good weapons and healing items before heading in.
Head for the castle’s main gates, which are at the coordinates (-0254, 0621, 0043).
From here, climb over the wall and enter the main part of the castle. Follow the path around to the left until you reach an entrance flanked by two dead trees.
Go into this opening and use Ultrahand to move the two metal gates. Head up the stairs on the left and then turn right in this corridor with a faded red carpet. In the room ahead there will be two Horriblin.
After defeating the Horriblin, take the entrance on the right hand side and climb the stairs to reach the Observation Room.
Use Ultrahand on the trap door and climb down to discover the Royal Hidden Passage. There is a chest here containing a diamond.
Go down the stairs, fighting a Blue Lizalfos on the way. You can glide to the bottom, but on the first level it’s worth finding the room just off the stairs with a Black Bokoblin. There are two chests in this room containing a knight’s halberd and a soldier’s bow, plus if you break the boxes there’ll be a ton of powerful ingredients.
After that you won’t miss much if you glide, but if you choose to walk, mind out for the Keese and the Red Chuchu. At the bottom you’ll find a carved stone with some lore and a small tunnel leading to a breakable wall. Fuse a weapon with the rock here if you need to, and begin to break through.
On the other side, defeat the mini stone taluses, then continue breaking through the Luminous Stone here. You’ll fall into another chamber with a Like Like.
You can defeat or ignore this Like Like, just progress to the bottom of this area. If you head north you’ll find another small area with the Bubbulfrog and some ore, but you actually want to pass the Like Like towards the south of this room to find another destroyable rubble area.
Break through to find a flat platform and drop down to find yet more rubble below. Destroying this will open up a rounded archway in the wall you just dropped down from.
Through here are several Bokoblins as well as some weapons to pick up. When you’re done with them, go into the back cell where there is a large boulder in the ground. Lift this with Ultrahand to reveal an entrance you can drop into.
Go to the end of this tunnel and use Ascend. Don’t go too high through the hole in the ceiling here or you’ll end up back in the room with the Like Like. You want to be in the cell room again, in the locked cell with a Bokoblin. Defeat it and destroy the wooden boxes here for a bunch of arrows if you want.
However, the real prize is that the Soldier’s Armor chest piece can be found in the chest here. This gives four defense, making it stronger than most of the early armor in the game, and it can also be upgraded at Great Fairy fountains.
Soldier’s Helm location
The Soldier’s Helm is hidden in the Royal Hidden Passage beneath Hyrule Castle. You can reach the area through a tunnel found behind the Emergency Shelter in Lookout Landing. Break through the rock walls using bombs or a hammer to progress through the tunnels. The chest containing the helm sits deep within the passage, guarded by a few enemies and piles of rubble that must be cleared before opening it.
Return down the corridor, Ascend back into the jail room, and reenter the room through the gap in the rubble you created here. On the opposite side will be another destructible area past some bomb flowers – this one blue rather than brown. This material is much hardier, so use the bomb flowers to break through.
Continue forward and do the same to the next area of blue rubble. Enter the water here and swim to the pillars sticking out. Look to the left (from the direction you first entered this cavern) to see an archway blocked by black rubble. Bomb arrows didn’t seem to do much here, so swim over and break this with a hammer-type weapon.
In the next room, you’ll find an Ice Like to the left. Stepping on the ice platforms it creates will freeze Link and cause cold damage, so try to defeat it quickly to prevent the whole room being filled up. Once defeated, head into the room where it was and look to the left to find the chest with the Soldier’s Helm. Like the chest piece, this gives four defense points.
Soldier’s Greaves location
From the Royal Hidden Passage beneath Hyrule Castle, follow the route toward the large underground lake, then stay on the paths closer to the Lookout Landing side. As you pass a smaller path above a pool of water, look for a stone room entrance buried under a large pile of rubble and break it open to reveal a chamber guarded by a Like Like. Defeat the enemy and open the chest on the left side of the room at roughly (-0307, 0281, -0006) to claim the Soldier’s Greaves and complete the set.
Head back out to the pool and go through the small opening to the left. (Although you may want to go to the main area of this room to collect more rock-Fused weapons, as you’ll need a lot of these and/or bomb flowers to continue.)
Through the blue rubble directly ahead you’ll see some ore deposits, but you’ll actually want to follow the path as it turns sharply to the left and ascends in a spiral. Watch out for Keese, including an electric variant close to the first ore deposit on this route. At the top there will be more debris to destroy.
Through here will be a Moblin and some Bokoblin – the easiest way to beat them is to knock them into the water below. You can also drop down here to find a small space with glowing cave fish, tireless frogs (key for stamina recipes), and fairies. When you’re done, continue along the ledge above and break another blue debris wall.
Defeat the two stone taluses here and turn your attention to the debris. You’ll want to focus on the back part where it meets the wall, where there’s a stalactite pointing downwards. Don’t forget about jump attacks (X followed by Y).
There are some smaller prizes in this room – break the debris at the back right to find a chest with a soldier’s claymore – but once again the main thing you need to do is defeat a Like Like.
Open the chest to the left of it to receive the Soldier’s Greaves, the final part of the Soldier’s Armor. Once again, this piece provides four points of protection until upgraded.
Soldier’s Armor upgrade costs, effect, and set bonus
The Soldier’s Armor set starts at 4 defense per piece and upgrades to 28 at max level through Great Fairy fountains, using low-cost materials like Chuchu jelly, Bokoblin guts, Keese eyeballs, Moblin guts, Lizalfos tails, Lynel parts, flint, and amber, totaling around 2,280 rupees for the full set. Each upgrade tier boosts defense progressively-★ to 7, ★★ to 12, ★★★ to 18, and ★★★★ to 28-without special effects per piece. No set bonus activates when all pieces equip.
The Soldier Armor has no set bonus or effects, but it is one of the armor sets in the game with the highest defense. A few others rival it, including the Zonaite Armor and Wild Armor, but this one is easy to find early, so it’s worth upgrading if you need some heftier defense.
You’ll be able to upgrade the pieces of the Soldier’s Armor at a Great Fairy in exchange for the following:
- 1-star (7 defense): 5 Chuchu jellies, 3 Bokoblin guts, 10 rupees
- 2-star (12 defense): 5 Keese eyeballs, 3 Moblin guts, 50 rupees
- 3-star (18 defense): 3 Lizalfos tails, 3 Hinox guts, 30 flint, 200 rupees
- 4-star (28 defense): 5 Lynel hooves, 5 Lynel guts, 30 amber, 500 rupees
To upgrade the Soldier set fully, you’ll need 15 Chuchu jellies, 9 Bokoblin guts, 15 Keese eyeballs, 9 Moblin guts, 9 Lizalfos tails, 9 Hinox guts, 15 Lynel hooves, 15 Lynel guts, 90 flint, 90 amber, and 2,280 rupees.
Map the exact locations for each Soldier’s piece
Soldier’s Armor Set Map Coordinates
All three pieces of the Soldier’s Armor set are located in the Royal Hidden Passage beneath Hyrule Castle. Here are the exact coordinates for each piece:
Soldier’s Armor (Chest Piece)
Coordinates: -0267, 0638, -0035
This chest piece is found deep in the underground passage, accessible by entering through the doorway at coordinates -0320, 0781, 0074 (flanked by two dead trees near the main castle gates). After navigating through the Observation Room and descending multiple levels, you’ll use Ascend in a dead-end tunnel to reach the hidden cell containing this piece.
Soldier’s Helm
Coordinates: Located in the pool area
The helm is found after obtaining the chest piece, in a room guarded by an Ice Like Like enemy. From the large pool room in the underground passage, you’ll need to destroy blue boulders blocking a cave entrance on the right side using arrows fused with Bomb Flowers.
Soldier’s Greaves (Leg Armor)
Coordinates: Found beyond the pool area
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Show precise coordinates for Soldier’s Helm location
Soldier’s Helm Precise Coordinates
The Soldier’s Helm is located at coordinates -0230, 0467, -0039 in the Royal Hidden Passage beneath Hyrule Castle.
Detailed Location
The helm is found in an underground lake chamber directly below Hyrule Castle’s Central Square. After entering the Royal Hidden Passage and navigating through the cave system, you’ll reach a large underground lake with a stone room covered in rubble on the east side.
How to Reach It
Access the Royal Hidden Passage through the Emergency Shelter beneath Lookout Landing after completing one of the Regional Phenomena main quests. From the passage entrance, take the left path from the alcove with the Demon Statue, then take the left path again at the next fork.
Continue past enemies and breakable walls until you reach the underground lake, then swim to the shore on the left side. Destroy the blue breakable wall blocking the room entrance-note that this wall cannot be broken by explosives, so you’ll need to throw blunt weapons or build a platform using Ice F
