Forget sinking into another lake in Tears of the Kingdom-with a flick of ingenuity and some icy creativity, you can walk across your own frozen masterpiece instead.
First, players made DIY bridges out of literally any material – often logs, though – in order to scale massive gaps. Then there were the war machines, used to both torture Koroks and defeat enemy Bokoblins. Now, the latest trick making the rounds is the ice bridge, an ingenious way to cross wide rivers and lakes.
It’s easy to drown in Tears of the Kingdom: Swimming uses stamina, and that quickly drains – especially if you’re using the dash button to swim faster. I find myself accidentally drowning Link in my wild attempts to chase after fish or confidently swim to destinations. How many times have I muttered to myself, Oh, I can make that. Reader, I often cannot.
Enter the ice bridge. Toss anything with an ice property (I didn’t have any ice fruit or White Chuchu jelly on hand, so I used ice Keese wings to start the ice bridge for the screenshots in this story), into water and it’ll explode and turn into ice. Next, take a weapon – sticks work well – and fuse the ice platform to it.
Take a swing at the water, where you want the next ice platform to go, to make another. Just keep doing this until your ice bridge meets your needs. The ice platforms can also be stuck together using Ultrahand, which means they’re useful once you pull them out of the water, too. It’s handy because you’re not wasting many resources, like weapons, to cut down trees for logs, but you can still make your bootleg bridges. Thank you, frozen water.
How to farm ice fruits quickly in Tears of the Kingdom
Ice Fruit serves as a key material for creating ice bridges in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom by fusing it to weapons or arrows to generate ice on water. Efficient farming focuses on renewable spots tied to enemy respawns or Blood Moons. Bokoblin backpack methods provide the quickest yields, supplemented by natural growth areas.
Bokoblin Backpack Farm
Red Bokoblins in Upland Zorana Summit Cave, below Upland Zorana Skyview Tower, carry backpacks with around 20 Ice Fruits total. Defeat the three enemies inside, collect the fruits, and wait for a Blood Moon to reset them for repeatable farming. Advanced setups use a Bokoblin Mask (or Majora’s Mask) to avoid aggro, provoking throws of infinite Ice Fruits via contraptions like stakes and homing carts.
Natural Gathering Spots
Ice Fruits grow on small yellow-leafed trees near grey stone slabs in cold areas like Hebra Mountains, Gerudo Highlands, and Talonto Peak (up to 21 fruits across seven trees). Use Sensor+ after photographing one via Purah Pad to track them easily. Blood Moons respawn these too, and Beedle sells them for 12 Rupees each at Highland or Snowfield Stable.
Efficiency Tips
Wear cold-resistant gear for safe access to peaks and highlands. Pair with Dazzle Fruit to disarm ranged Bokoblins or White Chuchu Jelly to freeze extras during clears. Avoid over-reliance on trees alone, as Bokoblin spots scale faster for ice bridge needs.
Best Hebra Mountain routes to farm Ice Fruit fast
Talonto Peak in the Hebra Mountains offers one of the fastest routes for farming Ice Fruit on small yellow-leafed trees near grey stone slabs, yielding up to 21 fruits across seven trees. From Rospro Pass Skyview Tower, glide northeast to the ridges at coordinates -3187, 2619, 0488, circling the peak to harvest and waiting for Blood Moons to respawn.
Gear Preparation
Equip cold-resistant armor like Snowquill Set or cook Spicy Peppers for safe traversal without stamina drain. Use Sensor+ on Purah Pad after snapping an Ice Fruit photo to highlight trees during loops. Carry arrows or a bow to knock fruits from high branches efficiently.
Extended Hebra Routes
Combine with Hebra Flight Range vicinity for scattered trees and Ice-like drops from enemies; loop from Snowfield Stable northward through peaks for 10-15 fruits per circuit. Blood Moons reset all spawns, enabling 50+ fruits hourly with quick glides and climbs. Avoid Gerudo overlap for pure Hebra speed.
