Lost amid snow-kissed cliffs, a flock vanishes as whispers of a hidden trail lead you deeper into the valley’s hush.
You’ll likely stumble upon this as you’re making your way through the “Potential Princess Sightings!” questline. This page covers the steps you need to take to rescue the goats and investigate the rumors around Zelda’s return.
How to start the ‘White Goats Gone Missing’ quest
You can find this quest in Hateno Village by talking to Koyin near Hateno Pasture. She’ll mention that several of her goats have gone missing and ask for your help. Speak with her to trigger the side quest and receive your first clue about where the goats may have wandered off to. Be sure to have some stamina food or elixirs prepared, as the search will take you across hilly terrain nearby.
“White Goats Gone Missing” is a side quest that forms part of the “Potential Princess Sightings,” arc. It can be completed once you’ve been to the Clover HQ southeast of Rito Village, so if you haven’t been there, go do that first.
When you’re ready to begin the quest, head to Tabantha Bridge Stable and look for the conspicuously empty goat pen to the south-east.
Chork, it seems, has lost his pride and joy – his white goats, that he was feeding using Princess Zelda’s special recipe of whole, unground Hylian pine cones. Or at least he thinks that’s what the recipe was, because he lost it.
Where to find the goats in the White Goats Gone Missing quest
Follow the trail of Hylian Pine Cones from Tabantha Bridge Stable through the trees southeast toward Seres Scablands. The path twists to coordinates around -2557, 0413, 0150 at a large tree where the five white goats gather with a message bottle. Use Ultrahand on the cones if they blend into grass to stay on track and examine the bottle to resolve the search.
After talking to Chork and Penn, your fellow reporter, you’ll begin the side quest. The task here is to follow the trail of uneaten Hylian Pine Cones to the missing herd.
While this may seem simple – and it starts simple enough – the pine cones can get easily lost in the grass if you wander off trail. If this happens, you have three options to quickly get back on track.
1. The first is to use Ultrahand and spin the camera, looking for glowing orange bits that signify something you can interact with.
2. The second is to pan the camera down to get a bird’s-eye view. Fortunately, the Switch can’t draw enough grass to fully hide the pine cone!
3. The third is to very slowly pan the camera and look for the ‘item-drop sparkles’. This will show you where the next collectable item is, which is most likely your next Hylian pine cone!
Follow the trail all the way and you will eventually come across the goats! If you are struggling, then proceed to coordinates (-2546, 0409, 0150).
Where is Tabantha Bridge Stable located on the map
Tabantha Bridge Stable sits in the Hyrule Ridge region of the map in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Exact Coordinates
The stable is located at approximately -2919, 0545, 0169, right beside the Tabantha Great Bridge overlooking Tanagar Canyon and surrounded by distinctive mushroom-shaped trees.
Access Methods
Launch from Lindor’s Brow Skyview Tower (-1909, 1245, 0297) and glide southwest, or fast travel to nearby Makurukis Shrine (-2846, 0630, 0233) and head south across the road.
How to fast travel to the nearest shrine from that stable
Tabantha Bridge Stable’s nearest shrine is Makurukis Shrine. Fast travel there to reach the stable quickly.
Shrine Location
Makurukis Shrine sits at coordinates -2846, 0630, 0233, just north of the stable across the main road in the Tabantha Frontier area.
Travel Steps
Open the Purah Pad map with the (-) button (or equivalent on your platform). Select the Makurukis Shrine icon, then press A (or confirm) to warp directly to its entrance. From there, head south a short distance down the path to arrive at the stable.
