Before Gerudo Town Link’s journey initially ends at an unusual barrier: it is not monsters, heat or a locked gate that stops him, but the laws of the Gerudo. Only women – so-called Vaai – are allowed into the city. However, Benja next to the Daqo Chisay Shrine told us in the previous chapter about a man who was apparently able to circumvent this ban. This runs the main goal “No men allowed”.
Before we reach Riju and Vah Naboris, we take out Gerudo Town as completely as possible. We take a Korok with us, open the Gerudo secret club, complete a Side Quest necessary for the later thunder helmet, start several tasks exactly where their clients are on our way anyway, and get important equipment for the coming sections. However, we consciously postpone larger detours to the Gerudo plateau or far south of the desert to more suitable routes.
Men forbidden: Find Vilia in the desert bazaar
Teleport from Daqo Chisay Shrine back to the Desert Bazaar or walk the familiar route northeast. Ask the residents there about the man who allegedly sneaked into Gerudo Town. Eventually you learn that a conspicuous Hylian woman regularly stays on the roof of the general store or inn.
Vilia appears there mainly during the day. If no one is visible on the roof, sit by the bazaar’s cooking fire until midday and try again. Then climb over the ladders and the rock to the roof. There is actually a person sitting there wearing Gerudo clothing.
Speak to Vilia and choose the friendly answers in the conversation. Above all, you should praise Vilia’s appearance or clothing instead of directly claiming that you have a man in disguise in front of you. Vilia then offers you a complete Gerudo women’s set for 600 Rupees.
Buy it. You will receive women’s veil, women’s robe and women’s trousers. All three pieces have low defense and cannot be improved with the Great Fairies, but they fulfill two important tasks: With the complete set, Link fools the Gerudo guards and also receives some protection against the desert heat. The individual parts can later be purchased in Gerudo Town for 180 Rupees each.
The clothing is too weak for long-term combat use. Outside the city, we continue to switch to our stronger armor as soon as heat protection is not an issue. However, within Gerudo City you should not take off your disguise unnecessarily.
Optional: The Eighth Warrior and Bozai’s Snow Boots
Now teleport back to the Daqo Chisay Shrine in front of Gerudo Town and equip the full women’s set. Before we go through the main gate, we take care of a man jogging around the city.
Optional – Side Quest: The runner is called Bozai. Be sure to talk to him while Link is disguised as a Gerudo. Bozai raves about his sand boots and finally talks about a mysterious one eighth warrior, whose massive statue is said to stand somewhere in the Gerudo Plateau.
This begins the Side Quest “The Eighth Warrior”. Bozai wants to see a photo of the statue as proof and lends Link his snow boots. These prevent Link from being slowed down in the deep snow of the Gerudo Plateau.
We take the boots with us, but we don’t set off for the statue yet. The Gerudo Plateau is far away from our current destination. Later we connect the photo of the eighth warrior with other shrines, Koroks and the follow-up task “The Forgotten Sword”. This means we don’t have to cross the snowy mountains twice.
The borrowed snow boots will remain in your inventory until the task is completed. However, they do not provide any speed advantage in the desert. So put on your women’s trousers again and go to the main entrance of Gerudo Town.
Gerudo Town enter
With a women’s veil, women’s robe and women’s trousers, the guards do not recognize Link as a man. Go through the main gate and complete the main objective “No Men Allowed”.
Gerudo Town is one of the desert’s most important supply points. There are merchants for arrows, ingredients, Gerudo clothing and jewelry, the Hotel Oasis, a secret armor shop, and several side and shrine quests. We don’t run straight to Riju, but first work our way through the city.
Keep the women’s robe on. Anyone who puts on clearly male clothing in the middle of the city will quickly be thrown out the door. The normal Gerudo clothing offers sufficient comfort within the city anyway, as there is no extreme desert heat here.
Optional: Korok in Gerudo Town
Optional – Korok: We should definitely not leave this seed for a later desert round. In Gerudo Town, water flows down from a high rock pillar or an elevated water basin. Our target is at the top of this water column.
With Revali’s Gale, finding it is now extremely easy. Stand close enough to the high rock, create an updraft and glide to the top area. Stay in your Gerudo clothing; Climbing equipment is not necessary thanks to Revali’s ability. At the top you see a suspicious sparkle. Examine the location and the Korok appears.
If Revali’s Gale is currently being charged, you can also climb the pillar piece by piece and use the water basins as resting points. However, our Titan order makes direct flight much more comfortable.
Optional: Precious stones – 10 flints for Isha
Optional – Side Quest: Near the entrance you will find the jewelry shop, which is initially closed Star friends. The owner stands in front of it Isha. She has run out of flints for her work and needs them 10 flints to be able to reopen the store.
After our extensive stay in Eldin and on Death Mountain you should have had enough flints by now. If so, give Isha the ten pieces immediately. We should no longer need our own trip to ore mining for this.
As a reward you can choose between a rhodonite headband, a sapphire headband and topaz earrings. The rhodonite headband protects against cold, the sapphire headband against heat, and the topaz earrings increase protection against electricity.
The topaz earrings are particularly interesting for our current route. With Vah Naboris and Thunderblight Ganon, we are facing by far the most lightning-heavy fights of the journey so far. However, the sapphire headband is also a good choice and saves on heat protection when exploring the desert. If you decide based on pure retail value, you can also choose the sapphire headband.
The trinkets are among the pieces of armor that can be improved in the Great Fairies. The topaz earrings in particular become a useful combination of defense and electrical protection with several levels of improvement.
“Noble Stones” is also one of the tasks that must be completed later for the Thunder Helmet. By completing it immediately, we save ourselves a walk through the city later.
Optional: Statue of the Goddess
Then go to the southeast area of Gerudo Town. There is a statue of the goddess a little ways away. If at least four Spirit Orb have accumulated since the last chapters, you can exchange them directly here for another Heart Container or stamina container.
Since we have now completed numerous shrines on the way to the Titans, it is worth taking a look at the inventory. Additional health is nice for the upcoming journey to the Yiga hideout and the fight against Vah Naboris. However, if you haven’t yet developed your endurance enough, you will benefit just as much from an additional endurance segment in the open desert and when climbing.
Gerudo secret club and the password GGC ♦
Optional – Side Quest: In a side alley of Gerudo Town there is an inconspicuous locked door behind the normal clothing store. Knocks. A voice demands a secret password. Don’t just guess, because if you try incorrectly you’ll have to wait until the next day. Instead, end the conversation if you don’t know the password. This starts the Side Quest “secret shop”.
Then go to the northern part of the city to the bar “Dry Spell”. There, several Gerudo talk about the secret club. Of course, if Link is standing right next to them, they won’t give anything away. So go to Rotana’s house right next door and stand against the wall or the window of the bar. From there you can eavesdrop on the conversation.
The password is:
G – G – C – ♦
Return to the locked door and enter the four characters in this order. Access opens permanently and the “secrecy-mongering” is over. You can also find a detailed description of the shop in our guide to the Gerudo Secret Club.
Buy
desert set and light set
Behind the secret door, Greta sells two special armor sets. The desert set consists of desert forehead protectors for 450 Rupees, desert shoulder protectors for 1,300 Rupees and desert leg protectors for 650 Rupees. Each part increases heat protection. The complete set therefore costs 2,400 Rupees.
This is significantly better desert clothing than Link’s disguise in the long term. The desert set has higher defense, can be improved with the Great Fairies and, after sufficient upgrade, also receives a set bonus against electrical damage. However, within Gerudo City you are not allowed to wear it simply as a replacement for the disguise.
There is also the light set consisting of a light mask, light suit and light pants. Each part costs 800 Rupees and 3 Luminous Stones. For the complete set you need 2,400 Rupees and 9 glow stones. The glow set influences Stal opponents and, after appropriate improvements, receives additional advantages when dealing with bone weapons.
Optional – 100%: If you already have enough money, you can buy both complete sets now. For both together you need 4,800 Rupees and 9 luminous stones. However, we expressly do not recommend your own ruby farm round at this point. Unlock the store now permanently and only buy what you can comfortably afford. The desert set can also later become available in Tarrey Town, provided the corresponding resident has already moved there.
Optional: The seven warriors at Rotana begin
Since we just overheard the conversation from the bar in Rotana’s house, we talk to her directly. Optional – Shrine Task: Rotana deals with the seven legendary Gerudo warriors. The shrine task “The Seven Warriors” starts in the conversation.
The destination is the East Gerudo Ruins, where seven massive statues stand in a circle in the sand. There, seven balls must be assigned to the correct statues based on their symbols. As a reward, the Korsh O’hu Shrine appears, with a fire lance in its chest.
We start the task now, but we don’t solve it yet . The East Gerudo Ruins are in the opposite direction from the Yiga Hideout. The shrine will be dealt with later along with the remaining open objectives in the eastern and southern parts of the desert. You can already find a short solution at the shrines at the Wasteland Tower.
Optional: Accept the Molduga Heart
Optional – Side Quest: Then searches for Malena. During the day she often stays in the western area with the Gerudo warriors. At night she can be found elsewhere in the city or in the hotel.
Malena’s husband is seriously ill. For his medicine she needs a Molduga Heart, but she cannot possibly defeat one of the massive sand monsters herself. This starts the Side Quest “The Molduga Heart”.
If for some reason you already have a Molduga Heart, you can turn it in immediately and collect 300 Rupees. This should not normally be the case on our chronological route. So don’t run south specifically. There are four Molduga in the Gerudo Desert, and we’ll connect the hunt to other shrines and collectibles later.
Like “Noble Stones”, “The Molduga Heart” is also one of the tasks that will later be required for the Thunder Helm. You can find the Locations and safe fighting tactics in our own Molduga guide.
Optional: Hotel Oasis and Spa treatment
Before continuing with the main story, you can stay overnight at the Hotel Oasis. A normal bed costs 20 Rupees. More interesting is the special spa treatment for 80 Rupees. Link is fully healed and also receives three bonus yellow hearts and a full yellow stamina ring.
This is not necessary for the city itself. If you then want to head straight to the Yiga hideout, you will get a pleasant safety buffer for comparatively little money. The additional endurance ring is particularly helpful for longer climbing passages in the Kalzer Valley.
Riju and the main target Divine Beast Vah Naboris
Now Gerudo Town is sufficiently prepared for the moment. Take the main path to the large palace at the north end of the city and enter the throne room. There you will meet the young Gerudo queen Riju.
Riju knows the danger of Vah Naboris all too well. The giant Titan moves through the desert and creates powerful sandstorms and lightning. A direct attack would be suicide. In addition, the Gerudo are missing the very treasure with which they could normally protect themselves from electricity: the Thunder Helmet.
The main goal “Divine Beast Vah Naboris” begins with the conversation. The Thunder Helmet was stolen by the Yiga Gang. Before Riju and Link can take action against the titan, we have to get the valuable heirloom back.
The helmet is also important for our complete score. After Vah Naboris is freed, Link can later ask to borrow him. To achieve this, several Gerudo problems must be solved. With “Tools of the Trade” we have already completed one of them and at least prepared “The Molduga Heart”. Two other necessary tasks will only become useful or available at a later point in time and are therefore not artificially brought forward now.
Commander Teake and the Yiga hideout
Leave the throne room and go to the Gerudo warrior training area in the western part of the palace. There you will speak to Commander Teake. From her you can find out more about the thieves: The Yiga have their hiding place in the Kalzer Valley north or northwest of Gerudo Town.
Only this conversation really sets the next section of the main quest in motion. If you run to the hiding place beforehand, you won’t be able to continue meaningfully at the crucial point. That’s why we make sure to do Teake’s interview before we leave town.
Optional: Gerudo bow at the training site
Optional – special weapon: While you are already in the training area, take a close look around the western corner. There is a Gerudo bow that we can take with us without having to travel any extra way.
The Gerudo bow only has an attack power of 14, but it is characterized by its unusually long range. When aiming, the camera zooms in closer to distant targets. This makes it particularly suitable for Korok balloons, long-distance switches and precise headshots.
Optional – Hyrule Compendium: Photograph the bow before picking it up if its entry is still missing. Since a Gerudo bow can appear here again, the Location is also practical if you need one again later.
The Silent Swordswomen – prepare the perfect route to the Yiga Hideout
Before we leave Gerudo Town, let’s go to the northwest gate. There the guardian Laine looks out over the desert. Speak to her.
Optional – Shrine task: Laine reports about old warrior statues in the sand. Their swords are said to show the way to a secret treasure. This begins “Silent Statues”.
We are not postponing this task to a distant collection round. Your destination, the Kema Zoos Shrine, is in the northwestern part of the desert and is therefore much more convenient to our next main goal than most of the other Gerudo shrines. The statues lead through a sandstorm in which the map and minimap temporarily fail. At the end, the shrine is waiting with a Moon Saber in its Treasure Chest.
We’re still not leaving the middle of the chapter at this point. In the following section we connect “Silent Statues” directly with the journey through the northwestern desert, several collectibles and the subsequent path to the Kalzer Valley. This creates a connected route to the Yiga’s hideout, instead of having to use Gerudo Town several times as a starting point.
Preparing for the Yiga Hideout
If necessary, buy some normal arrows and replenish your healing supplies. You don’t need to buy large quantities of bomb arrows for the actual attack on Vah Naboris; the Gerudo later provide the necessary ammunition. For the Yiga Hideout, regular arrows, a reliable bow, and some patience are more important than raw firepower.
Outside the city you can put on your better armor again. If you already own the ninja set from Kakariko Village, its stealth bonus in the Yiga hideout is particularly pleasant. However, it is not mandatory. The hiding place is designed in such a way that the guards can be distracted with their love of Mighty Bananas even without special equipment.
What’s more important is that you don’t just blindly follow the quest markers. There is a shrine called “Silent Statues” directly northwest of Gerudo Town, then there are further Koroks on or near our route to the Kalzer Valley. Only then do we penetrate the hiding place, free a captured Gerudo, sneak past the Yiga warriors and finally meet their leader Kohga.
This means that Gerudo Town is optimally prepared for this point in time: “Men forbidden” is completed, the women’s set is ours, the eighth warrior is reserved, another Korok has been collected, “Noble Stones” can already be completely completed, the Gerudo secret club is open, several later tasks have been sensibly prepared and Riju has officially commissioned us to retrieve the Thunder Helm.
The next chapter continues with Divine Beast Vah Naboris – Hideout of the Yiga. On the way we first solve “Silent Statues” and take the usefully located collectibles with us before we infiltrate Master Kohga’s gang.