In the base game of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity you can unlock 18 characters. Most join during the main story. the Great Fairies, Monk Maz Koshia, Terrako and the Calamity Ganon require their own tasks. Your unlocks are part of the base game; You don’t need the expansion pass for this.
Characters from the main story
With Link you start the first battle. After the Hyrule Field, Impa is available, and after the Royal Ancient Lab, Zelda is also available. You get Mipha, Daruk, Revali and Urbosa each through their own warrior mission. You can complete these four missions in different orders. The paths to the four Champions also describe their entrances and the first Titan sections.
Hestu is added to the Koroks after the forest is liberated. Rescuing in East Hyrule unlocks Sidon and Yunobo, while rescuing in West Hyrule unlocks Teba and Riju. After the Each Step Like Thunder, Master Kohga is available. King Rhoam follows Great Plateau. Zelda’s new weapon and its awakened powers are obtained during the Hateno Village battle; You don’t have to look for an additional figure.
Unlock the Great Fairies
In Chapters 4, complete the Akkala Tower first. The task Kindness is worth it will then appear in the Gerudo region. Pay the requested 5,000 Rupees. This opens the three challenges Fairy Fountain: Grassy Plains, Fairy Fountain: Deep Snows and Fairy Fountain: Desert Sands. Complete all three to make the fourth battle available.
In Fairy Fountain: Battlefield you defeat the marked Moblins and then open their marked rupee chests. Opening is part of the order and must be done within the current time window. After a victory, run immediately to the next chest. This is how you gradually collect the required 2,100 Rupees and reach the flower of the last fairy.
Dodge the fairy’s large arm strikes and then attack her open weak point. If she hides in the flower again, you can get her out with the bomb counter that appears. After winning you will receive the Great Fairies as the common playable character. The four sisters are not four separate entries in your character selection.
Monk Maz Koshia and Trial of the Ancients
After Destroy the Yiga Clan! in Chapters 4, three tasks for Monk Maz Koshia appear. For the monster task you need five of the special stones as well as trophies of 350 Bokoblins, 100 Lizalfos, three Wizzrobes and 20 Moblins. The gem task requires seven special stones, ten amber, five topazes, five Rubies and two diamonds. For the task with the strong opponents, ten special stones as well as trophies of one Stone Talus, three Hinox and three Lynels are required. Check the symbols in the submission view so that you don’t confuse gems with the currency of the same name.
After all three submissions, Trial of the Ancients opens. Defeat Monk Maz Koshia within three minutes. His spinning attack ends with a usable pause. Dodge and then attack the Weak-Point Gauge. If he brings out the large metal ball and shows the magnet symbol, you catch it with the magnet module and throw it back. After your victory it becomes playable.
Repair Terrako with All 50 Components
Complete the main story and after the credits select Continue. appears on the map. Terrako’s Return. 50 Terrako Components are required for the repair. You get the parts through the material tasks and challenges provided. They are not hidden Krog locations and do not randomly drop out of the usual guards in a battle.
The eight material deliveries provide 28 parts, seven challenges provide another 22. The exact order with all materials and battles can be found at all 50 Terrako Components and their tasks. Particularly important is the chain No Extreme Too Extreme → Right under Our Noses → The Master Kohga Chronicles! → A Royal Investigation. Replays of an already completed parts battle will not award additional Terrako Components. As soon as you have all 50, you hand them in at the repair task. Afterwards, Terrako becomes playable and you see the additional final scene.
Unlock Calamity Ganon
After the story and Terrako’s repair, you work through the remaining challenges and their follow-up battles. Through training against Astor, the chain leads to Versus Calamity Ganon, recommended for level 74 and above. Prepare a single character with a powerful weapon and its unlocked combos. This challenge does not provide any healing items and has a common time limit of twelve minutes.
First defeat Astor, then the Harbinger Ganon and finally Ganon. With Astor you can eliminate the annoying link illusions without using up all your time reserves. At the guard you interrupt the announced module attacks. For Ganon they help out Final known weak point window. After the victory it stands Calamity Ganon yourself to choose from.
Which characters are included in the expansion pass?
The Battle-Tested Guardian, the common figure Purah & Robbie and Sooga are among the extensions. The story appearance of Purah, Robbie or Sooga does not unlock them as fighters in the base game. For normal passage you use the chapters of our Walkthrough to Age of Calamity.