How to unlock every Great Fairy Fountain in Tears of the Kingdom

Getting the band back together

Opening up all the Great Fairy Fountains in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a very helpful endeavor. Not only does it take you around Hyrule, and net you a decent amount of rupees for completing the task. But it also lets you start upgrading Link’s armor all the way to its maximum potential.

While armor can have varying degrees of damage protection, you can bump those numbers up at a Great Fairy Fountain. The ability to do so increases with each Great Fairy you bring out of her bud, up to four in total. Upgrading armor all the way isn’t just good for the numbers, but also for unlocking extra effects you can pull out from your individual armor pieces or sets.

How to unlock Great Fairy Fountains in TOTK

The first Great Fairy Fountain you’ll unlock will be near the Woodland Stable, as part of the side adventure Serenade to a Great Fairy. That side adventure is part of the Lucky Clover Gazette quest line, Potential Princess Sightings. Make sure to start out there! But also, you don’t need to finish the Lucky Clover Gazette quests to head to the other Great Fairies.

Through this quest, you’ll meet the Stable Trotters, musicians bent on bringing back the fairies through their music. Once you’ve unleashed the first Great Fairy with their help, they will now appear at three other stables, near three other Great Fairy Fountains marked on your map.

Head to these locations in any order and you can start to knock them off your to-do list. Here’s the full run-down of every quest required to unlock all four Great Fairy Fountains, as well as related required quests.

Every Great Fairy Fountain quest in TOTK

• Serenade to a Great Fairy
  • Part of Potential Princess Sightings
• Serenade to Mija
  • Also required: The Hornist’s Dramatic Escape
• Serenade to Kaysa
  • Also required: The Flute Player’s Plan
• Serenade to Cotera
  • Also required: Honey, Bee Mine

Complete all of these, and you’ll have all the Great Fairy Fountains in Hyrule unlocked. This will let you upgrade Link’s armor as high as you can, and also bring in some solid rupees in the process.