Traversing the Depths in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom can be a hassle, but an unexpected ability can ease the process significantly. The Depths are one of two large new areas tacked onto BOTW’s map when carried over into TOTK. As the name implies, they’re located deep underground. If the hard-hitting, Gloom-inflicting enemies aren’t enough of a deterrent from exploring the area, the expansive, pervasive dark that blankets the entire underground should do the trick. However, the rewards in the Depths more than make up for the difficulty of exploring them, with the handy Autobuild ability and some of the game’s best weapons at stake.
TOTK provides a useful resource for players to explore the dark Depths: Brightblooms. These flowers grow in abundance in caves and the underground and produce a cone of bright light when struck. They can be hit where they stand to light up the immediate area, but it’s often preferable to throw them or fuse them to arrows for makeshift wall lamps. As an alternative, there are dishes and armor pieces that give Link a glowing effect, but these are harder to come by, and players might prefer combat boosts or Gloom-resistant effects in the Depths. However, it’s possible to use a certain Sage ability for a worry-free, renewable light source.
The Vow of Riju can provide a constant source of light while exploring caves or the Depths in TOTK and doesn’t burn through any resources. On activating it, a small, yellow circle of lightning will appear directly beneath Link, and slowly expand outward. It’s not quite as luminous as a Brightbloom, but it does the trick, and can give players enough visibility to map out what’s around them and move forward. Using Riju’s lightning ability, it’s possible to light up the dark without wasting precious arrows or spending hours farming Brightblooms.
Naturally, the Vow of Riju has a cooldown like all the other Sage powers in TOTK. However, that shouldn’t interrupt the exploration of the Depths. The cooldown timing of this ability almost perfectly matches the amount of time it takes for the circle of light to disappear, so as long as Link keeps activating the Vow of Riju, it’ll always be there. This way, the player can repeatedly chain charges of the Vow of Riju together, creating a constant lighting effect around Link as they explore TOTK’s darker areas.
In order to use the Vow of Riju to light up the Depths, or for any other purpose, players will first have to gain this power. All the Sages’ Vows come from the “Regional Phenomena” quest, the primary story quest that makes up the bulk of TOTK’s main campaign. It comprises four temples and four shorter, NPC-based quests leading up to each one. They’re all located adjacent to some of the game’s major cities and can be accepted and completed in any order. In order to claim the Vow of Riju, players will need to head for Gerudo Town in the southwest corner of the map, where they can begin the quest “Riju of Gerudo Town.”
2023-06-07 21:30:05
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