While the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a true sequel to Breath of the Wild in numerous ways with many new mechanics and features, there is also a lot that works the exact same. The 'Champion' Weapons, for example, are once again able to be crafted once players finish 'fixing' the Regional Phenomena of each race's area (Zora, Rito, Goron, Gerudo).
For the Gerudo specifically, Link can have the Scimitar of the Seven and the Daybreaker Shield crafted for him once Gerudo Town is back on its feet. But, how exactly are Tears of the Kingdom players supposed to do this? And, if they build it, is it even worth the time and effort to do so?
Clear The Sand Shroud & Restore Gerudo Town
First off, it sort of goes without saying that players will need to finish the Main Story Quest stuff in the Gerudo Desert first. To do this (spoilers ahead, by the way) means:
- Getting to Gerudo Town through the Sand Shroud.
- Getting into the Gerudo Shelter.
- Meeting Riju, leader of the Gerudo.
- Helping Riju defend Gerudo Town from invading Gibdos.
- Revealing and resurfacing the Lightning Temple.
- Progressing through the Lightning Temple with Riju.
- Defeating Queen Gibdo at the end of the Temple.
- Clearing the Sand Shroud and getting Riju's Vow to help Link.
After all of this is said and done, there's just one step left that players have left, saving the missing owner of the Jewelry Shop, Isha. Technically, players can do this before or after finishing the Main Story 'Riju of Gerudo Town' Questline, but most players don't explore the Gerudo Desert while the Sand Shroud is still around and simply 'stumble' into saving her.
Save Isha From The Molduga
Now again, players can either stumble across Isha while exploring the Gerudo Desert within the Sand Shroud or save Isha after beating Queen Gibdo with the Sand Shroud gone. If they do so after Queen Gibdo is gone, they can accept the Side Quest 'The Missing Owner' from Cara, another Gerudo that works for her Jewelry Shop, to go and find her.
To actually find Isha, simply head westward from Gerudo Town until Link reaches the Toruma Dunes region. From here, the smoke from Isha's campfire should be easy to see as long as players keep an eye out. As soon as they get close enough, the Molduga circling her rock formation in the sand will then turn its attention to Link, so be ready for a tough battle. After the Molduga is dead, Isha thanks Link by giving him a Diamond as a reward before heading home to her Jewelry Shop.
Return To Isha In Gerudo Town
Once players grab all the drops from the Molduga that was cornering Isha, head back to Gerudo Town and speak to her again outside her shop. She'll mention that she wants to do something to repay Link for saving her life and offers to use her family's knowledge to craft the legendary Scimitar of the Seven and Daybreaker Shield. However, to do this, Isha needs some pretty rare materials.
Find The Materials Needed
As far as Materials for Legendary Weapons go, this is the most expensive, as Isha needs 4 Diamonds, 10 Flint, a Gerudo Scimitar, and a Gerudo Shield to make these 'Arms of the Seven'.
Now, utilizing the easy-to-execute Duplication Glitch currently in the game makes getting these items easy, but for players who don't want to use exploits, there are plenty of other methods to get these Materials without much aggrivation
Diamond
As rare as Diamond is in Tears of the Kingdom, there are actually a lot of avenues to go about farming it. For example, Diamonds can be found by:
- Spelunking through caves looking for Ore Deposits.
- Using the Sensor+ to hunt down Regular and Rare Ore Deposits in the Eldin Mountains.
- Farming Stone Taluses in the hopes they'll drop a Diamond or two on Death.
- Feeding Luminous Stones to Dondons to see if they 'produce' a Diamond a short while later.
- Completing specific side quests or Shrines to get a Diamond at the end as a reward or find one in a chest.
Flint
Flint is one of the most abundant Minerals in Tears of the Kingdom alongside Amber and Rock Salt. Most of the time players can't break more than 2 or 3 Ore Deposits without getting some Flint or Rock Salt. In fact, while using any of the Diamond-hunting methods above, players will almost assuredly find all the Flint they'll need to craft this sword and shield.
Gerudo Scimitar & Gerudo Shield
The Gerudo Scimitar and Gerudo Shield are a bit harder to come by, even more so than Diamonds in certain circumstances. Most reliably, players can find them by hunting the Electric Like Likes found on the ceilings of numerous Ruins across the Gerudo Desert like the West Gerudo Ruins or the Ancient Prison Ruins. These Like Likes will drop Chests on death that seem to randomly pull from a small list of potential regional rewards, which includes either a Gerudo Scimitar or Shield.
However, if players are getting unlucky with these drops with no Blood Moon in sight or just want to go for a more reliable method, there are ways to find a Scimitar with ease. Likewise, there are Chests that are guaranteed to have a Gerudo Shield, such as the Chest in the northwest corner of Gerudo town, in the corner diagonal to the Sand Seal Rental Shop, or even the Chest in the fourth of the twelve Ancient Altar Ruins Caves (looking at the map and going from the top-left most cave to the bottom-right most one).
How To Remake The Scimitar & Shield If They Break
After bringing all these supplies back to Isha, she immediately crafts them for Link and hands the two legendary armaments to him. She also mentions that, if broken, she can easily remake the Scimitar of the Seven and Daybreaker, but will require the same Material cost of the Scimitar, Shield, 10 Flint, and 4 Diamonds to do so.
Additionally, Isha apparently can't craft multiple copies of this Scimitar and Shield at once, so Link will need to break them in order to replace them (so don't lose them/drop them somewhere randomly).
How To 'Repair' Both Of Them
All that said, if players don't want to go hunting for all those Materials again and would rather just repair the SotS and Daybreaker, then look no further. To do so, they'll need to use an in-game weapon repair method that everyone seems to be utilizing now that the information about it is out there.
This method involves finding a Rock Octorok in the Eldin Mountains, of which there will be plenty to find. The overall 'favorite spot' seems to be right next to the Momosik Shrine on the northeast side of Death Mountain. To repair any standard weapon with this Octorok, simply walk up to it, drop the weapon on the ground, and walk away so that the Octorok sucks the weapon up to spit back out at Link. In doing so, the Octorok should briefly sparkle before spitting the weapon back out, indicating that it's now fully repaired.
Yet, by default, Rock Octoroks don't repair Champion Weapons and will just spit them back out unaltered, right? But, if players fuse the Scimitar or Daybreaker to any standard shield and then drop the shield on the ground, it'll repair both the regular shield and the champion weapon.
Then, from here, players just need to head to Tarrey Town and talk to Pelison, a small Goron right next to the General Shop, and pay him 20 Rupees to separate the Shield from the Daybreaker/Scimitar. And just like that, players can fully repair this absurdly powerful Shield/Scimitar without having to find and waste all those Materials to remake them entirely.
Are They Worth The Effort & Material Cost?
Now for the final question, are the Daybreaker and Scimitar of the Seven worth the time and Material investment? Well, yes and no. The Scimitar of the Seven is absolutely worth the investment, as the Strong Fusion Special Trait of the Scimitar (which most Gerudo weapons also have) makes it by far one of the strongest Fused Weapons in the game (depending on what's fused to it). For example, with just with a simple Molduga Jaw, the Scimitar of the Seven jumps from 28 Power to a staggering 92.
But the Daybreaker Shield, while unique in its appearance, isn't worth all that investment. It's a pretty good Shield, all things considered, but it doesn't have any sort of 'extra effect' and it's not heads and tails above all the other Sheilds around it in terms of defense or overall durability. If players could simply craft only the Scimitar for half the cost, that would easily be the recommended route to go. Sadly, these two items are a package deal, but the Scimitar is still absolutely worth the cost, making the Daybreaker sort of just an 'added bonus'.
If (or when) Nintendo eventually patches the game so that the Duplication Glitch and Rock Octorok Repair methods are no longer viable, then the utility of the Scimitar of the Seven and Daybreaker Shield will drop a bit. But even then, the Scimitar is still worth crafting just to have ready at any time if Link runs into a Lynel, Gloom Hands, or other Silver-variant Enemy that'd be too hard to handle otherwise.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available for the Nintendo Switch.