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The Mystery Polluter Walkthrough

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The Mystery Polluter walkthrough

This is a guide to the Side Quest, The Mystery Polluter, in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Here you can find the quest walkthrough, where to start The Mystery Polluter, and all quest rewards.

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How to Start The Mystery Polluter

Dalia location

The Mystery Polluter Location

Quest Giver Dalia
Location Gerudo Town
Region Wasteland

Find Dalia in the northern part of Gerudo Town and talk to her to start the side quest.

The Mystery Polluter Quest Requirements

There are two things you need before you can start The Mystery Polluter side quest:

  1. Clear Divine Beast Vah Naboris quest.
  2. Activate The Thunder Helm quest.
  3. You must be wearing the full Gerudo Set

You will need to do this quest to complete The Thunder Helm Side Quest and get the Thunder Helm.

The Mystery Polluter Walkthrough

Guide Overview

Check markFind the mystery polluter
Check markBring Calyban wildberries
Check markReturn to Dalia

Find the Mystery Polluter

Objectives Guide
1
Dalia location
Talk to Dalia		 Talk to Dalia to hear her complaints about not being able to grow plants because of the trash.
2
Waterfall
Find the source of the pollution		 Climb up the nearby waterfall and follow the trail.
3
Melon rind
Follow the trail		 You should be able to see melon rinds floating toward the waterfall. Follow its trail until you find Calyban.

Bring Calyban Wildberries

4 Talk to Calyban Talk to the vile polluter and she will agree to stop only after you give her 10 wildberries.
5
Wildberry location
Obtain 10 wildberries		 Go to Gerudo Highlands and pick at least 10 wildberries.
6 Give the wildberries to Calyban Return to Gerudo Town and give the 10 wildberries to Calyban

Return to Dalia

7 Go back to Dalia After giving the wildberries to Calyban, report back to Dalia and she will give you a Hydromelon as a gift, completing the side quest.

The Mystery Polluter Quest Rewards

The Mystery Polluter reward 1

For helping Dalia, she will give you a Hydromelon that she received from Calyban.

Adventure Log Entries

This is a full list of the Adventure Log entries for The Mystery Polluter.

Entry Entry Text
Quest Start Dalia has been working hard to start an orchard, but garbage keeps appearing in her water source, so her efforts are all for naught. What sort of vile polluter would toss his or her garbage away with such indifference?
1st Update The water source got polluted with garbage, so the water has become unusable. The cause turned out to be a woman throwing melon rinds away in the waterway upstream. She says if you bring her 10 wildberries from the snow-topped peaks of the Gerudo Highlands, she'll stop eating so many melons...
2nd Update The water source was polluted with garbage, so the water became unusable. The cause turned out to be a woman throwing melon rinds away in the waterway upstream. In exchange for 10 wildberries, she agreed to stop eating melons. Maybe the water will clear up now.

Hurry back and report to Dalia.
Quest Clear Dalia planted the wildberries she received from Calyban and said it's OK to pick them once they grow in.

With the source of the water pollution cleared up, all that's left to do is wait for the wildberries to grow.

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1 Anonymous Anonymous almost 5 years

Can’t you visit the orchard after the quest to pick Wildberries also?

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