Where to Farm Ancient Gears: Locations and Prices

This is a guide to farming Ancient Gears, a material in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (BotW). Learn where to get Ancient Gears, its buy and sell prices, as well as what you can do with it.

Ancient Gear General Info

Ancient Gear
Item Type	Spoils
A gear used in ancient machinery. Despite being incredibly old, its build quality is leaps and bounds above anything built using current technology.

Ancient Gear Buy Prices

Where to Farm Ancient Gears

Ancient Gear Locations and Sources

Look for Guardian Stalker Ruins

Search the Guardian Stalker Ruins and you may get an Ancient Gear. You may find these Ruins throughout Hyrule Field but you can farm them in certain locations. Read on to find out where these locations are.

Temple of Time

From the Shrine of Resurrection, walk along the path to the Temple of Time where Guardian Stalker Ruins can be found surrounding it.

Fort Hateno

From Kakariko Village, travel down the mountain, then cross the Kakariko Bridge. From the bridge, turn left and continue onward until you find yourself in the middle of a sea of Guardian Stalker Ruins. Watch out for the Decayed Guardian; they look like normal Guardian Stalker Ruins, but they will come to life if you get too close to them.

Teli's Shop

Once you enter Fort Hateno, you'll find a merchant named Teli wandering along the path. Talk to him and he'll sell you Ancient Gear for 120 Rupees.

Drops from the Ancient Enemies

Ancient Gears can be farmed through drops from certain Ancient Enemies in the overworld. Read on to find out which enemies these are and their locations.

Enemies	Location
Guardian Scout II	Ancient Shrines - Minor Test of Strength
Guardian Scout III	Ancient Shrines - Moderate Test of Strength
Guardian Scout IV	Ancient Shrines - Major Test of Strength
Decayed Guardian	Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge
Guardian Stalkers
Guardian Skywatchers

- Decayed Guardian

- Guardian Stalkers

- Guardian Skywatchers

What To Do With Ancient Gears

Sell for Rupees

Ancient Gear can be sold for 30 Rupees. However, we recommend looking into other uses instead.

Use It for Cooking

Ancient Gear can be used to whip up the following recipes and elixirs.

Use It for Armor Upgrades

Ancient Gear can be used to upgrade the following armor through Great Fairies.

Ancient Cuirass	Ancient Greaves	Ancient Helm

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