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The Priceless Maracas Walkthrough

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Breath of the Wild (BotW) The Priceless Maracas Side Quest

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

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How to Start The Priceless Maracas

The Priceless Maracas Location

Quest Giver Hestu
Location West Necluda
Region Dueling Peaks

Talk to Hestu on the road leading to Kakariko Village to start the quest.

The Priceless Maracas Walkthrough

Guide Overview

Check markTalk to Hestu
Check markDefeat the Bokoblins
Check markFind a Korok Seed
Check markReturn to Hestu

Talk to Hestu

Objectives Guide
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BotW - Hestu Map Location
Talk to Hestu		 Go to the road leading to Kakariko Village and talk to Hestu, who will ask you to retrieve an item from the nearby Bokoblin camp.

Defeat the Bokoblins

2
BotW - Defeat the Blue Bokoblins
Defeat the Bokoblins		 Take out the three Blue Bokoblins on the camp.
3
BotW - Hestu
Retrieve the Maracas		 Climb up the tower and open the Skull Chest to retrieve the Hestu's Maracas inside.

Find a Korok Seed

4
BotW - Korok Seed Location
Find a Korok Seed		 Return to Hestu, and he will ask you to find a Korok Seed if you don't have any in your inventory.


You can find a nearby Korok Seed east of the Bokoblin camp. Climb up the top of the tallest tree and press A on the floating leaves.

Talk to Hestu

5
BotW - Giving one Korok Seed to Hestu
Talk to Hestu		 With the maracas and the Korok Seed, return to Hestu once again, and he will offer you to upgrade your inventory space in return.

The Priceless Maracas Quest Rewards

BotW - Upgrading Inventory Space

Completing this quest allows you to upgrade your inventory space in exchange of Korok Seeds.

Korok Seeds Map and All Korok Seed Locations

Adventure Log Entries

This is a full list of the Adventure Log entries for The Priceless Maracas.

Entry Entry Text
Quest Start The forest spirit Hestu has asked you to retrieve the maracas that were stolen from him by a group of monsters camping nearby.
Hestu claims that he is unable to use his vast powers without the maracas.
1st Update You've safely returned the maracas, but now Hestu is asking you to find the Korok seeds that were once inside.
The more Korok seeds you find, the more power will return to Hestu's maracas, which he can use to allow you to carry more things.
Quest Clear You returned Hestu's maracas after getting them back from the monsters.
When you returned the Korok seeds that you found, he allowed you to carry more things.

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