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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (TotK)

The Broken Slate Walkthrough

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The Broken Slate is a Main Quest in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (TotK) that starts in Toto Lake. Read on for a detailed walkthrough of The Broken Slate, its location and rewards, as well as other tips and strategies on how to complete this Main Quest!

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How to Unlock The Broken Slate

Talk to Jiahto at Toto Lake

Tears of the Kingdom TOTK The Broken Slate How to Unlock

During the Sidon of the Zora Main Quest, Sidon asks you to meet with Jiahto to learn more about the sludge falling on the domain. The Broken Slate will start automatically after talking to Jiahto at Toto Lake.

Location and Rewards

Lanayru Great Spring - Toto Lake

Tears of the Kingdom TOTK

The exact coordinates for this quest on the map are 3405, 0884, 0400.

Lanayru Great Spring Region Map

Rewards

There doesn't seem to be any reward for this quest... *sad Korok noises*

The Broken Slate Walkthrough Guide

The Broken Slate Walkthrough Guide
CheckmarkFind the Broken Fragment
CheckmarkFix the Slate

Find the Broken Fragment

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom TotK - slate fragment location

Exit the small cave and look at your left with Ultrahand activated. This should highlight something...

Aha! It's the broken fragment of the slate! That was easy.

Rinse the piece by tossing a Splash Fruit at it. You should find some outside the cave as well.

Fix the Slate

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom TotK - inserting the fragment into the broken slate

Bring the fragment into the cave with Ultrahand and place it into the broken slate to complete the quest.

You now have to solve the riddle written in the slate.

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Recommended Main Quest Order
0 Prologue
1 Find Princess Zelda
2 The Closed Door
3 Find Princess Zelda (Part 2)
4 To the Kingdom of Hyrule
5 Find Princess Zelda (Part 3)
6 Crisis at Hyrule Castle
7 Regional Phenomena
8 Camera Work in the Depths
9 Impa and the Geoglyphs
10 Tulin of Rito Village
11 A Mystery in the Depths
12 Riju of Gerudo Town
13 Yunobo of Goron City
14 The Sludge-Covered Statue
15 Sidon of the Zora
16 The Broken Slate
17 Clues to the Sky
18 Sidon of the Zora (Part 2)
19 Restoring the Zora Armor
20 Sidon of the Zora (Part 3)
21 Regional Phenomena (Part 2)
22 Crisis at Hyrule Castle (Part 2)
23 The Dragon's Tears
24 Find the Fifth Sage
25 Secret of the Ring Ruins
26 Guidance from Ages Past
27 Trail of the Master Sword
28 Recovering the Hero's Sword
29 Find the Fifth Sage (Part 2)
30 Destroy Ganondorf

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