The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis a massive game. If you want to do everything that there is to do, you’ll spendmore than 100 hours on the game. That is a long time to play a Zelda game. You’re able to do so much while exploring as Link.
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Updated by Erin Rice on August 11, 2025:As The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom matures, more features and activities are discovered for players to participate in. This update added 5 additional activities for players to do after beating the game. It also added relevant links to help readers.
25Customize Your Horse
Horsesare extremely important in Hyrule. Whether you’re using them to get around the kingdom fast or you are using them to tow people and items around, they are extremely important. Some people have even taken totorturing Korok Seedswith them.
Thankfully, Tears of the Kingdom allows you to make horses your own. Once you tame one, you can customize its hair, bridle, and saddle. You can even change the color of your horse’s hair each time you take it out. This is something you’ll certainly want to try out.
24Collect Pony Points
Another thing that Hyrule has plenty of is Stables. No matter where you are in the kingdom, chances are you are pretty close to at least one major stable. These can be used to collect horses or drop off newly tamed ones.
Another thing Stables offer to players isthe Pony Points system. This allows you to gain points each time you register a horse or sleep at a Stable. You can get some pretty cool rewards with these Pony Points, including some cosmetics to customize your horse.
23Do Side Adventures
While Side Quests are what most players think of when they think of optional quests and storylines, Tears of the Kingdom offers players the chance to experience Side Quests and Side Adventures.
Side Adventures are usually shorter than Side Quests and can be easily completed. There are 60 Side Adventures in total that players can find throughout Hyrule. If you’re wondering where to find them,this guide will help you out.
22Refight Demon King Ganon
There are several things that you have to do in order to complete the game, and destroyingthe Demon King Ganonfor the final time is one of those things. Players who have already taken him on know how difficult this battle can be.
Thankfully, for anyone who had fun facing the Demon King, you may rechallenge this boss battle as much as you want. All you need to do is head back to his lair in The Depths and act as though you haven’t done it before.
21Farm In Hateno Village
One mechanic that some players may have missed is the ability to farm your own crops in Hateno Village. Since this isn’t part of the main storyline, you may never even know that you’re able to do this early on.
to start your garden, you will need to complete a few questsoutlined in this guide. Once those quests are done, Ulma will start helping you plant and grow crops in the village. All you need to do is give her the crop you want to plant.
20100% Completion
One of the first things that comes to a player’s mind after completing a game is to 100% complete it. This means that you have done everything that the game has to offer. To do this, you must have all theside quests,side adventures, and all other quest-like things completed. Then you will need to find all theKorok Seeds, complete all the Shrines, andfill the entire Compendium.
Thankfully, if you pull up your map, you can see the percentage of the game you have completed. In order to see this, you must first beat the Demon King Ganon for the final time. Then, you will see the percentage appear at the bottom right of your map. It shows the percentage, time, temperature, and coordinates.
19Visit All Wells
During your time exploring Hyrule, you may come across an NPC who asks you to show them all the wells in Hyrule. to do this, you will need to visit every single well in the game and report back to the NPC.
There are 58 wells in total scattered around the game. Unfortunately, the item you receive for completing this isn’t amazing; however, you can find some great stuff in wells. For example, some wells may containFairies.
18Collect All Schematics
Throughout The Depths, you will come across countless Yiga Clan Hideouts. Each of these hideouts contains one Yiga Schematic that can be used by Link to createAutobuildvehicles and items to use during the game.
There is a total of 34 of these Yiga Schematics scattered around The Depths. If you want to have some amazing Autobuilds, these are a requirement. They will give you some amazing things to play around with.
17Unlock All Great Fairy Fountains
While out exploring Hyrule, you have probably come across the many different pods that litter the kingdom. Inside these pods arethe Great Fairies. You want to make sure that you find all 4 pods and coax the Great Fairies out of hiding.
Once you do that, they will be available to help Link enhance his armor. This is the only way that armor can be enhanced, so it is extremely important that you unlock these if you want to have some great defense.
16Complete Mini-Games
There are a total of13 mini-gamesscattered around Hyrule that Link can take part in. While most of these require an entry fee of around 20 Rupees, they are all worth it in the end. Not only can they be fun, but they also allow you to be creative.
Out of the 13 mini-games, there aresome that are extremely fun. No matter what type of game you’re in the mood for, chances are you can find a mini-game that matches that mood. Some of these games can be found in multiple places around the map.
