How to fast travel in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

The Zelda Tears of the Kingdom fast travel mechanic is something that can be incredibly useful for crossing long distances in an instant, allowing you to blip across Hyrule - but only to places you've been to before without the aid of fast travel in the first place. Fast travel is a feature that first unlocks after you've beaten all the different Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Sky Island shrines, and once earned you'll be able to go back to Skyview Tower, Shrine or Lightroot you've found in the whole map! With that established, let's get into the details of how to fast travel in the Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom.

How do you fast travel in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom?

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Purah pad — (Image credit: Nintendo)

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom fast travel is unlocked by Rauru once you bring four Lights of Blessing to the Temple of Time. This will require you to have visited the first three shrines – Ukouh, In-Isa, and Gutanbac – where as well as the Blessing orb, you'll learn a new skill to help Link on his quest.

Each shrine will bestow you with a unique ability to operate with your demon arm. The powerful Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Fuse skill, for example, lets you combine weapons with found objects. Once you're given the new skill, however, keep making your way through the temple and testing out your new ability on the puzzles given.

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There are three key abilities in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, but they will only be a permanent part of your gameplay once you receive the Light of Blessing at the end of each Shrine. With all three Blessings under your belt, you're now free to head back to the Temple of Time.

You can fuse your wings to the Zonai fans that you'll find on a ramp near Gutanbac Shrine, and soar back down to the Temple. Jump off the wings, land safely in the pond with a graceful dive, and head up to the closed doors. After a cutscene plays out and you're given the Rewind ability, Rauru will show you how to open the Purah Pad and select a Shrine to fast travel to:

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Room of Awakening fast travel — (Image credit: Nintendo)

Visit more shrines as you go, spotting them via the glowing green swirls over each one, to unlock more fast travel points throughout each map level. Later on you'll be able to use your Zelda Tears of the Kingdom camera on your Purah Pad to make keeping track of your surroundings that much easier, or just to take selfies in pretty places. Eventually you'll be able to unlock some Purah pad upgrades in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, so check out our guide on how to get those if you're unsure how to go about that.

Who is Purah in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom?

Purah is a recurring character, last seen in Zelda Breath of the Wild. She's a researcher who uses ancient technologies to create dynamic new inventions that serve multiple purposes such as the Sheikah Slate in Breath of the Wild and the Purah Pad in tears of the Kingdom. You can find Purah at Lookout Landing the first time you visit by heading up to the second floor of the shorter tower, right in front of the floating Hyrule Castle.

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