Hateno Cheese is one of the many foods you can get Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomyou can combine it with other ingredients to make complex and delicious dishes or you can simply consume it on its own for an on-the-go heart boost.
However, getting Hateno Cheese in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom isn’t as easy as walking around Hateno Village and going to a store. You must first complete the A Letter to Koyin side quest, which involves building a boat to retrieve a message from a bottle.
Without further ado, we’ll show you how to get Hateno cheese in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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How to Get Hateno Cheese in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
After completing the A Letter to Koyin side quest, you can get Hateno Cheese in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Once you complete the quest mentioned above, you can get Hateno Cheese from several places across Hyrule.
Hateno Cheese Factory
This will open in the Hateno Pasture House after completing the A Letter to Koyin quest. You can buy Hateno cheese here for 20 rupees each, or you can swap a bottle of milk for a piece of cheese. It’s not a bad deal.
Hateno General Store
The Hateno General Store at (3361, -2175, 0120) in Hateno Village will also stock Hateno Cheese. Here it will cost you 20 rupees each.
Belvedere landing stage
The Lookout Landing stall at (-0208, 0075, 0019) will stock Hateno cheese and charge you 20 rupees for a single piece.
How to start the A Letter to Koyin quest in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
To start the A Letter to Koyin side quest in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, you need to go to Hateno Pasture east of the village. You can find Hateno Pasture at (3620, -2081, 0177.)
In Hateno Pasture, head to the dock by Lake Sumac at (3632, -2047, 0175) and talk to Koyin who is standing there, staring at the lake.
Talk to Koyin to learn that a letter from her late grandfather is stuck in a glass bottle in the middle of the lake, but she can’t reach it. It’s there that you intervene !
How to reach the note in the bottle for A Letter to Koyin in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
Now you might be thinking you can swim to the bottle and grab it, we did that too but it didn’t work. So, it’s time to become Captain Link and build a boat using the trees around the Lake!
To build a boat to access Grandpa’s Note in the Bottle, you will need:
- x3 logs (we got them by chopping down trees around the lake)
- x1 Zonai Fan (or whatever you can use to propel the boat forward)
To make our boat, we used Ultrahand to strap the three logs together, then glued the Zonai Fan to the back of the logs so it propelled them forward.
Once you’re happy with your boat’s construction, place it in the water facing the bottle and climb aboard. Then activate your boat and drive it to the bottle. When you start to approach the bottle, turn off your boat and you should just gently drift alongside.
Once you’re close enough, use Ultrahand to pick up the bottle and attach it to your boat, then climb onto the boat to land.
When you make landfall, take the bottle back and bring it to Koyin on the dock. Place it next to her then talk to her to complete this first part of the quest.
How to complete the A Letter to Koyin quest in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
After giving the note to Koyin, head to Hateno Pasture’s house at (3632, -2106, 0178.)
Then head inside and talk to Koyin on the left. Follow the conversation and she’ll eventually give you a piece of Hateno Cheese, but that’s not all. She will then renovate part of the house to open a cheese shop that exclusively sells Hateno cheese for 20 rupees each, or you can trade in a single bottle of milk for a piece of cheese.
Once the conversation is over, you will have completed the A Letter to Koyin side quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and you will have Hateno Cheese, which is the secret ingredient for the A New Signature Food side quest which is part of the quests for the mayoral election in Hateno. Village.
Hateno cheese recipes in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
Hateno cheese can be eaten on its own, but Link’s cooking skills can be used to turn this simple ingredient into a plethora of delicious dishes.
Here are all the Hateno cheese recipes in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom:
| recipe name | Ingredients |
|---|---|
| Cheese Curry | Hateno Cheese, Hylian Rice, Goron Spice. |
| Cheese risotto | Hateno cheese, fish, Hylian rice, rock salt, goat butter. |
| Bowl of meat with cheese | Hateno cheese, Hylian rice, raw meat, rock salt. |
| Prime Cheesy Meat Bowl | Hateno Cheese, Hylian Rice, Prime Raw Meat, Rock Salt. |
| Gourmet Cheesy Meat Bowl | Hateno Cheese, Hylian Rice, Raw Gourmet Meat, Rock Salt. |
| Cheese fondant bread | Hateno cheese, Tabantha wheat, rock salt. |
| Hylian Tomato Pizza | Hateno Cheese, Rock Salt, Tabantha Wheat, Hylian Tomatoes. |
| cheese tomato | Hateno cheese, Hylian tomato. |
| Baked fish with cheese | Hateno cheese, seafood. |
| Cheese omelette | Hateno cheese, rock salt, any mushroom or plant, goat butter, bird’s egg. |
| cheesecake | Hateno cheese, Tabantha wheat, cane sugar, goat butter. |
If that whets your appetite, you can find even more things to cook in our Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom recipe list. However, if it’s enough for a day, you can always check out our guide on how to get a Golden Horse instead.
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