Location of King Dorephan in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a bit mysterious, the king of Zora seems to have disappeared and it’s up to you to gather some clues to find him. However, a few children who are very protective of their game stand between you and the search for the missing royal.
Finding King Dorephan is part of one of the main story quests in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and part of the Sidon of the Zora quests. However, before embarking on this quest, we recommend that you have at least one and a half stamina wheels, as you will be swimming against the tide at some point.
When you’re ready, we’re here to show you how to find king dorephan in zelda: tears of the kingdom.
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How to find King Dorephan in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
To start finding King Dorephan in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you need to head to Zora’s Domain Throne Room. We’ve marked its exact location on the map below and the coordinates for Zora’s throne room are (3334, 0536, 0163.)
When you get there, you will find that three Zora children are playing a game there. However, the game is more important than it seems and you must listen to their conversation to find your next clue to King Dorephan’s location.
How to listen to Zora children in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
You must now get close enough to the Zora children to listen to their playing without them spotting you. If they spot you, they’ll chase you, and you’ll have to find another way to surprise them.
As with most things in Tears of the Kingdom, there are probably a few ways to listen to the Zora children without being seen, but this is how we did it.
Stand in front of the throne room entrance and look to your left.
You should see a waterfall/stream area here. Climb on it and follow it to the left, carefully climbing along the ledge when you need to.
Eventually you will hit a bigger and stronger flow. Follow the stream until you are behind the back part of the throne room at (3335, 0565, 0161.)
Here, turn to face the throne room and you should be able to climb up the back of the throne so your view looks like this:
Carefully climb up here and slide into the pool below.
Once in the pool, swim carefully to the edge of the pool which is almost directly behind the Zora kids. When you are close enough to listen, a control prompt appears. When this happens, press “A” to listen to their play to learn more about King Dorephan’s whereabouts.
Location of King Dorephan in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
After listening to the Zora children, you will find that King Dorephan’s location is somewhere in “Clean Water” between Ploymus Mountain and Zora’s Domain with a secret entrance.
In Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, King Dorephan is in Pristine Sanctum. It’s east of Zora’s domain and east of Mipha’s court. We have marked its exact location on the map below and the coordinates for Pristine Sanctum are (3664, 0598, 0204).
To get to King Dorephan in the Virgin Shrine, head to Lake Mikau Waterfall (we’ve marked it on the map below to help you).
Now this part takes some Stamina. You have to swim through the waterfall.
Once you do, you’ll find a secret entrance to Pristine Sanctum on the other side.
Once you are in this secret entrance area, you will see a waterfall near the back of the area. If you have the Zora armor, you can simply swim up this waterfall to get to Pristine Sanctum.
However, if you don’t have this armor yet, walk behind the secret entrance waterfall until you’re under an overhang. Then use Ascend to spawn through the ground in Pristine Sanctum.
Once inside the sanctuary, you will find King Dorephan! Talk to him to earn some special items that will help you in the next part of this main story quest.
Now that you have found King Dorephan, you can continue to research regional phenomena affecting Zora’s domain. If you want to take a break from the muddy mess, check out our guides on how to get a Golden Horse and how to increase weapon durability.
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