Ancient Cores are very important for armor upgrades and crafting several Ancient gears in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Therefore, you must have a steady stock of the item to upgrade your gear for tougher challenges.
These valuable resources can be used for various purposes, including crafting powerful Ancient gear and enhancing armor. Although they can be sold for Rupees or exchanged for other items, their true worth lies in their ability to boost your character’s capabilities.
Follow this guide to find out everything regarding the locations of ancient cores in Zelda: Breath of the Wild and how you can farm these Ancient cores.
1. Defeat Guardian Enemies
The Guardian Enemies are the best way to farm ancient cores. The trick is simple: once you spot either guardian enemies below, take them out to get the ancient core, then reroll the game to find and defeat them again.
Note that you can also collect Ancient Cores from broken guardians. So, make sure you scout every rotting enemy during your exploration.
Guardian Stalkers
The Guardian Stalkers have a 50% chance of dropping the ancient core. Note that the drop percentage is average, so you might not always get the required item by taking them down. Now, as for the location, these machines are commonly found throughout Hyrule.
Also, remember that they can reappear after every Blood Moon. Now, to take them down, you must stock up on Guardian weapons and bow to give them heavy damage but learn their moveset to dodge their attacks.
Guardian Scouts
A more difficult target than the Stalkers is the Guardian Scouts. These are found within Ancient Shrines and Divine Beasts. You can only kill them using lethal weapons as they possess strong shields. You should protect yourself from their attacks because it can lower your HP level.
Only a few variants, i.e., 3 and 4, drop Ancient Core in Zelda: Botw. They also reappear in the shrines with every Blood Moon.
Guardian Turrets
We also have Guardian Turrets that can be found only in Hyrule Castle. Fighting with them is often difficult because they inflict great damage.
Furthermore, they can lock their prey with lasers and release devastating attacks on you. Once you defeat them, you can obtain an Ancient Core.
2. Find Underwater Chests
To find underwater chests, visit the first room of Hawa Koth Shrine; through this room, locate the underwater channels. You will come across a specific chest with Magnesis in Zelda: Breath of the Wild. So, once you fish this chest out, you will receive an Ancient Core.
To get another Ancient Core in BOTW, you must head to Kata Maka Rah’s Shrine. It floats in the water stream on the platform’s right side. You need to ward off a Guardian Scout to collect the Ancient Core.
3. Complete Akh Va’qout Shrine
You have to unlock the mysterious doors of The Akh Va’quot shrine to obtain an Ancient core. You need to get inside the shrine by solving a puzzle requiring windmills and turbines. After solving it, the doors will be unlocked, and you will find an Ancient Core.
4. Reward from Rin Oyaa Shrine
You’ll have to go to the endpoint inside the Rin Oyya Shrine to get another Ancient Core. The collaboration of both Magnesis and Stasis runes can reach this area. Just remember that the chest can be located easily if you move in the opposite direction of the Monk.
5. Complete Ishto Soh Shrine
To get to the Ancient Core located in Ishto Soh shrine, move to the southwest direction of the Lake Tower to reach the Lake Region. Here at the top of some crystals, you’ll find the Ancient Core.
6. Ketoh Wawai Shrine
The players’ most challenging task is finding Ancient Cores in the KetohWawai Shrine. It’s a haunted place because you enter a dark, concealed area, and you need fire to move through it.
7. Dah Kaso Shrine
Quite an easy way to get another Ancient Core is in the Dah Kaso Shrine. You only need to move inside the shrine and collect the Ancient Core after beating the Guardian Scout.
8. Daag Chokah Shrine
You can also collect another Ancient Core in the forests of Daag Chokah. This is a fun adventure as this shrine doesn’t test your abilities. You can locate the Daag Chokah Shrine under the Digdogg Suspension Bridge in Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
However, to get to the ancient core, you will encounter a guardian scout, who you can take out. This way, you can obtain the Ancient Core relatively easily in Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
How to get Infinite Ancient Cores in BOTW?
If you’re looking for an easy method to get infinite ancient core, then there’s a working glitch that will save you the trouble. There are three simple steps:
- Save the game and flip a dead guardian.
- Push the dead guardian to a far distance.
- After reaching a certain point, the parts will drop by themselves, and you can collect as many as you want.
This glitch works on four dead guardians: one in the Daval Peak, the second in Hyrule Castle Town Watchtower, the third in the Military Training Camp, and the last one South of Lanayru Tower near the Bone Pond.
All of these dead guardians will be on top of the water, so you can use any heavy metal object to knock it over. Once you flip the dead guardian, a few parts will come out; whichever parts you get here will be the ones you get once the glitch starts. You can keep reloading the game and flipping the guardian until you get ancient cores.
Once you’ve knocked over the guardian, push them two squares from their original position. Once you get to the required spot, the glitch will start.
How to buy Ancient Core in Zelda: BOTW?
In some instances, you can also buy the Ancient Cores in BOTW. You must locate the traveling merchant Teli near the Necluda province to do so. But before this, you need to understand a small glitch in the game that allows you to purchase the item only during rainy days.
