“A Deal with the Statue” is a fairly important side quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom because it allows you to swap your health and stamina upgrades by paying a measly fee of 20 Rupees.
This will come in handy when you want to fight a difficult enemy and need an extra Heart Container to tank some damage. Or the other way around if you want extra Stamina wheels to traverse Hyrule’s Land or Sky.
Reading this guide will help you with every step needed to complete the A Deal with the Statue side adventure in Zelda: TotK.
Talk to the Horned Statue in the Royal Hidden Passage
To start “A Deal with the Statue”, you need to start the Regional Phenomena main quest and complete at least one of its parts. We recommend visiting the Hebra Region and completing Tulin of Rito first to obtain Tulin’s Gust ability.
Once done, return to the Lookout Landing Shelter and start Who Goes There? side quest. Talk to Jerrin in the shelter to learn about some demonic voice coming from a hole in the wall. Once you are done with these two prerequisites, you will now be able to start A Deal with the Statue side quest.
Head into the Tunnel in the Lookout Landing Shelter known as Royal Hidden Passage. This tunnel is right in front of Jerrin, who will be cleaning the shelter with a broom. Crouch to enter the tunnel.
Make sure to stock Bomb Flowers or Rock Hammers to fully explore the Royal Hidden Passage which connects the Lookout Landing to Hyrule Castle via a network of tunnels.
As soon as you enter the tunnel, your path will be blocked by a breakable boulders wall. Destroy it (you can also use Yunobo’s Charge ability) and then destroy the next wall to the right.
Talk to the Horned Statue in a jail cell to start A Deal with the Statue side quest in Zelda: TotK.
Bargain with the Horned Statue
When you talk to the statue, select the following options.
- You can talk
- Yes
The horned statue will give you a lengthy lesson about its path and tell you that he is a bargainer of life and wealth. It will take out one of your heart containers as an essence. Talk to the statue again and ask it to “Give it Back.”
The statue will give you two options. Either to get a Heart Container or a Stamina Vessel. This means you can either get your heart container back or exchange it with a 1/5 of a Stamina Wheel.
Whatever you choose will be free of cost this time around. This will complete A Deal with the Statue side quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Quest Reward
Completing the quest will unlock the trade with the Horned Bargainer Statue (not to be mixed with the Bargainer statues in the depths or Robbie’s workshop in the Lookout Landing).
Whenever you want, you can sell either one of your Heart Containers or 1/5 of Stamina Wheel (also known as Stamina Chunk) to the Horned Statue as an essence. It will pay you 100 Rupees for it.
Now you can exchange it with either a Stamina Chunk or a Heart Container by paying 120 Rupees. This is one of the best ways to reset or change your stats in the game by paying a measly fee of 20 Rupees every time.
