Ousting the Giants is a side quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that takes place in one of the stables. This quest will pit you against three giant enemies, aka Hinox brothers.
Ousting the Giants is all about planning and perseverance. The fights with the Hinox brothers will not be easy, and you will need a lot of powerful weapons and health recovery items to survive.
In this guide, we will teach you how to start the quest and the order in which you must defeat the Hinox brothers to complete the quest.
Talk to Kampo at the Lakeside Stable
The Ousting the Giants side quest takes place in the Lakeside Stable when you meet an NPC, Kampo, who runs this stable.
The Lakeside Stable is located south of Faron near Lake Floria at the coordinates (1551, -3518, 0060) with the nearest shrine being the Joju-u-u Shrine. The location of this stable is also marked on the map below.
Kampo will be standing near the stable, looking worried. Talk to him, and he will tell you about the three monsters that live in the caves near the Lakeside Stable.
He will tell you that these caves used to be important spots for travelers, but after the arrival of these monsters, the travelers stopped visiting them, and the stable business dried up.
This conversation will lead to the commencement of the Ousting the Giants quest, and now you must take down all three of these monsters.
Find and Defeat the Youngest Hinox Brother
When the quest begins, the markers will appear for all three of the Hinox brothers on your map, and you can take them down in whichever sequence you prefer.
The Youngest Hinox Brother is in the Rodai Lakefront Cave of West Necluda, and you can get there by following the marker on your map.
Once you are in the cave, drop into the water, and then you won’t be able to see anything due to the tunnel being covered in darkness. To fix this, you can use Brightbloom Seeds by shooting them inside the cave to light it up and then making your way to the Hinox monster.
You will find the Youngest Hinox brother sleeping next to a tree trunk here. He is a Red Hinox and the weakest of the bunch.
Wake him up by hitting him and then shooting in his eye or his ankle, as both are his weak spots. Shooting at either of these spots will cause massive damage, and the Hinox will be weakened.
Hit the giant further to take him down completely and then collect the loot dropped by him. Ascend through the cave and look for the next Hinox brother to kill.
Find and Defeat the Middle Hinox Brother
Continuing the Ousting the Giants quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the Middle Hinox Brother will be resting in the Corta Lake Cave of West Necluda.
Swim through the water and then enter the cave right in front of you. Drop inside the cave until you find the Middle Hinox Brother napping there.
He is a Blue Hinox and is much more powerful than the red one. Blue Hinox covers their eyes when threatened. Make sure to fuse your arrows with either Keese or Aerocuda eyeballs to hit Blue Hinox’s eyes without aiming.
Hit the Hinox to wake him up and keep hitting him until he gets up. The Hinox knocks himself on the ground, and the impact can affect you if you are nearby, so watch out for that. As every Hinox weak point is their eyes, you can target them to cause agony and kill the giant.
Once the Middle Hinox is dead, collect the loot he drops and ascend back up to move on to the next Hinox brother.
Find and Defeat the Eldest Hinox Brother
The Eldest Hinox Brother will be sleeping in the Calora Lakefront Cave of West Necluda. Wake him up from his nap by hitting him.
The eldest brother is a Black Hinox, the strongest of the bunch. He hits like a truck and can easily avoid the arrows that you shoot at his eyes.
Make sure to fuse your arrows with Keese or Aerocuda eyeballs to convert them into homing arrows. This way, you will hit the eldest Hinox eyes one hundred percent of the time.
As Hinox’s ankles are covered for protection, the best strategy here is to aim for his eye. Shoot at his eye to deal damage, and you can also use the explosive barrels lying around.
Once this giant is also dead, collect the loot and ascend back up to move to the last step of this quest.
Now, all that is left is to return and give Kampo the good news of the monsters being dead. Make your way back to the Lakeside Stable by paragliding down there.
You will find Kampo here, standing nearby. Talk to him to tell him that you have gotten rid of all the monsters plaguing the caves.
Quest Reward
He will thank you on behalf of everyone at the stable and reward you with the Mighty Fried Bananas, which will end Ousting the Giants quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
