To the Ruins is a side quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that you can acquire from the Gerudo Town. This quest involves taking an NPC across the perilous Gerudo Desert on a Sand-Seal sled. While all this sounds easy on paper, you can lose the whole progress if you run into enemies or sand whirlpools.
In this guide, we will help you locate and transport Pokki without running into any danger. Follow our detailed step-by-step guide to complete To the Ruins! quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
How to start To the Ruins! Quest in Zelda: TotK
To start the To the Ruins! quest, you must find and talk to Pokki. She is standing near the east Gerudo Sand-Seal renting shop (-3767, -2923, 0043). This shop can be easily located as it is marked by a star on the map (zoom in close).
Once you approach Pokki and talk to her, she will let you know about some ruins marked with two statues facing each other. She wants to go there and asks for your assistance. This will start the quest and add it to your journal.
Selecting the quest from the journal won’t mark the ruins on your map. So, you need to follow us to find the ruins and reach them successfully.
How to complete To the Ruins! Quest in Zelda: TotK
After talking with Pokki at the Sand-Seal Rental Shop and starting the “To the Ruins!” quest, the first thing you must do in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is to interact with Frelly, the owner of the shop nearby.
Interacting with Frelly will open the shop, and as part of the quest, you will have to rent a Sleigh Seal that costs 50 Rupees (don’t rent Sand Seal). After renting the sleigh seal, Frelly will tell you that you are to depart from the east gate of Gerudo Town.
Turn back and go inside the town. You will find Pokki strolling near the town’s door. She will ask your permission to hop on the Sleigh Seal. This will update the quest.
Go back to your Sleigh Seal and drive it towards the Palu wasteland. This place is to the east of Gerudo Town. The ruins that we need to reach are further east of Palu Wasteland and are marked on the map above.
Make sure that you don’t leave Sleigh Seal or engage with any enemies. Doing either will make Pokki leave, and you will have to start from the town’s entrance once more.
Drive slowly and carefully to avoid any sinkholes as they will suck you in, restarting the quest. Once you reach the ruins marked on the map (-2789, -2851, 0023), a cutscene will trigger.
Reward
Pokki will thank you for taking her all the way to the East Gerudo ruins without any harm. She will give you a Silver Rupee (100 Rupees) as a reward.
This will mark the end of the To the Ruins side quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
