The Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Skyview Tower locations are all over the map and are, of course, used to reveal the map itself! There are 15 towers in total, and while some of them are easy to get into, many of them are broken or inaccessible for a variety of different reasons, meaning that you'll have to solve a little puzzle each time before you can get inside. Not only do they reveal the full Zelda Tears of the Kingdom map, but they're a great way to launch yourself into the sky, reaching new areas, accessing the islands, or spotting points of interest or geoglyph locations in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom that you might have missed up until now. With that covered, I'll lay out all Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Skyview Towers locations on our map below, as well as how you can solve and access every single one!
All Skyview Tower locations in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
There are 15 Skyview Towers located around the map of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, in the following locations:
- Rospro Pass Skyview Tower
- Pikida Stonegrove Skyview Tower
- Lindor's Brow Skyview Tower
- Thyphlo Ruins Skyview Tower
- Eldin Canyon Skyview Tower
- Ulri Mountain Skyview Tower
- Upland Zorana Skyview Tower
- Lookout Landing Skyview Tower
- Gerudo Highlands Skyview Tower
- Gerudo Canyon Skyview Tower
- Hyrule Field Skyview Tower
- Sahasra Slope Skyview Tower
- Popla Foothills Skyview Tower
- Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower
- Mount Lanayru Skyview Tower
Though the Lookout Landing one in Central Hyrule is the first one you'll do, the others can be visited in any order. Check the image above to see where to find all 15, and click on the name to leap down to whichever one you want more details on!
Each of the Skyview Towers reveals a section of the Surface map once activated and used for the first time, allowing players to gradually see the whole of Hyrule on their Purah Pad. This also covers the sky islands in the area, though not the Depths - those have to be uncovered with Lightroots underground. Check out our guide on how to explore The Depths in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom for more on that.
Each Tower is pretty visually obvious and should be easy to see from a distance - they're large structures, and the ones you haven't visited yet will have bright spotlights at their base to mark them out. Still, while they're all easy to spot, they're not necessarily easy to access. Here's a look at how to get inside each Skyview Tower in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom:
1. Rospro Pass Skyview Tower
To access Rospro Pass Skyview Tower in Tears of the Kingdom, you'll need to burn down the thorns. The entrance to this tower high in the mountains is choked with dangerous thorns, but that should be too much of an issue: either climb a tree and glide to the door, or use fire to burn the thorns away. A Fire Fruit should do the trick nicely, or a flame emitter Zonai device if you're running low.
2. Pikida Stonegrove Skyview Tower
To get to Pikida Stonegrove Tower in Tears of the Kingdom, you'll need to use Ultrahand to mend the ladder leading up to the mushroom. This tower is up on a big stone mushroom that'll be very difficult to climb - however, there is a workaround. One side is a half-build wood ladder made of giant planks. It's not finished, but use Ultrahand to add the rest of the loose planks to the bottom, then climb your way up!
3. Lindor's Brow Skyview Tower
Getting to the Lindor's Brow Skyview Tower is tricky, since it's in the middle of a really big lake, but you can just use Ultrahand to craft a bridge. Our best suggestion is to do what we advised in the Zelda Tears of the Kingdom tips page - string a load of logs or planks together and making a bridge that you can cross over! Of course, those with a lot of stamina or a way to glide down to the island from above could also find success.
4. Thyphlo Ruins Skyview Tower
To get into the Thyphlo Ruins Skyview Tower, you need to get high up enough to remove the obstruction blocking the top of the tower. We did this by using the floating platforms nearby, strapping a rocket to each side with Ultrahand, and zooming straight up before jumping down onto another nearby platform close to the tip. From here you can use Ultrahand to remove the blockage atop the Thyphlo Ruins tower - once it's out of the way the tower will be back online.
5. Eldin Canyon Skyview Tower
To get into Eldin Canyon Skyview Tower, you'll have to climb it and enter from the top. The easiest way is to equip yourself with plenty of stamina-replenishing meals and some Haste elixirs for the long climb, or you can get fancy with it by using Recall on some falling rubble, climbing aboard, and riding it back up before jumping off and gliding down the tower's exit. There's no one way to beat it - as long as you can just get to the top somehow, that's a victory.
6. Ulri Mountain Skyview Tower
Ulri Mountain Skyview Tower has been sabotaged by an Aerocuda, so to get it working you'll have to kill that Aerocuda and get the console off it. The maintenance worker will direct you just behind it, where you'll see the monster flying around with the console in its claws. It's hard to knock down, but if you put a Keese or Aerocuda Eyeball on your arrow, it'll gain homing power! Once it drops the console, lift it with Ultrahand and place it on its empty perch. The NPC will fix it and render it operable again!
7. Upland Zorana Skyview Tower
Use some Splash Fruit to get into Upland Zorana Skyview Tower. The doorway to this tower is cut off by a big pile of sludge, one of many that pollutes the area. The solution to clear it is to pick one of the Splash Fruit that grows nearby, and either throw or arrow-shoot it at the sludge. That'll wash the gloop away, giving you access to the tower.
8. Lookout Landing Skyview Tower
Lookout Landing Skyview Tower is unlocked for you by Purah after the Crisis at Hyrule Castle main mission. After exploring the Castle for the first time, return to Purah with your finding. She'll then turn on all the other towers in the game so you can activate those too!
9. Gerudo Highlands Skyview Tower
To get into Gerudo Highlands Skyview Tower, you need to find the cave beneath it and Ascend into the tower instead. The entrance is buried in about twenty feet of snow, and melting it will be useless. Instead, go to the Meadela's Mantle Cave nearby, not far North of the tower (coordinates -3975, -1248, 0429). Follow the cave to the underground river, and build a raft to float down it. You'll pass a Bubbulfrog along the way (shoot it to get one of the Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Bubbul Gems), and at the end the river will be obstructed by some scaffolding. Place the raft where we have on the image above (coordinates -3963, -1302, 0377), so you can use Ascend and rise up into the snow-clogged tower!
10. Gerudo Canyon Skyview Tower
Accessing the Gerudo Canyon Skyview Tower is a matter of attaching crates to the counterweight and lifting the tower repairman up. Climb the cliff so that you're standing directly in front of the tower, then use Ultrahand to stick a bunch of the nearby metal crates to the left counterweight. You'll find the counterweight just next to the tower. When heavy enough, the counterweight will fall and drag the lift up - with the repairman! He'll fix the tower, allowing access to it.
11. Hyrule Field Skyview Tower
To get into the Hyrule Field Skyview Tower, you'll need to defeat a horde of Bokoblins. This isn't a puzzle - the tower is simply surrounded by a Bokoblin Camp, including a boss bokoblin! The best thing we can suggest is to fight them one at a time, stay at range where possible, and play cautiously, especially if you're early in the game. The Camp is full of explosive barrels, which are something to be careful of - though a smart player will know to trigger them when the Bokoblins get too close!
12. Sahasra Slope Skyview Tower
To get into the blocked off Sahasra Slope Skyview Tower, you'll once again have to Ascend into it via an undergound cave. You'll find Sahasra Slope Cave (coordinates 1367, -1191, 0132) just beneath the tower when you climb down to the west. Head inside, blowing up the rocks in your way and killing the Horroblins that attack, until you can use your minimap to position yourself just under the tower (coordinates 1339, -1179, 0131). Then use Ascend to pop up into the tower! Once in there, grab the two long sticks that are blocking the door, and you'll have full access.
13. Popla Foothills Skyview Tower
Getting into Popla Foothills Skyview Tower requires a rescue mission. This tower is open, but the console isn't functioning. To fix it, jump down the well by the entrance and smash through the rock wall in the cave you land in. You'll meet Elmerson, a workman trapped in a cage - to free him, head to the other cave opening to the South, at the bottom of the cliff. Then simply stand on the switch in front of the cage to let him out! He'll go to the tower and fix it straight away.
14. Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower
Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower is blocked by thorns, so you need to build a roof to keep the thorns dry from the rain while you set them on fire. This tower, like Rospro, is completely choked by thorns. However, they're too close to the door to fly over and it's constantly raining, so any fire gets extinguished. The trick is to build a roof out of planks nearby, to stop the rain from reaching the thorns, then burn them with Fire Fruit or any similar weapon.
15. Mount Lanayru Skyview Tower
There's no puzzle for Mount Lanayru Skyview Tower, it's just a big trek to the top of the mountain. For help surviving the frost we can explain the best approach in our Zelda Tears of the Kingdom cold guide, and make sure to bring some weapons to fight the many enemies prowling the mountain. Alternatively, ride some Recalled falling rubble to take a quick shortcut to the top!
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