Hyrule as seen inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis an enormous place. Often, you can warp quickly around it by using activated shrines and towers to fast travel. However, there sometimes are remote locations you have reason to visit regularly. That’s when a particular upgrade comes in handy. Here is our guide explaining how to get and use the Travel Medallion inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Tears of the Kingdom– how to get and use the Travel Medallion
TheTravel Medallionis a handy item you may use to warp directly to the location of your choosing, even if you haven’t found a nearby shrine or skytower to activate. Normally, you might have to hike a long distance, which can be tedious or dangerous. If you have the medallion, however, you can save yourself that hassle.To get the Travel Medallion, complete a task for Robbie at the Hateno Research Lab.
To use the Travel Medallion, access it from the Key Items menu and place one at your current location.you’re able to then warp to that point whenever you like.
When you first meetRobbie, he shares a room withJoshainLookout Landing. The two researchers present quests early in the game, as you discoverhow to get the Autobuild ability. After you complete that objective and deal with Robbie a bit more, he takes off to his research center.
FindRobbieat theHateno Ancient Tech Labon the hill outsideHateno Village, which is north of theNecluda Seain the southeast (check our guide tellingwhere to find Hateno Villageif you need further assistance).
When you talk to Robbie at the Hateno Ancient Tech Lab, ask him about the Travel Medallion.He sends you to clear out theAncient Tech Labin theDeep Akkalaregion (it’s located a short distance south of the world map’s northeastern corner). Once you defeat theYiga Clanmembers that have taken over the lab, open the treasure chest they guarded to find theTravel Medallion Prototype. Take it back to Robbie, who gets it working for you.
By default, you can use the Travel Medallion to set one convenient fast travel point.As you activate skytowers and review more of the world map, Robbie upgrades the Travel Medallion.This grants you as many as three uses. By the time I met him, I had already activated every skytower, so I didn’t have to wait.
I suggest placing a Travel Medallion north ofDeath Mountain, near where you may find fourRock Octoroks. They offer you a way torepair weapons and shields. Once you venture into theDepthsto meetGanondorf, you might also set a medallion near the point of no return, so you can conveniently return once you have supplies. A third use might be to set one somewhere near a remote location where you like to farm rare items. If you ever decide you don’t like where one is placed, visit its location and retrieve it to use it elsewhere. Travel Medallions can prove quite handy.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis available on the Nintendo Switch.
Jason Venter
Jason Venter is a contributing writer for PC Invasion since 2022 who can trace his love for video games back to the Apple IIe port of Mario Bros. in the late 80s. He remains a diehard Nintendo fan to this day and loves JRPGs, adventure games, and platformers in particular, but he still plays games in most genres and on most hardware. After founding indie gaming site HonestGamers in 1998, he served as an editor at Hardcore Gamer Magazine during its entire print run. He has since freelanced for a variety of leading sites including IGN, GameSpot, and Polygon. These days, he spends most of his time writing game guides and entertaining readers with his fantasy novels.
