One of the more confusing areas in TOTK is the Lost Woods, an immense puzzle with a complicated solution. This Korok Forest, located in the middle of the Great Hyrule Forest to the north, is home of the Great Deku Tree, and the resting place of the Master Sword -- sometimes. Its location and puzzle return to Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom from Breath of the Wild. While the main questline will eventually send you to this location, it is possible to reach the Lost Woods early, but the method will be harder than ever due to the new fog of the Lost Woods.

The Korok Forest within the lost woods contains several merhcants and of course is Hestu's final location. For more on Hestu, see Where to Find Hestu. See below for more on what you can find in the Lost Woods' Korok Forest.

Unlike Breath of the Wild, where you would have to follow a maze of flicking torchlights by following a breeze, you will not be able to get through the Lost Woods the same way. In fact, you can't even reach the Korok Forest by diving in from above - any angle of approach will be met with you getting "lost" and appearing outside.

If you can't get through it, or from above, there's only one other way left: From below.

How to Reach The Lost Woods from The Depths

The Korok Forest inside the Lost Woods can only be reashed via the Depths. After discovering it, you can fast travel there via Musanokir Shrine.

Though there are several chasms around the Hyrule Great Forest and Eldin regions, you may find it harder to approach the area beneath the Lost Woods than you might expect. This is because the giant lake that surrounds the forest above is impassible rock walls down in the Depths. That leaves only one entrance - the southeast side.

Looking at the surface map, you should be able to spot a smaller chasm along the road north from Woodland Stable towards the Lost Woods, in an area called the Minshi Woods.

Diving into this chasm, you can immediately spot a trail of Poes leading up a path up north into the darkness into the Korok Grove.

The area beyond will be dark and full of Gloom, but you will have some help getting across. If you look to the left of the path, there's a Zonai Device Storeroom full of assorted devices to help you either fly or drive across the expanse of Gloom.

Aim for the large bright area in the center of the underground woods, and you can find a Lightroot on a platform next to a large stone platform with a pillar coming down from above.

By ascending through this pillar, you can bypass the Lost Woods entirely, and arrive in the Korok Forest right in front of the Great Deku Tree! Don't forget to activate the Musanokir Shrine so you can warp back here easily!

However, things are not all right up on the surface. The Deku Tree won't respond to you, and even the Koroks seem to be in a daze under the purple haze that has enveloped the woods.

In order to bring the Korok Woods back to normal, you'll need to get to the root of the matter - which lies within the Deku Tree. Once inside the tree, head to the back to find another chasm. This one goes into the heart of its roots. You'll need to defeat the corruption inside in a mini-boss fight, so prepare with good weapons, upgraded armor, and plenty of gloom-healing food! See Trail of the Master Sword to continue the Lost Woods quest.

Korok Forest Merchants

You can visit the following merchants in the Korok Forest:

• Hestu - Allows you to exchange your Korok seeds for additional item slots. Hestu's coordinates are 0414, 2120, 0143.
• General Shoppe: located inside the Deku Tree (coordinates 0419, 2174, 0153). You can buy Tabantha weed, apples, Hylian rice, cane sugar, arrows, and brightbloom seeds here.
• Spore Store: next to the General Shoppe inside the Deku Tree. The store owner sells brightcap, razorshroom, ironshroom, rushroom, and stamella.
• Great Deku Tree's Navel Inn: the local inn, free of charge! However, while sleeping here will save you some rupees, the Navel Inn doesn't offer any special beds (so no additional health or stamina).

Korok Forest Quests

There are no side adventures in the Korok Forest, but you can find the following side quests:

• Musanokir Shrine
• Whirly Swirly Things
• The Secret Room
• Walton's Treasure Hunt

As mentioned above, beware that you need to clear the forest of "gloom" before the side quests become available.

Although they don't start here, the Korok Forest is a key location for the Master Sword quests. As their name suggests, they'll lead you to a legendary weapon:

• Trail of the Master Sword
• Recovering the Hero's Sword

Korok Forest Notable Features

• Goddess Statue - Inside the Great Deku Tree.
• The Great Deku Tree - Upon arrival, be sure to investigate its secrets...