ing garlands are an odd item in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in that they aren’t tied to a marked quest and have no indication of what you should do with them or what they affect. Here’s how to use the ring garland in Tears of the Kingdom.
You can purchase ring garlands from a young girl named Koko in Kakariko Village during the daytime (~9:00-19:00). If she’s not at her stand near the inn, rest there or by the fire until noon. You can purchase a garland from her for only five rupees, and she’ll give it a kiss for extra love.
If you want to use the ring garland, you need to fuse it to a shield. However, I don’t recommend using your favorite shield, as the garland adds little defensive value and will be easily destroyed, that choice is up to you.
With the garland attached, travel to Gerudo Village in the southwest of the map. Getting there is tougher than in Breath of the Wild, as the desert is filled with a thick sandstorm if you haven’t completed the Temple there and restored the area to its former state. If it’s your first time going there, take the Gerudo Canyon Skyview Tower into the sky and glide southwest.
Gerudo Town is in ruins, and its population has fled underground. To get to them, approach any of the wells in town and go below. Follow the river with the floating message bottles until you reach a room with a rope tied to a jar. Ascend through the roof to reach the Gerudo Shelter, and while you’ll initially be threatened by guards, the guard captain will let you stay.
The ring garland is used for some tasks unrelated to the main story of the Gerudo. One of the rooms in the shelter will have a male and female figure on the back wall with a heart between them on the wall. This is Akali’s Voe and Vai classroom where young Gerudo women learn about speaking to young men out in the world, since only one Gerudo male is born every hundred years after the previous one dies.
The ring garland is for Deltan, one of the three women who need help talking to men. To speak to Deltan, you need to visit the classroom in the evening (between 21:00 and midnight) and first help her classmates Nali and Pritana. There are a few simple tasks to complete to do so.
Nali can’t speak to Link with his face fully visible, so you need to wear a mask or some other headpiece that fully covers or alters his face. I used Cece’s Mask, as it was the only head cover I had, and it worked fine.
Majora’s Mask, a Divine Beast Mask, or anything else that leaves only Link’s eyes (or less) open to see will do. With a mask equipped, Nali will be able to speak freely, and you can talk to Akali again to proceed to Pritana.
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Pritana will also have trouble speaking to Link, saying she needs a special drink from the canteen to help with her energy levels. The drink in question is the Noble Pursuit, and if you’re in the Gerudo Shelter before clearing the sandstorm, Furosa, the canteen manager, won’t immediately sell it to you. Instead, you’ll have to make it.
Noble Pursuit doesn’t take much to make. The ingredients and where to find them are:
Once you have a Noble Pursuit in your inventory, start the conversation with Pritana and give it to her when prompted. You’ll have a brief chat, and you can finally talk to Deltan.
Speak to Akali again to bring Deltan to the front of the class, and be sure to have your ring garland shield equipped. After lamenting her romantic situation, she’ll see the garland and her spirits will be lifted.
Afterwards, you can talk to each of the three women again for some additional, heartwarming dialog. This completes your use of the ring garland, so you can remove it from your shield at this point.
And that’s about everything to know about using the ring garland in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Its purpose is to spread love between people throughout the world, so keep it handy in case you see someone else in need of a romantic helping hand.
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available now on Nintendo Switch.
The above article was updated on 2/28/25 by Melissa Sarnowski to add additional information about Tears of the Kingdom.
