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Want farm rupees in Tears of the Kingdom? Then you’ve come to the right place. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players have figured out a clever way to get get more rupees incredibly quickly. This will help you buy more armor, weapons and other cool stuff for your TOTK quests quickly and reliably.
How to farm rupees in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
Over on YouTube, KibblesGaming details their process for amassing a ton of the precious currency just by using a simple trick. In their twenty minute video, they show a clever use of the Recall ability that allows Link to easily beat a repeatable gliding challenge that can net you an easy 300 rupees every time you do it successfully – and though a little bit of prep-work may be required for Kibbles’ specific example, it can certainly be used in other areas. Before reading on, it may be worth brushing up on ways you can get rupees in Tears of the Kingdom, which we’ve covered in our trusty guide.
The challenge in question tasks Link with trying to use a glider to hit a target, with more rupees being granted the closer you are to the center. If you want to know how to get the glider in Tears of the Kingdom, then check out our guide.
The trick then is get the glider near the center, then use Recall to ‘stop’ the glider in order to rewind and adjust your descent by stopping, then rewinding again and repeating, getting lower each time – and ensuring you hit dead center every time. Crouch walking is far easier than trying to stand on the glider when trying to hit the target. When you manage to glide over the center, you’re going to use the Recall ability to then rewind, stop and then crash land in the centre.
Kibbles recommends the best place to do this is at an island not far from the Rabella Wetlands Skyview tower, on the east side of Hyrule. You might need a bit of extra stamina if you’re going to do this in the early game, so bring along stamina-rich foods with you.
From the tower, head to the smaller island just off the coast, where you’ll find a side-mission to clear out the island from three enemy forts. Complete that and you should also find a Shrine, which will make travelling back there immensely easier. Once all three bases are cleared out, it’s a doddle to get to the pirate ship hiding in the cove and using Recall to make it to the top of island, where this challenge awaits from two NPCs sitting atop.
Rupees are a little harder to come by in the latest game, with the heavier focus on building and scavenging rather than buying equipment from shops when compared to classic Zelda titles – but there’s still plenty of reasons; especially armor – for wanting to get hold of the gems, so this trick is sure to prove popular as you explore the world of Hyrule.
For more Nintendo Switch tips for The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, check out our guide to the Great Fairy locations – or, alternatively we’ve got the rundown on the Tears of the Kingdom shrine locations so you can build up that stamina to get to the location for this trick.
