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Steps to do the ‘White Goats Gone Missing’ quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

newsofmax05/21/2023

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Steps to do the 'White Goats Gone Missing' quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Missing white goat is an optional quest in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

When you become an official reporter for The Lucky Clover Gazette, Hyrule’s upcoming newspaper, you’re tasked with tracking down a herd of missing goats, just as the name suggests.

You may stumble across this while working your way up in the “Potential Princesses Seen!” section! task line. This page covers the steps you need to take to rescue the goats and investigate the rumors surrounding Zelda’s return.

How to start the quest White Goats Gone Missing

“White Goats Gone Missing” is a side quest that forms part of the “Princess Seeing Potential” section. It can be completed after you arrive at Clover HQ southeast of Rito Villageso if you haven’t been there yet, do it first.

When you’re ready to begin your quest, head to Tabantha Bridge Stable and find the conspicuously empty goat stable in the southeast.

Map showing where to start White Goats Gone Missing

It seemed Chork had lost his pride and joy — the white goats he was feeding Princess Zelda’s special recipe for whole, unmilled food. Hylian pine cones. Or at least he thought it was the recipe, because he lost it…

Link talking to Chork with the inscription

Where to find goats in the quest White Goats Gone Missing

After talking to Chork and Penn, your fellow reporters, you will begin the side quest. The mission here is to track down the uneaten Hylian Pines to the missing herd.

Hylian Pine Cone zoomed in with the camera

While this may seem simple – and it starts simple enough – pine cones can easily get lost in the grass if you stray off the beaten track. If this happens, You have three options to quickly get back on track.

1. The first is to use the Ultrahand and rotate the camera, looking for the glowing orange bits that indicate something you can interact with.

2. The second is to rotate the camera down to get a panoramic view. Luckily, the Switch couldn’t draw enough grass to completely cover the pine cone!

Looking at a Hylian pine cone from above

3. Third is panning the camera very slowly and looking for ‘drops of glitter’. This will tell you the location of the next collectible item, most likely your next Hylian Pine Cone!

Follow the trail and you’ll eventually come across goats! If you are having trouble, then proceed coordinates (-2546, 0409, 0150).

In the herd there is a message in a bottle — interact with it (and read the interesting dialogue afterwards) to complete the quest “Missing White Goats”!