King Gleeok areas, the way to beat in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The King Gleeok is a brand new boss in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and The Legend of Zelda collection generally — it’s principally the Ultron of the three Gleeok bosses fought throughout Hyrule.

If the three elemental variations of Gleeoks have been fearsome, the King Gleeok is in a complete new ballpark. Simply getting an viewers with it’s a mission in of itself.

Even if you happen to suppose you could have what it takes, or if you happen to merely need to get the Sage’s Will it could possibly shield, you’re going to need to go in ready. Right here we cowl all the prep it is advisable to do if you wish to be the one left standing.

The place to search out King Gleeok areas

There are 4 King Gleeok in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, with every being a triple risk of fireside, ice and thunder.

The King Gleeok areas are:

West Hebra Sky Archipelago (-4470, 2175, 1252)
Sky Island above Eventide Isle (4652, -3827, 1065)
Sky Island within the Gerudo Sky (-4447, -2730, 1419)
Gleeok Den within the Nice Hyrule Forest Depths (0141, 3127, -0622)

Here’s what the Sky Island ones seem like — with this being the one above Eventide Isle specifically:

A map image showing a Sky island — The Sky Island above Eventide Isle.

To get there, you’ll need to head to the Kumamayn Shrine, simply east of the Rabella Wetlands Tower. Should you haven’t carried out that shrine, it’s a part of the ‘The Necluda Sky Crystal’ shrine quest, and it’s an important step on the way in which to defeating the King Gleeok for 2 causes due to the loot, you get for doing so: the Zonaite Bow.

Link collecting a Zonaite Bow from a chest, with the text, “A Zonai bow that draws power from your Energy Cell. Power drains, and arrows can fly much further according to how long a shot is charged.”

Should you’ve carried out any of the opposite Gleeoks, you’ll know the way tough it may be to seal the deal when the boss flies up within the air for its final assault. The King Gleeok goes even greater (relative to the platform, we’re already waaaaay up within the air up right here), making the additional attain you get with this bow a recreation changer.

The difficulty, after all, is getting the crystal over to the shrine. That includes taking down a Flux Assemble 3 — a brilliant beefed-up model of the Flux Assemble fought on the Nice Sky Island the place you begin the sport correct.

Link aiming an arrow at a Flux Construct III

When you’ve unlocked the shrine and bow, head over to the south-east tip of the Sky Island you’re on and look to the space. You must nearly make out your vacation spot. That’s clearly approach too far for standard Sky Island-hopping, so we’re going to want to get artistic.

We used a tool made out of two Carts, one Flame Emitter, one Balloon, two Followers and a Steering Stick. You may see it in motion beneath — remember that except you could have maxed out your battery storage, you’re seemingly going to need to use some Massive Zonai Expenses.

Link using a Zonai contraption to fly through the skies towards an island

When you’re inside hanging distance, glide right down to the platform.

As quickly as you land, go to your Key Objects and place a Journey Medallion (you get these from Robbie as a part of the Presenting: The Journey Medallion). It will can help you come and go as crucial, and prevent the faff subsequent time you fancy preventing it, or if you happen to notice you’re underprepared.

Travel Medallion teleportation animation in action

The way to put together for King Gleeok

King Gleeok is among the most troublesome bosses you’ll come throughout in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and preparation is subsequently important to each survival and success. Right here’s a run-down of what you want.

Therapeutic gadgets

For sure, the King Gleeok can batter you to inside a quarter-inch of your life in a single hit, even when you could have as many hearts as we do. In consequence, you’re going to need numerous high-quality meals to get you thru it.

Link losing all his hearts in a single attack from a King Gleeok — King Gleeok can ship huge quantities of injury.

In Tears of the Kingdom, this implies Meat Skewers. To make the Meat Skewer with the ‘Full Restoration’ bonus, merely cook dinner 5 Uncooked Gourmand Meat.

Cooking a Meat Skewer, with the text, “A juicy, filling snack made by grilling small chunks of meat on a skewer.”

“However wait,” we hear you say. “That’s a uncommon merchandise!”

You’re fully appropriate, however don’t fear; we acquired you. Head to the Orochium Shrine within the Tabantha Frontier and do a lap of the wooded areas, as far south as ‘Signal Man’, on the lookout for bears and moose. The quickest and easiest method to do that is on horseback; merely soar (the X button) off the horse to get airborne — a single headshot will internet you two or three meat gadgets of Uncooked Prime Meat high quality or higher.

Link aiming an arrow at a moose in a snowy field

Should you cook dinner 5 Uncooked Prime Meat without delay, you get a skewer that restores 15 hearts, in order that’s properly value doing, too.

Springs

Consider it or not, the common-or-garden Spring could be essentially the most overpowered Zonai system within the recreation.

For the uninitiated, strive our tip for beating Lynel in beneath a minute utilizing simply the bow and the spring, and also you’ll come again with a brand new and fierce admiration for this tech.

You must have come throughout the Spring pretty early within the recreation, however in case you missed it, you possibly can choose it up from the System Dispenser within the North Necluda Sky Archipelago. We went into this combat with eight Springs and used six of them.

Link standing next to a Zonai Dispenser which rewards two Cannons and a Spring

Weapons

We’ve already talked about the Zonaite Bow, which is significant within the last step of the combat, however be sure you have a back-up, too — for 2 causes. The primary is in case it breaks; the second is that King Gleeok can shock your lively weapon out of your hand and gust it off the platform.

This isn’t the type of combat the place if you happen to drop a weapon you possibly can go scrabbling — your weapons are like albatross chicks — as soon as they fall away from you, they’re gone endlessly.

Alongside together with your two bows, you’re going to need to put together round 4 weapons. The primary two must be the strongest weapon you may make utilizing the aspect of your selection — fireplace or ice. We went for Flame, as we had extra Gleeok Flame Horns.

Fusing together a Gleeok Flame Horn with a Gerudo Spear+

Connect it to a pristine Gerudo Spear from the Depths and also you’re taking a look at a 72 energy weapon with Sturdiness Up +.

An inventory screens showing a 72 power Flame-Gleeok Spear

That weapon nonetheless broke round a 3rd of the way in which into the combat, so be sure you convey a second weapon of the identical aspect.

Your third weapon must be the mirror — if you happen to convey two fires, be sure you have a robust ice-type weapon. The rationale for that is that every head is weak to the other aspect, like every of the Gleeoks. If throughout the battle you end up on the improper aspect of the King, you don’t have time to run round it to get the use out of your greatest weapon; it is advisable to adapt and swap to the weapon that works for these subsequent few seconds.

Arrows

Lastly, and we are able to’t consider we did this, we acquired to the ultimate stage of the boss and ran out of arrows. Be sure you have at the least 30, ideally 50 earlier than going into this battle.

The way to beat King Gleeok

Proper, we’ve carried out all of the prep; it’s time to go. Sleep till evening (that is essential for the second section of the combat, which we’ll clarify as we go) after which teleport utilizing the Journey Medallion again to King Gleeok’s Sky Island.

(As talked about above, we’re going to take a look at a battle at a selected location — the King Gleeok on the island about Eventide Isle — however the technique right here will apply throughout all encounters.)

Section 1

The very first thing it is advisable to do is get to security behind one of many large rock pillars, or another objects like this you possibly can cover behind. For us, throughout the Sky Island above Eventide Island encounter, we teleported into the south-most little bit of the Island and ran, jumped and glided to the fitting. You may see it right here:

Link hiding behind a pillar in the King Gleeok fight

The trick for the primary two-thirds of the battle is to maintain that pillar in the way in which till you’re able to go. It’s indestructible; you aren’t.

Arrange a Spring subsequent to the pillar, soar on prime and ground-pound it to get airborne. We now have two springs right here, however just one is important at this level.

Link setting up two Springs in the King Gleeok fight

As soon as airborne, we have to assault every head in flip. They’ve much more well being than the earlier Gleeoks, so anticipate hit every head twice. The Flame head must be hit with one thing icy (Ice Fruit or White Jelly), the Frost head with one thing fiery (Hearth Fruit) and the Thunder head with one thing robust (Gibdo Bones). When you’ve carried out sufficient harm to every head, it’s going to recoil within the air and plummet to terra firma.

Such as you, King Gleeok takes fall harm; drop out of the air above it, aiming for the pinnacle you need to assault (trace: in case your strongest weapon is a fireplace weapon, intention for the ice head), however open your paraglider on the final second to keep away from harm. Equip your greatest weapon for the pinnacle you’re subsequent to and completely go to city on it.

King Gleeok suffering damage to its ice elemental head

You solely have a couple of seconds, after which it’s going to shortly rise up and bat you away. Take this chance to retreat to the protected spot (your Spring) and prepare to go once more.

A collapsed Link in the King Gleeok fight

Nonetheless, it’s best to word that this boss can destroy your gadgets, which dissipate into nothing each every so often.

Section 2 – The exhausting approach

King Gleeok will retreat into the air as soon as you’re taking off round two-thirds of its well being. It goes extremely excessive up and rains assaults down on you from every of the three heads. That is the half the place preventing at evening actually makes a distinction.

As you run across the discipline, you will note tiny beams of sunshine coming down from the sky. Gentle blue is an icicle that freezes you, gentle yellow is a lightning bolt.

An airborne King Gleeok against a blue sky

As a way to get the most effective tactical view to dodge the lightning, it is advisable to pan the digicam down; within the daytime, this may be actually tough to identify.

When the lightning strikes the bottom it’s going to create an updraft. It’s worthwhile to trip these as excessive as you possibly can whereas dodging icicles, lighting and fireplace — extraordinarily troublesome within the absolute chaos that the battlefield turns into.

Section 2 – The simple approach

Or, you possibly can skip all that by pledging your allegiance to the Spring — the one true Zonai system.

Take two springs out of your merchandise bag and place them on the bottom. They may robotically stack. Rapidly connect them with Ultrahand after which climb on prime. Floor-pound and up we go.

This takes you to only exterior hanging distance with most bows, which is the place the Zonai Bow is available in clutch.

Stun every head one final time, after which watch as one other one bites the mud.

If the impression at terminal velocity doesn’t terminate it, the ultimate crack out of your strongest melee weapon will.

King Gleeok drops / rewards

Wow, that was a troublesome combat. Congratulations if you happen to’ve made it this far — you’ve earned each what the King drops, and what it protects.

First, you possibly can nab the loot it drops: for us, that was 5 Gleeok Wings, one Gleeok Guts, and one every of the three elemental horns: a Gleeok Flame Horn, Gleeok Frost Horn and Gleeok Thunder Horn. These are extremely highly effective, so be sure you seize them.

The heart make a “highly effective” elixir, the wing has a powerful +24 fuse assault energy and makes your arrows/thrown weapons fly additional. The horns, nevertheless, provide +30 fuse assault energy, making them among the many strongest elemental gadgets within the recreation.

However wait there’s extra. Assuming you fought one of many King Gleeok’s discovered on a Sky Island (there are three in complete to defeat), now you can open the chest for an ultra-rare merchandise — the Sage’s Will.

Finding a Sage’s Will with the text, “The remnants of a former Sage’s resolve. If you gather four of them and offer them to a Goddess Statue, you can deepen your connection with the Sages.”

And, if you happen to time it properly, you possibly can take pleasure in a surprising dawn as a cherry on the cake.

Now it’s time to search out the opposite three King Gleeoks… good luck!