Princess Zelda Kidnapped?! side adventure in Zelda: TotK

Tears of the Kingdom: The Legend of Zelda’s Lucky Clover Gazette side adventure “Potential Princess Sightings!” has you visiting stables across Hyrule in search of newspaper stories by completing additional side adventures. As with many others, “Princess Zelda Kidnapped?!” The Yiga Clan is involved.

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‘Princess Zelda Kidnapped?!’ side adventure

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The “Princess Zelda Kidnapped?!” side adventure starts at the Dueling Peaks Stable in western Necluda. Penn may be difficult to find once you get there.

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He’s standing all the way at the top of the roof. Talk to him to pick up the “Princess Zelda Kidnapped?!” side adventure. He’ll inform you that the Yiga Clan have sent a note to the Lucky Clover Gazette reading, “We have taken Zelda to the carved-out heart of the towering twins!” The “towering twins” refers to the nearby Dueling Peaks, and the “carved-out heart” is a location near the southern twin’s peak.

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The Dueling Peaks are located southwest of the stable. You’re looking for the saddle in the peak of the southern twin at coordinates (1321, -1958, 0304) — you can see the exact location in the map above. When you get there, you’ll see “Princess Zelda” in a cage, but, since it’s the Yiga Clan, this one is a(nother) banana-scented phony. Use Ultrahand to lift it off, and then… fight the three Yiga assassins to complete “Princess Zelda Kidnapped?!”

The best way to deal with them (especially since you’re fighting three at once) is to wait for an attack you can either Backflip Side Hop or The Perfect Guard.

• When a Yiga backflips away from you, they’re going to run forward and slash. Hold your shield up with ZL and hit A right before the Yiga gets to you. If you time it correctly, your Perfect Guard can temporarily stun the enemy.
• When they stand up straight and disappear in a puff of magic, they’re going to drop straight down on you. You can move backwards a bit so that they will land in front of your face and attack. You can also time your Backflip to appear just as they do and then trigger the Flurry Rush.