The wait is over, and Nintendo fans across the world have finally jumped into The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s vast open world and set off on the huge main quest!
Of course, the review scores for TOTK have been almost perfect across the board, and it’s little wonder when the game has so much to offer.
In fact, Tears of the Kingdom is the biggest Zelda game of all time, not just in terms of map size, but also story length!
How Many Story Missions Are There in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom?
There are 23 main story quests in Tears of the Kingdom for players to complete. This is 8 more than the previous game in the series, Breath of the Wild.
With so many missions, it’s no wonder that just the main story in TOTK will take dozens of hours to finish!

Tears of the Kingdom Main Story Quests List
Following the prologue, these are the 23 main story quests to complete in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom:
- Find Princess Zelda
- The Closed Door
- To the Kingdom of Hyrule
- Regional Phenomena
- Find the Fifth Sage
- Crisis at Hyrule Castle
- Camera Work in the Depths
- Trail of the Master Sword
- Recovering the Hero’s Sword
- Tulin of Rito Village
- Yunobo of Goron City
- The Sludge-Covered Statue
- The Broken Slate
- Restoring the Zora Armor
- Clues to the Sky
- Sidon of the Zora
- Riju of Gerudo Town
- Secret of the Ring Ruins
- Guidance from Ages Past
- A Mystery in the Depths
- Impa and the Geoglyphs
- The Dragon’s Tears
- Destroy Ganondorf
The order which you will get and complete these main quests can vary. Tears of the Kingdom is a very open game and will usually give you the choice of a few main quests to finish, so this can lead to players completing them in a different order.
However, Destroy Ganondorf and Find Princess Zelda will be the ones you complete last.
As TOTK is a direct sequel to Breath of the Wild, you may also want to know how it fits in with its predecessor’s story. Find out how long after BOTW Tears of the Kingdom is set!