How many Temples are in Tears of the Kingdom (TotK)?

One of the most exciting returns of a traditional Zelda game element in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is dungeons. While they’re called Temples in this game, we finally have a return to semi-proper dungeon crawling from every other Zelda game before Breath of the Wild. And the Divine Beasts were interesting, but they just weren’t dungeons in the sense we know and love. If you’re excited to get back into an actual Zelda dungeon again, you may be wondering: How many Dungeons (I mean Temples) are in Tears of the Kingdom? We’ve got you covered.

How many Temples are in Tears of the Kingdom?

Seven overall.

You have the base four that are hinted at in the regional phenomena main quest. They are the Wind Temple, the Fire Temple, the Lightning Temple, and the Water Temple respectively. Each comes with its own buildup questline as per usual Zelda. Then you can do the temple and get your heart container at the end.

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But once you complete the four, there are three more in the game to get through. There’s the Construct Factory, the Forgotten Temple, and of course, Hyrule Castle. If Hyrule Castle weren’t the final dungeon after being set up, something would be wrong.

That number is on par with Wind Waker, Spirit Tracks, Skyward Sword, and even Breath of the Wild if you count Divine Beasts, but lower than Ocarina of Time, the original Legend of Zelda, or Twilight Princess, which all have nine. So seven is a perfectly normal count for a Zelda game.

You can beat at least the first four Temples in any order. This is much like in early Zelda games or Breath of the Wild. Obviously Hyrule Castle has to be last as usual. Whether you feel the Temples match up to the dungeons of eld or not is up to you.