Messages from an Ancient Era

Messages from an Ancient Era

Games	Tears of the Kingdom
Location	Lookout Landing Kakariko Village
Prerequisite	Complete at least one dungeon
Start	Speak to Wortsworth at Lookout Landing
Objective	Use Camera to photograph twelve stone tablets
Rewards	Silver Rupee × 12 Zonai Survey Team Fabric
Related	Impa and the Geoglyphs The Dragon's Tears Guidance from Ages Past Zora Stone Monuments
Attributes
Type	Side Adventure

Messages from an Ancient Era is a Side Adventure in Tears of the Kingdom.

Overview

After Link has completed a dungeon, a stone tablet falls on Lookout Landing. Wortsworth, a scholar, identifies it as ancient Hyrulean and leaves for Kakariko Village, where his research notes are.

On meeting Link again in Kakariko Village, Wortsworth explains what the tablet said, a contemporary history of the days of King Rauru's reign. He finds that the stone tablet is the first in a set of thirteen. He asks Link to photograph the others so he can translate them, and promises a reward for each tablet he brings a usable picture of, as well as explaining what they say. He also pins the pictures up on his wall, along with the translations and explanations.

When Link brings him a picture of the final tablet, he also gives him the Zonai Survey Team fabric as a further reward.

Requirements

At least one dungeon must have been completed to make the quest available.

Walkthrough

TODO: Clean up, third person, finish

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All of these tablets start on star-shaped sky islands, at the coordinates there should be a star-shaped island above you. When stepping on the center to take a picture of the tablet several will detach and begin to fall to the ground. At least one will fall into a chasm directly below, others will just crash to the ground. If you're quick enough you can take the picture before the platform starts falling too fast. If you miss any of these, the tablet can be found below the star-shaped sky island it started in, if in a chasm you may have to light the area to take the picture.

Many of the star sky islands can be reached by launching into the air using a Skyview Tower and gliding or paragliding to the sky island. Once you visit the island and take a picture of the writing on each tablet, return to Wortsworth in Kakariko Village. You can return with one picture at a time or multiple at once. He will pay a silver rupee for each one and read you the script then provide an interpretation. Afterward, he will post both versions on the walls of his lab for you to re-read as desired.

STONE TABLET #1

• Start from: Lookout Landing Skyview Tower
• Falls on Lookout Landing after a dungeon is completed
• Co-ordinates & map link: (-0268, 0066, 0018)

STONE TABLET #2

• Start from: Ulri Mountain Skyview Tower or Natak Shrine
• Found south of Akkala Highlands and northwest of the Hudson Construction Site and Tarrey Town. From the sky platform with the Flux Construct near Natak Shrine there are fans and other parts that can be used to fly high enough to reach this tablet.
• Co-ordinates & map link: (3573, 1744, 1357)

STONE TABLET #3

• Start from: Eldin Canyon Skyview Tower
• Located southeast of Eldin Canyon and northwest of the Zora's Domain.
• Co-ordinates & map link: (2209, 0993, 1145)

STONE TABLET #4

• Start from: Upland Zorana Skyview Tower
• Located west of the Zora's Domain in the Lanayru region.
• Co-ordinates & map link: (2908, 0197, 0797)

STONE TABLET #5

• Start from: Rospro Pass Skyview Tower or Ijo-o Shrine
• Located on the north-western corner of the map, west of the Hebra Mountains in the Hebra region.
• Co-ordinates & map link: (-4034, 3196, 0447)

STONE TABLET #6

• Start from: Pikida Stonegrove Skyview Tower or Taninoud Shrine
• Located northwest on the Hyrule map, north of the Tabantha Tundra, the east side of the Hebra region.
• Co-ordinates & map link: (-1369, 3575, 0904)

STONE TABLET #7

• Start from: Popla Foothills Skyview Tower
• Co-ordinates & map link: (0481, -2249, 0402)

STONE TABLET #8

• Start from: Gerudo Canyon Skyview Tower
• This can be reached using the paraglider from the tower but may require more than 3 wheels of stamina so bring meals that can refill the stamina gauge. And you may need protection from both cold and hot weather depending on the time you begin gliding.
• Co-ordinates & map link: (-2447, -3257, 1003)

STONE TABLET #9

• Start from: Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower or Yansamin Shrine
• Co-ordinates & map link: (2083, -2731, 1343)

STONE TABLET #10

• Start from: Mount Lanayru Skyview Tower
• This can be reached using the paraglider from the tower but requires more than 3 wheels of stamina so bring meals that can refill the stamina gauge. You will also need protection from cold weather.
• Co-ordinates & map link: (3919, -2471, 1203)

STONE TABLET #11

• Start from: Gerudo Highlands Skyview Tower
• Co-ordinates & map link: (-3605, -0935, 1597)

STONE TABLET #12

• Start from: Thyphlo Ruins Skyview Tower
• Located northwest of the Great Hyrule Forest on the northern side of Central Hyrule, in between the Thyphlo Ruins and Drenan Highlands. The platform will start falling into the depths once you stand on it. You can take a picture before or after by following it into the depths from Drenan Highlands Chasm.
• Co-ordinates & map link: (-0041, 2993, 1491)

STONE TABLET #13

• Start from: Gerudo Canyon Skyview Tower
• Co-ordinates & map link: (-1239, -1937, 0987)

Adventure Log

Step	Description
1	A priceless stone tablet engraved with ancient Hyrulean text has fallen from the sky into Lookout Landing. Wortsworth, a scholar of ancient Hyrulean, said he intends to decipher the text by comparing it to ancient documents left at the lab in Kakariko Village. He's departed for the village in the southeast.
2	It's become clear that there are 13 stone tablets documenting the age of legends. By deciphering all of them, one could learn about the lives of the royal family of that era, which was not documented in any history book. Capture the stone tablets in pictures, and show them to Wortsworth in Kakariko Village. You still need to capture [number].
Complete	You found all of the stone tablets and had Wortsworth decipher the ancient Hyrulean. Through these records of the ancient royal family, you got a glimpse of the thoughts and feelings of the people from that era. They seem to have left a deep impression on Wortsworth.

Gallery

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  Speak to Wordsworth in Kakariko Village, across from the Armor Shop