The Deku Tree is a long-running character from The Legend of Zelda game franchise. They have been a wellspring of knowledge for both the players and a plot-pushing device for the video game’s characters to know what course of action to take next.
In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom, they will be the ones who put you on the right path to acquiring Master Sword. To interact with them, you just need to approach them and stand on the stump in front of their face.
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Delving Into The Depth
Firstly, you’ll need to make your way to the Korok Forest in the Great Hyrule Forest. You’ll be able to access this area by getting through the Lost Woods. Once that is out of the way, you will be able to fast travel here. Interacting with the Deku Tree in this area will have them tell you that their stomach is not feeling well. Jump down to the lower part of the map and turn back in the direction of the tree, and you will see a raised path that leads into a tunnel underneath the Deku Tree.
Go into the entrance of this tunnel and follow it. You will come to a wide room, but keep heading directly straight, and you will come to a chasm. Hop down this chasm and go all the way to the bottom until you land up in Korok Grove in The Depths.
Defeating Phantom Ganon
Several Gloom Hands will appear which you need to defeat. If you take gloom damage from them, you will need to heal up. You can make use of the game’s fusion feature to fuse some bomb flowers to your arrows. This will let you deal significant damage while keeping a safe distance. Once these hands have been defeated, it will trigger a boss fight with Phantom Ganon, Scourage of the Deku Tree.
His hits deal quite a lot of damage, so always be ready when he telegraphs an upcoming attack. Defeating Phantom Ganon will trigger a cutscene where you see all the surrounding gloom start to disappear.
Return To The Deku Tree
Look up and along the walls of the room until you see two large mushrooms. Use Ascend on the first mushroom, then Ascend on the second mushroom. You will see a plant and a groove going into the wall next to it. Head into this groove and use Ascend above you, and you will begin your rise.
You will end up back in Korok Forest. Head back up to the Deku Tree and talk to it for some dialog and a cutscene. After this cutscene, the Deku Tree will mark the location of the Master Sword on your map. This will begin the Main Quest, “Recovering the Hero’s Sword."
