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You will come across many different kinds of quests in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. In addition to making it through the various dungeons of the Main Quests, you will also be faced with plenty of Side Quests, Side Adventures, and Shrine Quests. These will throw an array of puzzles, traversal challenges, and boss fights your way.
The Trip Through History quest will not require combat of any kind and will just need you to do some traveling. The last part is quite the climb, but this can be circumvented by having a rocket on hand.
Starting A Trip Through History
To start this quest, you will first need to head on over to Kakariko Village. There will be an NPC that roams around the village. Sometimes they are walking, sometimes, they are running, and sometimes they are just standing next to a tree near the Southern Entrance to the village. This NPC is named Bugut. After some dialog with Bugut, you will start the Side Quest, A Trip Through History. This quest will send you on the hunt to find and read through some books.
The First Book
It is much easier to just use a map image to show you where to go rather than explain every small detail and take up a large portion of your time. You will find your destination located between Sahasra Slope and the Pillars of Levia. This location is also to the South West of Kakariko Village. This will be the location of the first book you will need to find. Once you are in the “C” shaped part of this area, head to the opposite end of the entrance. Here, turn right and run along the wall, and you will come to a dead end. In this dead end will be a small table with various tools, a light source, and the first book on top of it. Head on over to the book and interact with it to start reading it. Read through the dialog of the Deciphered Slabs.
The Second Book
Head on over to this part of the map, You will cross over an old-looking wooden bridge as you enter the area. Straight ahead, you will see some support beams, head between these beams, and over another wooden bridge made of straight planks. As you cross over these planks, turn right, and you see will another table with a light source and a book to read. Just like the last one, it is next to a giant stone slab of text and will include what the writers have deciphered from it. Read the through the dialog of the Deciphered Slabs, and you will have 2 books down.
The Third Book
The third book will have you nestling between the East Hill and the East Hill Chasm. Here you will find a structure with a wooden ramp on its right side. Head up this ramp. Follow along the ramp, taking every turn it makes, and when you come to the end of the other side, you will see another table next to a stone slab straight ahead. Head on over to read through all of its dialogs before heading off to the final book. This book will have more text than the previous two, making it feel like a much longer read.
The Final Book
The fourth and final book to read will be North of Lantern Lake and West of Ring Ruins. A map image has been included, just like for the previous 3 books. This can be quite the climb, but you can always just fuse a rocket to your shield, launch yourself high up into the sky, and then glide down to the book. This book is located on a table under a blue tarp. After reading it, glide back down to the village and speak to Bugut to get your reward and complete the quest.
