The mystical dragons that are flying around Hyrule return once again in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and this time there is an extra one you can find. These giant serpents each patrol their own area of the map and provide you with plenty of materials that you can use to your advantage.

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These creatures won't attack you unless provoked and can be a little tricky to find, as their flight paths will take them down in The Depths as well. But when you know where to look, you can find them in no time. It is important to note that the three elemental dragons will take 30 minutes to complete their loop, while their light-based higher-up will take 2 hours to complete its loop.

Dinraal

The giant dragon of fire can be found, naturally, around Hyrule's resident volcano: Death Mountain. This is in the Eldin Mountain region in the northeast area of the map, and you will know you've found it by its bright red/orange coloring. He will emerge from the East Akkala Plains Chasm and will enter The Depths through the Drenan Highlands Chasm.

If you want to get up close and personal with Dinraal, you will want to bring along some fireproof gear with you so you don't light on fire. Nothing worse than having Link plummet out of the sky in a flaming ball.

Farosh

The dragon of lightning can be found in the southwest corner of the map, flying around the Gerudo Desert, as well as moving out over Lake Hylia. You can find Farosh emerging from The Depths through the East Gerudo Chasm and making its way east to the Hills of Baumer Chasm.

To catch a ride on Farosh, you will need the Rubber Armor set to help you with its electricity-based attacks and general existence.

Naydra

Naydra is the ice dragon, and they can be found flying around the Mount Lanayru region of the map. They will come out of the Naydra Snowfield Chasm and make their way over to the East Hill Chasm, where they will plunge into The Depths. Its path is a pretty wide circle of the area, and you will be able to spot them pretty easily from any of the hills around there.

Equip some ice-resistant armor to keep yourself safe from its freezing nature.

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Light Dragon

The newest dragon to the game is pretty hard to spot and even harder to get to. The Light Dragon flies high above Hyrule, higher than the Sky Islands. Not even a Skyview Tower will give you enough height to reach it at first. Luckily, it will eventually lower its height after you have found all the Dragon's Tears.

Its loop is big, and it won't go into The Depths. The Light Dragon will fly in a circular pattern around the entire map, even taking the time to fly by every Skyview Tower. In order to track it down, you will need to fast-travel around to the various Skyview Towers, launch yourself up, and then look up even higher once you are gliding in the air. It can be tough to spot among the various debris that is floating around in the air, but it looks a lot like the other dragons, so just keep an eye out for the long, serpent-like body.

Dragon Materials

There are a handful of materials that you can farm from each of the dragons by attacking specific parts of their body:

• Dragon Horn - can be acquired by shooting the horns on their face
• Shard of Dragon Fang - can be acquired by shooting their mouths
• Dragon Claw - can be acquired by shooting their claws
• Dragon Scale - can be acquired by shooting any of the generic parts of their body
• Shard of Dragon Spike - can be acquired by shooting the spikes that run along the dragons' bodies

With the Skyview Towers and the Sky Islands, you can easily land on a dragon to harvest materials as well, instead of relying on getting a good shot from below. The dragons won't even care if you are on their back after you have landed on them.

You will need to pay attention to the glow of the parts you are harvesting, as they will diminish over time as you collect the parts. However, it only takes 10 minutes for the energy to recharge, and you can harvest them again. This is different from the system in Breath of the Wild, where the dragons would immediately disappear once you started harvesting parts off of them.

Just be careful of when they begin to fly into The Depths, as this can easily knock you off their backs.

Luckily, the dragons are immortal, and you cannot kill them, so you will be able to harvest materials off of them whenever you want as your progress through the game, and you will definitely want to. The benefits of using their materials are massive and can give you some great equipment to use.

There are a few uses for the Dragon Parts: Weapon Fusing, Food Recipes, and upgrades with the Great Fairies. Using them for Weapon Fusing will give your weapon a boost in attack and much better durability and imbue it with the elemental power of the dragon. Using it in Food Recipes will give you a lot of health recovered, as well as a buff to the effects.

Here is a breakdown of what each one does:

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