Highlights
- Tears of the Kingdom's DLC could add another dungeon that parallels Breath of the Wild's Divine Beasts, with a potential Light Temple in a golden area.
- The existing dungeons in Tears of the Kingdom are all thematically tied to different elements and have corresponding Sages.
- The addition of a Zonai-themed Light Temple would be a fitting expansion and could serve as a memorable Zelda dungeon experience.
This article contains spoilers for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.It's been a little while since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom came out, and players are still working their way through its enormous world. Compared to its predecessor Breath of the Wild, their shared Hyrule still feels fresh thanks to a breadth of new content, including sky islands and a whole underground map. While DLC is on many fans' minds, it's not because Tears of the Kingdom is lacking in things to do, but rather just because of the precedent set by Breath of the Wild's own season pass.
Some of the high points in Tears of the Kingdom come when the open world is funneled into four dungeons themed around the elements of Hyrule's tribes. While these feature nonlinear progression similar to Breath of the Wild's Divine Beasts, they all have a bit more personality and even a dungeon item equivalent. Like The Champions' Ballad DLC before it, Tears of the Kingdom's DLC could add another dungeon to this set, and its theme is already apparent.
Tears of the Kingdom Has Dungeons Devoted To Most Of Its Elements
Within Tears of the Kingdom, there are dungeons with various histories and unique names, but they are all united as being elementally themed temples. The Wind Temple is found by the Rito, the Fire Temple is by the Gorons, and so on. Each temple has a corresponding Sage, and there is a partial fifth temple devoted to Mineru, the Sage of Spirit, consisting mostly of a lead-up in the sky and then in the Depths. One could consider the final dungeon to be Ganondorf's own Darkness Temple and the collective Zonai Shrines as Rauru's Light Temple.
However, that last one is a stretch. While there is a Temple of Time in Tears of the Kingdom, it is situated on the Great Sky Island tutorial area, which in retrospect feels like a blown-out dungeon. Although the Zonai Shrines do give out Blessings of Light, they are not temples in truth. Therefore, a DLC could easily capitalize on this by adding a true Light Temple, perhaps in the golden area the Light Dragon enters as Link draws the Master Sword. An area even higher in the clouds would be fitting for a Zonai-themed temple.
A DLC Light Temple Suits Tears of the Kingdom Perfectly
This would be a fitting expansion to Tears of the Kingdom, and one that would parallel the dungeon added in Breath of the Wild's final DLC. While most ancient Sheikah technology vanished in Tears of the Kingdom, one notable reference to it exists in a new Yiga cave attached to the former Shrine of Resurrection. Clearing it offers the reward of a Zonai bike schematic, referencing the Master Cycle Zero, a Divine Beast Link got at the end of The Champions' Ballad. Tears of the Kingdom's DLC ought to go one step further and parallel the structure of said DLC.
Rauru would take the place of Monk Maz Koshia, directing Link to new trials. In the end, Link would return to the Great Sky Island and be taken to a final dungeon. It would lean on his borrowed right arm from Rauru, but that would still be a fitting parallel to the fifth Divine Beast dungeon meant for Link himself. Rauru's spirit could manifest as the boss, which would give more context to his participation in Tears of the Kingdom's ending. Even though Tears of the Kingdom's DLC hasn't been confirmed yet, a Zonai-centric Light Temple is the obvious place to go, and thanks to its novel theme could serve as a very memorable Zelda dungeon.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available now on Nintendo Switch.
