The Gerudo Desert is a vast location in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, with many different facets to it. Within this desert you can find yourself a multitude of locations to search ruins to run around in, and quests to complete. You can also find yourself some new weapons and shields here, such as the Gerudo set of weapons. Here’s our guide on where to get Gerudo Shield and Scimitar in Tears of the Kingdom.
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Where to get Gerudo Shield and Scimitar in Tears of the Kingdom
Finding these weapons in Tears of the Kingdom can be a bit of a pain. The Gerudo Shield is a random spawn, and the Gerudo Scimitar is also mostly a random drop, but at least has fixed spawn locations in the world.
Gerudo Shield
Head here, and you should see some bones, hanging on the bones is a Shock Like. Screenshot by PC Invasion
Firstly, the Gerudo Shield is a random drop from enemies that drop chests. The way I got my Gerudo Shield in Tears of the Kingdom was by going to the location you can see on the map above. Here, there was a Shock Like, which drops a treasure chest when killed. It took me a few tries of saving before fighting it, then reloading, but I did eventually get a Gerudo Shield from here. Taking this enemy down doesn’t take long either, so you can do this repeatedly for a few minutes and hopefully get a Gerudo Shield quickly.
Gerudo Scimitar
Head here, and you should see a quicksand pit, dive into this, and you should end up at the Ancient Prison Ruins. Screenshot by PC Invasion
For the Gerudo Scimitar in Tears of the Kingdom, there’s the random methods you can use, such as a drop from a Molduga in the Gerudo Desert, but luckily there is a fixed method. You’re going to want to head to the Ancient Prison Ruins, which are in the Pela Wasteland. You can proceed to the location shown in the map above, and you should see a quicksand pit below. Dive into this quicksand pit, and you’ll end up at the Ancient Prison Ruins. Once you’re in there, follow the path around, opening gates as you go, and as you get to the second lever to open a gate to the left, that door will contain a Gerudo Scimitar inside.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available for purchase from the Nintendo Store.
