The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Master Sword, the series' iconic weapon, is lost early in the game due to storyline purposes. However, you'll be able to retrieve it soon enough. Here's our guide to help you get the Master Sword in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Likewise, it should be noted that this article contains major spoilers.

You start The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom with the Master Sword already in Link's possession. However, it gets corrupted by Ganondorf during the prologue, and Link loses the damaged version as well. This is unavoidable, but there are a few ways to learn of its location.

The normal method: Learn of its location from the Deku Tree

The normal method to obtain the Master Sword is by learning of its location from the Deku Tree. First, you'll have to cleanse Great Hyrule Forest, which isn't even noted as a main quest. Upon talking to the Deku Tree, you'll receive the Recovering the Master Sword quest. If you track the quest, you'll see that the weapon is moving.