Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Amiibo unlocks

Here's everything you need to know about Amiibo and Tears of the Kingdom.

You can use your real-life toys to grab powerful items inside The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom thanks to Amiibo unlocks.

Tears of the Kingdom is both a huge revolution and an iterative sequel to its predecessor - meaning there's a lot of upheaval, but also many familiar systems and mechanics return. One such returning mechanic is the Amiibo unlock system, for those who own Nintendo's branded figurines and trading cards with NFC capability.

Amiibo functionality for Tears of the Kingdom is once again based on your main powers wheel, and will be made available to you after the introduction of the game. Once you’re in the Great Sky Island - which is TOTK's equivalent of a tutorial zone - you’ll be able to use Amiibo once you begin acquiring the core powers Link will be using throughout this adventure.

Once unlocked, you’ll see an amiibo option in the main powers wheel that's accessed through pressing and holding the L button. Use it like any other power.

A circle will appear on the ground - and this is where the items unlocked by the amiibo scan will be dropped. If you see a cross instead of a circle, you need to move your target as it isn't an appropriate spawn spot.

If the amiibo option isn't in the radial menu once you’ve unlocked Link's powers, make sure that it's been turned on in the main menu of Tears of the Kingdom. It's set on by default, but if you’ve somehow flicked it to off, it removes the option entirely.

Just like Breath of the Wild, the good news is that Tears of the Kingdom features full compatibility with every amiibo Nintendo has released, be that figurines or trading cards. The bad news is that not all amiibo are equal, and some are more valuable than others.

To be specific, it splits into two key categories:

Many of the unique Zelda amiibo rewards are repeated from BOTW - though in TOTK, many of the amiibo unlocks from the original game are available naturally in-game, lurking within the Depths beneath Hyrule. However, amiibo represent a shortcut to getting these items - and there's still some exclusive amiibo unlocks, too.

The Zelda amiibo unlocks fit into a few overarching types of bonus:

Below, we list all of the Amiibo that have unique items related to them, and what they are: