Gerudo Desert: Difference between revisions

{{Hatnote|This article refers to the location in {{TP}}, {{BotW}}, {{TotK}}, and {{HWAoC}}. For the desert containing [[Gerudo]]s in {{OoT}}, see [[Haunted Wasteland]] and [[Desert Colossus]].}}

{{Infobox Location

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|Screenshot TPHD= File:TPHD Gerudo Desert.png

|Screenshot BotW= File:BotW Gerudo Desert.png

|Screenshot TotK= File:TotK Gerudo Desert.png

|Map BotW= File:BotW Gerudo Desert Map Area.png

|game= TP, BotW, TotK

|other= LCT, HW, HWAoC

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{{Infobox Game Blocks

|BotW= {{Plural|BotW|Gerudo|link}}, {{Term|BotW|Tera|link}}

|TotK= {{Plural|TotK|Gerudo|link}}

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|TP= {{Term|TPHD|Piece of Heart|link}}, ×8 {{Plural|TPHD|Poe Soul|link}}, ×2 {{Plural|TPHD|Dayfly|link}}

|BotW= {{Term|BotW|Thunder Helm|link}}, {{Term|BotW|Gerudo Outfit|link}}, {{Term|BotW|Desert Voe Set|link}}, {{Term|BotW|Radiant Set|link}}

}}

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|TotK= {{Term|Series|Gerudo Desert Depths|link}} {{Small|({{Term|TotK|Depths|link}})}}, {{Term|Series|Gerudo Desert Sky|link}} {{Small|({{Term|TotK|Sky|link}})}}

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|related= {{Term|Series|Gerudo Highlands|link}}

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The {{Term/Store|Gerudo Desert||Series, BotW, TotK, HWAoC}}<ref>{{Cite|{{Big|'''Gerudo Desert'''}}|Map|BotW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|{{Big|'''Gerudo Desert'''}}|Map|TotK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|{{Big|{{Color|HWAoC Map|'''Gerudo Desert'''}}}}|Map|HWAoC}}</ref>, also known as the '''Western Desert''',{{Exp Game|TP}}<ref>{{Cite|Actually, there's one more of us...but there's been a disturbing turn of events in the {{Color|TPHD Red|western desert}}, so he's gone to check it out.|Telma|TPHD}}</ref> and the '''Great Desert''',{{Exp Game|TP}}<ref>{{Cite Guide|quote= |game= TP|publisher= Nintendo|page= 178}}</ref> is a recurring location in {{TLoZ|Series}}.

==={{TP|-}}===

The Gerudo Desert is found in the [[Desert Province]] in {{TP}}, located in the {{exp|GCN version; southeast in the Wii version|southwest}} corner of [[Hyrule]]. Although called Gerudo Desert, the [[Gerudo]] themselves do not appear in {{TP|-}}. The Gerudo Desert is completely cut off from the rest of Hyrule after being abandoned years ago. At first, Link can only reach it by being shot out of [[Fyer]]'s cannon and can only leave by [[Warping]] out. According to [[Auru]], the Desert once held a prison to hold Hyrule's worst criminals.<ref>{{Cite|The Gerudo Desert once held a prison built to hold the worst criminals this land has ever known... The criminals who were sentenced to death were sent directly to the underworld by a cursed mirror that was kept in the prison...Now that prison is condemned, and even the road leading to the Desert is impassable.|Auru|TP}}</ref> The Gerudo Desert covers a vast territory, but most of its surface is a barren wasteland with no signs of life other than enemies like [[Moldorm]]s, [[Shadow Beast]]s, [[Bulblin]]s and [[Leever]]s.

The Gerudo Desert holds the [[Arbiter's Grounds (Dungeon)|Arbiter's Grounds]] [[Dungeon]], the aforementioned prison. On top of it lies the [[Mirror Chamber]], a large circular temple where the [[Sage#Twilight Princess|Sages]] reside. It houses the [[Mirror of Twilight]], which is the only way to access the [[Twilight Realm]]. The Mirror of Twilight can create a portal inside a gigantic rock that leads to the [[Palace of Twilight]]. The mirror was shattered into four pieces by [[Zant]], but the three missing pieces are recovered by [[Link]] and [[Midna]]. After the defeat of [[Ganondorf]], Midna departs to the Twilight Palace and shatters the mirror completely. The [[Gerudo Mesa]] can also be found in the Gerudo Desert. It holds the [[Cave of Ordeals]], an optional 50-floor dungeon.

====Areas====

|TP= Arbiter's Grounds (Dungeon), Cave of Ordeals, Desert Caravan, Gerudo Mesa, Mirror Chamber

==={{BotW|-}}===

In {{BotW|-}}, the Gerudo Desert is a vast desert wasteland located in the southwest section of [[Hyrule]] in the [[Gerudo (Region)|Gerudo]] region. It is plagued by sandstorms that disrupt Link's [[Sheikah Slate]] [[Map]], rendering it unusable. Four [[Molduga]]s can be found throughout the desert. [[Stalizalfos]] appear all over it during the night.

====Climates====

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[[File:BotW Gerudo Desert Climate Area.png|thumb|center|Map boundaries of the "Gerudo desert" climate within the {{Term|BotW|Gerudo Desert}}]]

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{{!}} 800m+ {{!!}} -18.4 °F{{Exp|-28.0 °C}} {{!!}} -18.4 °F{{Exp|-28.0 °C}}

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{{!}} 900m+ {{!!}} -18.4 °F{{Exp|-28.0 °C}} {{!!}} -18.4 °F{{Exp|-28.0 °C}}

{{!}} 1000m+ {{!!}} -18.4 °F{{Exp|-28.0 °C}} {{!!}} -18.4 °F{{Exp|-28.0 °C}}

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|header= Gerudo Desert Lv2 Climate

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[[File:BotW Gerudo Desert Level 2 Climate Area.png|thumb|center|Map boundaries of the "Gerudo desert Lv2" climate within the {{Term|BotW|Gerudo Desert}}]]

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{{!}} 800m+ {{!!}} -18.4 °F{{Exp|-28.0 °C}} {{!!}} -18.4 °F{{Exp|-28.0 °C}}

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{{!}} 900m+ {{!!}} -18.4 °F{{Exp|-28.0 °C}} {{!!}} -18.4 °F{{Exp|-28.0 °C}}

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====Areas====

{{Gallery List|Locations

|BotW= Arbiter's Grounds, Dako Tah Shrine, Divine Beast Vah Naboris, Dragon's Exile, East Barrens, East Gerudo Ruins, Fang and Bone [West Barrens], Gerudo Great Skeleton, Gerudo Town, Great Cliffs, Hawa Koth Shrine, Kara Kara Bazaar, Karusa Valley, Keive Tala Shrine, Kema Zoos Shrine, Korsh O'hu Shrine, Lookout Post, Misae Suma Shrine, North Dragon's Exile, North Gerudo Ruins, Northern Icehouse, Palu Wasteland, Palu Wasteland South, Raqa Zunzo Shrine, Sand-Seal Rally, Southern Oasis, Takama Shiri Shrine, Tera's Great Fairy Fountain, Tho Kayu Shrine, Toruma Dunes, West Barrens, West Gerudo Ruins

==={{TotK|-}}===

{{TotK Quest/Container|

|type= Main Quest

|location= [[Lookout Landing]]

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|name= Riju of Gerudo Town

|giver= [[Riju]]

|location= [[Gerudo Town]]

====Areas====

{{Gallery List|Locations

|TotK= Ancient Altar Ruins, Ancient Prison Ruins, Arbiter's Grounds, Central Gerudo Cave, Chichim Shrine, Desert Rift, Dragon's Exile, East Barrens, East Gerudo Ruins, East Gerudo Ruins Cave, Gerudo Great Skeleton, Gerudo Sanctuary, Gerudo Town, Great Cliffs, Irasak Shrine, Kara Kara Bazaar, Karahatag Shrine, Karusa Valley, Kudanisar Shrine, Lightning Temple, Lookout Post, Miryotanog Shrine, North Dragon's Exile, North Gerudo Ruins, Northern Icehouse, Oasis Source, Palu Wasteland, Palu Wasteland South, Quicksand Cave, Siwakama Shrine, South Gerudo Cave, Southern Oasis, Southern Oasis Training Area, Statue of the Eighth Heroine Room, Toruma Dunes, Valley of Silent Statues, West Barrens, West Gerudo Ruins, West Gerudo Underground Ruins

}}

==={{LCT|-}}===

{{Noncanon|End}}

*In {{TP|-}}, the [[Hylian Language|Hylian Typography]] on the map of [[Hyrule]] lists the Gerudo Desert under the name "Great Desert".

{{Nomenclature}}

File:LCT Arbiter's Grounds: Ranger.jpg|The Gerudo Desert from {{LCT|-}}

File:HW Gerudo Desert.jpg|The Gerudo Desert from {{HW|-}}

|Desert Province, Deserts, Gerudo Desert