The Legend of Zelda swapped the Sheikah Towers from Breath of the Wild for Skyview Towers in Tears of the Kingdom, and this new mode of travel has made getting around Hyrule a breeze. As players go about unlocking all of the towers around Hyrule, however, they might run into a bit of a prickly situation with the Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower.
While most of the Skyview Towers are easy to activate, the Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower’s door is blocked by a briar patch that will damage you if you get too close. These briar patches can be easily set ablaze and will disintegrate in ashes, but there’s a bit of a catch: it never stops raining in the Wetlands. Guess that’s how this region got its name, huh?
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With the constant onslaught of rain, any fires you create will be immediately extinguished before they can destroy the briar patch. Luckily for you, Hudson Construction has a solution—but it will require a little bit of labor and a whole lot of creativity.
Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower door puzzle solution in TOTK
The Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower is located in East Necluda at coordinates 2421, -2786, 0219. We’ve circled it on the map below.
When you get to the tower, you’ll notice two rings of briar. Don’t even think about trying to jump over them, either; the briar will deal damage with its sharp thorns. And while you won’t be able to light the briar along the path on fire, there’s a hidden spot that’s out of the rain where you can.
Hudson Construction, a construction company in Hyrule that’s apparently been busy since Calamity Ganon fell, has set up shop all around the tower.
As part of the construction, there are a couple of scaffolds around the briar rings that offer protection from the rain. To the left of the tower’s entrance is an easy spot to approach with a pot, as shown in the image below. Set the briar on fire with one of two options: throwing flammable objects at it, like Fire Fruit or Red Chu Chu Jelly, or if you’re like us and have an extra Fire Emitter in your bag, you can attach it to your shield and use it by holding “R” to spit flames. Just make sure your Energy Cell is fully charged if you haven’t upgraded it yet.
After burning the first bit of briar, you can then get closer to the tower. But don’t get excited yet. There’s still more briar blocking the door to the tower, and there’s no scaffolding over those thorns.
If you look at your surroundings, you’ll notice a couple of deposits of construction materials leftover from Hudson Construction. Using the Ultrahand ability, you can build a cover that you can then place over the briar patch that’s blocking the door. How you want to build it is entirely up to you—it doesn’t need to be too intricate. What worked for us was putting four two-by-fours together and attaching them to one flat plank, so it will be elevated on one side.
If you put this above the briar, it will block the rain and allow you to burn anything that lies beneath it, as shown in the video below. Thanks, Hudson!
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Once you’ve burned away those pesky thorns, you can now enter the tower. Activating it will launch you into the sky, letting you surveil the surrounding area, update your map, and create a fast travel point for quick navigation.
When you return a second time, all the briar will be gone—even those patches you didn’t scorch. The rain will still be there, though, so if you’re planning a second trip to the Rabella Wetlands, make sure to bring an umbrella.
