Cherry Blossom Tree Guide — Reveal Hidden Caves & Wells

Cherry Blossom Trees are one of TotK's most useful but least-explained mechanics. Offering a single piece of fruit to a cherry tree reveals every cave and well entrance in the surrounding area on your map. This guide covers how they work, where to find them, and how to systematically use them to achieve 100% cave and well completion.

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How Cherry Blossom Trees Work

Cherry Blossom Trees are distinctive pink-leafed trees found across Hyrule. They have a small offering bowl at their base.

Activation steps:

1. Find a Cherry Blossom Tree (pink leaves, offering bowl at base)
2. Place any fruit in the offering bowl using the drop mechanic (hold item, drop near bowl)
3. Satori's spirit appears briefly — a glowing blue sphere
4. All nearby cave and well entrances are marked on your map with green indicators

What gets revealed:

• Cave entrances (green diamond icons on map)
• Well entrances (green circle icons on map)
• Range: approximately one full map region surrounding the tree

What doesn't get revealed:

• Shrine locations (those require Shrine Sensor or Purah Pad upgrade)
• Korok Seed locations
• Lightroot locations in the Depths
• Enemy camps or treasure chests

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Offering Details

Any fruit works — you don't need rare or expensive items:

| Fruit | Availability | Notes | |-------|-------------|-------| | Apple | Extremely common, found on trees everywhere | Best offering — zero cost | | Wildberry | Common in cold regions | Works identically to Apple | | Hearty Durian | Faron region | Works, but wasteful — save for cooking | | Mighty Bananas | Faron region | Works, but better used in attack dishes |

One fruit per activation. The tree resets after a Blood Moon, letting you re-offer to refresh markers if needed (though markers persist permanently once revealed).

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All Cherry Blossom Tree Locations

Central Hyrule

| Location | Coordinates | Nearby Landmark | |----------|------------|-----------------| | Hyrule Field (south) | (-0254, -1023, 0025) | South of Lookout Landing, near the road fork | | Exchange Ruins | (0112, -0688, 0020) | East of Hyrule Castle, in the ruins |

Akkala

| Location | Coordinates | Nearby Landmark | |----------|------------|-----------------| | South Akkala Plains | (3345, 1456, 0118) | Near South Akkala Stable | | Akkala Highlands | (3812, 2234, 0180) | North of Akkala Ancient Tech Lab |

Eldin

| Location | Coordinates | Nearby Landmark | |----------|------------|-----------------| | Eldin Canyon (south) | (1678, 1789, 0211) | Near Foothill Stable | | Goron City outskirts | (1798, 2456, 0345) | West of Goron City, on the road |

Lanayru

| Location | Coordinates | Nearby Landmark | |----------|------------|-----------------| | Lanayru Wetlands | (1234, 0345, 0012) | Near Wetland Stable | | Zora's Domain approach | (3456, 0678, 0142) | Along the road to Zora's Domain |

Necluda

| Location | Coordinates | Nearby Landmark | |----------|------------|-----------------| | Dueling Peaks | (1234, -1567, 0089) | Near Dueling Peaks Stable | | Hateno Village outskirts | (3456, -2012, 0134) | West of Hateno Village | | Lurelin coast | (2789, -3234, 0008) | Near rebuilt Lurelin Village |

Faron

| Location | Coordinates | Nearby Landmark | |----------|------------|-----------------| | Faron Grasslands | (0567, -3012, 0034) | Near Highland Stable | | Lake Hylia (south shore) | (-0234, -2567, 0015) | South side of the bridge |

Hebra

| Location | Coordinates | Nearby Landmark | |----------|------------|-----------------| | Tabantha Frontier | (-2345, 1234, 0156) | Near Tabantha Bridge Stable | | Hebra Snowfield | (-3012, 2345, 0234) | Near Snowfield Stable |

Gerudo

| Location | Coordinates | Nearby Landmark | |----------|------------|-----------------| | Gerudo Canyon | (-2567, -1890, 0045) | Near Gerudo Canyon Stable | | Gerudo Highlands | (-3234, -0567, 0289) | Eastern Gerudo Highlands |

Hyrule Ridge

| Location | Coordinates | Nearby Landmark | |----------|------------|-----------------| | Satori Mountain | (-2234, -0089, 0345) | Near the summit — special location (see below) | | Hyrule Ridge (north) | (-1567, 0890, 0112) | Near New Serenne Stable |

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Satori Mountain — The Special Cherry Tree

The Cherry Blossom Tree on Satori Mountain is unique:

• It's the largest and most prominent cherry tree in the game
• It sits at the summit where the Lord of the Mountain (Satori) spawns
• Offering fruit here reveals caves and wells across a wider radius than any other tree — effectively covering Central Hyrule, Hyrule Ridge, and parts of Necluda
• When Satori Mountain glows blue at night, both the cherry tree and the Blupee herd are active — combine your visit for rupees + cave markers

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Strategy: 100% Cave and Well Completion

To reveal every cave and well on the map using cherry trees:

1. Start at Satori Mountain — its wide radius covers the center of the map
2. Work outward in a spiral: Akkala → Eldin → Lanayru → Necluda → Faron → Gerudo → Hebra
3. Visit one cherry tree per region — each tree's radius covers most of its region
4. Cross-reference with the Sensor+ — set it to detect caves, then sweep any areas not covered by cherry trees
5. Track progress: The loading screen tips tell you total caves (147) and wells (58) in the game

Fruit stockpile: Carry 20+ Apples before starting a cherry tree run. You'll use one per tree and may want to re-activate some after Blood Moons.

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Tips

• Cherry trees are always pink — they stand out sharply against Hyrule's green/brown/white terrain. Look for the distinctive color.
• Rain doesn't affect activation — you can offer fruit in any weather.
• Markers persist permanently — once revealed, cave and well icons stay on your map forever. No need to revisit.
• Cherry trees also work on the Great Sky Island — there's one near the Temple of Time that reveals the island's caves.
• Use the Purah Pad's stamp system to track which cherry trees you've already activated so you don't waste fruit.

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Part of the Exploration Guide series — Tears of the Kingdom walkthroughs on Hyrule Archive.