Link's House Guide — Tears of the Kingdom

Link's house in Hateno Village is a fully customizable home base that can be expanded with rooms, decorated with trophies, and used as a storage and display hub. Unlocking and upgrading the house is one of the most satisfying side-content loops in Tears of the Kingdom.

How to Unlock Link's House

Link's house in TotK is the same small structure from Breath of the Wild, now occupied by the Hudson Sign Company crew doing renovation work. To reclaim it:

Step 1: Start "Mattison's Independence" Side Adventure

In Hateno Village, speak to Penn (the Rito reporter) near the school building. He will direct you to the ongoing story around the village, which includes the Mayoral race between Reede and Cece.

Step 2: Complete the Hateno Village Side Adventure Chain

The house unlocking is tied to completing the Hateno Village Side Adventures — specifically the ones involving the cheese factory restoration and the mayoral election. Progress through these until the Hudson Crew finishes work on Link's house and leaves.

Step 3: Speak to Bolson

Once the renovation is complete, Bolson (the contractor from BotW) appears near the house entrance and offers to sell it to Link for 3,000 Rupees. Pay the fee to take ownership.

Alternative: If you completed the relevant side adventures in the correct order, the house may be offered at a discounted price (check your quest log for discount conditions).

House Layout After Purchase

After buying the house, it starts as a single-room structure with minimal furnishing. The interior contains:

• A bed (lets Link sleep to pass time or regenerate health)
• A weapon display rack — hold any weapon and select to mount it on the wall
• An entrance with a sign (can be customized)

Room Upgrades from Bolson

Speak to Bolson after purchasing the house to buy additional rooms. Each room expansion costs 100 Rupees and adds square footage to the house's footprint. Available expansions:

| Room | Cost | Function | |------|------|----------| | Expanded Main Room | 100 | Larger living area with more display space | | Kitchen Add-on | 100 | A cooking pot inside the house + decorative kitchen furniture | | Workshop | 100 | Weapon display racks expand from 3 to 8 mounting points | | Garden | 100 | External garden area that grows cooking ingredients (farmable) | | Second Floor | 200 | Bedroom loft with upgraded bed (full heart recovery) | | Library | 100 | Bookshelf area where collected lore tablets auto-display |

Total maximum upgrade cost: 700 Rupees beyond the initial 3,000 purchase. Budget accordingly before visiting Bolson.

Trophy and Weapon Display System

The house is the only location in the game where you can permanently display weapons without them being destroyed or removed. The Workshop upgrade extends your wall-mounted weapon capacity.

Mounting Weapons

• Hold a weapon in your inventory → interact with an empty wall mount → the weapon is displayed
• Displayed weapons cannot be retrieved and used until you take them back — they are safe from Lynel merchants or NPC interactions
• The display counts the weapon as "owned" for completion tracking

Boss Trophies

Defeating certain bosses drops Boss Trophies (sculptural items). These can be placed on trophy stands inside the house:

• Colgera's Crystal — trophy from the Wind Temple boss
• Marbled Gohma's Eye — trophy from the Fire Temple boss
• Mucktorok's Coral Horn — trophy from the Water Temple boss
• Queen Gibdo's Crown Fragment — trophy from the Lightning Temple boss
• Seized Construct Core — trophy from the Construct Factory mini-boss

Placing all five boss trophies on the display stands triggers a special lighting effect in the house's main room — the trophies glow in their respective elemental colors simultaneously.

The Garden — Free Cooking Ingredients

The Garden room upgrade is one of the best long-term investments. The garden auto-grows:

• Hearty Radish (3 per day in-game time)
• Big Hearty Radish (1 per Blood Moon cycle)
• Fortified Pumpkin (2 per day)
• Hylian Shrooms (5 per day)
• Blue Nightshade (2 per night cycle, planted near the fence)

To harvest, interact with each mature plant. The garden resets with each in-game day. This passive ingredient source is valuable for cooking buff meals without dedicated farming trips.

Bed and Sleep Mechanics

The standard bed (base house) restores hearts to full but provides no bonus. The loft bed (Second Floor upgrade) provides a Temporary Heart bonus — sleeping in it generates 3 temporary (yellow) hearts that persist until damaged, identical to eating a Hearty meal. Always sleep in the loft bed before major boss fights.

Using the House as a Base

The house's cooking pot (Kitchen upgrade) is always available without needing a campfire or stable. This is convenient for:

• Cooking large batches of buff meals before Depths exploration
• Preparing elixirs using materials stored from farming sessions
• Quick meal prep during the Hateno Village side adventure chain without leaving the village

Quick Tips

• Buy the house early — the 3,000 Rupee cost seems steep in early-game but pays off with the garden's passive ingredient generation within 5–10 in-game days
• The loft bed is worth the upgrade cost alone — temporary hearts before boss fights are free HP inflation
• Display your rarest weapons — weapons on the wall don't degrade or break. Use this to preserve your best Lynel weapons between farming sessions
• The garden plants reset daily — visit the house whenever you pass through Hateno to batch-collect without making a dedicated farming trip
• Bolson returns periodically — if you can't afford all upgrades at once, buy them incrementally; Bolson will still be available on return visits