Popla Foothills Skyview Tower

The Popla Foothills Skyview Tower is one of 15 Skyview Towers in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KIngdom. The Popla Foothills Skyview Tower reveals the portion of West Necluda on both Sky and Surface maps.

The Popla Hills Skyview Tower is near Kakariko Village, sitting just southwest of the village, and over the hills from it. It is southeast of Lookout Landing and Hyrule field. Approach it from the south and east side of the hill it lies perched on where a gradual slope leads straight to it.

Popla Hills Skyview Tower is open but its panel is dimmed and not functional. You cannot activate it without help. Investigate the well outside of the tower. Your helper is down this well!

You’ll need a rock hammer made of a stone and stick, although there are supplies in the well. First, jump into the well. Water at the bottom will save you from taking damage. Here you can escape any time with the use of Ascension on the ceiling to return to the surface.

Look for a wall you can destroy. Hit it with your hammer and move beyond it down the passage to find a thief in a prison. Talk to him.

From here you’ll need to find another entrance to his prison. One easy way to do this is to place a marker using your slate by clicking the RIGHT STICK and peering through the bars. Wherever this marker lands is likely near the entrance of the cave: The entrance to the other end of the thief’s cave is due south.

Use Ascend to reach the surface and walk south from the tower off a small cliff and turn around. You are looking for a cave entrance – NOT THE WELL nearby, this second well has treasure in it, but it’s not related to the tower. It’s called the Popla Foothills Excavation Site.

Enter the cave and step on the small footpad to free the thief. This will activate the tower above. Ascend to it and approach the pedestal inside to activate the tower. You can now step on the pad to unlock the area map.

Note that this also creates a warp point back to the tower where you can launch into the sky at any time!

Also in this cave is a treasure chest containing Topaz, in a room to the left, behind bars.

As you leave this room you should notice a large square hole to investigate, in the wall opposite.