Skyward Sword: Lanayru, the thunder dragon

Sources reviewed: 2026-11-10

You meet a skeleton. The living dragon is the same body after a timeshift stone rewinds the gorge. He is ill until he eats the Life Tree Fruit.

The Japanese name used on the wiki is ラネール. He waits in Lanayru Gorge as bones. A mine cart and a timeshift stone restore the area long enough to bring him back, and the living dragon is sick. The cure is the fruit of the Tree of Life: plant the seedling at the Temple of Time in the Sealed Grounds so the fruit exists in the present, then carry it to him. Only then does he sing his part of the Song of the Hero.

After he recovers he opens the Lightning Round. Rewards I will list, because the wiki table is specific: round 1 is 20 rupees, 2 a small treasure, 3 is 100 rupees, 4 a heart piece, 5 is 300, 6 a rare treasure, 7 is 500, 8 the Hylian Shield, 9 is 2,000, 10 three rare treasures, 11 is 3,000, 12 is 9,900. If you already own the shield, or the pouch cannot hold it, round 8 pays 1,000 rupees instead. Normal mode’s rounds 9 through 11 omit bosses you have not fought, and they omit Demise. Hero Mode’s twelfth fight includes Demise.

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