Skyward Sword: Silent Realms

Sources reviewed: 2026-11-10

Four trials, fifteen tears each, sixty in total. You are not fighting a boss. You are not getting seen.

Faron’s realm pays the Water Dragon’s Scale. Lanayru’s pays the Clawshots. Eldin’s pays the Fireshield Earrings. Skyloft’s pays the Stone of Trials. Each realm holds 15 sacred tears. Guardians stay down inside the protective circle and wake when you step out. The failure state is the guardian, and the success state is the item for that region.

These are not dungeons and they are not on the seven-dungeon list. The tears are counted on the collectibles page. Do the realm when the story asks for that item: the scale before parts of the water dragon’s request, the earrings before the crater, the Clawshots before the routes that need a double hook, the stone when Skyloft’s trial is the one in front of you.

Trial sequence and exits

Collect all 15 tears in a realm and return to its starting circle. A tear pauses the Guardians for 90 seconds; Waking Water and Watcher light reactivate them. Light Fruit reveals the remaining tears briefly. The four trial rewards are progression tools, so the trial is complete only after returning to its exit.

Official overview trailer

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