Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - How To Get A Cobble Crusher

While the Boulder Breaker might look like a blunt yet somehow still useful shortsword in the hands of Yunobo, remember that Yunobo is a Goron among Gorons. And, as any LoZ fan knows Gorons always make everything look small in comparison to themselves. In Link's hands, this Legendary Armament is the largest of greatswords and is something that's absolutely worth getting for fans of the two-handed weapons in Tears of the Kingdom.

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With that in mind, let's go over how exactly Tears of the Kingdom players are meant to find the required 'base' weapon for crafting the Boulder Breaker called the Cobble Crusher. Here are just a few methods for finding one of these so-called swords.

Updated October 26th, 2023 by Jacob Buchalter: Finding specific items in Tears of the Kingdom is a bit of an undertaking. This game has so many different items in it and some of them are only found in very specific ways. Regional weapons, for example, differ in the way they're found from region to region. And, while the Boulder Breaker (which the Cobble Crusher can be made into) is one of the worst Legendary Armaments in terms of raw stats, it's fantastic for rock-breaking in caves and similar areas. So, with that in mind, let's go over where players can find Cobble Crushers reliably within the Eldin Mountain range.

How Regional Weapons Work

Region Appearance	Region Name	Weapons Found In Region
	Zora's Domain	Zora Sword, Zora Spear, Zora Longsword, Zora Shield, & Zora Bow
	Hebra Mountains	Feathered Edge, Falcon Bow, Swallow Bow, & Feathered Spear
	Eldin Mountains	Cobble Crusher
	Gerudo Desert	Gerudo Shield, Radiant Shield, Gerudo Bow, & Gerudo Scimitar

Each Region of Hyrule is predominately occupied by a different race in Tears of the Kingdom. The Rito are in the Hebra Mountain range, the Zora in the Lanayru Mountain range, the Gerudo in the Gerudo Desert, and the Goron occupy the Eldin Mountains. And, in each of these Regions Link will find their associated weapons and shields alongside all the other standard items and drops.

While there are rare instances in which players might find a Cobble Crusher outside of the Eldin Mountains, if they're looking to find one right away, the Eldin Mountains are by far the best place to look.

Methods To Find Cobble Crushers

Now there are three methods for finding regional weapons in Tears of the Kingdom. These methods apply to most of the regional weapons, from Zora Spear to Cobble Crusher, though Cobble Crushers do have one method that the other regional weapons don't have, but in exchange, Cobble Crushers also aren't obtained from any Side Quests like other regional weapons are. In any case, these methods are:

1. Using the Breath of the Wild Champion Daruk Amiibo
2. Found in Chests.
3. Looted from enemies in the Region.

Funnily enough, Each of these methods has its own pros and cons, so let's go over each one in-depth

Method 1: Using The Breath Of The Wild Daruk Amiibo

Appearance	Name	Potential Rewards
	Champion Daruk Amiibo	Rock Salt, Flint, Amber, Goron-Champion Fabric, Vah Rudania Divine Helm, & a Cobble Crusher

Oddly enough, the Cobble Crushers are the only regional weapons that don't seem to be offered anywhere as a type of Quest reward. Players can get the Zora Spear just by clearing a bit of muck off a Zora near the Upland Zorana Skyview Tower, but there's no method similar to that for the Cobble Crusher.

Instead, the only real 'unique' option for getting a Cobble Crusher is getting one by using the Breath of the Wild Champion Daruk Amiibo. Players can also expect to get a few other assorted items from this Amiibo if they remember to use it at least a couple of times.

Method 2: Obtained From Specific Chests

This next method will be the primary way players find the Cobble Crusher in Tears of the Kingdom. Each regional weapon has a method that seems to work better for it in the long run, like how farming enemies seems to work better for finding Zora Spears and Gerudo Scimitars/Shields but hunting for Treasure Chests seems to be the route to go for regarding Cobble Crushers and Swallow Bow. The image marks the general location of each Cobble Crusher chest, and the table below goes into greater detail on their locations:

Method 3: Looted From Specific Enemies

Finally, players can also get Cobble Crushers from enemies in the Eldin Mountains (otherwise known as the Death Mountain) area. Unlike other regions, it's pretty rare to see a Moblin using a Cobble Crusher in some random camp like it is seeing a Lizalfos with a Zora Spear. However, anywhere with Fire Likes or just standard Like Likes in the Eldin Mountains are great spots to obtain this weapon as the Chests they drop have a chance to contain a Cobble Crusher.

If players are farming these Like Likes for Cobble Crushers, the two best locations are the Death Mountain Foothill Cave and the Southern Mine Cave. If Link doesn't seem to be getting lucky with finding them in these Chests, remember that saving before opening the Chests and then reloading the save does re-roll what they'll contain.

Now there isn't a 'ton' of respawning enemies wielding Cobble Crushers, but there's one that can be found in the hands of a Boss Bokoblin just south of the Missis Lightroot in the Depths under Death Mountain. Every Blood Moon this Bokoblin will respawn with its Cobble Crusher in hand, so it's a great repeat method.