How to get the Cece Hat in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

If you're finding it difficult to get the Cece Hat in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you're not alone - so here's a full breakdown of the quests you'll need to complete in order to get it.

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has plenty of side quests with mysterious elements to them, and the path to getting the Cece Hat is absolutely one of them.

Cece's Hat is one of the more interesting items of clothing you can find in the game, but you will have to complete some quests to acquire it. So, here is everything you need to know to unlock Cece's Hat in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

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How to get the Cece Hat in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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In Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you can get Cece Hat by completing the side adventure called The Mayoral Election in Hateno Village.

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While the quest itself is a short one, triggering the quest is difficult as it requires you to first complete the following quests:

• Team Cece or Team Reede?
• A Letter for Koyin
• A New Signature Food
• Reede's Secret
• Cece's Secret

You must complete these quests in the given order as they are all related. Once you are done, you can talk to Cece's sister Sophie at Ventest Clothing to trigger The Mayoral Election quest.

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Completing Team Cece or Team Reede quest in TotK

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To get the 'Cece or Team Reede?' side adventure in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you must also talk to Sophie in front of Ventest Clothing. Once you have the quest, you must give Hylian Shroom to the below NPCs around the village. 

• Dantz 
• Koyin 
• Leop 
• Medda 
• Tamana 
• Tokk
• Uma 
• Worten

Once that's done, you can then talk to Cece to complete the quest and move to the next. 

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Where to find Dantz 

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You can find Dantz at the Hateno Pasture, located west of Lake Sumac and east of Hateno Village. You can use the below map screenshot to find Dantz's exact location: 

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Where to find Koyin 

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You can find Koyin near the dock at Lake Sumac, located northeast of the Hateno Village. Here is a screenshot that shares the exact location of Koyin:

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Where to find Leop

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Leop usually roams around the Hateno Village. We found him on the main road in Hateno Village, staring at one of the pillar-like structures between the Hateno Village General Store and the Dye store. 

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Here is the exact location where we found Leop:

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Where to find Medda 

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You can find Medda tending crops near Hateno School. We have shared her location where we found her is shared below:

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Where to find Tamana 

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Tamana is also one of the NPCs who roams around the village though most of the time, you will find her south of Hateno Village West Well. 

Here is the exact location where we found Tamana:

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Where to find Tokk

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You can find Tokk at the Ancient Research Lab east of Hateno Village. Just keep following the main road, and you will find the lab.

That said, here is the exact location of the Ancient Research Lab where you encounter Tokk:

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Where to find Uma

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Similar to Leop, Uma roams around the village. During our playthrough, we found her in the Hateno School field area, whose exact location we have shared below:

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If you don't find her there, roam around the central part of the village, and you will eventually find her. She is an old lady who walks with both hands on her back. 

Where to find Worten

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You can find Worten at the Hateno Village Inn, represented by the crescent moon icon on your mini-map. Here is a map screenshot that shares its exact location:

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Completing A Letter to Koyin quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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You will receive the 'A Letter to Koyin' quest while interacting with Koyin near the Lake Sumac dock. When you give her the Hylian Shroom, she will tell you about the bottle with a message from her grandfather that fell into the lake.

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To complete the quest, all you have to do is walk right to Koyin, and you will find a wooden log. Use the Ultrahand ability to place the log in the water, stand on it and then use Ultrahand to take out the bottle. 

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Next, take it near Koyin and interact with her. Afterwards, go inside the Hateno Pasture and talk to Koyin to complete the quest and obtain Hateno Cheese required for completing A New Signature Food quest.

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A New Signature Food quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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You get A New Signature Food quest by talking to Mayor Reede inside his house, once you have the quest and have managed to obtain the Hateno Cheese by following the guide so far. Go and talk to Reede to complete the quest.

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Reede's Secret quest in Zelda: TotK

You get Reede's Secret quest by talking to his wife, Clavia. You can find her inside Reede's house, standing near his sleeping child. Alternatively, depending on the time of the day, you can even find her roaming the village. 

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That said, once you have the quest, go to the Hateno Village West Well, jump inside, and make your way to the yellow quest marker. Once you are there, use the Ascend ability to enter Reede's secret room. 

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Once you are inside, read Reede's Journal, return and talk to Clavia to complete the quest. 

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How to get and complete Cece's Secret quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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You can get Cece's Secret quest by completing the abovementioned quests and then talking to Sophie in front of Ventest Clothing. Once you have the quest, go and sleep in the Hateno Inn to switch to nighttime. 

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After that, head inside Ventest Clothing and talk to Sophie. She will ask you to follow her sister. Go outside the shop and hide on the left side.

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Once Cece comes outside, follow her to Silo on the opposite side. Make sure to maintain distance, or she will catch you.

Go back and tell what you found Sophie inside Ventest Clothing. Once that is done, she will ask you to climb up the Silo and see what Cece is up to. Climb the Silo and enter it using the small window shown in the screenshot below.

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After the cutscene, return to Sophie and tell her everything. Doing so will complete Cece's Secret quest. 

So that's all you need to know about how to get the Cece Hat in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. For more guides, check out our Zelda homepage, or find out how to get the Towing Harness in TotK or all of the Geoglyph and Dragon's Tear locations.