Great Plateau Shrine Solutions

    
                               

The four Great Plateau shrines are the game's tutorial. Each one gives you a new Sheikah Slate rune, and you need all four Spirit Orbs to get the paraglider from the Old Man and leave the plateau. You can do them in any order.

Jump to a shrine: Oman Au | Ja Baij | Keh Namut | Owa Daim

See the full shrine list for every region, and our interactive map for exact locations.

Oman Au Shrine: Magnesis Trial

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  1. Take the Magnesis rune from the pedestal on the left.
  2. Use Magnesis to lift the two metal plates out of the floor and drop into the passage below them.
  3. Pull the metal block out of the wall of stone blocks. The wall collapses, so you can climb over it. Defeat the Guardian Scout behind it.
  4. Cross the metal bridge, then move the loose metal slab into the gap to make a second bridge.
  5. Pull the big metal doors open with Magnesis to reach the altar.

Chest: Traveler's Bow. On the last platform, before the doors, look left: the chest is metal, so pull it over to you with Magnesis.

Ja Baij Shrine: Bomb Trial

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  1. Take the Remote Bomb rune and blow up the cracked wall ahead. Stand well back.
  2. At the fork, go right and bomb the wall for the first chest, then go left and climb the ladder.
  3. Ride the moving platform across to the room with the launcher blocks.
  4. Climb the steps by the rightmost launcher and drop a round bomb into the pipe. When the launcher fires it toward the far cracked wall, detonate it in mid-air.
  5. Climb the ladder to that platform, bomb the second cracked wall, and continue to the altar.

Chests: Traveler's Claymore, behind the bombable wall on the right side of the fork. Amber, on a high platform in the launcher room: stand in front of the leftmost launcher and let it fling you up.

Owa Daim Shrine: Stasis Trial

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  1. Take the Stasis rune. Freeze the big gear when the rotating platform is level, and walk across.
  2. A stream of iron balls rolls down the ramp ahead. Freeze one just before it reaches the bottom; no new balls drop while it's frozen, so run up the ramp and step onto the ledge on the right to rest.
  3. Pick up the Iron Sledgehammer leaning against the wall. Freeze the ball blocking the next passage and hit it several times. When Stasis ends, it flies out of the way.
  4. Continue to the altar.

Chest: Traveler's Shield, at the top of the short ramp after the ball ramp.

Keh Namut Shrine: Cryonis Trial

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Keh Namut is near the cold summit of Mount Hylia, so bring warm clothing or food. The Old Man gives you a Warm Doublet if you cook his recipe for him.

  1. Take the Cryonis rune and make an ice block in the water to climb to the next platform.
  2. The gate ahead sits just above the water. Make an ice block underneath it to push it open, and walk through. Defeat the Guardian Scout.
  3. In the next room, a wooden plank tilts like a seesaw. Make an ice block under one end to raise it, then walk up it to the upper level and on to the altar.

Chest: Traveler's Spear. Past the Guardian Scout, look left down the hallway and make an ice block to climb up to it.