Lake Shrine Solutions

    
                               

The Lake region covers Lake Hylia and the lands south of it, down to the coast. Its six shrines include two Tests of Strength and a blessing at the Spring of Courage.

Jump to a shrine: Ishto Soh | Ka'o Makagh | Pumaag Nitae | Shae Katha | Shoqa Tatone | Ya Naga

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

Ishto Soh Shrine: Bravery's Grasp

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Ishto Soh sits on a tall outcrop surrounded by junk, southwest of the Lake Tower. Inside, a laser hits an orange crystal, and every hit raises some of the pillars in the room and lowers others.

  1. Drop down the ledge to the area blocked by a laser beam. Freeze the laser with Stasis and walk through to the first chest.
  2. While it's still frozen, hit the laser emitter to knock it off its stand. Pick it up and put it on the moving platform, facing the orange crystal.
  3. Go back up the entrance ramp and glide to the pillars on the other side of the room as they're coming down.
  4. Ride the rising and falling pillars across and up, like a staircase, until you can glide over to the platforms on the right and climb to the altar.

Chests: Topaz (behind the laser beam at the start) and Ancient Core (on the middle pillar, when its set of pillars rises).

Ka'o Makagh Shrine: Metal Doors Open the Way

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Ka'o Makagh is on the cliffs south of the Highland Stable. Inside, the big metal doors become your bridges and ramps.

  1. Open the metal doors ahead with Magnesis. Defeat the Guardian Scouts on the right and left sides of the room.
  2. Open the second pair of metal doors on the left with Magnesis for the first chest.
  3. Blow up the stone blocks holding one of the doors in place to free it.
  4. Use the loose door (and the metal block on the large platform at the back left) as bridges and ramps to work your way across the platforms on the right. On the final platform, set the door up as a ramp to the altar.

Chests: Traveler's Bow (behind the second pair of doors), Opal (a metal chest on top of some stone blocks; knock it down with the metal block or pull it down with Magnesis) and Gold Rupee (in a small alcove at the back left, behind the metal block on the large platform).

Pumaag Nitae Shrine: A Minor Test of Strength

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A Minor Test of Strength in the woods east of the Lake Tower. The Guardian Scout is weak, so it's a good fight to take on early.

Chest: Boomerang, with an attack bonus, in front of the altar.

Shae Katha Shrine: Shae Katha's Blessing

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Shrine quest, The Serpent's Jaws: Kass's riddle leads to a stone dragon's mouth in Pagos Woods. Shoot a scale off the dragon Farosh and drop it in the Spring of Courage.

A blessing shrine behind the Goddess Statue in Dracozu Lake, at the Spring of Courage. It appears once you've finished its shrine quest. Inside there's no puzzle.

Chest: Thunderspear, with an attack bonus.

Shoqa Tatone Shrine: A Modest Test of Strength

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Shrine quest, Guardian Slideshow: Loone at Puffer Beach wants pictures of Guardians. Photograph a Guardian Stalker, a flying Guardian and a Guardian Scout, then take the orb she gives you to the pedestal.

On the coast at Puffer Beach, south of Lake Hylia. It appears once you've finished its shrine quest, which you get from Loone, sitting by a ruined Guardian. Inside is a Modest Test of Strength.

Chest: Royal Broadsword, with extra durability, in front of the altar.

Ya Naga Shrine: Shatter the Heavens

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Ya Naga is in a crater on one of the islands in the western part of Lake Hylia. This shrine uses both kinds of Remote Bomb together.

  1. Drop a round bomb into the funnel so it rolls into the tunnel under the big stone block. Go up a ramp and put a cube bomb on top of the block.
  2. Detonate the round bomb: the block is thrown upward. Quickly switch to the cube bomb and set it off just as the block reaches the ceiling. It breaks the stone blocks there, opening the way to the room above.
  3. Drop another round bomb into the funnel, stand on the block, and detonate the bomb to launch yourself up to the top floor and the altar.

Chest: Eightfold Blade, on a tall pillar in the upper room. When you launch yourself up, face the right side of the block, open your paraglider at the top of the jump and glide over to it.