Lightning Temple walkthrough in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Tears of the Kingdom – The Legend of Zelda’s Lightning Temple The quest to find Riju in Gerudo Town, defeat gibdos and solve the red-pillar puzzle will lead you on a journey of discovery.

Riju will be your companion in the journey if you complete this dungeon. Here’s what to know before you get started with the Lightning Temple, and how to complete it, step-by-step.

Before you start the Lighting Temple, here are some things to consider.

Like the other temples, the Lightning Temple does have a central teleport point, so you’ll be able to freely enter and leave the temple as you wish. It is important to remember that you should stock up on food and medicine before entering.

Also, we recommend A ton of elemental weapons or fruits, arrows etc.. As you’ve previously seen in earlier parts of this quest, Gibdos are weak to elemental attacks, so bring your favorite elemental fruit to prepare against fighting them.

Once you’re ready to get started, use Riju to charge up an attack against that huge pink cocoon in the middle.

The Lightning Temple is located in the Lightning Valley.

To get to the Lightning Temple, you’ll first need to get to Gerudo Town, then complete the “Riju of Gerudo Town” quest, which involves a large-scale fight and revealing mysteries in a sandstorm.

Lightning Temple chests

• Flame emitter capsule
• Charges of large Zonai
• Topaz
• The Mighty Construct Bow

Fighting Queen Gibdo

This early for a boss battle? Really? No, really. Don’t worry, as Queen Gibdo will run off after you get a few hits in on her.

Use Riju’s charged up electricity to supplement your arrows at her a few times and she’ll skitter off. The queen will launch tornados at you, and if Riju gets hit with one, it’ll break her charge, so be mindful and try to fire off your arrows quickly once Riju is ready to fight.

We hit the queen twice with Riju’s electricity before she got upset and ran off.

Now it’s time for the actual temple.

Lightning Temple

Use Riju’s electricity on the new pink blob blocking the entrance — don’t worry, there’s no boss behind this one.

Before you head in, hit the Gibdo nests outside with her electricity as well, but make sure to wait for them to be dark pink and pulsing before you hit them, as they won’t have any effect otherwise. (It’s just like the Gibdo nests you took down during the siege on Gerudo Town.)

Pick up the sand heap on the left to reveal a capsule that emits flames.

Use the Korok-frond guster that’s on the wall in a torch holder to start blowing away the sand piles in the room. Keep the guster on you throughout the temple, as it’ll repeatedly be helpful.

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After clearing out a sand pile in the middle of the room, you’ll see a switch to step on and open the door deeper into the temple.

You can light the torches on nearby posts by hanging them up. You don’t Need to know more? to use a torch in any parts of this temple, but it’s kind of creepy in here.

You will need to fight a Gibdo in this room. You’ll need to fight a Gibdo in there, but you’ll be rewarded with a large Zonai charge in a chest. Continue on the path.

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Open a tiny room by using Ultrahand to the bricks in front. Open the chest to get a Topaz by defeating Gibdo.

Turn back to the hall with the flames spitting out of the walls, but beware — the floor in the center of the room will drop down.

The Korok-frond will be a great way to do this. Jump down the giant hole on the floor. Pick up the slab of stone in the room with Ultrahand and put it down on the floor that has fallen. There’s a Gerudo scimitar and a shock keese under the slabs.

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Recall can be used to bring back the floor that has fallen. Ultrahand can be used to pick up a stone plank from the ground and place it in front of a flame. This will allow you to safely pass.

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To allow Riju to pass, step on the switch. In the next room, a large flaming rock will roll down a path. You can use Recall to stop the rock from rolling down the path. Then, run along the path. Once again, you can step on the switch to let Riju follow.

Take out Gibdos in the hallway. Be careful not to fall into the pit. It will hurl out Gibdo, so take it and any Gibdo it produces out.

The Gerudo can be made by lifting up the slabs that are in the pit’s middle.

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Climb up the stairs and keep heading through the halls to get to the “RoomIt is a Light that Is Hopeful.”

The Room of Hopeful Light

Then remove the inside construct (and use Riju as a weapon to pack more punch).

Ultrahand is a great tool to use for removing the mirror that’s stuck in the sand. You can use the Korok-frond. Beware, as a nearby sand pile has a second construct enemy in it — you can see its head sticking out of the top of the sand. If you wish, blow off the sand and remove it.

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To grab the chest, head through the above-shown hole. The floor under the chest will fall down, but don’t worry, as you can just Recall it back up. Inside the chest is a powerful construct bow.

Use the mirror that you found to shine light on the large yellow target located above the door.

The main room of the Lightning Temple is the Room of Ascension. The teleport point can be unlocked by interacting with the center altar. Whew.

The Room of Ascension

You need to power four batteries with Riju’s electricity to power the elevator up.

You do not have to charge the batteries in any specific order, but we’ve marked them below in order of location from lowest to highest, for the sake of organization.

Charge the first battery

First battery on bottom, behind altar. Ultrahand will help you move the boulders. Once inside, use Riju’s lightning rod to hit the bolt. Easy enough!

Go back to your main area, in front the altar.

The second battery can be charged

Use Ultrahand to take the boulder that’s blocking the air current out of the hole, allowing you to glide up the many floors instantaneously.

Enter the path marked below and ride the current.

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The tunnel will turn in your face if there are two wheels that have a missing slice. Use Recall on one wheel and stop the recall when the two slices on the wheels line up, so that they’re rotating the same way.

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Use Ultrahand to lift the stones and allow the light to pass through. Light shining through the pieces will strike a statue on either side. You can enter the new room by pressing on switch.

Link will be able to pass through the spike wall if you use the ultrahanding technique on the rocks. Riju will be able to pass if you step on the switch.

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Ultrahand one boulder to the left to stop the machine. Link can now walk down the hall with little danger. Then, head through the hallway and destroy the constructs located in the next area.

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Ultrahand is a great tool to help you pick up stakes from the ground. When the target yellow light is open, Ultrahand carefully the stakes to the wall. (Getting the timing right here is tricky, but know that the stake only stops the wall once it’s in the wall and you’re not Ultrahanding it.)

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Mirror in the Sand: Use this mirror to bounce the light back onto the target. Reverse your direction and shoot the light from the bridge on top of the beam.

Now that you have the battery charger in your hands, use Riju and go back to the main space.

The third battery can be charged

Fly up the room and use the current to battle the structure in front the torches. Climb into the hole in the wall between the two torches to get to the “Room of Natural Light.”

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Grab a wall mirror and ultrahand it on the rock. Under the light, place the mirror on top of the boulder.

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Use Ultrahand to align the mirror-holding statues, which will shoot the light down.

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They’ll hit a statue below, which you can glide down to and enter the “Room of Offered Light.”

In this room, there is a Gibdo’s nest as well as several other constructs. You should eliminate them all. Do not let more enemies accumulate if you don’t focus on Gibdo or its nest. Interestingly enough, the constructs and Gibdo can fight each other, but they don’t do a great job taking each other out. Use Riju’s lightning to strike multiple enemies at once for the most effective take down.

Once all the enemies are taken out, you’ll need to make a contraption like this using a balloon, torch, grate, and mirror:

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The mirror should not be attached. Attach the torch and the grate to the balloon. Initiate the torch, then place the newly-built thing in the middle. Hold the mirror in place to aim the target precisely as you are flying up.

When the wall lifts up, you will see the next charger. You can use Riju to strike it, then return to the main area.

Charging of the fourth Battery

Then, fly all the back to the top again using the upward draft. You must follow the steps to set up the Light Beam in the Room of Offered Light. This time, move the first statue out of the way, so it doesn’t intercept the light.

Now move the two statues that you didn’t move for the last battery so that they hit a target that’s above you. A sand heap will block the statue. Use your Korok-frond to remove it. Light will be projected in the following way:

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Use the air current as a lift to climb to the 6th floor.

You’ll face a hole with several beams of fire shooting in all sorts of directions. Glide down carefully, avoiding the beams of fire. Once you land, you’ll be in the “Room of Light and Flame.” Step on the switch and take out the two constructs on the other side of the gate, if you haven’t already.

When Riju appears, use her to activate the battery charger. Return to the main charging area.

The Lightning Temple boss Queen Gibdo and how to beat her

After you have charged all four batteries in the Lightning Temple, use the elevator to reach the 7th floor.

Riju can be used to knock the pink, pulsating cobweb (yuck!) off the wall in order to begin the battle with Queen Gibdo.

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Just like you fought her before, you’ll want to use Riju’s attacks to deal massive shock damage to her. Once she’s hit, she’ll turn white, just like the other Gibdo. You can use stronger weapons and swords to do some serious damage.

Beware, as she’ll shoot consistent beams of sand when she’s flying above you and belly flop onto you when she’s on the ground, so you’ll want to keep moving to avoid her attacks. She’ll also send over tornados to knock both you and Riju over, the same way she did when you first fought her at the entryway of the temple.

If you’re having a hard time hitting her, make use of keese eyes on your arrows to home in on her.

Halfway pointThe Gibdo nests that were inactive in one corner will be activated, resulting in flying Gibdo or Gibdo crawling at a fast pace. Each Gibdo nest you destroy will now be replaced with a massive beam of light that will shield you from Gibdo. If you hit it too often, Gibdo’s small fry will die. So stand right in the middle of the beam.

Using Riju, take out each tower one by one, while dodging Queen Gibdo’s attacks. As we stood in the bright light of the protective shield, it was hard to tell what Gibdo’s plan was. Be sure to heal yourself as necessary.

Once you take out the four Gibdo nests, go back to the original strategy: use Riju to hit the queen for massive amounts of damage and use your stronger weapons to hit it while it’s vulnerable.

Once you’ve defeated the Gerudo sage, you will be able to claim the Heart Container. Interact with the altar in front of you and you will see a long cutscene. You’ll also get Riju’s powers to take around with you on your journey, which is pretty helpful for dealing massive damage against swarms of enemy.

It is also worth noting that, after Queen Gibdo has left the scene, it will be possible to explore the Gerudo Desert in peace, without having to worry about getting lost or stranded by the terrible sandstorm.

When ready, it’s time to continue the Regional Phenomena quest — assuming you have other locations yet to complete.