Orochium Shrine solution in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Orochium ShrineIt is possible to find a shrine inside Tears of the Kingdom: The Legend of Zelda’s Hebra Mountains region, just northwest of the Forgotten Temple.

Our guide will help you find the Orochium Shrine location, solve its puzzles, and walk you through the “Courage to Fall” trial so you can collect its chest and The Light of Blessing.

When you’re done, our shrine locations page can direct you to another nearby shrine to tackle.

Orochium Shrine Location

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The Orochium Shrine can be found in the Hebra Mountains, northwest of the Forgotten Temple (you’ll come across this as part of the Geoglyphs quest). Orochium Shrine’s exact coordinates are: -1638, 2643, 0239. It’s chilly up here, so equip your Archaic Warm Greaves or imbibe something that that gives you the warm and fuzzies — or at least something with cold resistance.

Orochium Shrine solution part 1

It is quite a long shrine with many enemies. There are also laser traps. Like the Tukarok Shrine before it, you have to bring a ball of metal from the back to the front.

1. Ultrahand is the best way to open doors. As you can see, there’s lasers, so let’s avoid all that. Note the ball pit to the right (we’ll obviously be coming back to this) and the corridor to the left. There’s a Soldier Construct II here — head(eye?)shot it with your bow, then take it out with a melee attack while it’s stunned. The nifty item will be dropped by it. Soldier Construct II Horn, which boosts a weapon’s attack by 8 power, so make sure you grab it.

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2. Ascend is next. Look at the towers in front of you. Yes, you’re going up. You can crawl to the next area by crouching (L3) and climbing the ladder. There’s an enemy below you (another Soldier Construct IIIt’s time to take out the arrow. You can nab it from up here with the bow — it took us two shots with a 25-power Strong Lizal Bow. This is beginning to sound a bit like Metal Gear VR, isn’t it? Maybe it’s Batman: Hyrulian Knight…)

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Orochium Shrine solution part 2

1. You can also take down another by running past the stairs. Soldier Construct II. It’s guarding a The following are some examples of how to use Five Arrows in it, so grab those while you’re here.

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2. Use Ultrahand to unlock the next door. Oh, look! More lasers. Crawl under them to see another pair of enemies — one to each side of the green door in front of you — to dispatch with the bow and press on.

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Orochium Shrine solution part 3

1. The green door is where the ball that we have to return to the beginning of the game can be found. It requires a special key. To get it, turn around and run into the laser trap — this will activate a trap door, dropping you into a corridor of moving lasers.

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2. Run past them (you’ll fall to your death if you hit these ones), and Ascend at the end of the corridor. Say hello to a Treasure chestThen, there is the Small key it’s holding.

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3. Crossing the Mission ImpossibleContinue to the laser corridor and ascend through the trapdoor you fell into. Now it’s time to unlock the green door.

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Orochium Shrine solution part 4

1. The floating platform is the best side to choose.

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2. You can marvel at what happens when you drop the ball into the pit. Wing you unlocked. You can see the fans that are attached.

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3. Attach the ball WingHit it with the weapon and you will be able to ride to the starting point of the shrine.

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4. Detach the ball, drop it in the pit, and the job’s a good ‘un. Click on the sigil in order to get your reward. The Light of BlessingCompleting the Orochium Shrine is a must!