

Link must complete a Trial to access each of these Shrines. Four of them are found on the Great Plateau, while the four Regions coinciding with the Champions contain three Shrines each. These Shrines have a tall pillar on their top to differentiate them from regular Shrines and their Map icon is likewise slightly edited to match. This expansion raises the total number of Shrines to 136.

Īfter completing all four Divine Beasts and beginning The Champions' Ballad DLC Pack, Link can access 16 new Ancient Shrines across Hyrule Kingdom. A Treasure Chest icon will appear next to the Shrine's name on the Map once all Chests have been collected.Īfter completing all 120 Ancient Shrines, Link is instructed to head to the Goddess Statue in the Forgotten Temple, where he will find Treasure Chests containing the Wild Set.

Each Shrine contains various amounts of Treasure Chests alongside the Spirit Orbs bestowed by the Monks. The first four Ancient Shrines also contain Guidance Stones that will distill Runes, which add functionalities to the Sheikah Slate and bestow Link with new abilities. The Monks will present Link a Spirit Orb for successfully reaching them.

At the end of every Shrine is a Monk, who are the creators of the trials inside. Link is lowered into each Ancient Shrine by an Elevator Platform, and each Shrine contains a series of traps and obstacles to be overcome as part of a trial. This will allow Link to Warp to the Ancient Shrine from his Map. Once an Ancient Shrine has been opened with a Sheikah Slate Terminal, its Travel Gate will activate. Upon completion, Ancient Shrines only glow blue.ĭuring the beginning of the fifth Recovered Memory, Zelda's Resentment, Princess Zelda attempts to use the Sheikah Slate to try to access the one of the shrines, but to no avail and seeks to find a loophole before Link arrives, much to her displeasure. Shrines that have not yet been unlocked glow an orange light, and glow orange and blue once their entrance has been opened, but not yet completed. In order to enter an Ancient Shrine, Link must unlock the entrance by pressing his Sheikah Slate to the Sheikah Slate Terminal at a Shrine's entrance. Many of the Ancient Shrines where uncovered during King Rhoam's excavations for Ancient Technology, but they only began to glow after Link activated the Great Plateau Tower following his Slumber of Restoration. There are initially 120 Ancient Shrines scattered throughout Hyrule Kingdom. Open up the chest to obtain a Gerudo Spear.After the Sheikah helped to seal away Calamity Ganon, they built the Ancient Shrines to serve as training grounds for the hero as he prepared for the revival of Calamity Ganon. On the top of the platform with the torches, use the ball of fire to burn down the leaves, or shoot it with a Fire Arrow.
