Josiu Shrine solution in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

By James On May 18, 2023

Josiu Shrine lies in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom‘s North Necluda Sky archipelago east of the Great Sky Island. To reveal the shrine you need to find a crystal and move it between a number of different air islands – which is a process that is part of the “North Necluda Sky Crystal” sanctuary quest.

Our guide will help you find the location of the Josiu Shrine and help you solve the puzzles to collect the chest and Light of blessing.

When you’re done, our shrine locations page and interactive Hyrule map can lead you to something else.

Josiu Shrine location

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Josiu Shrine is located above Kakariko Village on a sky island at the coordinates (1759,-1208, 0924). It’s a Rauru’s Blessing shrine, which means the puzzle is outside of the shrine – you must move a crystal to open the shrine itself.

To reach the Josiu Shrine, launch from the Sahasra Slope Skyview Tower and soar to the sky islands above Kakariko Village.

Josiu Shrine puzzle solution

find Josiu Shrine is part of “The North Necluda Sky Crystal” shrine quest, where you have to find the glowing green crystal nearby and bring it back to the shrine. The crystal is located on the southernmost sky island in the North Necluda Sky archipelago. Moving the crystal to the Josiu Shrine itself is the biggest part of the puzzle.

1. Moving the North Necluda Sky Crystal from the starting point requires manipulating a stone arch bridge that can be rotated to connect different islands. To remind ability to rewind time.

Link moves a stone arch bridge with a device in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — Rotate the bridge so that the islands on the left and bottom are connected, then use Recall

2. To reach the southernmost sky island from the island where Josiu Shrine is located, you need to use the remote control of the bridge. Turn the bridge counterclockwise so that the bridge connects the island on the left with the island where Link is standing.

3. Get on the bridge, turn around and use To remind on the remote control device. The bridge will reverse its movement, allowing Link to access the island with the air crystal.

Link runs across a bridge as Recall kicks in in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — Using Recall returns the arch bridge to its previous position and connects two islands

4. Pick up the crystal and move it to the other island (or leave it on the bridge). Lugging it slows Link’s movement; using Ultra convenient moving the air crystal will speed things up.

Link uses Ultrahand to guide a celestial crystal to the Josiu Shrine in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — Let Ultrahand do the heavy lifting

5. Work your way back to the island where Josiu Shrine and the bridge remote control are. Use the device to turn the bridge counterclockwise again, giving Link a path to carry the air crystal to Josiu Shrine. This completes the quest for the shrine “The North Necluda Sky Crystal”.

6. Josiu Shrine is one Rauru’s blessing sanctuary, so all you have to do is walk in and collect your rewards: great Zonai attack And Light of blessing.