Orochium Shrine solution in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Orochium Shrine is a shrine within The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomregions of the Hebra Mountains, just northwest of the Forgotten Temple.

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

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

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Orochium Shrine location

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

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Orochium Shrine Solution Part 1

This is quite a long shrine, with multiple enemies and laser traps. The plan, as with the similar Tukarok shrine, is to get a metal ball from the back of the shrine to the front.

1. Start opening the doors in front of you with Ultrahand. As you can see, there are lasers, so let’s avoid all of that. Note the ball pit on the right (we’ll come back to this of course) and the hallway on the left. There is a Soldier Construction II here – head (eye?) Shot it with your bow, then take it out with a melee attack while stunned. It will drop a handy Private Construct II Hornwhich increases the attack of a weapon with power 8, so make sure to grab it.

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2. Next, equip Ascend and look at the towers in front of you. Yes, you go up. Climb the ladder at the top, then crouch (L3) to crawl into the next room. There is an enemy beneath you (another one Soldier Construction II), so get ready to send it. You can take it from here with the bow – it took us two shots with a power of 25 reinforced Lizal bow. (Side note, this is starting to look a lot like Metal Gear VR, is it not? Perhaps it is Batman: Hyrulian Knight…)

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Orochium Shrine Solution Part 2

1. Anyway, slide down, run along the stairs and take out another one Soldier Construction II. It is guarding one chest of five arrows in it, so grab it while you’re here.

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2. Return to the stairs to see another door that requires you to use Ultrahand. Open it up and, oh look, more lasers! Crawl underneath to see a few more enemies – one on each side of the green door in front of you – to send the bow and keep going.

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Orochium Shrine Solution Part 3

1. This green door hides the ball we need to return to the start and requires a key. To get it, turn around and run into the laser trap – this will activate a trap door, which will take you into a hallway with moving lasers.

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2. Run past them (you’ll die if you hit them), and climb up at the end of the hallway. Say hello to one treasury and the small key it holds.

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3. Cross the crossing Mission Impossible lasergang again and ascend through the trap door you fell through. Now it’s time to open the green door.

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Orochium Shrine Solution Part 4

1. Grab the ball and run up the stairs behind the locked room and onto the floating platform (either side is good).

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2. Drop the ball into the pit and marvel at the wing you unlocked. Note the two fans attached to it.

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3. Attach the ball to the wing and place it on the track, then hit it with your weapon to start the fans and drive back to the beginning of the shrine.

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4. Untie the ball, drop it into the pit and the job is done. Go interact with the sigil to gather Light of blessing and complete the Orochium Shrine!