Wao-os Shrine location and walkthrough in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Wao-os Shrine is a shrine within The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomregions of Hebra Mountains.

Our guide will help you find the Wao-os Shrine location, solve the puzzles and make your way through both “Leading the White Bird” sanctuary quest and the “Leverage” puzzle to collect the chest and Light of blessing.

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

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Wao-os Shrine location

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Wao-os Shrine is found in the Hebra Mountains region. The exact location is (-4059, 1991, 0183). It’s cold there, so you need something spicy meals or elixirs or, better yet, the Snowquill Armor set. Rospro Pass Skyview Tower is located just northeast of the sanctuary.

You can also get there from Van Medoh’s Perch above Rito Village, which is handy because…

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The Quest for the Shrine of the White Bird’s Guidance

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If you talk to Laissa on the northwest side of Rito Village, she will tell you about a cave she recently found.

The Quest for the sanctuary “The White Bird’s Guidance”. she gives you asks you to look west from Van Medoh’s Perch – the stone spire around which Rito Village is built – in the early morning for a single white bird rests on top of the long shadow of the perch.

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Wait for morning and go to the top of Van Medoh’s Perch. When the sun rises, the shadow it casts on the mountains to the west will look like a perch, and there’s a patch of snow near where it falls that looks like a white bird. That’s where you’ll find West The cave of the Totori lake and Wao-os Shrine.

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Paraglide to the white bird – it’s about one full stamina ring of Van Medoh’s Perch – and land there in the snow. There is a Korok under the stone that forms the bird’s eye view, and West Lake Totori Cave is on your left.

Inside, follow the path past the pond and down to find Wao-os Shrine.

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Wao-os shrine walkthrough

Wao-os Shrine lets you play with a makeshift slingshot.

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1. When you enter Wao-os Shrine, there is a locked gate on your left next to a large bowl, sphere, and cube. On the edge of the platform you’re standing on is a seesaw and on the other side of a large hole are two targets.

2. Usage Ultra convenient to glue the bowl to the end of the seesaw, then place the ball in the bowl (but don’t attach it).

3. Lift the metal cube into the air as high as possible. Use the green shadow it casts to align it with the other end of the plank.

4. Drop it to launch the ball. It should hit the lower of the two targets.

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5. Pull the bowl off the seesaw.

6. Grab the plank behind the gate you just opened and attach it to the seesaw to extend it. However, do not replace the bowl yet.

7. Pick up the cube again and stand on the newly extended catapult.

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8. Drop it to launch yourself mostly straight up. Deploy your paraglider and look along the right wall for a chest containing one spicy elixir.

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9. Back on the ground, attach the bowl to the extended seesaw.

10. Place the ball in the bowl and launch it. It should hit the higher target this time.

11. Climb into the bowl and launch yourself to follow it.

12. Paraglide through the exit and gather Light of blessing.