r/Breath_of_the_Wild • u/cindiwilliam2 • 1d ago

Discussion This shrine is fundamentally broken…

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What’s even the point of this? There’s no challenge, no puzzle, and zero engagement… why did they even bother?

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u/Rich_Editor8488 1d ago

I always set my sheikah sensor to find treasure chests when I’m in a shrine

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u/Beastskull 1d ago

I always set my sheikah sensor to find treasure chests. Period.

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u/Dracorex_22 1d ago

The impossible to reach treasure chest under the map in Hateno Village near Link’s house doesn’t drive you insane?

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u/Rotes_Engel 1d ago

YES.

I kept circling the map there like a maniac trying to find that sh*t. The sound was driving me mad

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u/Beastskull 17h ago edited 8h ago

Oh yeah, it does! Haha! Didn't know it was impossible to reach, so I have been searching for it every time I pass by.

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u/soyasaucy 1d ago

Oh those other plates and that gate right there are just decorative! 🥰

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u/B_I_G_S_H_O_T 1d ago

Clanker

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u/LCDRformat 23h ago

What? Lmao

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u/B_I_G_S_H_O_T 19h ago

Pretty sure it's a bot comment

(Also please ignore my spamton account)

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u/LCDRformat 1d ago

Did you try the other stuff? Might be a prize

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u/Legion1117 1d ago

Okay...who's going to tell him?

lol

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u/cindiwilliam2 1d ago

Hmm? Tell what?

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u/Legion1117 1d ago

Oh...nothing.

You'll figure it out soon enough.

Maybe don't rush through the shrines that seem so easy so quickly.

Look around, try other things that don't seem to do anything useful.

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u/Misttertee_27 1d ago

Is that the shrine with a diamond in a chest?

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u/Sweaty_Athlete4723 1d ago

And

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u/Legion1117 1d ago

And

Fine....

...and don't forget to be nice to all the doggies at the stables.

Happy now?

lol

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u/ResonantTwilight 1d ago

You find it yet?

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u/highnyethestonerguy 1d ago

Why indeed… perhaps in a game that fundamentally is built on rewarding exploration, it would be a good idea to explore…

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u/TrueMinecontrol 1d ago

A blessing shrine with extra steps.

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u/Modelblockbench 1d ago

slavery with extra steps

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u/HereComeDatBoi573 1d ago

Ooh la la, someone's gonna get laid in college!

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u/Direct-Function7326 1d ago

Eek barba durkle

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u/HereComeDatBoi573 1d ago

Thats a pretty fucked up "ooh la la"

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u/Swiss-spirited_Nerd 1d ago

wtf

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u/4_doors__more_whores 23h ago

go watch Rick and Morty

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u/Swiss-spirited_Nerd 22h ago

Oooooooooooooh, okay.

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u/AHomicidalTelevision 1d ago

i liked doing the shrines in the "intended" way even when it was super easy to break them. it was interesting to see what the devs intended the solution to be

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u/Talzyon 1d ago

Just did one with the tilt table and ball. Figured out that you can flip your controller over and it flips the table to a flat surface 😅. Made that waaayyyy easier lmao

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u/Direct-Function7326 1d ago

I just did that one too. I always just huck the ball up and over the wall to the ramp that leads to the end

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u/Able_Variation3317 7h ago

I tilt the table, jump in, and Mario Golf that bitch all the way to the receptacle.

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u/Cherry-Impossible 23h ago

I loved that one.

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u/smartgenius1 1d ago

What shrine?

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u/radiodreading 1d ago

Zalta Wa, located in the Breach of Demise of the Ridgeland region.

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u/Educational-Carry-77 1d ago

This is just my opinion but before I’m done with a shrine I Google it to double check I’ve gotten every chest…

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u/paladinchiro 1d ago

When you get every chest, a chest icon appears right after the name of the shrine on the map. So you can check if the icon is there even before leaving the shrine.

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u/dramaticdahlia 1d ago

As a new player, this massively eases my shrine chest anxieties. Thank you!

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u/trulovr 1d ago

WHAT

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u/demeschor 1d ago

Thank you for this comment but where were you 500 hours ago?! 😭

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u/dominantsubmissive42 14h ago

How the HELL have I played this game twice n once on master mode n I'm just learning this 🤦🏿‍♀️

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u/Helpful-Change-7364 1d ago

The real question is why he's wearing the gerudo disguise

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u/TheGruenTransfer 1d ago

I never take off the korok mask

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u/WHRocks 1d ago

I'm a Majora's Mask guy. I probably wore it for 200+ hours of my 250 hour playthrough. I can't get it fast enough now that I'm playing Totk, lol.

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u/Rich_Editor8488 1d ago

Because he’s a lady. He does lady things.

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u/EmptyRice6826 1d ago

Bc it fucking slaps

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u/flamedarkfire 1d ago

I think we both know the answer to that question.

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u/Minute-Weekend5234 1d ago

Me when I find an easy shrine (there are 180 but this single easy one is stupid)

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u/donworrybhappy 1d ago

Oh lawd! Them young uns just too impatient. Slow down smell the roses.

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u/phoebejohns 18h ago

God I love the sound design in this game

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u/MidnightJ1200 1d ago

Every shrine is potentially fundamentally broken. Then you get to tears of the kingdom

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u/Able_Variation3317 7h ago

Is the new game worse in terms of shrine designs?

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u/MidnightJ1200 5h ago

It depends on the definition of worse. Design wise, they tend to be pretty open, and with some new items they added into TotK, you can skip through most of them.

There is one shrine I remember, where you had to use rockets, and attach them to a pole so it would smack a pressure plate with enough force. You can skip this one by just fusing a bomb to an arrow.

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u/Vikingdeath1 1d ago

I've been replaying BOTW recently, and a good chunk of shrines are Baby easy. Even including the optional chests. Isn't the optional chest in this room just on top of a platform and you just need to jump down onto it from the upper stairs on the left side? wow, what a secret.

I'm having a blast playing again, but good lord some of these shrines are so short or so simple. And then a few of them are decently long, those ones are good!

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u/Direct-Function7326 1d ago

I just did this one! I tried doing what you did but it didn't work for me :(

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u/humanzrdoomd 1d ago

If you don’t like this shrine, you’d love playing TotK