The Shrine of Resurrection

Quest type	Main quest (opening)
Giver	A mysterious voice calling you to wake
Starts in	Shrine of Resurrection, Great Plateau
Reward	Sheikah Slate; Old Shirt and Well-Worn Trousers; a way out of the shrine

This is the opening of Breath of the Wild. You wake, take the Sheikah Slate from its pedestal, open the two chests for clothing, put the slate on the door pedestal and walk out onto the Great Plateau.

Waking and the Sheikah Slate

Wake up

After a voice tells you to open your eyes, you rise from a platform in an otherwise empty chamber. Only a sealed door and a pedestal in the corner are in the room.

Link standing on the glowing platform in the Shrine of Resurrection with the pedestal in the corner

Link on the platform facing the sealed door and stairs of the chamber

Take the slate

Examine the pedestal to pick up the Sheikah Slate. It holds the map, a viewfinder that records targets and sets markers, rune abilities and amiibo support. The sealed door opens afterwards.

Link walking toward the glowing pedestal that holds the Sheikah Slate

Link at the pedestal with the Sheikah Slate

The hall beyond

Open the chests

The hall outside is cluttered with rotted crates and barrels, but two chests are intact. Open them for the Well-Worn Trousers and Old Shirt. Clothing in this game has defence and sometimes effects, and wearing none leaves you exposed to damage and the cold.

Link running through the hall lined with rotted crates and barrels

Link crossing the long shrine hall toward the exit

Leave the shrine

Go to the pedestal beside the sealed exit door and put the slate on it. The door opens and the voice sends you out.

Link holding the Sheikah Slate to the glowing pedestal beside the exit door

Link before the stairway to daylight as the voice tells him to go

The first steps outside

Climb the rock wall

Almost any surface can be climbed. It drains the green stamina wheel, so reach the top before it empties.

Link climbing toward the tunnel exit with the green stamina wheel showing

Link at the top of the grassy ledge above the Great Plateau

Pick up basics

From the ledge you can see the Great Plateau. A figure waits on the path to the right. Pick up the Tree Branch, apples and mushrooms on the way. Branches break fast, and food restores hearts. Next to the campfire where the old man sits, take the Torch and a Woodcutter’s Axe. After a short time you are told to follow the Sheikah Slate, the next objective.

Link on the ledge looking out over the Great Plateau

Link walking along the grassy path with the plateau in the distance

If you get stuck

The exit will not open: put the slate on the pedestal next to the exit door.
Out of stamina on the wall: climb in short stretches and rest on ledges.

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