Tanagar Canyon West Cave - Zelda: TotK Cave Guide

Tanagar Canyon West Cave is a long, rubble-blocked cavern with three chests, a Bubbulfrog and Iun-orok Shrine at its centre. Bring plenty of hammers or heavy weapons for the rock walls, bomb arrows, and a free shield slot or two for the loot.

Region	Tabantha Frontier, Tanagar Canyon on Hyrule Ridge
Entrance location	A dark hole in the west wall of Tanagar Canyon, a little north of Tabantha Great Bridge, at the head of a sloping stretch of the sandy canyon floor
Bubbul Gem	Yes: a Bubbulfrog on the wall of the cavern just past the first chest
Chests	Feathered Spear, Hunter’s Shield, Kite Shield; Arrow x10 inside the shrine
Shrine inside	Iun-orok Shrine (The Right Roll)
Enemies	Shock Like, Ice Like, Stone Pebblits, gloom pools, Bubbulfrog

How to find the entrance

Drop into Tanagar Canyon from the Tabantha Great Bridge or glide south-west from Lindor’s Brow Skyview Tower, and walk north up the sandy canyon floor along the west wall. A dark cave mouth sits at the end of a gentle slope beneath a large rock face; Bomb Flowers grow near the mouth.

Dark cave mouth in the canyon wall at the end of the sandy canyon floor

Sloping rock path climbing beneath a large rock face toward the cave mouth

Inside, the cave opens onto a high ledge over a big cavern. Climb down the wall and glide to the lower floor.

Ledge just inside the mouth overlooking a big hollow cavern

Climbable cave wall with Jump and Let go prompts on the way down to the cavern floor

Route through the cave

Smash the rubble

Follow the winding tunnel down, picking up Flint and Bomb Flowers. Cracked rock blocks the tunnel more than once; break it with a hammer, a fused weapon or bombs. Hammers wear out quickly, so carry spares.

Bomb blast shattering a wall of cracked rubble in a narrow tunnel

Rock Sledge smashing cracked rock in a tunnel with fragments flying

Open the Feathered Spear chest

The tunnel opens into a dim cavern. A chest sits on the floor beside the stone wall and holds a Feathered Spear.

Chest on the cavern floor beside the stone wall, bursting open with light

Feathered Spear item box over the open chest

Shoot the Bubbulfrog

Look up at the wall of the cavern: a pale Bubbulfrog clings to it. Shoot it with an arrow so it falls, then hit it. Pick up the Bubbul Gem and take it to Koltin for The Hunt for Bubbul Gems!

Bow aimed up at a pale Bubbulfrog on the cavern wall

Bubbulfrog fallen to the cavern floor after being shot

Beat the Shock Like

Cross the gloom-stained floor into a cavern lined with big blue-grey boulders. A Shock Like hangs on the wall; hit it with an arrow or a bomb to bring it down. It drops a Shock Like Stone.

Cavern wall made of huge blue-grey boulders beside the gloom-stained floor

Shock Like clinging to the cavern wall with its glowing yellow ring, targeted by a bow

Open the Hunter’s Shield chest

A wooden chest stands near the Shock Like’s wall. It holds a Hunter’s Shield; make space in your shield inventory first.

Wooden chest with an Open prompt on the cavern floor among ferns

Hunter's Shield item box after opening the wooden chest

Reach Iun-orok Shrine

Break through the next few rubble walls and keep tunnelling to a wide ruined chamber. The shrine stands at the top of a flight of steps, marked by a swirl of green light and a blue platform. Its chest holds Arrow x10; leaving the shrine puts you back on its platform in the cave.

Explosion breaking through the last rubble wall before the shrine chamber

Ruined chamber with a flight of steps and a teal shrine beam above it

Open the Kite Shield chest

Continue through the tunnels beyond the shrine, picking up Arrow x5, Ice Fruit and an Ice Like Stone. The chest sits in an alcove of carved stone ruins and holds a Kite Shield.

Ice Like Stone pickup with a misty tunnel floor ahead of the Kite Shield chest

Glowing chest in an alcove of carved stone ruins, a teal beam at the far left

Leave the cave

The last tunnel climbs a short slope to a bright opening onto a sunlit stretch of the canyon, where you can pick up Sticky Lizards.

Last tunnel of the cave with a Sticky Lizard pickup on the wall ahead

Sunlit sandy canyon floor outside the cave exit, rock mounds and smoke in the distance

Nearby

Tips

Light a path with Brightbloom Seeds; much of the cave is dark.
Stay out of the red gloom pools unless you are wearing gloom-resistant gear.