Tadarok Shrine (Fire and Water)

Tadarok Shrine is a puzzle of lava, flame jets and electrified water. Bridge the lava with blocks, use the stone block to shield an ice cube from the flames, then build a tall tower of metal, wood and ice and Ascend up to the altar.

Trial	Fire and Water
Type	Puzzle
Region	Central Hyrule
Location	Hyrule Field, at the end of River of the Dead Waterfall Cave
Coordinates	-1081, -2186, 142
Chests	Mighty Zonaite Shield (Strong or Mighty, depending on your progress)
Lightroot below	Koradat Lightroot

How to find it

The shrine is at the end of River of the Dead Waterfall Cave, whose entrance is beside the waterfall at about -1092, -2162. A hostile enemy lurks in the cave on the way to the shrine, so be ready to fight. The Koradat Lightroot lies directly below the shrine in the Depths.

Solution

Cross the electrified water

Use Ultrahand to lift the stone block on the right and set it into the electrified water ahead. Step across the block, since stone does not conduct. The metal objects sitting in the water are what electrify it, so lift them out with Ultrahand as you go and the water becomes safe.

Stone block held over the electrified water between two glowing pylons

Stone block placed into the electrified water as a stepping platform

Shield the ice and open the chest

Move the stone block in front of the flame jets so the falling ice cube melts slowly. Keep the ice as large as possible, climb it to the corner chest and open it for a Mighty Zonaite Shield (Strong or Mighty, depending on your progress).

Ice block hanging beside a wall while a flame jet burns on its side

Ice block melting in the path of a flame jet against the wall

Bridge the lava

Pull the metal block out of the electrified water at the far end of the room. Attach it to the stone block to make a long bar and lay it across the lava pit on the right as a bridge (the arrows stuck in the lava can also serve as stepping stones).

Stone block lifted over a pit of lava beside a pylon

Blocks laid in the lava pit as a bridge toward the far wall

Douse the burning crate

Cross the bridge, grab the burning wooden crate with Ultrahand and dunk it in water to put out its flames before it burns up, then carry it back to the main room.

Burning wooden crate carried toward the flame jets

Crate dipped into water with steam rising as the fire goes out

Build the tower

Lift the bar out of the lava and attach the wooden crate to it so the stone block, metal block and crate form one longer pillar. Keep the flames off the crate, which burns, and the ice, which melts: the fire should only ever touch the stone or metal block.

Metal block attached to an ice cube beside a flame jet

Block held with Ultrahand between a green outline and the orange metal block

Place the tower and Ascend

Stand the pillar upright on the metal platform above the water, positioned so the flames hit the stone or metal part. Put the big ice cube (some guides use the stone block) in the water beneath it as a step, stand on it and use Ascend up through the pillar to reach the altar for the Light of Blessing.

Tower placed over the water platform below the flame jets

Glowing circle on the underside of the ledge with the Ascend prompt

The Lightroot below

Directly under this shrine, in the Depths, is the Koradat Lightroot. Light it from below to reveal that part of the Depths map.

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