Sheikah Slate

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Location and Uses
The BotW: is a multipurpose tablet bearing the BotW:. BotW: obtains it shortly after being awakened by a disembodied voice in the BotW:. Though BotW: has no recollection of seeing it before, he finds it familiar. He must first use it to get out of the BotW:.

The BotW: can be used to access the BotW: of BotW:, which displays the current BotW: and time, and any BotW: and BotW: placed. It also grants access to any of the many NaN Ancient Shrines and NaN Sheikah Towers located across BotW:. BotW: must activate the NaN Sheikah Towers to extract the local BotW: to the BotW:. BotW: can use the BotW: as a BotW: when the R Stick is clicked down. In addition to providing a closer view, the BotW: ability provides a first-person view from which BotW: can set NaN Pins.

The BotW: is able to receive NaN Runes, a form of information that bestows the device a number of different abilities. They serve as a replacement for traditional items such as NaN Bombs. These NaN Runes can be obtained and installed onto the BotW: at the four initial NaN Ancient Shrines found atop the BotW:.

The BotW: BotW:, the BotW:, and the BotW: features are unavailable at the beginning, as they are encrypted in BotW: text. They are restored when the tablet is brought to BotW: at the BotW:. Included in the BotW:'s BotW: are 12 NaN Photographs which were taken by BotW: a century prior. Upon completion of the BotW:, "BotW:", BotW: gifts BotW: the BotW: BotW:.

Before the second BotW:, the BotW: was used to activate the NaN Divine Beasts.

The SSBU: makes an appearance in as part of SSBU:'s  Champion Tunic outfit and his Tunic of the Wild. It is mostly only used to summon out a round SSBU: and to detonate it.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
In Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, the Sheikah Slate first appears in the Scenario, "The Battle of Hyrule Field", when Impa drops it after being chased by a horde of Bokoblins. The Sheikah Slate then awakens the diminutive Guardian that was on the field lying dormant, and activated a Sheikah Tower in the middle of the battlefield.

The Sheikah Slate is mostly used in battles to use runes such as Cryonis or Magnesis, and the Sheikah Sensor can also be used to find out where objects needed to complete side quests could be found.

The Sheikah Slate has several important roles, such as getting information from the memory of the diminutive Guardian, and activating the Sheikah Towers all over Hyrule, helping them to gain full knowledge of the land, such as monster outposts and the Yiga Clan Hideout.

Trivia

 * In shape, the Series: resembles a Nintendo Switch or a Wii U GamePad, referencing the consoles on which was released. According to Eiji Aonuma, it was designed to resemble a Wii U GamePad.
 * In the demo version of the game, used at E3 2016, the Sheikah Slate featured a health sensor that was built into the first-person scope ability. When pointed at a mob for 1 second it revealed their number of hit points. A similar ability was added to the Champion's Tunic in the final release.