Ancient Shrine


 * Shrine redirects here. For other uses, see Shrine (Disambiguation)

are dungeon-like puzzles in.

Overview
After the Sheikah helped to seal away Calamity Ganon, they built the Ancient Shrines to serve as training grounds for the hero as he prepared for the revival of Calamity Ganon. There are initially 120 NaN Ancient Shrines scattered throughout Hyrule. The NaN Ancient Shrines appeared long before the events of, but began to glow after BotW: activated the Great Plateau Tower. In order to enter an BotW:, BotW: must unlock the entrance by pressing his Sheikah Slate to a pedestal at a BotW:'s entrance. NaN Ancient Shrines that have not yet been unlocked glow an orange light, and glow orange and blue once their entrance has been opened. Upon completion, NaN Ancient Shrines only glow blue.

The NaN Ancient Shrines each contain a series of traps and obstacles to be overcome as part of a trial. At the end of every BotW: is a Monk, who is the creator of the trial inside. The Monk will present Link a BotW: for successfully reaching him. The first four NaN Ancient Shrines also contain Runes which add functionalities to the Sheikah Slate, bestowing BotW: with new abilities. Each BotW: contains various amounts of Treasure Chests alongside the Spirit Orb bestowed by the Monk. A Treasure Chest icon will appear next to the BotW:'s name on the Map once all Treasure has been collected.

After completing all 120 NaN Ancient Shrines, BotW: is instructed to head to the Goddess Statue in the Forgotten Temple, where he will obtain the Wild Set.

After completing all four NaN Divine Beasts and beginning The Champions' Ballad DLC Pack, BotW: can access 16 new NaN Ancient Shrines across Hyrule. This expansion raises the total number of NaN Ancient Shrines to 136. These NaN Ancient Shrines have a tall pillar on their top to differentiate them from regular NaN Ancient Shrines and their Map icon is likewise slightly edited to match. Four of them are found on the Great Plateau, while the four Regions coinciding with a Champion contain three NaN Ancient Shrines each. BotW: must complete a Trial to access each of these NaN Ancient Shrines. BotW: is rewarded with NaN Spirit Orbs as usual at the end of the four Great Plateau NaN Ancient Shrines, but is instead given Emblems related to the Region's respective BotW: for the rest of the NaN Ancient Shrines.

Trivia

 * The design of the NaN Ancient Shrines was inspired by art from the Japanese.

Nomenclature
See here for the names of each particular BotW: in .