Ranking EVERY Breath of the Wild Shrine from Worst to Best

[@Zeltik]

Corrections: Swinging Flames isn't the DLC Shrine spawned after defeating an Igneo Talus Titan, that's Moving Targets! Also for Under a Red Moon, Blood Moons aren't random, they're on a cycle. Please let me know if you noticed any other mistakes, I'm sure I've got more than one thing mixed up!

[@reeserichardson]

@zeltik doesn't know every single shrine name by heart?!?!

[@catalyst539]

I know it’s your opinion, but a lot of people think Shora Hah Blue Flame is one of the absolute worst :p

[@etherberry]

@@catalyst539 w h y

[@Tazerboy_10]

🤔

[@petery6432]

This has been pointed out by other people, but you should know that the Blood Moon happens roughly every 3 hours of gameplay. It's not random

[@speedpoke3019]

Alright Zeltik, you know what's next... time for a ranking of every Korok seed location.

[@sarahkoji]

That would be 6 hours long! .....Do it Zeltik.

[@mmullins2983]

The worst one would be that one in Lurelin Village. You know the one…

[@BJGvideos]

@@mmullins2983 I watched a streamer try for an HOUR to get that one before it finally worked

[@LisavonWerder]

maybe a more doable version of this would be ranking every type of korok puzzle! I think that would be fun too

[@Devininity]

That should be an April fools video

[@nasanerd2009]

When my sister was playing BotW and doing the Myahm Agana shrine, she did something that surprised me. Rather than navigate the ball through the maze (like I did, having the walls actually helped me quite a bit) or use the flat surface like most people do, she started flipping the maze over as if to do the second option, but left it near vertical and then smacked the ball as it was dropped, launching it onto the walkway. I'm not sure if she did that accidentally or if it was her intention, but it was nevertheless a really interesting way to see that puzzle solved.

[@leargamma4912]

Dang. Reminds me of going through the maze manually and yeeting that thing

[@kylebennett789]

I yeeted it accidentally. I wanted to reset it and it yeeted itself out of the maze and over the wall and into the hole

[@Rocco049]

Does she like playing Ping Pong by any chance?

[@ZeroHBRPro]

I usually rotate it 90 degrees and the ball drops on the last corridor of the maze. It's easier to steer the ball than flipping the whole maze.

[@daniel__6]

i thoughts that’s how we were meant to solve it i did that too😭😭

[@FlyToTheRain]

seeing them all back to back like this makes me wonder how the monks decided to assemble shrines in universe. like some monks put together puzzles, some decided on combat challenges, and some (with no knowledge that the people in the overworld would meddle with the means to access the shrine) were just like "eh eff it, he's probably gonna hit some sorta roadblock, have a blessing."

[@charziz6693]

I think they all worked on their shrine alone, with Twin Memories as the exception. Some of them like Steady Thy Heart and Greedy Hill probably say more about the shrine's creator than the shrine itself.

[@zingerific8209]

I guess Misae Suma just somehow knew that a Gerudo would pass out on the pedestal and require a convoluted side quest to move

[@tumultuousv]

@@zingerific8209 or.. they have power outside the shrines and somehow used force of nature to make her travel there and knew she would be exhausted

[@zingerific8209]

@@tumultuousv Or maybe he just couldn’t come up with an idea for a shrine in time and just hoped that something would appear to challenge Link lol

[@andyghkfilm2287]

My favorite is the dude who put a blessing shrine up inside a rock wall fifty feet up with bomb rocks blocking it in one random corner in the world. Like, yeah, good job bud.

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

Absolutely love how you called Magda “Flowerblight Ganon”.

[@Zane3Erik]

It actually became a meme in the whole BOTW community.

[@jadengames.3662]

She is Flowerblight Gannon it is cannon lol

[@itsentdev]

No it isn't?

[@beatsado6529]

And when he said 'she abosultley decks link'

[@itsentdev]

@Jedistache It's just a fandom joke. Nowhere near canon. On mobile it doesn't ping the person you're replying to

[@_soska]

Common misconception, actually: The blood moon appears every 2 hours and 48 minutes of gameplay, which translates to 7 in-game days. Also, using a campfire doesn’t progress the timer in any way.

[@MLennholm]

Was about to comment this myself. Blood moons aren't random at all.

[@Zeltik]

You're right, thank you for pointing this out!

[@Lheticus]

What about triggering Blood Moons sooner by defeating Hinoxes, Lynels and the like? Is there any concrete data on that?

[@catalyst539]

@@Lheticus No that’s false, there’s nothing to hold it up

[@MLennholm]

@@Lheticus There's no known reliable way to trigger a blood moon, killing lots of enemies won't do it. The so called panic blood moons is a way for the game to reset itself and fix memory issues. I think there were some reliable ways to trigger them early on but they were patched because they were bugs and panic blood moons are very rare nowadays. Regardless, I doubt a panic blood moon would work at the shrine quest. The quest logic probably just checks the normal "is tonight a blood moon?" flag and the in-game time of day (in fact, I believe we can see this because the pedestal only activates just before midnight on a blood moon night).

[@NyleMediate]

In defense of the Myahm Agana shrine, the fact that you can flip the whole thing around instead of solving the maze demonstrates the one of the game's greatest strengths: outside-the-box puzzle-solving. Definitely one of my least favorite shrines, but that first realization that you're not confined to the 'rules' of this maze and can just launch the orb was pretty satisfying.

[@thearbiterofnoodles]

I hated that shrine so much I learned wind bombs so I could skip it

[@stephaniem8278]

I disliked it, but I liked the challenge of getting the chest--and the sniper bow is a game-changer for early gameplay.

[@anthonybell5666]

When I first did that trick, I thought I was the only person who thought of that lmao

[@hellothere1216]

@@anthonybell5666 same

[@lastlink1684]

I do the absolute same😂

[@alyxxpratt678]

My eyes widened when I read the words “every shrine” that’s some serious dedication. Always good to see a new video from you Zeltik !

[@Tazerboy_10]

Yup!

[@Mario12112345]

The Korok Forest trial with Oki is one of the funniest shrines to do on a second or third playthrough for me since I've essentially memorized the path to the shrine, so I can just run ahead to the end, slaughtering the wolves that attack near the end before they're a problem and just camp out behind the shrine until Oki shows up. This in turn also makes it so Oki technically proved he's worthy of being a grownup by taking the walk through the woods by himself.

[@panosmosproductions3230]

I solved the “Watch out for the flowers” quest by climbing up a nearby tree and then proceeding to glide over the flowers.

[@BJGvideos]

Hey whatever works

[@Zodia195]

Why didn't I think of that idea? It's like akin to finding the Courage and Power shrines by taking the back door lol.

[@Karalora]

I always pull the camera up to an overhead view, which makes the exact layout of the maze far more obvious. You just have to remember to bring it down again before ascending the platform so you don't run over the single flower in the middle of the path, which is basically invisible from overhead. (And don't get too aggressive fighting the Chuchus on the way.)

[@Saben.C-Spoon]

I actually usually just shield surf jump my way over the flowers, once you get in one of the paths right at the start you can just jump right to the shrine right away

[@the_mystical_pigeon]

@@Zodia195 wait what?

[@gremilyns]

Love the list, though i personally consider the mount lanayru shrine to be S tier - stumbling across cursed Naydra and the distorted version of the drag theme, with absolutely no prior knowledge of this quest and just stumbling across it because i was trying to get to the top of the mountain was hands down the best experience in the whole game for me. it really felt like something totally otherworldly and mysterious and gave me chills the typhlo ruins quest, hilariously, i somehow did in under 30 seconds. i ran in, accidentally ended up on top of the hinox, got the spirit orb, and completed the quest. the green line on my map is pretty much a straight line, i felt like i had completed it by accident! this quest was really built up by the time i got there too, so i was expecting more of an experience. just absolute genuine beginners luck there!

[@stephaniem8278]

Lol! That's so funny in comparison to my experience--entering severely under-equipped, accidentally ruining the torches so you have little light, running into walls and rocks in the dark. Also, I am pretty sure the first time I did it I entered from the wrong side! That quest gave me such anxiety.

[@valarmis]

I ran out of arrows and took out the last malice with a sword while falling and it felt cool, 10/10 one of the best moments in the game

[@utelvescaro1998]

I agree Naydra’s quest is incredibly cool, but I always struggle with making the updrafts work for me. They’re so unreliable, it made a fun 3 minute joyride into an obnoxious, grueling 15 minute ordeal.

[@carnage0685]

i nearly shit myself when i got to the top of the mountain and saw that thing, especially since they were the first dragon i ever saw. i'll never forget that moment.

[@saksagan1436]

Drag theme

[@Supasmartguy]

Zeltik, if you're reading this, please make a sequel to that video where you made concept art for enemies that could return in Breath of the Wild 2. It's probably my favorite video you've ever uploaded.

[@remyjones9146]

I agree, I would love a part 2 to that video

[@HarrisonWeber21]

Agreed

[@FlameShroom]

Ye one of my favourite

[@stevenmueller3880]

Correct

[@TimRemmers]

and I'd be happy to turn those concepts into BOTW style 3D models.

[@QuasarEE]

I have to put in a word for the shrine with the 3 trees. Even though it's relatively simple, to the point of being trivial if you know what you're doing, it hits VERY differently if you're new and not very good at the game yet and try to do it early on. It felt like a real accomplishment to get there - I had trouble even finding a path up the mountain where it wasn't raining, needed to track down more peppers and relearn the recipe for the old man's dish so I could survive the cold, and then got a great reward in the form of the climbing boots.

[@stephaniem8278]

I second this. If you follow the path from the plateau, to Kakariko, to Hateno, and then go for this shrine quest, it can be really challenging to figure out how to survive it. One way offers a deadly Lynel, and the other has difficult climbing.

[@tea9047]

definitely, it was one of the really early shrine quests in the game for me, i think it was specifically set up for players to get familiar with the concept of shrine quests too since the general route most players will follow is to hateno

[@mims4085]

Agreed! 👏🏽

[@DragonshotProductions]

Eventide Island in master mode is ridiculously hard. I figured out that if you drop weapons on the raft before going on the island, they’ll stay there. So I dropped a couple royal guard swords and Lynel bows and kinda cheesed it. It’s super fun when you genuinely do it though.

[@xian2themax]

It's nothing compared to Trial of the Sword in master mode though

[@olivertheforgottenhunter2976]

@@xian2themax I had a bad time in the first level, I tried to complete it around 50 times, then I proceded to clear level 2 in two tries and final level in my first try in master mode, is just a situation you have to manage with all of your efforts and spirit, still, a pain in the neck to complete it

[@xian2themax]

@@olivertheforgottenhunter2976 yeah the first level is definitely the hardest with the silver lisalfos, I’m currently on the middle trials but I’ve only done about 4 attempts on it so far

[@olivertheforgottenhunter2976]

@@xian2themax Oh yes, the sylver lyzalfos, I still remember the perfect strategy to kill them fail and me losing there

[@shawnthibodeau189]

Ya the silver lizalfos level is ridiculously hard. You have to get as many arrows as possible and and save your good bows then just try to take them out one by one with head shots. Takes a while but it’s worked for me in the past. The last floor is way too easy with ancient arrows so I did it without them and it was a lot more fun

[@ajukreyzi9533]

The Twin Memories shrines I personally found to be very entertaining. Instead of taking notes I just took a picture of each layout with the Camera Rune. I don't know how obvious it is to do that, but when I did it it made me feel like I just had a really smart and witty idea :D

[@ZXherie]

i did that too! instead of the rune i just screenshotted it with my switch lolol

[@Nphen]

My Switch is in my Lego room so I took small square plates and marked the location of orbs with 1x1 round pieces. I thought I was so clever! lol

[@dinostorion]

I never had the camera, played them early in the game. Straight up took a screenshot

[@ethancarlson2871]

I had to look up how to do those, they were some of the last shrines I did despite being some of the first I found.

[@VermilionRen]

​@@NphenThat's a super fun idea!

[@catalyst539]

Zeltik, Swinging Flames doesn’t appear after beating the Talus Titan. It’s the shrine for Goron City. The shrine appearing after beating the Talus is the Moving Targets shrine from Daruk’s DLC quest.

[@Zeltik]

Damn, you're right! Thanks for pointing this out, I got them mixed up!

[@HerrscherPuppet]

I wish the tests of strength had different guardian types. Clearly the bigger guardians wouldn’t work in a smaller space like that found in the shrines but maybe a small, fast-moving version of the guardian skywatchers that encourages using the bow and bullet time might be cool.

[@QuasarEE]

Another idea I think could've worked would have been to have Shiekah simulations of various monsters. Such as, imagine if the platform came up and it's a simulation of a Lynel, built out of tech. That'd be awesome and would've allowed all kinds of variety in the encounters.

[@HerrscherPuppet]

@@QuasarEE that’s brilliant!

[@comparatorclock]

@@QuasarEE Brilliant idea! I imagine that for like "a seriously major test of strength" or something like that, it could even be a Guardian Stalker (but w/o any Malice infection), or even a simulated Silver Moblin or something

[@nikotsapaliaris4919]

I didn't mind shrines being easy, as long as they teach you something. Like in the wind guides, its one of the first shrines you do on your way to kakariko village, and shows you how winds and updrafts work.

[@benobrien7920]

My favorite shrine is the Jitan Sami shrine, Jitan Sami's blessing. It was so satisfying and fun to save Naydra from the malice, and because of that shrine I'm very much looking forward to the secrets I'll find when exploring the second game's world. My least favorite shrine is Rota Chiga shrine, Stop to Start. I understand that it is an expertly designed shrine, but it was so dang frustrating and it took forever to get right.

[@ChockyMilkDud]

I also love the Jitan Sami shrine! Naydra is my favorite dragon, and i love that she has more depth and story, unlike Farosh and Dinraal. I was kinda sad that it didn’t make in into S rank, but I’m glad it was still pretty high :)

[@starlaw3320]

I HATED "stop to start" too! It was so hard at the end, Plus it was holding me back from finishing the first 4 DLC to move on!

[@ilovethelegend]

Okay, the thing with the Wind Guides You: I think it's actually a great shrine, because it reinforces that you're able to use the paraglider to get places, and teaches you how winds and updrafts work. This is great, because it's positioned on one of the most obvious routes from the great plateau to Kakariko village.

[@stephaniem8278]

And yet it took me an embarrassingly long time to realize I could make fire updrafts.

[@Emily-xr6ny]

@@dr.c2195 never thought i’d see someone brag about being good at a game made with 12 year olds in mind

[@flintfrommother3gaming]

@@dr.c2195 Stop baiting people, you aren't funny and nobody feels insulted.

[@dr.c2195]

​@@Emily-xr6ny That is because you have never thought at all. If you had then you would have realised that many people, yes even adults, have been speedrunning, and competing in, "games that are made with 12 year olds in mind" for decades. And during those events there has been quite a lot of bragging going on.

[@natefroggy3626]

@@dr.c2195you are clearly 12

[@rubyredyoshi]

“i wish there were more caves in breath of the wild’s hyrule” bet youre happy now bud

[@M_B_J]

I think the beauty of even the "easy" shrines is the various ways to solve them. There were a handful in this video that I did very differently than you showed.

[@vivianmoore9083]

Damn, Zeltik. This must’ve taken a lot of time, patience, and dedication… Props to you man!

[@ryan82scott]

In defense of Tahno O'ah: even though it's a blessing shrine, and it's relatively unchallenging to reach, I wouldn't rank it so low. It's likely one of Link's first opportunities to use a cold-resisting recipe to reach a location, since the Warm Darner is not enough to stop you from being cold. Yet, it's close enough to Hateno Village to turn back if you don't have enough cold resistance. I think it's more valuable tutorially, and thus should be ranked a little higher.

[@istrasci]

39:20 - #30 - You can also create a Cryonis column in the shallow puddle to create the "cold shadow" that unlocks the shrine. That's how I did it.

[@miraculousmongoose]

DUDE

[@cepahreinholt8710]

I made a giant snow ball it was hard and tedious and I feel silly.

[@miraculousmongoose]

@@cepahreinholt8710 SAME DUDE DAME

[@joonbee8377]

Yeah and i just left it there and set up a campfire for noon then waited a bit in game for the rest lol

[@zeferinamartinez3001]

Interesting .Please do a video so me can do it that way to thanks in advance...grate day to you ...

[@ebensirges]

I remember the first time I played through Steady Thy Heart, Link walked out of the shrine at the end with Spirit Orb in heart and I just sat back in my chair and took a nice, deep breath and smiled. Definitely agree with your top choice, more shrines like Maka Rah would be an absolute treat!

[@theogsg5648]

So many people say the long wait for BotW2 makes people move on, but I feel anticipation and interest in Zelda is stronger than ever. I still look forward to all your videos and I will never tire of hearing you talk about Zelda.

[@AdamDeLand]

I really hope there is still major hype once it comes close to release; I hardly hear anybody talk about it other than people like Zeltik. After last year's E3 direct when the first full trailer was released, I expected everyone to be raving about it, but instead everyone was distracted by Metroid Dread.

[@Ichigo111293]

@@AdamDeLand It’s Zelda. It’ll do fine.

[@tumultuousv]

@@AdamDeLand well yeah. It didn't have a release date and it was only a teaser. If it was the first trailer at that time... it would've been just as talked about as metroid. But when they start showing off the game more and another trailer close to release date... people will be hyped

[@arturocastroverde3349]

@@AdamDeLand people talk about this game way more than metroid dread

[@keiyakins]

Eh, I mean, a lot of the fanbase goes into hibernation and wanders off to other things, but trust me, when we get a release date it'll all wake up again.

[@ottersintuxedos4981]

The first time I did the Typhlo ruins I had never encountered a Hinox, I had come straight from the Gerudo desert where I started and pretty much sure shot my way round the map. That fight with the hinox was fucking TERRIFYING

[@902496]

In regards to the very first shrine you mention, the motion control maze, I wanted to put out there for anyone struggling with the "flip it upside-down" method that there is an easier way. If you turn the shrine 90 degrees so the exit faces you, the ball will drop at the end of the final straightaway towards the maze exit. Then you can just turn it back to its original position, and now you have the ball lined up in the maze, with walls on either side, ready to be flung. That stupid golf one is definitely at the bottom for me. The chest puzzle is so damn hard I always end up giving up, and I've looked it up an the reward is one of the few giant ancient cores you can get in chests in the game.

[@littlewormthatcould]

Even without the ranking this was a super fun video! Its so interesting to see the different ways people solve these shrines, especially the ones that seem pretty obvious in hindsight. The option for multiple solutions is one of my favorite things about the shrines.

[@nickk3077]

2:22 This shrine reminds me of the beta of BotW, where Nintendo was going to add more Wii U GamePad-related gimmicks into the mix, right before axing *almost* all of it. This is one of those few exceptions. In the beta of this game, the GamePad was more integral to the whole game, with a map and probably inventory on the GamePad, which I am genuinely disappointed aren't in the Wii U version of the game. I remember in a playable 2016 version of the game, there was this one Wii U GamePad gimmick that I am glad didn't make it into the game, where you had the ability to scan enemies in first person using the GamePad's gyro to view their health. It seemed slow and unnecessary. The camera rune is still in the game, and I bet that it was initially supposed to be kinda like Fatal Frame for Wii U.

[@RTU130]

Hmmm

[@Questie71]

I remember early on in my first play through, before I even knew that the Divine Beasts were the temples itself, I stumped upon the Spring of Wisdom and thought that the corrupted dragon on top was one of the Divine Beasts

[@canardlapomme]

All the shrines?!?! Instant like for dedication

[@Lightning-2153]

I'm a pretty big fan of the three labyrinths, especially the one in Hebra. I love how they're seemingly a 2D puzzle, but then it forces you to think in 3D space at certain points.

[@Khakiasp]

I'm so glad i discovered this channel, I have barely played any zelda games but your excellent production value, awesome voice and insightful commentary make every video a delight. Keep up the good work!

[@cramde948]

That failed attempt to latch on to the metal block at 48:50 then transitioning to another clip is just comedy gold. 😂😂😂

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

I think my favorite shrine is Block The Blaze, as it just gets extremely wrecked by upgrading the Goron Armor. You can just walk through the fire jets

[@vivaangupta969]

Same with basically any electricity-related shrine, you can just cheese it with the Thunder Helm

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

@@vivaangupta969 no? Most shrines with electricity use it in a "create a power circuit" way which isn't cheeseable. Meanwhile Block The Blaze just revolves around finding ways to, well, block the blaze so you can proceed further. Being fireproof negates that challenge

[@teddyjohnson7527]

@@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123 It's definitely still true of Dual Purpose though

[@TheTownNarcoleptic]

That one is bloody dope. I remember sitting next to my brother as we went through it on each other’s switches, only looking up from chatting when one of us would inevitably exclaim something suggesting something annoying (and therefore amusing to the other) had happened. Good times

[@Helenasharmila]

To be honest, I would do a lot to experience all the shrines like the first time i did them. It was so much fun.

[@Joe-ik1ph]

I love the shrines and want them to do similar concepts in future Zelda games. I just hope that they are better designed and are fewer in number. Quality over quantity.

[@TheLadyLiddell]

Maybe I'm alone in this, but I actually liked the Myahm Agana shrine because I thought it was clever that we WERE able to flip it around and solve the puzzle that way. It rewards thinking outside the box and shows there are often multiple ways to solve any given situation. I thought it was creative in that sense.

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

yeah, but that doesn't fix the fundamental issue that its incredibly annoying to control. even doing it that way just feels bad to play

[@TheLadyLiddell]

@@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502 that's one of the things I'm so glad they improved on for TotK. Rotating objects with button presses is a million times better.

[@cobalttj6356]

The only one I feel somewhat strongly about is Collected Soul. I honestly find it pretty entertaining and dont really get mad when I die to dumb ball rolling shenanigans, I always have a good time going through it.

[@mubzytv]

If you get the travel medallion from the DLC, I just added that to the area for the blood moon shrine quest so when it’s time for a blood moon, can quickly warp to it

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

I just hope they go with full out mini dungeons for BoTW 2, shrines were good for what they were, but i think most agree they were too short and linear.

[@leargamma4912]

The mini dungeon, longer puzzle group shrines are the most fun and best, like wind guide and blue flame. A test of strength, shrine quest / quick puzzles ( like quick thinking on that beach buddy shrine) and some of the higher shrine quests feel more fun than even the divine beasts.

[@Ganondoodles]

i find it kinda funny how many of many of the D and C Tiers are some of my favorite shrines, i like the simple ones tbh, overall i got no problem with almost all of them .. except for the golf ones and the test of strength; golf is just kinda boring and test of strength .. well, its the most boring really, otherwise i just didnt like it much when a shrine requires alot of weapon usage (like the golf ones) tho i suppose that changed once i got the master sword since i use that for everything i dont want to spend durabillity of better weapons on xD

[@insanimator]

This allows the dungeon ranking to come full circle after the last video. Great vid!

[@SW-ef5oy]

I’m so pleasantly surprised to see that number one shrine get some recognition! It’s my favourite shrine in the game, and was one of the last I found. I love the idea of a shrine that’s just full of jumpscares, and found it so much fun.

[@leargamma4912]

I loved wind guide a lot too, at number 17. It is a great shrine, long and like a mini dungeon, but also if you don't know where it is or you have your shrine ditector off, then finding it can be half the fun. Although.... running around for the last 10 shrines made it feel more clever when I was desperate to find the last ones.

[@dweebly4002]

Now this, this is necessary and quality Zelda content

[@MaxWelton]

27:16 bonus points in my book for containing part of the Climbing set, the most frequently useful armor in the game

[@songoku9348]

I like the combat shrines, a true test of your skills throughout your adventure.

[@skins4thewin]

Absolutely love the song choices throughout this video! Features some of my favorite Zelda tracks including the Face Shrine theme from Link's Awakening Remake. Might be my favorite Zelda track of all time. Absolutely haunting & yet beautiful.

[@DanDanChair3427]

The "Flowerblight Ganon" joke is top tier.

[@luxraygaming2300]

I persona really enjoy the motion control shrines myself, a lot of them feel super fun! Naturally there are some stinkers, but there are also bad non motion control ones.

[@wobboshi4428]

29:13 I never knew that you could pick up the laser. I thought you had to set up bombs to change the switch. I honestly don't know how I solved it.

[@lodewijk.]

I used bombs as well! To be honest, I prefer the bombs solution :p

[@SHOOPY2021]

I used stasis after turning the laser to the laser, on my master mode file I just wind bombed

[@stephaniem8278]

I was so mad when I realized you could move the laser. The first time I solved it I used bombs and it was hella tedious.

[@lh06]

Trail of power being #5 made me happy. Definitely one of my favourite shrines, as the puzzles are incredibly fun, and it has lots of good loot for the early game. Since I didn’t expect it to be so high it was a pleasant surprise to see my favourite shrine other then the dark forest and eventide at #5.

[@Buphido]

134, the golf one, was an absolute nightmare. I had to reload my save multiple times because I ran out of weapons to hit the ball with. And since opened chests in shrines are displayed on the world map, the completionist in me was forced to do the extra challenge as well. -1/10, burn in hell.

[@m.a.nutile4550]

the title cards in this video are beautiful, especially the ones for each tier. Great work!

[@SlickTater]

My nephew was having a tough time with the Stop to Start shrine so he asked me to help him (do it for him). I got to the end in one try, which really irritated him, and right before I accepted the monk’s orb, I pulled out a bomb, blew myself up, and tossed him the controller. His reaction was pretty funny. I told him that he had to do it himself if he wanted to get better, but that didn’t improve his mood any (he finished it in a couple more tries anyway). I wish I would’ve filmed the whole thing

[@kaylynbrescia7204]

my favorite shrine is Blue Flame. It's so much fun figuring out how to bring the flame from one end of a huge shrine to the other. I'm so glad it was in S tier. Steady Thy Heart was a banger too oml those two and the Naydra quest are some of the most unforgettable in the game imo.

[@batRogers]

Man this makes me want to do another all-shrines run again. Some of these shrines you just don't revisit otherwise and you forget how fun they can be, like Steady Thy Heart!

[@leargamma4912]

Wind guide, too. Buuut my circumstances for finding that one was more a "ya got me, game" kinda deal than anything else. Or me just.... using the shrine beeper.

[@worldsworstletsplay]

I love that you ranked every single one of these! DEDICATION!! I am currently playing through BOTW again, but on Master Mode for the first time! I would be honored for a mega fan to check it out!

[@imperatorofman]

I liked most of the blessing shrines. They felt like a welcome relief from some of the more vague crazy ones.

[@mirandagarza5728]

I feel so happy to see you consider as number 1 the Steady Thy Heart trial. It does make homage to its name, made me skip a beat unlike any moment in the whole game. Not even a lynel nor the blights made me feel like this. We really appreciate all the effort you put in your videos, Zeltik!

[@XX-sp3tt]

15:33 I got hit by lightning without protection for that shrine. I was HAPPY it was a blessing shrine!

[@xian2themax]

You’re supposed to just set a metal weapon on it

[@XX-sp3tt]

@@xian2themax I didn't know that at the time. I thought you HAD TO get hit by lightning for it to count.

[@dragonflytoo]

I applaud you ❤️👍🏻. WELL DONE! One aspect I love about BOTW is that shrines can be completed so many different ways. I smiled through this entire video because you showed me different, and often easier, ways to complete the shrine. I appreciate the time, expertise and energy it took to create this. thank you 👍🏻.

[@nicholaswise5818]

this guy got his wish for more caves

[@sharpjay217]

When my boyfriend was first playing BotW earlier this year, his roommate and I kept waiting for him to get to the motion control shrines. Those shrines had pissed off both of us so much, and we were just waiting to laugh at his annoyance then share our hatred of the motion controls. We quickly learned that we had severely underestimated the Splatoon player’s mastery of motion controls, as he did those shrines in less than a minute each.

[@eichelwurst2929]

29:14 Wow. I've beaten this Shrine several times and had no Idea you can beat it like that

[@BJGvideos]

How did you do it then?

[@RodrigoHernandez-ib9xw]

insanely entertaining video I was shocked to see a 1 hour video but after starting it... it felt like it ended to quickly haha always happy when a new video is out keep up the good work 💪🏼

[@dozenscroll5682]

Zeltik my man! You never fail to impress us with your work and your dedication

[@koguma8823]

"i wish there were more caves" you must be the happiest totk player rn

[@pedrogarcia8706]

I really wish that instead of being randomly ordered, the shrines in this game that really feel like they build off of one another would actually be encountered in order, so that they get progressively harder, that way it feels like there's a progression from learning a mechanic, to applying that mechanic, to mastering that mechanic.

[@stephaniem8278]

Ah, but then it is less wild. I felt like I learned and mastered them in a progressive way still. If you follow the path the game nudges you toward for the first part of the game, you basically run through all the easier/tutorial-type shrines. The three trees one is essentially a tutorial for shrine quests.

[@amaryllis0]

It's funny, because the sole advantage of having all the shrines being these boring, homogenous pocket dimensions instead of coherent spaces like caves or dungeons, is that the game could change up the shrine inside so you encounter specific shrines in a specific order. For example, instead of Entrance A leading to Shrine A etc., you have Entrance A lead to any wind-themed shine, and the game just serves you up the next wind-themed shrine that you haven't completed yet. Then the shrines could actually build upon each other and become progressively harder as you say

[@RTU130]

Maybe

[@Le0n0]

Even tho I love the game, I have a huge issue with shrines: They all give you 1 Spirit Orb. If the reward varied depending on how important or big it was, it would have a bigger impact to the gameplay. Why would one choose to do the stranded island shrine when you could do a 15 second combat shrine? I hope TOTK changes it up and makes shrines a bit more impactful and unique. Maybe some rewards and "shrines" are in the overworld like in previous game, where when you entered a town, you could see some heart pieces to collect. Maybe climbing an impossible mountain rewards you with a stamina bar upgrade, or a huge shrine ends up looking like a dungeon and rewards link with multiple heart pieces, korok seeds, and maybe even an ability. I guess at that point they aren't shrine anymore! I'd rather have 10 unique looking and big shrines and some more overworld events than 136 almost identical shrines. I think we'll get caves in TOTK, maybe some sky islands will be "shrines" on their own!

[@sommerblaser]

34:58 this is the WORST shine in my opinion. i have a switch lite, so while doing the apparatus shrines, i don’t have the option to take off the controllers so i have to turn my entire switch this way and that, while trying to still see the screen so i know what i’m doing. i’m convinced the last block is impossible, i gave up and wind bombed it

[@tomdekler9280]

Shoutout to whoever is making these thumbnails for Zeltik's video's, this one is an absolute treat.

[@Zeltik]

Thanks man, I appreciate it

[@GustavsMauler]

I actually like Myahm Agana, the lowest rated shrine on the list. It’s early on so it was really cool the first time realizing I could just turn the controller over and skip the maze, and the devs obviously knew you could. It’s just a cool bit of puzzle solving freedom

[@patrickflying17]

If that puzzel was bound to the stick it'd be a living hell. People really need to start thinking outside the box with these gyro puzzels. some are finicky as hell like the three ball ones but overall they're prolly the least frustrustrating of the frustrating type of shrine. Hell you dont even need to turn the mazeupside down. just flick the ball into the middle slot and off you go.

[@Thinkafurr]

A truly Big Brained Effort Zeltik. EVERY shrine ranked is phenomenal. Well done!

[@yamisarkar91]

Love how chill some were. The speed crystal 🔷️... reminds me Sonic X. The Flower Ganon Lady 🌷 and the drunk 🥴Lady... love who you meet at shines. They all remind me of things form Nintendo game's 🎮.

[@hayesblake]

Zeltik, this was a mammoth task to undertake but as always it was a thoroughly great watch with equally good commentary. Thank you for taking the time to do this

[@hayesblake]

Edit: FLOWER BLIGHT GANON! Hahaha

[@vivaangupta969]

What's funny is that every electricity-related shrine can be cheesed using the Thunder Helm

[@sidnew2739]

Nope. Most of them require to build up circuits.

[@ancientbaltoy8769]

I went this entire video just going "Wait you can do it like that?" or "That's not even close to what I did". Great video, need to remember some of this.

[@jackiemay147]

I hated blue flame, but only because they didn’t give you any arrows in the shrine. So many times, I’d go in with a normal amount of arrows and then get stuck doing one of the puzzles for so long that I go through all my arrows. Then the only thing you can do is backtrack and go buy more, and then redo the entire shrine again. It’s infuriating, and that’s why older Zelda games would always make sure if you were in a dungeon where you needed arrows or bombs for instance, you were never stuck without it. I can’t imagine why they changed this in BOTW.

[@leargamma4912]

I understand your pain, but it rewards item management, something few zelda games ever do. At least, that is how I think of it.

[@RTU130]

True

[@theblacksquare9092]

Nintendo was like "you want more caves? have 147 more"

[@gundamwarrior]

The motion control ones are as bad as playing an actual version of Labyrinth ball puzzle game. Those theres were frustrating as sin to play with. Owned one, could rarely if ever get past a quarter of the area. My hatred for those was exemplified in the BOTWs puzzles that required it.

[@Kloverkill]

The depth of work and quality of your content is just incredible. Thank you.

[@heffayguap]

One thing I disagree with is Bird in the Mountains was THE coolest overworld quest in the game! Just the fact that they designed an entire section of the Hebra region to look like an enormous bird in flight, but only visible from a fixed point at the top of a tree is so brilliant! Plus, it's such a great little misdirection in the riddle, and the realization when the "bird" comes into focus was one of my favorite experiences in the game. My jaw dropped when I heard you say that quest doesn't merit a higher ranking for the shrine. xD

[@asymptoticspatula]

Thank you for making this video. Such a lot of work and such polish too. I really enjoyed it!

[@calebklauzer3171]

This made me realize how long it's been since I've played the full game. I forgot so many of these details. Great work. 👍

[@papaspoon1550]

I remember you mentioning this 2 weeks ago, I didn't actually think you'd be such a mad man too do it.

[@augustobonito4816]

THIS WAS AN HOUR LONG VIDEO. Felt a lot shorter for some reason, you're a master entertainer

[@SonicTheHedgehog336]

"It feels like your storming a castle" The Bread Pirate: Have fun, storming the castle Bread liked that

[@adnanchehaitelli1938]

Amazing work. I love how you put together these videos! Everytime I see something new It's always such a masterpiece and great tribute to the lore behind these ganes

[@jamesluckhurst8792]

This video may have been long but it was a pleasure to watch. Please make more videos that have extended runtimes. Thanks for your content bud

[@ingridlovesboris]

If anyone is interested, here's the number of shrines in every tier: D-Tier: 9 Shrines C-Tier: 35 Shrines B-Tier: 58 Shrines A-Tier: 24 Shrines S-Tier: 10 Shrines

[@normiesprogress8436]

Thanks for the video! I think a lot of the opinions I had on the shrines are ones I share with you, and they were things I considered when I was modding them. I still have the Tests of Strength ones to update, but 100 of them have been reworked to some capacity, like The Stars Guide You having the shrine be pitch black to better see the constellations.

[@dugganater]

This is game is freaking incredible. So many great shrines and overworld puzzles.

[@beatsado6529]

I 100% agree with this tier list. I found that there were so many good shrines that were just bogged down because of the short length, and there were a lot of test of strength shrines that could just easily be dealt with. I also found that the amount of blessing shrines was a bit mush, as just walking in and getting a mediocre prise for a mediocre challenge (most of the time) was unrewarding. Another thing is that you missed out on explaining that to get to the Stolen Heirloom shrine, you had to complete a bunch of quests before hand, which really added the satisfaction of getting the Edge of Duality in the shrine.

[@bradup]

57:05 on top of that, the music when your near the shrine is absolutely exceptional

[@Superfirefox1996]

Fateful Stars would probably be at the top for me! That one completely stumped me for the longest time, but the moment I was about to quit and look up the answer, everything suddenly clicked into place and I solved it! That "Aha!" moment alone was enough to make that Shrine go from my most hated to one of my favorites. I really enjoyed your video! It must have been a Major Test of Strength getting it all organized!

[@sparktaylor8489]

Heirloom Quest and Naydra Shrine a bit underrated imo. Iconic jaw dropping surprise and smash.

[@connerpaul9401]

I love that the bottomless pit in BoTW turns into an entrance into the depths in ToTK