Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Hebra Mountains Northwest Cave Guide
Discover everything inside Hebra Mountains Northwest Cave in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Find the Bubbulfrog, collect hidden treasure, defeat Bokoblins, and retrieve the Shrine Crystal to unlock Rutafu-um Shrine.
Summary
A small, but deep cave that has the Rutafu-um Shrine. It has a few Bokoblins on the far side of a pool of freezing water. Inside the water is a Shrine Crystal that will let you complete the Northwest Hebra Cave Crystal Shrine Quest. Get in the shrine to collect the Topaz and the Light of Blessing.
Location
Location of Hebra Mountains Northwest Cave in Hyrule
Coordinates: -2998, 3219, 0559
Walkthrough
Entrance
Enter the Hebra Mountains Northwest Cave
This cave is found to the Northwest of Selmie’s Spot. There’s an overhang there. The entrance to the cave is under the overhang.
Cave
Drop down carefully to the first landing. Look to the Southern Wall. You’ll see an opening just below the level you’re on. Glide over into the opening.
Link entering the Chamber with the Bubbulfrog from the first ledge inside the entrance shaft
Inside this alcove you will find the Bubbulfrog. It’ll be hopping around as normal. Quickly defeat it and claim the Bubbul Gem. Go back to the entrance shaft and drop all the way down.
Getting down to the bottom of the cave, you will see a massive pool in the middle. The water is freezing cold and will immediately start doing damage if Link goes in it. There are a number of (Rare) Ore Deposits and some Luminous Stone Deposits as well. Searching around you can easily find a number of Hearty Truffles.
There are 2 large blocks of ice on the sides of the pool of water. The Block of Ice on the Eastern side has a Chest inside it. You can melt it with fire. Open the chest and you can claim the 3 Zonai Wings inside.
On the Southern shore, you will find a group of Bokoblins. You can sneak up on them and take out at least 1 with a careful Sneakstrike. Eliminate the rest of the Bokoblins after that. Look to the pool in the middle of the cave at this point.
In the water, you can see a glowing green gem, this is for the Hebra Mountains Northwest Crystal Shrine Quest. To reach it, you will need to create a platform over the water. Jump out onto the platform and use Ultrahand to grab the submerged Crystal.
Take the Crystal you have grabbed and set it down on the ground. Have Link go over to the Crystal on the ground and interact with it. This will start the quest.
Grab the Crystal and bring it to the Southern part of the main chamber. Just go up the slope and you’ll see the frame of the shrine. Approaching the shrine will reveal it to be Rutafu-um Shrine. Go inside the Shrine, to collect its Treasure and Light of Blessing.
