Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Lake Intenoch Cave Crystal Guide
Brave the extreme heat of Lake Intenoch Cave in TOTK, defeat Horriblins, navigate breakable rock walls, and transport the Shrine Crystal across a magma lake to unlock Moshapin Shrine.
Summary
A super heated cave found in Eldin. Found inside the cave is this Shrine Crystal that will grant access to Moshapin Shrine. This cave is filled with breakable rocks and twisting corridors, and potentially confusing navigation.
Description
“It seems that you can enter a Shrine of Light if you offer up a crystal.
Follow the ray of light, and offer up the crystal at the shrine.”
Location
Location of Moshapin Shrine on the Hyrule Map, within Lake Intenoch Cave
Coordinates: 2484, 1794, 0161
Walkthrough
Entrance
Head forward, up the slope into the cave itself. There’s a hot spring, Gero Pond, nearby to the West and Lake Intenoch to the Southeast.
Cave
- Kind of Horriblin can vary based on Link’s “level.”
Inside the cave, you’ll immediately encounter the highest possible heat. You will need Heat Resistance Rank 2 to survive without taking constant damage. Be sure to unequip any Wooden Equipment to prevent it from burning away. Remember, don’t use bombs, they will immediately explode when thrown.
Making your way down the slope, you’ll encounter a Horriblin. Moving down the slope into the first chamber, you’ll encounter a Blue Horriblin. Defeat it as well. Search the chamber for Ore Deposits to smash.
Inside this chamber, there are 2 sections of wall that can be broken. 1 to the North, 1 to the East. You’ll need a number of Blunt weapons, especially the Cobble Smasher, or you’ll want to repeatedly use Vow of Yunobo to break through the rocks.
Breaking through the rocks just to the North, you will hit a wall. Go to the East when you reach the wall. Smash through the rocks in that direction. This will bring you into the Eastern chamber with the Shrine Crystal sitting on a large podium. Interacting with this crystal will start Lake Intenoch Cave Crystal Shrine Quest.
If you search around this chamber, you will find a few Ore Deposits as well as a Fire-Like. The room extends out to the East as well, over a lake of magma. There are a few Fire Keese on the far side, nearby an island. It’s on the far side of the magma pool that you can see that you will find Moshapin Shrine.
- Just past the Fire-Like, sitting on the ground nearby the pool is a Zonai Hydrant.
- Sitting by the Southern edge is a Zonai Fan
Link creating a bridge across the magma pool with Ice Fruit
There are a few ways to get across the magma lake. You can use throwable water or ice items to create platforms. You can fuse the Zonai Hydrant onto a Shield and hold the shield up to create a series of platforms.
Alternatively, you can create 1 platform and then attach the nearby Zonai Fan to the platform. Take a moment to fuse the Shrine Crystal to the platform and activate the Fan. This will easily get you across the magma pool with minimum risk.
On the far side of the magma pool, jump onto the opposite shore. Once there, use Ultrahand to break the Shrine Crystal loose from the rock. After that, just head along the ledge to the South and behind the magma flow.
Getting across the magma pool
Go up the slope and over to the right. This will bring you to the frame of Moshapin Shrine.
Link bringing the Shrine Crystal to the Shrine Location
Approach the frame to have the Shrine Crystal manifest as the Shrine itself. Before you leave the area, be sure to explore the area. Collect the Brightbloom Seeds and collect any available Ore.
