Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Lake Intenoch Cave Guide

Navigate Lake Intenoch Cave in Tears of the Kingdom! Find the Shrine Crystal, unlock Moshapin Shrine, defeat fiery enemies, uncover hidden chambers, and collect Ore Deposits and the Bubbulfrog.

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Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Lake Intenoch Cave Guide

Summary

A super heated cave found in Eldin. Found inside the cave is a Shrine Crystal that will grant access to Moshapin Shrine. This cave is filled with breakable rocks and twisting corridors, confusing navigation. Within this cave, you can find Ore Deposits, and Brightbloom Seeds.


Location

Coordinates: 2484, 1794, 0161


Walkthrough

Entrance

Link approaching the entrance of Lake Intenoch Cave

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.

Link inside the first chamber of Lake Intenoch Cave

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.

Link standing in the chamber with the Shrine Crystal

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.

Link facing down the Fire-Like inside the magma pool chamber

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

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.

Link fighting a Igneous Pebblit

With the basics of that area seen, there’s more to find in this cave and its breakable walls. Go back into the Breakable rocks nearby the Shrine Crystal. Start smashing through them to the West. This will lead to another chamber, a small one. You can find an Ore Deposit or two. You will also likely encounter an Igneo Pebblit. Link can continue to the West and break through another wall of rock.

  • All these chambers do link together if you smash through the rock walls.

With that side explored (for now), head back to the main chamber. Go over to the Western Wall and start smashing through it.

Link approaching the Western wall in the main chamber

Breaking through that rock will bring you to a chamber with a pair of Igneo Pebblit and a Chest with a Construct Bow. Head over to the Eastern side of the chamber to find a breakable wall you can smash through.

Going through this wall will lead to another split in the path within the breakable rock. You can head to the South, which will link up with the chamber earlier from the Northern side.. If you head to the North, this will bring you to the all important final chamber. Inside here, you can find the Bubbulfrog. Be mindful of where you shoot it to avoid having the Bubbulfrog dropping down into small pools of magma.


Moshapin Shrine

Link bringing the Shrine Crystal to the Moshapin Shrine

Getting to the Eastern side of the Magma Pool, you can head up the slope to find the frame for Moshapin Shrine. Around the frame, you can find a few Ore Deposits. You can only access the shrine by bringing the Shrine Crystal across the magma pool and setting it inside its frame.


Video Walkthrough

https://youtu.be/1wTgXEQg5Wc