Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Shrine Quest – The Northwest Hebra Cave Crystal Guide
Explore Northwest Hebra Cave in Tears of the Kingdom, find the hidden Shrine Crystal beneath the freezing water, defeat Bokoblins, collect treasures, and unlock Rutafu-um Shrine.
Summary
The Quest to access Rutafu-um Shrine within the Hebra Mountains Northwest Cave. Get the crystal from the freezing waters and bring it to the highlighted location to access the Shrine itself
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 Hebra Mountains Northwest Cave in Hyrule
Coordinates: -2999, 3099, 0514
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. Drop down all the way to the base of the entrance shaft.
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.
