Serutabomac Shrine — Ball Maze

Location: Central Hyrule, southeast Hyrule Field Ability Required: Ultrahand Difficulty: Medium — ball-maze tilt puzzle

Overview

Serutabomac Shrine features a ball maze — a large tilting platform with walls and channels forming a maze. You tilt the entire platform with Ultrahand to roll a metal ball through the maze channels and into the goal hole. Precise tilting skill is the challenge.

Preparation

• No combat
• Takes 8–15 minutes (maze is tricky)
• No special gear

Walkthrough

Maze Layout

The platform is a flat board with raised walls forming a winding channel — S-curve, then a wide turn, then a narrow straightaway to the goal hole in the far corner.

Getting the Ball In

1. The ball starts at a launch point above the maze edge. Use Ultrahand to tilt the entire maze platform so the ball rolls from the launch point into the maze entrance.

Navigating the Maze

2. S-Curve: Tilt the platform right-forward to roll the ball into the S-curve entry. At the S's midpoint, tilt left-forward to navigate the curve. At the S's exit, straighten to neutral.
3. Wide Turn: A gentle tilt left guides the ball around the wide left turn. Don't over-tilt — the ball rolls faster in the wide section.
4. Narrow Straightaway: Tilt slightly forward (very small angle) to roll the ball slowly down the narrow channel toward the goal hole. Too fast = the ball skips over the hole.

Goal

3. The ball drops into the goal hole — the gate to the altar opens.

Altar

Collect your Light of Blessing.

Tips

• Slow is smooth: The biggest mistake is tilting too aggressively. Small, controlled tilts give you precise ball movement. Large tilts send the ball careening into walls.
• Neutral position: When transitioning between sections (S-curve to wide turn), briefly return to neutral (flat platform) to reset the ball's momentum before the next tilt direction.
• The narrow channel is the hardest: Use a very gentle forward tilt for the final straightaway. If the ball consistently skips the hole, you're tilting too far. 5-degree maximum.
• Ball reset: If the ball falls off the maze, a new ball spawns at the launch point. There's no limit to resets — just try again.
• Camera angle: Zoom out your camera (Y button) to see more of the maze at once while tilting. Default close camera makes it hard to see where the ball is heading.

Chest Summary

| # | Contents | Location | |---|----------|----------| | 1 | Ruby | Side alcove off the maze — tilt the ball into a branching channel that leads to a chest alcove before guiding it to the goal. |

Nearby Points of Interest

• Lookout Landing — northwest, Central Hyrule's main hub with full services
• Dueling Peaks Stable — east, rest point near the Necluda border
• Hyrule Field Skyview Tower — north, Central Hyrule map activation
• Coliseum Ruins — west, enemy camp with strong weapons and materials

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Part of the Central Hyrule Shrine Guide — Tears of the Kingdom shrine walkthroughs on Hyrule Archive.