Soryotanog Shrine

Maren's Tip

Remember — if a shrine gives Rauru's Blessing with no puzzle inside, the real challenge was reaching the entrance. Check the surrounding area!

Walkthrough

1. Step 1: Soryotanog Shrine in the Gerudo region has a unique two-part challenge — finding the shrine entrance and then solving the interior puzzle.
2. The entrance is buried under the perpetual Gerudo sandstorm in the East Barrens and is completely invisible to the naked eye.
3. Activate your Shrine Sensor from the Purah Pad if you have not already — it beeps faster as you approach shrine locations.
4. Step 2: Follow the Shrine Sensor's beeping into the sandstorm, heading southeast from the Gerudo Canyon Stable.
5. The beeping intensifies and reaches maximum frequency when you are standing directly above the buried entrance.
6. The shrine is approximately 2 meters below the sand surface.
7. Step 3: Use Ultrahand on the sand around your feet — specifically, grab and pull upward on the compacted sand blocks.
8. After clearing a roughly 3-meter radius area (pull away four to five sand blocks), the shrine's entrance stone is revealed — a circular stone platform with the familiar green glow.
9. Interact with it to open the shrine and descend.
10. Step 4: Inside the shrine, the puzzle continues the buried theme.
11. Three switches are hidden beneath sand mounds scattered across the chamber floor.
12. The mounds look like small hills of sand, each about 1 meter tall.
13. Use Ultrahand to grab each sand mound and pull it upward — the mound lifts away, revealing a floor switch beneath.
14. Step 5: Activate all three switches by stepping on them or placing objects on them.
15. Switch 1 is near the entrance (front-left mound).
16. Switch 2 is in the center of the room (largest mound).
17. Switch 3 is near the back wall (smallest mound, easy to mistake for decoration).
18. When all three switches are depressed simultaneously, the altar gate opens.
19. Note: you cannot stand on all three at once, so use the two pulled sand mound blocks as weights — place one on Switch 1 and one on Switch 2, then stand on Switch 3 yourself.
20. Step 6: A chest hidden in the wall behind the largest sand mound contains a Gerudo Spear (16 attack power with fast attack speed).
21. Claim it and the Light of Blessing at the altar.
22. Abilities needed: Ultrahand (sand removal, mound lifting, block placement).
23. Pro tip: The Gerudo sandstorm drains stamina faster than normal environments.
24. Wear the Desert Voe armor set for heat resistance and cook Enduring Elixirs before the trip to ensure you have stamina to spare during the Ultrahand excavation work.

Reward & Chest

Nearby Skyview Towers

Use these towers as reference points to locate this shrine on the map.

Region Temple Boss

After collecting enough Lights of Blessing from shrines in this region, you will face the temple boss: Queen Gibdo (Gerudo / Lightning Temple, difficulty 3/10).

More Shrines in Gerudo

• Agus Shrine — Puzzle, difficulty 2/5
• Bayge Shrine — Combat, difficulty 3/5
• Chichim Shrine — Puzzle, difficulty 2/5
• Daqa Shrine — Puzzle, difficulty 2/5
• Dinraal Shrine — Blessing, difficulty 1/5
• Gutoku Shrine — Puzzle, difficulty 3/5

Related Guides

• Gerudo Region Guide
• Gerudo Canyon Skyview Tower
• Gerudo Highlands Skyview Tower
• All 152 Shrines
• Shrine Quests
• Skyview Towers
• Lightroots
• Deep Walkthrough Guide