Daumikis 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: Enter Daumikis Shrine in the Depths region and immediately stop.
2. A Gloom Hand cluster — five disembodied hands crawling across the floor — patrols near the entrance.
3. These are among the most dangerous enemies in TotK: their gloom attacks permanently reduce your maximum hearts until you rest at a surface-level cooking pot or bed.
4. Do not engage them in standard melee.
5. Step 2: Retreat to the entrance corridor where you have distance.
6. Equip bomb arrows or bomb flower-fused arrows.
7. Each Gloom Hand requires two direct bomb arrow hits to destroy.
8. Fire at the nearest hand first — the explosion staggers adjacent hands, giving you time to reload.
9. Work systematically: destroy the two closest hands, then the center hand, then the two far hands.
10. Five hands times two arrows equals ten bomb arrows minimum — bring extra in case you miss.
11. Step 3: If any Gloom Hand gets close (within 3 meters), it lunges and grabs Link, draining hearts and applying gloom damage.
12. Emergency escape: attach a Zonai Flame Emitter to your shield before entering the shrine.
13. When a hand lunges, raise your shield — the flame emitter creates a fire burst that forces all nearby hands to recoil for 4 seconds.
14. Step 4: After destroying all five Gloom Hands, the arena goes briefly quiet.
15. Then a dark vortex forms in the center of the room, and Phantom Ganon materializes — a spectral figure wielding a massive sword with devastating reach.
16. This is the real fight.
17. Phantom Ganon has three attacks: a horizontal sword sweep (dodge with backflip), a downward slam (dodge with sidestep), and a teleporting lunge (watch for the red flash before it teleports).
18. Step 5: The key to defeating Phantom Ganon is targeting its glowing chest core with arrows.
19. When Phantom Ganon raises its sword for the slam attack, its chest core is exposed for about 2 seconds.
20. Fire an arrow directly at the core — a hit staggers Phantom Ganon and forces it to one knee for 6 seconds.
21. Sprint in and deliver your strongest melee combo during this vulnerability window.
22. Step 6: Three successful core-hit-and-melee cycles defeat Phantom Ganon.
23. It dissolves into gloom particles and drops a Gloom Sword (fused with dark energy, high attack but drains your hearts over time).
24. The altar materializes past the Phantom Ganon spawn point.
25. Claim the Light of Blessing.
26. Abilities needed: No shrine abilities required — this is a pure combat shrine.
27. Pro tip: Bring Sun-Delica meals (made from Sundelions) to the fight.
28. These restore gloom-damaged hearts, and since both the Gloom Hands and Phantom Ganon inflict gloom, having three or four Sun-Delica meals can save your run from becoming unrecoverable.

Reward & Chest

More Shrines in Depths

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• Daunma Shrine — Puzzle, difficulty 2/5
• Gasas Shrine — Combat, difficulty 2/5
• Ikatak Shrine — Combat, difficulty 4/5
• Kadipih Shrine — Rauru's Blessing, difficulty 1/5
• Kirukis Shrine — Puzzle, difficulty 3/5

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