BotW Captured Memories: All 13 Locations and Rewards

Zelda’s album holds twelve old photos, and each one marks a place where a memory is waiting. This page lists all of them in album order with the memory they unlock, a nearby shrine, its map location and what the spot looks like, then the 13th location and the rewards.

Where are all 12 Captured Memories?

Photo	Memory	Title	Location	Nearby shrine	Map
1	1	Subdued Ceremony	Sacred Ground Ruins	Katah Chuki Shrine	Show on map
2	3	Resolve and Grief	Lake Kolomo	Oman Au Shrine	Show on map
3	5	Zelda’s Resentment	Ancient Columns	Tena Ko’sah Shrine	Show on map
4	7	Blades of the Yiga	Kara Kara Bazaar	Kay Noh Shrine	Show on map
5	8	A Premonition	Eldin Canyon, west of Goronbi Lake	Mirro Shaz Shrine	Show on map
6	9	Silent Princess	Irch Plain	Monya Toma Shrine	Show on map
7	11	Shelter from the Storm	Hylia River, opposite Scout’s Hill	Bosh Kala Shrine	Show on map
8	12	Father and Daughter	Hyrule Castle	Saas Ko’sah Shrine	Show on map
9	13	Slumbering Power	Spring of Power	Tutsuwa Nima Shrine	Show on map
10	14	To Mount Lanayru	Sanidin Park Ruins	Rota Ooh Shrine	Show on map
11	15	Return of Calamity Ganon	Lanayru Road - East Gate	Dow Na’eh Shrine	Show on map
12	16	Despair	Woods northeast of Bottomless Swamp	Kaya Wan Shrine	Show on map

“Photo” is the album order and “Memory” is the number the game gives the memory in its list. Map locations are the memory trigger points from the game’s placement data, taken the same way as on the shrine map.

How do you recognize each photo spot?

Every spot has a faint glowing circle on the ground. Stand in it and the recall starts. These are the details to look for:

Photo	What to look for
1	Directly south of Hyrule Castle: a stone platform in the middle of a pool.
2	The west bank of Lake Kolomo, on a small raised ridge, looking east across the water.
3	Right in front of Tena Ko’sah Shrine, on the path up to its entrance.
4	At the edge of the pond in the middle of the bazaar, lined up so you see the top-heavy rock with the green banner.
5	A flat hilltop west of Goronbi Lake with a ring of small stones, overlooking Woodland Tower.
6	Northwest of Hyrule Castle, across the moat: a big tree beside a U-shaped pool. The circle is in front of the tree.
7	The east bank of the Hylia River: a lone tree on a small hill with two little statues under it. Face the Bridge of Hylia.
8	The outdoor bridge between Princess Zelda’s Room and Princess Zelda’s Study.
9	Facing the goddess statue at the Spring of Power, which has a tree on each side.
10	Next to the horse statue in the horseshoe-shaped park.
11	The road in front of the large arch at the end of Lanayru Promenade. A Moblin stands guard.
12	A forest path next to a large rock, across the river from Wetland Stable.

For photo 4, the circle is at the edge of the pond: walk the edge of the water until it appears.

How does the Captured Memories quest work?

1. Finish Locked Mementos. Purah restores the Camera and the album at Hateno Ancient Tech Lab; the twelve photos are already in it.
2. Talk to Impa in Kakariko Village. She starts Captured Memories and asks you to find at least one of the places.
3. Find one spot and report back. Impa gives you the Champion’s Tunic for your first memory.
4. Find the other eleven. Visit them in any order. Once you have finished the main quest Find the Fairy Fountain, the painter Pikango at the stables can give hints about the photos.
5. Visit the place in Impa’s painting. After all twelve, Impa points you to the painting on her wall. That is the 13th memory; it does not appear before then.

Where is the 13th memory?

Memory	Title	Location	Nearby shrine	Map
17	Zelda’s Awakening	Ash Swamp, near Fort Hateno	Ha Dahamar Shrine	Show on map

The painting shows Ash Swamp full of shut-down Guardians. The circle is between the two southernmost ponds, beside a leaning Guardian.

What do you get for the memories?

When	What you get
First memory, reported to Impa	Champion’s Tunic
All 12 photos	Impa reveals the 13th location
13th memory	The quest ends
Captured Memories finished before the final battle	An extra scene after the credits

The extra scene is added to the normal ending rather than replacing it. The other five of the game’s 18 memories do not come from photos: four play as you free the Divine Beasts (see the Divine Beasts order), and the 18th, The Master Sword, is recovered in Korok Forest (see the Master Sword guide). The Champions’ Ballad DLC adds more memories on top of these.