BotW Labyrinths: All 3 Lomei Labyrinths, Routes and Loot

Breath of the Wild has three maze-like castle ruins that the game calls Lomei Labyrinth Island, North Lomei Labyrinth and South Lomei Labyrinth. Each has a blessing shrine at its center. Reaching the shrine clears the shrine quest, and the chest inside holds one piece of the Barbarian set. This page covers where each labyrinth is, the key points of the route, what lies along the way, and how to collect the full set. The three labyrinths in Tears of the Kingdom work differently, see the Tears of the Kingdom labyrinths.

Where are the three Lomei Labyrinths?

They sit far apart: northeast, north and southwest of the map. When you get close to the ruins a voice tells you that passing through the maze will earn a blessing, which starts the shrine quest, and it completes the moment you activate the shrine. The list of all 42 shrine quests is on the shrine quests page.

Is there a puzzle inside?

No. The shrine in each labyrinth is a blessing shrine: inside there is only a straight path to the monk and one chest, and no Sheikah Slate rune is needed. What is hard is finding the way, and the enemies along it:

• Lomei Labyrinth Island: Guardians stand in front of the entrance and will spot you if you rush ahead. Besides the Decayed Guardians there are Guardian Skywatchers in the air, plus Electric and Fire Chuchus. The maze walls can be climbed, so with enough stamina you can go over them.
• North Lomei Labyrinth: Lizalfos (Blue and Black), Stalkoblins and Electric Chuchus wait along the way, and one passage is blocked by Malice with an eye growing on it. The walls can be climbed here too.
• South Lomei Labyrinth: The maze is not very complicated. Black Bokoblins and Stal enemies (Stalkoblins, Stalmoblins, Stalizalfos) roam it, and several passages are said to be blocked by Malice.

How do you get through Lomei Labyrinth Island?

Go to the cliff next to the Akkala Ancient Tech Lab and glide out over the sea toward the island. It is a long glide, so bring a stamina-restoring meal. Once you land and enter the maze, the key points of the route are:

1. Avoid the Guardians in front of the entrance and stay close to the wall.
2. Head north, passing a metal box, and keep working deeper into the maze.
3. Reach a ladder standing between two lights, climb it, and spiral up the stairs.
4. When you see four lamp posts and the shrine entrance, you have arrived.

The turn-by-turn directions are on the Tu Ka’loh Shrine page.

There is a torch next to the shrine. Light it, or use a fire arrow, to burn the thorns in the lower passage, which leads to the Great Flameblade.

If you have the Expansion Pass, the quest EX Teleportation Rumors! brings you here. The game text says that Super Rumor Mill EX is kept at South Akkala Stable, and that it mentions a chest holding the Travel Medallion hidden under the labyrinth in northeast Akkala. Finding it completes the quest. That chest is said to be at the south end of the basement. For what the Expansion Pass contains, see the DLC guide. All 12 EX quests, with where each starts and every chest, are on the EX quests guide.

How do you get through North Lomei Labyrinth?

When you reach the center, iron gates surround the shrine and you cannot walk in from the ground. The key points are:

1. Find a way deeper into the maze, climb a series of ladders and pass through a tunnel.
2. The tunnel leads to a walkway above the shrine. Drop down from it to land in front of the shrine.
3. For the passage blocked by Malice, find the eye growing on the Malice near the shrine and shoot it with a bow, and the Malice disappears.

The step-by-step guide is on the Qaza Tokki Shrine page.

How do you get through South Lomei Labyrinth?

Enter through the main gate. The shrine is in a room under the central passage. Several passages inside are said to be blocked by Malice, and some of them can be bypassed by climbing. It is said that when you see the stairs you should not go straight but turn right and follow the outer wall, where the inner wall has a single opening that leads into the inner maze. The detailed steps are on the Dila Maag Shrine page.

What chests and rewards are in the labyrinths?

The chest in each shrine is one piece of the Barbarian set. Each piece is in a different labyrinth, so skipping one means missing a piece:

Each shrine also gives a Spirit Orb. For the set bonus and the materials for each upgrade star, see the Barbarian set.

The other chests and the weapons lying on the ground are worth picking up too. This table lists the main weapons placed in the three labyrinths:

North Lomei’s Diamond is on the roof at the highest point of the building, so you have to climb the walls. The roof above the shrine has a hole: jump to the wall with the vines, climb it, and you reach the room with three chests. You can check these spots against the interactive map.

How do these differ from the Tears of the Kingdom labyrinths?

In Breath of the Wild each labyrinth is a single surface maze with one shrine, and the reward is the Barbarian set, one piece per labyrinth. In Tears of the Kingdom each labyrinth has three floors (surface, sky and Depths) and two shrines, the reward is the Evil Spirit set, and you must beat a Flux Construct III. See the Tears of the Kingdom labyrinths.

Further reading

• Shrine quests: the other 39 quests
• Barbarian set: set bonus and upgrade materials
• All armor
• Shrine map guide