Hawa Koth Shrine Guide: The Current Solution Walkthrough

Name: Hawa Koth Shrine Guide
Uploaded: 2017-03-20
Description: Hawa Koth Shrine Guide

Where is Hawa Koth Shrine?

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The shrine sits inside the Gerudo Great Skeleton, the giant skeleton landmark in the southwest portion of the Gerudo Desert, southwest of Gerudo Town. When Link enters the Ancient Shrine, the monk Hawa Koth can be heard presenting the trial. Just trek out to the skeleton and step inside — there is nothing else standing between you and the entrance.

Item	Detail
Trial	The Current Solution
Tower region	Wasteland
Map-marker coordinates	-4847, -3774, 0137
Shrine quest	None
Chests	3
Names	Hawa Koth Shrine · 哈瓦‧卡伊神廟 · 哈瓦·卡伊神庙

What should you bring?

Magnesis is the only rune you need — every single puzzle in this shrine is solved with it. Do bring a weapon: three Guardian Scout I stand on the high pathway and attack when you approach them. Arrows or bombs let you pick them off from a distance, or you can run over to them into melee range.

Video walkthrough

Hawa Koth Shrine Guide — Video by Zelda Dungeon · YouTube

How do you solve Hawa Koth Shrine?

Every puzzle in this trial is about routing electricity: an unbroken conductive path — metal cubes, a chained ball, a charged sphere, sliding blocks, and finally a missing gear — must reach the switch for anything to open.

1. Power the first door with metal cubes

In the first room, a green power source faces a switch across from it, with two small pillars separating them and two metal cubes lying nearby. Use Magnesis to set one cube on each of the two pillars (podiums) — the current bridges the gap, the lamp lights up, and the door to the next room opens.

Link setting a metal cube on a pillar between the power source and the switch — Use Magnesis to set cube ① on a pillar; the second cube goes on the other pillar. Screenshot (cropped) from Austin John Plays · CC BY

The current crossing the cubes and the lamp turning blue — The current bridges the gap, the lamp lights and the next door opens. Screenshot (cropped) from Austin John Plays · CC BY

2. Unravel the chain and activate the platform

In the next room, another power source holds a metal ball on a chain, and the chain is wrapped around a column. Grab the ball with Magnesis and work it around the column to unravel the chain.

Carry the untangled ball over and place it by the nearby switch/bulb — when that bulb is powered, the moving platform activates.

Link swinging the chained metal ball around the column — Grab chained ball ① with Magnesis and work it around the column to unravel the chain. Screenshot (cropped) from Austin John Plays · CC BY

The ball resting by the bulb beside the moving platform — Set the ball by the nearby bulb to start the moving platform. Screenshot (cropped) from Austin John Plays · CC BY

3. Retrieve the sunken treasure chest

Before riding up, look at the water at the bottom of the room: a treasure chest is sunk in it. Magnesis the chest to the surface and open it for an Ancient Core.

4. Cross the pathway with the electrified ball

Ride the platform to the upper level. You arrive at a long, narrow pathway lined with switches, where three Guardian Scout I attack as you approach. Clear them first with arrows, bombs, or by running into melee range.

Pick up the new electrified metal ball with Magnesis and set out across the pathway, lifting it high into the air, well away from the switches and bulbs along the bridge.

Watch the right-hand wall up high: there’s a small ledge with a bulb. Place the ball on it — a gate opens into a hidden room. Go in and loot the chest for a Gold Rupee (300 Rupees).

Head back around, pick the ball up again, and place it at the bulb at the end of the bridge. This opens a gate to the right, but the door to the final room stays shut — a gear is missing from the wall mechanism.

Link aiming a bow at Guardian Scouts on the narrow pathway — On the upper level, clear the Guardian Scouts ① on the pathway first. Screenshot (cropped) from Austin John Plays · CC BY

Link lifting the charged ball high toward a bulb up on the wall — Keep charged ball ① high, away from the switches; set it on the bulb up on the right wall, then on the one at the bridge’s end. Screenshot (cropped) from Austin John Plays · CC BY

5. Solve the floor-switch and sliding-block puzzle

Go through the gate into the next room: a power source, a series of large stone cubes (three of them carry switches that must line up horizontally), and a floor switch (pressure plate) in front of you. Step on the plate and let all the blocks tilt toward the back wall.

While standing on the plate, use Magnesis to pull the metal cuboid from the left to the right, seating it between the 1st and 2nd stone block in the middle.

Step off the plate — the blocks all line up, the wire circuit completes, and gates open in the corner of the room.

The floor switch in front of the row of stone blocks — Step on floor switch ① so the stone blocks tilt toward the back wall. Screenshot (cropped) from Austin John Plays · CC BY

Link on the pressed switch pulling the metal cuboid across — Still on the plate, pull metal cuboid ① to the right, between the 1st and 2nd block. Screenshot (cropped) from Austin John Plays · CC BY

The blocks lined up and the wire glowing green — Step off: the blocks line up, the circuit completes and the corner gates open. Screenshot (cropped) from Austin John Plays · CC BY

6. Get the gear and open the final gate

In the small room that opens you’ll find a treasure chest with a Sapphire and the missing gear. Loot the chest, then grab the gear with Magnesis.

Carry the cog to the other room and place it in the empty space on the wall — this opens the gate to the end of the shrine and the Monk’s Pedestal.

Walk up to Hawa Koth and claim your Spirit Orb.

Link carrying the gear with Magnesis — Take gear ① from the small room and carry it to the empty space on the wall. Screenshot (cropped) from Austin John Plays · CC BY

Link walking up to the Monk's Pedestal — Once the gear is in place the last gate opens; walk up to Hawa Koth for the Spirit Orb. Screenshot (cropped) from Austin John Plays · CC BY

What is in each chest?

Chest	Contents	How to get it
1	Ancient Core	Sunk in the water at the bottom of the second room, below the moving platform and pathway. Pull it to the surface with Magnesis before (or after) riding the platform up.
2	Gold Rupee (300 Rupees)	In a hidden room behind a gate. While crossing the pathway with the electrified ball, place it on the bulb on the small ledge high up on the right-hand wall.
3	Sapphire	Inside the small room that opens after the floor-switch and sliding-cube puzzle; it sits together with the gear you need for the final door.

What do people miss here?

The Ancient Core chest is underwater and easy to walk past — the guide explicitly says to Magnesis it out of the water before you head up on the platform.
The Gold Rupee chest is behind a hidden gate on a high right-hand ledge along the pathway, and you open it by placing the charged ball on that bulb during the crossing. If you’ve already set the ball down at the end of the bridge, you can head back around, pick it up, and carry it to the ledge.
If the electrified ball charges any switch along the pathway, the platforms shift angles and drop you down to the lower level — hold the ball high in the air the whole way across.
The final door refusing to open isn’t a glitch — its wall mechanism is missing a gear. Don’t waste time repositioning the ball; go solve the sliding-cube room first, then come back with the gear.
In the sliding-cube room, the metal cuboid has to be seated between the 1st and 2nd stone block while you’re standing on the pressure plate. Step off too early and the blocks won’t line up and the circuit stays broken — just step back on and reposition it.

What else is nearby?

Shrine	Direction	Straight-line distance	Region
Tho Kayu Shrine	north	975	Wasteland
Raqa Zunzo Shrine	northeast	1222	Wasteland
Daqo Chisay Shrine	northeast	1405	Wasteland

Which guides help next?

FAQ

Why won't the door at the end of the bridge open in Hawa Koth Shrine?

It's not a mistake on your part — the wall mechanism is missing a gear. Place the electrified ball in its slot at the end of the bridge (which opens the gate to the right), continue to the sliding-cube room, complete that puzzle, take the gear from the small room that opens, and slot it into the empty space on the wall.

Where is the Ancient Core chest in Hawa Koth Shrine?

It's sunk in the water below the long pathway, in the second room with the moving platform. Target it with Magnesis, lift it out of the water, and open it before riding up.

How do I get the chest with 300 Rupees in Hawa Koth Shrine?

While carrying the electrified ball across the pathway, place it on the bulb sitting on the small ledge high up on the right-hand wall. That powers the bulb, opens a gate, and reveals the hidden room with the Gold Rupee (300 Rupee) chest.

What happens if the charged ball touches a switch on the bridge?

The pathway's platforms shift angles and drop you down to the lower level. Nothing is permanently lost — work your way back up, re-grab the ball, and this time hold it high in the air as you cross.

How do I solve the large cubes and floor switch puzzle?

Stand on the floor switch so the blocks tilt toward the back wall, then use Magnesis to pull the sliding metal cuboid from the left and seat it between the 1st and 2nd stone block in the middle. Step off the plate and the blocks line up horizontally, completing the circuit and opening the gates in the corner.