Ja Baij Shrine Location, Bomb Trial Solution and Chests (BotW)

Where is Ja Baij Shrine?

From Great Plateau Tower, descend and head east toward the Eastern Abbey. Continue through the ruins, then climb the outer wall to reach the shrine and activate its entrance terminal. Use the BotW shrine location table to keep track of your next destination.

What should you bring?

No Rune, weapon, armor, or resistance is required — the Remote Bomb rune is granted at the Guidance Stone pedestal just inside the entrance, and the bombs are unlimited, with only a short cooldown after each detonation. As one of the four Great Plateau shrines completed during ‘The Isolated Plateau,’ the trial is tuned for Link’s starting gear. There are no enemies inside; it is a pure puzzle shrine.

Video walkthrough

Ja Baij Shrine Guide — YouTube

How do you solve the Bomb Trial?

Remote Bombs are supplied inside the shrine. The route uses the rune and the shrine’s platforms, with no specific weapon required. Square bombs stay put more readily; round bombs roll, which suits the launcher pipe.

1. Unlock Remote Bombs

Unlock Remote Bombs. Use the terminal on your left after entering.

2. Clear the entrance passages

Clear the entrance passage. Put a square bomb beside the cracked blocks below the steps, move away, and detonate it.

Take the right-hand chest. In the passage beyond, bomb the cracked blocks on the right and open the chest for the Traveler’s Claymore.

Open the left-hand route. Return to the passage, blast the blocks on the other branch, and climb the ladder beyond them.

3. Send a bomb across on the moving platform

Send a bomb ahead. Place a square bomb at the forward end of the moving platform, step back onto solid ground, and detonate it when it reaches the blocks across the gap.

Ride across. Once the obstruction is gone, use the moving platform to reach the chamber with the launchers.

4. Load and detonate the launcher bomb

Load the right-hand pipe. Go up the steps, select a round bomb, and drop it into the pipe feeding the launcher on the right.

Detonate at the destination. Let the launcher send the bomb across, then explode it beside the cracked blocks to uncover the ladder toward the altar.

5. Launch to the Amber chest

Launch Link to the Amber chest. Go to the far-left launcher and stand on it; let it propel you to the chest ledge, then collect the Amber.

6. Finish at the altar

Finish at the altar. Drop back down into the chamber, cross to the cleared ladder, climb it, and interact with the altar’s symbol.

Where are the chests, and what is inside?

The right-hand pipe carries a bomb toward the blocked ladder. The far-left launcher carries Link toward the chest. Check that you have collected the Amber before heading up to the altar.

What do people miss here?

• The shrine’s entrance is itself sealed by a Cracked Wall. Besides climbing over the surrounding wall, you can bait the Decayed Guardian’s laser into that cracked wall to blast it open — handy because you don’t own the Remote Bomb rune yet while standing at the door.
• The two launchers on the left that endlessly bounce an Ancient Orb back and forth are only a demonstration of how the machines work — there is no puzzle to solve there and no chest to find. The launchers won’t damage your health; they simply hurl whatever is placed in front of them a fixed distance, bombs and Link included.
• Every detonation puts the Remote Bomb rune on a short cooldown. A bomb popped too early on the moving platform or in the launcher pipe means waiting out that cooldown before you can spawn another one, so a mistimed blast costs you the attempt plus the wait.
• Don’t waste the Traveler’s Claymore on red Bokoblins. Remote Bombs kill very low-health enemies without spending weapon durability or arrows, so save the claymore for bulkier foes once you can finally leave the Great Plateau.

What else is nearby?

Which related guides help next?

• All BotW shrine locations: browse the regional checklist.
• How to find BotW shrines: plan your search for missing shrines.
• Oman Au Shrine: a nearby shrine northwest of Ja Baij.
• Tears of the Kingdom vs. Breath of the Wild: compare the games when choosing which guide to follow.