Kah Yah Shrine Location and Solution (BotW)

Where is Kah Yah Shrine?

Start at Lurelin Village and head east to Palmorae Ruins on the coast. For a guided approach, speak to Zuta in the village and follow him to the ruins. Garini waits by the broken monument, where the shrine challenge begins. The entrance stays hidden until you complete it.

Use the full shrine checklist to track your visit. For help finding hidden entrances, see the shrine-finding guide.

What should you bring?

Two things matter before you enter: the Camera on your Sheikah Slate, required to photograph the monument fragments for the shrine quest, and a bow with arrows for the right course’s crystal switches. No other runes are needed — the trial runs on hand-carried barrels, so Magnesis, Stasis, Cryonis, and Remote Bombs are all optional. There is no Test of Strength here, so no combat gear or elemental resistance is required.

Video walkthrough

Breath of the Wild - Kah Yah Shrine Guide — YouTube

Solution

How do you reveal the entrance?

You need the Camera to document the monument fragments. Night makes the fragments easier to spot.

1. Shrine Quest: Reveal the Shrine

Speak to Garini at the broken monument to begin the challenge.

Photograph the scattered fragments at the locations above, then return and show him the pictures.

Crouch on a round platform after he deciphers the message; Garini kneels with you and the shrine appears.

How do you carry the barrels through Quick Thinking?

Bring a bow and arrows for the right course. This route uses hand-carried barrels and crystal switches; it does not require Magnesis, Stasis, Cryonis, or Remote Bombs. There is no Test of Strength fight.

2. Left Course: Barrel Puzzle for the Small Key

Take the left ramp and put a barrel on the left side of its moving platform, clear of the obstacle on the right.

Leave the barrel down and crouch under the overhead barrier as the platform carries you forward.

Pick up the barrel and move right once clear of the beam, avoiding the obstruction on the left.

Place the barrel on the pressure plate at the end, then ride back toward the boarding point.

Open the newly accessible chest near the start to obtain the small key.

3. Right Course: Crystal Gates and Weapon Chest

Take the right ramp for the optional chest, bringing a barrel onto its moving platform and readying your bow.

Pass the starting arch before shooting the crystal on your right; the switch opens the gate ahead.

After crossing that gate, turn and shoot the same crystal again to open the next gate along your route.

Set the barrel on the far pressure plate, then return to the right boarding area and open the weapon chest behind the unlocked gate.

4. Final Door: Unlock It and Claim the Spirit Orb

Go up the central ramp and use the small key on the locked door, then approach the monk for the Spirit Orb.

Chests

What do people miss here?

• The left course alone finishes the shrine — its small key opens the final door, so it’s easy to take the Spirit Orb and leave without ever boarding the right platform, and the weapon chest is the only reward that course offers.
• If you run out of arrows, Remote Bombs can hit the crystal, but they’re tricky to aim and can explode close enough to knock you off the moving platform, so they are rarely worth the risk.
• A barrel isn’t the only way to hold a floor switch — Stasis applied to the switch keeps it pressed too, a handy fallback if a barrel run goes wrong.
• If Garini says some fragments must still be missing, one of the three Monument Shard photos is not in your album yet. His hint about where to look changes with the shard you are missing.

What else is nearby?

Related

• All shrine locations: continue checking off the Faron region.
• How to find shrines: plan your next search for a concealed entrance.
• Tears of the Kingdom vs. Breath of the Wild: compare the games before choosing your next adventure.