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Kikakin Shrine Location and Solution (Tears of the Kingdom)

Where to find Kikakin Shrine northeast of Mount Drena (-0396, 2736, 0308), the Shining in Darkness maze route, the small key and all four chests.

9/13/2026 1.4.3 QuestFern Team Last updated: 9/25/2026 6 min read

Where is Kikakin Shrine?

TEARS OF THE KINGDOM

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West of the Great Hyrule Forest, northeast of Mount Drena, in rocky ground. Launch from Thyphlo Ruins Skyview Tower and glide southwest. Coordinates match our 152-shrine table.

ItemDetail
TrialShining in Darkness
RegionGreat Hyrule Forest (surface, northeast of Mount Drena)
Coordinates-0396, 2736, 0308
TypePuzzle — exploration, Ultrahand, Ascend
Chests5 (small key, Amber, Zonaite Bow, Luminous Stone, Opal)
Names奇卡克恩神廟 (zh-TW) · 奇卡克恩神庙 (zh-CN)

Just want the key?

Kikakin Shrine is a maze with the lights off: one flashlight, one locked door, one key hidden under a slab, and four chests for anyone who wants to see the whole thing.

The altar door is locked and only the small key matters. Go to the right-hand side of the shrine, follow the corridor toward the northeast until you reach a stone slab you can lift with Ultrahand. The chest beneath it holds the key. Bring it back to the entrance and open the door.

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Step-by-step solution

1. Entering the Dark Maze

Pick up the flashlight. It glows on the floor to your right as you enter the dark room. Carry it everywhere.

Take the left hallway. Shine the light on the left side of the room and go in. Brightbloom Seeds, if you have any, also light up the maze when thrown.

Link in the dark entrance room beside the glowing flashlight on the floor
Pick up the glowing flashlight ① on the floor to your right as you enter, and carry it everywhere. Screenshot (cropped) from Perfect Score · used with permission

2. Left Corridor: Amber and the Ledge

Amber. From the left hallway turn right and use Ultrahand to pull the square block out of the right-hand wall. Use it as a step to reach the hidden chest — Amber.

Ascend the ledge. Continue until you see spikes on the wall ahead. Turn left, look up for a ledge on the left wall, and Ascend onto it.

Zonaite Bow. Walk along the ledge until a lit room appears on your left. Enter and open the chest — Zonaite Bow.

Link beside the chest in the lit room off the ledge
After Ascending onto the ledge, walk along it to the lit room and open the chest ①: Zonaite Bow. Screenshot (cropped) from Perfect Score · used with permission
Ultrahand pulling a square stone block out of the wall below a hidden alcove
Pull the square block ① out of the right-hand wall with Ultrahand; the hidden chest sits in the alcove ② above. Screenshot (cropped) from Perfect Score · used with permission
Link standing on the pulled-out block below the alcove chest
Use the block as a step to reach the chest ①: Amber. Screenshot (cropped) from Perfect Score · used with permission

3. Middle Hallway Descent

Drop into the middle hallway. Go back to the ledge, drop down, and enter the hallway near the middle of it.

Luminous Stone. Follow the hallway to the chest at the end — Luminous Stone. Mind the spikes on both walls.

Link walking down a hallway lined with spikes on both walls toward a chest
Follow the middle hallway, minding the spikes on both walls, to the chest ① at the end: Luminous Stone. Screenshot (cropped) from Perfect Score · used with permission

4. Right Corridor and the Small Key

Back out, turn right. Return to the hallway entrance and turn right.

Right again. At the end, turn right once more; spikes on the right-hand wall mean you are on track.

Small key. At the end of that hallway, lift the floor block with Ultrahand and open the chest beneath — small key.

Link running down a hallway with spikes on the right-hand wall
Spikes on the right-hand wall mean you are in the key hallway. Screenshot (cropped) from Perfect Score · used with permission
Ultrahand lifting a stone floor slab to reveal a pit
At the end of that hallway, lift the floor block ① with Ultrahand and open the chest in the pit ② below: small key. Screenshot (cropped) from Perfect Score · used with permission

5. Spikes, Lasers, and the Final Chest

Back to the big hallway. Return to the entrance of the hallway you are in and continue into the larger corridor, marked by two big spikes on either wall.

Find the lasers. Past the big spikes, turn left, then into the hallway on your right where the lasers are.

Opal. Thread through the lasers to the chest at the end — Opal.

A larger corridor with big spikes on both walls
The larger corridor is marked by big spikes ① on both walls; past them turn left, then right into the laser hallway. Screenshot (cropped) from Perfect Score · used with permission
Link walking between red laser beams in a hallway
Thread between the red lasers without touching them. Screenshot (cropped) from Perfect Score · used with permission
Link opening the chest at the end of the laser hallway
Open the chest ① at the end: Opal. Screenshot (cropped) from Perfect Score · used with permission

6. The Altar and Light of Blessing

Home. Back through the lasers, right at the end, right again, and you are at the entrance. Use the key on the altar door and take the Light of Blessing.

Link at the locked green altar door by the entrance
Back at the entrance, use the small key on the locked door ①. Screenshot (cropped) from Perfect Score · used with permission
Link touching the altar for the Light of Blessing
Take the Light of Blessing at the altar. Screenshot (cropped) from Perfect Score · used with permission

Chests

ChestContentsHow
1AmberLeft hallway, turn right: pull the block from the wall and climb to the hidden compartment
2Zonaite BowAscend the ledge past the spikes; lit room on the left
3Luminous StoneDrop from the ledge into the middle hallway; chest at the end
4Small keyRight-hand corridor to the northeast; lift the floor slab with Ultrahand
5OpalBig hallway, left then right; through the lasers

FAQ

Where is Kikakin Shrine?
West of the Great Hyrule Forest and northeast of Mount Drena, at -0396, 2736, 0308, in rocky terrain. Launch from Thyphlo Ruins Skyview Tower and glide southwest.
Where is the small key in Kikakin Shrine?
On the right-hand side of the maze. Follow the corridor toward the northeast until you find a stone slab you can lift with Ultrahand — the chest underneath holds the small key that opens the altar door.
How many chests are in Kikakin Shrine?
Five including the key chest. The other four hold Amber (hidden compartment, reach it with the wall block), a Zonaite Bow (lit room above the ledge), a Luminous Stone (end of the middle hallway) and an Opal (past the lasers).

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