Turakawak Shrine Location and Solution (TotK)
How to get past the thorns to Turakawak Shrine at Lake Illumeni, the block-stacking Ascend route, and the Magic Rod chest.
Where is Turakawak Shrine?
In Lake Illumeni, Tabantha Frontier. The shrine is ringed by thorns on every side, and because they sit on the water you cannot burn them off. Climb a nearby cliff and glide in over the top instead. The location matches our 152-shrine table.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Trial | Stacking a Path |
| Region | Tabantha (surface, Lake Illumeni) |
| Location | Show on map |
| Type | Puzzle — Ultrahand and Ascend |
| Chests | 1 (Magic Rod) |
| Names | 茲拉卡瓦卡神廟 (zh-TW) · 兹拉卡瓦卡神庙 (zh-CN) |
Video walkthrough
Step-by-step solution
Turakawak Shrine teaches one thing properly: Ascend cares about what is above you, so build the ceiling yourself.
1. Ascend to the chest and cross over
Ascend on arrival. Walk in and look up: there is a grate in the ceiling. Ascend through it, and the chest waiting where you surface holds a Magic Rod.
Cross over. Ascend to the ceiling again and drop down on the other side of the room.
2. Build the tower
Down the ladder. Find the ladder to the lower floor and take it back to the first room.
Join the climbable blocks. Grab the climbable block from the lower platform and attach it to the climbable block by the ladder. Stand the pair by the ladder and climb back up.
Build the tower. In the upper room, bring both climbable blocks up and attach them to the non-climbable block so the whole thing stands tall.
3. Set it on the grate and Ascend through it
Stand it on the grate. Facing the altar, find the small grate in the floor and set the tower on top of it.
Ascend into it. Go back down the ladder, find the small grate in the ceiling — you can see your tower through it — and Ascend up through the tower to reach the altar. Light of Blessing.
Chests
| Chest | Contents | How |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magic Rod | Ascend through the ceiling grate as soon as you enter |
Related
- All 152 shrine locations — the full checklist
- Interactive shrine map — Tabantha at a glance
- Gasas Shrine — the nearest shrine, northeast of the lake
- Iun-orok Shrine — the cave shrine in Tanagar Canyon
FAQ
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