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Turakawak Shrine Location and Solution (Tears of the Kingdom)

How to get past the thorns to Turakawak Shrine at Lake Illumeni (-3498, -0197, 0090), the block-stacking Ascend route, and the Magic Rod chest.

8/31/2026 1.4.3 QuestFern Team Last updated: 9/24/2026 4 min read

Where is Turakawak Shrine?

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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. Coordinates match our 152-shrine table.

ItemDetail
TrialStacking a Path
RegionTabantha (surface, Lake Illumeni)
Coordinates-3498, -0197, 0090
TypePuzzle — Ultrahand and Ascend
Chests1 (Magic Rod)
Names茲拉卡瓦卡神廟 (zh-TW) · 兹拉卡瓦卡神庙 (zh-CN)

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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.

Link rising through the ceiling grate with Ascend
Walk in, look up at the grate in the ceiling and Ascend through it. Screenshot (cropped) from Live Gaming Paradise · used with permission
Link beside the chest where he surfaced
The chest ① where you surface holds a Magic Rod; then Ascend again and drop down on the other side. Screenshot (cropped) from Live Gaming Paradise · used with permission

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.

Ultrahand joining a climbable block to another
Attach the climbable block ① from the lower platform to the one by the ladder ②. Screenshot (cropped) from Live Gaming Paradise · used with permission
Link climbing the stacked climbable blocks
Stand the pair by the ladder and climb back up. Screenshot (cropped) from Live Gaming Paradise · used with permission
Ultrahand attaching the climbable blocks to the plain block
Attach the climbable blocks ① to the non-climbable block ② so the whole thing stands tall. Screenshot (cropped) from Live Gaming Paradise · used with permission

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.

Ultrahand lowering the tower onto the small floor grate
Facing the altar, set the tower ① on top of the small grate in the floor. Screenshot (cropped) from Live Gaming Paradise · used with permission
Link emerging on top of the tower at the altar level
From below, come up through the tower to reach the altar for the Light of Blessing. Screenshot (cropped) from Live Gaming Paradise · used with permission

Chests

ChestContentsHow
1Magic RodAscend through the ceiling grate as soon as you enter

FAQ

How do I get to Turakawak Shrine through the thorns?
You cannot burn them — they grow on the surface of Lake Illumeni and fire will not take. Climb a nearby cliff and glide in over them instead.
How does the Ascend puzzle in Turakawak Shrine work?
Ascend needs something solid overhead. Stack the two climbable blocks onto the non-climbable one to make a tall pillar, stand it on the small floor grate in front of the altar, then Ascend into it from the room below.
Where is the chest in Turakawak Shrine?
Straight away. Look up on entering, Ascend through the ceiling grate, and the chest is beside you when you surface: a Magic Rod.

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