Shrines are a major part of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as they help Link understand and practice his abilities, earn Light of Blessings, and so on. They function as puzzles, though, so it may not be immediately obvious what you need to do to complete a Shrine, especially later in the game. If you need help on finding the In-Isa Shrine Location and how to complete the In-Isa Shrine puzzles in Tears of the Kingdom, we have a detailed guide for you!
In-Isa Shrine Location
The In-Isa Shrine is located southwest of the Temple of Time on the Great Sky Island, which you’ll find marked on the map below. On the outside of a Shrine, you’ll see a green, circular symbol with a handprint in the center, which you can approach and Link can touch with his hand to activate and reveal a circular, blue symbol on the ground nearby to mark the Shrine. You’ll then be able to walk through a glowing green door into the Shrine. The In-Isa Shrine is described as “The Ability to Combine.”
In-Isa Shrine Walkthrough – All Puzzle Solutions
There are three rooms in the In-Isa Shrine that you’ll have to puzzle your way through using Link’s Fuse ability, which is describing as being able to “attach something to an equipped weapon or shield to enhance it” and “you can undo the fusion but that will destroy whatever has been attached.” To use the Fuse ability, you’ll press and hold L to open up your abilities and then use R to select the ability.
In-Isa Shrine Puzzle #1 – Solution
To complete In-Isa Shrine’s first puzzle, you’ll need to pick up the sword on the ground (“Rusty Claymore”). You’ll learn that you can throw any weapon by pressing and holding the R button and then releasing the R button to throw.
Next, you’ll run up a short flight of stairs directly in front of the sword and look for a large, gray boulder. You’ll need to press and hold L and then select Fuse with the R button. It will make the boulder glow and allow you to fuse it with your weapon by pressing Y. You’ll then take that weapon and swing it at the rock wall that is blocking you from getting to the next room.
In-Isa Shrine Puzzle #2 – Solution
First, you’ll want to grab the treasure chest by breaking a stone pillar in the left-hand corner of the second room (just after you enter) using your boulder-sword fused weapon. Then, you’ll enter the second room and turn right into a room with small trees with glowing fruit on them (Fire Fruit, which you should obviously gather!).
At the edge of the room, you’ll find a Bow and 5x Arrows. You’ll need to fuse your Arrows to the Bow by choosing the Bow using ZR to ready the bow, keep your bow drawn and press and hold up arrow on the D-pad and use the stick to move left and right to get to the item you want, then you will press R to select what item you want to fuse to your arrow before you release your bow.
You will want to fuse a Fire Fruit to your arrow, then shoot it at the treasure chest high up on the wall. This will enflame it and cause the chest to drop to the floor, where you’ll be able to reach it.
Inside the chest, you’ll be able to retrieve a Small Key that will open a door inside a Shrine of Light. You’ll exit the room and go back to the main room, go up the stairs to a green door and be able to use the Small Key to open it to get into the next room.
In-Isa Shrine Puzzle #3 – Solution
In the third room, you will have to battle Captain Construct using your boulder-sword fused weapon or using your bow and arrows (with our without fire fruit). Once you defeat him, he’ll drop a Construct Bow, which is an improved weapon. He will also drop a Captain Construct I Horn, described as a “wavy, double-edged, blade-like horn” that is “formidable when it comes to slashing” and can be attached to a weapon to “increase attack power.”
You can continue your way through the room until you reach the end of the Shrine, marked by the glowing circle with the hand symbol.
As you work through completing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you’ll discover an immense number of Shrines! For example, Great Sky Island contains the first four Shrines you’ll encounter, and they’re all necessary to complete in order to understand Link’s abilities. Each Shrine functions like a puzzle, where you’ll need to figure out how to get from room to the next before getting to the end of the Shrine, where you’ll approach the circular, glowing green symbol and will then receive a Light of Blessing.
You can receive one Light of Blessing for each Shrine you complete, and for every four Shrines completed, Link can upgrade his Hearts (up to 30 Hearts) of Stamina (up to three wheels) to level up. The game describes a Light of Blessing as “a crystal that glows with a light that purges ancient evil and purifies with its radiance.”
We hope this detailed walkthrough has helped you complete the In-Isa Shrine in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and given you another Light of Blessing! Check out more of our Tears of the Kingdom coverage.
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