Ijo-o Shrine in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is another tutorial shrine that teaches how players can use their shields for multiple purposes. While you can still use your vanilla shields for surfing, the Fuse ability allows you to attach any material to it. These range from gems like rubies to keep you warm to zonai devices like springs to jump high in the air.
In this guide, we will look at how different devices perform once they are fused to shields. You only need to take out your shield to activate the items attached to it. Below is a step-by-step guide to finding and solving Ijo-o Shine in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Ijo-o Shrine Location in Zelda: TotK
Ijo-o Shrine is in the West Hebra Sky Archipelago, and it can only be accessed from Rospro Pass Skyview Tower (-3686, 2342, 0233). This Skyview Tower is in the Hebra region, between Rospro’s Pass and Dronoc’s Pass.
1. Use Rospro Pass Skyview Tower to get into the air. Once you reach the maximum height, open your paraglider and turn west.
2. You will notice a glowing shrine on an island in the distance. As the island is far above, it is impossible to reach it in one go.
3. Land on a mall island east of the shrine. There are some hot air balloons with rockets present on this island.
4. Get on it and hit the rockets to activate them. Once you get high enough in the air, jump and glide towards the island housing the shrine.
5. Interact with Ijo-o Shrine’s entrance (-3862, 2679, 0702) to unlock a fast-travel point.
Ijo-o Shrine Walkthrough
The trial presented by Ijo-o Shrine in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is known as More than Defense. This trial is all about using shields in more than one way. To solve this puzzle, you need to fuse your shield with various items and then use them accordingly to move forward.
1. From the entrance, turn right to find a construct soldier with a shield fused with a flamethrower dragonhead zonai device.
2. Kill the enemy and pick up the shield. Press ZL to equip the shield and activate the flamethrower.
3. Use the fire to melt the ice blocking the entrance to the next room.
4. Turn right to find another ice block. Melt it to find a treasure chest.
5. Open the treasure chest to obtain 5x Arrows.
6. There is another enemy with a slab shield opposite the treasure chest.
7. Kill the construct enemy and take its slab shield. Equip the shield by pressing and holding ZL and use it to cross the corridor of flames. This shield will block all the flames from hurting you.
8. This is the final room, which contains some zonai rockets. Take out your shield and fuse it with a rocket (select Fuse from the ability wheel and press ZL).
9. Go to the farthest end of the room and take out your Rocket Shield by pressing and holding the ZL button.
10. The rocket will take you high in the air. Glide towards the altar room right in front of you.
11. Interact with Rauru and Sonia’s statues to complete the puzzle and earn a Light of Blessing as a reward.
