Sensor+ is an upgraded form of the Shrine Detector. This upgrade for your Purah Pad allows you to detect shrines and any item you have saved in your compendium. This handy upgrade is going to help you in a lot of your adventures. You can get this upgrade via the Presenting: Sensor+ side adventure in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
It is one of the three upgrades for the Purah Pad that Robbie can make for you. But before you can do that, you need to complete some prerequisites.
How to unlock Presenting: Sensor+ in Zelda: TotK
Unlocking Presenting: Sensor+ isn’t as straightforward as one might think in Tears of the Kingdom. You have to put in some serious effort before you have to complete several quests beforehand.
When you talk to Robbie at Lookout Landing, he will tell you that he is the creator of Purah Pad and can upgrade its modules. However, to make him move to his lab, you will need to complete a lot of prerequisite quests.
Crisis at Hyrule Castle – Meet Captain Hoz
The first quest you need to complete as soon as you reach the Lookout Landing is to talk to Captain Hoz. He is standing in the middle of the area, above the shelter’s gate. Upon talking to him, he will open the gate to the shelter.
You can now enter the shelter and interact with the goddess statue. This will also progress your main quest to find the source of trouble at Hyrule Castle and begin the Regional phenomena main quest.
Camera Work in the Depths
To start this quest, you need to complete at least one part of the Regional Phenomena main quest. We recommend going to Rito Village and completing the Wind Temple first. Return to the Lookout Landing to have a meeting with Robbie.
You start things off by visiting Josha and Robbie in Lookout Landing. After your conversation with them, you will start the Camera Work in the Depths Quest. This is where you will enter the Depths for the first time through the Hyrule Field Chasm.
Inside you will have to complete a couple of tasks that will end with you unlocking the Camera on your Purah Pad. Once the quest is complete, you will return to Josha and Robbie in Lookout Landing.
Mystery in The Depths
This time you will be sent again to the Depth on your second quest in the questline – A Mystery in The Depths. In an overview, you will return to depth, take photos of the marked Statue, and keep following the path the Statue is pointing towards. Finally, you will come face-to-face with Master Kohga.
You need to defeat him and then complete the Mystery in The Depths quest. In the process of completing this side quest, you will learn the Autobuild ability.
Hateno Village Research Lab
After the quest ends, you will return to Lookout Landing to visit Josha and Robbie. You will be given yet another quest to do.
Now you will have to help Robbie fix his Hot air Balloon so he can return to Hateno Village Research Lab. You can do that by simply using your Autobuild ability which you picked up earlier.
With that being done, Robbie will move to his lab in Hateno Village which is where you need to go. The lab can be found South of Hyrule Castle Ruins in East Necluda at the following coordinates: -0247, 0134, 0019. The nearest shrine is the Zanmik Shrine.
The lab is located on the top of the hill to the east of the Hateno Village. It will require a lot of trekking to get there. Enter the lab and talk to Robbie.
Robbie will then have you test his Shrine Detector. Use it to find a shrine and the objective will be completed. Now return to Robbie after completing the quest.
Presenting: Sensor+
The time has come. All the efforts led to this moment when we can finally start upgrading our Sensor+. When you visit Robbie after completing the Hateno Village Research Lab quest, he will tell you about a couple of features you can upgrade on your Purah Pad.
Among those features will be the Sensor+ mode. Pick the option to start Presenting: Sensor+ Side quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
How to complete Presenting: Sensor+ in Zelda: TotK
It is time to bring out the photographer in you because you will need to snap some pictures for Robbie. He will send you out to take photos of 5 random monsters and save them in your Compendium.
These could be any random monster in any order. Go out into the wild. Whenever you see a monster, take out your Purah Pad, scroll to Camera, and take a photo. Do this for 5 different monsters and return to Robbie.
He will offer you the upgrade again but this time you will be granted the upgrade for the Sensor+ because you meet all the requirements. This is how Presenting: Sensor+ side adventure in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be completed.
How to Use Sensor+ in Zelda: TotK
Sensor+ is one of the best upgrades Purah Pad has to offer. You can snap a picture of any animal, monster, plant, or anything you want and then use your sensor+ to locate it.
The sensor+ on Purah Pad will start blinking if you are moving in the direction of the tagged item and even mention if the shrine is above or below you if you have set it to detect shrines.
This feature makes collecting upgrades and crafting materials easier. You can also use it to find hidden objects required to complete certain quests. The possibilities with Sensor+ are unlimited.
