Hidden deep in the Gerudo Highlands, Kitawak Shrine challenges players with a clever mix of wind-powered puzzles and precise glider control. This guide explains exactly where to find it and how to solve its physics-driven trials to claim your well-earned reward.
When you’re done, our shrine locations page or interactive Hyrule map can direct you toward something else to do.
Kitawak Shrine location
Kitawak Shrine is located in the Gerudo Highlands, west of the Gerudo Canyon Skyview Tower. The shrine sits near the base of a rocky slope, slightly north of the Desert’s edge, making it easier to reach from the tower using your paraglider. Marking its entrance can be tricky due to the uneven terrain and frequent sandstorms, so using a pin or sensor on your map can help you stay on track.
The Kitawak Shrine is found within the Gerudo Highlands region, east of the Gerudo Desert atop the East Gerudo Mesa. The exact coordinates are (-1529, -2928, 0321).
Kitawak Shrine walkthrough
Inside Kitawak Shrine, you’ll face a puzzle centered around using fans and gliders to cross gaps and reach the goal. Begin by attaching fans to the provided glider and adjusting its position on the rails so it moves smoothly across. Pay attention to the angle and direction of the fans to maintain balance during flight. Once across, continue to the next area where precise use of fans helps you gain enough lift to reach the exit chest and the final altar.
Kitawak Shrine tests your Ultrahand prowess in a series of construction challenges. You’ll rely on an original stone slab to make it through the entire shrine.
1. Run forward to the upright plank. Use Ultrahand to grab a nearby stone slab and attach it to the plank in front of you. Use Ultrahand to lower the plank down and create a bridge, and cross to the other side.
2. Using Ultrahand, detach the stone slab from the bridge and attach it to the spinning cog, now to your right. Time a jump on to the slab to safely cross the chasm. Head up the incline to find a chest with a bundle of 10 arrows.
3. Paraglide back to the center platform to find another stone slab. Use Ultrahand to attach the slab to the next upright plank in front of you, then lower the construction down to use as a bridge. Now retrieve the original stone slab from the cog and bring it over the lowered bridge. Use Ultrahand to attach the slab to the middle of the bridge to give you the incline you need to climb to the upper platform,
4. When safely on the platform, use Ultrahand to detach the original stone slab and bring it up to the inert catapult now in front of you. Attach it to the catapult plank – somewhere in the middle, where it can give the catapult some length but keep you close enough to the upper platform so you can glide over to the sigil. When attached, run to the end of the makeshift catapult, and use an arrow or a thrown object to hit the yellow button. Then fly!
How to get heat resistance for Gerudo Highlands
Heat resistance in the Gerudo Highlands of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom protects against extreme daytime heat, preventing heart drain.
Food Recipes
Cook meals using chillshrooms (found in Gerudo Highlands or Hebra Mountains), chillfin trout (Hebra Mountains or Lanayru), hydromelons (Gerudo Desert), or cool safflina (Hebra or Tabantha). Five chillshrooms yield a Chilly Mushroom Skewer for 12:30 minutes of resistance; mixing types like four chillshrooms and one trout extends it further.
Elixir Recipes
Combine monster parts (e.g., Bokoblin horn) with Cold Darners or Winterwing Butterflies (Gerudo Highlands, Mount Lanayru, or sold by Beedle at Tabantha Bridge Stable). More critters increase duration, regardless of monster part quality.
Armor Options
Equip the Desert Voe Set: buy the headband (450 rupees) at Kara-Kara Bazaar, then access the Gerudo Secret Shop in Gerudo Town via the waterfall or well for full set pieces granting multiple heat resistance levels. A Sapphire Circlet from Zora’s Domain offers one level.
Temporary Tactics
Fuse a sapphire to a weapon/shield, use Sidon’s water abi
Where to farm chillshrooms and chillfin trout in Gerudo Highlands
Chillshrooms and Chillfin Trout are key ingredients for heat resistance meals in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, with specific spots in or near the Gerudo Highlands for farming.
Chillshroom Locations
Chillshrooms grow abundantly in cold areas of the Gerudo Highlands, Hebra Mountains, and south of Satori Mountain. Search near pine trees, large rocks, and cliff sides; set your Sensor+ to track them easily. The Gerudo Town General Store sells them for 16 rupees each as a backup.
Chillfin Trout Spots
Chillfin Trout swim in Hebra Mountains rivers, lakes, cave streams, and Lanayru Great Spring, but Tama Pond (near Hebra Plunge, accessible from Rospro Pass Skyview Tower) offers reliable respawns of 2-3 per visit. Rutile Lake west of Central Hyrule and caves like Rospro Pass Cave also yield multiples after Blood Moons.
Farming Tips
Return after Blood Moons for respawns, swim shallows or dive cliffs at these sites, and combine with prior heat resistance methods like elixirs for safe Gerudo travel. Avoid freezing zones in Hebra by sticking to lower waters.
