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We’ve got guides and locations for all 152 Shrines in Tears of the Kingdom, and it was a long haul for our experts to get here. We noticed along the way that some shrines are getting a lot more attention than others: These may be “early game” shrines, being somewhat near to Lookout Landing and Hyrule Castle, but they are either annoying, puzzling, or just not meant for novice players. Below are the most searched-for Shrines that have people stumped: And how to beat them.

Mayachin Shrine: The Baseball One

(A Fixed Device) Mayachin Shrine is probably the most hated shrine in TOTK. Mayachin Shrine is located in Central Hyrule so you might come across it on your way to the nearby Hyrule Field Skyview Tower. Inside you’ll find a rolling ball, an unmarked switch, and a Zonai device you’ve probably never seen before — a stake that can be placed anywhere. It’s hard to know you even need to make a baseball bat here, harder to get the timing, but really hard to figure out the bonus puzzle for a chest.

• Mayachin Shrine Guide

Orochium Shrine: The One Where You Need to Get Hit By Lasers

(Courage to Fall) Most Shrines teach you things, but Orochium Shrine throws all that out. Have you been avoiding lasers? In this shrine, you need to run right into them to fall through the floor to a secret chamber (the subtitle of the shrine is “Courage to Fall;” get it?). To make things worse, the end of the shrine seems like an easy glide down to the exit – just don’t forget the sphere you need to bring with you, like everyone we know did.

• Orochium Shrine Guide

Tenmaten Shrine: The One That’s Right Below You… Somewhere

There are several shrines below the ground in caves, but Tenmaten Shrine one is technically in a well. Whether you used our interactive map to get there or had your Shrine Sensor beeping like mad, the well entrance is an unexpected twist: And oh yeah, there are two wells, and one leads to a grate where you can just peek at the shrine on the other side. Grrr.

• Tenmaten Shrine Guide

Tadarok Shrine: The One With the Metal, Wood, and Ice Cubes

(Fire and Water) Tadarok Shrine is your unofficial stint as a materials scientist: Not only do you have to rescue cubes from destruction, but you need to eventually stack them in a really clever way to get to the shrine exit. Furthermore, a lot of players are stumped by Ascension puzzles, and this is pretty near the starting area, and actually in the starting area of the previous game, on the Great Plateau. It’s also in a cave that is a bit confusing to reach!

• Tadarok Shrine Guide

Makasura Shrine: This One Is Flipping Tough

(An Upright Device) If you wander east towards West Necluda you will likely come across Makasura shrine in Kakariko Village. Inside you’ll find a Zonai device that wants to stay upright when you activate it. Attach it to a platform and that tendency to go upright serves as a catapult. But it’s really not apparent that that’s what’s going on in this Shrine, so people get hung up here – and especially on how to get the chest with the Fairy Tonic inside.

• Makasura Shrine Guide

Ishodag Shrine: You Won’t Be a Fan

(A Windy Device) Ishodag Shrine’s puzzles aren’t that tough once you’ve attached fans to all manner of things over dozens of hours of gameplay, but if you stumble across it on your first trip to Rito Village as part of the main storyline, then you might not be ready for the… creativity of its puzzles. Attaching a fan to a platform to reveal a chest on the underside is especially tricky.

• Ishodag Shrine Guide

Jiukoum Shrine: The One With a Gap in the Tracks

(Built for Rails) Jukoum Shrine is a total stumper for many: You are left to construct a device that travels on a series of rails with fan power. The final rail set has a gap in it like some monstrous Tony Hawk level and to clear it you need to build the perfect M-shaped device.

• Jiukoum Shrine Guide

Mayaumekis Shrine – The One With A Switch You Don’t Know About

(Downward Force) You do a LOT of bouncing and floating in Mayaumekis Shrine in the Hebra Sky, and since these concepts are drilled into you mostly in events following the discovery of this shrine, it can be super confusing to realize how much you can get done by bouncing and floating. And you have to hit a switch through some bars, which just has some players totally reeling.

• Mayaumekis Shrine Guide

Kyokugon Shrine: The One You Can’t Find on The Great Plateau

(Alignment of the Circles) If you were to walk due south from Lookout Landing just to check in on The Great Plateau, and you have some inkling that there’s a shrine nearby (or you have your have your shrine detector equipped and its going crazy), you would naturally begin by looking for a cave near the Forest of Spirits. But that would be futile, since, while Kyokugan Shrine is in a cave, it’s in one at the base of The Great Plateau, not up top. And its covered in boulders. And the Shrine has a really confusing puzzle with four spheres and a ton of holes to put them in. Hint: Look up!

• Kyokugon Shrine Guide

The Proving Grounds Shrines – The Ones Where You Are Naked

Depending on which direction you go at the start of TOTK, you might come across Sifumin Shrine (Proving Grounds: Flow), Mayachideg Shrine (Proving Grounds: The Hunt), Eutoum Shrine (Proving Grounds: Infiltration) with oh, five, maybe six hearts. That’s bad, since everything BUT your health and stamina is stripped away at the start of these shrines. Sure, all the speedrunners love this challenge, but it’s probably best for most players to come back with 8 or so hearts so you don’t get one-shotted by an electric arrow from behind, forcing you to start completely over. But, if you must prove yourself, as the challenge suggests, we’ve got guides to cheese the enemies.

• Sifumin Shrine Guide (the one with the floating towers)
• Mayachideg Shrine Guide (the one with the robots)
• Eutoum Shrine Guide (the one with alarm system)

Shrines aren’t the only place people get stuck. Here are the most popular guides our experts have created for Tears of the Kingdom, beginning with a most exciting TOP SECRET SECTION:

• Top Secret: TOTK Cheats and Secrets
• Tears of the Kingdom Complete Walkthrough and Guide
• All Armor Sets and Locations
• How to Unlock Great Fairy Fountains
• All Skyview Tower Locations
• Town and Stable Locations

Almost an entire year after we last saw Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, we’ve finally got a brand new trailer for the second chapter in the remake trilogy. The big closing number for Summer Game Fest gave us a huge look at the story, gameplay, and locations from beyond the walls of Midgar, and there’s plenty for fans to recognise alongside some unexpected surprises.

We’ve studied the entire trailer and compared its scenes against the original game, and these are the seven major details that you need to know.

Tifa and the Nibelheim Incident

Let’s start at the end with the trailer’s big finale. We see the classic scene of young Tifa approaching Sephiroth in the Nibelheim reactor, where she tries to kill him in vengeance for her father’s murder and the burning of the town. Just like in the original, Sephiroth cuts Tifa down. New for this Rebirth trailer, though, is Sephiroth’s voice over: “You know that I killed her, so who is she?”

This links back to the first trailer for Rebirth, which featured a fraught conversation between Cloud and Tifa. “I saw you lying there, I figured it was too late,” said Cloud, in reference to the original scene where he found Tifa’s body in the reactor on his way to confront Sephiroth. “What are you implying, that I died? That I’m some kind of imposter?” asked Tifa.

So, is Tifa actually dead? Possibly. We know that the remake trilogy is all about changing the original story, and that would be a fun twist considering that we’re all expecting Cloud to be the imposter. However, it seems more likely that this is a tactic from Sephiroth to manipulate Cloud and make him distrustful of his comrades. Sephiroth will eventually force Cloud to hand over the Black Materia, so perhaps this sowing of doubt is all in aid of weakening him ahead of that big moment.

Did Avalanche fail?

The trailer opens on the surprising image of Shinra guards loading the unconscious – or perhaps even dead? – bodies of Avalanche into helicopters. A huge chunk of Midgar, stretching across sectors zero, one, and two, lies in flaming ruins around them, and the initial impression is that the team has once again been captured by Shinra. But we know that the group escaped Midgar at the end of FF7 Remake, so what gives? Well, we can see that only Barret, Tifa, Red XIII, and Aerith have been captured. Where is Cloud? This scene could well be from the new timeline established at the end of Remake, where Zack survived his battle with Shinra. With Zack alive, it may be that Cloud never joined Barret’s team, and without Cloud the group may well have failed to stop Sephiroth at the end of the game. It seems likely that the Zack timeline will play a significant role in FF7 Rebirth, and this is our first hint at that.

A Big New World

We know that Cloud and the group definitely escape Midgar because the majority of this trailer shows them traveling across a world with much more variety than that seen within the walls of the steel city. Fans of the original will recognise many places in this trailer; there’s Bugenhagen’s planetarium at Cosmo Canyon, the Mythril Mine, the Cargo Ship, the inn at Kalm, and the Nibelheim Reactor. There’s also shots of what appears to be the mako pipeline that runs up to Mount Corel, and what could well be the Northern Crater with its many glowing rocks and stalactites. We’ll also be paying a visit to Junon, and you can see the Highwind airship moored above the town’s iconic cannon.

Before all that, though, we’ll be stopping by the chocobo farm, as teased in the post-credits of Remake’s Intermission DLC.

Chocobo Riding

Speaking of chocobos, we’ll be able to use them as mounts this time around. Now we’re outside of Midgar we’ll be exploring what look like much, much larger scale environments, and so the added speed of a chocobo will come in handy. The HUD command seen in the bottom of one of the clips makes it look like we can call upon them at any time while in the more open regions. While riding them, the contextual chocobo HUD also shows that the big birds can ‘scent’ and ‘scour’, suggesting that they can be used for scouting. Perhaps there’s a treasure hunting system, or some kind of bounty tracking side activity? The big question, of course, is will there be chocobo breeding? Please, Square, don’t make us go through all that tedium again…

Cloud’s Mystery History

Early in the trailer we hear Tifa ask Aerith “What’s Cloud been doing these past five years? Where has he been? […] This is going to sound crazy, but as far as I know Cloud was never in Nibelheim five years ago.”

In the final hours of Remake we were given the first indication that Cloud isn’t who he thinks he is when a soldier in the Shinra building recognised him. It looks like Rebirth will further explore Cloud’s fractured memory and expand upon Tifa’s perspective. We know from the original game that Cloud was at Nibelheim five years ago, but Tifa didn’t recognise him because he was a Shinra guard wearing a helmet, not the SOLDIER he thinks he was. What wasn’t in the original game, however, was the scene in which Cloud appears as a robed Sephiroth clone taking part in the Jenova Reunion ritual. Could this be Cloud’s fate in the new timeline where Zack survives?

New Characters and New Moves

This trailer finally confirms that, after being just a guest party member in FF7 Remake, Red XIII will be a fully playable character in Rebirth. He’s joined by Yuffie, who returns from the Intermission DLC, to create a full party of six. There’s still no sign of Cait Sith, Cid, or Vincent, so let’s hope they’ll be revealed later rather than held back for the third game.

While the fantastic combat from Remake remains, we can see it’s had a few tweaks since we last saw it. Combos moves from the DLC have now been fully integrated into the system, and we can see several flashy attacks such as this one where Aerith creates a magical dome that Tifa punches down through. There’s also a new icon on the battle HUD – a series of five horizontal bars – but it’s not yet clear what new system they are linked to.

Old and Fresh Enemies

We may be missing Cait Sith, Cid, and Vincent, but there are some other fun (and less fun) familiar faces in this trailer. We meet the remake version of Elena, the youngest member of the Turks, in what is clearly the encounter from the Mythril Mine. And, later on, we see the grotesque form of Jenova Birth, which now seems to hang from the ceiling of the Cargo Ship like some kind of cancerous barnacle.

As with the first game in the remake trilogy, we’ll also be seeing a range of new bosses. Here we see Barret and Red XIII fighting some form of giant rock golem, potentially down in the Mythril Mine. The lack of Cloud in this fight suggests that there will be story sequences in which the party splits up and travels separate paths, too.

And those are the seven major details that you need to know from the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth trailer. Did you spot any other cool details? Let us know about them in the comments. For more, check out the full FF7 Rebirth trailer and the news that it’ll be delivered on two discs for the physical version.

Matt Purslow is IGN’s UK News and Features Editor.

The two resources in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that feel as though they’re always running out are rupees and, arguably more importantly, stamina – the pesky green circle that allows you to run, climb, swim, tame horses, and paraglide. Getting more green stamina rings in TotK requires players to complete four shrines and trade the earned Light of Blessings for a marginal stamina upgrade. If you’re not down to complete a ton of shrines in TotK or would rather save them for later, there are a few ways to boost your stamina through other means.

Using Elixirs and Food to Boost Stamina

The easiest way to recover and boost stamina temporarily is through elixirs and recipes. While neither of these is permanent, they can be helpful for extended exploration and for taking on other stamina-heavy challenges, like taming giant horses.

To best make use of these, be sure to have a lot in your inventory before setting out on your next adventure. Elixirs and meals can be made better by using more ingredients, though you’ll occasionally get a random boost. This boost is nearly guaranteed if you make something during or in the moments after a Blood Moon.

Then, while you’re out and about, simply throw open the menu and use your elixir or meal of choice to recover stamina – you can eat a meal mid-climb or during any activity to refill your stamina meter. It can be a little cumbersome to have to constantly throw open the menu for more stamina, but it’s a decent stopgap until you have the time or interest to complete more shrines.

There are two stamina elixirs in TotK: the Energizing Elixir and the Enduring Elixir. The Energizing Elixir refills your stamina bar but won’t extend it into the yellow “bonus stamina” zone. It’s helpful to have a few of these on hand if you expect to do a lot of gliding and climbing or need to tame powerful horses.

Energizing Elixir Recipe:

• Restless Cricket or Energetic Rhino Beetle
• Any Monster Part

Restless Crickets can be found in tall grass (chop it down with a sword and be ready to mash A to grab them!) and periodically under rocks. Energetic Rhino Beetle are found on the trees on the Great Sky Island and around West Necluda. Learn more about both on their guide pages.

The Enduring Elixir is harder to make, but better to have since it actually extends your stamina bar beyond what you have unlocked.

Enduring Elixir Recipe:

• Tireless Frog – Found in cave streams and rivers around Hyrule, speciallfically the Zora River and around Hyrule Field.
• Any Monster Part

See how to make all elixirs with our guide.

Meals made with certain ingredients can also restore stamina, but they’ll also restore hearts. It’s best to save these for a fight or somewhere you’re taking damage, otherwise you’re wasting half the resource. Either way, though, wasting the heart regeneration is worth it if you’re in a spot where stamina is essential!

Note that these ingredients must be cooked in order to activate their restorative properties. Otherwise, you’ll only get hearts.

Stamina Restoring Ingredients:

• Staminoka Bass – Found in lakes and rivers of Hyrule Field and West Necluda.
• Stamella Shroom – These can be found near Fort Hateno and in Upland Zorana.
• Stambulb – One of the new greens in the game, Stambulb can be found on islands across the Hyrule Sky.

Stamina Extension Ingredients:

• Endura Shroom – You’ll find these rare mushrooms in the North Tabantha Sky Archipelago and North Necluda Sky Archipelago.
• Endura Carrot – These can be reliably found beneath the cherry blossom trees with the shrine and on the plateau east of the Horse God Bridge in Faron.

Movement Speed Buff Ingredients:

While these won’t restore your stamina, they will make the most of your stamina as you’ll move faster.

• Rushroom – You can find these around the Great Sky Island.
• Swift Carrot – These can be purchased from various merchants, but they’re easiest to get at Hateno Village’s East Wind General Goods shop.
• Swift Violet – These can be found on cliffsides, but are easy to purchase at The Coral Reef in Zora’s Domain too.
• Fleet-Lotus Seeds – Find these on Linebeck Island and near the Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower.

If you want to learn how to use these ingredients beyond basic fried greens, mushroom skewers, and other simple combinations, check out the Tears of the Kingdom recipe guide.

Helpful Armor

There is no armor that improves your stamina that we know of, but you can use armor for perpetual speed buffs and to reduce how much stamina is used for select activities.

• Climbing Gear Set – The Climber’s set improves climbing speed, but even better, reduces climbing jump stamina consumption after the set has been upgraded to level 2!
• Zora Set – Improve your swim speed!
• Fierce Deity Armor – You’ll need to do some farming to upgrade it, but if you do you’ll get the charge attack stamina bonus.
• Dark Armor – Improved movement speed at night.
• Snow Boots – Improve movement speed in deep snow.
• Sand Boots – Improved movement speed in sand.
• Opal Earrings – Improved swim speed.
• Vah Ruta Divine Helm – Improved swim speed.
• Ravio Hood – Increased sideways climbing speed.

You can make all these armor even more effective or at least provide more protection by upgrading them after finding and unlocking great fairy fountains.

A Few Quick and Easy Shrines

And, of course and already mentioned, you’ll eventually want to do as many shrines as you can to boost that stamina bar permanently! Below are eight easy shrines (mostly shrines featuring Rauru’s Blessing) throughout Hyrule to hopefully get you at least two more increases to stamina.

• Rutafu-um Shrine – Herba
• Tenmaten Shrine – Hyrule Ridge
• Joniu Shrine – Upland Zorana Skyview Tower
• Yomizuk Shrine – Lanayru Great Springs under Lodrum Headland
• Mayachideg Shrine – Akkala
• Jochi-ihiga Shrine – Akkala
• Ikatak Shrine – Tabantha Frontier Gisa Crater
• Maoikes Shrine – Lanayru Wetlands

Be sure to drop any easy shrines you’ve completed in the comments below to help others snag the ones that can be done quickly.

There’s plenty more to boost, improve, and find in Tears of the Kingdom, though, and you can learn more about all of it quick with our guide written by Zelda experts. Below are a few recommended guides to check out next that can help you gear up for your next adventure in Hyrule.

• Armor Set Details and Locations
• All Shrine Locations and Solutions
• Korok Seed Locations
• How to Buff and Repair Weapons or Shields

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