The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom not only provides players with one of the most enjoyable video game experiences in recent memory, but also an opportunity to learn about science. Many of the shrines in Tears of the Kingdom revolve around physics and momentum, including the Ihen-a Shrine in the Lanayru Great Spring area.
Entitled "Midair Perch," the shrine has players using a series of floating platforms in order to make their way toward the goal. In addition to the intended strategy, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players can also make use of some of Link's special abilities to make life easier for themselves and complete the Ihen-a Shrine with minimal effort.
Ihen-a Shrine Walkthrough
The Ihen-a Shrine is in the Lanayru Great Spring Area to the east of the Mogawak Shrine and Zora's Domain. Players can reach it by climbing the mountains up to Mipha Court, though the shrine can be reached much faster by unlocking the Zora Armor set. This allows players to travel up waterfalls by swimming into them and tapping the A button, making it possible to travel from Zora's Domain to the shrine's location in around a minute or so. For those having trouble pinpointing its exact location, the coordinates for the Ihen-a Shrine are 3784, 0578, 0485.
Ihen-a Shrine Location
Before they can enter the Ihen-a Shrine, players will need to wash the sludge away from the entrance by firing a Splash Fruit arrow at it. They can then make their way inside the shrine, where they'll be greated with a bunch of floating green platforms. These platforms can be activated and deactivated by hitting them with a melee attack or an arrow and will fall to the ground when turned off. To get through this first room, players simply need to use Ultrahand to create a floating pathway leading up to the top of the ledge.
Link's Recall ability can rewind the momentum of objects manipulated with Ultrahand, meaning that players can create a makeshift elevator simply by lifting a platform into the air, holding it in place for a moment, then lowering it back down and using Recall.
In the next area, players should attach one of the floating platforms onto the bottom of the metal grate and then use it to bridge the gap. For the next part, they'll need to lift the platform up to the top of the ledge using Link's Ultrahand ability, hold it there for around ten seconds or so, then lower it back down. Immediately after doing so, players should hop onto the platform and then use the Recall ability to rewind its moment and lift it back up, allowing them to progress to the next area.
Players should take the metal platform with them when they leave, as this will make the next area considerably easier. First, they can use the same Recall strategy that they just employed to reach a chest containing five arrows, then, after attaching the ball to the top of the metal platform, use it again to get across the gap and drop the ball into the hole. This will open the door to the statue room, where players can claim the shrine's Light of Blessing.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available for the Nintendo Switch.