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TotK's Kudanisar Shrine, known as Bridging the Sands, is located in the southwestern-ish area of Hyrule, just south of Gerudo Highlands in the Gerudo Desert. The shrine's coordinates are roughly -4171, -2145, 0050, and once players step inside, they'll realize they need to build Zonai devices to travel over the sand.

TotK Kudanisar Shrine Walkthrough

At the beginning of the shrine, players will need to head straight across the area using Ultrahand to pick up the slabs of wood to create a path on the sand. It's worth noting that walking in the sand will not kill Link, but players will expend lots of stamina to get through it. Make a path towards the raised gate and then stick two planks together to get over it, as seen in the picture below:

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Defeat the Construct in the next section, and then make your way to the ladder to get to the tall platform where the shrine's locked exit door is located. Step on the glowing switch in front of the gate, and a small ball will launch across to the other side of the shrine. The goal here is to essentially get the ball back and bring it to this platform to place into the recess in front of the gate. Doing this will open the gate.

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If players want a quick shortcut to complete this shrine, they can immediately use the Recall skill on the ball once it's launched to bring it back to the platform. Once it comes back, players need to quickly use Ultrahand to grab the ball and then carefully put it into the glowing hole.

Before players make their way to the other side of the shrine to collect the small ball, players can find a chest hanging on a piece of rope if they look to the right of the shrine's exit (facing the locked door). Use an arrow to shoot the rope, then use Recall on the chest.

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Then, just use Ultrahand to place the chest on a flat surface. Open it to find a bundle of ten arrows.

Not far from the chest, players will find some devices that can be used to make a sand-traveling machine. Just attach a fan to the flat board and put a steering wheel on it to help Link control it. It should look like the machine we built that's in the image below:

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When facing the opposite side of the shrine where the ball landed, look towards the right to face a lonely raised platform jutting out of the sand --there's a second chest on top of it with a Construct. Get close to the structure and find a piece of wood to place near the top to make a ramp. Climb on top, beat the robot, and open the chest to find a Hasty Elixir, which Link can drink to boost his speed for five minutes.

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Now, head to the main structure where the ball was launched to and use Ascend on the side of it to get inside.

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Defeat the Constructs hanging out here, and press the switch near the speedboats to open the gate. The small ball will begin to move toward the front of the shrine, and players should pick it up, attach it to their speedboat, and take it to the raised platform where it was originally launched. The problem now is getting the ball to the top of it.

There are going to be several different methods players will use to accomplish this, but we managed to create an 'L' shaped structure with two wood planks and then attached the ball to the top of it. Then, we climbed the ladder, used Ultrahand to detach the ball from the plank, and placed it into the ball hole to open the shrine gate.

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Enter the newly opened gate to finish the Kudanisar Shrine to receive yet another Light of Blessing for Link's health/stamina.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available for the Nintendo Switch.