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Mayausiy Shrine

Mayausiy Shrine, sometimes misspelled as “Mayausiy” in player discussions, is a Shrine of Light hidden inside the Forgotten Temple in the Tabantha Frontier.

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Key takeaways

  • Mayausiy Shrine is inside the Forgotten Temple, not outside on the Tabantha Frontier surface.
  • The entrance is in the temple room before the chamber containing the Mother Goddess Statue.
  • The trial has two main construction puzzles, both solved with Ultrahand.
  • The first puzzle uses two loose L-shaped pieces to copy a completed block arrangement.
  • The second puzzle has three pieces and also contains the shrine’s only chest, holding a Large Zonai Charge.
  • A Captain Construct I or Soldier Construct-type enemy is encountered between the two puzzle rooms, depending on the guide’s naming convention.

About this guide

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, base game Trial: Building Blocks Region: Tabantha Frontier Subarea: Forgotten Temple Coordinates: approximately −1169, 2602, −0083 Reward: Light of Blessing Treasure: Large Zonai Charge Main ability required: Ultrahand Spoiler level: Moderate, including the shrine solution and Forgotten Temple route

Overview

Mayausiy Shrine, sometimes misspelled as “Mayausiy” in player discussions, is a Shrine of Light hidden inside the Forgotten Temple in the Tabantha Frontier. Its official trial name is Building Blocks, and its puzzles are based on rotating and assembling stone pieces into matching three-dimensional structures.

The shrine is not an isolated structure in the open world. It is part of the Forgotten Temple’s interior, in a chamber close to the Mother Goddess Statue. Reaching it therefore involves navigating the temple rather than simply walking to an exterior shrine marker. The shrine itself is compact, but its location is easy to confuse with the surrounding Forgotten Temple, Tanagar Canyon and the nearby Tabantha Frontier landscape.

The shrine’s actual setting

Mayausiy Shrine belongs to the Forgotten Temple interior. The Forgotten Temple is a large ruin in the Tabantha Frontier, situated in the canyon system between the Tabantha and Central Hyrule areas. The shrine is positioned deep inside the ruin, in a room immediately before the chamber with the Mother Goddess Statue.

For navigation purposes, it is useful to distinguish four related but separate places:

The shrine is therefore not synonymous with the whole Forgotten Temple. Completing Mayausiy Shrine does not complete every activity in the temple, and visiting the temple does not automatically mean that the shrine has been activated.

The shrine’s actual setting

NameDetails
Tabantha Frontierthe broad surface region.
Forgotten Templethe large ruin and its interior route.
Mother Goddess Statue chambera major landmark deeper inside the temple.
Mayausiy Shrinethe individual Shrine of Light in the room before that statue chamber.

The Forgotten Temple route

The temple’s entrance is high above the canyon floor. From the approach, Link can glide into the opening and then travel through the ruin. The interior route contains enemies, ledges and construction obstacles. The shrine is reached by continuing towards the rear of the temple, where a hole in the wall leads to a ledge from which the shrine can be seen. From there, Link can glide across and activate it.

The temple’s larger story context is associated with the regional Geoglyphs and Dragon’s Tears investigation. However, Mayausiy Shrine itself does not require the player to complete a separate shrine quest or solve a regional shrine quest before entering. The shrine can be activated once Link reaches it.

Named locations within the relevant scope

Tabantha Frontier

The spelling Mayausiy Shrine is used here. Some location lists and player resources classify the shrine under Tabantha Frontier, while others place it under a broader Hebra grouping. The shrine’s map location and immediate setting are consistently the Forgotten Temple in Tabantha Frontier.

Interior landmarks

The Yisuayam Lightroot is not physically part of the shrine. It is the corresponding location in the Depths, aligned with the surface shrine. Treating it as a separate location prevents confusion between the shrine’s surface position and its Depths counterpart.

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Tabantha Frontier

Recommended surface route

The temple can be crossed without fighting every enemy. Ledges along the sides provide an alternative to moving directly through the centre of the ruin, which can be useful if Link is under-equipped or simply wants to reach the shrine quickly.

Recommended surface route: steps

  1. 01
    Travel to the Forgotten Temple in the Tabantha Frontier.
  2. 02
    Reach the elevated temple entrance and glide inside.
  3. 03
    Follow the interior route towards the back of the temple.
  4. 04
    Deal with or bypass the temple’s enemies and construction sections.
  5. 05
    Continue until you reach the rear area with a hole in the wall.
  6. 06
    Step out onto the ledge and look for the shrine across the gap.
  7. 07
    Glide to the shrine platform and activate Mayausiy Shrine.

Practical preparation

No special armour set, quest item or elemental weapon is required for the shrine itself. The following are useful but optional:

Once the shrine is activated, it becomes a fast-travel point even if the trial has not yet been completed. After the final altar is used, Link receives the Light of Blessing and the shrine remains available as a permanent travel destination.

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Room one: copy the completed structure

The first chamber presents two block arrangements.

One side shows a completed structure. The other side contains an incomplete arrangement and two loose L-shaped pieces. The task is to make the incomplete side match the completed example.

Solution method

The main difficulty is that the pieces can look correct from one angle while still being rotated incorrectly. The useful visual rule is that each piece should form a low base with its other two blocks raised, matching the displayed three-dimensional model rather than merely filling visible gaps.

Solution method

  1. 01
    Use Ultrahand to pick up one of the loose L-shaped pieces.
  2. 02
    Rotate it until one block rests on the floor and the remaining two blocks rise above it.
  3. 03
    Fit it into the incomplete arrangement.
  4. 04
    Repeat with the second loose piece.
  5. 05
    Check the structure from the front and side, not just from above.
  6. 06
    When the construction matches the example, the door opens.

The Construct encounter

Proceed through the opened door and defeat the single Construct in the connecting passage or next section. The shrine reference identifies this enemy as a Captain Construct I, while another guide uses the broader “Soldier Construct” description. In either case, this is a single ordinary Construct encounter rather than a shrine boss.

The Construct may carry or provide access to ordinary early-game equipment such as a rusty broadsword or Construct Bow, but these are not the shrine’s fixed completion reward. The important fixed shrine rewards are the chest’s Large Zonai Charge and the final Light of Blessing.

Room two: assemble the larger structure

The second puzzle room contains another completed reference structure and a larger incomplete structure. Three loose pieces must be placed correctly.

The room also contains the shrine’s treasure chest. It is positioned on a raised ledge in the rear corner of the chamber.

Chest first

You can reach the chest in either of two practical ways:

Open the chest before finishing the puzzle if you want to avoid accidentally leaving the room without checking the treasure.

The chest is fixed content, not a random drop.

Main puzzle solution

The pieces are not meant to be fused into one permanent object. They need to be positioned as a matching arrangement. If the door does not open, detach and rotate the most recently placed piece rather than rebuilding everything immediately.

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Main puzzle solution: A reliable order is

  1. 01
    Pick up the irregular piece.
  2. 02
    Rotate it so that it fills the blocks nearest the closed exit gate.
  3. 03
    Place the larger four-block piece beside and partly overlapping the first piece.
  4. 04
    Place the simple L-shaped piece in the remaining space, furthest from the gate.
  5. 05
    Adjust the pieces until the completed arrangement matches the reference structure.
  6. 06
    Once the model is correct, the exit opens.
  7. 07
    Proceed to the altar and collect the Light of Blessing.

Fixed rewards

The Large Zonai Charge is useful for temporarily increasing the amount of Zonai energy available to Link. The Light of Blessing contributes to the usual shrine reward system and can later be exchanged for increased hearts or stamina at a Goddess Statue.

Fixed rewards

LocationRewardAcquisition
Second puzzle chamberLarge Zonai ChargeOpen the chest on the raised rear ledge
Shrine altarLight of BlessingComplete both block puzzles and examine the altar

Collectible directory

Equipment and enemy drops

The weapons listed above should not be confused with fixed treasure chest contents. The fixed chest reward is the Large Zonai Charge. Enemy equipment can be affected by the enemy’s loadout and may be replaced, dropped or left behind depending on the encounter and the player’s actions.

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Enemies

The shrine contains one Construct enemy between the two puzzle sections.

These are naming differences in reference material rather than evidence of two separate shrine encounters. The available shrine walkthroughs consistently describe a single Construct battle.

Environmental hazards

Mayausiy Shrine has no major elemental hazard, timed section or boss battle. Its main risks are practical:

If a block falls into an inconvenient place, use Ultrahand to retrieve it. The shrine’s construction pieces are designed to remain available for repeated attempts.

Optional techniques

The second room can be approached flexibly. The intended solution is to build the model, but Ascend and climbing can make the chest easier to reach. One guide specifically recommends using the assembled pieces near the ledge and Ascend to reach the upper area, while another notes that Link can climb the incomplete structure and glide to the chest.

These techniques do not bypass the final puzzle. The exit still requires the block arrangement to be completed.

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Forgotten Temple

Mayausiy Shrine is most strongly connected to the Forgotten Temple rather than to a settlement or commercial area. The temple contains the route, the surrounding enemies and the Mother Goddess Statue landmark. The shrine can serve as a useful fast-travel point for returning to the temple’s deeper sections.

Tabantha Frontier

The wider Tabantha Frontier provides the regional context for the shrine. Other Tabantha Frontier shrines include locations such as Gasas, Gatakis, Ikatak, Iun-orok, Nouda, Oromuwak, Orochium and Turakawak, but they are separate shrines and should not be treated as subareas of Mayausiy Shrine.

Depths connection

The shrine corresponds with Yisuayam Lightroot in the Depths. This alignment follows the general relationship between surface Shrines of Light and Depths Lightroots, but Yisuayam Lightroot must be visited separately. Completing Mayausiy Shrine does not automatically activate its Depths counterpart.

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For a first visit, the following order is efficient:

For a completion-focused visit, check the following before leaving:

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Mayausiy Shrine is permanent base-game content. Its puzzles, chest and Light of Blessing do not depend on a temporary event or a one-time story phase. There is no verified missability trigger associated with the shrine.

The shrine may be encountered while investigating the Forgotten Temple during the Geoglyphs and Dragon’s Tears-related progression, but the shrine itself is not documented as requiring that investigation to be completed. It can be activated once Link reaches its entrance.

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The shrine’s trial name, Building Blocks, directly describes its central design. Rather than testing combat, archery or elemental manipulation, it asks Link to reconstruct three-dimensional models from loose stone components. This makes it a clear example of Tears of the Kingdom’s wider emphasis on spatial reasoning and Ultrahand construction.

Its placement inside the Forgotten Temple also gives the shrine a different atmosphere from an open-field Shrine of Light. The surrounding ruin, long interior route and proximity to the Mother Goddess Statue make it feel like part of an ancient architectural complex, even though the shrine’s interior remains a self-contained puzzle space.

The name Building Blocks is also used elsewhere in Zelda reference material for an unrelated context in Ocarina of Time 3D. That is a naming coincidence rather than evidence that the two locations are connected.

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Depths connection: steps

  1. 01
    Approach the Forgotten Temple from the surface.
  2. 02
    Enter and activate Mayausiy Shrine as soon as you reach it.
  3. 03
    Complete the first block puzzle.
  4. 04
    Defeat the Construct.
  5. 05
    In the second room, collect the Large Zonai Charge before solving the exit.
  6. 06
    Complete the second block arrangement.
  7. 07
    Take the Light of Blessing.
  8. 08
    Continue to the Mother Goddess Statue chamber if it is part of your current exploration or story objective.
  9. 09
    Return later using the shrine’s fast-travel point if you need to revisit the temple.

The following are separate progression states

StateMeaning
Shrine not visibleLink has not reached the relevant part of the Forgotten Temple
Shrine visible but inactiveLink has found the shrine entrance but has not activated it
Shrine activatedThe location is available as a fast-travel point
Shrine completedBoth puzzles are solved and the Light of Blessing is collected
Chest collectedThe Large Zonai Charge has been removed from the shrine
Forgotten Temple completed or exploredA broader temple or story state, not the same as shrine completion

Is Mayausiy Shrine in Hebra or Tabantha?

Its immediate map classification is Tabantha Frontier, and it is located inside the Forgotten Temple. Some guides group the area under the broader Hebra region, so both labels can appear in walkthroughs. For navigation, “Forgotten Temple in Tabantha Frontier” is the more precise description.

Do I need to complete a quest to enter?

No separate shrine quest is required. You need to reach the Forgotten Temple and navigate to the shrine’s chamber. The shrine may be encountered during wider regional or Geoglyph-related exploration, but its block puzzles are available once the entrance is reached.

What is in the chest?

The chest contains a Large Zonai Charge. It is on a raised ledge in the second puzzle chamber.

What ability solves the shrine?

Ultrahand is the essential ability. The puzzle pieces must be picked up, rotated and placed into matching structures.

Is there a boss?

No. There is one Construct encounter, but no shrine boss. The final challenge is the larger block arrangement.

Can I reach the chest without solving the second puzzle?

Yes. You can use the loose blocks as a temporary staircase, climb the incomplete structure or use Ascend and gliding to reach the ledge. The exit puzzle still has to be completed to claim the Light of Blessing.

What is the shrine’s Depths counterpart?

The corresponding Depths location is Yisuayam Lightroot. It is a separate location and must be activated independently.

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