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Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Mayaumekis Shrine solution

How to find and complete the Downward Force Shrine

Link standing by the Mayaumekis Shrine in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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The Mayaumekis Shrine in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom contains the more trickier Downward Force puzzle.

For this trial you have to use ship sails to bounce and glide your way to the end, but like most Shrine in Tears of the Kingdom, this can be trickier than it sounds.

To speed things up, we'll walk you through the Mayaumekis Shrine solution for the Deep Force shrine. And if you can't find it, the Mayaumekis Shrine's location too.

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Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Mayaumekis Shrine location

The Mayaumekis Shrine in Tears of the Kingdom is located far above in the Hebra Mountain Sky on the Rising Island Chain, found northeast of Rito Village. Its precise coordinates are (-2949, 3048, 0896)

The easiest way to get to the Mayaumekis Shrine is by following the 'Tulin of Rito Village' quest, which takes you right past it.

Link on a sky island heading towards the location of the Mayaumekis Shrine in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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Here's pictures of the Mayaumekis Shrine map location from surface level, and sky level:

Map showing the location of the Mayaumekis Shrine from surface level in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
The Mayaumekis Shrine map location from sky level in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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Mayaumekis Shrine puzzle solution in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

The Downward Force puzzle in the Mayaumekis Shrine only really has one chamber to navigate. This makes it a shorter Shrine if you get the solution straight off, but the 'Downward Force' name doesn't actually hint at how to start and end the puzzle.

In short, to solve the Mayaumekis Shrine puzzle, you have to hit the small yellow-glowing switches with your bow and arrow. To get to the last switch, you'll also have to bounce and glide your way up to the top.

The first step is to hit the small yellow-glowing switch behind the first locked gate with an arrow. It will glow green and open the door to the huge chamber in front of you. If you're out of arrows, you might be able to hit the switch with a melee weapon too.

Link aiming at a yellow switch that's behind bars with his bow and arrow in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Image credit: Nintendo

The second step is to go up the stairs, kill the enemy, then jump and bounce onto the nearby ship sail and glide over to the next sail above you.

Link looking down on levels below him in the Mayaumekis Shrine after jumping high into the air.
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For the third step, you can either bounce and glide over to the small moving ship in the distance, then bounce from it to reach the chest on the left-hand side to get 10 arrows.

Link using his glider to fly towards a chest location in the Mayaumekis Shrine.
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Or, you can skip the chest and use the floating ship to bounce over to the next three ships on the right.

Link gliding towards a floating ship in the Mayaumekis Shrine.
Image credit: Nintendo

You need arrows for this last bit, so if you don't have any, or are running low, we suggest opening the chest first.

Finally, for the last step in the Mayaumekis Shrine solution, you have to jump and bounce from the lowest ship sail on the right and draw your bow to slow down time and hit the yellow-glowing switch inside the bars above the three ships.

Link aiming at a switch with his bow and arrow after being catapulted into the air in the Mayaumekis Shrine.
Image credit: Nintendo

The gate above the highest ship sail will open, and you can now bounce from the highest ship to get into this chamber.

Examine the green circle in this small room to get your Light of Blessing and complete the Mayaumekis Shrine.

Link near a glowing green landmark which marks the end of the Mayaumekis Shrine in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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Good luck with completing all 152 TOTK Shrines, and if you need some extra help, don't forget to check-out our list of Skyview Towers and Dragon Tear locations.

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