The Dah Kaso Shrine is one of the least visited shrines in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, likely because of its useless location, however its more memorable characteristic is the Hinox right above! Here’s how to complete it!
Location
The Dah Kaso Shrine is located in south-western Central Hyrule at the entrance to the Gerudo Desert: Digdogg Suspension Bridge.
It is most easily accessible from the Keh Namut Cryonis Shrine on the Great Plateau.
At the center of the largest island of the bridge is a Blue Hinox which can be easily defeated by using our Top Three Tips for Attacking Hinoxen (BotW). Have fun!
Walkthrough of Dah Kaso Shrine
When you enter the Shrine, you’ll see the main chamber ahead of you where you’ll fight a Guardian Scout, prepare your strongest weapon, shield, bow and armour and prepare Stasis+ if you have it.
Walk over to the hole in the center of the room and the guardian will rise up from its depths. Guardian Scouts in Minor Tests of Strength are the weakest besides their counterparts without weaponry, but they can still do some damage if not fought correctly.
Try to keep your shield up and use one-handed weapons so you always have defence from its lasers. To start, it will use slow attacks which are easily blocked or dodged. When the guardian stops attacking, hit his shield repeatedly – if he has one – to knock it out of the way and then hit it as many times as possible. It’s only a weak fella so it shouldn’t take many hits to get it down to half health. Using Stasis+ has the obvious effect of freezing him in time, but also, any attacks you use while Stasis is active will deal double damage!
When it reaches half-health it will begin to avoid combat, jumping back away from you and shooting more lasers. If you get close it will attack you as usual and begin to spin around to create a huge updraft within the Shrine. Use your paraglider to glide above it and press Y when you’re right above it to perform an air-strike-critical-hit.
When dealt enough damage, it will turn blue and charge using energy in the air. Once it finished charging, it will fire multiple short but powerful blasts which will deal TONS of damage! Run from side to side to avoid these blasts and when it’s charging, use Stasis+ and hit it until it’s gone!
Finally, collect the Guardian’s weapons and everything it dropped, then walk through to the next room and open the chest to find an ancient core! Walk up to the pedestal and acquire the Spirit Orb from the Shrine’s Monk!
Full Video Walkthrough
I hope you enjoyed this article and I hope it helped! Feel free to check out our other cache of Shrine Walkthroughs to find whichever one you’re looking for!
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