Divine Beast Vah Ruta
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Breath of the Wild Walkthrough Chapter 5: Vah Ruta Dungeon |
Vah Ruta is one of the four Divine Beasts in Breath of the Wild. Vah Ruta serves as one of the four main dungeons in the game. Link must defeat Waterblight Ganon in order to free the mechanical beast from malice.
Gaining Entrance
Link and Prince Sidon will team up. Prince Sidon will swim you around the lake while the Divine Beast Vah Ruta will defend itself with giant ice cubes and spiked ice balls shot from cannons. Use Cryonis to destroy them. When it’s safe Prince Sidon will bing you in close allowing you to swim up the waterfall and destroy the water controls with shock arrows as Prince Sidon explains. Once you take out all 4, the Divine Beast Vah Ruta will allow entrance.
Dungeon Overview
Map
Look around the entrance room, there is a shut gate on the left. Destroy the Malice and open the gate with Cryonis to get the dungeon map from the Guidance Stone, allowing Link to change the angle of water coming from Vah Ruta's trunk.
Terminals
- Turn around and head back out of the door. Head forward and to the left where you see the gears on the wall. Use Magnesis to turn the handle, raising the terminal, and then activate it.
- Turn around and head to the door on the right which leads outside. Follow the ramp up, enter the door on the right and take out the Guardian Scout I. In this area you will see a water spout moving a smaller water wheel, a larger water wheel not moving and a chest up on the ledge to the left. As you watch the smaller water wheel go around, you will see the terminal in the inside. Use Cryonis to stop the water flowing from the spout. This stops the smaller water wheel from moving, but do so just before the terminal becomes submerged in the water, allowing Link to activate it.
- Head out the door opposite of where Link entered this area, turn right going up the ramp and take out the malice via the eyeball. Enter the door at the top and you should see the terminal blocked by a gate. You will see a larger ball on a track down to the left of the terminal and 2 stones with a chest in the center on a track down to the right of the terminal. Use the map to move Vah Ruta's trunk to the seventh position, and water will begin to flow in causing the large water wheel to move. You will now see the large ball approach the top, it will slide along the track opening the gate to access the terminal. As the terminal approaches the top, use Stasis on the large ball timing it just right to hold it in place and keep the gate open. Activate the terminal.
- Glide back down to the ledge between the two water wheels as before, this time face the larger water wheel. Watch the paddles until you see a chest covered by the malice. You will also hear the malice spot you. Jump on the next paddle and ride it up. As you are approacing the top, take out the malice and open the chest for Fire Arrow x10. Jump or walk off the paddle to the ledge ahead and take out the Guardian Scout I or Guardian Scout II (Master Mode). Just to the left you will see a pressure switch. Stand on it to activate the waterfall to the area below. Glide down landing in the water at the bottom of the waterfall. Swim up the waterfall and glide over to the ledge ahead with the chest. Open it for, depending on how far you are in the quest, a Knight's Halberd or Royal Halberd. Glide back down to the ledge just below and exit down the hallway. You should see the trunk of the Divine Beast Vah Ruta in front of you. Use the map and set the trunk to position 1. As the trunk lowers, you will see a chest toward the end. Jump out and glide over to it taking out the malice. Open it for an Ancient Shaft. Continue to scale up the trunk by repeatedly jumping and moving back and forth. Alternately if you are having difficulty, use the map and set the trunk to position 7. Follow the trunk back down to the doorway, use the map to set the trunk back to position 1 and glide over to the end of the trunk. Use the map and set the trunk to position 7. As the trunk raises, continue forward and look over the edge where you will see the terminal. Wait for the trunk to move up far enough to safely land on the ledge below/behind the terminal. When the trunk stops moving, activate Terminal 4.
- Turn around and enjoy the view for a second. As you are looking around you will see a chest on the left ledge in the distance covered by malice, but the eye is on the right ledge in the distance. There are a couple of ways to do this. You can jump off the trunk, glide along the middle, when you are close enough face right, take an mid air bow shot at the eye, pull back out the glider and land on the left platform. Alternately jump off the trunk, glide over landing on the left platform and shoot an arrow across at the eye. Regardless, take out the malice. Open the chest for Ice Arrow x10. Turn around and go over to the edge of the ledge. If you are positioned just right look at the top of the head to the right and you will see an opening. Glide over to it and jump in. You will land on a ledge. Take out the malice on the ceiling. Look down to see the terminal surrounded by flames. In front of you is a wall with gears and a handle. Use Magnesis to turn the handle in front of you to open the top of the head. Use the map and set the trunk to position 6. This will lower the trunk, water will flow in and extinguish the flames. Jump down and activate Terminal 5
Turn around and jump off the edge, either the left or right, and glide down to the lowest level. Continue forward through the opening and down the ramp. Head over and activate the Main Control Unit to begin the fight with Waterblight Ganon.
Waterblight Ganon
- Main article: Waterblight Ganon
Phase I: Waterblight Ganon uses a spear to attack that has pretty good range which he will swing, thrust, throw or use a shockwave. He also warps around the area. Focus on attacking his eye with arrows to stun him. Bomb arrows will work better than regular arrows as it will inflict more damage. When you hit his eye enough he will be stunned and fall. You can also just shoot him anywhere with an ancient arrow inflicting the most damage and he will fall right away. Run up to him and attack with melee weapons, arrows, elemental arrows or ancient arrows. Perfect dodge or backflip his spear attacks for melee flurry attack as well.
Phase II: As Waterblight Ganon gets towards half health he will take a new approach. He will fill the room with water leaving 4 solid platforms to stand on. He will be hanging from the ceiling now and begin using ice block attacks which can be taken out with Cryonis. It will be difficult to attack him if you are not on solid ground. You can use Cryonis to stand in the water area. When his health gets down enough he will use a laser from his eye. If you get hit by this it will cause significant damage. Continue your attack method as previous. Waterblight Ganon will use any of his attacks with no specific pattern at this point.
Once you defeat Waterblight Ganon, you will receive a Heart Container. Activate the Main Control Unit to free Mipha's spirit and receive Mipha's Grace.
Enemies
- Enemies in Divine Beast Vah Ruta
Treasure Chests
- From the map terminal, turn around and head back out of the door, looking in the water down to the right you will see a chest. Use Magnesis to pull the chest out of the water and open for an Ancient Spring.
- In the area with the second terminal, a ledge with a Silver Rupee chest can be reached by gliding from the top of the smaller water wheel.
Terminal 3/5
Head out the other door opposite of where you enterd this area, turn right going up the ramp and take out the malice.
Enter the door at the top and you should see the terminal blocked by a gate. You will see a lager ball on a track down to the left of the terminal and 2 stones with a chest in the center on a track down to the right of the terminal. Use map and you will see you can change position of the trunk on the Divine Beast Vah Ruta to 10 different positions. Set it up to position 7. The trunk will raise, water will begin to flow in causing the large water wheel to move.
Shortly after the large water wheel begins to move, use Stasis on the right most stone block timing it just right for the left block and chest to move along the track when it gets to the top. Open the chest for an Ancient Core.
Terminal 4/5
Glide back down to the ledge between the 2 water wheels as before, this time face the larger water wheel. Watch the paddles until you see a chest covered by the malice. You will also hear the malice spot you. Jump on the next paddle and ride it up. As you are approacing the top, take out the malice and open the chest for Fire Arrow x10.
Jump or walk off the paddle to the ledge ahead and take out the Guardian Scout I or Guardian Scout II (Master Mode).
Just to the left you will see a pressure switch. Stand on it to activate the waterfall to the area below.
Glide down landing in the water at the bottom of the waterfall. Swim up the waterfall and glide over to the ledge ahead with the chest. Open it for, depending on how far you are in the quest, a Knight's Halberd or Royal Halberd.
Glide back down to the ledge just below and exit down the hallway. You should see the trunk of the Divine Beast Vah Ruta in front of you. Use the map and set the trunk to position 1. As the trunk lowers, you will see a chest toward the end. Jump out and glide over to it taking out the malice. Open it for an Ancient Shaft.
Terminal 5/5
Turn around and enjoy the view for a second. As you are looking around you will see a chest on the left ledge in the distance covered by malice, but the eye is on the right ledge in the distance. There are a couple of ways to do this. You can jump off the trunk, glide along the middle, when you are close enough face right, take an mid air bow shot at the eye, pull back out the glider and land on the left platform. Alternately jump off the trunk, glide over landing on the left platform and shoot an arrow across at the eye. Regardless, take out the malice. Open the chest for Ice Arrow x10.