How to take control of vah medoh?
Divine Beast Vah Medoh is located above Rito village, in the northwest corner of Breath of the Wild’s map. Tabantha tower is closest.
Before you embark upon your journey to the Divine Beast Vah Medoh, you need to prepare. And preparation boils down to two things, really: having a bunch of arrows and the right armor.
There’s a shop in Rito village, where you should buy the snowquill armor set:
That’s 2,150 rupees all told. It’s not cheap, but buying this set will let you forget about cold climates, period. And Divine Beast Vah Medoh involves some of those. If you don’t have enough money, sell your gems and various monster parts until you do. It’s really that important.
It’s also a good idea to warp to Ta'loh Neg shrine near Kakariko village and visit the Great Fairy to upgrade your new snowquill armor. Doing so will not only make your armor more powerful, but wearing all pieces of the snowquill armor will grant you a set bonus, making your cold resistance even better.
You’ll need red ChuChu jelly. If you’re low, just find hot area of ground and toss on some blue ChuChu jelly. That'll transform it into red ChuChu jelly. (Thanks to Polygon reader Josh Combs, who pointed out that the original version of this guide said to throw it in a cooking pot. Don't do that, unless you want some dubious food. And you probably don't.)
Take the stairs all the way to the top of Rito village. Speak to the Rito chief, Kaneli, to unlock the Divine Beast Vah Medoh main quest. Walk to the alcove next to Kaneli to speak with Saki, who will tell you where to go next: the Flight Range. Jump off the platform just down the stairs from Saki and use your paraglider to fly toward the flags in the distance.
You can complete the Sha Warvo shrine here or just interact with it to unlock a waypoint.
At the Flight Range, you’ll meet Teba. Complete his quest (which is no more complicated than using your paraglider, then holding ZR to shoot a few targets), and you’ll receive the falcon bow and 20 bomb arrows. You’ll also find a swallow bow near a cooking pot in this area.
After satisfying Teba, he’ll fly you up to Divine Beast Vah Medoh. Your actions at the Flight Range were a prologue to this. All you need to do is hop off of Teba, aim at the targets and hit them with your bomb arrows.
It’s to your benefit to do this with the fewest arrows as possible, and there’s very little danger up here. The Divine Beast Vah Medoh boss of this area is susceptible to bomb arrows, so the more you have, the better.
After destroying the canons, you’ll land on Divine Beast Vah Medoh and automatically interact with the first terminal here and learn the way to the map terminal. Your goal is to interact with all of the terminals and then, ultimately, fight the boss.
Before heading in, turn around, and shoot the eyeball in the goo to unlock access to a treasure chest, where you can collect a sapphire.
Walk into the belly of the Divine Beast, and shoot the eyeball in goo to clear the path ahead of you. Fall down to the lower level, and kill the eyeball in goo blocking your way out. This unlocks an exit to the room and a treasure chest with an ancient shaft.
Head outside, and walk the perimeter of Divine Beast Vah Medoh. Destroy an eyeball to unlock a fan blowing up, then keep going around to destroy another eyeball that unlocks the second entrance to the room you fell into earlier.
Head back inside the room, and use your paraglider to take the upward draft up to level where you entered the Divine Beast Vah Medoh.
This time, instead of falling down, take the upward near the entrance and veer left. There are two treasure chests on the left side of the room. Grab onto the climbable area shown in the image above, and climb up to find a treasure chest with an ancient core. Jump off the far side and paraglide left to the other treasure chest, which has five bomb arrows.
Head back to where you entered. Use magnesis to pull one of the metal blocks toward you, so you can jump over the platforms. (See the gallery below for the exact positioning.)
Fight the guardian on the other side of the gap, and retrieve a guardian spear. Continue down the hallway, and interact with the terminal to get the map of Vah Medoh.
The map shows the location of five terminals, each located along the axis of Vah Medoh’s wings. It also enables divine beast controls. There are three points of movement: Level (center), curled up (high) and curled down (low).
Stand overlooking the drop down from where you got the map. Use the map to tilt Vah Medoh’s wings to the highest position. Look on the ceiling, and you’ll see another eyeball. Destroy it with an arrow to unlock access to the next room.
Use magnesis to pull the left magnetic block close to you. Tilt Vah Medoh down. Take the path up across the magnetic block, up the climbable wall and past the treasure chest. Glide into the room you opened when you killed the eyeball on the ceiling.
Turn left and kill the eyeball. You may also have to kill the floating skulls it left behind.
Tilt Vah Medoh back to level, walk up the ramp on the right side of the room, and tilt Vah Medoh to high. Walk to the farthest edge of the ramp, and paraglide to the treasure chest for a knight's claymore.
Walk back up the ramp, and shoot the switch with an arrow, which opens a hole that shoots air across the room. Paraglide across the room using the draft to interact with the first terminal. One down, five to go.
In the same room where you found terminal 1, take out a round bomb, and roll it into the next room through the hole in the wall. Detonte it where it stops to destroy the stone barrier.
Drop another round bomb through, and hit the switch to your right after it can't roll anymore. That'll blow air into the room from the right, pushing the round bomb to the far left side of the room. Detonate the bomb when it can't go anymore. That’ll destroy the rock wall and reveal a giant metal ball.
Hit the switch to stop the wind. Use the map to turn Vah Medoh to its lowest position. The ball will roll twoard you. Use magnesis to bring it ot the other side of the room, where you put the bomb earlier. Move Vah Medoh to the top position. The ball will roll, hit the switch and raise the gate. Enter the room, and turn left to activate the terminal. Two down, three to go.
Lower Vah Medoh to its middle (or straight) position. You can see your destination from the exit in the room with the first two terminals. Tilt Vah Medoh down, and paraglide across the gap into the room on the opposite side.
While you’re paragliding, keep to the right, and you'll find a treasure chest with a knight's bow.
Hop down and destroy the eyeball on the ceiling at the far end of the room. That will drop a treasure chest near the closed gate at the far end of the room. Open it for 10 ice arrows.
Tilt Vah Medoh to its highest position, and make your way back to the room on the other side where you got the first two terminals.
Use magnesis to grab the giant ball and take it up the ramp to leave. Extend the ball with magnesis as far as you can, and place it on the right. Paraglide down to where you placed the giant ball, grab it with magnesis again, and put it in the room across the way from the room with the first two terminals. Paraglide in. (You can see the exact positioning in the gallery above.)
Tilt Vah Medoh to the top position. The ball will roll along the track and hit the switch, which lifts the gate and reveals the third terminal. Three down, two to go.
Go back down to the lowest floor, and walk out onto the edge where you destroyed the eyeball at the beginning. Head to Vah Medoh’s right wing. Turn the divine beast to its highest position, and fly into the room. Interact with the terminal there. Four down, one to go.
Tilt Vah Medoh to lowest position, and fly into lowest floor room again. Head straight through, turn left and walk up the little ledge to the left of the door. Destroy the eyeball in the distance with an arrow.
Tilt Vah Medoh to its highest position, which will bring a gondola toward your position. Tilt Vah Medoh straight so you can walk up the ramp and get in the gondola. Now tilt Vah Medoh down, and ride across. Exit, interact with terminal. Five down, a new terminal to go.
Interacting with all five terminals will add a new glowing point on your map. Use the process above in reverse to get to the lowest floor again. Walk the through room, and take the upward draft all the way to the top of Divine Beast Vah Medoh. Interact with the main terminal in the middle of the area to start the boss fight.
Before you fight the boss, we have two strong recommendations: Make sure you have a lot of bomb arrows (go buy a bunch if you need to), and go cook yourself Breath of the Wild’s most powerful meal to give yourself as many as 20 extra (temporary) hearts.
In both phases of your fight with Windblight Ganon, it's all about updrafts and bomb arrows. Catch an updraft, deploy your paraglider and press ZR to slow down time. That gives you time to aim and fire (and keeps you away from his ground-based attacks).
The only time you should be on the ground is when you’re running between updrafts. And the very process of doing that is a great way to avoid his attacks.
If you can't see Windblight Ganon (like, say he puts a tornado between you), drop to the ground and run to the nearest updraft. Circle it until you find him, and then take the updraft to try again.
After you do enough damage, Windblight Ganon will fall to the ground, immobilized. If you’re close enough, by all means wack away at him with your strongest weapon. But using the strategy above, getting damage in here was of little consequence.
Defeat Windblight Ganon, and you’ll get a heart container. You’ll also get Revali's Gale, which creates an upward draft on demand. (Just X to charge your jump.)
Interact with the terminal to leave.
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Den of Trials
11.1 Dungeon MapProgress at this pointTotal LifeNew in this section Items:Dungeon Map Locations:Vah Medoh
Once you start the dungeon, run ahead and you’ll see a glowing eye on the wall to the right. Shoot an arrow out to remove the malice. You want to make it across to the other side of the room. There are blocks in the center of the room and you can use Magnesis to push or pull some of them. Alternatively, you can use the wind geyser and paraglider over to the other side. Defeat the small guardian and activate the pedestal ahead.
The Map in this dungeon will allow you to tilt the Divine Beast. This will cause platforms and items to drift accordingly.
11.2 1st TerminalProgress at this pointTotal LifeNew in this section
In the main room drop to the bottom floor and head through the passage on the left side. You will see an eye all the way in the distance; use your bow and snipe at the eye. On the map, change the tilt of the dungeon to the top and it will cause a cart to move over to you. Step into the cart and choose the bottom tilt of the dungeon and the cart will move back to the other side.
Climb up the staircase here and place the Sheikah Slate onto the pedestal to activate the first terminal.
11.3 2nd TerminalProgress at this pointTotal LifeNew in this section
Pass through the door and look up to find a glowing eye. You want to get rid of this guy so he doesn’t bother you. Tilt the dungeon downward and you’ll see a large battering ram move against the wall next to the door you came out of. If you follow the rails to where this battering ram leads, there is a large glowing switch that needs to be pushed in. However, there are two gates that are blocking the pathway.
Just above the rail you will notice two windmills that are also on rails. The only way to lift the gates is to cause the windmills to spin. There is also a nearby switch on the ground, and if you strike it with your sword, a window will open, causing wind to blow in the direction of the opening. The wind will blow and if it hits the windmills, they will spin, causing the gates to open.
The trick here is that we need to hit the large switch with the battering ram with full force in order to press it all the way down. We want to start with the tilt of dungeon down, and then change the tilt up, so the battering ram moves all the way across the rails. However, this will also cause the second windmill to move, which will close the gate. In order to keep that windmill in place, use your Magnesis ability to hold it in place, allowing the battering ram to hit the switch. Run inside and activate the terminal.
Note: This is not the only way to solve this particular puzzle. Later in the dungeon you will find a large spherical ball and you can bring it over to this switch, avoiding having to use the battering ram.
11.4 3rd TerminalProgress at this pointTotal LifeNew in this section Weapons:Knight’s Claymore
Return to the main room and if you fall down, use the wind geyser to get back up. Looking towards the main room from the wind geyser, glance to the left and look at the ceiling. There is a glowing eye here, so nail it with an arrow. Just beneath the platform where the glowing eye is located is a wall that you can climb up. Tilt the dungeon up so that the nearby platform moves all the way to this side of the room. Step onto the platform and then tilt the dungeon down. You can toggle the tilt so the platform stops right in front of the wall. Climb up and up the treasure chest to get an Ancient Core.
From here use the Paraglider to glide through to the next room. There is some malice on the wall to the left and you can shoot the eye above it to get rid of the malice. There terminal is located on this higher ledge and there are a couple ways to reach it. You can climb the staircase on either side of the room and then tilt the room so that the platform with the pedestal is lower than you. Use the paraglider to glide over and activate the 3rd terminal.
In this same room you can tilt the dungeon up and glide over to the treasure chest that is above the door to get a Knight’s Claymore.
11.5 4th TerminalProgress at this pointTotal LifeNew in this section
In the same room as the previous terminal, you’ll see a small spherical hole where you can drop a round ball. Drop a round ball into the hole and as long as the dungeon is tilted up, the ball will role into the hole towards the boulder ahead. Blast the bomb to destroy the boulder.
Toss a second bomb into the hole and let it roll all the way to the end. Hit the switch that is right next to where you dropped the bomb and it will cause wind to blow through a window, blowing the bomb to the other side of the room. Detonate the bomb and it will blast through a wall, revealing a large spherical ball.
Tilt the dungeon downward and the ball will roll out. Use Magnesis to grab the ball and pull it on the route where you initially dropped the spherical ball. Tilt the dungeon up again and the ball will roll right into the switch, opening the door. Run ahead and activate the 4th terminal.
11.6 5th TerminalProgress at this pointTotal LifeNew in this section
Run to the main room in the center of the dungeon. From the wind geyser, drop down to the bottom floor and then head through the door on the left side. If you look across the gap, you can see the final terminal in the distance. Turn to the right and you’ll see a slightly higher ledge that is a bit closer. Tilt the dungeon up and then paraglide over to the final terminal.
11.7 Windblight GanonProgress at this pointTotal LifeNew in this section Bosses:Windblight Ganon Items:Heart Container, Revali’s Gale
Return to the start of the dungeon and ride the large wind geyser up to the top of the dungeon. Here you can access the main control panel to trigger the boss fight with the Scourge of Divine Beast Vah Medoh: Windblight Ganon.
For this battle, I recommend having a bunch of arrows, as they will come in handy for the second phase of this fight. Without arrows, the second part of the battle becomes a bit trickier. All in all this boss can be a bit challenging, but if you have some patience, you should be able to get by in a few tries.
During the first phase Windblight Ganon will appear at various parts of the arena and he will do one of two attacks. Either he’ll summon a small tornado, or he will shoot out four consecutive lasers from his arm cannon. During the tornado attack, there isn’t too much you can do, just run away and you’ll easily be able to dodge the attack.
When Windblight Ganon shoots his four lasers, he will stop for a moment and if he’s on the ground level, he is vulnerable. The lasers are quite easy to avoid as long as you stay on the move and don’t run directly into him. If Windblight Ganon is on the ground level, after he shoots his lasers, run up to him and deliver some attacks. If you are using a two-handed weapon, I recommend using faster, one-handed attacks to do multiple hits. After a few hits, you’ll want to run away as Windblight Ganon will attack. Just repeat this same exact process and use some patience.
After you hit Windblight Ganon enough times, he’ll drop to the ground and you can run over and deliver a series of attacks.
After half of his health is gone, Windblight Ganon will now begin to summon some satellites. When he performs his laser attack, the lasers will bounce off of the satellites and then come after you. It is a much more dangerous attack than before, but still nothing that you can’t just run away from. Windblight Ganon will still summon tornadoes and this time he’ll summon two at a time. Still, nothing you can’t just run away from.
While you can defeat the satellites with some arrows, they will eventually respawn. I would recommend just avoiding them, as they aren’t too much of a hassle as long as you stay on the move. Occasionally Windblight Ganon will spawn on the ground level and shoot arrows. You can run up to him and deliver sword slashes, just like before. However, that is a bit less frequent. A much safer strategy at this point is to simply use arrows. Whenever he is floating around, just deliver an arrow right at its eye for maximum damage. You can use the wind geysers and launch an aerial attack with your bow to get a better shot in.
