This is a guide to farming Ancient Shafts, a material in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (BotW). Learn where to get Ancient Shafts, its buy and sell prices, as well as what you can do with it.

Ancient Shaft General Info

Ancient Shaft
Item Type	Spoils
A machine part used in ancient machinery. It's incredibly sturdy, and it's not made of any recognizable material. It may come in handy someday.

Ancient Shaft Buy Prices

Where to Farm Ancient Shafts

Ancient Shaft Locations and Sources

Look for Guardian Stalker Ruins

Search the Guardian Stalker Ruins and you may get an Ancient Shaft. You may find these Ruins throughout Hyrule Field but you can farm them in certain locations. Read on to find out where these locations are.

Temple of Time

From the Shrine of Resurrection, walk along the path to the Temple of Time where Guardian Stalker Ruins can be found surrounding it.

Fort Hateno

From Kakariko Village, travel down the mountain, then cross the Kakariko Bridge. From the bridge, turn left and continue onward until you find yourself in the middle of a sea of Guardian Stalker Ruins. Watch out for the Decayed Guardian; they look like normal Guardian Stalker Ruins, but they will come to life if you get too close to them.

Drops from the Ancient Enemies

Ancient Shafts can be farmed through drops from certain Ancient Enemies in the overworld. Read on to find out which enemies these are and their locations.

Enemies	Location
Guardian Scout II	Ancient Shrines - Minor Test of Strength
Guardian Scout III	Ancient Shrines - Moderate Test of Strength
Guardian Scout IV	Ancient Shrines - Major Test of Strength
Decayed Guardian	Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge
Guardian Stalkers
Guardian Skywatchers

- Decayed Guardian

- Guardian Stalkers

- Guardian Skywatchers

What To Do With Ancient Shafts

Sell for Rupees

Ancient Shaft can be sold for 40 Rupees. However, we recommend looking into other uses instead.

Use It for Cooking

Ancient Shaft can be used to whip up the following recipes and elixirs.

Use It for Armor Upgrades

Ancient Shaft can be used to upgrade the following armor through Great Fairies.

Ancient Cuirass	Ancient Greaves	Ancient Helm

Purchase Items from the Akalla Ancient Tech Lab

Ancient Shafts are also used to purchase the following items from the Akalla Ancient Tech Lab.

Ancient Short Sword (×5)	Ancient Bladesaw (×5)	Ancient Spear (×5)
Ancient Arrow (×1)	Ancient Helm (×5)	Ancient Arrow x5 (×5)
Ancient Arrow x3 (×3)

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