Lightning Temple Walkthrough and Puzzle Solutions

This guide will show you how to charge all four batteries and defeat Queen Gibdo to clear the Lightning Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (TotK). This walkthrough also contains chest locations, puzzle solutions, and more!

Preparing For the Lightning Temple

Things to Prepare

Things to Prepare for the Lightning Temple
Steel Lizal Bow	Dusk Bow	Fierce Deity Sword	Korok-Frond Guster
Fire Fruit	Yellow Chuchu Jelly	Red Chuchu Jelly	White Chuchu Jelly

The Lightning Temple heavily relies on the use of bows, so make sure to bring as many as you can before entering. It is also recommended to bring wind weapons like the Korok-Frond Guster to uncover items buried in sand mounds.

In addition to these weapons, you also need to stock up on arrows and explosives like Fire Fruit, Rare Gems, and Chuchu Jellies.

Progress through the Riju of Gerudo Town Quest

To access the Lightning Temple, you need to complete the first parts of the Riju of Gerudo Town main quest first. This means that you need to find the Gerudo Secret Hideout and help Riju protect Gerudo Town from the massive Gibdo infestation first before proceeding to the temple.

Riju of Gerudo Town Walkthrough

How to Get to the Lightning Temple

1	After defeating the swarm of Gibdo, go back to the underground shelter and head southwest to find the mural.
2	Complete the Pillars Puzzle to reveal the Lightning Temple. This puzzle requires you to find the light pillars outside Gerudo Town and arrange them in a triangle formation to unlock the temple.
3	Fight Queen Gibdo to clear the entrance. You don't need to fully defeat her here as she will eventually retreat back to the temple after inflicting some damage.
4	Use Riju's Lightning to destroy the Gibdo Hive blocking the entrance.

Pillars Puzzle Solution

Lightning Temple Map

The Lightning Temple requires you to charge four batteries to reach the final floor. It has a total of eight floors and only half of these will have the batteries.

B1

1F

2F

3F

4F

5F

6F

7F

Charging the Four Batteries

To start doing the puzzles of the Lightning Temple, make sure to activate the Zonai Terminal first.

After that, you can start looking for all the four batteries to unlock the final floor. You can do this in any order.

Lightning Temple Gongs
1F Battery	2F Battery	3F Battery	4F Battery

1F Battery

On the first floor, find the two vases on the right side of the gate. Move the block above with your Ultrahand to reveal a small entrance. Enter this gap to see the first battery.

2F Battery

Also on the first floor, head southeast and find the movable block on the floor. Use your Ultrahand on this to free up an updraft.

Uncover the light from the fifth floor and reflect it up to activate the orange circle on the sixth floor. After that, find a way to reach the floor by either climbing or using a rocket shield. Enter the room and drop down to the second floor to see the next battery.

3F Battery

Go back to the fifth floor and rearrange the light to activate the orange circle on the lower floor. Once unlocked, enter the room and look for the Zonai Balloon.

Create a makeshift hot-air balloon with the metal block and attach a mirror on it. Ascend up to the Hover-Stone in the air. From there, lift the platform up and place it on top of the pillar next to you.

Go down to the floor and ascend to the top platform to hold the balloon and reflect the light on the orange circle. This will help you unlock the door to the next battery.

4F Battery

Climb the stairs up to the fourth floor and look across to see a gap in the wall on the opposite side. Use Recall on the moving gaps to unlock the room across it. Follow the path until you reach a room with spinning walls which you can stop by inserting a stake.

Use Ascend and reflect the light to the other room to unlock the battery. You can also find and use the stakes on the left to stop the trap from dropping.

Lightning Temple Chest Locations

#	How to Get Treasure Chest
1	B1 - Zonai Flame Emitter
2	B1 - Topaz
3	B1 - Mighty Zonaite Shield
4	B1 - Large Zonai Charge
5	B1 - Mighty Construct Bow

Zonai Flame Emitter - B1

Pick up the Korok-Frond Guster nearby and use it to fan the sand off the treasure chest. Open it to get a Zonai Flame Emitter.

Topaz - B1

From the entrance, continue walking until you reach the end of the hallway. Use Ultrahand to move the blocks away to get the treasure chest containing a Topaz.

Mighty Zonaite Shield - B1

Go to the Room of Hopeful Light and take the stairs to go down. Look for the small gap on the left side and enter it to find the next treasure chest containing a Mighty Zonaite Shield.

Large Zonai Charge - B1

Go back to the main entrance hall and drop down from the left side of the bridge. You can find a treasure chest here containing one Large Zonai Charge.

Mighty Construct Bow - B1

Head back to the Room of Hopeful Light and look south to see the hole in the wall. Enter this to find the treasure chest containing a Mighty Construct Bow.

How to Beat Lightning Temple Boss (Queen Gibdo)

Queen Gibdo Strategies
Immobilize Queen Gibdo with Explosions Destroy Gibdo Hives

How to Beat Queen Gibdo

Phase 1

Using Riju's Lightning, hit Queen Gibdo to turn her white. This will make her vulnerable to attacks, making it easier to do damage. Elemental explosives such as Fire Fruit, Topaz, Chuchu Jellies will work as well.

Queen Gibdo Always Falls on Second Explosions

Queen Gibdo will always fall on every second elemental explosion she takes. Keep this in mind during the combat so you can carefully strategize your second hit. Once she's down, use your melee weapons to inflict damage.

Phase 2

Focus on clearing the Gibdo Hives first. This will eliminate the added obstacles so you can focus more on attacking Queen Gibdo. After that, follow the same steps as the first one. Hit Queen Gibdo with Riju's Lightning as much as you can to make her vulnerable.

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