Breath of the Wild Guide: Divine Beast Vah Rudania

Our The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild guides will help you with every Divine Beast, which are basically this Zelda’s take on the classic dungeon. Here’s how to activate all the terminals in the Goron Divine Beast, Vah Rudania, and then take out the boss at the end.

For help with the other Divine Beasts, check out these guides:

Divine Beast Vah Ruta (Zora)
Divine Beast Vah Naboris (Gerudo)
Divine Beast Vah Medoh (Rito)

1 of 8 Map: To find the map for Vah Rudania you'll have to stumble around in the darkness for a little bit. Its insides are almost entirely dark. You'll see two spots of that goopy black corruption in front of you, and each one will drop a chest after you shoot their eyes. Both chests hold flammable tools that can help you find the map: one has a torch, the other a wooden club. Light the torch with the blue flame near the entrance, and then light the lantern in the right corner to open a door. Past the door you'll find a guardian and more corruption. Take them out, go back and relight your torch with blue flame, and then light the lantern in the left corner of the room that held the guardian. That will open another door, inside which you'll find the map. With the ap you can tilt this beast at 90 degree angles.

2 of 8 Terminal #1:After activating the map, head out into the main central chamber and immediately look to your right on the wall to see the first terminal jutting out. Dispatch the evil eyes surrounding, then open your map and rotate the Divine Beast so that the wall becomes the floor, then jump across the gap and activate the first terminal.

3 of 8 Terminal #2: Jump back across the gap and rotate the beast back onto all four legs. Once back in the central chamber, light your torch with the blue flame, then rotate the beast again, before heading towards the tail end of the structure. Head up the ramp, then turn left at the top and look down over the curved ledge to see an unlit brazier. Drop down and ignite the torch, which will release a gate blocking an ancient energy ball. Rotate the beast once more, and the ball will start to slide down the ramp, before hitting a corner. When you reach the corner, rotate the beast again, and the ball will slide down the longest section of the ramp. Follow the ball down, and then use your Magnesis rune to lift the metal crate blocking the exit at the bottom. Follow the ball down into the pit and you will find the second terminal in the corner where the ball landed.

4 of 8 Terminal #3: Rotate the beast back onto all fours, and you should see a set of large metal doors directly ahead of you. Light an arrow or a torch with the blue flame nearby, and ignite the dry leaves covering the door, before using Magnesis to pull them open, revealing the third terminal.

5 of 8 Terminal #4: Exit the small room with that contains terminal three, and look to the far left corner to see a different colored panel with a hole in it the shape of the Sheikah Lens of Truth. Ignite an arrow with the nearby torch, and then shoot through the hole in the wall to light the torch on the other side, which will open the passageway. Once inside, look up to the roof to see more dry leaves. Ignite an arrow and set fire to the leaves, which will cause a metal crate to drop down. Rotate the beast, and then use Magnesis to block the nearby flame jets with the crate so you can access the next room. Rotate the beast again, and then activate the fourth terminal.

6 of 8 Terminal #5: Exit the room and head back up onto the roof of the beast. With the beast on its side, paraglide over to the middle spine, before rotating the beast back onto all fours and carefully landing the on the ridge at the base of the spine. From here, walk down towards the fifth terminal, which can be found sitting at the base of one of the spines.

7 of 8 Fireblight Ganon - Phase One: Fireblight Ganon has two main attacks in phase one. The first is a combination of sword slashes, which can be dodged with a well-timed backflip/sidestep. The second attack has the boss throw a cluster of fiery shards at you, and whilst this move is easily telegraphed to give you plenty of warning, the scatter spread of the volley makes it difficult to dodge, so you should try to stay close to the columns in the arena so you can duck behind them for cover. During this phase, wait for the boss to hover close to the ground, before shooting him in the eye with an arrow, stunning him and making him vulnerable for a combo of melee attacks. Repeat this until he enters phase two.

8 of 8 Fireblight Ganon - Phase Two: During this phase, the boss gains a shield that makes him invulnerable to all attacks. He will begin to teleport to the four corners of the arena, charging up a massive attack that deals damage in a large area. During this time, you should equip your bomb rune, throwing it at him when he is charging up his attack, and then detonating it when he swallows the bomb, which causes him to be stunned for a short while which gives you an opening to attack in melee range. After he gets up, he will start to attack as he did in the first phase, only this time he now has a laser which works much like the guardians out in the open world. Use the pillars as cover whilst you stun him with direct arrow shots to the eye, and then move in for melee damage until he eventually goes down for good.