How to use mirrors and light to get through the Lightning Temple dungeon and take down Queen Gibdo in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Lightning Temple comes after after finding Riju, fending off gibdos, and solving the red pillar puzzle as part of the Riju of Gerudo Town quest.
Completing this dungeon grants you Riju as a companion on your journey. Here’s what to know before you get started with the Lightning Temple, and how to complete it, step-by-step.What you need to know before starting the Lighting Temple
Like the other temples, the Lightning Temple does have a central teleport point, so you’ll be able to freely enter and leave the temple as you wish. That being said, remember to stock up on healing food before you enter.
We also recommend bringing a ton of arrows and elemental fruit or weapons. As you’ve previously seen in earlier parts of this quest, Gibdos are weak to elemental attacks, so bring your favorite elemental fruit to prepare against fighting them.
Once you’re ready to get started, use Riju to charge up an attack against that huge pink cocoon in the middle.How to get to the Lightning Temple
To get to the Lightning Temple, you’ll first need to get to Gerudo Town, then complete the “Riju of Gerudo Town” quest, which involves a large-scale fight and revealing mysteries in a sandstorm. Lightning Temple chests
Flame emitter capsule
Large Zonai charge
Topaz
Mighty construct bow Fighting Queen Gibdo
A boss fight, this early? Really? (No, not really.) Don’t worry, as Queen Gibdo will run off after you get a few hits in on her.
Use Riju’s charged up electricity to supplement your arrows at her a few times and she’ll skitter off. The queen will launch tornados at you, and if Riju gets hit with one, it’ll break her charge, so be mindful and try to fire off your arrows quickly once Riju is ready to fight.
We hit the queen twice with Riju’s electricity before she got upset and ran off.
Now it’s time for the actual temple.Entering the Lightning Temple
Use Riju’s electricity on the new pink blob blocking the entrance — don’t worry, there’s no boss behind this one.
Before you head in, hit the Gibdo nests outside with her electricity as well, but make sure to wait for them to be dark pink and pulsing before you hit them, as they won’t have any effect otherwise. (It’s just like the Gibdo nests you took down during the siege on Gerudo Town.)
Pluck the treasure chest out of the sand pile on the right for a flame-emitter capsule.
Use the Korok-frond guster that’s on the wall in a torch holder to start blowing away the sand piles in the room. Keep the guster on you throughout the temple, as it’ll repeatedly be helpful.
After clearing out a sand pile in the middle of the room, you’ll see a switch to step on and open the door deeper into the temple.
Grab a torch on the wall and use the nearby torch posts to light it. You don’t need to use a torch in any parts of this temple, but it’s kind of creepy in here.
When you arrive in the room with two bridges over pits, jump into the second pit. You’ll need to fight a Gibdo in there, but you’ll be rewarded with a large Zonai charge in a chest. Ascend back up the bridge and proceed.
Use Ultrahand on the bricks directly in front to open a small room. Defeat the Gibdo inside and open the chest for a topaz.
Turn back to the hall with the flames spitting out of the walls, but beware — the floor in the center of the room will drop down.
Take out the two Gibdo in front of the flame spitters (using the Korok-frond to blow them into the fire will work great). Backtrack to the room with the now-giant hole in the floor and jump down the hole. Use Ultrahand to pick up the stone slab in the room and place it on the flooring that fell down. There’s a Gerudo scimitar and a shock keese under the slabs.
Use Recall on the flooring that fell to send it back up. Grab one of the stone planks off the floor using Ultrahand and use it to block the flames, allowing you safe passage.
Step on the switch at the end to turn off the flames, allowing Riju through. The next room will have a huge flaming boulder rolling down the path. Use Recall on the boulder and run up the path as it backtracks. Again, step on the switch at the end to allow Riju to follow safely.
