Cryonis

🧊 What Is Cryonis?

Cryonis is one of the four runes of the Sheikah Slate. It allows Link to conjure a towering pillar of ice from any water surface — still or flowing. The pillar can be used as a platform, a barrier, a lever, or a launch pad, and can be shattered with a single strike to instantly rebuild it elsewhere.

🗺️ Where to Obtain It

Cryonis is awarded upon clearing the Keh Namut Shrine — the Cryonis Trial — on the Great Plateau. It is the last of the four runes Link collects before the Old Man reveals the paraglider and opens up the rest of Hyrule.

⚔️ Combat Uses

• Create a pillar under an enemy standing on water to launch them upward.
• Use ice pillars as shields against Guardian laser beams.
• Knock enemies off platforms by raising a pillar beneath their feet.
• Shatter a pillar mid-fight to send ice shards flying at enemies.

🧩 Puzzle Uses

• Raise pillars beneath locked gates to lift them open.
• Use pillars as stepping stones across large bodies of water.
• Block moving water channels to redirect flow.
• Elevate metal objects resting on water for Magnesis to grab.

🌍 Exploration Uses

• Scale cliffs adjacent to water by chaining pillars upward.
• Cross rivers and lakes without a raft or swimming stamina.
• Reach mid-water platforms and chests with ease.
• Create elevated vantage points over flooded areas.

⚡ Power & Limitations

• Only works on water surfaces — cannot be placed on land or in mid-air.
• Up to three pillars can exist at once; creating a fourth destroys the oldest.
• Pillars can be shattered instantly with a single weapon strike.
• Works in rain, rivers, and even shallow puddles.