We’re used to seeing new tricks and secrets being discovered in Zelda: Breath of the Wild on a surprisingly regular basis, but there’s something a little different.
Waikuteru, a fan and modder of Zelda, has been digging into the game’s files, preparing a visible and playable version of a shrine that didn’t make it to the final game. As Waikuteru explains in the following video, the 136 shrines available throughout the base game and their DLC appear between “Dungeon000” and “Dungeon135”, but there is also a secret “Dungeon136”.
As you can see when the Sanctuary is loaded, it seems to be a form of basic model that is used for development purposes and takes the form of a Sanctuary of Blessing; Waikuteru speculates that it would probably be a template that could be used to build new shrines in the game.
Seeing an empty Shrine template readily available in the game files makes us think of the possibility of a Super Mario Maker-style Shrine builder, similar to the Zelda dungeon editor: Link’s Awakening. Imagine if players could design their own shrines and puzzles in Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2!
No, we are not moving forward …