The Sheikah Language appears in Breath of the Wild and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. Certain Sheikah text reappear in Tears of the Kingdom such as the Purah Pad. As its name implies, the Sheikah Language appears exclusively on Sheikah architecture and technology.
The Sheikah Language is based on English, as its letters are a cipher of the Latin alphabet.
Breath of the Wild[]
Sheikah Slate[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Damaged Sheikah Slate | File:BotW Rune Sheikah Text.jpg | Rune Album Hyrule Compendium | |
Horizontal text along top and bottom | (Text is repeated) |
Sheikah Slate | |
Blinking text | (portions of the alphabet)(repeating, lines alternate between going forwards and backwards) |
Runes[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Sphere Remote Bomb | First Item | ||
Cube Remote Bomb | Second Item | ||
Magnesis | Third Item | ||
Stasis | Fourth Item | ||
Cryonis | Fifth Item | ||
Camera | Sixth Item | ||
amiibo (Rune) | Seventh Item | ||
Master Cycle Zero | Eighth Item |
Map[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Locations | Location | ||
Regions | Region | ||
Mountains | Mountain | ||
Forest, Woods | Timber | ||
Bodies of water (lakes, ponds, seas, rivers) | Water | ||
Man-made structures, ruins | Place | ||
Bank of Wishes, Champion's Gate, Eastern Abbey, Great Zora Bridge, Kolami Bridge, West Gerudo Ruins | Artifact | ||
Map HUD | Achievement Clock Thermometer Sheikah Sensor | ||
Map colored Pins | 0 1 2 3 4 | ||
Final Trial map | N E S W (one at each cardinal direction) |
Album[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
#1 Album memory note, before remembrance |
Sacred Ground Ruins | ||
#2 Album memory note, before remembrance |
Lake Kolomo | ||
#3 Album memory note, before remembrance |
Ancient Columns | ||
#4 Album memory note, before remembrance |
Kara Kara Bazaar | ||
#5 Album memory note, before remembrance |
Eldin Canyon | ||
#6 Album memory note, before remembrance |
Irch Plain | ||
#7 Album memory note, before remembrance |
West Necluda | ||
#8 Album memory note, before remembrance |
Hyrule Castle | ||
#9 Album memory note, before remembrance |
Spring of Power | ||
#10 Album memory note, before remembrance |
Sanidin Park Ruins | ||
#11 Album memory note, before remembrance |
Lanayru Road - East Gate | ||
#12 Album memory note, before remembrance |
Hyrule Field |
Hyrule Compendium[]
Sheikah Towers[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Sheikah Tower roof | [note 1] |
Sheikah Tower | |
Guidance Stone | Master using it and you can have this |
Divine Beasts[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Travel gate | Transport (repeating) |
Divine Beast Vah Medoh[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Portcullis | Shut Out (repeating) |
Divine Beast Vah Naboris[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Hump elevators rails | Line (repeating) | ||
Moving platform between the humps | Move (repeating) | ||
Wide electric paths | High Volt (repeating) |
Divine Beast Vah Ruta[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Portcullis | Slide Up (repeating) | ||
Giant Ancient Orb | Stone Sphere (repeating) | ||
Boss Fight Platforms | Control |
Divine Beast Vah Rudania[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Portcullis | |||
Door | Shut Out (text is reversed) | ||
Circular pattern on roof | Line (repeating) |
Final Trial[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Main shaft engravings | The Brave Trial (fragmented, repeating) | ||
Large stone door's four bolts | W (upper left) A (upper right) E (lower left) F (lower right) | ||
Monk Maz Koshia arena floor, pillars and pedestal | Trial (repeating) | ||
Monk Maz Koshia small incantation circle | R (Rin - Power) P (Hyo/Pyo - Energy) T (Toh - Harmony) S (Sha - Healing) K (Kai - Intuition) J (Jin - Awareness) R (Retsu - Dimension) Z (Zai - Creation) Z (Zen - Absolute) (The Nine Syllable Seals) | ||
Monk Maz Koshia large incantation circle | R (Rin - Power) P (Hyo/Pyo - Energy) T (Toh - Harmony) S (Sha - Healing) K (Kai - Intuition) J (Jin - Awareness) R (Retsu - Dimension) Z (Zai - Creation) Z (Zen - Absolute) (The Nine Syllable Seals, repeated once) |
Shrines[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Ja Baij Shrine, Keh Namut Shrine, Oman Au Shrine, Owa Daim Shrine — Distilling Guidance Stone | Master using it and you can have this (repeating) | ||
Keh Namut Shrine — Portcullis | (Text is repeated) |
Slide Up | |
Kam Urog Shrine — Gear | Rotate | ||
Shee Vaneer Shrine, Shee Venath Shrine — Stone Tablets | Read Me Hint | ||
Gee Ha'rah Shrine — Stake Switch | Stake Switch | ||
Mirro Shaz Shrine — Arch | (Text appears on both sides) |
Goal | |
Rok Uwog Shrine — Ramp | (Text is reversed and repeated) |
Go Ahead | |
Kay Noh Shrine — Thin electric pathways | (Text is repeated) |
Voltage | |
Exterior of The Champions' Ballad Ancient Shrines | The Brave Trial | ||
Sharo Lun Shrine - Rails | Dungeon |
Shrine of Resurrection[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Link's resurrection bed | (Text is repeated) |
Care Unit | |
Shrine of Resurrection door | Shut Out | ||
One-Hit Obliterator stand | (Text is repeated) |
Take It |
Ancient Shrines[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Monk's Pedestals | (Text is repeated) |
Goal Point | |
Floor tile in front of Monk's Pedestals | Goal | ||
Entrance | (Text is repeated) |
Dungeon | |
Text adorning walls along Sheikah architecture | (Text is repeated) |
Dungeon | |
Floating platforms | (Text is repeated) |
Dungeon | |
Elevator Platform | (Text is repeated) |
Moving Plate | |
Elevator Platform opening | (Text is repeated) |
Dungeon |
Kaam Ya'tak Shrine[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Barred gate | (Text is repeated) |
Dungeon | |
Motion Control Puzzles | Gyro |
Oman Au Shrine[]
Bareeda Naag Shrine[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Carved text under Cannons | (Text is repeated) |
Dungeon | |
Glowing text along Cannons | (Text is repeated) |
Ancient Tech Labs[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Hateno Ancient Tech Lab — Rails near Guidance Stone | (Text is repeated) |
Shutter | |
Akkala Ancient Tech Lab — Base of Ancient Oven | (Text is repeated) |
Cherry |
Calamity Ganon Tapestry[]
Whereas most Sheikah text enciphers English text, an exception to this rule is the Calamity Ganon Tapestry found in Impa's house, which instead enciphers a romanization of Japanese text.
Image | ||
---|---|---|
Sheikah Script | Japanese | English |
(Top-left, first line) |
太古の昔Hyliaの地に繁栄した王国 | Long ago, in ancient times, a kingdom prospered in the land of Hylia. |
(Top-left, second line) |
多くの民等が暮らし文明が育まれた | Many people/citizens lived there, and civilization was cultivated. |
(Top-right, first line) |
Sheikah族の齎した技術は高度也 | The Sheikah tribe brought technology that is advanced. |
(Top-right, second line) |
これをして厄災封印の助けを設けたる | Doing this provided help for sealing the calamity. |
(Left, top-to-bottom) |
勇者と聖なる姫がこれを封印す | The hero and the holy princess attempt to seal it. |
(Right, top-to-bottom) |
Hyruleに伝わる厄災の名はGanon | In Hyrule, the calamity is called "Ganon". |
(Bottom-left, first line) |
四方に神獣を置きて からくりの兵を配す | Divine beasts are placed in four directions and a mechanical army is distributed. |
(Bottom-right, first line) |
これらの力を得てGanonを封ずるに至る | Obtaining these powers leads to the sealing of Ganon. |
(Bottom-left, second line)[note 2] |
王家はSheikah族の力を恐れ 追放す | The royal family fear the Sheikah tribe's power, and exile them. |
(Bottom-right, second line) |
その末にてSheikah散る | At the end of this, the Sheikah scatter/disappear. |
Miscellaneous[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Guardian Resist Set Bonus | A | ||
Outer edge of Pedestals | (Text is repeated) |
Stone Sphere Socket | |
Inner text of Pedestals with Concave Slots | (Text is mirrored on right side) |
Socket | |
Ancient Orbs | (Text is repeated) |
Stone Sphere | |
Travel Gates | (Text is repeated) |
Calling | |
Text on Beacons | It's dangerous to go alone (Text is repeated) | ||
Dinraal's Horns | Horn | ||
Rings of Light | 9876543210 | ||
Ring on Astral Observatory floor | (Text is repeated) |
Laboratory | |
Guidance Stone (E3 2016) |
Now Loading | ||
Do Not Turn Off | |||
All Your Base Are | |||
Elevator Platform concept art | (Text is repeated) |
Moving Plate |
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Advertisement for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity | OPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST | ||
Impa symbols | F S T | ||
Monk Maz Koshia symbols | E N E F S T | ||
Monk Maz Koshia Remote Bomb seal | Calling (Text is repeated) | ||
Zelda Master Cycle symbol during strong attacks | Calling (Text is repeated) | ||
On the portal opened by Terrako, or portals used by other characters | Gate of time open (Text is repeated) | ||
Purah's Guardian disabling field | Jamming (Text is repeated) | ||
On opportunity to use Sheikah Slate counters against enemies | Rune | ||
Divine Beast Vah Ruta bonus damage symbol when standing in water | ? | Power Up | |
Divine Beast Vah Ruta text while aiming Icicle Barrage | Lock On | ||
Divine Beast commands briefly replaced with Sheikah text, during brief loading | Operation | ||
Battle-Tested Guardian's ZR function Lock On reticle | Lock | ||
EX Royal Ancient Lab skill tree, when upgrading runes | Sheikah Item | ||
EX Royal Ancient Lab skill tree, when upgrading weapons | Weapon | ||
Terrako boot up scene | / |
BB / R BI PURAH MIPHA DARUK IMPA ZELDA [note 3] | |
On the map screen | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ (Text is repeated and mirrored on the right side) |
Other Appearances[]
Subject | Image | Sheikah Script | English |
---|---|---|---|
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — Platform on the Great Plateau Tower Stage | Smash Bros. | ||
PDP Nintendo Switch Light-Up Dock Shield | (Text is reversed and repeated) |
The Hyrule Fantasy | |
Breath of the Wild Master Edition box & soundtrack case | |||
Official North American Breath of the Wild website | |||
Breath of the Wild "Creating A Champion" artbook background [note 4] | |||
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Acrylic Panel Art (My Nintendo Reward) |
(Text is repeated) |
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity | |
Official North American Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity website | |||
Interior packaging cover art |
Notes
- ↑ The pillars connected to the roof cause the first and last letters to split from the rest of the text.
- ↑ The sixth-to-last symbol "L" could be a typo for "I", as TSUIHOU means exile in Japanese, whereas TSULHOU is not a valid word.
- ↑ Each line of text appears as Terrako scans the respective characters. The text first appears as random symbols, which quickly cycle into the correct letters. Since Terrako is still booting when Robbie is scanned, his name is never fully shown.
- ↑ Sheikah text background not used in entire book, only in some final sections such as Pages 360-366 and 368-412, also appears as trim text in upper left of page 358
References
Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)
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Ocarina of Time 3D
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Four Swords Anniversary Edition
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The Wind Waker HD
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Twilight Princess HD
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Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland
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Sheikah Language