[[File:
.png|20x20px]] [[|]]
The Sheikah Slate is a key item in Breath of the Wild.[1]
Location and Uses
The Sheikah Slate is a multipurpose tablet bearing the Eye Symbol of the Sheikah.[1] Link obtains it shortly after being awakened by a disembodied voice in the Shrine of Resurrection. Though Link has no recollection of seeing it before, he finds it familiar.[1] He must first use it to get out of the Shrine of Resurrection.[2]
The Sheikah Slate can be used to access the Map of Hyrule, which displays the current temperature and time, and any Beacon and stamp placed. It also grants access to any of the many Ancient Shrines and Sheikah Towers located across Hyrule. Link can use the Sheikah Slate as a Scope when the right analog stick is clicked down.[3] In addition to providing a closer view, the Scope ability provides a first-person view from which Link can set Pins.[4]
The Slate is able to receive Runes, a form of information that bestows the device a number of different abilities. They serve as a replacement for traditional items such as Bombs. These Runes can be obtained and installed onto the Slate at the Ancient Shrines found in the Great Plateau.
The Camera and Hyrule Compendium features are unavailable at the beginning, as they are encrypted in Sheikah text.[5] They are restored when the tablet is brought to Purah at the Hateno Ancient Lab. Included in the Camera's Album are 12 photographs which were taken by Princess Zelda 100 years ago.
Trivia
- In shape, the Sheikah Slate resembles a Nintendo Switch or a Wii U GamePad, referencing the consoles on which Breath of the Wild was released. According to Eiji Aonuma, it was designed to resemble a Wii U GamePad.[citation needed]
Nomenclature
 Names in Other Regions 
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Name | Meaning | |
 |
Japanese | シーカーストーン (Shīkā Sutōn) | Seeker Stone |
 |
ChineseSI | 希卡之石 (Xīkǎ zhī shí) | Sheikah Stone |
 |
Dutch | Sheikah-steen | Sheikah stone |
 |
FrenchEU | Tablette Sheikah | Sheikah Tablet |
 |
Italian | Tavoletta Sheikah | Sheikah tablet |
 |
Russian | Камень шиика (Kamen' shiika) | Sheikah stone |
 |
SpanishLA | Tableta sheikah | Sheikah tablet |
Gallery
Sheikah Slate icon
Sheikah Slate symbol
Link using the Sheikah Slate
The Sheikah Slate on a Guidance Stone
Link using the Sheikah Slate Scope
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sheikah Slate
A mysterious tablet with a glowing center. You've never seen this device before, and yet...there's something familiar about it." — N/A (Breath of the Wild) - ↑ "Hold the Sheikah Slate up to the pedestal. That will show you the way." — Zelda (Breath of the Wild)
- ↑ "Did you know about the scope on your Sheikah Slate?" — Old Man (Breath of the Wild)
- ↑ "The Scope and Pins" — N/A (Breath of the Wild)
- ↑ "The Sheikah Slate data has been damaged" — N/A (Breath of the Wild)