This page offers a guide on how to find and rescue Yunobo, which is required to complete the Divine Beast Vah Rudania.

Finding Yunobo¶

Your first task is to find Daruk’s descendant, Yunobo. He was supposed to fetch painkillers for Bludo but he hasn’t returned. Go past the shrine along the path, ignoring or defeating the Rock Octoroks in your way.

Abandoned North Shrine¶

Drak the Goron is here and if you speak with him, he will show you where Yunobo went. Prepare for a Paragliding stint as you make your way out to the center of the lava lake to find Yunobo.

If you approach the cannon to Drak’s right, he will tell you not to bother them. Well, we will need them to make the trek easier so let’s take the time to learn how to use them! Behind the cannon is a pipe where you can drop a round Bomb. Press the left shoulder button to detonate and the cannon will fire. The lever in the back can be hit with a powerful weapon like a Stone Smasher to move the cannon to its second possible position. For a more diverse range, detonate the cannon while it is in the middle of moving.

Let’s rescue Yunobo. You will see updrafts scattered between the rock pillars. Ride them to cross the gaps safely. There are camps filled with Lizalfos along the way, and many of them are more than happy to shoot arrows at you as you fly. You can use the cannons scattered around this area to take out the Lizalfos camps from a distance, making the passage safer. When it’s time to get to the rock pillar where Yunobo is, go right and use Revali’s Gale for safe passage, ignoring the Lizalfos on the left.

You will hear Yunobo crying on the inside that he is trapped. Paraglide to the left to an isolated cannon and detonate it as it is in the middle of moving from its first position to its second. Aim carefully for the blocked entrance and you will free Yunobo.

Yunobo will thank you for rescuing him and head on back to Goron City. Fast travel to the Shrine or, if you didn’t activate it, return manually the way you came. Once you talk to Bludo, he will gift you with…three Fireproof Elixirs? That’s…not that useful…

Unfortunately, it looks like Bludo’s painkillers aren’t doing him any good. He will tell you to go meet up with Yunobo at the Bridge of Eldin and tell him that today’s raid on Vah Rudania is canceled. Enjoy the cutscene where Link will remember Champion Daruk. Again, this is not a part of Captured Memories.

Follow the southern exit away from Goron City. You might have to climb up to find it. There are a lot of Rock Octoroks, Lizalfos, and Fire Keese along the way. Once you reach Eldin Bridge, you will see that the actual bridge is not operational to prevent Vah Rudania from reaching Goron City, and Yunobo is under assault again from two Black Moblins.

Defeat the Black Moblins and rescue Yunobo again. Black Moblins are a step up from Blue Moblins but they still move slowly so utilize Flurry Rush to hit them where it hurts. After telling Yunobo that Bludo cannot come and help, Yunobo will ask for your aid. You’ll need to do something to be able to even board Vah Rudania at all, so why not help him out? Yunobo will board the cannon and ask you to fire him across the canyon to lower Eldin Bridge and begin an assault on Vah Rudania.

Bridge of Eldin¶

Once Yunobo is in the cannon, hit the switch to turn the cannon left and fire. The bridge will come down, allowing you to cross.

Past the Bridge of Eldin, the Divine Beast Vah Rudania has noticed you and has begun its counterattack. It will release several sentries from inside its body that will begin to patrol several points along the path. If you or Yunobo trigger one of the sentries, Death Mountain will erupt rocks at you. If this happens, you can survive by trying your best to dodge the rocks.

Yunobo isn’t the brightest bulb in the box (if you haven’t noticed yet) and as a result he is a bit clumsy around the sentries. Usually, Bludo just muscles through the rocks, but as a Hylian we aren’t quite that durable. However, we are more nimble, which means we might be able to circumvent the sentries. In order to help Yunobo out, you will develop a signal for him. Whistle and he will stop moving. Whistle again and he will continue to follow you.