Sheikah Language Translations
The Sheikah Language appears in Breath of the Wild and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. 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.
Contents
Sheikah Slate
Subject | Image | Location | Sheikah Script | English |
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Map locations | ARTIFACT LOCATION MOUNTAIN PLACE REGION TIMBER WATER | |||
Map HUD | CLOCK THERMOMETER ACHIEVEMENT SHEIKAHSENSOR | |||
Map colored Pins | 0 1 2 3 4 | |||
Damaged Sheikah Slate | RUNE ALBUM HYRULECOMPENDIUM | |||
horizontal text along top and bottom | SHEIKAHSLATE Sheikah Slate (repeating) | |||
Blinking text | (portions of the alphabet)(repeating, lines alternate between going forwards and backwards) | |||
Rune page | FIRSTITEM SECONDITEM THIRDITEM FOURTHITEM FIFTHITEM SIXTHITEM SEVENTHITEM | |||
Hyrule Compendium numbered entries | (entry number, repeated once) | |||
Final Trial map | N E S W (one at each cardinal direction) | |||
#1 Album memory note, before remembrance |
SACREDGROUNDRUINS Sacred Ground Ruins | |||
#2 Album memory note, before remembrance |
LAKEKOLOMO Lake Kolomo | |||
#3 Album memory note, before remembrance |
ANCIENTCOLUMNS Ancient Columns | |||
#4 Album memory note, before remembrance |
KARAKARABAZAAR Kara Kara Bazaar | |||
#5 Album memory note, before remembrance |
ELDINCANYON Eldin Canyon | |||
#6 Album memory note, before remembrance |
IRCHPLAIN Irch Plain | |||
#7 Album memory note, before remembrance |
WESTNECLUDA West Necluda | |||
#8 Album memory note, before remembrance |
HYRULECASTLE Hyrule Castle | |||
#9 Album memory note, before remembrance |
SPRINGOFPOWER Spring of Power | |||
#10 Album memory note, before remembrance |
SANIDINPARKRUINS Sanidin Park Ruins | |||
#11 Album memory note, before remembrance |
LANAYRUROAD-EASTGATE Lanayru Road - East Gate | |||
#12 Album memory note, before remembrance |
HYRULEFIELD Hyrule Field |
Sheikah Towers
Subject | Location | Sheikah Script | English |
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Sheikah Tower roof | S HEIKAHTOWE R![]() Sheikah Tower | ||
Distilling stone | MASTER USING IT AND YOU CAN HAVE THIS |
Divine Beasts
Subject | Location | Sheikah Script | English |
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Travel gate | Divine Beasts | TRANSPORT transport (repeating) | |
Hump elevators rails | Divine Beast Vah Naboris | LINE Line (repeating) | |
Moving platform between the humps | Divine Beast Vah Naboris | MOVE Move (repeating) | |
Wide electric paths | Divine Beast Vah Naboris | HIGHVOLT High Volt (High voltage, repeating) | |
Main shaft engravings | Final Trial | THEBRAVETRIAL The Brave Trial (fragmented, repeating) | |
Large stone door's four bolts | Final Trial | W(upper left) A (upper right) E (lower left) F (lower right) | |
Monk Maz Koshia arena floor, pillars and pedestal | Final Trial | TRIAL Trial (repeating) | |
Monk Maz Koshia small incantation circle | Final Trial | 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 | Final Trial | 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 | Location | Sheikah Script | English |
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Link's resurrection bed | Shrine of Resurrection | CAREUNIT Care Unit | |
Shrine of Resurrection door | Shrine of Resurrection | SHUTOUT Shut Out | |
One-Hit Obliterator stand | Shrine of Resurrection | TAKEIT Take It | |
Sheikah Monk pagoda | Ancient Shrines | GOALPOINT Goal Point | |
Floor tile used to interact with Monk | Ancient Shrines | GO AL goal | |
Entrance portal | Ancient Shrines | DUNGEON Dungeon (rotated 180°, repeating) | |
Text adorning walls along Sheikah architecture | Ancient Shrines | DUNGEON Dungeon (repeating) | |
Lift | Ancient Shrines | MOVINGPLATE Moving Plate (repeating) | |
Barred gate | Kaam Ya'tak Shrine | DUNGEON Dungeon (rotated 90°, repeating) | |
Portcullis | Keh Namut Shrine | SLIDEUP Slide Up (rotated left 90°, repeating) | |
Gear | Kam Urog Shrine | ROTATE Rotate | |
Gyro | Kaam Ya'tak Shrine | GYROS Gyros (repeating) | |
Stone plaque signs | Shee Vaneer Shrine | READ ME HINT read me hint | |
Metal plates | Oman Au Shrine | PLATE plate (repeating) | |
Hinges of large metal doors | Oman Au Shrine | INWARD inward (written twice per door) | |
Text on floor tiles before metal door (end tiles) | Oman Au Shrine | (full stop)MOVE(full stop) move (written 3 times, rotating each time) | |
Text on floor tiles before metal door (middle tiles) | Oman Au Shrine | MOVE(space)ON move on (because tiles repeat, text seems to say "move_onmove_on...") | |
Stake Switch | Gee Ha'rah Shrine | STAKESWITCH Stake Switch | |
Carved text atop Cannons | Bareeda Naag Shrine | CANNONCANNON | |
Glowing text along Cannons | Bareeda Naag Shrine | DUNGEON (repeating) | |
Arch | Mirro Shaz Shrine | GOAL GOAL | |
Ramp | Rok Uwog Shrine | GOAHEAD Go Ahead (in mirror reverse fashion, repeating) | |
Thin electric pathways | Kay Noh Shrine | VOLTAGE Voltage (repeating) | |
Exterior of Champion Ballad Shrine | Sharo Lun Shrine | THEBRAVETRIAL The Brave Trial | |
Rails for climbing Stone | Sharo Lun Shrine | DUNGEON
Dungeon |
Ancient Tech Labs
Subject | Location | Sheikah Script | English |
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Rails near Distilling Stone | Hateno Ancient Tech Lab | SHUTTER shutter (repeating) | |
Base of Cherry | Akkala Ancient Tech Lab | CHERRY Cherry (repeating) |
Calamity Ganon Tapestry
Whereas most Sheikah text enciphers English text, an exception to this rule is the tapestry found behind Impa, which instead enciphers a romanization of Japanese text.
Sheikah Script | Japanese | English |
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taiko no mukashi "hylia" no chi ni haneisita oukoku ooku no tami-ra ga kurashi bunmei ga haguku-mareta |
太古 の 昔 "Hylia" の 地 に 繁栄した 王国 多く の 民等 が 暮らし 文明 が 育むまれた |
Long ago, in ancient times, a kingdom prospered in the land of Hylia. Many people/citizens lived there, and civilization was cultivated. |
Misc
Subject | Image | Location | Sheikah Script | English |
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Outer edge of Pedestals | Overworld or Shrines | STONESPHERESOCKET stone sphere socket (repeating) | ||
Inner text of Pedestals | Overworld or Shrines | SOCKET TEKCOS socket tekcos (rotates by 90 degrees) | ||
Ancient Orbs | Overworld or Shrines | STONESPHERE stone sphere (repeating) | ||
Travel Gates | Shrine entrance, Ancient Lab entrance, Travel Medallion | CALLING calling (repeating) | ||
Text on Beacons | Overworld, where player places map pins | ITS DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE it's dangerous to go alone (repeating) | ||
Dinraal's Horns | Dinraal's horns during the EX Champion Revali's Song quest | HORN | ||
Rings of Light | ![]() |
Death Mountain, must fly through many of these to access Sharo Lun shrine | 9876543210 | |
Ring on Astral Observatory floor | ![]() |
Astral Observatory | LABORATORY (repeating) | |
Sheikah levitating platform concept art | ![]() |
concept art | MOVINGPLATE Moving Plate (repeating) | |
Advertisement for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity | Advertisement for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity | OPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST |
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Subject | Sheikah Script | English |
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Interior cover art | HYRULEWARRIORSAGEOFCALAMITY (repeating) | |
Impa symbols | F S T | |
Monk Maz Koshia symbols | E N E F S T | |
Monk Maz Koshia Remote Bomb seal | CALLING Calling (same as Travel Medallion, repeating) | |
On the portal opened by Terrako, or portals used by other characters | GATE OF TIME OPEN (repeating) | |
Purrah's Guardian disabling field | JAMMING (repeating) | |
On opportunity to use Sheikah Slate counters against enemies | RUNE | |
Divine Beast Vah Ruta bonus damage symbol when standing in water | POWER(unknown symbol)UP Power Up | |
Divine Beast Vah Ruta text while aiming Icicle Barrage | LOCKON Lock On | |
Divine Beast commands briefly replaced with Sheikah text, during brief loading | OPERATION | |
Terrako boot up scene | (text is broken & glitchy as it identifies characters, switching text with gibberish, until finally repaired and displaying names properly, with exception of Robbie who is recognized first and only shows broken text) BB R BI PURAH MIPHA DARUK IMPA ZELDA | |
On the map screen | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ (repeating, broken in lines. On the right side it appears in reversed order) |
Other Appearances
Game | Subject | Sheikah Script | English |
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Platform on the Great Plateau Tower Stage | SMASHBROS Smash Bros. |
Product | Subject | Sheikah Script | English | |
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Switch Light Up Dock Shield NA BotW Collector's Edition Official NA BotW web page |
Zelda themed shield[1] Collector's box & soundtrack case Decorative trim text[2] |
THEHYRULEFANTASY The Hyrule Fantasy (repeating) |
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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Acrylic Panel Art (Nintendo Reward) | Acrylic Panel Art[3] | HYRULEWARRIORSAGEOFCALAMITY Hyrule Warriors Age Of Calamity (repeating) |
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