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Sheikah Slate
The Sheikah Slate is a mysterious tool in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It is an object found at the start of the game, and is the basis for many features of the game, including new powerful items, unlocking shrines, and more.
The Sheikah Slate is primarily used as a tool with which to unleash the power of Runes - special upgrades you find across the land that include magical bombs, a powerful magnetic device, the ability to freeze time, or create frozen platforms.
Once upgraded, it will also gain a new Hyrule Compendium, letting you track enemies, materials, weapons and more.
The slate can also be used as a scope of sorts, allowing you to zoom in on distant objects, set map markers that appear both on the map and seen while traversing. You can also scan enemies to highlight their position and their total health, though only within a certain range.
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The Sheikah Slate is also used to unlock the way to the many Shrines that dot the landscape, and placing them upon an altar inside will often grant you a new type of Rune.