The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Great Plateau

Shrine of Resurrection
After watching the cutscene, you can familiarize yourself with basic movement and camera control. When you are ready, examine the blue pedestal that the cutscene suggested. This will give you the Sheikah Slate and open the door. The chests beyond the door hold the Well-Worn Trousers and the Old Shirt. Be sure to equip them before examining the orange pedestal. The orange pedestal will open the door to the exit passage. The only obstacle is a short cliff that poses no challenge for your climbing ability. Once you reach the last step, a cutscene will start.

The Old Man
On your way to the old man, you can pick up three Tree Branches, five Hylian Shrooms, and two Apples. On your way, you will get the first quest. You can initiate conversation with the old man by picking up the Torch or the Baked Apple. After he gives you some tips, grab the Woodcutter's Axe. If you want a better weapon, take a detour and jump off the pointed part of the cliff. You will get a Korok Seed if you land in the circle of lily pads. Swim to the island in front of you and climb to the top to get a Rusty Broadsword.

Follow the Sheikah Slate
You can expect some enemies to ambush you if you take the path. If you got the Rusty Broadsword, you might skip the first Bokoblin, but the Chuchus will still appear. When you get further, you will be able to see two Bokoblins on an embankment and one closer to your objective. If you have done some exploration and found a bow, you can attack from a distance. If you didn't and you want a bow, you can try to sneak up and fight the two Bokoblins. Otherwise, stay far enough away that they do not see you. Crouching will help. You can get past the third Bokoblin by going around the left side of the hill. Examine the pedestal inside the hill to activate the Sheikah Tower and a cutscene showing more towers. This will also give you map data for the Great Plateau and complete the quest. Take a look around before climbing down using the spiral stair projections.

The Isolated Plateau
When you reach the ground, the old man will glide in and tell you some lore. He will promise to give you his paraglider in exchange for some treasure. Then he will show you the first shrine. On your way, you can examine the large conical structures with tentacles to pick up an Ancient Screw and an Ancient Spring. Once you activate the pedestal, you can fast travel back at any time. If you want to explore some more before tackling the shrine, do that now. Examine the inner circle to enter the shrine. once you have the Spirit Orb, the old man will glide in again. He now wants four Spirit Orbs before he will give you the paraglider. Fast travel back to the tower and look around. You can see all three of the other shrines if you walk past the old man and use the scope. Alternatively, you can locate the Temple of Time on your map and place a pin on the edge of the plateau across it from the first shrine. The other two are to the far east and far west of the temple. It is a good idea to pin the temple while you are here.

The Eastern Abbey
If you head straight for the Ja Baij shrine in the Eastern Abbey, you will probably spot some more Bokoblins. One group can be killed by climbing the nearby stairs and pushing the boulder onto the explosive barrels. When you get to the abbey, circle around to the left. One Guardian is just a corpse. The next one is not. Sprint from the T-shaped wall to the outer edge of the abbey near the shrine while the Guardian is looking the other way. If you come out of the shrine during the night, you will probably be attacked by some Stalkoblins. You can use your new bombs to kill them, or use conventional weapons. The easiest way out of the Eastern Abbey is fast traveling to the Shrine of Resurrection. Before you do that, climb over the wall again and go south until you see what looks like a metal door on the battlements. If you spot or hear another Guardian, you have gone too far. Use Magnesis to move the door, then pick up the revealed rock to get another Korok Seed.

The Southern Shrine
From the Shrine of Resurrection, go south along the path. When you get to the pond with island, follow the right side. You will encounter a camp with three Bokoblins. Two have spears, so you can get in close and hit them without fear of counter attack. The key is to attack quickly or use a bomb. Use the Spicy Peppers growing nearby and the cooking pot to cook something with cold resistance for later. At this point, two Hylian Shrooms (or Apples) and one Spicy Pepper is the most efficient recipe. Extra Spicy Peppers will provide less effect length, and extra Hylian Shrooms will provide more hearts than you can use. Just beyond the camp is a gate with more Spicy Peppers. This gate leads to the River of the Dead. If you are headed for the Shrine to the west, you can cross from here. For the southern shrine, skip this gate.

If you keep going around behind the Temple of Time, you will see a cabin. As you get closer, you will spot a canyon with Bokoblins in it. Throw bombs from the rocky outcropping to kill them. You will generally need to aim to the right of your target. You will know all the Bokoblins are dead when the chest unlocks. It contains a Throwing Spear. The wooden wall on the right hides a beehive. You can burn down the door and fight the bees (unless you haven't killed the Bokoblins yet, in which case the bees will target the Bokoblins), or you can use a bomb and avoid the bees altogether. The crates will drop some food if you light them on fire. The cabin has some extra weapons and supplies and a cooking pot. Chop down a tree close to the edge of the canyon to get it to fall to the other side. After you carefully walk over it, attack the Bokoblins on the left. Use any extra Boko weapons to attack the apple tree for some more apples. If you look up the cliff, you should see some ledges and Rushrooms leading to the top. You can make it to the shrine from the last ledge if you cooked any stamina boosts at the cabin. If you do not have any, you will need to press X just before the stamina wheel gives out. After completing the shrine, you can move the nearby boulder away to get a Traveler's Bow.

The Cold Zone
This is where the spicy food you cooked before comes in handy. However, if you're willing to put in a little extra work, you can obtain a piece of equipment that will eliminate your need for spicy food. The old man has a hut near the southern portion of the plateau. If you explore the hut, you'll find a diary kept by the man. If you're bold enough to read it, he describes having made a recipe for spicy steak and seafood, but he can't remember the final ingredient. The man isn't too far away, over by some wood. If you talk with him, he will tell you what he does recall, saying that you'll need some peppers (which can be found by the Temple of Time), some meat (which you can get by hunting boars or deer) and something else. He doesn't remember what the last thing is, but he recalls you can get it by the tower. Since the last ingredient has something to do with seafood, you can surmise that the final ingredient might be the Hyrule Bass swimming in a pond close to the tower. If you cook the meat, the bass, and the spicy peppers together, you will make the dish he has been dreaming about, and in return, he will give you his Warm Doublet. Wearing this will protect you against cold weather (but not extreme cold.)

If you enter by climbing up from the Owa Daim shrine, you will see a camp with Bokoblins and explosive barrels. Use some nearby boulders to detonate the barrels. You can skirt the edge of the waterfall for a fairly clear path to the shrine. If you do not have the Warm Doublet yet, you can climb Mount Hylia to get it. The rock formation at the top has an Amber. As you approach the shrine, you will notice a Bokoblin camp on the path. You can climb around to the left to avoid them. After exiting the shrine, freeze some pillars in the pool to reach the wooden chest with an Opal. If you have the Remote Bombs, you can kill the Bokoblins with ease from your vantage point.

X Marks the Spot
After getting the Spirit Orb from the fourth shrine, the old man will appear and tell you to meet him at the place where the lines between opposite shrines intersect. This is the Temple of Time. The simplest way to get there is to fast travel to the Shrine of Resurrection and follow the path to the pond, then skirt the left edge. The Guardians are dead, so you can get some Ancient materials from them. The entrance to the temple is guarded by a Bokoblin with a club. The room on the right has a chest with a Traveler's Bow and enough pots that at least one should give you arrows. Continue toward the back of the temple. Pray to the Goddess Statue to get a Heart Container (one extra heart) or Stamina Vessel (one sixth of a stamina wheel). Even if you choose no reward, the old man will talk to you from the roof, telling you to join him. The fastest way to get to the roof is to turn around and exit via the hole on the right. There is a ladder immediately to the south. The old man is in the tower. When you finish the cutscene, you will get the Paraglider. You can grab a Soldier's Bow from the chest. You will get two new quests: Destroy Ganon and Seek Out Impa.