Blox Fruits: How to Align Orbs and Collect Intel in Upper Skylands

Upper Skylands hides one of the more hands-on Island Secrets in Sea 1. Instead of killing a set number of enemies, you accept a quest called “The old temple” from Sky Quest Giver 2, break into a sealed room stuffed with gold, and line up four orb pedestals until the light beams connect. Finish it, and you walk out with Intel to hand back for a reward.

Quick answer: Take “The old temple” from Sky Quest Giver 2, smash the breakable stone wall at the temple entrance, rotate all four orb pedestals inside until the beams link in sequence, escape when the game tells you to run, then return and pick “Hand over the Intel.”

What you need before starting the old temple secret

You need access to the Upper Skylands, which sits above the regular Skylands in the First Sea. Reach the Upper Skylands Entrance by air jumping from the tallest tree in the Skylands, or fly up with a fruit such as Light or teleport with Portal. Inside that worn-down temple is a pit of clouds. Break the cloud with a Destructible Physics attack, or drop through the small hole in the corner marked with an arrow sign.

From there, cross the first sub-island and follow the giant tree root to the second sub-island. That larger area is where Sky Quest Giver 2 stands, and it is also where the temple with the Instinct Teacher sits at the back.

The single most important requirement is a move that can break objects. The temple walls only give way to attacks with Destructible Physics, though Flash Step also gets you through them. Without one of those, the puzzle room stays sealed.

Detail	Value
Quest name	The old temple
Quest giver	Sky Quest Giver 2, second sub-island
Island	Upper Skylands, First Sea (Lv. 450–625 area)
Puzzle type	Align four orb pedestals
Turn-in option	Hand over the Intel
Reward	EXP, plus one Island Secret star

How to align the orbs and collect the Intel

Walk up to Sky Quest Giver 2 on the second sub-island of the Upper Skylands. The interaction prompt appears once you are within a few meters of the platform. Choose Interact to open the quest list.

Player character walking toward the yellow exclamation quest marker showing 5m outside a blue-and-white building — The yellow exclamation marker on the second sub-island is where Sky Quest Giver 2 hands out the secret.

Pick the option labeled “? The old temple” from the list, then confirm with “I’ll get it.” The giver is dismissive about the ruin, brushing it off with a line about nothing being up there but dust and bad weather. Accepting anyway starts the secret.

Quest selection menu with The old temple highlighted among the available quests — The quest list with “The old temple” selected before confirming with “I’ll get it.”

Head across the second sub-island toward the large temple at the back, past the giant bell in the middle section. Mobility moves make the trip much faster, since the area is split up by tree roots.

At the temple doorway, look for the stone wall section blocking the corridor and destroy it. Hit it with a move that has Destructible Physics, or Flash Step straight through. The passage opens into the inner room.

Inside, you will find piles of gold and four pedestal mechanisms, each holding an orb. Walk up to each pedestal and rotate it. The goal is to get every orb pointing so that the beams of light chain from one to the next.

Inside the temple puzzle room with gold piles on the floor and glowing orb machines nearby — The hidden puzzle room, with gold piles and the glowing orb pedestals you need to align.

Once all four beams connect, the puzzle fires and a notification reads, “Took the <Intel>. Get out from under the stone and run.” Take that literally. Completing the alignment sets off lightning strikes, so leave the chamber rather than standing around.

Retrace your path through the temple hallways and back out into the open. The exit puts you on the outdoor side of the second sub-island.

Player leaving the temple corridor and stepping back out into the open sky island area — Leaving the temple after the puzzle triggers, heading back toward open ground.

Travel back across the island to the platform where Sky Quest Giver 2 waits. Flight or a movement fruit shortens the return trip considerably.

Yellow arrow marking a building entrance as the character runs toward it on the sky island — The arrow marker guiding the run back to the quest giver’s platform.

Interact one last time and select “Hand over the Intel.” That closes out the secret and pays the EXP reward.

How to confirm the secret actually completed

There are two clear checkpoints. The first is the on-screen notification about taking the Intel, which only appears after every orb is aligned. The second is the dialogue option “Hand over the Intel” showing up when you talk to Sky Quest Giver 2. If that option is missing, the puzzle did not register and you need to go back and finish the alignment.

The most common reason players stall is the entrance. If the wall will not break, you are using a move without Destructible Physics. Swap to an attack that destroys terrain, or use Flash Step to phase through the wall section.

Why this Island Secret is worth doing

Update 30 reworked all 16 islands of Sea 1 and added 40 Island Secrets between them, covering hidden fights, puzzles, and quests like this one. Every secret you finish awards one star. Collect all 40 and the Teleporter in Middletown unlocks.

The bigger payoff is the cap. Level and stat caps sit at 2800, and clearing every Island Secret in Sea 1 raises both to 3000. Individual secrets also pay out EXP, Money, Gems, and Stat Points, so the orb puzzle contributes on both fronts.

Note: The Skylands group holds its own separate set of three secrets, including an Angel Knight quest, and the temple on the second sub-island has breakable side walls leading to a room with eight chests. Those are worth grabbing while you are already up there in Blox Fruits, but they do not count toward this quest.

If you are running this on a busy server, a private server keeps other players from interrupting the run back to the quest giver, which is the only stretch where a fight can cost you time. Otherwise, the whole secret takes a couple of minutes once you know which wall to break.