Something I figured out that really helped me was that the depths are literally inverted version of the ground level. Mountains on the ground are big depressions or lakes in the depths, rivers and lakes on the ground are impassable walls in the depths, and every single shrine on the ground level is also a lightroot in the depths.
![[Tears of the Kingdom] Everyone seems to think the Depths are scary but I find it oddly peaceful, just running around and collecting poes](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/a9b5c05e-4247-42e4-9d14-4006f670b513.jpeg){kind=link}
Something I figured out that really helped me was that the depths are literally inverted version of the ground level. Mountains on the ground are big depressions or lakes in the depths, rivers and lakes on the ground are impassable walls in the depths, and every single shrine on the ground level is also a lightroot in the depths.