Talk:Shrine of Winter/@comment-198.228.228.165-20140611023036/@comment-69.49.208.58-20161122165649

Then you simply didn't kill enough enemies.

The main reason you get into the Shrine after the Old Ones is because, by that point, you have killed countless enemies, and usually at least a few minor bosses. If you purposefully don't kill most of the minor, you're going to have a bad time.