U6 Orb of the Moon: Is it too easy?

I'm feeling very conflicted about the Orb of the Moon. With it, I've effortlessly retrieved three moonstones from their shrines and I've barely learned about the game world. Maybe I just lucked into easy runestones to retrieve? I did look up a locations chart since it's included in the SNES manual, but even without it, it would've just been trial and error to figure out which shrines I was at. Should I stop using this thing, or just lean into the tools the game provides?