Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess FAQ/walkthrough
By Jonny Humphries
version 1.8
Last updated January 4, 2007
NOTICE: This walkthrough CAN be used for the GC version. Just swap
east/west and left/right in terms of directions.
Table of Contents
-Intro [intr]
-Controls [cont]
-General Information [gene]
-Walkthrough [walk]
-Part 1: Dawn of Darkness [par1]
-Forest Temple [fore]
-Part 2: Out of the Twilight, Into the Fire [par2]
-Goron Mines [goro]
-Part 3: Mandatory Impossible Water Dungeon [par3]
-Lakebed Temple [lake]
-Part 4: Reflection in the Sands [par4]
-Arbiter's Grounds [arbi]
-Part 5: Snowboarding and Superb Soup [par5]
-Snowpeak Ruins [snow]
-Part 6: Walking on Sacred Ground [par6]
-Temple of Time [temp]
-Part 7: City in the Sky- Beautiful, Breezy, UNPLEASANT! [par7]
-City in the Sky [city]
-Part 8: Showdown in the Palace of Twilight [par8]
-Palace of Twilight [pala]
-Part 9: Hyrule Castle Reclamation: Denouement [par9]
-Hyrule Castle [hyru]
-Heart Piece List [hear]
-Golden Bug List [gold]
-Hidden Skills List [hidd]
-Version History [vers]
-Copyright Information [copy]
-Contact Information [cont]
-Special Thanks [spec]
-About Me [abou]
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Intro [intr]
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Hello, everyone! Jonny here! Much has already been written and discussed about
Twilight Princess. I was excited as any Zelda fanboy/girl about this game, and
I wasn't disappointed. Hell, that game was a system-seller, and I can see why.
I now actually like Twilight Princess more than Ocarina of Time. Hence, this
walkthrough. My first attempt at a guide(for Fire Emblem Path of Radiance for
the Gamecube) met with pretty good success, so I decided to throw another
proverbial rock into the fray of online walkthroughs. I would have started
this way sooner, but I wanted to play through the game at least once so I knew
what to do already, rather than do it on the first playthrough and constantly
pause and correct myself. Hopefully, you find it useful. This walkthrough does
contain what could be CONSIDERED spoilers, but I reveal nothing ahead of time.
It's best if you watch the cutscenes and then read the walkthrough itself at
any particular point if you're using it. And as always, I make some comments
of my own as the story progresses.
So, enough preamble. Enjoy! And one final warning before you continue: this
FAQ, much like the game it is based on, is aimed towards a teenage(13+)
audience. Here we go...
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Controls [cont]
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*Note: This list assumes you have the Nunchuk already attached to the
controller.
Control Stick -move Link around
-move your horse around while riding. Push forward to gallop,
left and right to change direction, and down to stop and
turn 180 degrees
-move viewpoint around in first person view
-swap between selections on menus
Control Pad -assign items to B button with left, right, and down
-activate wolf senses when in wolf form with left and right
-dig holes in wolf form with down
-talk to Midna with up. Also transform into wolf and warp once the
latter two options are gained
Wii Remote -swing back and forth to swing sword
-attack enemies while in wolf form
-aim with certain weapons
-other assorted functions in minigames
Nunchuk -shake to perform a spin attack
-flick forwards to do a Shield Attack once the move has been gained
A button -action button. Performs any number of situational tasks
-jump attack while sword is drawn or in wolf mode(continue to press A
to maul opponents)
-use certain other sword techniques
-zoom in on map screen
B button -use equipped weapon
-hold and release to use energy attack in wolf form
-zoom out on map screen
C button -swap in and out of first person mode
Z button -both defend with your shield and target your closest opponent at
once(known as Z-targeting)
- button -bring up item selection sub-screen
+ button -bring up collection sub-screen
1 button -bring up map sub-screen
2 button -swap between hiding and showing mini-map display
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General Information [gene]
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This section is a small primer for those who are COMPLETELY new to the Legend
of Zelda universe, to get you all up to speed.
~Heads-Up Display~
basically, this is all the extra icons and such you see on your screen. The
red hearts in the upper left represent how much life Link has. Once you run
outta those, it's game over! You can increase the amount of life you have by
either collecting Heart Pieces(5 of which make a new Heart Container), or
earning a whole one by defeating the boss of a dungeon.
The control pad icon in the top right corner of the screen shows what items
you have equipped at the moment. The one on the B button icon can be used
immediately, but if you press a direction on the control pad, the
corresponding item will be set to your B button. Some items won't require
setting to your B button, those will be pointed out to you by the game as you
collect them.
Pressing up on your control pad will let you talk to your friend Midna. She'll
always have a good bit of advice regarding your progress in the game, so talk
to her if you're stuck and you need a refresher.
The lower left corner of the screen contains your map display. Helpful if you
need some quick directions, not much else to say about that...
And the lower right counter displays the number of rupees(the game's currency)
you have collected. They're very prevalent in this game, so no need to worry
about cash flow.
~Basics of Exploration~
The game is ALL about exploring. The game world is massive- bigger than any
other adventure game I've played, and I've played a lot. As you run around the
overworld, towns, dungeons and the like, always pay attention to your
surroundings. Look for unusual or suspicious parts of the environment- rocks
you can blow up, Clawshot targets, switches- things of that nature.
"Be vigilant" is the biggest piece of advice I can give if you want to beat
this game without a hand-holding guide. Keep your eyes and ears open for
everything. Even take notes at home if you see something odd or unreachable.
Come back to it later when your inventory is bigger, and you never know what
you might find.
And of course, experiment with your weapons and items. Almost all of them have
more than one use, so see what else you can uncover.
~Combat~
You'll encounter many enemies in this game, some harder than others. Sometimes
you'll have to pull out your sword and give a little ass-whipping, lest you
take one yourself. Hold down the Z button to lock onto the nearest enemy, and
use the Wii remote to attack your enemies just by swinging it around. Jump
attacks(using the A button) do double damage, so make good use of them.
Some enemies will require the use of a specific weapon, item, or skill to
defeat. Try everything until you find something that works! Naturally, I'll
detail how to kill certain enemies as you encounter them in the walkthrough.
Lastly, there are a small number of TOUGH enemies- bosses and minibosses that
guard key items or the end of dungeons. These ones will really require more
strategy than force to kill. Always pay attention to your surroundings, and
use recently acquired items- they almost always work like a charm. And if
you're really stuck, Midna will always be there to give you a hint in the
right direction.
~Link's wolf form~
Almost every Zelda game since Link to the Past has had some sort of major
transformation for Link. Ocarina of Time had child/adult Link, Majora's Mask
had the Deku/Goron/Zora masks, Minish Cap had Link's shrinking ability, and
Twilight Princess has a new form for Link: a wolf. For the early part of the
game, you transform into a wolf whenever you enter the Twilight Realm. Your
abilities are drastically altered when you're in wolf mode. For one thing, you
can't use any of your weapons or items. For another, you can't talk to human
characters but you can talk to animals. Also, you cannot open most doors as a
wolf(opposable thumb issue- or lack thereof). Later in the game, however, you
gain the ability to shift back and forth from wolf to human. You can only
shift back and forth when nobody's watching, though.
The rest... well, you'll figure it out as you go along. ;)
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Walkthrough [walk]
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This is it, the meat of this FAQ. Here, you'll find everything you need to do
to beat this game, in order. I hope everyone finds my directions clear enough
to follow well, and I apologize in advance if the writing styles of different
sections don't "mesh" together as well as you'd expect. That's what I get for
writing some parts of this thing at three in the morning. Nonetheless, I hope
everyone finds it useful. In the walkthrough, I will periodically point out
collectables like Heart Pieces, Golden Bugs, Howl Stones, and the locations of
the Golden Wolf as I came across them. Those paragraphs are strictly optional,
but I HIGHLY suggest you pick them up. They'll make the game more enjoyable. I
was going to put in a list of the regular items, but decided against it. I
mean, you get stuff like the Clawshot or Iron Boots as the story progresses
anyway. That sort of list would only be a waste of space... you know.
Also, for the upgrades such as the additional Bomb Bags, quivers, and the big
wallet(I have not yet found the next wallet size) are in the walkthrough
rather than having a separate section. The same goes for the bosses. I mean no
offense to anyone when I say this, but when people write walkthroughs and put
all the bosses in a separate section near the end and leave them out of the
main walkthrough, it just feels broken. Everyone's style is their own, but if
you need help with a boss, just scroll through the walkthrough section. I have
the boss strategies easily sectioned off and noticeable. I point out all the
big upgrades and bosses anyway, so if you need one particular item or such,
just scroll through until you find the appropriate heading.
I can't think of anything more to say here, so enjoy the game, and my guide!
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-Part 1: Dawn of Darkness [par1]
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First off, once the game starts, you get to name your character and your
horse. For simplicity's sake, I'm sticking with their respective original
names, Link and Epona.
~Ordon Village~
After watching the opening scenes, talk to Fado(your goat herder buddy) once
you gain control of Link. Take some time to get used to the Wii's control
scheme, then when you're comfortable, leave and go north to the Ordon Woods.
~Ordon Woods~
Head north then east to get to the spring, where you meet Epona and Ilia(who
you can tell totally has the hots for Link). Watch the scene, then go the
nearby patch of horse grass. Play, you magic elf, play us a song! That grass
is basically this game's Epona's Song. Climb on top of Epona, and head south
to the main part of Ordon Village.
~Ordon Village~
To be honest, this is a small and boring place(well, only boring for now).
Just head straight south to Fado's ranch.
~Ordon Ranch~
Talk to Fado in the middle of the field. He'll get you to herd all the goats
into the barn while riding Epona. Come to think of it, this is great practice
for riding Epona anyway, and since you have no time limit, feel free to mess
around. For actually herding them, try and "lead" them away from you and press
A to shout and scare them away even more. Once they're all put away, Fado will
put up some fences so you can practice jumping with Epona. Once you're done,
jump the fence and head back north.
~Ordon Village~
Next morning, a few of Link's little buddies will wake him up. Go outside and
talk to Talo(the kid with the red bandana), Malo(the androgynous toddler), and
Beth(the freckle-faced girl). You want that Slingshot they're talking about,
you know you do... But if you go to the general store, you'll see that the
owner is in no mood to sell anything. Her cat has gone missing... hmm...
As you leave the store, head to Link's right. A guy will talk to you from on
top of a rock and point out that same cat. We're gonna have to lure it back to
the store.
First off, go to the top of that rock and pick a piece of hawk grass. Whistle
with it like you did with the horse grass and a hawk will come down to meet
you. You can aim him with the Remote and release him, so release him on the
bee's nest above Fado's house. It'll come crashing to the ground. You know,
those bee larva would make great fishing bait...
Go to the river and talk to Uli, Rusl's wife(she's the pregnant lady with the
red and white shirt). She's stressing over a cradle... Go back up to where you
called the hawk, and leap onto the store's roof. Jump from there across
several more rocks to one last rock spire in the middle of the pond. There'll
be another patch of hawk grass, so call your bird buddy again and look off
into the distance. There should be a monkey off in the center of the lake on
top of a rock. Aim well, and loose the hawk on the monkey. If you aimed
correctly, he should snatch the cradle right out of the monkey's arms and
deliver it right into your hands! Bring it back to Uli and follow her back
to her house. She'll give you a FISHING ROD as thanks! We're gonna bait that
cat now...
Head to the stream where the cat is. It's behind the house with the paddle
wheel. You can NOT catch that cat yourself, so don't even try. You'll have to
catch a fish to coerce it. So, equip that rod to B and cast it into the water.
You won't be able to acquire any bait yet, so just wait things out and once
you catch a fish, flip it out of the water. I find the best time to catch one
on the hook would be RIGHT when the bobber dips all the way into the water.
This is probably the most annoying part of the game, honestly, so it's good
we're getting it out of the way. Regardless, once you get a fish on the line,
flip it out of the water. The cat should grab it and take it straight down to
the shop. Return to the shop and talk to the owner to receive a nice reward: a
BOTTLE! ...with milk. Now, the milk is decent, but it's the bottle that's the
real prize. It can be reused indefinitely to store just about anything. Also,
the store owner will start selling her wares.
Now you can buy that Slingshot. Run around town and scrounge up 30 rupees. You
can climb to the top of that tree the bee nest was in to get 15 rupees, but
the rest you'll just have to find wherever. Busting open pumpkins is the best
way. :P Once you have enough, buy the SLINGSHOT, then head north to Link's
house. Those kids will be thrilled about the Slingshot, so you can do some
target practice with the targets set up outside of Link's house. It's a good
idea to get aiming down pat now, too, because you'll need to hit targets under
a lot more pressure later on. Once you finish the display for the kids, head
up into Link's house. However, there's a Skulltula lurking on Link's ladder.
Use the Slingshot to knock it off, then climb up into your house. Open the
chest placed there by Rusl and grab the WOODEN SWORD. It's your first main
weapon in the game. Sweet! Once you leave your house, talk to the kids again
and they'll give you a brief tutorial on how to use your sword. Once that's
over, a monkey will appear... follow it! Keep heading north until you get
to...
~Faron Woods~
You're gonna have to call Epona here to leap over the gate. Once you do, keep
going north, then northwest until you come across a cottage with a guy
outside. This is Coro, your friendly neighborhood lantern expert. Talk to him,
and he'll tell you about the dangers of dark caves up ahead... even better,
he'll give you the LANTERN! Take it out in dark areas to illuminate things,
but be careful of the oil level(represented with a yellow meter). You can
refill the Lantern by using oil stored in a bottle, coming back here, or
finding it in basins in certain dungeons. In any case, laugh at the bird's
nest in his hair, then go back to that cave you passed up earlier to the
northeast. There will be a Deku Baba in front of the gate, so slice it up.
Once it dies, you can grab the nut it produces, and throw it to gain seeds for
your Slingshot. Into the cave now...
It's dark in there, so you'll have to whip out your Lantern to see your way
around. Light the torches as you go, and you can even find a chest with 10
rupees in it. Burn away the webs by swinging your lantern with B, and exit to
the north.
<3 Heart Piece!!!<3
Once you emerge into the forest again, head to the northwest. You'll come
across another small cave. Kill the Bokoblin inside, and open the chest for a
small key. But that's not all... light the two torches in here, and a chest
will appear on the upper ledge. Open it for your first HEART PIECE! Then get
out of that cave and head southeast, carving up all who stand in your way.
Open the gate in the southeast, and keep going.
CURRENT TOTAL: 3 hearts, 1 piece
Head north in this new area. You're just outside the Forest Temple, but you
won't be getting in there for a little while. Also, take note of the large
bridge that seems to have been dumped off here... remember it for later...
Head north, and you'll see Talo and the monkey trapped in a cage. Kill the
Bokoblins guarding it, then cut the cage to open it. After that, you'll see a
nice wrap-up moment with Link returning the kids back to Ordon Village. The
story automatically cuts to the next morning.
~Ordon Ranch~
Now you get to herd some more goats. Same as before, but this time there's
more- 20 instead of 10. Once you finish, head back into the main village.
~Ordon Village~
You'll see another scene here. Talk to the mayor again for a rather humorous
sequence... a goat will get loose from the ranch, and you'll have to plant
your feet with A and grab it by the horns. Keep in mind, you'll have to do
this again later in the game. Once that's done, head north to the Ordon Woods
again.
~Ordon Woods~
The gate to the spring is closed because Ilia's pissed at Link, so search to
the southeastern wall for a crawlspace. Enter it with A and emerge in the
spring. After some dialogue, Link, Ilia, and the kids will be captured by a
group of orc-like Moblins.
~Hyrule Castle- Twilight~
Once Link regains consciousness, you'll see you're chained up inside a cell.
There's nothing you can do but wait, and eventually a strange little humanoid
will come to talk to you. This little creature is Midna, and she'll be your
ally for the rest of the game. She'll free you from your chain, but you'll
have to get out of the cell at your own accord. Z-target so you're facing the
pile of wood in the corner of your cell, and press A to charge and break it.
Dig out of your cell, then head southeast to the exit. Midna will ride on your
back, and she'll help you whenever she can(like pulling on that switch with A
to open up the grating). Get used to your new wolf body, then head onward!
Make your way through the sewers. There's really no way to get lost, but go
northwest towards the circular room. As you go, there are several little
alcoves to the west and south. Pull the switch along the way to lower the
water level so you can continue, than the one to the south to raise the water
level again so you can pass over the spikes to the north. In short, you want
to make sure the flood gate on the west dead end is open, then swim across the
spikes and go to the northeast dead end. Open that gate up to drain the water,
then go immediately west from there. Midna will be waiting on the other side
of a grating, but there will be a small hole you can crawl through.
On the other side, you'll come across a large spiral staircase. Work your way
up it, and you'll see another new technique- a Midna-assisted Long Jump! When
you try to jump to the next edge, it'll crumble, but go back up to it, and
Midna will alert you. Answer her with Up and she'll warp to the next ledge. Z-
target her and press A to jump towards her. You'll often do this several times
in quick succession, so be sure you're comfortable with it here. You'll also
come across tightropes you can only cross in wolf form.
Once you get to the top of the stairs, stand on the bit of rubble on the
floor, and do another series of long jumps to the top of the tower. Head
outside, and move along the roof to the north. There are no surprises here,
but edges of the roof will crumble if you stay on them too long, so watch it.
You'll also have to push a crate with A to continue on. Once you reach the
slanted roof at the end, climb up top into another tower. Go up the stairs and
into the room to see Princess Zelda for the first time in this game, as well
as a flashback detailing the first appearance of the pure evil that is the
Twilight King.
Once that's all over, leave down the stairs for another scene. We'll be going
back to Ordon Woods... but you'll still be stuck in wolf form. Midna will also
disappear into your shadow, as she is unable to take physical form outside of
the Twilight Realm. For now, head south to Ordon Village. Looks like we're
going to have to find a new sword and shield...
~Ordon Village~
As you go south from Link's house, a squirrel will talk to you. Yeah, you can
talk to animals as a wolf, so use this to your advantage. Go south in the
village and you'll see the mayor and Rusl talking about a shield... hmm... if
you try to get closer, they'll leave, so you'll have to sneak up on them. Go
into the lake, climb out where you caught the fish earlier, then stand JUST
inside the torchlight and listen in on them. You'll learn the whereabouts of
both the shield and sword you want.
For the shield, you'll have to get into the waterwheel house from the roof.
Stand on the rock in front of the shop, you can do a long jump up to the roof.
Be CAREFUL, though. There's a guy on top of a nearby rock, and if he sees you
in the nearby torchlight, he'll summon a hawk to attack you. You actually have
to get him to see you once, I think, so once that happens, leave the area and
come back. Then, you'll be able to do that long jump to the roof. Sneak up
behind the guy, that'll scare him away. Then do another long jump series into
the house. Once inside, climb onto the table, do a long jump the nearby ledge,
then dash into the wall a couple of times to knock the ORDON SHIELD off the
wall. Leave via the nearby open window.
The sword is a good deal easier. Remember Rusl's house? It's in the far east
of the village. Go to the back corner of the house, but be sure not to get
spotted by Rusl carrying the torch. Turn on your wolf sense to find a dig
spot, and dig in it to get inside the house. Grab the sword from the sofa and
leave the way you came. Now we're heading back to Faron Woods... where the
Twilight realm has taken over.
~Ordon Woods~
Go back to the spring. After a short scene, a Twilight monster will appear.
Kill it quickly! If you use your Jump Attack as a wolf, you can latch onto
your opponents and bite them repeatedly with A. After this, you'll be briefed
on what's going on by Ordona, the Light Spirit. Continue north to the Twilight
Realm and enter...
~Faron Woods- Twilight~
Head north, and you'll be trapped by several more Ing-esque(if anyone's played
Metroid Prime 2) Twilight monsters. You now have to take on three at once, but
you'll quickly learn about fighting them three on one. You kill two, the last
one revives them. What you'll have to do, once Midna points it out, is hold
the B button to use your energy field attack and take 2 or all 3 out at once.
You'll have to do this a lot over the game, so make sure you're comfortable
with that too. Once you've killed them all, continue north to a spring not far
from here. Check it to talk to the light spirit there: Faron. Looks like you
have a new mission: to kill all the evil electrical bugs in the woods and
gather the tears they drop.
This part isn't too hard. The bugs all show up on your map as white dots, but
you'll need your wolf sense to see them. Bugs one and two are right down the
path from where you start. Head to Coro's cabin to find number three on the
side of said cabin. Dash into the wall to dislodge it, kill it, and climb up
and Long Jump into the house. Use your senses to see Coro cowering in the
corner, and bugs four and five will be revealed. Kill them too, then leave the
way you came.
Go back to the entrance to the dark cave. The door is locked, but you can get
around that by digging below it. Kill bugs number six and seven here, then
continue through the cave. Luckily, it's pretty bright in here. Nothing
special in here, just exit to the north. An insidious purple fog now covers
most of the ground here. Bugs eight and nine are on the wall to the left, and
once you've killed them, go to the edge of the fog on the left wall to start
another Long Jump sequence. Head towards the overhanging cliff and two more
rocky spires, then Long Jump across them onto the platform in the center of
the area. Bugs ten, eleven, and twelve are all on this center platform. After
taking them all, go to the east edge of the platform for four(!!!) more Long
Jump sequences in a row. Once you reach the end, there'll be bugs thirteen and
fourteen in the ground. These ones, you'll have to dig up. Head east to the
entrance to the Forest Temple.
Once you change areas, you'll find more Twilight monsters. Kill them like
before, then continue towards the entrance of the Forest Temple. Bugs fifteen
and sixteen are in plain sight here(in a manner of speaking). Once you've
killed them both and collected all the tears, you'll be transported back to
the spring, brought back to your human form(with some absolutely BADASS new
clothing), and the Twilight Realm will be gone! ...for now.
~Faron Woods~
Once you regain control of Link, head straight to Coro's shack. He'll give you
the small key needed to open the gate to the north Faron Woods. He'll also
have a new offer, a BOTTLE full of lantern oil for 100 rupees. If you have the
cash now, drop it for the bottle. If not, it's safe to wait until after the
Forest Temple to do it. But the bottle is definitely worth it. If you don't
have enough to buy the bottle, at least get a refill, because you'll need it
in a moment.
In any case, head through the dark cave towards the north. The evil fog is
still there, however, but you can get it out of your way by swiping your
lantern. You won't get that chance, though, because as you head towards it, a
monkey will steal your lantern! Basically, just follow her through the fog,
killing any enemies that happen to show up, and once you reach the end, you'll
get your lantern back, empty of oil. If you didn't buy the bottle, I hope you
have some extra oil, because you'll need it to get into the Forest Temple.
Even if you have none, there's a small store run by a sentient(?) bird near
the Forest Temple. Fill your bottle with Lantern Oil if you need it, but you
better pay him, lest you get pecked to death. When you're prepared, go north
to the entrance to the Forest Temple...
On your way, however, you'll come across a mysterious Golden Wolf. After a
scene with him, you'll learn your first Hidden Skill: the ENDING BLOW!
Basically, you use it on enemies who have fallen to the ground to kill them
instantly. Use it often, use it well. Continue north and burn away the web
with your Lantern to enter the...
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Forest Temple [fore]
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OVERVIEW: The Forest Temple is the first dungeon, only has one floor, and is
fairly easy. Monkeys are your friends in this one, but to uncover everything,
you'll need to harness the power of wind, free all the poor imprisoned
primates, and deal with some rotating bridges and hungry plants.
WALKTHROUGH: Head north into the first room, and dispose of the assorted
baddies lurking within(Keese, the Zelda universe equivalent to bats, and more
Bokoblins). Once they're cleared out, cut the monkey's cage to free her. Go
back and climb the ivy on the west wall to reach a chest containing 10 rupees,
and head north into the next room.
Keep heading north, pausing to slaughter a Big Skulltula. On the ground floor,
there is a Bomb Spider that turns into an explosive device once you hit it
with your sword. Use it to blow up the nearby rock and gain access to a 20
rupee chest(don't worry about the one hanging from the ceiling... we'll be
back for that later). Light the four torches in the center platform to raise a
staircase, then grab the DUNGEON MAP from the chest to the left and move north
into the next room.
You're now outside. All looks well... until an evil monkey appears and uses
some sort of tornado-generating boomerang to destroy the bridge! Oh well,
we'll have to try another route for the time being. Go back to the previous
room.
I'm actually going to call this room with the four torches and the hanging
chest the "main room", for reference's sake. Your monkey friend will move onto
a tightrope and start swinging, allowing you to swing across with her help.
Time it right and let go to cross to the platform to the west, and head into
the next room.
Here, head to the right and use another Bomb Spider to blast away another
rock. Smash one of the jars here to meet Ooccoo, a VERY creepy-looking warping
chicken... ever see that South Park episode where Stan stays with PETA, and
there are those human/animal hybrids? That's what she reminds me of... but I
digress. You can use her to warp out of dungeons, say, to gather supplies,
then warp right back to where you left, but you should never need to do that.
Head to the main part of the room, and leap across the platforms to the north
end of the room. If you care, you can make a detour into the water, then swim
southwest to find a small cave with 10 rupees. Head through the northern door.
Keep going across the bridge here, but be careful: the bridge is affected by
the wind here and will periodically spin 90 degrees, rendering it inaccessible
until it spins back into place again. Tread across and head through the
northern door.
All you need to do here is grab the small key out of the nearby chest and
leave the way you came. Go two rooms back.
Go west in the water room and unlock the door. In this room, you'll see an
imprisoned monkey. We're gonna have to free him, but as soon as you cross the
bridge here, it'll break on you. Roll into the totem pole atop which the cage
sits several times to send it tumbling down and free the monkey. Once you do,
several Bokoblins will appear. Kill them, and leave the way you came. This
time, you can use the monkeys to swing across the gap where the bridge used to
be. Head back into the main room, but go east this time.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
First thing you'll want to do here is kill the evil Red Deku Babas. If they
latch onto you, just Spin Attack to dislodge/damage them. Once they're dead,
head up the stairs, taking note of the hungry, toothy flower halfway up. As
you go, you'll see a Bomb Spider. Hit it, then throw it over the nearby ledge
into the flower's mouth. It'll eat it, and... BOOM! Once it's gone, kill the
Skulltulas crawling across the ivy, jump the gap and climb up on the same ivy.
Don't go through the door yet, though! Hit the nearby Bomb Spider, then drop
it down the nearby ledge to kill another hungry flower. Once that one's clear,
jump down and open the chest to receive the HEART PIECE it was blocking.
Circle back upstairs, then go through that door to the south.
CURRENT TOTAL: 3 hearts, 2 pieces
You'll see another imprisoned monkey, but this one's under lock and key. The
key is on the ground, but it gets quickly eaten by a large, angry plant. You
know what to do! Move in close, then as it lowers its head to ram you, move
back and Jump Attack it. Once the head dies, locate a nearby Bomb Spider and
throw it into the body's gaping mouth to deal with it for good. Pick up the
emerging small key(it's probably all sticky and covered with plant guts, I do
NOT envy Link in these cases) and unlock the monkey's cage with it. Go back to
the previous room and head east from there. You'll have to use a Bomb Spider
to blow away a rock before you enter.
We're now in the easternmost room in the dungeon. Roll into one of the totem
poles here to knock down a chest containing a small key, then move across the
tile bridge. Be careful, though! There are worm enemies lurking under some
tiles, and they'll pop you one good if you stand on them. You can't kill
them(yet), so just avoid them. Light the two unlit torches here to raise a
couple of ledges that form a staircase, then climb up and unlock your fourth
monkey. Oh, and climb the ivy on the north end of the room to reach 20 rupees,
if you care. Nevertheless, bring your emancipated primate back to the main
room and head north to the outdoor bridge room.
Clever little fellas that they are, you can now cross where the bridge was
destroyed earlier. Swing across with their help and enter the door ahead. Time
for your first miniboss fight!
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MINIBOSS BATTLE: BOSS MONKEY
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The first thing he will do is use that boomerang of his to knock down a bunch
of Red Deku Babas. Deal with them first, then focus your attention on the Boss
Monkey himself. He will constantly leap from totem pole to totem pole,
throwing his boomerang from time to time. The trick here is to NOT Z-target
him, and follow him as he leaps from pole to pole. Wait until he pauses and
throws his boomerang, then roll into the pole to throw him off balance. When
the boomerang comes back, it'll knock him down and stun him. Take out your
sword and hack away at that giant red butt of his. There's not much else to
this fight, after two or three rounds of attacking, the mind-controlling
insect will fall off his head, and all will be well. Plus you receive his
weapon: the GALE BOOMERANG!
Before I continue, here's how to use the Gale Boomerang effectively: when you
use it with B, you aim with it like the slingshot. At any time while aiming,
you can press Z to lock onto a target, up to five in a row. Once you throw the
boomerang, it'll hit all the targets you locked onto, in order. The tornado it
stirs up will be helpful in moving things around and hitting those propeller
switches, like the ones on top of the bridges we saw earlier. You'll have to
use it right away to open the door out of the miniboss room, just give the
switch a few good winds and you're good to go.
Once you emerge from the miniboss room, use the Gale Boomerang on the bridge
immediately to your left. Cross it, kill the Bokoblin there, and use the GB
again to free another monkey. He'll leave for now, but you'll see him again
later. We have some collecting to do.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Head back to the far east room of the dungeon, the one with the tile worms
where you freed the fourth monkey. Use the GB to chew up the floor and remove
all the tiles, then kill those worm enemies. Then, use it to put out all four
torches in the room, and grab the HEART PIECE from the chest under the now
descended wooden stairs. Head back to the main room, and Gale down the hanging
chest to get the COMPASS, which in this dungeon shows us the locations of all
the remaining un-freed monkeys. Head immediately west from the main room.
CURRENT TOTAL: 3 hearts, 3 pieces
We're back in the water room. In the southwest corner of the room, there's a
chest hidden behind a wooden gate. There are four poles in front of it, each
with a propeller on top. If you look at the floor, there is a Z-shaped pattern
on the floor, so mark each of the props accordingly, going along the Z. If you
hit them in the right order, the gate will open and you can claim the BIG KEY.
Now, all we have to do is free those last three monkeys. Go north two rooms,
back to where you found the first small key.
There's a lot more to do here now that you have the GB. Hit the propeller
switch on the bridge so you can access it, then again so you can enter the
eastern room. You'll have to kill some more Bokoblins along the way, but
they're as easy as ever(bonus points if you can knock one off the bridge!).
For this next monkey, you'll have to fall through one of the holes in the
floor to reach the platform on which his cage sits. Deal with a couple of
Skulltulas first, then find the hole ahead and to the left of the room's
entrance. Burn the web away, then fall through and break him out. Go back to
the previous room, then north.
The boss room is across from here, but you still need two more monkeys to help
Link out. Go east, deal with a Bokoblin and a few Small Skulltulas, then climb
the ivy up to the eastern door.
This room is very interesting. Dispose of the Red Deku Babas, then take a look
around. To get the treasure chest off to the south, you need to lock onto and
retrieve a Bomb Spider with the GB, then throw it at the hungry plant in front
of the chest. Once the way is clear, hop on over and take the small key. We
still have a monkey to free in here, though: lock onto a Bomb Spider again,
then the big rock on the above ledge to the east. The GB will carry the spider
right towards the rock and demolish it for you. Climb up, then retrieve one
more bomb Spider with your GB. Destroy on last rock barrier, and the second-
to-last monkey will be free! Head back two rooms, to the one with the rotating
bridge, and open the locked door to the west.
Begin here by opening fire with your GB and slaughtering all the tile worms
within range. Once they're cleared out, look in the back corner of the room
for a small tunnel. Run through it, kill some assorted Skulltulas at the end,
and climb up the ivy to arrive right in front of the last monkey cage.
Activate the two propellers to open the cage and free him, and grab the red
rupee on the scaffolding on your way out. Head east, then north to the large
room where all the monkeys have gathered.
All the monkeys will then form a chain, which you can use to swing across to
the boss room. Enter...
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BOSS BATTLE: TWILIT PARASITE- DIABABA
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Diababa starts out with two large Deku Baba heads emerging from a purple pool
of water. There are several Bomb Spiders on platforms in the pool, too. Lock
onto one of the spiders, then one of the Deku Baba heads with your GB to send
the Bomb Spider into their mouth and destroy the heads. Be quick, or they'll
try to take a chomp out of you!
Once both side heads are destroyed, the central head and two new side heads
will emerge. There are no more Bomb Spiders handy, but help arrives- in the
form of the Boss Monkey! He'll be sliding across a rope with Bomb Spiders of
his own, so move to the back of the room and ready your GB again. Lock onto
the Boss Monkey, then one of the heads to retrieve a Bomb Spider than deliver
it to one of Diababa's mouths. Once the two side heads are down, you'll have a
clear shot at the center head. Send a bomb over to it, same as before, and the
center head will collapse onto the floor. Rush in, then deliver Jump Attack
after Jump attack for some heavy damage. When the head gets back up, it will
spew some lethal-looking purple gunk at you. Just keep moving back and forth
to avoid it, rolling under the spray if necessary. Repeat this strategy 2-3
times to finish Diababa off for good.
Victory is yours, and you receive a HEART CONTAINER(you get one after every
major boss battle) and your first FUSED SHADOW. Midna tells you that she needs
all three Fused Shadows, but she won't say what for... no matter, we're done
here. You just beat your first dungeon in the game, congratulations!
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-Part 2: Out of the Twilight, Into the Fire [par2]
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~Faron Woods~
You emerge at the spring here. Your next mission is to head west to the Eldin
province. Go north to Coro's shack, then continue north to...
~Hyrule Field~
There is no larger area in the game than Hyrule Field. It connects all the
major areas of the game, and spans several provinces. For now, just head west
to Kakariko Gorge. As you go, you'll meet an EXTREMELY freaky man known as the
Postman. He'll hand off a letter to you(you'll meet him again as you get more
letters) which you can look at in your Collection sub-screen.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
If you look at your map, you should see a small pond in the middle of your
current area separated by a bridge. At the southern end of that bridge is a
cluster of trees. Look up at the branches, one of them has a HEART PIECE
resting in the boughs. Use your Gale Boomerang to acquire it. Afterwards, head
to the west end of this section of Hyrule Field, and enter the Twilight Realm
there.
CURRENT TOTAL: 4 hearts, 4 pieces
**Golden Bug!!!**
In the same area where you got your Heart Piece(last paragraph), go southeast
of the bridge. Look on the side of one of the trees there for your first Golden
Bug: a MALE BEETLE! You can just grab him right off the trunk of the tree. He
is the first of many Golden Bugs. I will keep pointing them out as you can get
them, but keep your eyes open nonetheless.
**Golden Bug!!!**
In the same area of Hyrule Field, check north of the entrance to Kakariko Gorge
(BEFORE you go into the Twilight Realmn!!!). Directly north of that entrance,
there is an inaccessible ledge with a row of trees on top. Check the tree that
is the furthest north... the FEMALE BEETLE is on the side of that tree. Use
your Gale Boomerang to get it down.
~Kakariko Gorge- Twilight~
Continue west here until you come across your old broken Wooden Sword. Turn
on your senses, than sniff it to learn the YOUTHS' SCENT. You'll learn several
scents like this over the course of the game, but you can only remember one at
a time. Keep your senses on and follow the scent trail, but your search is cut
short when you stumble across a trio of Twilight monsters. Kill them all, and
you'll notice something else... the bridge is gone! Midna will show you your
map and explain that whenever you kill a group of Twilight monsters, the warp
point they used will stay open, allowing you to use it whenever you like in
wolf form. Now where did we see a loose bridge before...? Warp to the north
portal in Faron Woods.
~Faron Woods~
Approach the loose bridge and answer Midna's alert to get her to warp it back
into place in the gorge.
~Kakariko Gorge- Twilight~
Just keep going along the scent trail until you arrive at a gruesomely
bloodstained gate. Dig through it, kill the Twilight Bokoblins on the other
side, than enter...
~Kakariko Village- Twilight~
the first thing you'll see here is another Twilight monster trio. Waste them
to establish a warp point here, then head to the nearby spring. We're gonna
have to go on another dark insect hunt.
Starting from the southwest and going up, here are the locations of the dark
insects:
1, 2, and 3: Long Jump up to the top of the first house you come across.
You'll fall through the roof and see a scene. Looks like the kids are closer
than you think... anyways, once it's over, grab the stick in front of you,
light it on the nearby flame, then jump across the platforms to light up four
torches and open the route to the basement. Three of them are downstairs. Take
them out, grab the tears, then Long jump out of the north end of the basement.
4: You'll emerge in the graveyard. Insect #4 is right in front of you, but
you'll have to dig it up. Kill it, then head back into the main town.
5: Keep going north until you get to Barnes' Bomb shop(it has the sign in the
front. Climb up the storage shed to the right of the shop, then leap through
the window and inside. Go upstairs and dash into the cabinet to release insect
#5. After you're done, leave via the second floor window.
6, 7, and 8: climb across the balcony to the land above and behind the shop.
You'll see insect #6 crawl into a nearby building. Go through the crawlspace
and inside, and light the fireplace inside. Sparks will fly, so GET OUT OF
THERE IMMEDIATELY. The storage shed will explode, leaving the tears from bugs
6, 7, and 8 all at once. Sweet!
9: While you're up here, move up the winding pathway nearby. Follow it along
the rock wall and along the scaffolding, then dig at the side of the house to
enter. Smash some jars in the corner to reveal insect #9.
10: Not far from the destroyed storage shed, there is a small wooden platform
on the edge of a cliff. Drop off of it to the roof below, and fall through to
get inside the house. Insect #10 is underneath a crate. Push it to coax the
bug out, then kill it and leave with a Long Jump.
11: On the right side of the town, go to the general store(the southernmost
building) and get inside through a crawlspace. Climb up the shelves and break
one of the crates to get bug #11.
12 and 13: Go up the hill to the right of the general store, jump across the
balcony and enter the inn. Drop to the ground floor and use the stick and
torch to start a fire in the fireplace. You won't burn down the building this
time, but you'll find bug #12. After that, go into the next room and kill the
Twilight Moblins hanging around in there. Go up to the second floor and ram
the nearby wall to shake bug #13 loose. The remaining three are on Death
Mountain. Go back outside and leave town via the northwest exit.
~Death Mountain- Twilight~
14: Long jump up the first impassible barrier and continue up the mountain.
Once you come across the steam vents, dig around for bug #14.
0o Howl Stone!!! o0
The first HOWL STONE is in plain sight among the steam vents. The wind will
play a sort of melody, and you have to match it by holding A to howl and use
the control stick to change your pitch to match that of the wind. Get it
right, and you'll warp to this odd, ethereal plane where you have to repeat
the song once more. Once you do, the Golden Wolf will appear again, and his
position will show up on your map. He should be right in front of the spring
of the Ordon Woods. We'll be tracking him down later.
15 and 16: Keep going up the mountain until you come across a circular
clearing. Once you arrive, another group of Twilight monsters will appear. Due
to the structure of the wall, you'll have to kill the enclosed one first, than
the other three at once. Once the warp is formed, dash into the nearby steel
grating to dislodge and kill bug #15. Do a Long jump up the grating, continue
down the path, and do another Long jump to go even further up. Once you come
across the Goron spirit up here, jump down into the hot springs and kill bug
#16. You'll then be warped back to Kakariko Village and the Twilight will be
gone from here.
~Kakariko Village~
After the conversation with the light spirit Eldin, you'll see a scene where
you meet up with the kids again, and meet Renado, the village shaman, his
daughter Luda, and Barnes the bomb maker. Take a moment to enjoy this very
cool remix of the Kakariko Village theme, then go back up Death Mountain.
~Death Mountain~
the ladder is still broken, but you can still climb the metal grate. However,
you won't be able to progress much further due to the Goron guard rolling into
you. You can try to wrangle him like you did to the goat, but he'll knock you
down anyway. Damn. Leave here for now, but as soon as you do, Renado will talk
to you and discuss a possible plan to get up there... well, time to head back
to Ordon Village! But before you leave the village, something very unexpected
occurs...
Epona's back, baby! But she's completely freaking out, so you have to restrain
her. While riding her, just move the control stick in the indicated direction
to slow her down, press A to seize her when prompted, and eventually you'll
gain full control of her again. Now that you have your trusty steed back, head
back to Ordon Village.
**Golden Bug!!!**
Since you're relatively free to go now, you can check things out in town if
you want. But before you leave, go to the house just to the left of Barnes's
Bomb Shop. Check on the floor for a FEMALE ANT.
<3Heart Piece!!! <3
While you go through Kakariko Gorge, go as far east as you can. You should see
a rock spire with a round metal target on the side. On the top of that is a
HEART PIECE, so use your Gale Boomerang to retrieve it.
CURRENT TOTAL: 5 hearts
0oGolden Wolf!!!o0
As you go through Ordon Woods, you'll see the Golden Wolf again near the
spring. This time, he'll teach you the SHIELD ATTACK! You can only use this
move on certain foes when the notice pops up on the bottom of the screen, and
although it doesn't damage them, it leaves them open to other attacks. It can
also be used to bounce projectile attacks back at enemies. Cool!
~Ordon Village~
Talk to the mayor to start a scene. You'll learn the secret to earning the
Gorons' respect: Sumo wrestling! The mayor will teach you how to fight like a
Goron. You step forward and push your opponent back with A, swing the remote
around to slap them and leave them open to pushing, and move the control stick
left and right to circle your opponent. If you start getting pushed yourself,
mash the A button to escape your foe's grip. Practice by defeating the mayor
twice, and he'll give you the IRON BOOTS. Those boots are the only thing that
can make the Gorons respect your authoritah! Once you're done here, go back to
Death Mountain.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
While you're in Ordon Village, head over to the ranch and talk to Fado. He'll
have another goat-herding job for you, and once you get them all in, you'll
get another HEART PIECE!
CURRENT TOTAL: 5 hearts, 1 piece
~Kakariko Village~
As soon as you enter the village, you'll see a scene. Looks like we won't be
going up the mountain right away. We have to save Colin! Leave town through
the northeast exit and chase down that gang of Moblins!
~Hyrule Field~
You'll be doing a massive horseback battle. You're probably not used to
fighting on horseback yet, so ignore his minions and go after the King Moblin!
You can use your sword while riding Epona, so keep up with him by dashing and
slice him up. He moves as fast as you do, so you'll have to dash to keep up.
Follow his movements closely, and Spin Attack to shake of his henchmen if you
get surrounded. Damage the King Moblin enough, and you'll take the fight to
the Bridge of Eldin, where you get to take him on in a good old fashioned
jousting match!
You'll basically be charging at each other. If he hits you, you'll get knocked
into the gorge, so what you wanna do is charge him, but stay SLIGHTLY to one
side. Hack away as you pass him(he'll try to swerve to hit you; you'll have to
swerve more). If you hit him, great! If not, try again next pass. After you
slice him twice, he'll tumble off into the gorge and Colin will be free! Enjoy
that incredible victory pose while you celebrate. You can now head up Death
Mountain distraction-free.
<>Hylian Shield!!!<>
Before you go, however, I STRONGLY suggest you go to the shop(which is now run
by Malo- how a toddler can run a store is beyond me) and buy the HYLIAN
SHIELD. That Ordon Shield you have now is wood, and you're heading up a
volcano, so you need a good metal shield. It costs 200 rupees, which you
should have by now. Once you're prepared, head up Death Mountain.
~Death Mountain~
Climb up the mountain like before, except now when the Goron sentry tries to
charge you, put on your Iron Boots and wrangle him like the goats! He'll be
out of your way, so you can progress up the mountain. Every so often as you
go, another Goron will come rolling down, divert them the same as the
sentry(the way Link dusts off his hands after shoving one is funny ^_^). When
you get to the area with the steam vents, there will be Bokoblins on the
cliffs above shooting fire arrows at you. You don't yet have a bow, so you'll
have to improvise. Look for a patch of hawk grass and use your feathered
raptor ally to knock out the offending Bokoblins. They all must have graduated
from the Stormtrooper School of Marksmanship or something, because they won't
be able to hit you unless you're like six feet away from them.
Once you arrive at the Goron settlement at the end of the trail, the Gorons
here will still give you grief. Most of them will try to punch you, but if you
guard then hit them with your sword(or Shield Attack them), they'll go off
balance and curl up. You can then climb on their backs and get a boost upwards
from them as they uncurl. Use this trick to get to the top of the area. It's
all pretty straightforward, and if you get too hurt from the Gorons, you can
rest in the nearby hot spring. Oddly enough, the Gorons resting there will not
attack, indeed, they'll welcome you. Perhaps soaking in the hot water has
cooled(?) them down? Oh, almost forgot: those steam vents won't hurt you, but
they'll push you around. Unless you walk through them with your Iron Boots, in
which case they won't even budge you(the heat will probably make Link sweat,
and his tunic'll get all smelly and gross and all the NPC's will hate his body
odor, but that's no business of ours).
Once you get to the top of the mountain, go on inside. Link, tactful man that
he is, will inadvertently make tense race relations even tenser... until the
elder, Cor Goron, decides to test whether or not Link has balls of brass in a
sumo competition. PUT ON YOUR IRON BOOTS BEFORE HE CHALLENGES YOU, otherwise
you'll never win. Once you do, all will be well and you'll get access to
the...
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Goron Mines [goro]
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OVERVIEW: The Goron Mines is sacred ground to the rocky mountain folk, and as
such, the elders live in here. You must seek all three out to gain access to
the boss room, as well as use your Iron Boots to walk on the walls and
ceilings here. The item you gain in here will be your second most valuable
weapon in the game, after your sword of course.
WALKTHROUGH: Start off by jumping across the platforms on the lava. If you
fall in, you lose 2 hearts as penalty, so be careful! Time your jumps from
platform to platform to avoid the shooting lava plumes. As you move north,
you'll come across a powerful stream of fire shooting out of the wall. Step on
the nearby switch(you'll have to use your Iron Boots to trip it as well as all
switches like it in here), then run past. Do this again with a second fire
stream, then make a u-turn and move along the outside of the caged area you
were in. Climb to the top of the cage, then jump across to the east ledge and
head to the right. You'll come across a switch. Kill the nearby Torch
Slugs(one is farther towards the fire stream- they're easy to kill off, one
hit with just about anything), trip the switch, then run north past a third
fire stream. Jump onto the nearby platform-like switch jutting out of the
wall, and put on your Iron Boots again. The switch will go all the way down,
allowing you to progress into the next room.
This large and impressive-looking room contains two large electro-magnets to
which you can cling with your Iron Boots(you know, magnetism and all that).
They need to be activated, though, but we'll get to that soon. First, jump
down to the left platform below you and get the drop on a group of Moblins.
Kill them, and take the small key from the nearby chest. Go up the ramp and
continue on that general path, jumping over the rotating platforms. Leave
through the locked door to the east.
Here, move down the ramp here and meet another old enemy: a fire-breathing
gecko-like creature called a Dodongo. Attack its tail to kill it, but beware
the nasty fire breath. Move across the platforms and get to the solid ground
in the northeast. Demolish the other Dodongo here, then grab onto the nearby
handle and chain and give it a hearty pull(you don't hold A with this, you
press A to grab on, then press it again to release the handle)! This will move
back the wall to which it's attached, so you have to move around, jumping
across more of those platforms, and get through before the wall closes on you.
You have to time this well, so the lava spouts don't keep you waiting. They
all rise and fall at the same time, so use the ones you can see as a guide to
your timing. Once you make it, head through the door past the moveable wall.
In this water-filled room, you'll have to do some underwater exploring. Put on
your Iron Boots and sink to the floor. A blue meter will show up to show how
much air you have left, so don't let it run out or it's game over for you!
Trip the switch underwater, and a magnetic current will pull you out of the
water and onto a shimmering blue magnetic surface. It's kind of disorienting
to control Link on those surfaces, but you'll get used to it(try going into
first person view, it's totally wild!). Go through the nearby door.
In here, you'll find one of the Goron elders, Gor Amoto. Talk to him to gain
the first KEY SHARD. Laugh at his funny volcano head, then open the chest here
for the DUNGEON MAP and second one for 20 rupees. Climb up to the second
floor, then smash one of the jars up there to find Ooccoo again. Leave through
the second floor door.
On the second floor of that water room, you'll have to walk along the walls
with your Iron Boots. Actually, it helps if you tilt your Nunchuk to match
Link's orientation when he's on the wall, it helps you get used to the
controls more. Take out the Torch Slugs as you go, and continue to the next
room.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
On the second floor here, hit the switch right in front of you and you'll be
drawn to the ceiling. Head northeast along the ceiling, and you'll eventually
come across a right-side-up chest with a HEART PIECE inside. Take it, then
continue on to the second floor exit on the west side.
CURRENT TOTAL: 5 hearts, 2 pieces
We're back in the large electro-magnet room. Head on over to the center,
murderize the group of Moblins, then hit the switch to start up the first
electro-magnet. Go under it when it stops and put on your Iron Boots to stick
to it, and ride it to the platform to the north. Let go to drop onto it, then
hit the next switch to activate magnet #2. If you're quick, you'll stick to it
before the Moblins nearby can get to you. So long, losers!!! Drop down to the
north again, then go through the door.
We're in another water room. Kill all the crab/spider-like Tektites jumping
towards you, then drop down to the bottom of the pool and grab a small key
from the chest to the west(that rhymes and you KNOW it rhymes!). Go to the
east part of the room, outside of the caged off area, then drop down again.
Push the block out of the way, then rise to the surface within. Hit the switch
to start another electric current, then use it to go up to the ceiling. Drop
down over the metal scaffolding, then hit another switch. Drop down to get
caught by the sideways magnetic current, then move along the wall and drop
down to the floor again. Open the chest for a red rupee, and hit the crystal
switch to open up the gate below you. It only stays open for a few seconds, so
hurry up!
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Once you're through, kill the waiting Moblins and walk up the east wall. You
can go north or south, go south to find HEART PIECE in a chest. Go north to
get to a rope holding up a gate. Slice the ropes to gain access to the locked
door below you, then go through it. Oh, and those blocky statues that shoot
lasers at you are called Beamos. You can't kill them yet, but their uppance
shall come!
CURRENT TOTAL: 5 hearts, 3 pieces
You're outside again, and NOT in a good spot. North of your position are fire
arrow-slinging Moblins waiting to tear you a nice new glory hole or two if you
stand still for too long, so run your ass off to the east. You'll find a chest
with a small key under the watchful eye of another Beamos, so just take it and
run to the western locked door. Enter it.
Jump across the rotating platforms to find a single long rotating platform
with several magnetic spots on one side. Wait until they are on top, then run
across and attach yourself with your Iron Boots before it tips over again.
Enter the door on the far end of the platform.
Here, you can talk to Gor Ebizo, the second Goron elder, and get the second
KEY SHARD off of him. Open the nearby chest for a yellow rupee, then climb to
the second floor and leave.
Go along the magnetic trail on the top floor here and drop down at the end to
find the miniboss...
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MINIBOSS BATTLE: GORON WARRIOR
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This battle is very similar to shoving the Gorons aside as you went up Death
Mountain, except a bit more involved. He'll start shaking the platform you're
on, but the Iron Boots will keep you firmly in place. You'll have to keep your
Iron Boots on for this whole battle, and my strategy assumes you do. He'll
eventually give you that "bring it on" hand motion that's so popular in pop
culture nowadays, so go up to him and he'll prepare to punch you. His stomach
is unguarded during the windup before his punch, so attack it with your sword
to get him to curl up and roll around. He'll go right for you, so break your
Z-target and roll out of the way yourself, causing him to change direction and
come at you again. Hold A to brace yourself and push against him. You'll throw
him aside, hopefully into the magma below. Three dips in the magma will cause
him to give up and allow you access to their great treasure.
Move into the room south of here to receive the HERO'S BOW, quite possibly the
most overall useful weapon in the game. Congratulations, your Slingshot is now
completely obsolete! You'll have to use your new Bow here to sever the rope
holding up the nearby bridge and enter the next part of this room. Once you're
there(mind the Torch Slug on the ceiling), approach the southernmost Beamos to
make them ALL spring to life and start shooting their lasers at you. Find a
safe spot(the dead center of the room is good), take aim and fire at their
eyes to kill them one by one. Once they're dead, grab hold and pull them back
to reveal both the COMPASS and passage into the room to the west.
Here, talk to the unnamed black Goron elder and get the final KEY SHARD. The
BOSS KEY is complete now, so we're off to the boss room! Before you go, grab
the purple rupee in the chest here. That probably belongs to the Goron elder,
but he wouldn't have left it lying around if he didn't mean for you to take it
right? Keep telling yourself that... THIEF(I salute your Zelda knowledge if
you get the reference)! For now, go back into the Beamos room and head south.
There is no better room in the dungeon in which to practice your aim than this
one. Whip out your Bow and fire at the Torch Slugs hanging on the
stalactites(and the Dodongos), then roll into the grating blocking your
passage to break it down. Jump across the platforms and go past the gate to
find a switch. Hit it with your Iron Boots to get drawn up to the ceiling,
then move around so you can hit the crystal switch above the gate. Drop down
to the floor and go through the door.
We're back in the electro-magnet room again. Raid the nearby chest for another
purple rupee, then leap down onto the platform below you in a vertigo-inducing
plunge(how Link does not break an ankle or something when he does that is
beyond my reckoning). From where you are now, head all the way back to that
outdoor room to the north where the Moblins were shooting fire arrows at you.
Now you can remove the aforementioned Moblins from their short mortal coils by
firing back at them. You could go to the center of the room to get a closer
shot, but c'mon! Be a badass and snipe them from the entrance. It's a nice
challenge(and deceptively easy if you have a decently steady hand like me),
and think how impressed your friends will be! Actually, they probably won't
care, but do you live your life to please them? No? Didn't think so. Once
they're gone, go over to the east and kill off that Beamos close to that small
key chest you found earlier. Pull it out of the wall to find a hidden path up
to the top of the room. Keep going, but be CAREFUL here! Those barrels along
the way that are marked with a white X- those are explosive, and if the
Moblins hit them with a fire arrow... well, stay back and snipe them down.
They even have a TNT barrel hidden behind them! Aim for that instead for
amusing results. Once the coast is clear, continue to find a switch that
activates the nearby electro-magnet. Ride it over to the nearby bridge gate,
then arrow the rope to drop it. Drop down from the magnet onto the bridge and
enter the next room.
As soon as you get a clear view in this room, open fire and slaughter every
Moblin you see. Once they're clear, fire an arrow to drop the next bridge
gate. This releases a small army of more Moblins. Go Keanu Reeves on their
asses, then enter the boss room.
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BOSS BATTLE: TWILIT IGNITER- FYRUS
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As with many bosses in the Zelda series, Fyrus only LOOKS intimidating...
until you figure out how to kill him, then he becomes very easy indeed. You'll
need both the Iron Boots and your Bow for this fight. As the battle starts,
he'll try to whip you with his chains. Get as far away from him as possible,
and take aim with your Bow. Fire at the Eye of Sauron-like gem on his
forehead, and he'll be momentarily stunned. Take the opportunity to grab the
handle on the end of either of the chains on his ankles, and put on your Iron
Boots. Pull him around, and eventually he'll trip, fall, and lose the fire
covering his body. Make a bad trip/fall one-liner("have a nice TRIP!" or "see
you next FALL!" will do), then take off your boots, let go of the handle, run
up to him and attack his head to cause damage.
You don't need to worry too much about his attacks, just stay away, be
prepared to shoot before he can charge you, and get ready to roll out of the
way if he draws his arm back to whip you. Repeat for about 3 rounds of damage,
and that should do the trick. By the way... anyone think he resembles the Cave
Troll from Fellowship of the Ring(I know, I was in a Lord of the Rings mood
when I wrote this part of the guide)?
Chief Darbus is now back to normal, although he doesn't remember a damn thing.
Grab the HEART CONTAINER and the second FUSED SHADOW, and Midna will tell you
more of her story. And reveal to Link the true name of the Twilight King:
Zant. Best to get out of this place for now.
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-Part 3: Mandatory Impossible Water Dungeon [par3]
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~Kakariko Village~
You return to the spring here. Looks like we have to head north to the Lanayru
province, but we have some item collecting to do in and around Kakariko
Village. First, make sure you have at least 220 rupees, then go to Barnes's
bomb shop and buy the BOMBS. The first Bomb Bag costs 120 rupees. Barnes will
also tell you about a combo you can do with your Bow and Bombs. Just go into
the item selection screen and press Z when you go over the Bombs to create
explosive arrows. Each one you shoot costs both 1 arrow and 1 Bomb, so use
them sparingly. Now we have some Heart Pieces to get.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Go back to the spring and look up and to the left. On top of the rock wall,
you should see a small cluster of boulders and a single tree. Use a Bomb arrow
to blast away the rocks and the Gale Boomerang to get the HEART PIECE that is
revealed.
CURRENT TOTAL: 6 hearts, 4 pieces
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Right where you got the previous Heart Piece, look at ground level for another
destructible rock. Blast it away, then go through the cave and to the back of
the spring. Jump in, put on your Iron Boots, and sink all the way to the
bottom. There's a chest at the bottom containing another HEART PIECE! Finding
two so close to one another... very rare, that...
CURRENT TOTAL: 7 hearts
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Talk to the Goron in front of Barnes's bomb shop to get a boost to the roof.
Go up the trail and scaffolding ahead, and talk to the Goron there. Get
ANOTHER boost, climb up to the roof of the house, and talk to Talo. He'll
marvel at your new Bow and offer you the chance to do a demonstration. The
first two targets are easy enough, but the third... well, you'll see for
yourself once you do it. If you hit all three, Malo will give you another
HEART PIECE, but don't feel bad if you can't hit that third target(I managed
to pull it off even though it cost me almost a whole quiver of arrows).
CURRENT TOTAL: 7 hearts, 1 piece
Once you complete that target test, go back to Malo's shop and buy the
HAWKEYE, which costs 100 rupees. You can combine it with your bow in the same
fashion as the Bombs, but it offers a zoom function instead. This is only
available after you get the Heart Piece from the archery test. Did anyone
say... Bow sniping?
**Golden Bug!!!**
Head west into the Graveyard and inspect one of the trees up the stairs. There
is a tiny golden insect crawling around: a MALE ANT! Once we get to Hyrule
Castle Town, we can trade him in for something, but just keep him for now.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Head back to Kakariko Gorge and go south until you see a conspicuous-looking
bomb-able rock. Blow it away and enter the maze-like cave. Use your lantern to
find your way around and get to the end for a HEART PIECE! You'll have to
light two torches to get it to appear, though.
CURRENT TOTAL: 7 hearts, 2 pieces
**Golden Bug!!!**
Check Kakariko Gorge out while you're here for the MALE PILL BUG. check near
the bridge. The Pill Bug is just on the ground on the southeast side of the
bridge, just off the side of the path, and isn't hiding under or near anything.
It blends into the ground well, but you'll find it if you look close enough.
**Golden Bug!!!**
While facing the entrance to Kakariko Village, go off to the left and follow
the rock wall to a ptch of grass and flowers. Cut down the flowers to reveal
the FEMALE PILL BUG, then grab her off the ground.
~Hyrule Field~
Once you've collected all that cool junk, leave Kakariko Village through the
northeast and head out into the Eldin Province. Our destination is to the
north, but we have one small detour to make...
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
As soon as you exit Kakariko Village, you should find a destructible rock
blocking a rocky ramp on the left side of the trail. Clear the way, and climb
up the ramp. Climb up the ivy, make a couple more jumps, and use a Bomb arrow
to clear out another rock. Jump over, climb that ivy, and jump down two more
platforms to Link's left. Down a bit from there is another HEART PIECE!
CURRENT TOTAL: 7 hearts, 3 pieces
**Golden Bug!!!**
In the Eldin province, look in the grass-less brown area northwest of the exit
from Kakariko village for a MALE GRASSHOPPER. It jumps around a lot, making it
difficult to catch, so you'll have to Gale Boomerang it to stun it and bring
it close enough to catch.
**Golden Bug!!!**
In the same area where you get the Male Grasshopper(previous paragraph), check
the very oppositeend of the field for the FEMALE GRASSHOPPER. That is, the
northeast area of the field. You'll get used to male-female pairs of insects
being in the same general area. Seems to happen a lot... In any case, the female
hops around a lot, same as the male, so Gale Boomerang her to subdue her and
make her easy to catch.
**Golden Bug!!!**
Go north from Kakariko Village to the Bridge of Eldin. Check the inside of the
arch structure at the south end of the bridge. The MALE PHASMID rests up there,
use your Gale Boomerang to get him down.
Now that's out of the way, so head to the northwest and run across the Bridge
of Eldin to the far end. Blow away the rocks blocking the path past the far
end, but before you can go any further, a portal will appear, take away the
middle of the bridge, and spawn three Twilight monsters! Go back and take them
out(to kill them all at once as human Link, use a well-placed Spin Attack),
and continue northeast into the Twilight Realm once more...
There is something else I have to point out here: a potentially GAME-ENDING
GLITCH!!! If you save and quit AFTER the bridge disappears but BEFORE you
enter the Twilight Realm, once you resume your game, you'll be back at the
entrance near Kakariko Village and unable to proceed. If you must save and
quit at this point, just go into the Twilight Realm and then save, and you
should be fine.
~Hyrule Field- Twilight~
Once you're in, follow the path until you see the satchel on the ground. Check
it to learn the SCENT OF ILIA! Follow the scent trail all the way to...
~Hyrule Castle Town- Twilight~
Keep following the scent through the town, until you reach an underground
tavern known as Telma's Bar. Head on inside and look at the spirits nearby to
see Ilia again, Telma, Telma's chest, and a Zora prince. Then go to the back
room and listen in on the guards, and inspect the map on the table to see
where they were headed. Looks like we have to check out the Spirit Spring in
Lake Hylia next. Leave Hyrule Castle town through the east gate and head east,
then south from here.
~Hyrule Field- Twilight~
You'll come across the Great Bridge of Hylia, so head across it. Notice
anything funny? All that odd liquid on the surface... you'll see a scene with
a Twilight Moblin. Oh no... ooooooh nooooo...! FIRE!!! He'll start an oil fire
from both ends of the bridge, so QUICKLY push that crate in front of you to
the side and use it to jump off the side of the bridge, and fall into...
~Lake Hylia- Twilight~
The firs thing you'll notice about the lake is that the water level is
dangerously low. If you use your wolf senses and listen to the Zoras here,
you'll get a pretty good idea of what happened to the lake... looks like we
have to check the Spirit Spring first, but the river is completely dried up,
rendering it unreachable due to low water levels. The first thing we have to
do is check the house nearby. Listen to the guy here, and he'll mistake a
Twilight Moblin for a customer. Head north across the dried-up "river" to deal
with him, and he'll mount a Twilight bird and attack you. Just jump around
while circling him to dodge his fire arrows, and Jump Attack him when he moves
close to the ground. You can latch onto him and do heavy damage. Once he bites
the dust, Midna will corral the bird and score you a ride up the river.
~Zora's River- Twilight~
This part is a minigame of sorts. You'll be riding the bird, and all you have
to do is aim the remote to steer the bird and press A to speed up. Don't hit
the walls or obstacles too much, and if you fall, you'll have to start over.
Pretty easy. Eventually, you'll arrive at...
~Upper Zora's River- Twilight~
You'll be dropped off near the boat rental cabin, not that you'll be able to
make much use of it now. Drop down to the river bottom and head east to...
~Zora's Domain- Twilight~
Head north here, and take a Long Jump up the ice spires(where the waterfall
would normally be). If any chunks of ice fall in your way, use your B button
energy attack to get them out of your way. Do two more Long Jump sequences to
move in the Zoras' throne room.
There's a trio of Twilight monsters waiting for you in the throne room. Kill
them to establish another warp point. We're gonna have to use this to thaw out
the Zoras and the river. Where can we get something really, really hot...?
Warp to Death Mountain.
~Death Mountain~
Remember when we came here, and the large half-molten rock flew out of the
volcano? Warp here, and get Midna to bring it back to Zora's Domain.
~Zora's Domain- Twilight~
Everything will now be halfway back to normal after the river gets thawed out.
Leave here, but before you do, a scene will occur with the spirit of the dead
Zora Queen, Rutela. She gives us a new mission: to save her son, Ralis. We'll
get to him soon enough, but for now, go swimming back to Lake Hylia.
~Lake Hylia- Twilight~
You'll end up right in front of the Spirit spring. Go inside and talk with the
last Light Spirit, Lanayru. We're going on one last bug hunt. Here are the
locations:
1: Follow it up the bridge as you leave the spring, and that's one down
already!
2: Go back to the floating wooden island northeast of the spring for bug #2.
3: Head back towards the spring to come across another Twilight monster trio.
Kill them to form another warp point, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know the drill by
now. Climb up the rock area(it's a maze, I know) to get to bug #3.
4: Bug #4 is over on a remote little island to the west. Easy to find, easy to
kill.
5, 6, 7, and 8: where you killed bug #4, howl at the patch of hawk grass to
summon that bird to take you up Zora's River again. Take the ride, but keep
your wolf sense activated the whole time. The bugs will be flying around along
the way, Z-target them and charge into them with A to kill them and collect
the tears in one fell swoop. You can get four bugs on the ride.
9: Once you get dropped off from the bird ride, listen to the lady with the
big Afro in front of the boat house. Bug #9 will appear.
0o Howl Stone!!! o0
While you're in front of the Canoe Rental Cabin, go to the north riverbank and
towards the top of an overhanging cliff. There is a HOWL STONE at the top,
repeat the melody like before(Zelda fans will recognize it as the Nocturne of
Shadow from Ocarina of Time) and the Golden Wolf will appear just east of
Hyrule Castle. We'll get to him in as soon as you've cleared the Twilight out.
10: Warp back to Zora's Domain. Bug #10 is hanging out on a wall. Dash into it
to dislodge him. Kill him, then leave here for now.
11, 12, 13, and 14: bugs #11 and #12 can be found on the odd lily pads in the
pool at the bottom of the waterfall outside of Zora's Domain. #13 is on a
strip of land a bit above water level. Do some Long Jumps to scale the
waterfall, and move to its west side to find a chest with a red rupee. Jump
down here to find it. Bug #14 is farther up the waterfall. Keep Long jumping
until you find a trail of green rupees off to the side follow it, jump off the
ledge, and follow that trail to bug 14.
15: I was stuck FOREVER on this one on my first playthrough, so listen up and
learn from my shame. Outside of the boathouse, there will be the spirits of
two Zora guards. Listen to them, and follow them in the stream moving
southwest. You'll emerge in Hyrule Field, so head back into the Castle Town.
ANOTHER Twilight trio will appear, so make another warp portal out of them. Go
right outside of Telma's Bar(follow the Ilia Scent if you don't remember where
that is). When you're outside, break open a few nearby crates with a Spin
Attack and bug #15 will be revealed! Kill him, and there's one left... but it
may be easier to find than you think. Midna will point it out on your map.
This one's gonna be a doozy! Warp back to Lake Hylia.
16: In the middle of Lake Hylia... swim over to the white dot on your map, and
you'll come across the biggest friggin' dark insect you've ever seen! Luckily,
she's not difficult to defeat. To dodge her, just choose one platform to stand
on. Stay far off to one side, and move to the other side of the platform as
she swoops down on you. Wait until she stops emitting electricity, then jump
onto her and bite her repeatedly. After a few rounds of attacking, she'll go
belly up in the water. Jump on to her abdomen and use your energy attack to
strike all her abdominal tentacles at once. With this battle done, you will
NEVER have to collect the tears from any dark insects again! (Scattered
applause)
~Lake Hylia~
No more Twilight!!! Yay!!! Talking with Lanayru the Light Spirit gives you a
most interesting scene on the subject of the residents of the Twilight Realm,
as well as a VERY creepy moment with a false Ilia... Once Link snaps out of
it, head on over to floating island and talk to Fyer(he's the clown-like
fellow with the gut). Pay him 10 rupees to launch you out of Lake Hylia for
now.
<3Heart Piece!!! <3
When you land from getting launched, head inside the nearby building and talk
to Falbi, the puffy-panted clown up here. Pay him 20 rupees to play his game.
Grab a chicken and use it to glide down to the platforms down on the surface
of the water. Land on the second platform from the top(including the high
rotating one) to get a HEART PIECE from the treasure chest.
CURRENT TOTAL: 7 hearts, 4 pieces
Once you're done with chickens and cannons and clowns(oh my!), launch back up
again and go back to Hyrule Castle Town. As you enter, you'll get some letters
from the Postman. One of them is from Barnes; he has a new type of bomb in
stock! We'll have to come by and check it out later. For now, enter the town.
Actually before you, I'll tell you how to get a couple more Golden Bugs.
Sorry if that disrupts the flow.
0o Golden Wolf!!! o0
On your way in through the east entrance, climb up a rocky platform to meet
the Golden Wolf again. This time, he teaches you the BACK SLICE! To use it, Z-
target an enemy, jump to the side twice to roll around to its backside, then
swing your Remote to slice them from behind. This technique is a godsend in
later battles!
**Golden Bug!!!**
One you're close to Hyrule Castle Town, go a bit southeast of the entrance and
look for a patch of pink flowers. A MALE BUTTERFLY is among them.
**Golden Bug!!!**
Now that you can cross the Great Bridge of Hylia while not in wolf form, do so.
Check the north end of the bridge(near the pillars) VERY closely and you'll
see a MALE MANTIS flying around here. Use your Gale Boomerang to get it.
Thanks to Mario Di Teodoro for pointing this out.
**Golden Bug!!!**
Go south of the Bridge of Hylia until you see a rocky arch with Chus(those
jelly slug-like enemies) dropping down. Check a nearby wall for the FEMALE
MANTIS. Use your Gale Boomerang to get it down. Thanks to Mario Di Teodoro
for pointing this one out, too! As a side note, I feel sorry for that poor
Male Mantis once you deliver them to Agitha. do you know what the female
mantis(in real life) DOES to the male during mating? Look it up!
~Hyrule Castle Town~
There is quite a bit of interesting stuff to do here, but we can't access most
of it yet. Here's what we CAN get:
<>Big Wallet!!!<>
When you enter from the east, head immediately south and enter the first
building you see(not the tent, we'll get to that later). Try not to get put
off by the creepy cradle music, and talk to the perky little Insect Goth girl
inside. This is Agitha, and she has to be the most unhealthily obsessed
entomologist/nut case in all of Hyrule. Maybe her parents didn't give her
enough love when she was a(younger) child... Regardless, she gives you cool
stuff, so I guess she's okay in my book. Give her any one of the insects you
found earlier, and she'll return the favor by giving you a BIG WALLET! Now you
can hold 600 rupees instead of just 300. If you picked up the female ant too,
she will express her gratitude by giving you 100 rupees! We'll give your
wallet a workout in the next paragraph...
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Near the east entrance to the town, there is a priest(?) In a green robe that
asks for donations. You can give rupees in increments of 30 or 50. Once you
give a total of 1000 rupees, he'll give you a HEART PIECE. You probably don't
have 1000 rupees to urinate away now, so just give what you can and save at
least 100 rupees for Barnes later. Come back here whenever you get some spare
cash and you'll have the Heart Piece before you know it.
CURRENT TOTAL: 8 hearts
Once you're done playing around, go to Telma's Bar to meet Telma in the, uh...
flesh, so to speak... hey! Hey!!! Her face is up there, buddy. You'll also
meet Ralis, the currently dying Zora prince and be united with Ilia. She won't
remember you, though, as she has currently lost her memory. Link and Telma
will get to talking, and you'll be conscripted to escort Ilia, Telma, and
Prince Ralis to Kakariko Village.
~Hyrule Field- Wagon Escort~
Remember when I said that bobber fishing was the most annoying part of the
game? Well, I lied. THIS part is the most annoying. You have to follow their
wagon as it goes, and kill any enemies along the way that might threaten it.
There will be Moblins, and yes, they WILL have fire arrows. If the wagon
catches on fire, Z-target it and use your Gale Boomerang to put out the
flames. Do it quickly, too! The wagon has a health meter, and if it stays on
fire for too long, you gotta try again. Just kill the enemies as they come and
stay close to the wagon so you can react to anything.
As you go across the Great Bridge of Hylia, you'll face off against the Moblin
King again! He does not know when to quit... it'll be the same as before, but
your sword will be useless against those new twin shields of his... approach
slowly this time, and pull out your Bow instead. Fire off a shot at him(if you
miss and run out of ammo, Telma will give you more), then swerve to dodge his
attack. Once he takes another plunge, you'll continue on.
As you continue on the trail, you'll come across Moblins on boar mounts, as
well as evil birds. Stay close to the wagon and Spin Attack them all if things
get too hairy. Remember, protecting the wagon should be a higher priority than
killing the enemies. Do the Gale Boomerang trick I mentioned earlier, and
you'll reach Kakariko without it being TOO hard...
~Kakariko Village~
Good news! Ralis will recover in due time. ^_^ He doesn't yet know about his
mother's death, though... Regardless, after you finish talking with Renado,
Colin, and Telma, Rutela's ghost will appear again. Follow her to the
Graveyard(you'll have to go through the crawlspace at the back after that
tombstone disappears- again, keen Zelda fans will notice the Zora's Sapphire
design on it) and talk to her again in the beautiful pool in the back. After
some more dialogue, she will cross over, but not before giving you the ZORA
ARMOR!
Apart from making Link look like a real dork out of water, it allows you to
swim freely and have unlimited air underwater. The catch-22 is that you are
more vulnerable to fire and ice attacks, but as long as you don't wear the
armor when you don't need it, there's no danger of that. While underwater, you
can use your Iron Boots to walk around like usual without fear of losing air.
You can use your sword underwater, too.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Head up the Death Mountain trail from the village and talk to the second Goron
you meet up the way. He'll offer to launch you up the cliff here; take his
offer but instead aim to the right. You'll grab onto an otherwise inaccessible
ledge. Follow the upper path here until you find a small cave on the right.
Drop down here and get the HEART PIECE out of the chest.
CURRENT TOTAL: 8 hearts, 1 piece
While we're here, go over to Barnes's Bomb shop and buy some WATER BOMBS.
These are identical to regular bombs, but work underwater. The thing is, you
can only carry 15 in your bag and you still only have one bomb bag.
Regardless, you'll have to sell back your regular bombs to make room. If
you're still short on cash after buying them, just go to the spring and test
them out on some underwater rocks. You may uncover a purple rupee or two.
Buy as many as you can, then head aaaaall the way back to Lake Hylia. Call
Epona and ride, postman, RIDE!
Actually, we're not gonna be able to go STRAIGHT to Lake Hylia. Go north of
Hyrule Castle and go as far north as you can from there. At the northernmost
point in Hyrule Field, you should find a rock barrier. Blast it down and you
should end up in Zora's Domain.
~Zora's Domain~
We can pick up a few things before heading to the Lakebed Temple. Here, go
south to the Upper Zora's River area and check out the two businesses here:
the canoe rides and the fishing spot!
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Go to the fishing spot, and go, well, fishing(Link's face upon entering the
hut is hilarious). Meet Hena, the owner of the fishing hole, and she'll
explain everything. You can get some cool fish here, but the real prize is
much better. There is a rock sticking out of the middle of the pond with a
HEART PIECE in plain sight. Use your fishing rod to catch it. The aiming is
tricky, so it may take a few tries. You can fish if you like, but there's
nothing else interesting here.
CURRENT TOTAL: 8 hearts, 2 pieces
!!! Empty Bottle !!!
While you're in the Fishing Spot, go off to the west until you see a sign
warning against littering(can fish really cry?). Use your Fishing Rod in the
small pool nearby(on the outside of the bridge) and you'll eventually fish up
an EMPTY BOTTLE! and since it's a bottle, you put stuff in it. Dance and sing,
Merry Christmas, it's a Bottle! Woo hoo! Those Red Chus will never know what
hit them!
**Golden Bug!!!**
Well, not exactly. There is the FEMALE DRAGONFLY you can catch just outside of
the canoe rental place. It's flying above the water, so you'll have to use the
Gale Boomerang to get it to you.
!!! Bomb Bag !!!
Also, while you're here, wander around to fight a Twilight monster trio and
form a convenient warp point. The owner of the canoe rides, Foxy Cleopatra,
er, I mean Iza, will be impressed with your fighting prowess and invite you
inside. Offer to help clear the rocks from the river and Iza will lend you
some regular bombs. Use them as Bomb arrows and clear the rocks from inside
the cavern, and you'll go on a little white water canoe ride! Just go down the
river, whistle along with the nice music here, using your bomb arrows to clear
out debris here as you go(you have unlimited arrows and bombs for the ride).
Once you get about halfway, you'll see an unnamed female Zora who will show
you the blockage up ahead. Blast it away, follow her to the end, and you'll
end up back in Lake Hylia. You also get to keep the extra BOMB BAG when you're
done! I suggest using one for regular Bombs and another for Water Bombs.
~Lake Hylia~
We're almost ready to go to the Lakebed Temple, but we have just one more
thing to collect in Lake Hylia first.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Climb up the rocky structures in the south of the lake, until you get to a
ladder. Climb up it, and you'll see a Howl Stone off to the side. You couldn't
have gotten this as a wolf, but we'll return for it after the Lakebed Temple.
Instead, blast open a nearby cave. Navigate through it with your Lantern until
you get to the end and receive a HEART PIECE. This is a long cavern, however,
but you can replenish your Lantern oil by killing the Yellow Chus(those yellow
slug-like jelly enemies) and scooping up the puddles of stuff they leave in
your bottle.
CURRENT TOTAL: 8 hearts, 3 pieces
Now that you're back in Lake Hylia, you can test out your Zora Armor even
further. Swim down to the bottom of the lake towards that dungeon marker on
your map. Another fair warning: you're going to HAVE to use your Iron Boots a
lot here, and you'll need to use them in order to use your Water Bombs
underwater.
You're going to need Water Bombs to blow open the entrance to the dungeon, but
don't worry if you didn't get them from Barnes or just ran out while playing
with them: There's a Zora just outside of the dungeon who will sell you some
more if you need them. Go up to the entrance and you'll see it's sealed off
with a boulder. Take out those Water Bombs and destroy that rock-like circle
on the lake floor in front of the temple. That'll start up a current, drop
another Water Bomb to carry it up and, with proper timing, destroy the boulder
blocking the entrance. Take off your iron boots and swim on in.
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Lakebed Temple [lake]
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OVERVIEW: Every Zelda game has one hideously difficult dungeon; if memory
serves me correctly, this isn't the first time it's been the water level. This
temple follows the tradition of the Watergate Dungeon from Link to the Past,
the notorious Water Temple from OoT, and the Great Bay Temple from Majora's
Mask. This temple was, at least for me, the hardest overall in the game. Once
you get the new weapon here, you can scale to new heights! And I apologize in
advance if the directions seem too confusing, that's just the nature of the
temple. I hope you don't get too lost.
WALKTHROUGH: As you swim in, you'll meet two returning faces to the Zelda
series: Shell Blades and Baris. Shell blades are the angry-looking clams,
slice them with your sword(yup, you can use your sword underwater, but only
when wearing your Iron Boots) and hit the muscle in between their "jaws". The
Baris are the electric jellyfish, and they can't be killed until you get this
dungeon's big treasure. Just avoid them all for now and swim through the
tunnel up to the temple proper.
Once you arrive in the first room, open the chest at the back to get 10 Water
Bombs(in case you ran out earlier trying to blow up the rock blocking the
entrance, I guess) and go up the nearby stairs. Jump off the ledge to grab the
hanging golden handle, and Link's weight will pull the switch down and open
the gate to the next room. While you're here, use a spare bottle to grab some
red Chu jelly from the Red Chus here. It restores 8 hearts if you drink it,
and a spare pick-me-up is always nice in a dungeon. Don't bother with the
Purple Chu jelly, I drank it once and it brought me down to just a QUARTER OF
A HEART!
Terrence Ray writes of the first room. Apparently, there are Blue Chus in
here as well: "They are pretty valuable for people with over 8 hearts and its
a good way to come back and get some blue chu jelly. At the beginning of the
cave, after you distinguish blue from purple you can get the blue jelly that
completely heals Link". Ha, guess I missed them my first time through. You
have to act quickly to get them(or the Red Chus too), because if you don't,
the Purple Chus will absorb the rest you'll just be left with one large
Purple Chu... you don't want that.
The first thing you want to do in the next room is open fire with your Bow
and shoot down every stalactite here. You'll have to use Bomb arrows, just
use your regular Bombs and don't waste Water Bombs. Once they're all down,
climb up them and go to the northwest corner of the room. Open the chest
there for 10 Bombs. As for the enemies here, you've already faced Tektites
before, and the fat little reptiles with the iron masks are called,
appropriately, Iron Masks(I think- I've been giving enemies names based on
similarities to enemies in past games, anyway). Just jump aside if they
charge you and attack their backsides to kill them, but they're not a dire
threat. Once you're done here, continue north into the next room.
You'll see a camera pan of this room just to see how vast the temple is, and
you'll get attacked by a Lizalfos waiting here for you. This humanoid lizard
is pretty easy to kill, but later incarnations will have more armor, so be
warned! Once you finish him off(do the Ending Blow for a crotch-stab!), keep
going north.
This next room is MASSIVE and connects every other main area in the temple.
The staircase in the middle is rotate-able, you can use those hanging switches
for that. If you jump and hang off of one, the top of the staircase will turn
to match the switch you just pulled. On the lower floor, the bottom of the
stairs will turn to meet you instead. The first thing you want to do is go
down the stairs and circle around to the south side of the lower floor. Jump
and pull down the switch there to rotate the bottom towards you, then climb up
the stairs. Circle around west to a dead end; smash the jar here to meet Oocoo
again. She's actually useful in this dungeon seeing as you can leave to get
more Water Bombs if you run out. But it should never come to that. While
you're on the top floor, pull the switch to the east to move the stairs again
and go down them to the west. Head right and open the chest for the DUNGEON
MAP. Go through the nearby door to the west.
In here, take out your Bow and shoot a Bomb arrow at the stalactite to stop a
water spout below. Head through the tunnel to your right to the lower floor.
Move across the ivy-covered rock pillar in the middle of the room until you
end up on the west side of it. You should see another water spout nearby. Bomb
arrow the stalactite above it to create a rising and falling platform, and use
it to get to the chest containing a small key. With the key, head back to the
main room with the rotating staircase.
Now that you're back here(I'm going to call the rotating staircase room the
"main room" in this dungeon), go to the western door on the top floor. Unlock
it and go in.
After going through a small hallway, you'll emerge in a small part of a
circular room. It looks like both ways here are sealed... but look up and to
the right. Stalactites. Bomb arrow them both and climb on the ivy(getting the
little height boost you need from the fallen rock). Drop on top of the wall
and pull the switch down from the ceiling to open the gate below(we'll need it
open later). Continue to circle around northwest and blow up the rock ahead of
you. Keep going, kill the Iron Masks here, and enter the door to the west.
As you enter this room, a little grasshopper-like enemy will enter a large
bubble of water and start jumping at you. Use a bomb to blow away the water
and kill him off the grasshopper like any other enemy. Once he's gone, leave
via the eastern door(the one to the south- there are two doors here, leading
to separate halves of the room to the east).
Once you leave, jump down and kill the Chus and Keese roaming around here.
Open the nearby chest for a small key, than enter the door to the middle of
this circular room.
Jump on top of the large gear here and battle the Lizalfos. Don't fall down!
You'll have to loop all the way back here if you do. And I HATE backtracking.
Once he dies, leave to the north.
We're back in the outside of the circle again. Enter the northern door to the
west and unlock the locked door in there(confused yet?). Jump down to the
bottom of the room here and climb the ivy on the north wall of the pit you're
now in. Once you get to the top of the ivy, run all the way up the spiraling
pathway and open the chest for 10 Bombs. But the important thing here is to
use the ladder to climb to the top of the nearby archway. Jump and pull the
switch to open a floodgate above you and get a stream of water going. Go down
the Super Happy Fun Slide to the now filled water pool at the bottom. Pull the
switch at the small island in the middle of the pool to open another floodgate
and get the water moving even further. Go back into the middle of the circular
room with the giant gear and drop down to the lower floor.
The stream of water got the paddle wheel turning in the floor above, as you
saw, and that means the platforms here are moving. Ride one of the platforms
to the platform to the north, and enter the door there.
In here, go slightly ahead, then to the left down a short pathway. Open the
chest for a small key, then go back into the room with the rotating gear and
hanging platforms and go through the west door this time.
Unlock the door in here and swim through the water-filled tunnel. Don your
Iron Boots at the end and drop to the bottom, and use a Water Bomb on the rock
covering part of that white webbing. Swim onward and upward to the surface at
the end. Once you climb out of the deep water, the hole in floor you swam
through will close up. Kill the two little tadpole enemies, then... look up.
Surprise! You're in the miniboss room! And she's none too happy about what you
did to her children...
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MINIBOSS BATTLE- GIANT FROG
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This large amphibian will drop down from the ceiling and send a large swarm of
tadpoles to attack. Keep your shield up and stay back against the wall. Try to
take out as many as you can with a Spin Attack, and when they're all dead, the
Giant Frog will leap in the air and try to land on you. Keep moving and watch
her shadow so that she doesn't land on you. When she does land, Z-target her
tongue and slice it up. Repeat this for three rounds or so, and that should be
it. It's an easy enough battle, and the tadpoles sometimes drop hearts when
they die, so it's very difficult to get killed here.
Once the Giant Frog burps up a chest and dies, open it and you'll get this
dungeon's big treasure: the CLAWSHOT! This sort of new weapon takes the place
of the Hookshot from previous games. You can use it to attach to those red and
gold Clawshot targets you may have seen in the dungeon before. Once you
grapple on to anything, you can raise and lower the chain(if the target is on
the ceiling) or cling to it and drop with A(if the target is on the wall).
Now that we have the Clawshot, use it on the target here to exit the room.
Once you hook onto the target, it'll pull down like a switch and open the gate
here. Leave to the south and head back to the temple's main room.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
In the main room, there's a chandelier in the very top of the room. Clawshot
up to it from the top floor and open the chest up there for a HEART PIECE!
CURRENT TOTAL: 8 hearts, 4 pieces
Once you get the Heart Piece, jump back down to the top floor and go to the
west door(with the water coming out of it). Clawshot up to the target there,
which acts in place of those handle switches to move the stairs. The stairs
now act as a water slide, sending the water down to the east wing of the
dungeon. Go down the stairs and head into the previously inaccessible east
side of the lower floor.
The next room is a bottomless pit with several large gears and many Clawshot
targets. Try your new gadget out on the Keese here, it'll blow them away in a
single hit! For now, just Clawshot onto the nearest target on top of one of
the gears, and lower yourself to a platform with 10 Water Bombs in a chest.
Clawshot from there onto the nearby ivy, then aim upwards to grapple onto a
higher patch of ivy. From there, grapple to one more patch of ivy on the wall
and go through the nearby door to the northwest.
Out here, you'll be faced by another grasshopper in a water balloon. Pull him
out with your Clawshot and hack him to death. Then pull out your bomb arrows
and knock down a stalactite above a conveniently placed water stream. Use the
makeshift platform to get through the upper gap in the wall, and take
advantage of the Clawshot switch on the other side. It'll lower the gate here,
but for now, head to the eastern door.
Kill two more grasshoppers-in-bubbles here, then Clawshot onto the ivy on the
ceiling. Move hand-over-hand over the wall, then Clawshot over to the other
side of the pool(ivy again) and go up the water ramp. As you go, experiment
with the Clawshot on enemies. Use it on the Iron Masks to pull their masks
off! You can even throw the mask at them to hurt them! I find such a tactic
hilarious but not as good as the sword. Once you get to the top, open the
chest for 10 Bombs, then Clawshot up to an upper ledge to get the COMPASS!
Once that's done, climb up the arch and grab the hanging switch like before to
start another waterfall. Slide back down and swim to the switch in the center
of the pool at the bottom. Mind the evil little fish, though! If you move
quickly, they won't get to you in time. Pull the switch down to open a
floodgate here. Follow the water stream and go into the room with the several
large gears.
Grapple back down the ivy patches and Clawshot onto one of the targets on the
west gear's underside. Once you pass over a platform, drop down and Clawshot
onto the east gear. Drop down once you get close to the east door, and head
through it. We activated both the waterfalls,; all we need to do now is get
the Big Key. And we're on the way to doing just that.
We'll arrive in a water-filled maze-like room. Jump in and swim around,
explore as much of it as you can. It's a difficult maze to describe, the
best advice I can give here is just look for spots you can use Water Bombs
on. Try using the clawshot underwater, you can use it while freely swimming,
without the Iron Boots! Try hitting a Bari with it, and you'll pull out its
brain and kill it instantly. Don't do it while it's emitting electricity,
though: you'll just get a nasty shock if you do that. As for the maze, try
to make your way to roughly the middle of the room and look for a bombable
rock. There will actually be live(?) Water Bombs swimming around close to it,
so put on your Iron Boots and strike one with your sword to start their
countdown. Just use one of them to blow away the rock, then swim on in. Drop
to the bottom again, and look for another destructible rock. Blow it up, then
swim to the surface for a gap you can climb through to get to dry land. Go
through the door there to the south.
After killing another bubble grasshopper here, look around a bit. There's a
Clawshot switch on the ceiling. It only stays activated as long as you hang
from it, though, so rather than drop into the hole below, lower yourself
through it to the platform below. Open the chest on front of you for the BIG
KEY! Celebrate your find by killing the Piranhas in the water below, then
leave through the underwater door. Head back to the main room.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
The water level is high enough now for you to go into the middle of the main
room and go into the boss room, but we have one more thing to get. Rotate the
stairs once more so that the water flowing from the east side of the dungeon
flows to the bottom floor on the west. Go west on the bottom floor into the
room with the one large gear, where you got the first small key here. The
water level in this room will rise, taking a floating bridge with it. Go
across that bridge and stand on the switch on the far end to open up a gate.
Kill the Lizalfos that emerge, then stand on the switch to open the gate
again. Clawshot into the closed-off area, and get the HEART PIECE waiting for
you. Finally, Clawshot your way back out.
CURRENT TOTAL: 9 hearts
Now that you've got everything you need, head back to the main room and open
the boss door. Put on your Iron boots and drop to the very bottom of the
water...
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BOSS BATTLE: TWILIT AQUATIC- MORPHEEL
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Morpheel starts out as a mouth poking out of the sand surrounded by tentacles.
If you played Ocarina of Time(and who hasn't?), the first part of the battle
is very similar to Morpha, the boss of the Water Temple. To hurt Morpheel in
the first part of the battle, take out your Clawshot and Z-target the eye
moving through the tentacles. Pull it out and attack it with your sword. Once
you damage it, it'll release some swimming Water Bombs, so deal with them
before returning to damaging Morpheel. If you get too close, it'll grab you
with a tentacle and eat(!!!) you(not a game over, it'll spit you back out).
After 3 hits or so, the... rest... of its body will emerge from the sand and
the REAL fight will begin!
Is this thing not THE BIGGEST BOSS YOU HAVE EVER SEEN?!?!?!? It'll start
swimming around the lair, so take off your Iron Boots and swim alongside it.
Z-target the single eye on the top of its head and Clawshot yourself towards
it when you're close enough. You'll straddle its back, so wave the Remote back
and forth to carve up its eyeball before you get thrown off. Repeat the
process maybe twice more to turn it into sushi, and the battle will be over
before you know it.
The last FUSED SHADOW and another HEART CONTAINER will be yours. Midna will
hint that Zant... is a false king... hmm... In any case, leave here for now.
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-Part 4: Reflection in the Sand [par4]
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~Lake Hylia~
As soon as you leave the Lakebed Temple, get ready for a rather interesting
and unpleasant surprise. I don't mind admitting I TOTALLY jumped while
watching that scene. You just get to see how evil and powerful Zant really
is... In the process, you'll be warped back to the northernmost are of Hyrule
Field.
Once the scene is over, you'll be stuck in wolf form again, and Midna will be
stuck in physical form in the light world. Basically, she's dying... you need
to seek help for her, and FAST! Go back to Hyrule Castle, posthaste!
~Hyrule Castle Town~
You can't exactly get in there through the front door in your current state,
so head over to Telma's bar. Try to go in, and you'll promptly be thrown out.
Leave here, but Telma's cat Louise will talk to you and give you some advice.
You can sneak in from above and go through the old waterway to the castle.
Push the loose crate over to the others and climb in the window.
Once inside, climb over the tightropes, but step lightly. If you fall, you'll
be quickly ejected from the premises again and have to start over. As you go,
press A while above people to listen in on various thoughts of people inside,
including Telma and her band of friends. Get to the end and you'll emerge in
the treasure-packed house of a man named Jovani. He'll give you the job of
killing the souls of 20 Poes, ghosts that haunt different areas of Hyrule at
night. But for now, he'll open the way to the underground waterway.
~Hyrule Castle Waterway~
You've actually been here before. It's where you first met Midna in the
Twilight Realm. Bite the hanging handle above the north gate, then swim on
through. Once you reach the end of this path, kill the Skulltulas lurking
around and grab a stick off the ground. Light on fire with a nearby torch then
use it to burn through the web. Take it with you and light more torches along
the way for a more permanent fire source. Burn through several more webs and
climb up the ledges and continue north/west. Once you get to what looks like a
dead end, turn on your wolf sense and dig in the patch of dirt.
This place look more familiar now? Go through the short tunnel ahead of you,
then go up the spiral staircase. There are Moblins shooting fire arrows here,
so be prepared to fight them off. Continue upwards like you did before, and go
outside when you reach the top.
You're back on the roof. Head towards the end like at the beginning of the
game. Apart from the enemies, there are no surprises here. Once you get near
the part where you had to do the Long Jump, run across the banner nearby as it
flaps in the breeze. Show up in Zelda's room again for another scene. Yes!!!
we get to recover the Master Sword!!! After all is said and done, Midna will
be healthy again(and able to survive outside of the Twilight Realm) and you'll
know where to go. However, once you leave the castle, it will be surrounded by
a yellow pyramid-like barrier! This must be Zant's work! We have more
immediate concerns to worry about, though. Warp back to Faron Woods.
~Faron Woods~
head up towards the Forest Temple, but as you go, one of your monkey friends
will show up, assaulted by several puppet enemies. Kill the Puppets, and the
monkey will point out where you need to go. Go up to a bit of high ground and
do a Long Jump past the Forest Temple and off to the side until you arrive at
another forested area. Go past the rotating bridges and tightrope walk across
where the tethered logs are swinging around. Careful not to get hit by those,
yes?
0o Howl Stone!!! o0
Once you get past the swinging logs, there is a HOWL STONE right ahead of you
in plain sight. Repeat the song(sounds just like the Prelude of Light from
OoT), and the Golden Wolf will appear just south of Hyrule Castle. We'll get
to him after the Master Sword.
Keep going down the path until you enter the...
~Sacred Grove~
This area is very weird. You have no automap, and the whole place mostly looks
the same, which can be very confusing. In the beginning here, search left for
a Howl Stone(not one that calls the Golden Wolf), and copy the song(Zelda's
Lullaby) to summon the Skull Kid. He will call up a bunch of Puppets, open a
pathway for himself, then disappear down it. Chase him as best you can, and
look around for him. Listen carefully for the horn the Skull Kid is playing to
find him, then hit him to make him retreat further into the forest. Keep
chasing him down like this, and eventually he will come to a clearing where he
keep summoning Puppets and jumping from trees stump to tree stump. Take out
the Puppets first, then Jump Attack him to eventually defeat him. Once you do,
go through the passage that opens up.
We are now in the heart of the Sacred Grove, among some nice-looking ruins. Go
up to the Triforce symbol on the ground and howl that same Zelda's Lullaby-
esque music. The statues here will come to life and present you with a puzzle.
You have to return them to the indicated tiles. The trick is, one will always
face and move in the same direction as you, and one will always move opposite
you. If they end up colliding, they will bounce back to where they stood
before and not move, even though you did. And if one collides with you, well,
you gotta try again. It took me FOREVER to get this part right and it looks
like a lot of other people have trouble with it too, but if you're REALLY
stuck, the quickest solution circulating so far is:
Down, up, left, up, right, down, down, down, up, up, left, up, up, right,
down.
Once the statues are back into place, go into the now open door ahead of you
and grab the MASTER SWORD!!! As a side effect of getting so close to it, the
evil spell Zant placed on Link will be lifted and he will be brought back into
human form. Midna will take out that... thing Zant placed in you and keep it.
Now, you can transform to and from your wolf form at any time. Just talk to
Midna to do it.
Midna then gets all buddy-buddy with Link and asks him to find something
called the "Mirror of Twilight", the only thing left that can help them defeat
Zant. Well, onwards! We gotta get out of here. There are a ton of things you
can collect with the Clawshot and your wolf form, and the first two things are
here in the Sacred Grove.
**Golden Bug!!!**
Once you get back into the courtyard(where you did the statue-moving puzzle),
check the southwest corner of the ruins. You'll know your close when you see
a broken treasure chest. Listen for the telltale glistening sound and look up
in a dark corner for the MALE SNAIL. Use your Gale Boomerang to get it down.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Go back to the clearing where you fought the Skull Kid, and blow up the rock
in the middle of it. A Poe will come out of the destroyed rock, kill it and
dig where the rock used to be to find a hidden cave. Kill all the Red Deku
Babas in there to make a chest with a HEART PIECE appear.
CURRENT TOTAL: 10 hearts, 1 piece
We have a lot of collecting to do now. I'm just going to put different
paragraphs for the items instead of listing them by area. Be warned: You are
about to collect a LOT of bugs now that you have the Clawshot and the ability
to warp!
0o Golden Wolf!!! o0
You'll find him outside the south entrance to Hyrule Castle Town. Talk to him
here to learn the HELM SPLITTER! When you fight a heavily armed opponent, do a
Shield Bash to knock them off balance, then press A to flip over them and
bust their head. This will be a life-saver in the sixth dungeon and beyond!
**Golden Bug!!!**
Check just south on the southern entrance to Hyrule castle. While still on the
stone steps leading to town, look on the east side for the FEMALE LADYBUG. It
flies around a lot, so it's difficult to catch with your Gale Boomerang. I
just wait until it rests on a wall or whatever, than walk up and grab it.
**Golden Bug!!!**
In the area south of Hyrule Castle Town, go west until you find a Deku Baba
and a Red Deku Baba beside a natural stone pillar with ivy on one side. Deal
with the Babas, and look closely here. The MALE LADYBUG is flying around close
to the ground. There are no big tricks in getting it, just pick it up as it
gets close to you.
>>-<> Big Quiver!!! <>-<<
Go to the circus tent close to the east entrance to Hyrule Castle Town. Pay 10
rupees to play the STAR game(Worst. Acronym. Ever!). Use your Clawshot to
climb back and forth in the cage and collect all the spheres before time runs
out. If you win, you'll receive the BIG QUIVER! Now you can hold 60 arrows
instead of 30. You can do another version of this game once you complete the
seventh dungeon, but it's actually easier than this one. Go figure.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Warp back to Lake Hylia and go inside the Spirit Spring. There's a patch of
ivy at the back; Clawshot to it and enter the door. Light the two torches to
get to another HEART PIECE.
CURRENT TOTAL: 10 hearts, 2 pieces
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Go to any of the patches of Hawk Grass in Lake Hylia and talk to Plumm(the odd
parrot bird) as Wolf Link. She'll challenge you to a balloon-collecting mini-
game. Despite the point values of the balloons(greens are worth 1, oranges are
3, reds are worth 10), it's very easy to score 10000 points if you just grab
the chain of red ones early on. Once you get 10000 points or more, she gives
you a HEART PIECE!
CURRENT TOTAL: 10 hearts, 3 pieces
0o Howl Stone!!! o0
While you're still in Lake Hylia, you can find that Howl Stone we had to pass
up earlier. It's on the cluster of land to the south. Copy the song and this
time the Golden Wolf will appear in the as-yet unmarked eastern portion of
your map. We'll be there soon enough, no worries.
!!!Bomb Bag!!!
Warp to Zora's Domain. Come back in human form and use your Iron Boots to sink
all the way to the bottom. Use a Water Bomb to blow up the rock and free a
Goron! Listen to how he got there, and he'll give you a third BOMB BAG! In
theory you could fill each one with a different type of bomb, but Water bombs
are too costly and Bomblings just aren't worth it. So, yeah! You should never
run out of bombs anymore now! But you gotta wonder: How will that Goron get
out of there?
!!!BOMB BAG UPGRADE!!!
Warp to Upper Zora's River and check out Iza's canoe rental cabin. If you pay
20 rupees, you can try a target shooting game. you ride down in the canoe like
before, but you can use Bomb arrows to blow up the jar targets strewn
throughout the course. Green jars are worth 1 point, red ones are worth 2.
If the canoe hits anything, you get penalized 1 point. The best advice I can
give is, don't get caught up in aiming too much. You don't want lose points
unneccesarily. Take things slow, too, as there's no time limit. The targets
are pretty easy to hit overall. If you get 25 points, you get the GIANT BOMB
BAG! Now you can hold twice as many Bombs in all three Bomb Bags. Sweet!
**Golden Bug!!!**
Warp to Hyrule Castle and in the area east of the castle town, Clawshot up
onto the ivy hanging over a nearby cliff. Check up there for a FEMALE
BUTTERFLY.
**Golden Bug!!!**
Go to the north area in the Lanayru province(north of Hyrule Castle), and look
on one of the trees. You should find a MALE STAG BEETLE on the side of one.
Search closer to the east entrance to this area.
**Golden Bug!!!**
In the same area where you got the Male Stag Beetle, Check the rocky area to
the north(that is, north of the river flowing here). Look for an area up the
path with a shabby wooden fence and a Lizalfos roaming around. Kill the
Lizalfos, then look up a nearby rock wall for The FEMALE STAG BEETLE. Use
your Gale Boomerang to get it down.
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
I know this isn't on the way to anything, but go to the north area of Hyrule
Field and circle around to the north end of the Bridge of Eldin. There should
be a cliff on a nearby rock wall, Clawshot up to the top using the target.
Enter the cave there and go through it(use your Iron Boots and watch the
magma) to get a HEART PIECE at the end.
CURRENT TOTAL: 10 hearts, 4 pieces
**Golden Bug!!!**
On that same ledge close to the Bridge of Eldin, there is a FEMALE PHASMID on
the rock wall. It blends in with the wall very well during the day, so you
have to either look closely or wait until night time.
BIG NOTICE: There is another Heart Piece you can potentially collect now as a
reward for a small side-quest starting in Kakariko Village. I won't cover it
now, because you have to go to Malo Mart and donate 1000 rupees to restore the
bridge west of Hyrule Castle Town first. I suggest you go and drop off as much
money as you can afford at the moment. I'll cover how to get it in full after
the next dungeon.
~Hyrule Castle Town~
Now! Once you're done all that collecting, warp back to Hyrule Castle and go
back To Telma's bar. Sometimes you just have to go where everybody knows your
name... Enter the bar(Link: "Hey everyone." Everyone: "LINK!!!" Telma: "how's
life treating you, honey?" Link: "Pour." Telma: "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."
Link: "No, just pour me a beer." :P) and talk to Telma. She'll introduce you
to the gang(who should get their own spinoff game in time, not that annoying
Tingle): Shad, the bookwormy nerd of the bunch and Ashei, an unintentionally
rude but good-hearted Emo/Goth warrior girl. And you'll also meet up with Rusl
again! Awesome! After talking to everyone here and checking the map on the
table, you'll get a pretty good idea of what you need to do next: We have to
go meet Auru, the fourth member of the group, back at Lake Hylia. Leave town
and warp there.
~Lake Hylia~
Go back up that nearby ladder and past the Howl Stone, you should come across
a thin stone tower(if you can't find it, check the red target on your map).
Climb to the top to introduce yourself to Auru. He'll show you a view of the
Gerudo Desert to the east, as well as share the story of the prison there. He
speaks of a mirror... perhaps it's the Mirror of Twilight? Only one way to
find out! Before you leave, Auru gives you a memo to give to Fyer, that clown
who operates the cannon. Go to Fyer's island cabin and show him the memo by
equipping and using it. After a short conversation with Fyer, he'll agree to
launch you out of the cannon(for free- this one time only) to...
~Gerudo Desert~
Once you arrive here, Midna will explain some more about the Fused Shadows to
you... and just how dangerous they can really be. And what happened to those
who used them last, as well as the origin of the Twilight Realm... a sobering
story. When Zant took control, Midna- a descendant of the original denizens of
the Twilight Realm- was banished to the world of light. I honestly think that
this is a great source of pathos for Midna, but we must press on anyway.
The Desert itself is, truth be told, a large and boring place, but there are
two big points of interest. The first is to the far southeast. As you go,
beware the little worm enemies that constantly burrow and leap out of the
sand, move quickly to avoid them and roll out of their way if they annoy you.
Once you get to the southeast, look for a large impossible-to-miss rocky
structure. Clawshot up to a tree, then to a Peahat(a flying plant-like
creature) to get to the top of the rock. Once you do, another group of
Twilight Monsters will appear on you. It's easy to kill them all at once in
such close quarters, but don't take too much damage here. When they die, take
a look at this HUGE ASS structure on top? Look familiar? It's the missing
middle part of the Bridge of Eldin! Turn into a wolf and answer Midna's hail
to warp it back to the rest of the Bridge of Eldin(the little yell she gives
while psychically lifting heavy objects is adorable). Once that's done, head
back north in the Desert.
I should also point out that there is a cave you revealed by warping that
chunk of the bridge back to its proper place. That's the Cave of Ordeals, an
optional 50-floor endurance dungeon. You can't get to the end right now, so
don't worry about yet. It's best to wait until after the next three dungeons
or so until you can get all the way down.
**Golden Bug!!!**
In the middle south area of the desert, look for a MALE DAYFLY flying around.
Ironically, it's much easier to spot at night.
**Golden Bug!!!**
From where you find the Male Dayfly, keep heading east. you'll come across
some stone ruins with a treasure chest on top. keep going northeast from
there to come across a gully in the sand(that is, a sort of trench). the
FEMALE DAYFLY is flying around in one of them. Like the male, she's MUCH
easier to spot at night.
Head to the northeast and you'll come across a Moblin settlement. You know
what to do... kill as many as you can, and when you're free of distractions,
take and ride one of their boars. Press A to charge and break through their
wooden walls and structures, revealing countless treasure chests with rupees.
Ride a boar further north, and break through the walls to gain access to the
furthest north area here.
0o Golden Wolf!!! o0
On your way north, you'll come across the Golden Wolf again. This time he
teaches you my personal favorite skill: The MORTAL DRAW! To use it, do NOT Z-
target your opponent, sheathe your sword, and let an enemy get close to you.
Then, press A at JUST the right time to attack with a quick draw! I love this
one!
<3Heart Piece!!!<3
Press on north into a