zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- ----zzzz--------zzzz---- --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess GameFAQs FAQ of the Month December 2006 FAQ/Walkthrough By MrShotgun of GameFAQs Copyright Andrew Brown July 26th 2007 Andrew.ComfortablyNumb[at]GMail.com All guides by MrShotgun are submitted to GameFAQs first, and disseminated to other hosting websites as the author finds the time and desire to do so. To ensure that you are viewing the most recent version of any guide, please visit www.gamefaqs.com. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- Author's Pledge When Richard Taylor of New Zealand's Weta Workshop undertook the monumental task of the production design for the Lord of the Rings films, he gave this speech to his employees. Recognizing the significance of this speech, I have adopted it as my own pledge to the quality of my guides. God, I'm a nerd. "If you can't rise to the highest level of enthusiasm, passion, and professionalism, and grasp this task as if it is the most important thing that you have ever taken on in your life, you aren't worthy of the task. We have been blessed with this opportunity." - Richard Taylor, Weta Workshop -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- Version Information ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0000] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- --------------------- FAQ/Walkthrough v1.0 December 12th - 18th, 2006 Main Walkthrough finished! Other chapters coming in future updates, which should arrive on a daily basis. --------------------- FAQ/Walkthrough v1.1 December 19th, 2006 Work begins on supplemental chapters today. Game Basics; Items and Equipment; Pieces of Heart; Golden Bugs; Poe Souls; Howling Stone and Special Attacks; Miniboss and Boss Appendix Chapters completed. A fishing guide will follow soon. ---------------------- FAQ/Walkthrough v1.21 February 18th - February 21st, 2007 First, let me apologize for the long wait between updates. My internet access has been sketchy of late, and though the guide is functionally accurate throughout, there are still some things which needed to be refined. Which is what this update is for. Haha. Guide ran through a spellchecker. All instances of Moblin in guide have been changed to Bokoblin. Removed a leftover bit of text in the Lakebed Temple subchapter which mentioned a non-existant Piece of Heart. Added the name of one of the Howling Stone whose song I didn't know (big thanks to those who identified it for me). Fixed the name of another song (I said it was the Nocturne of Shadow, when it was actually the Requiem of Spirit). Fixed a numerical error in the Walkthrough chapter's find codes. Minor revisions to guide to improve appearance. Removed "and Sidequests" from the Chapter Zero-Three Hundred title, since there are no Sidequests. Perhaps the biggest addition to the guide is the new Wii Version Walkthrough. Okay, so it's just the Gamecube version of the guide, cut and pasted and changing L-Target, east/west and left/right directions with Microsoft Word's Find/Replace feature. But whatever. I'll be up front with my readers on this: it ain't perfect, as it's a converted Gamecube walkthrough, not a whole new Wii walkthrough (sorry people, I just don't have another eighty hours to write another walkthrough). I'll do my best to continually update it, and will rely on my readers to fix any errors which may be in it, especially those which relate specifically to the Gamecube controls. The supplemental chapters remain Gamecube exclusive, for the moment. Fixed a truly hilarious blunder in which some of the words in the Wii Walkthrough read as "bleft" instead of "bright," or sentences appeared as "ran left into" instead of "ran right into." I'll let you use your imagination to figure out how this happened. ---------------------- FAQ/Walkthrough v1.32 March 09th - July 26th, 2007 Supplemental Chapters now include Wii alternatives. Fixed the ASCII maps in Forest Temple for Wii version. Links updated to conform with GameFAQ's latest file update. Appendix codes updated to make searching through GCN and Wii versions of the guide easier. Expanded the Ganondorf, Part II boss section to include the use of the Bobber Fishing Rod, as well as the Action Event. Version Information cleaned up a bit. Additional directional errors in Wii walkthrough corrected. Added Item Checklists to the beginning of each Walkthrough chapter. Cleaned up the Status Reports so they look nicer. ENTIRE Lanayru Province Ice Block Cavern Puzzle Solution has been redone. The initial solution had some errors, and was also difficult to read, as it was in written format. The new version works, and is done in ASCII diagrams, so should be easier to follow. Although I went to considerable pains to ensure that the Wii diagrams are a perfect mirror of the GCN diagrams, I still have no way to actually verify them. Yes, that's right, I still don't own Twilight Princess for the Wii. The charts should be accurate; if someone happens to be reading this (nobody does), and happens to use my Wii diagrams, please confirm if they are correct or not. I know I said back on December 19th that I would do a Fishing Guide "soon." Well, I will. Just not "soon." It will happen when I get around to it. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- Table of Contents ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0100] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- Each chapter of the guide is further divided into smaller chapters, called "Subchapters." For Subchapter listings, see the beginning of each chapter. [0000] Version Information [0100] Table of Contents [0200] Game Basics [0300] Walkthroughs [0400] Inventory and Equipment [0500] Pieces of Heart [0600] Golden Bugs [0700] Poe Souls [0800] Howling Stones and Special Attacks [0900] Miniboss and Boss Appendix [1100] Frequently Asked Questions [1200] Legal Stuff, Links, Contact Information and Special Thanks -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- Game Basics ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0200] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- [0201] Twilight Princess [0202] The Twilight Realm [0203] Link Goes Lycanthropic [0204] Sword Combat [0205] Special Attacks [0206] Link the Equestrian [0207] Link's Inventory [0208] Dungeons of Hyrule [0209] Pieces of Heart, Golden Bugs and Poe Souls [0210] Conclusion ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- Twilight Princess ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0201] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Though it was not announced until many years later, it's easy to say that the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess truly began its life at the 2000 Spaceworld Video Game Expo. There, Nintendo unveiled their new Gamecube project, showing off its capabilities with an exciting full-motion video of Link and Ganondorf in a heated sword duel. Though the video was little more then a technical demo, it didn't take long for the grapevine to distort the video into the next Zelda game (a claim Nintendo never made). And so, when the Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker was revealed several years later, it made Wind Waker's cel-shaded graphical style all the more shocking and controversial. The game's popularity suffered noticeably, drawing attacks where normally Zelda would only receive praise. Though the game, once released, ultimately proved to be one of the better Zeldas out there, the damage had already been done. Despite critical acclaims and numerous awards, the Wind Waker seemed to have reached an undisputed level of disappointment in the series. As though to seemingly drive the nail into the coffin, the Four Swords Adventures game which followed the next year went almost completely ignored. But, all was not lost. Giving in to the pressure from its fanbase, the new Zelda development team took the Wind Waker engine, and heavily modified it. Scrapping the graphical style and the oceanic exploration, when Twilight Princess (then simply called The Legend of Zelda) was finally revealed, it was like the second coming. What fans saw was the game they expected Wind Waker to be. Reports of it's unveiling described the audience as "cheering, falling to their knees and crying," which may sound like a bit much, but hey, it's Zelda. The years that followed Twilight Princess' first press release saw a series of delays which reminded us all vividly of the numerous delays that plagued Ocarina of Time's development. A final delay was announced when Nintendo decided to release a port of Twilight Princess with its Wii system (likely in response to the fact that none of Nintendo's main franchises had launch titles ready for the Wii release date). This idea was actually greeted favorably by many fans. Until, that is, with less then two months to the long-awaited release, Nintendo decided to push the Gamecube release of Twilight Princess back a month in an obvious effort to boost Wii sales. The gamble ultimately proved successful, but it was still a blow to the fans who had patiently waited for the Gamecube release of the game. An uncharacteristically ominous rift developed between Nintendo fans, a group who was typically more united then any other faction in the Console wars. However, a month later, Gamecube players were finally given what they were promised. Sort of. With the emphasis on the Wii, Nintendo inadvertently failed to make enough Gamecube versions of the game to meet demand. But the game had finally been released, after several delays, both necessary and unnecessary. I was among those who patiently waited for the Gamecube version of Twilight Princess. And this guide, which is the first fan guide to be written specifically for the Gamecube version (later modified to encompass the Wii version as well, so don't fret, you impatient rich kids), is a result of over eighty hours of effort over the course of a single week. Go me. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- The Twilight Realm ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0202] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ The main focus of Twilight Princess is the new Twilight Realm. With the vague information originally provided about the title, fans presumed that the Twilight Realm was a form of the Golden Realm which first appeared in A Link to the Past. But this turned out to not be the case at all. The Twilight Realm is a whole new land unto itself (unlike the Golden Realm, which is a eutopic form of Hyrule). As Link progresses on his journey, beginning as a naive stablehand, and ultimately rising to be the Chosen of the Goddesses, he will encounter the Twilight Realm. The King of the Twilight Realm is, for reasons unknown, expanding the sphere of the Twilight Realm into the Light Realm of Hyrule. The people who become trapped in the Twilight become Spirits, and see the realm in their own twisted way. But when Link enters the Twilight, he does not become a Spirit. While in the Twilight Realm, Link becomes a Wolf, and is invisible to the Spirit inhabitants of the Light Realm. He is also joined by an inhabitant of the Twilight Realm (who are known as the Twili). Her name is Midna, and she has a bone to pick with the King of Twilight. Though she is a major character throughout the course of the game, Midna's importance to the storyline slowly expands, until she reaches the point where she becomes the story's most important character (and, arguably, it's main character). The result is one of the most compelling and interesting characters in Zelda lore. Link spends the first half of his journey attempting to beat back the Twilight Realm by restoring the four Light Spirits. Once he has finally accomplished this task and freed Hyrule from the Twilight King's assault, however, he discovers his journey has only just begun. After a shocking sacrifice, Link and Midna set out to invade the Twilight Realm itself, and defeat the King of Twilight once and for all. But lurking in the background is an evil presence, who is manipulating the situation to his own desires. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- Link Goes Lycanthropic ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0203] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Initially, Link only becomes a Wolf while in the Twilight Realm. The power of the Light Spirits transforms him back into a Hylian. However, after an encounter with the King of Twilight, Link is permanently cursed with the Wolf's form. But, all is not lost. After a quest to remove the Shadow Crystal from his body, he regains his Hylian Form. He also gets the ability to become a Wolf whenever he likes. While in Wolf Form, Link's movements and attack patterns significantly change. He loses access to all of his items, but gains two new abilities: Dig and Sense. Using the Wolf's enhanced Senses, Link can "see" hidden enemies, find buried objects, and follow the gaseous scent trails of certain objects and characters. By Digging, Link can uncover hidden objects, and enter underground caverns. Wolf Link's attack repertoire also changes significantly. Though he can dodge and attack in much the same way that Hylian Link does, Wolf Link has no shield. He is left completely defenseless. Link can also bite at enemies with his powerful jaws, and in certain cases can even pounce on enemies and chew on their jugular veins. Which is about as much fun as it sounds. Wolf Link's last attack actually belongs to Midna, who will charge up a black sphere, which destroys all enemies caught in its influence. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- Sword Combat ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0204] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Twilight Princess utilizes a heavily modified version of the Wind Waker game engine, which was based heavily on the Ocarina of Time game engine. So if you've ever played Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, or The Wind Waker, then you'll already be pretty familiar with Link's sword abilities. By moving near an enemy, you can hold down the L-Button. This will focus Link's attention on that target as long as the L-Button is held, and changes his movement and attack commands significantly. While L-Targeted, Link can dodge backwards or to the left and right. He also automatically holds up his shield while L-Targeted, automatically blocking attacks which come his way so long as you are not using a weapon. L-Targeting also gives Link significantly enhanced fighting skills. By pushing forward on the joystick and tapping the attack button, Link will stab with his sword. Simply pressing the Attack button will cause Link to swing his sword to the left and right. Pressing the Action button will force Link to do his most powerful basic attack, the Jump Attack. The system is almost completely unchanged from Ocarina of Time, and for good reason. Ocarina of Time's combat system is still considered to be one of the finest ever created for a three-dimensional action game. Even today, ten years later, other titles attempt to enhance or even just duplicate its system. To say that all of them have failed would be an understatement. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- Special Attacks ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0205] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ As you progress through the game, you'll come across six Howling Stones. As Wolf Link, you can stand near these Howling Stones. Only Wolf Link's ears can hear the song that the Howling Stone sings. By duplicating the songs that the Howling Stones play, Link can summon a Golden Wolf to a location in Hyrule. Visiting that Golden Wolf will trigger an encounter with an Undead Warrior, who will teach Link one of seven hidden abilities. These abilities range from the Ending Blow (which allows Link to kill a stunned enemy), to the Back Slice (which allows Link to get behind and then damage an enemy). Several of the attacks are based off of counter-attacks from Wind Waker (Back Slice, Helm Splitter), while others are entirely new (Jump Strike, Shield Attack). Learning and then utilizing all of the game's Special Attacks turns Link into an even more formidable fighting machine. You'll need them, too; some of the later enemies in the game are the most powerful enemies ever to appear in a Zelda title. Fear the Dark Nut. You have been warned... ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- Link the Equestrian ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0206] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ In Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, Link had to find Epona before he could use her. In Twilight Princess, he begins the game with her (in fact, one of the very first tasks you're given is done with Epona). The fighting system has been enhanced so that any weapon or item which could conceivably be used on Horseback, can be. Most significant of all, however, is the fact that two major boss battles in the game (including a part of the final boss battle) take place on horseback. Much was made of Epona in Ocarina of Time, but her presence and function in Twilight Princess really throws into light just how trivial Epona was in that title. And in Majora's Mask, well... don't even get me started. Unfortunately, as you progress further into Twilight Princess, Epona sort of gets the same treatment. The more Warp Portals you unlock and the more distant locations you are forced to travel to, the less you'll need Epona. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- Link's Inventory ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0207] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Link's inventory in Twilight Princess features an eclectic mix of old favorites and new toys. Perhaps the most exciting "new" item is the Clawshot, which is similar to the Hookshot in function, but has a few added features (such as the ability to use two Clawshots at the same time to travel great distances). Other nifty new items include the Spinner, which let's Link travel at high speeds along marked paths, and the Dominion Rod, which gives Link control over inanimate objects. Even old items in the game are given new features. The Gale Boomerang, which features Wind Waker's multi-target locking system, now generates a whirlwind as it travels, which is needed to solve several wind-based puzzles. The Hero's Bow can be combined with Bombs to create explosive arrows, or with the Hawkeye to create a sniper's weapon. Other Zelda staples return, complete unaltered. The most notable come-backer is the Empty Bottles, with once more four hidden around Hyrule which must be located to maximize your life-restoring potential. Unfortunately, the four Bottles aren't nearly as well hidden as they have been in previous Zelda titles. The Slingshot also returns. You'll use it three times total in the game, making one wonder why it's in the game at all. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- Dungeons of Hyrule ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0208] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ A shortage of dungeons has been a major issue for critics since Majora's Mask. Twilight Princess tries to rectify this situation by providing nine dungeons, equal to that of Ocarina of Time. Though the dungeons are all extremely well made (the Arbiter's Grounds and Temple of Time are particularly fantastic), some of them suffer for being a tad on the short side. In fact, for some bizarre reason, the dungeons become shorter and shorter as you progress, in sharp contrast to Ocarina's dungeons growing larger and larger. In the game's first dungeon, you'll travel to the Forest Temple. Though this is presumably the same Forest Temple that appeared in Ocarina of Time, it looks completely different. It's more overgrown then ever, and a pack of friendly monkeys (and an unfriendly Baboon) have taken up residence. Dodongo's Cavern has now been completely industrialized by the Gorons, and transformed into the Goron Mines. The leaders of the Goron tribe call it home, and their Patriarch is having some difficulties. At the bottom of Lake Hylia is the Lakebed Temple (presumably, OOT's Water Temple). Players must reactivate the dungeon's sprawling machinery to open the way to the bottom of the dungeon, where a massive creature waits in a massive arena. From there, it's off to the Arbiter's Grounds, an ancient stronghold of the Sages built in the Gerudo Mesa. The temple guards the entrance to an ancient prison, but has been overrun by the undead and has fallen into disrepair. High atop Snowpeak Mountain is an ancient mansion, which a friendly Yeti and his wife have taken up residence in. Despite the presence of these two allies, the Mansion is far from safe, and an evil presence threatens the inhabitants of the building. The Temple of Time has fallen into disrepair since the events of Ocarina of Time. When the player comes across it, he will find nothing more then a crumbling ruin (in fact, little more then the doorframe of the Door of Time has survived). However, wielding the weapon of the Hero of Time, the player can return to the Temple of Time in its prime, and reclaim a stolen object hidden away in the past. As you progress through the game, you'll make occasional meetings with members of the Oocca tribe. Finally, you'll make the journey to their City in the Sky. Which is under attack by a dragon. From there, it's deep into enemy territory: the Twilight Realm itself. The King of Twilight awaits in his Palace of Twilight. And from there, it's to the heart of evil, in a place all too close to home. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- Pieces of Heart, Golden Bugs -----zz----------zz----- and Poe Souls ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0209] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ A staple since the game's inception, hidden stuff has varied in every title since. The original Zelda had players looking for hidden Container Hearts in the game's overworld. Beginning with A Link to the Past, these Container Hearts became Pieces of Heart, which you needed four of to complete a whole Container. Twilight Princess remixes this concept more: you now need five Pieces of Heart. In addition to forty-five hidden Pieces of Heart, accounting for nine of your twenty Heart Containers, Twilight Princess has two other groups of items to look for. There are twenty-four Golden Bugs hidden in and around Hyrule Field, which can be exchanged for cash and bigger wallets. And a man in Hyrule Castle Town has had his soul stolen, and divided into sixty Poes who now haunt all the corners of Hyrule. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- Conclusion ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0210] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Using a simple rehash of Ocarina of Time's gameplay into the Wind Waker engine, Nintendo has produced what is easily described as the best Zelda since Ocarina of Time. While calling it Ocarina's superior would be pushing it, it's fairly safe to call it Ocarina's equal. Though the game's length is clearly padded at times by lengthy required sidequests, and the Wolf Link aspect of the game is ultimately under utilized and never fully realized, there's no denying that what's here works really well. With any luck, Twilight Princess will mark a new rise in the series, a series which has been on a very slow decline since Majora's Mask. That's what happens when you hit a high mark like Ocarina of Time or Final Fantasy VI; everything that follows just doesn't seem to live up. Twilight Princess is undeniable greatness, but it could conceivably be beaten. With Ocarina of Time, that conceivability was a bit harder to see. So, here's a toast to good things to come. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- -----zz----------zz----- Walkthroughs ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0300] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- Gamecube Walkthrough [0301] Ordona Province, First Visit [0302] Faron Province, First Visit [0303] Ordona Province, Second Visit [0304] Hyrule Castle, First Visit [0305] Ordona Province, Third Visit [0306] Faron Province, Second Visit [0307] Dungeon I: The Forest Temple [0308] Eldin Province, First Visit [0309] Dungeon II: Goron Mines [0310] Eldin Province, Second Visit [0311] Lanayru Province, First Visit [0312] Dungeon III: Lakebed Temple [0313] Hyrule Castle, Second Visit [0314] Faron Province, Third Visit [0315] World Tour For Nifty Stuff [0316] Lanayru Province, Second Visit [0317] Desert Province [0318] Dungeon IV: Arbiter's Grounds [0319] Peak Province [0320] Dungeon V: Snowpeak Ruins [0321] Faron Province, Fourth Visit [0322] Dungeon VI: The Temple of Time [0323] The Six Mysterious Statues [0324] Dungeon VII: The City in the Sky [0325] Fun Things with the Double Clawshots [0326] Dungeon VIII: The Palace of Twilight [0327] Optional Dungeon: The Cave of Ordeals [0328] A Few Final Things [0329] Dungeon IX: Hyrule Castle Wii Walkthrough [0331] Ordona Province, First Visit [0332] Faron Province, First Visit [0333] Ordona Province, Second Visit [0334] Hyrule Castle, First Visit [0335] Ordona Province, Third Visit [0336] Faron Province, Second Visit [0337] Dungeon I: The Forest Temple [0338] Eldin Province, First Visit [0339] Dungeon II: Goron Mines [0340] Eldin Province, Second Visit [0341] Lanayru Province, First Visit [0342] Dungeon III: Lakebed Temple [0343] Hyrule Castle, Second Visit [0344] Faron Province, Third Visit [0345] World Tour For Nifty Stuff [0346] Lanayru Province, Second Visit [0347] Desert Province [0348] Dungeon IV: Arbiter's Grounds [0349] Peak Province [0350] Dungeon V: Snowpeak Ruins [0351] Faron Province, Fourth Visit [0352] Dungeon VI: The Temple of Time [0353] The Six Mysterious Statues [0354] Dungeon VII: The City in the Sky [0355] Fun Things with the Double Clawshots [0356] Dungeon VIII: The Palace of Twilight [0357] Optional Dungeon: The Cave of Ordeals [0358] A Few Final Things [0359] Dungeon IX: Hyrule Castle ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- Gamecube Walkthrough -----zz----------zz----- Ordona Province, First Visit ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0301] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Status Report - New Things This Chapter - Heart Containers: 00/20 Heart Containers: 03 Heart Pieces : 00/45 Heart Pieces : 00 Golden Bugs : 00/24 Golden Bugs : 00 Poe Souls : 00/60 Poe Souls : 00 Abilities : 00/07 Abilities : 00 +----------------------------Inventory Checklist------------------------------+ |_ Lantern _ Gale Boomerang _ Iron Boots _ Bombs | |_ Water Bombs _ Bomblings _ Hero's Bow _ Hawkeye | |_ Clawshot _ Double Clawshots _ Spinner _ Ball and Chain | |_ Dominion Rod _ Slingshot _ Fishing Rod _ Horse Call | |_ Bottle #1 _ Bottle #2 _ Bottle #3 _ Bottle #4 | | | +----------------------------Equipment Checklist------------------------------+ |_ Wooden Sword _ Ordon Sword _ Master Sword | |_ Ordon Shield _ Wooden Shield _ Hylian Shield | |_ Hero's Clothes _ Zora Armor _ Magic Armor | |_ Quiver _ Big Quiver _ Giant Quiver | |_ First Bomb Bag _ Second Bomb Bag _ Third Bomb Bag | |X Wallet _ Big Wallet _ Giant Wallet | | _ Double Bomb Bags | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------------ Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Outside Link's House After the game's opening sequence, Fado will arrive out front of Link's House, asking for help with his goats. Epona has also wandered off, as horses are apt to do. Run towards Fado, and speak with him. He'll insist that you find Epona. Epona has headed off down a path to the west, so head that way first. After you run down the path a bit, you'll enter a new area. ----------------------------- Ordona Province - North Road New Quest Item: Epona Head to your left as you enter the area, and look for a small hole in the wall. Stand in front of the hole and Enter it using the correct button (check the command bar to see the correct command). Crawl down this tunnel, taking one right along the way. On the other side, you'll emerge into a small pond. Epona waits here, being tended to by a young woman (her name is Ilia). Run towards them. After the cutscene which follows, speak with Ilia again. She'll ask you to play "that song" by using a piece of grass. The grass in question is just to your left as the cutscene ends; stand near it and pick it up. Blow into the grass reed, and the familiar Epona's Song from Ocarina of Time will ring out. Epona will run towards you. This is how you will have to summon Epona for a good chunk of the game, until you get a special item which removes the need for grass. Hop on Epona, and ride her east through an open gate, where you will emerge back onto the road. Head south and return to Link's House. ------------------------------------------------------ Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Outside Link's House Head south, passing into Ordon Village proper. -------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village Explore the town if you like, but there isn't much to do for the moment. Once your appetite is quenched, head for the south end of the village and ride through the opening there to Ordon Ranch. --------------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Ranch This is the area where you'll help Fado (the man you met earlier) herd his goats (in actuality, this area is to train you in riding Epona). Head through the gate in front of you as you enter, and you'll see him standing in the middle of the pasture. Fado will automatically speak to you when you draw near. He'll ask you to help herd the goats into the barn; agree. You'll now enter a mini-game, of sorts, where you must herd the goats into the open barn door (if anyone has played the game Gun then you shouldn't have any problem with this). Run near the goats, moving towards them at angle which will drive them towards the barn door. If you press the A Button, Link will "Whoop," driving the Goats faster. Drive all ten goats into the barn to complete the minigame. Once you've finished the game, you'll be tasked with jumping over some fences. All in a day's work, I guess. Two fences will have now appeared in the pasture; run around the dirt track, pressing the Dash button just before you hit the fences to make Epona leap over them. Do this a few times until you've got the hang of it, and then jump the fence blocking the north gate. Once over the fence, you'll automatically return to Link's House. ----------------------------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Inside Link's House You'll be prompted to Save at this point. Do so. It's now the following day. Three little hobgoblins... I mean, uh, children, will appear outside of Link's House and hail him. The game will automatically cut to the interior of Link's House. Take a look around inside if you like. Link apparently has something interesting in his basement, but you won't be able to see anything down there until you get the Lamp. Once you're done exploring, head for the main floor of Link's House and go out the door. ------------------------------------------------------ Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Outside Link's House Drop down from the ledge that holds Link's House, and speak with the children. Talo, Malo and Beth will go on at length about a Slingshot which has become available in the Ordon Village Store. Though the children clearly want it, Link's going to need it for important hero-type stuff, so that's too bad for them. Head south, back to Ordon Village (you'll meet back up with Epona later, so you'll have to go on foot for the time being). -------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village New Item: Fishing Rod If you like, you can head for the Ordon Village Shop (Sera's Sundries) now. It's the pink-roofed building to your left as you enter from Link's House, on the west shore of the Village pond. But the owner is depressed because her cat has gone missing, and won't sell anything. The cat in question is actually out by the dock on the pond's eastern shore, near the waterwheel. But you won't actually be able to get the cat for a little while. First, head for Mayor Bo's house. It's the building on the south side of town, close to the entrance to Fado's Ranch. The mayor himself is standing outside (he's the rather corpulent man with no hair... but hey, he's the mayor). Speak with him, and suddenly a runaway Goat will charge out of Fado's Ranch. Line yourself up with the goat (Link is automatically stuck in strafe mode during this event), and wait until just before it hits you. Press and hold the action button, and Link will root his feet into the ground while grabbing its horns, bringing the Goat to a stop (this is actually training for something which you'll be doing a lot later, when you get your partner Midna). If you fail, speak with Mayor Bo again, and the event will repeat itself. Keep repeating the event until you succeed. If you speak with Mayor Bo again, he'll warn you about monkeys which have been causing trouble in town. Head back to Sera's Sundries, and go south. You'll find a tall cliff near a pumpkin patch. A man on top of the cliff will yell down at you, explaining how to L-Target. Follow his instructions. After you've learned that, climb up the ivy on the cliff and speak with the man on top. He'll point out Sera's cat to you, but you still can't do anything about it for the moment. The man will also point out some more Grass (like the kind you used to call Epona, but a different shape). It's on a cliff opposite. Run towards the cliff, and when Link reaches the edge, he'll automatically jump over. Pick a piece of grass, and blow into it. A hawk will appear from the sky, and land on Link's arm. You can now aim the hawk and set it free in any direction you like. The direction you want is towards a beehive; it's high on a tree, just to the left of Sera's Sundries. Aim the crosshair at the hive, and then release the bird. The bird will fly right at it, knocking it to the ground. You can head for the wreckage of the bee hive now, but you can't do much with it without an Empty Bottle (you can capture the chunks of the hive to use for Fishing Bait at a later point in the game). Back on the cliff where you first released the bird, jump over to the roof of Sera's Sundries. From here, you can jump along two more cliffs. On the last cliff in the series, you'll find more Hawk Grass. Pick some of it, and blow it. Now, look downstream, and you'll see a weird dancing object holding something (it's actually a monkey holding a cradle). Release the Hawk at this monkey, and it will claim the cradle, flying back and dropping it Link's arms before flying away. Jump back along the cliffs to the roof of Sera's Sundries, and then drop back down to the ground. The owner of the cradle, Uli, is standing near the bridge which extends over the stream (just follow the road as though you were going to Ordon Ranch, and you'll run right into her). She'll automatically talk to you as you draw near her. Follow her back to her house, and when you get near enough, she'll thank you and give you a Fishing Rod. Now that you have the Fishing Rod, you can finally do something about Sera's pouting puddy tat. Head for the Dock on the east shore of the pond. It's behind the waterwheel building. Stand on the dock, assign the Fishing Rod to one of your action buttons, and pull it out. Fishing in Twilight Princess is quite different that it has been in any other Zelda game, but it's still not difficult. Cast your rod by pressing its action button, where upon a bobber will land in the water. Wait for the bobber to begin to sink into the water, indicating that a fish is on the line. Pull back on the C-Stick, and Link will begin to pull the fish in. After you have caught one fish, you will catch the attention of Sera's cat (notice its head is now just visible in camera range). Catch another fish, and the cat will steal it. Now happy with its dinner, it will return to Sera's Sundries. There's no real point in you going there until you have the thirty rupees for the Slingshot, so... Ordon Village is crawling with rupees, you just have to know where to find them. Two green rupees can be found on a ledge near where the bee's nest fell to the ground earlier. A blue and a yellow rupee can be found at the top of the tree which the bee's nest once clung to (climb the ivy; the rupees are on the branches). Two more greens are stashed in the far west corner of the area, near Uli's (the pregnant lady) house. Once you've got all these, head for the Waterwheel Building and go inside. --------------------------------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Jaggle & Pergie's House Let me just take this opportunity to state that the dog who lives in this building is freaking awesome. I've got a soft spot for dogs, sue me. Once inside, look for the two pots (they're both to the left and right of the woman who is cooking some kind of soup). Smash each pot by picking it up and throwing it against the wall, revealing more rupees. Also, smash the pumpkins in the room, which contain more rupees. Once you've pillaged the house, head outside, then re-enter, where the pots and pumpkins will have regenerated. Keep smashing the pots and pumpkins until you have thirty rupees, then head to Sera's Sundries (remember, pink-roofed building on west shore of the pond). ------------------------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Sera's Sundries New Items: First Bottle, Slingshot Speak with Sera, and she'll give you your first Bottle (which comes with one drink of milk). Now that Sera's out of her funk, she will sell you items. The thing in particular that you want is the Slingshot, which costs thirty rupees. Pay the price for it, then head back to Link's House (use the north exit in Ordon Village). ------------------------------------------------------ Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Outside Link's House As you return to Link's House, you'll meet up with Rusl (the man from the game's introductory sequence). He'll note that he left something for you inside your house. Ignore the house for now; speak with the children. The minigame which follows will train you in the use of the Slingshot (and, ostensibly, the Hero's Bow). Nail all of the targets to finish the minigame. You can L-Target the scarecrows, but the circular targets have to be hit with manual targeting. When aiming manually, ready your Slingshot by holding down its action button, and lining up the target just to the left of the center of the slingshot. Guaranteed bullseye every time, if you practice. Now, head for the ladder which leads up to Link's House. There is a Skullwalltula patrolling the wall around the ladder, which will attack you if you try to climb up. L-Target it and nail it with your Slingshot to defeat it (note that the Slingshot is far too weak to defeat most enemies in the game). Once it's out of the way, climb up the ladder and go back inside Link's House. ----------------------------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Inside Link's House New Equipment: Wooden Sword Notice that there is now a chest in the middle of the room. How Rusl got that big huge chest through the door, let alone up the ladder, is anyone's guess. Open it, and you'll get the Wooden Sword. You'll automatically equip it once you have it. Head back outside. ------------------------------------------------------ Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Outside Link's House Drop back down off the ledge, and speak with the children again. They'll be significantly impressed by the sword, and beg that you teach them how to use it (obviously, this is a sword training minigame). Agree, and run through the training mode. It's relatively self-explanatory; just follow the instructions that the children shout at you (I thought you were teaching THEM!?). After the training mode, one of the children will spot another one of those troublesome monkeys. All three will chase after it. Hop onboard Epona (who is standing near the ladder to Link's House) and chase after them by going northeast, back into the area where you first found Epona. ----------------------------- Ordona Province - North Road Beth is standing to the right as you enter the area. Speak with her, and she'll say that Talo and Malo kept chasing the Monkey into the woods. Keep heading north along the road, and you'll find another one of the children standing near a wooden suspension bridge. Ignore her; keep heading north over the bridge. On the other side, pass north into Faron Woods. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- Gamecube Walkthrough -----zz----------zz----- Faron Province, First Visit ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0302] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Status Report - New Things This Chapter - Heart Containers: 03/20 Heart Containers: 00 Heart Pieces : 00/45 Heart Pieces : 01 Golden Bugs : 00/24 Golden Bugs : 00 Poe Souls : 00/60 Poe Souls : 00 Abilities : 00/07 Abilities : 00 +----------------------------Inventory Checklist------------------------------+ |_ Lantern _ Gale Boomerang _ Iron Boots _ Bombs | |_ Water Bombs _ Bomblings _ Hero's Bow _ Hawkeye | |_ Clawshot _ Double Clawshots _ Spinner _ Ball and Chain | |_ Dominion Rod X Slingshot X Fishing Rod _ Horse Call | |X Bottle #1 _ Bottle #2 _ Bottle #3 _ Bottle #4 | | | +----------------------------Equipment Checklist------------------------------+ |X Wooden Sword _ Ordon Sword _ Master Sword | |_ Ordon Shield _ Wooden Shield _ Hylian Shield | |_ Hero's Clothes _ Zora Armor _ Magic Armor | |_ Quiver _ Big Quiver _ Giant Quiver | |_ First Bomb Bag _ Second Bomb Bag _ Third Bomb Bag | |X Wallet _ Big Wallet _ Giant Wallet | | _ Double Bomb Bags | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------ Faron Province - Faron Woods: South New Item: Lantern Although you probably don't realize it, you've actually passed into Faron Province, another province in the wide world of Hyrule. Keep heading down the road, where you will come to a fence. Leap over it with Epona (you may need to get a few Dashes in before Epona will actually leap over it, so give yourself a good running start). On the other side, you'll enter a small clearing filled with some lovely little waterfalls. Go to the right here, passing into a large tunnel. At the end of the tunnel, the path splits left and right. The sign at the split reveals that the left side is the Forest Temple Path, but it's pitch dark. The sign also reveals that Coro, who lives to the right, has a way to light up darkness. So head to the right. You'll arrive almost immediately at Coro's House. Coro himself is sitting out front of the house, near an unlit campfire. He'll give you the Lantern, which you can use to light up dark places. Assign the Lantern to an action button, and then whip it out. Use it to light the campfire near Coro. "Put Away" the lantern (stand still and then press the Action button) afterwards to save Oil (if you run out of Oil, you can return to Coro to buy more). Now that the fire is lit, you can now capture some of the soup in the pot in a bottle (but you probably still have your bottle half-filled with Milk). I don't recommend it though; Coro's "Nasty Soup" usually does more harm then good. Now that you have the Lantern, you can light up darkened places. If you want, you can return to Link's House, and use the Lantern to light up his basement. Down there, you'll find Link's stash of fifty rupees in a chest. Whether you decide to get these or not, head for the Forest Temple Path afterwards (it's the left path back at the crossroads). Epona is too large to enter the Forest Temple Path, so dismount her when you near its gate. Blocking the gate is a Deku Baba, the first real enemy you'll encounter in the game. This one isn't terribly hostile, however. L-Target it and use Jump Attacks to stun it. Use a single horizontal strike on its stem to defeat it permanently, if it isn't dead already. The Deku Baba will drop a Deku Nut when it's dead; smashing it will sometimes yield items (most notably, Slingshot ammo). Head a short ways down the tunnel, and you'll come across Talo's play wooden sword. You're definitely on the right track. Keep heading down the tunnel. ------------------------------------------------- Faron Province - Faron Woods: Forest Temple Path Use your lantern sparingly in this next area; you need that Oil to last. If you do run out, return to Coro and get more from him. A short ways into this area, you'll find a small round pillar built into the ground. This is actually a torch; use your Lantern to light it, illuminating the area. Remember to put your Lantern away immediately after lighting the torch. Keep heading northwest up the tunnel, and a Keese will appear in the air. L- Target it and use the Slingshot to shoot it down (light the torch here if you're having difficulty seeing it). A short way past that, you'll find a Deku Baba. Defeat it, and keep following the winding tunnel path. You'll eventually come to a dead end, with the passage apparently blocked by spider webs. Use your Lantern to burn them away. Keep following the winding path, watching out for Rats that populate the area. Burn through more spider-webs that block your path. After the second spider- web, you'll see the light at the end of the tunnel. Go into the light. ----------------------------- Faron Province - Faron Woods Run forward, jumping down into what appears to be a dried-up lakebed. Watch out for the Deku Babas and Bokoblins who guard the area; the Bokoblins fight in a style similar to your own, but are vulnerable to rapid attacks. Show no regard for your own safety while battling them, and you'll be perfectly safe. Note that there are two red circles on your map; these denote points of interest. Head for the one on the northeast edge of the map first. When you reach the area, you'll find a small tunnel whose mouth is guarded by Keese. Use your Slingshot or several rapid spin attacks (rotate the joystick and tap B) to defeat them, then run into the tunnel. ----------------------------------------- Faron Province - Faron Woods: Key Cavern New Overworld Item: Small Key x1 New Upgrade: Piece of Heart x1 [PHGCN01] This small, dark cave is guarded by a pair of Keese and a Bokoblin. Defeat them all, and then open the small chest against the wall to find a... small key? Yes, the developers at Nintendo have grown so evil, that they have even included locked doors in the game's overworld. Ain't they the swellest? Once you have the Small Key, light both of the torches near its chest with your Lantern. Doing so will cause a larger chest to appear on the upper ledge, which contains the game's first Piece of Heart. Open this chest to get 1/5 of your first new Container (yes, the evil Nintendo developers now require five fragments for a new container). Small Key and Piece of Heart in hand, head back out of the cavern. ----------------------------- Faron Province - Faron Woods Now, head for the second point of interest, on the west side of the area. The entrance to that section of the Woods is in the southwest corner of your current area. Head there now; remember to watch out for Deku Babas, Bokoblins, and even a few Keese on the way. When you reach the southwest corner, you'll find a locked gate, guarded by three Bokoblins (two on one side, one on the other). Defeat the pair, then open the gate, then kill the single. Head down the tunnel on the other side of the gate to continue to the next point of interest. ------------------------------------ Faron Province - Faron Woods: North Run forward into a large clearing, guarded by two more Bokoblins. These guys will try to gang up on you, but don't let that change your strategy. Just go ape-fecal material-crazy on them. You can even hit both of them with a single sword stroke if you don't bother to L-Target. Head north from there, passing through a narrow opening. Defeat another Bokoblin on the right, and then look to the left. Here, you'll see Trill's Shop. This is a strange shop; you can buy whatever you want here, and you only have to pay what you want. You can even pay nothing, if you want, (but if you do, the bird who "operates" the shop will attack you). The shop contains nothing of great interest (Lantern Oil and Red Potion). You should still have your bottle of Milk from Sera, but even if you don't, you probably won't need it. Keep heading north from Trill's Shop, where you'll eventually reach the entrance to the Forest Temple. When you near the winding path that leads to its doorstep, you'll see one of the children locked in a cage with that pesky monkey. Run towards them, defeating the two Bokoblins who guard them. After that, smash the flimsy cage holding the prisoners with your Wooden Sword. Once that's done, you'll automatically return to Ordona Province (specifically, Ordon Ranch). ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- Gamecube Walkthrough -----zz----------zz----- Ordona Province, Second Visit ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0303] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Status Report - New Things This Chapter - Heart Containers: 03/20 Heart Containers: 00 Heart Pieces : 01/45 Heart Pieces : 01 Golden Bugs : 00/24 Golden Bugs : 00 Poe Souls : 00/60 Poe Souls : 00 Abilities : 00/07 Abilities : 00 +----------------------------Inventory Checklist------------------------------+ |X Lantern _ Gale Boomerang _ Iron Boots _ Bombs | |_ Water Bombs _ Bomblings _ Hero's Bow _ Hawkeye | |_ Clawshot _ Double Clawshots _ Spinner _ Ball and Chain | |_ Dominion Rod X Slingshot X Fishing Rod _ Horse Call | |X Bottle #1 _ Bottle #2 _ Bottle #3 _ Bottle #4 | | | +----------------------------Equipment Checklist------------------------------+ |X Wooden Sword _ Ordon Sword _ Master Sword | |_ Ordon Shield _ Wooden Shield _ Hylian Shield | |_ Hero's Clothes _ Zora Armor _ Magic Armor | |_ Quiver _ Big Quiver _ Giant Quiver | |_ First Bomb Bag _ Second Bomb Bag _ Third Bomb Bag | |X Wallet _ Big Wallet _ Giant Wallet | | _ Double Bomb Bags | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Ranch Before you depart for Hyrule Castle, Fado wants you to help him herd the goats into the barn one last time. Use the Horse Grass near you to summon Epona, then get on board to begin. Fado will only give you three minutes to get the whole flock of twenty in; more then enough time. Even if you fail, no sweat. You just get a verbal tongue lashing. Let me reiterate: THERE IS NO REWARD FOR FINISHING THIS IN UNDER THREE MINUTES, SO DON'T STRESS. After you have finished, Fado sends you off to Mayor Bo's house. Jump the gate at the north side of the ranch to return to Ordon Village. -------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village As you exit the ranch, a cutscene will automatically take place with Link, Mayor Bo, and Mayor Bo's daughter Ilia. Mayor Bo will insist that Link take the village's present to Hyrule Castle immediately, and not be late. But then Ilia, showing her unfortunate habit of expressing more concern for Epona then for Link, will hijack the horse and take her to the spring (the same place where you first met Ilia and got Epona). Don't waste any time; head straight for the North Road via Link's House. ------------------------------------------------------ Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Outside Link's House When you reach this area, you'll be ambushed by the children again. Colin, Rusl's son, will ask him to take you to see Ilia, because he's too scared to go past the bullying Talo and Malo. Link agrees to take Colin with him; unfortunately, Talo and Malo won't let you and Colin pass until you surrender your Wooden Sword (if you remember, Talo dropped his in the Forest Temple Path). Surrender your sword to Talo, then head northwest out of the area. ----------------------------- Ordona Province - North Road Return to the Spring where you first met Ilia and got Epona. She's here once again, as well as the horse. Use the tunnel to get there near the entrance from Link's House to get there; Ilia has closed the gates leading in. The tunnel is on the west side of the small clearing in the south side of the zone. As you emerge from the tunnel, a cutscene will take place showing Ilia and Colin. After a longish cutscene, you'll appear in the game's next area. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- Gamecube Walkthrough -----zz----------zz----- Hyrule Castle, First Visit ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0304] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Status Report - New Things This Chapter - Heart Containers: 03/20 Heart Containers: 00 Heart Pieces : 01/45 Heart Pieces : 01 Golden Bugs : 00/24 Golden Bugs : 00 Poe Souls : 00/60 Poe Souls : 00 Abilities : 00/07 Abilities : 00 +----------------------------Inventory Checklist------------------------------+ |X Lantern _ Gale Boomerang _ Iron Boots _ Bombs | |_ Water Bombs _ Bomblings _ Hero's Bow _ Hawkeye | |_ Clawshot _ Double Clawshots _ Spinner _ Ball and Chain | |_ Dominion Rod X Slingshot X Fishing Rod _ Horse Call | |X Bottle #1 _ Bottle #2 _ Bottle #3 _ Bottle #4 | | | +----------------------------Equipment Checklist------------------------------+ |X Wooden Sword _ Ordon Sword _ Master Sword | |_ Ordon Shield _ Wooden Shield _ Hylian Shield | |_ Hero's Clothes _ Zora Armor _ Magic Armor | |_ Quiver _ Big Quiver _ Giant Quiver | |_ First Bomb Bag _ Second Bomb Bag _ Third Bomb Bag | |X Wallet _ Big Wallet _ Giant Wallet | | _ Double Bomb Bags | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ----------------------------- Hyrule Castle - Prison Block When you come to for the second time, you'll be locked in a prison cell. Oh yeah, you've also been turned into a Wolf. Struggle against your shackles for a few seconds, and another cutscene will take place. After the cutscene, you'll be free to move around the cell. Run to the corner of the cell, where there is a pile of wreckage. Attack it to destroy it. Beneath the wreckage, you'll find a narrow opening in the bars. Stand near this opening and press the Dig action to dig yourself out of the cell. Your mysterious companion will now give you a taste of Epona's shoes in another cutscene. Run down the hall, where you'll find a second cell to the right. Walk into the door to push it all the way open. In this room, there is a grating, and a lever on the ceiling. When you near the lever, a giant hand will emerge from your companion, and her portrait will flash on the action menu. Press the Z- Button, and she'll instruct you on how to open the door. L-Target the lever, and press the Bite button to open the grating. Go through the grating and follow the tunnel south. ----------------------- Hyrule Castle - Sewers Follow the tunnel to its end, then jump out into the wider tunnel. When you land, your companion will point out the glowing wisps in the area. Press the Sense action button, and you'll see a ghost. Speak with it if you like, not that he has anything particularly useful to say. Turn your Senses off afterwards (you're just asking for trouble if you keep it on all the time, as it severely limits your field of vision). Head north, up the tunnel, and then go to the west when you reach the crossroads. Defeat the Shadows in the water (combat with Wolf Link is identical to combat with Hylian Link), then climb up onto the ledge. Another lever hangs from the ceiling; activate it to open the grating beneath it. Go through this grating and down the tunnel. Smash the box at the end to get some items. Return to the main area of the sewers, and head to the east. Pass through a small doorway in the bars that block the tunnel. On the other side is another lever; activate it to open the grating. Smash the box on the other side of the grating to get its reward. Back out in the tunnel, keep going east until you reach another split. Go south from here. At the end of the tunnel, you'll find another lever. Activate it, and the sluice in the tunnel will open, refilling the sewer with water. You can now swim north, passing over the deadly spikes built into the floor. Keep heading north, speaking with another Spirit who you pass at the next crossroads. Keep going north from here, defeating two more Shadows (use the shallow water on the ledge to let you attack). On the far north end of the tunnel, you'll find yet another lever. Activate it, opening the grating. Watch out for more Shadows that emerge from the tunnel. Go to the end of the tunnel, smashing the box to get some items. Back at the crossroads where you met the second Spirit, go to the west end of the next tunnel. Ignore the first lever you come to; the second one activates another sluice gate. This gate will open, draining the water from the sewer once more. Head back to the crossroads, and go to the east end of the hall. Your companion will leave you again at this point, taunting your inability to pass through bars, and your following of the rules of physics. Face the bars, and look to the right. There is a narrow tunnel here; crawl into it. In the area that you enter, smash the skulls to get their contents, then speak with the Spirit. Head for the east end of the room, then go north to reunite with your companion. Run to the east, where you'll reach a tall tower with a broken spiral staircase climbing around it in a counter-clockwise fashion. Start heading up the stairs, jumping over the first gap (remember that Link jumps automatically when you run at a gap). Unfortunately, as soon as you land, the step will collapse, dropping you down below. Watch out for Shadows in the water when you land. Head back up the stairs to the first gap. Your companion will offer her assistance this time. Press Z when her portrait appears. L-Target her, then press the Jump button to jump over to her. Do it again as soon as you land to jump again (keep the L-Button held down to maintain your lock on her). If you do it too slowly, you'll fall. Once on firm ground, start climbing again. Keep going up the stairs, using the Companion Jumping technique where prompted. Part of the way up the tower, you'll find a tightrope suspended over the middle of the area. Ignore it, and keep climbing. When you reach the top of the steps, however, you'll find a second tightrope suspended over the middle of the area. Follow along this one (just walk onto it and hold forward to progress safely and quickly). On the other side of the rope, keep climbing, doing Companion Jumping where needed. When you reach the top of the staircase, you'll be ambushed by three Keese. These are easy enough; simply L-Target one of them, and use repeated spin attacks to defeat them (rotate the control stick and tap B while L-Targeted to use a spin attack). Once the Keese are out of the way, go and stand on the wreckage in the northwest corner of the room. Your companion's portrait will appear again; press Z to talk to her, and she'll taunt you again. You can now do the Companion Jump four times in a row to climb to the top of the broken stairs. At the top of the series of jumps, you'll be in a small tunnel with light on the other side. Go down this tunnel. ------------------------- Hyrule Castle - Rooftops After a brief cutscene, jump out of the tunnel, landing on the ledge below. Run north along the broken path, watching out for the gaps so you don't fall. At the far north end of this path, you'll find another Spirit. Activate your Senses and speak with it. To the right of this latest spirit, there is a tall ledge with is just out of Link's reach. There is a crate positioned conveniently close to the ledge, however; go to the west side of the crate, and Push it into place using the appropriate action button. Once it's close enough to the ledge, hop onto the crate, then hop from there to the top of the ledge. Jump down from the ledge, and run forward to a wide turret. A Shadow Bird will appear at this point to assault you; L-Target it, and press the Jump button when it gets close enough to damage it. Repeat this twice to defeat it (note that you must re-establish your L-Target each time you damage it). There is a far ledge to the south here; ignore it. Head north, closer to the tallest tower. A second Shadow Bird will appear soon to attack you. Ignore it at first (where it first appears is a very narrow area which is difficult to fight on). Keep running north, jumping over another gap. This larger area is much better suited for combat. Run to the far north until you reach a jump which you clearly can't make. Look to the left here, and you'll see a wooden platform suspended off the edge of the battlement. Stand on this, and your companion will talk again. Listen to her, and she'll jump over to a broken pillar. Use the Companion Jumping technique (L-Target, then A) to jump along three times. Remember to hold down the L-Target and press A as soon as you land, otherwise you'll fall. You'll land on a large roof. Run along the top of the roof (where the points meet is the safest place), defeating the Shadow Birds who appear on the way. Jump onto the tower at the end of the roof, then climb through the window to enter the tower. ---------------------------------- Hyrule Castle - The Tallest Tower Jump out of the window, and begin climbing the spiral staircase to the top. Go through the door by walking into it. In this room, a cutscene will take place. Afterwards, Zelda will insist that you leave before a guard catches you. Leave the room, and go down the bottom of the spiral staircase. Another cutscene will take place, and Midna will make good on her promise to return to you to Ordona Province. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- Gamecube Walkthrough -----zz----------zz----- Ordona Province, Third Visit ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0305] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Status Report - New Things This Chapter - Heart Containers: 03/20 Heart Containers: 00 Heart Pieces : 01/45 Heart Pieces : 01 Golden Bugs : 00/24 Golden Bugs : 00 Poe Souls : 00/60 Poe Souls : 00 Abilities : 00/07 Abilities : 00 +----------------------------Inventory Checklist------------------------------+ |X Lantern _ Gale Boomerang _ Iron Boots _ Bombs | |_ Water Bombs _ Bomblings _ Hero's Bow _ Hawkeye | |_ Clawshot _ Double Clawshots _ Spinner _ Ball and Chain | |_ Dominion Rod X Slingshot X Fishing Rod _ Horse Call | |X Bottle #1 _ Bottle #2 _ Bottle #3 _ Bottle #4 | | | +----------------------------Equipment Checklist------------------------------+ |X Wooden Sword _ Ordon Sword _ Master Sword | |_ Ordon Shield _ Wooden Shield _ Hylian Shield | |_ Hero's Clothes _ Zora Armor _ Magic Armor | |_ Quiver _ Big Quiver _ Giant Quiver | |_ First Bomb Bag _ Second Bomb Bag _ Third Bomb Bag | |X Wallet _ Big Wallet _ Giant Wallet | | _ Double Bomb Bags | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ----------------------------- Ordona Province - North Road Though you've left the Twilight Realm and return to Ordona Province, you're still trapped in Wolf Link form. Head back to Link's House for starters. On the way there, Midna (who has taken the form of Link's shadow) will appear and insist that you find a Sword and Shield. Watch out for a Bokoblin on the way, as well. ------------------------------------------------------ Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Outside Link's House Something is clearly amiss - Bokoblins have taken up residence outside Link's House. Defeat them, then activate your Senses. Take a careful look around the area; you'll find lots of gold sparkles which indicate that something is buried there. Dig up these spots to find Rupees and Recovery Hearts. Once you've beaten the Bokoblins and learned more about your Senses, head south to Ordon Village. Before you can go, a Squirrel will stop you, and advise you to speak to the animals if you ever get into trouble. Keep his advice in mind, and go south into Ordon Village. -------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village The presence of Bokoblins in the city, plus the kidnapping of Ilia and Colin, have put the townspeople on alert. So, they won't take kindly to a ravenous wolf suddenly appearing, looking to barter for a Sword and Shield. You'll have to reduce yourself to thievery to obtain the items. First, let's get that Shield. On your previous escapades in Ordon Village, you may have discovered that there is a Shield stashed away in the Waterwheel House. Head around towards the building's door (it's on the east side of the building). Out front, you'll find Mayor Bo in discussion with one of the townspeople about the Shield inside. Sneak in close by walking in the tall grass, and moving forward very slowly. When you think you're close enough, press the Listen button to eavesdrop on their conversation. After the conversation, which reveals the location of the Sword and Shield, Mayor Bo will spot you, and run away. Midna will point out an open window on top of the building, and then advises you to jump onto the waterwheel. Head for Sera's Sundries, the Ordon Village Shop. Go to its north side, and you'll find a place where you can activate a Midna Jump sequence. Jump up to Midna's first location, then second. From here, you can jump from the roof of Sera's Sundries to the first cliff. Now, you can jump over to the ledge that one of the townsfolk is standing on (if you approach him from below, he'll send a Hawk after you). Jump out to the ledge, and you will end up behind the man with the Hawk. Your presence will scare him away. Now, go to the edge of the cliff closest to the Waterwheel. Another Midna Jump sequence takes place here; remember to press the Jump button quickly to keep from falling. After two jumps, you'll be on the roof of the Waterwheel Building. Go through the open window. ----------------------------------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Jaggle and Pergie's House New Equipment: Ordon Shield Now that you're inside, you can get the Shield. You'll come out onto one of the children's bunkbeds. The house is empty, so don't worry about being spotted. Jump down from the bed, then climb onto the table in the middle of the room. From here, you can summon Midna for another Midna Jump sequence. Midna Jump up to the loft. The Ordon Shield is attached to the wall here, resting between two curtains. Dash into the wall twice to knock it down and claim it. Use the window to the right of where the Shield once hung to go back outside. -------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village Your noisy escape from Jaggle and Pergie's House will attract the attention of the injured Rusl. Now, let's get the Sword. Head for Rusl's house - it's the house on the west side of the area, where you delivered the Cradle in the game's opening sequence. You'll have to dodge Rusl on the way; you can hide under the bridge until he passes, or else just swim up the stream, hugging the wall. Don't enter the bubble of light emanating from Rusl's lantern, and you should be alright. Go around to the south side of the building, and activate your Senses. Here, you'll spot golden sparkles near the wall of the building. Dig here, and you'll burrow your way into the house. ----------------------------------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Rusl, Uli & Colin's House New Equipment: Ordon Sword The Sword rests on the couch in this room, exactly where Rusl said it was. Grab it, and Midna will advise you to return to the area where you first encountered the Twilight. Burrow out of the house using the same place you used to burrow in. -------------------------------- Ordona Province - Ordon Village Head back to Link's House, steering clear of Rusl, who continues to patrol the area. ------------------------------------------------------ Ordona Province - Ordon Village: Outside Link's House Go northwest out of the area, returning to the North Road. ----------------------------- Ordona Province - North Road Even though Midna advised you to return to where you first became a Wolf, you actually need to go to the Spring where you first got Epona (if you're wondering where she's got to, she'll turn up later). When you enter the Spring, a wall of Twilight will appear, and a portal will open in the sky. A Shadow Being will drop down; L-Target it, and press Jump to jump at it. If you time it right, Link will cling to the Being. Keep pressing the Jump button to take a few extra bites out of the creature. Repeat until it is defeated. A cutscene will take place, where you will meet the Light Spirit Ordona. He'll explain the function of the Light Spirits, then ask to you to go and find the Light Spirit in Faron Woods. Just as a by the way, rescuing the Faron Light Spirit will also return you to Hylian Form. After your meeting with Ordona, go north across the suspension bridge. When you draw near the entrance, you'll find that pesky wall of Twilight that blocked your passage earlier. Midna will help you enter the Twilight. Agree to go with her. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- Gamecube Walkthrough -----zz----------zz----- Faron Province, Second Visit ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0306] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Status Report - New Things This Chapter - Heart Containers: 03/20 Heart Containers: 00 Heart Pieces : 01/45 Heart Pieces : 01 Golden Bugs : 00/24 Golden Bugs : 00 Poe Souls : 00/60 Poe Souls : 00 Abilities : 00/07 Abilities : 01 +----------------------------Inventory Checklist------------------------------+ |X Lantern _ Gale Boomerang _ Iron Boots _ Bombs | |_ Water Bombs _ Bomblings _ Hero's Bow _ Hawkeye | |_ Clawshot _ Double Clawshots _ Spinner _ Ball and Chain | |_ Dominion Rod X Slingshot X Fishing Rod _ Horse Call | |X Bottle #1 _ Bottle #2 _ Bottle #3 _ Bottle #4 | | | +----------------------------Equipment Checklist------------------------------+ |X Wooden Sword X Ordon Sword _ Master Sword | |X Ordon Shield _ Wooden Shield _ Hylian Shield | |_ Hero's Clothes _ Zora Armor _ Magic Armor | |_ Quiver _ Big Quiver _ Giant Quiver | |_ First Bomb Bag _ Second Bomb Bag _ Third Bomb Bag | |X Wallet _ Big Wallet _ Giant Wallet | | _ Double Bomb Bags | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------ Faron Province - Faron Woods: South On your last visit to Faron Province, you found it relatively untouched by the Twilight. Now, not so much. Run north, and another Twilight Barrier will appear, similar to the one you encountered before near Ordona the Light Spirit. More Shadow Beings will also appear - three, in fact. Midna will apparently abandon you at the start of the fight, but I imagine you're starting to figure out how she operates by now. Take out two of the Shadow Beings, and they'll suddenly regenerate. Chomp down on another one, and Midna will appear and tell you what to do. Kill at least one of the trio using conventional methods, and then follow Midna's advice to beat the other two. Wait for both of the Shadow Beings to come near eachother, then stand between them. Hold down the Attack button, and an energy field will appear around you. Release the Attack button, and Link will dive at both of the remaining creatures, killing them instantly. Once the trio are defeated, the barrier will disappear. Keep heading north. When you near the fountain of waterfalls, a vague shape will appear in them. Run towards this shape, and look around in the area until the Check command appears on the command bar. Check the shape, and it will reveal itself to be the Faron Light Spirit. It will give you the Vessel of Light and ask you to retrieve its scattered Light Essences. The Light Essences have been stolen by Dark Insects, and there are sixteen total. Luckily, your bug hunt is made easier by the fact that all of the bugs appear on your map. Close your map screen, and head down the tunnel to the east. Defeat the Twilit Deku Baba in the tunnel, then activate your senses to spot two of the Bugs running down the tunnel. Chase after them and destroy them to release the small orbs of Light Essence that they carry (1 & 2). Be careful that you don't accidentally attack them while they light up with electric energy. Keep running down the tunnel until you reach the crossroads that divide the Forest Temple Path and Coro's Lantern Shop. Another bug pops up here, but it will probably run away and pass through a locked gate that has appeared in front of the Forest Temple Path. Go to the right, towards Coro's Lantern Shop. Go around to the north side of the Shop, where there are two crates against the wall of the building. Dash into these crates, and a Bug will appear. Kill it and take its Light Essence (3). Now, go around to the south side of the building. There is a ramp climbing around, ending in a wooden platform. Go up the ramp and stand on the edge of the platform. Activate the Midna Jump here to reach the open window leading into the building. Go through the window. -------------------------------------------------- Faron Province - Faron Woods: Inside Coro's House Drop into the room, activate your senses, and look for Coro in the corner (he's been turned into a Spirit). Speak with him, and two more Bugs will appear. Defeat them both and take their Light Essences (4 & 5). Ignore Coro, who will continue to cower in his corner. Climb back up to the top of the room, and go back out the window. ------------------------------------ Faron Province - Faron Woods: South Head to the west, back to the crossroads to the Forest Temple Path. Go to the locked gate that blocks entrance, and look on the left side of the gate with your Senses activated. You'll find a place where you can dig under the wall. Do so. On the other side, defeat two more Bugs (6 & 7). Now, head down the tunnel into the Forest Temple Path. ------------------------------------------------- Faron Province - Faron Woods: Forest Temple Path Note that as Wolf Link this area doesn't seem so dark. There are no Bugs in the tunnel, so just run to its opposite end. Watch out for Keese and Twilit Deku Babas on the way. Go down the tunnel on the other end to enter Faron Woods. ----------------------------- Faron Province - Faron Woods The largest concentration of the Bugs is in this area. The dried up lakebed which stood here before has also been filled with purple fog. And, when it comes to Zelda, anything purple isn't anything good. So avoid it. Activate your senses as you enter, and head to the right. There are two more Bugs on the wall here; dash into the wall to knock them off the wall. They'll start flying around. L-Target them, and use Wolf Link's Dash Attack to kill them. Take their Light Essences (8 & 9), then look for a tree trunk that sticks out of the ground, close to where the bugs used to sit. Stand on the Trunk, and you'll find a spot where you can perform a Midna Jump. Perform a four-part Midna Jump to move to an island in the northeast corner of the fog. Here, run up the ramp on the right side of the island, and at the top you'll find another Midna Jump (just ignore the Keese). After a three-part jump, you'll end up on another island in the middle of the Fog. There are three more bugs hidden on this island; activate your Senses to see them, and then use Wolf Link's Charge Attack to kill them all. Take their Light Essences (10 - 12), then go to the west side of the island. There, you'll find an eight-step Midna Jump (go quickly, otherwise Deku Babas on the way will knock you into the Fog). At the end of the Midna Jump, you'll find yourself positioned directly where you need to be for the next Midna Jump. Send out Midna, then start jumping after her. Again, go quickly; more Deku Babas guard the way. After a three- step Midna Jump, you'll land on another island. Go forward, where there is a gap with a swinging tree branch. Midna Jump across, timing it so that you don't run into the tree branch. Another Midna Jump waits on the other side, this one a seven-part. Again, just ignore the Keese. When you land after this latest Midna Jump, you'll be on the far side of the Fog. Two more Bugs hide here; use your Senses to spot them. You'll have to Dig them out to actually beat them, however. Kill them both and take their Light Essences (13 & 14). Now, go through the passage to the west, entering the Forest Temple entrance. ------------------------------------ Faron Province - Faron Woods: North Three more Shadow Beings lurk here. Defeat them the same way you beat the last trio; kill one conventionally, then use the Charge Attack to kill the remaining two. Once they're out of the way, head north up the path towards the Forest Temple, passing Trill's Shop on the left. When you reach the front gate of the Forest Temple, activate your Senses to find two Bugs terrorizing a Monkey. Kill the Bugs and take their Light Essences (15 & 16). Once you have all sixteen Light Essences, you will automatically warp back to the Faron Light Spirit. ------------------------------------ Faron Province - Faron Woods: South New Item: Second Bottle New Overworld Item: Small Key x1 Faron the Light Spirit will make good on his promise to restore you to your Hylian form. As a bonus, you'll also get Link's signature tunic - the Hero's Clothes. With your destiny revealed and restored to Hylian form, you can now also used the Sword and Shield which you stole from your innocent hometown. Faron will then tell you to go BACK to the Forest Temple. Again. By my count, that's three times since the game started we've been sent to the front door of that place, and we still haven't been allowed inside. Head back to Coro's Shop. With the Twilight removed from this area, the Deku Babas in the area have returned to normal. Take this opportunity to practice real sword combat. Unlike in Ocarina of Time, you don't have to activate your Shield to block - Link does it automatically, as long as you're not attacking, just like in classic Zelda of old. Try it out on the Deku Babas, then slash them away while they're stunned. As Wolf Link, you could dig under the gate that blocks entrance to the Forest Temple Path. Now, however, you can't dig as easily. Head back to Coro's Shop, and speak with him out front. He'll give you a Small Key which you can use to open the gate to the Forest Temple Path. He'll also offer to sell you a second bottle of Lantern Oil, which he adamantly thinks you'll need in Faron Woods. Go ahead and buy it for 100 rupees - the Oil is nice, but the real prize is the Bottle. If you don't have the cash, you'll have to come back later. Now, return to the Forest Temple Path and unlock the gate blocking it. Enter the tunnel. ------------------------------------------------- Faron Province - Faron Woods: Forest Temple Path Run to the north end of the tunnel, defeating the Keese, Rats and Deku Babas who appear on the way. Try to use your Lantern sparingly. When you reach the north end of the tunnel, leave it to enter Faron Woods. ----------------------------- Faron Province - Faron Woods You've beaten back the Twilight, but the poisonous fog remains. Run out onto the dock which extends into the fog, and whip out your Lantern. The Monkey you rescued earlier will appear from nowhere and steal it. Unfortunately, you need that Lantern to pass the fog. Start following the Monkey through the fog, but don't follow that closely - it needs time to extinguish the fog on the way. Stay three or four steps behind it. Make sure you defend the Monkey from various enemies who appear on the way, but don't hurt the Monkey itself. When you reach the gate that leads to the Forest Temple, the Monkey will drop the Lantern. Pick it up. That cursed Monkey used up all of its oil, so refill it using your spare bottle, if you bought one (you have to equip both the Oil and the Lantern to refill). Follow the Monkey west. ------------------------------------ Faron Province - Faron Woods: North New Ability: Ending Blow You'll encounter more Bokoblins here. They'll be old hat by now, so cut them to shreds with your Ordon Sword. Notice the large bridge which has mysteriously appeared on the west side of the area; it'll be important in a bit. Head north towards the Forest Temple, stopping off at Trill's Shop to purchase Red Potion or Lantern Oil if you need to. Remember, you don't have to pay full price, but you're best paying something if you actually want to use the shop in the future. Run north towards the entrance to the Forest Temple, where you'll encounter the Golden Wolf for the first time. It will attack you, and you'll be warped to a mysterious, cloudy version of Hyrule Castle. Here, you'll meet the Warrior for the first time. Attempt to attack it, and he'll give you a lecture about how much you suck. After the Warrior has finished instructing you in the use of the Final Blow, attack him again until he falls to the ground. Now, use the Final Blow by pressing the appropriate onscreen prompt. You just learned your first Hidden Skill. This one is free; all of the other ones, you'll have to summon the Golden Wolf by using Howling Stones, and then find the Wolf before meeting the Warrior. We'll get into that later, when we have to. Back out front of the Forest Temple, head up the path towards its entrance. Defeat the Bokoblins who guard the entrance, then use your Lantern to burn away the webbing blocking the entrance. 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Run into the room, defeating Deku Babas and a Bokoblin. There is a monkey trapped in a cage in the far north of the room; smash the cage with your sword to free it. Without going into too many specifics, Monkeys will be instrumental in completing this dungeon. Eliminate the Skullwalltulas which cling to the ivy wall, and shoot them down with the Slingshot. Climb to the top of the ivy wall to reunite with the Monkey. Open the door behind the monkey. It's the round object inscribed with the red spiral (which is actually the Deku symbol from OOT). ------------------------------------ The Forest Temple - Central Chamber New Dungeon Item: Dungeon Map Run straight forward, down a staircase and going up another. You'll encounter a Big Skulltula here; beat the crap out of it, then use Finishing Blow to kill it once it's stunned. Once it's out of the way, look to the four small pillars on the platform; they're actually torches. Light them all with your Lantern. The four lit torches will cause a platform to rise from below, apparently blocking a crack in the wall. Don't worry; this is normal. Head north up the platform you created, and look to the right at the top to see a chest. Open it to get the Dungeon Map. Now, go through the door which your monkey companion is indicating. --------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Wind Chamber As you enter the room, your Monkey friend will run forward along a rickety bridge. A Baboon will suddenly appear (the leader that the Monkey Spirit mentioned earlier), and use a Boomerang to destroy the bridge. You can't do anything else in this room; follow the Monkey back to the previous room. ------------------------------------ The Forest Temple - Central Chamber Run back towards the altar in the center of the room. The Monkey will climb up onto the rope suspended over the east side of the altar. Jump to the east, where the Monkey will catch you. Swing back and forth with the Monkey, and press the Release button when you get the on-screen prompt. If you time it properly, you'll land safely on the far east side of the room. Go through the door located there. ---------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Water Chamber New Dungeon Item: Ooccoo Head to the north as you enter, where you'll find an odd spider-like creature. This creature is actually a Spider Bomb, which will explode when you hit it (alternatively, you can also just let it touch your Shield). Knock the Spider Bomb out, then pick it up and toss it towards the boulders in the north end of the room. The boulders will be destroyed (watch out for the Spider Bombs which regenerate from the hole in the floor). Smash the pots in the room which is revealed on the other side of the boulders. Inside one of them, you'll find Ooccoo. This uh... bird-man-thing will let you leave a dungeon at any time you like, and then return to whatever room you left off at. Which is handy. Now that you have Ooccoo, head for the opposite end of the tunnel. You'll find your passage blocked by a spider web at the end of the tunnel. Use your Lantern to burn it away. Enter the larger part of the room, and kill the Deku Baba who blocks your way. The Monkey will begin to run along the platforms in the room; follow it along the platforms to the north side of the room. When you reach another earthy- platform, the Monkey will stop and begin to cower. Ignore its actions for the moment, and go through the door to the north. --------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Wind Chamber You're now on the east end of the Wind Chamber (the place where you first encountered the menacing Baboon). The wind in this area will blow periodically, moving around a series of rotating bridges. Wait for the bridge in this area to align with the platform you are standing on, then run north along it to its other side. Watch out for the Keese who guard the bridge. Once on the other side of the bridge, go north through the door. ----------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Rotating Bridge Room New Dungeon Item: Small Key x1 Open the chest to the left of the door, and you'll get a Small Key. Now, return to your Monkey companion back in the Water Chamber. ---------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Water Chamber Now, it's time to turn your attention to the Monkey's terrified predicament. A Big Skulltula hangs on the gap between this platform and the east platform. Use the Slingshot to shoot it down, where it will fall into the water and perish. The Monkey will jump over to the east platform. You should follow suit. Once there, the Monkey will vapidly indicate a locked door. Go through it. ------------------------------------------ The Forest Temple - Second Monkey Chamber A second monkey is locked in a cage in this room. Run to the left, passing over a wooden plank bridge below. The bridge will snap in half after you cross it, preventing you from using it again. Keep following the ramp down to the bottom floor, and "speak" with the Monkey. She'll roll into it, which will do nothing to the pillar. Roll into it yourself three times in rapid succession to knock the Monkey down. Once he's freed, a pair of Bokoblins will appear. No great threat there. Now with two monkeys in tow, climb back up to the snapped bridge. The pair of Monkeys will help you cross the bridge in the same way you crossed the gap back in the central chamber. Once you're back on the other side of the snapped bridge, go back through the door. Make your way back to the Central Chamber (the room where you got the Dungeon Map and first encountered the Big Skulltula). ------------------------------------ The Forest Temple - Central Chamber Let the First Monkey assist you in return to the Altar, then use the Second Monkey to cross the gap on the west side of the room. Once there, burn away the webbing blocking the door with your Lantern, and go through the door. ------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Wooden Ramp Room You'll leave your Monkey companions behind when you enter this room; this is normal. Jump down into the main chamber, where you'll encounter an orange variety of Deku Babas (called Boko Babas). These guys are a little tougher then normal, and also don't die when you cut their stems; don't stop attacking them until they explode into dust. Once you've beaten both of the Boko Babas, look on the southeast side of the room to find a strange plant creature blocking a doorway. You'll have to get through this guy later. Climb up the large wooden ramp, which begins in the northwest corner of the room. At the first turn of the ramp, you'll see another one of those plant creatures. Ignore it for the moment; keep going up the ramp. At the next turn, you'll see another Spider Bomb. L-Target it and let it jump into your Shield (remember, you autoblock in Twilight Princess). This will stun it temporarily; pick it up and quickly run to the west. Toss it down into the mouth of that plant creature to destroy it. You'll now be able to jump over the top of the plant creature, reaching a high corner of the room. Do so, and on the other side, you'll find a passage blocked by a boulder. Run back and grab a Spider Bomb, and carry it to this boulder. Chuck the Bomb and destroy the boulder before it explodes in your face. When the boulder is destroyed, a door is revealed on the other side. Go through it. ----------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Third Monkey Chamber New Dungeon Item: Small Key x1 Head down the ramp to the left or right. At the bottom, you'll find two pillars with a pot and a chest resting on each. Roll into the pillars to knock down the objects. The chest contains a Small Key; the Pot contains some random item. Now, head for the bridge that suspends across the water in the middle of the room. The bridge is dotted with tiles, and hidden under some of the tiles are enemies who will attack if you step on them, sending you back to the start of the bridge. Here is the bridge in ASCII (Xs are enemies, Os are safe tiles). OOX OOO OOO OOO OXO OOO OOO OOO OOX As you can see, you can safely run along the left tiles without any difficulties. Once on the other side of the bridge, you'll find more tiles built into the floor, this one making a pattern. In the pattern, there are two unlit torches. Light both of them to make a staircase, which leads to the trapped monkey. Again, here is the pattern in ASCII. Xs are enemies, Os are safe tiles, Ts are lit torches, Us are unlit torches. OO OO OO OO O OOOO O OTOOOOOOTO XOO OOO OOO OOO OUOXOOOOUO O OOOO X Once you've lit the unlit torches, climb up the staircase which you created. Shoot down the Big Skulltula at the top with your Slingshot, then beat the carp out of it. Use an Ending Blow when it's stunned. With the Big Skulltula out of the way, open the Monkey's cell door with your Small Key. Now that you've saved the third monkey, head back to the previous room. ------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Wooden Ramp Room Head south as you leave the Third Monkey Chamber, where you'll find an ivy wall guarded by Skullwalltulas. Defeat the Skullwalltulas with your Slingshot, then jump out to the ivy. Climb to the top of it, and go through the door on the ledge. ------------------------------------------ The Forest Temple - Fourth Monkey Chamber New Dungeon Item: Small Key x1 As you enter, a Small Key will be snatched up by an unusually large Deku Baba. L-Target the Big Deku Baba, and stand just outside of its range (blocks its attack with your Shield until you find the right range). After it lunges, use a Jump Attack to damage it. Three Jump Attacks will defeat the creature. The plant isn't dead yet, however. Go to the southwest corner of the room, where you'll find more Spider Bombs. Stun one with your Shield, and then carry it to the remains of the plant. Throw it into the "mouth" of the bud to kill it permanently, revealing the Small Key. Take the Key, then open the cell on the south end of the room to free the Fourth Monkey. Monkey in tow, return to the previous room. ------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Wooden Ramp Room New Upgrade: Piece of Heart x1 [PHGCN02] Yes, Nintendo is so evil that they put Keys in the Overworld. Just to prove their point, they also put Heart Pieces in Dungeons. Head to the right as you come out of the Big Deku Baba's room, where you'll see a Spider Bomb. Stun it, pick up its torso, then run to the east, where there is a sharp drop to the floor below. Drop the bomb off this ledge, destroying a Man-Eater Plant below. Drop down, and enter the tunnel which was opened by the Man-Eater Plant's death. Open the chest in this small area to get your second Piece of Heart. Now, head back to the Central Chamber, where you left the previous two Monkeys. ------------------------------------ The Forest Temple - Central Chamber Let your Monkey Assistants aid you in returning to the central chamber. Now, head through the door north of the altar. --------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Wind Chamber With four Monkey Assistants, you can now cross the suspension bridge which the Baboon cut down earlier. Run forward towards the broken bridge, and the Monkeys will position themselves on the ropes of the bridge. Cross the Monkey Bridge by letting them toss you from Monkey to Monkey; only press the Jump button when it appears at the bottom of the screen. Once on the other side of the span, run north towards the door. Destroy the Deku Baba corpses around the doors to get some recovery items, then go through the door. ---------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Baboon's Room New Item: Gale Boomerang -M-I-N-I--B-O-S-S- Baboon The Baboon will attempt to damage you using his Gale Boomerang, and he'll also use it to knock down Boko Babas from the ceiling. There's no great rush to get the Baboon, and the Boko Babas can be dangerous if left unattended, so eliminate them quickly. To damage the Baboon, you must wait for him to throw the Gale Boomerang, then roll into the pillar that he is standing on (run towards the pillar and press the Action button). The Baboon will lose his balance, and the Gale Boomerang will nail him in the head on its return trip. Once the Baboon has been knocked to the ground, quickly L-Target it and use a Jump Attack on its glowing red behind. After the Jump Attack, proceed with using rapid sword attacks. After a few solid hits, the Baboon will be defeated, then run away. He'll leave behind the Gale Boomerang, which is now yours to use as you see fit. The Gale Boomerang can do all sorts of neat tricks, most of which you'll use in the completion of this dungeon. So I won't bother explaining them until the proper time. The first trick is its ability to use the power of the wind to activate wind-based switches. Turn your attention to the door you came through, which sealed behind you as you enter. Above the door, there is a spinning panel, similar to the one you saw on the spinning bridges earlier. Whip out your Gale Boomerang, point it at the Spinner, and press the Lock button five times to lock onto the Spinner, then release the button assigned to the Boomerang. The Gale Boomerang will then unleash, hitting the Spinner with five gusts of wind. If the door still isn't opened, then hit it five more times. Repeat until the door is unsealed. Go back to the previous room. --------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Wind Chamber Your Monkey Assistants have gone MIA, so you won't be able to take the same route back that you did before. Head to the west as you come out of the Baboon's chamber, where you'll encounter more of the spinning bridges. Wait for the first bridge to align, and then quickly cross it. Once on the other end of the bridge, you'll see another spinning bridge, which is out of alignment with the one you are presently standing on. Lock onto this bridge's spinner with your Gale Boomerang, then unleash it to properly align the bridge. Cross this bridge as well. On the other side of the pair of spinning bridges, you'll encounter another Monkey trapped in a cage, guarded by a Bokoblin. Defeat the Bokoblin, then use your Gale Boomerang on the bit of spider webbing used to suspend the Monkey's cage. The Boomerang will cut down the cage, freeing the Monkey, who will go to join his companions elsewhere in the dungeon. Head south from there, where you'll encounter two more spinning bridges. As with before, use your Gale Boomerang on one of them to move them into the proper alignment, and then cross when they form a straight line. Go through the door on the other side of the bridges. ------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Wooden Ramp Room If this area seems familiar, that's because you've been here before, stupid. Your next goal is back on the east wing of the dungeon, but if you stay in the west wing for a few more minutes you'll get a Piece of Heart for your trouble. Drop down off the ledge, and head for the far west side of the room. Go through the door located in the northwest corner (the same door, in fact, which you used the Spider Bombs to reveal). ----------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Third Monkey Chamber New Upgrade: Piece of Heart x1 [PHGCN03] Head back to the middle of the room, where you found the four torches. Before, you used the Lantern to light the two unlit torches. Now, you're going to use the Gale Boomerang to extinguish the two lit torches. Once you've done that, two parts of the wooden stairset on the west side of the room will be gone. Open the chest which is revealed behind the second piece of stairset to get another Piece of Heart. Now that you have both of the dungeon's Pieces of Heart, you can focus entirely on finishing it. Head back to the Central Chamber (the room where you first picked up the Dungeon Map). ------------------------------------ The Forest Temple - Central Chamber New Dungeon Item: Compass Your faithful Monkeys return here to help you cross the gaps. Return to the Altar in the middle of the room, and look up to see a chest suspended by a piece of webbing. Use the Gale Boomerang to cut the webbing, bringing the chest crashing down. Open it to get the Compass, which reveals the location of the dungeon's Chests and Boss (and also Monkeys, but only for the Forest Temple). With Compass in hand, you may also want to take this opportunity to go and open all of the chests dotted around the dungeon (I've been skipping the ones which just contain rupees, since you don't really need them). Once you have the Compass, get a helping hand from a Monkey to reach the east side of the room, and go through the door on the east ledge. ---------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Water Chamber New Dungeon Item: Big Key Head into the main part of the room, and go to the southeast corner. Here, there is a large grating blocking a chest, and four pillars in a square pattern in front of the grating. If you look on top of the four pillars, you'll see Spinners. Now, if you'll look at the floor, you'll see a Z-shaped pattern connecting the pillars. Beginning on the lower-right tip of the Z, lock onto each of the Spinners. If you hit them in the right order, then the grating will open, letting you access the chest. Open it to get the Big Key, which you'll need to access the Boss Chamber. Big Key in hand, head for the north side of the room, and go through the door there. --------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Wind Chamber Wait for the bridge to properly align itself, then run across. On the other side, you'll find one of the Monkeys beckoning towards you. Follow it north, and through the door on the far side of the bridge. ----------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Rotating Bridge Room On your last visit here, you couldn't do much. But now with the Gale Boomerang, things are a little different. Lock onto the Spinner on top of the bridge, and nail it with your Gale Boomerang. The bridge will rotate into place. Now, cross the bridge, and keep following the beckoning Monkey through the door on the north side of the room. ----------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Monkey Counting Room You can clearly see in this room that there are eight Monkeys in the dungeon, five of which you have freed. Head to the left as you enter, passing onto a long wooden platform. This is actually another rotating bridge; nail the Spinner of the bridge while standing on it, and it will rotate around. You can now head north onto a second rotating bridge. Standing on this one, hit the Spinner of the second bridge, rotating it around as well. You can now move west onto a broad platform. Defeat the Bokoblin who guards the area, then use your Gale Boomerang to defeat the Skullwalltulas who patrol the ivy wall. Climb up onto the ivy wall, climbing to its highest point, then to the left. Hop off it when you're suspended over the wooden platform. To the left as you land is another ivy wall, guarded by another Skullwalltula (unless you killed it). Climb up the ivy after the Skullwalltula is out of the way. Go to the right at the top of the ivy, killing a Bokoblin who guards the door. Go through the door. ----------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Sixth Monkey Chamber New Dungeon Item: Small Key x1 Defeat the Boko Baba which lurks in the center of the room. Now, whip out your Gale Boomerang and lock onto the Spider Bomb on the north side of the room. Release the Gale Boomerang, which will stun the Spider and bring it back to you. With your projectile explosive now in hand, throw it towards the Man- Eater Plant in the south side of the room. With the Plant out of the way, you can jump to the south end of the room, opening a chest to get a Small Key. Head for the west end of the room, killing another Boko Baba. Now, this next part is kind tricky, so read carefully. Look towards the boulder which blocks the top of an ivy wall. Notice the large gap to the left of the boulder. Now, use the Gale Boomerang to Lock onto the Spider Bomb, and Lock again on the gap next to the boulder (yes, you can Lock On to thin air). If you do it properly, then the Spider Bomb will strike the boulder, destroying it. Climb up the ivy wall, and defeat the Bokoblin who guards a boulder-blocked doorway. Kill the pair of Boko Babas hanging from the ceiling as well (use the Gale Boomerang to cut them down). Once the enemies are defeated, go and stand on the edge of the ledge. Use the Gale Boomerang to pull a Spider Bomb to you, then chuck the Spider Bomb at the boulder that the Bokoblin was guarding. The Bomb will free the Sixth monkey. Now, head back to the previous room. ----------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Monkey Counting Room You're still two Monkeys short. Using the Small Key that you got from the Sixth Monkey's room, you can now get them. Before you can get back to the start of the room, you first have to hit the east-most bridge's Spinner with the Gale Boomerang. It's self-explanatory from there. Go through the south door back to the rotating bridge's room. ----------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Rotating Bridge Room Hit the bridge's spinner with the Gale Boomerang to rotate it into a new configuration. Jump down and stand on the bridge; while you're standing on it, hit the Spinner again with the Gale Boomerang to rotate the bridge back to its default configuration. There are two doors now open to you, one on the east and one on the west side of the room. Go to the west door first. ------------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Seventh Monkey Chamber If you look up, you'll see Big Skulltulas hanging from the ceiling. Knock them down ONE AT A TIME with the Slingshot or Gale Boomerang, and defeat them in the usual way (attack until they're stunned, then use Ending Blow). Once they're both dead, whip out your Lantern and go to the north side of the room. There is a spider web on the floor here; while standing on the spider web, press the Lantern's assigned hotkey to burn away the webbing. You'll fall through the floor, landing next to a Monkey. Bash the Monkey's cage to pieces, then hop off the large trunk to the floor. There is another Big Skulltula here; kill it. You can also use Spider Bombs to destroy another Man-Eater Plant, which guards a red rupee. Once you've cleared the area of enemies, go to the west side of the area, climbing up ivy to return to the main floor. Monkey in tow, go back to the previous room. ----------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Rotating Bridge Room Cross the bridge to the east side of the room, passing through a locked door. ------------------------------------------ The Forest Temple - Eighth Monkey Chamber This room contains more of the enemies which lurk beneath tiles, which you can now actually kill with the Gale Boomerang. Just ignore them, however; there's no reason to pay any amount of attention to them. Head for the northeast corner of the room, where you'll find a tunnel cut into the wall. Go down it. At the other end of the tunnel, drop out and defeat the Big Skulltula in the large room located there. Now, look up the ivy wall and kill the Skullwalltullas with your Gale Boomerang. Climb to the top of the ivy. At the top of the ivy, you'll find the last Monkey trapped in a cell. Use the Gale Boomerang on the two Spinners that flank the cell to open it. Now, head back to the room where the Monkeys have been congregating. ----------------------------------------- The Forest Temple - Monkey Counting Room With all eight Monkeys rescued, they will now form a chain which will carry you to the Boss Door. After they have formed their chain, jump out and grab onto them, and release at the end of their arc to land on the north end of the room. Run to the end of the hall and go through the Big-Key Locked Boss Door. --------B-O-S-S--------- Twilit Parasite DIABABA New Upgrade: Heart Container x1 New Quest Item: Fused Shadow The first phase of this boss fight is incredibly easy. Simply Lock onto the Spider Bombs which appear near Diababa, then Lock onto one of Diababa’s "heads" (although, as you'll soon discover, they're actually arms). Hold down L to raise your shield, blocking their lunging attacks. After you have force- fed Diababa two Spider Bombs, the creature's real head will appear. At this point, the fight really begins. You can't really do much in this part of the fight to damage Diababa, at least not yet. Target Diababa's head, and watch out for the slime it will try to spit at you (rapidly side-step or side- jump right to avoid it). After a short while, the Baboon will return. Once the Baboon does arrive, he'll begin flying to the left and right side of the room on a zip-line, carrying a Spider Bomb. This is more or less the same as the first phase of Diababa; use the Gale Boomerang to lock onto the Spider Bomb, and then lock onto Diababa's head (ignore the arms). A successful explosion will stun Diababa momentarily, bringing his "eye" down to striking distance. L-Target the eye, open with a Jump Attack, and proceed to use rapid sword strikes. Repeat until Diababa is dust. Here's a handy tip I've discovered while fighting Diababa: even though you can only block while L-Targeted, it's still a good idea to not L-Target and just rely on your rolling ability to avoid Diababa's attacks. L-Targeting tends to interfere with the Gale Boomerang in really inconvenient ways. When Diababa is defeated, you'll get the item which was Midna's sole reason for accompanying you: a fragment of Fused Shadow, one of three. Midna will be typically vague about exactly what the Fused Shadows do, but let's just say it will be significant at a later point in the game. Take the Heart Container that Diababa has left behind, then enter the Portal that Midna has thoughtfully made for you. ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ zz -----zzzz----- -----zzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzz----- -----zzzzzzzzzzzz----- Gamecube Walkthrough -----zz----------zz----- Eldin Province, First Visit ----zzzz--------zzzz---- [0308] --zzzzzz------zzzzzz-- zzzzzzzz----zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz--zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -------------- ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Status Report - New Things This Chapter - Heart Containers: 04/20 Heart Containers: 01 Heart Pieces : 03/45 Heart Pieces : 03 Golden Bugs : 00/24 Golden Bugs : 06 Poe Souls : 00/60 Poe Souls : 00 Abilities : 01/07 Abilities : 01 +----------------------------Inventory Checklist------------------------------+ |X Lantern X Gale Boomerang _ Iron Boots _ Bombs | |_ Water Bombs _ Bomblings _ Hero's Bow _ Hawkeye | |_ Clawshot _ Double Clawshots _ Spinner _ Ball and Chain | |_ Dominion Rod X Slingshot X Fishing Rod _ Horse Call | |X Bottle #1 X Bottle #2 _ Bottle #3 _ Bottle #4 | | | +----------------------------Equipment Checklist------------------------------+ |X Wooden Sword X Ordon Sword _ Master Sword | |X Ordon Shield _ Wooden Shield _ Hylian Shield | |X Hero's Clothes _ Zora Armor _ Magic Armor | |_ Quiver _ Big Quiver _ Giant Quiver | |_ First Bomb Bag _ Second Bomb Bag _ Third Bomb Bag | |X Wallet _ Big Wallet _ Giant Wallet | | _ Double Bomb Bags | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------ Faron Province - Faron Woods: South You'll automatically return to the Faron Light Spirit after finishing the Forest Temple. Of course, Midna lied about you being able to find Ilia and Colin by going there. Not that you should be surprised at this point. Faron will insist that you go to Eldin Province to the east, where the third Light Spirit lives. Head for Coro's Lantern Shop, and head north from there. Pass through the north gate to enter Hyrule Field. ------------------------------ Faron Province - Hyrule Field New Quest Items: Male Beetle, Female Beetle [GBGCN01] [GBGCN02] New Upgrade: Piece of Heart x1 [PHGCN04] Head north, defeating a pair of Bokoblins. Past them, you'll be given a brief introduction to Hyrule Field. Zelda veterans will have fond memories of this place being a complete waste of time in Ocarina of Time. Whether it gets the same treatment here, you'll just have to wait and see. A little ways north from where you enter, you'll spot some Horse Grass. Don't get any bright ideas; Epona is still MIA. You're going to have to on-foot it for just a little while longer. Start heading north, following the dirt path. After a short ways of running along the path, you can look to the left to see a sharp cliff. At the bottom of this cliff, there is a tree, which has an odd golden glow on it. This is actually one of the game's hidden Golden Bugs. Drop down to the Bug, and roll into the tree to get its attention. It will now begin floating around. Watch its shadow on the ground, and catch it by standing in its shadow and pressing the Capture button when it floats low. You'll be able to cash these Bugs in later for some Rupees, as well as for Wallet upgrades (your current wallet of 300 maximum rupees is rather lacking). Bug in hand, climb back up to the dirt path, and keep following it north. It will eventually split off to the east. A tree sits in between the north and east splits on the path. Look in its branches to spot a Piece of Heart. Lock onto it with the Gale Boomerang to claim it. Now, start following the path east towards Eldin Province. After you run along the road a short ways, the Postman (who for some reason carries a Samurai banner) will appear. He'll warn you about a black wall (twilight) which has appeared in Eldin Province. He'll then give you a piece of mail. Read it if you like (its contents are essentially obvious and irrelevant), then keep going east along the road. If you look to the left, you'll see another road that splits off to the north, leading along the eastern shore of a small pond. Follow this road a short ways, watching out for flying enemies who may waylay you (use the Gale Boomerang followed by a