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In the land of Hyrule, There
Echoes a legend. A legend held
dearly by the Royal Family that
tells of a boy...
A boy who,
after battling evil and saving
Hyrule, crept away from that land
that had made him a legend...
Done with the battle he once
waged across time, he embarked
on a journey.. a secret
and personal journey...
A journey in search of a
beloved and invaluable friend.
A friend with whom he parted
ways when he finally fulfilled his
heroic destiny and took his place
among legends.
WELCOME TO TERMINA!!
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This is a kind of parallel world that is similar to and yet different from the land of Hyrule, which was the setting for the Legend of Zelda: Ocraina of Time. Termina is a mysterious place, and the people Link meets here may look vaguely familiar at first glance.
Clock Town rests at the heart of this world. Heading any direction from there will take you to the mysterious regions beyond. The centerpiece of Clock Town is the clock tower. It is the symbol of the town and the center of the activity, as the townsfolk are busy with preparations for the annual carnival, despite rumors that the moon will fall from the heavens in just three days.
Tatl: A slightly overbearing fairy, Tatl is always thinking of her younger brother. She will be the companion that Link will often find himself relying on in this adventure. The replacment for Navi.
Epona: The faithful, young horse that has journeyed with Link throughout his adventures is taken from him by the Skull Kid. Will Link and Epona ever meet again?
The Deku Tribe: The Dekus live primarily in a palace surrounded by the waters that flow from the Woodfall. Their King is terribly stubborn and will not permit people of other tribes to enter his palace.
The Goron Tribe: The Gorons live in the small shrine east of Snowhead and its steep mountainous peaks. Though used to harsh weather, the Goron are in the grips of an unusually fierce cold snap.
The Zora Tribe: Since this tribe lives in the water, they are particularly sensitive to environmental changes. The songs of the Zora band, the Indigo-gos, are popular with people of all races.
NOTE:: THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT CAN BE SAVED WHEN SAVING YOUR GAME...
Things that can be saved::
-Masks
-Instruments, Hookshot, etc.
-Songs and items on the Quest Status Screen
-Maps
-Dungeon Maps, and Compasses
-Rupees desposited at the bank
Things that cannot be saved...
- Cleared maze puzzles, sub-events, conversations with people you've met, etc.
(These all return to their original status)
- The number of usable items you have
- Small Keys, Big Keys and Stray Fairies
- The Rupees in your wallet
WALKTHROUGH!!!
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PRELUDE
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1. The Deku Curse
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Pursue the Skullkid:: Your quest begins as Link pursues the skull kid and his fairies through the forest. This part is a brief reintorduction to the controls of Zelda, so get the hang of them now while you have all the time you need. When you finally catch up to the skull kid, he'll transform you into your first new form.
2. PRACTICE YOUR DEKU ABILITIES
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Dekus have the ability to burrow into flowers and then pop out and float short distances (while burrowing, hold down the button till you see the little puff of smoke). You'll need to use this trick to cross this small cavern, ad a short detours will lead you to a chest full of deku nuts. You can equip these to one of your c buttons if you want, but there aren't any enemies to worry about in this part of the game.
At the end of the road, you'll find a mask salesman who will offer to lift your deku curse if you bring him the mask the skull kid stole. Your search begins in clock town, the massive city that lies at the center of the new continent Termina.
3. FIND THE FAIRY FOUNTAIN
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Your new ally tatl suggests that you seek the Great Fairy in the North sector of clock town. You'll come out of his clock tower facing south, so you'll need to loop around the tower to get to the north clock town.
You'll find her cave in the grassy area, but the great fairy won't be able to help you now, as she has lost a piece of her essence.
4. RECOVER THE STRAY FAIRY
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The fairies send you to recover that lost piece, which is a small fairy floating somewhere in clock town.
The fairy actually moves around a bit. During the day (6 am to 6 pm) you can find it hovering over the water in the small park in the southwest. At night, it moves to east clock town, and you'll need to use the deku flower to get it.
5. BUY A CLOCK TOWN MAP
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The great fairy gives you a magic bar that you can use to build up little snot bubble with the B button. Fire a shot at the balloon holding up the little green man, and tingle will drop down to sell you his maps. The clock town map is only 5 rupees, and you can easily find that by cutting the shrubs in the corner.
6 POP JIM'S BALLOON
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There's another balloon, floating just south of tingle. Pop this one and you'll get the attention of Jim, leader of the brutal "Bombers" street gang. He'll offer you a chance to take the bombers' initiatino, a bloody, no-holds-barred game of hide-and-go-seek. Play if you dare!
7 PLAY HIDE AND GO SEEK
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There are 5 bombers total: two in the north, two in the east, and one in the west. You'll need to touch them to catch them, but they won't go quietly, so you may need to use your deku spin for a burst of speed.
The 2 in the north clock town are easy: one near where Jim was standing, and one in the corner by the slide. The one in the west clock town is at the top of the stairs, by the swordsman school. But the 2 in the east are trickier. One is on top of the milk bar, and will try to escape by floating away on a chicken when you approach, the other is on top the inn's balcony by the bell, and can only be reached by using the deku flower.
8)The Observatory Path
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When you've found all five hide-and-go-seekers,
return to the north clock town and write down the numbers on the bombers'
shirts as they turn your back on you. Like most street gangs, the bombers can't
get enough astronomy and cosmology, and they've claimed the astral observatory
as their turf. You'll need this password to access their secret path, which can
be found in east clock town.
Hop from step to step over the water, and stay on the water until you
turn to avoid the big Skulltula that ambushes travelers. (If you do fight it,
Z-target it and bubble blast it when it turns its back). You'll need to use
your bubble again on the balloon that blocks ladder, but there are no other
enemies here.
9)Meet Pierre
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Fans of Zelda: Oot may remember Pierre, the wacky scarecrow
you could summon when you needed a hookshot target. Pierre still serves that
function, bur now he'll also invite you to dance with him, a process that skips
you to the next morning or night. You probably don't have much time to spare,
so pass for now.
10)Observe Your Enemy: Get The Moon's Tear
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The kind astronomer of the
second floor of the observatory will invite you to take a look through his
telescope. You'll get a great view of termina field from here, but it's the
figure dancing atop the clock tower that commands you attention now. Zoom in on
him with a button, and telescope will automatically pan to the grimacing moon
above, as it shoots a flaming tear at the observatory.
Take the blue door to the observatory's small yard and pick up the
glowing moon's tear. Then take the bombers' tunnel back to clock town.
11)Trade The Moon's Tear
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You may have already been accosted by the akindo
nut that appears when you pass by the deku flower in the south town. Equip the
moon's tear to one of your c buttons and go talk to him now. When he asks about
the tear hit the appropriate c button to trade it to him for the land title
deed to his flower.
Now you can use this flower to fly to the entrance of the clock tower.
It
won't open until the night of the final (at midnight), so you might have some
time to kill before then.
12)The Heart Piece And Treasure Chest
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The heart piece by the entrance to
the clock tower isn't hard to get... just fly over and grab it. As old-school
Zelda fans know, you get one new heart added to your life bar for every four
pieces you pick up. In majora's mask, this is the first of 52 total heart
pieces to find!
Getting the other treasure requires a bit more effort. On the final day,
a treasure chest appears on the ever-rising scaffold just south of the clock
tower. Fly straight towards it from the deku flower, and then hit the A button
to drop when you're right against the edge. You'll grab onto it, and can pull
yourself up to collect 50 rupees. But you'll lose them if you don't immediately
deposit them in the clock tower bank (in the west clock town).
13)Confront The Skull Kid: Get The Ocarina Of Time
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At 12:00 am sharp, float
across to the clock tower entrance and pay a visit to your new nemesis. There's
nothing you can do to hurt the skull kid (he won't attempt to hurt you either),
but a well-aimed bubbled blast will knock the ocarina out of his hand. Grab it,
and you'll be reminded of Zelda and the song of time she taught you.
Equip the ocarina and play the song shown below to warp back to the
moment you entered clock town. You'll lose your rupees. Deku nut, and the land
title deed, but keeps the ocarina and your new song.
14)Learn The Song Of Healing: Get The Deku Mask
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The mask salesman will meet
you at the entrance to clock town, and the song of healing. This versatile
melody has many effects, the first of which lifts the deku curse. The process
also creates a deku mask, which you can use at any time to revert to your deku
form.
When you use the song of time from now on, you'll go directly to clock
town, right in front of the clock tower. But as your quest progresses, you can
always visit the mask salesman here for friendly (if overly cryptic) advice on
how to use your masks.
15)Exploring Clock Town
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Every cycle of the game begins here in clock town,
and it's here where you'll spend much of your time. If you want to go running
off to the southern swamp to begin your quest, go right ahead. But there's a
lot of thing to do, characters to meet, and items to win right here in clock
town. You can't do everything now, but it's a good idea to get acquainted with
the city and its residents before you get too enmeshed in your quest. It's also
a great place to kill time, when you're waiting for a specific event or have
some extra tome on the clock at the end of a cycle.
16)West Clock Town
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Swordsman's School
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The swordsman's school offers two
courses: the novice one cost 1 rupee and simply goes over the various attacks.
In the expert one (which cost 10 rupees), Link earns points based on the
difficulty of his attacks... just use the jump attack on every target to get
the
max score and an easy heart piece!
The Post Office
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The postman character is a major player in many notebook
events, and this where you can find him at certain times of day (his schedule
is on the wall). Come during his training hours, and he'll invite you to play
his absurdly difficult timing game. Without a clock to look at, you have to hit
the button after exactly 10 seconds- to the hundredth of a second. Either count
time by the rotation of Tatl's crosshairs (this takes practice) or come back
wearing the bunny hood to make the game easier (the timer will stay on screen).
The prize is another heart piece.
Clock Town Bank
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Mere moments after unlocking the secrets of time travel,
Link is already using its unfathomable power to commit bank fraud. And who can
blame him, really? This whole I'll write your bank balance on your forehead
system is just begging to be abused. If you remember to warp back to clock town
and deposit all of your rupees before each time warp, you'll then be able to
withdraw the rupees that you deposited in a completely different time stream,
on future cycles! This will probably result in a devastating crash of the bank
and the complete destabilization of clock town's economy, but hey, that still
beats being obliterated by a falling moon. So defraud away, and earn valuable
prizes while you're at it.
The banker gives out prizes as your balance reaches certain milestones.
You'll get an adult wallet (which can hold 200 rupees) at 200 rupees, and a
heart piece at (gulp) 5,000 rupees.
Lottery Shop
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Don't feel bad about using time travel to rip off this
lottery... they're the ones paying 5:1 on 100:1 odds, so really, who's cheating
who? To make a bit of cash, invest 10 bucks each day in a ticket and go back
each night to get the winning numbers. Then, in any future cycle, buy a ticket
with those numbers (they won't change) and collect your jackpot of 50 rupees.
It's free money, but it requires you to visit the lottery shop twice a day, so
it's a bit of a hassle.
The Bomb Shop
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You need a bomb bag, so make that one of your first
purchases. But forget buying bombs; you can find them for free on the field
once you have a bag. Bombchus are fun but not particularly useful, and the
powder keg won't come into play until much later.
Come back after saving the old woman who works here to buy the big bomb
bag (90 rupees).
Trading Post
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You know, I don't think I've ever bought anything here.
Arrows, deku nuts, deku sticks and fairies can easily be found for free, and
potions just aren't very useful.
If you lose your shield to a Like Like you can buy a replacement here,
but it's easier just to kill the Like Like and get it back.
The Curiosity Shop
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The curiosity shop serves a few functions. You can
buy stolen items here, including the bigger bomb bag and the all night mask
(for 500 rupees, on the last night only). It's also where any items stolen from
you will turn up.
The proprietor will also buy things from you. You can't sell anything
you
need, so it's mostly just rare bottled stuff like Poes. The gold dust you win
in the goron races nets you 200 rupees!
17)Bombers' Notebook #1: Join the bombers' gang as Link
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The bombers'
notebook is one item you definitely do not want to miss. It's the key to twenty
different subplots that involve many of the game's supporting characters. You
can read about the notebook at the sign on the east clock town balcony where
the bomber with the chicken hid in the prelude. Then, once you've been accepted
as a member, you'll get your own and can join this though street gang in their
own ruthless brand of good samaritanism.
There are two ways to join as human Link: Either takes off your deku
mask
after popping Jim's balloon (and repeat the hide-and-go-seek event): or use the
password from the prelude to enter the observatory path and they'll admit you
to the gang when you come back out.
You can get started using that notebook right away, as there are a
number
of clock town residents who need the help of a stranger. I'll point them out in
"Bomber's Notebook" corners like this one as we progress.
18)South Clock Town
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The First Owl Statue
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The most important thing in this
part of town is the owl statue. Make sure to strike it with your sword to
activate it (you will not need to do this again on future cycles). Now you'll
be able to warp back to his statue (when you get the appropriate song), and you
can also use it to save you game when you need to shut off the game but don't
want to play the song of time and erase your accomplishments.
The Two Treasure Chests
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Even as a human, you can repeat the part of the
prelude where you trade the moon's tear for the land title deed. Using that
deku flower you can get both the chest atop the scaffold, and another one
(containing 20 rupees) in the southeast corner of this map. Fly past the
scaffold to the straw roof that's just west of the chest, then transform to
Link and do a rolling jump (press A before you run off the ledge) to get to the
area with the chest.
19)Southwest Clock Town
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Free Rupees
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You can find 5 free rupees in the box
by the bench at any time, and 60 (!) in the river, but only on the second
night.
Bombers' Notebook #2: Guru-Guru, Band Leader
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Once you have earned the
bombers' notebook come here between 6 pm and 6 am on the first or second day to
meet Mr. Guru-Guru.
All you need to do to bring him peace is to listen to his bizarre tale,
and he'll reward you with the Bremen mask. You'll also get his happiness seal
in your notebook.
The Bremen mask makes certain animal obey you (when you march by holding
down the B button). Try it out with the dog in south clock town!
20)East Clock Town
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More Free Rupees
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Forget messing around trying to get 20
or 50 rupees... you can start every cycle with an easy 100 free rupees if you
come here first. All that's required is mastery of the rolling jump mentioned
previously
Go up the stairs in the middle part of town, so you're above the milk
bar. Then face south and do a series of rolling jumps, over honey and darling's
sign. You'll find the chest at the end, behind the shooting gallery's sign.
Yet More Free Rupees
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That one not enough for you? If you want another
100 free rupees, head to the observatory path, enter your password, and turn
left when you get down the stairs. Swim against the wall to avoid another
Skulltula attack, and plant a bomb near crack in the alcove at the end (or use
your blast mask). The chest inside contains 100 rupees, and you can get it at
the start of every cycle. Remember, you only need to deposit 200 rupees to get
the adult wallet from the banker.
The Milk Bar
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The milk bar is strictly for members only, so they won't
let you in during business hours unless you have proof of membership...
something
that you can't get yet.
Town Shooting Gallery
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This shooting gallery offers a couple of neat
prizes: You'll get a big quiver if you score over 40 points, and a heart piece
if you get a perfect score. But that doesn't matter now, since you can't play
until you have a bow.
The Mayor's House
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There are lots of interesting people to meet here. The
left room contains the mayor, who will be added to your notebook.
The right room contains Madame Aroma, the mayor's wife, who will solicit
your help in finding her missing son, Kafei. The Kafei's Mask she gives you is
the first step of a long subplot we'll cover in more detail later. You may also
find Toto, the Indigo-gos manager, and on the first morning, you can see an
interesting event involving Gorman. Both will be added to your notebook.
The Stock Pot Inn
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This large building is home to a number of the
characters that are covered in you notebook. Among them are Anju, the fiancee
of the missing Kafei. Talk to her between 2 and 10 pm while wearing his mask to
get started on her side quest (which you can't yet complete).
Anju's grandmother is another notebook character: Letting her read you
stories is a good way to kill time, and you can use them to skip ahead 2 hours
or a whole day. There's also an amusing subplot regarding her senility if you
come while Anju is serving lunch, and then read grandma's diary later.
Many inn events require you to come at night, when it's closed. You can
use your deku form to get up to the rooftop balcony, or you can get the inn key
and come and go as you please. Talk to Anju after 1:30 pm on the first day and
tell her you have a reservation... what do you know, there's a Link in the
reservation book! But if you stick around a minute or two, the Link who
actually made the reservation will show up and be turned away, you selfish
jerk.
Treasure Chest Shop
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In this fairly easy game, you run through randomly
generated mazes trying to get to the chest in time. As with any maze, the best
strategy is just to pick a side (say, left) and keep running so the walls are
always on that side of your characters. The prizes (and costs to play) differ
per character: Link can win 50 rupees, the deku can win deku nuts, the zora can
win 20 rupees, and the goron can win a heart piece (the first time only, of
course).
Egads! Yet More Free Rupees?
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These take timing, but Link can grab
another pair of solver rupees in the Inn. If you get the inn key, you'll find a
rupee chest in "your" room (on the 2nd floor). There's another rupees chest in
Anju's room, although her door is only unlocked after midnight on Day 3.
Bombers' Notebook: The Mysterious Hand
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The inn is home to what is surely
the most disturbing notebook side quest. Go to the bathroom at midnight and
you'll find a hand sticking out of the toilet. It wants paper badly, and if you
give him a paper item (such as one of the deku deeds, or one of the letters
involved in other subplots), it'll give you a heart piece. Although I
personally wouldn't add anything that's been pulled out of a toilet to my life
essence.
Honey & Darling's Shop
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These obsessive lovers some how manage to peel
themselves away from each other long enough to put on a different game each
day. You'll win 50 rupees if you beat each one (it costs 10 to play), and
you'll get a heart piece if you beat all three in one cycle. Don't fall off the
platform, or it's game over.
Day1 is bombchu bowling. Hit targets at different heights from a
spinning
platform.
You need a bomb bag for day 2. Using careful l timing, toss bombs into
wall-mounted baskets.
You'll need the bow for day 3. You're supposed to hit the targets, but
shooting honey & darling is good for a laugh.
21)North Clock Town
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The Fairy Mask
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Remember how the great fairy asked you to come back when
the curse was lifted? Pay her a visit now and she'll give you the fairy mask,
an item that is essential for catching the pieces of the other great fairies
that have been scattered throughout the game's four temples.
The mask does 3 things:
1. It emits sparkles when a stray fairy is in the room.
2. It attracts the fairy to you once it is freed (they're usually
trapped in bubbles, crates, chests, and enemies).
3. It completely revolts me. Purple hair, the hooknose, the moles, and
that caked-on mascara on Link's little body... It's a sight I'd hoped
I would never have to see.
Deku Scrub Playground
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Like honey & darling's, the deku scrub playground
game changes on each of the three days. It costs 10 rupees to play, and victory
on the first 2 day will earn you 50 rupees. Beat all three in one cycle, and
you'll get the heart piece. In the game, you fly from flower to flower on
moving platforms, trying to get all the rupees in the time allotted. They give
you plenty of time (and there's no additional prize if you're quicker), so take
it slowly and carefully. It's a tricky game, but the skills you learn will come
in handy later.
Bombers' Notebook #4: Old Lady From Bomb Shop
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Come here at a little
after midnight on the first day, and you'll see a thief ambush and mug this
kind old lady. Give him a taste of your blade and the old woman will reward you
with the awesome blast mask, which effectively gives you unlimited bombs! It
damages Link, but inexplicably he can prevent the damage (from his face
exploding?) by readying his shield with the R button. Also, the bomb shop will
begin selling the big bomb bag after you complete this event. If you fail, it
will end up at the curiosity shop.
The Heart Piece
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Now that you're human again, getting this heart piece in
the tree by the slide is a snap. Just climb up the first block and jump across
the others to get to the tree.
Part 1 - 1: The Southern Swamp
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1)Cross Termina Field
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Head out of the
south gate in clock town, and the entrance to the southern swamp will be right
in front of you. All that stands in your ways is a few chuchus, weak enemies
that contain items and regenerate endlessly. Kill them for hearts and magic
pots and prune the bushes for bombs and rupees.
If you stray into the tall grass on either side of the path, expect to
face a few deku babas. Kill these easy enemies while they're just sprouts for
some deku nuts, or kill them when they're fully-grown and get deku sticks.
Before you challenge swamp road, you might want to explore the various
hidden pits in these part of termina field. These optional areas and the danger
they contain are discussed on the next few pages.
Cow Pit #1
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Plant a bomb in the dead center of the log tunnel to reveal
the first of several cow pits. The cow you find here can't do anything for you
now, but remember this spot. If you come back after you learn Epona's song,
you'll find the residents of this pit to be convenient source of life-restoring
milk.
Secrets Of The Observatory
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If you head west from the south gate, you'll
get to the astral observatory. You can use the deku flower to get over the
gate, but you'll still need to take the long way out.
Why even bother? Because there are some interesting things to see
through
that telescope. Best of all is the akindo nut that flies from clock town to a
pit just west of the observatory. If you then leave the observatory and track
him to that pit, you'll find an akindo that's willing to deal. He'll offer to
sell you a heart piece for 150 rupees. Don't got that much on you? Say no and
he'll lower it to 100, but that's as low as he'll go. Note that this pit will
be empty if you didn't spot the akindo through the telescope first.
There are a couple of other things you can see through the telescope.
Follow one of the crow-like Guays as they fly across the map, and you may see
it drop some red rupees near the observatory. Sure enough, they'll still be
there when you get outside.
You'll also see men standing on the field and waving their hands. They
won't be there when you go outside, but you'll find a pit in each of the spots
where they once stood.
More Free Rupees
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Need more rupees? There are plenty of ways to get them
on the field. You can find 5 invisible rupees atop the log tunnel, a hest with
20 in the southeast corner of the map (in the tall grass) and another 20 in a
deku baba pit near that. There's another rupee chest atop a stump near the log
tunnel, but you'll need the hookshot to get it.
If you don't mind a bit of petty thievery, the most amusing place to get
rupees is just south of the observatory. Roll into the tree that the man is
climbing, and he'll be knocked to the ground. Then you swipe his rupees and
run, hero.
Duel In The Peahat Pit
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There's another hidden pit in the tall grass near
the entrance to milk road - you can spot it by the butterflies that flutter
above it. Inside is a Peahat, a difficult enemy that you may not be ready for
yet. But if you're bold and you're quick, you can slay it with 10 - 12 hits of
your kokiri sword. Make sure to always stay on the opposite side of its
lopsided rotors, or this odd beast will shred Link like a field mouse caught in
a lawnmower. If it burrows into he ground, toss a bomb to flush it out and do
some easy damage. Victory nets you another sweet heart piece.
Beware Of The Takkuri Bird
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If you veer towards the southwest, you can
visit milk road, an area we'll cover in more detail later on. But even
approaching the entrance will draw the attention of the dreaded Takkuri bird
(which appears as a red dot on your map). When this pest hits you, it will
either knock a bunch or rupees out of your hand, or snatch a truly important
item, like your sword or a bottle. If it gets something good, it will
immediately fly off to clock town and hock it at the curiosity shop for
birdseed and cuttlebones, or whatever the heck Takkuri birds like. You'll have
to wait until nightfall and buy the item back.
It's best to avoid it, but it is possible to kill it. An easy way is to
transform into a deku, wait for it to attack, and deku spin right before it
hits you. It'll take 15-20 hits, but when it dies you'll get a very rare orange
rupees (worth 200r!).
2)Traverse Swamp Road
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This small area is fairly easy to cross, especially
during the day when it's wolfos-free. Head straight south for now, since the
only thing of interest in the east passage is a swamp shooting gallery that you
can't participate in until you get the bow.
The one pit, near the bat tree, contains 20 rupees-just enough to buy
the
map of this area from tingle, which's floating near.
Climb The Bat Tree
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This tree isn't too inviting, but the heart piece at
the top sure is. The bad bats will try to knock you off as you climb, so first
switch to deku form and use your bubbles to shoot down as many of them as you
can (Z-target them if possible). Then climb up and claim your prize.
3)The Art Of Slaying Wolfos
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As soon as night falls, the wolfos emerge.
These crafty enemies can be difficult to defeat if you don't know their
weakness... the trick is to Z-target them, then stand so that you'll be just
out
of range of its claws (don't use your shield). After its second attack misses,
the wolfos will be spun around, it's back to Link. Quickly backstab the wolfos
with a jumping slash (A while Z-targeted) to kill it in a single strike.
4)Warp Point #2: Koume Is Missing
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I believe this area is straight up from when you exit the town. One of the guards tells you about the swamp, so take that exit, (i don't remember which exit it is off the top of my head... I'll have that for you later.)The first thing to do here is activate
the owl statue. You'll get the song of soaring soon, and this is a very handy
warp spot. After that, head into the tourist info center just south of the
entrance. This is where you can sign up for a swamp cruise, which will take you
past the giant octoroks. But the tour guide, Koume, has gone missing.
Deed Trading Game #1
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There's an akindo nut outside of the tourist info
building, and he'll start selling magic beans in the near future (after someone
else teaches you how to use them). But for now, you can trade him the land
title deed you got from trading the moon tear to the akindo nut in clock town.
He'll give you the swamp title deed, and vacate the magic flower so you can use
it to get to the heart piece.
5)Follow The Monkey: Get The Empty Bottle
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6)Save Koume's Life
-------------------
If you
arrive at the northeast part of swamp A on the first day, you'll find Kotake
asleep in her potion shop. On the 2nd and 3rd day, you'll see her fly from her
shop into the forest. Either way. She's concerned about her sister Koume, who
has disappeared into the woods of mystery.
Fortunately, the monkey that meets you at the entrance to the woods of
mystery seems to know where Koume can be found. It runs extremely fast, tough,
so you'll need to work hard to keep its pace (your deku form in quicker, so you
may want to switch). Ignore the snapper enemies that you pass - the only way to
kill them are with bombs or by shooting out of the deku flowers while they're
above them. If you ever take a wrong turn, you'll end up at the beginning,
where the monkey will be waiting.
After you find Koume, talk to her (as human Link), and then go talk to
Kotake. On day 1 she'll be in her shop, but on day 2 or 3 you'll find her here
in the woods of mystery. She'll give you a bottle full of restorative potion,
which you must take back to Koume. When Koume is healed she'll fly back to the
tourist info building, and the empty bottle will be yours to keep.
7)Help The Monkeys
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After you save Koume, the monkeys will ask you to
travel to deku palace to save a friend... and that means taking a swamp cruise.
Just in case something goes wrong, cut the shrubs by the owl statue on your way
back, and use your bottle to catch the fairy that appears.
You could also use your bottle to hold the potions Kotake sells, but
fairies are far more useful. There is one good use for the potions, though; if
you have to redo this quest on future cycles (and you will), you can save time
by buying the red potion and taking it directly to Koume.
Get The Pictograph Box
----------------------
Koume owes you a favor, so this one time only,
the cruise is free (gee, and all you had to do to save 10 rupees was save her
miserable life). But before you set sail, talk to the man who runs the photo
contest. Koume will give you a free pictograph box, a camera that can only hold
a single shot. Bring him the best shot you took during the cruise to see if
you've won a prize.
8)Take The Swamp Cruise
-----------------------
There isn't much to do on the swamp cruise but
enjoy the scenery and take pics with your pictograph box. You can take as many
shots as you want, but you can only keep one at a time- so don't save over a
favorite shot! The prizes for the contest are listed below, so don't look if
you don't want to spoil it.
Watch your step when you get off the boat. The purple water is poisonous
to Link, so don't fall in! The monkey will meet you at the entrance to deku
palace and tell you what you need to do next.
9)Meet The Deku King
--------------------
All you need to do now is go straight ahead. Humans
aren't allowed in the deku palace, but all deku are... so slip on that mask and
go see the king.
The monkey you're here to save is in the cage to the left of the king.
After taking to both the monkey and the deku, it should be apparent that
diplomacy won't be the solution this time. You have no choice but to infiltrate
the castle and save the monkey the old-fashioned-way.
The Winning Shot
----------------
Most of the pictures you take on the cruise are worth 5
rupees. A few, like the monkey or the big octorok, are worth 20. But there are
only 2 shots that will take the top prize of a heart piece: The deku king, or
Tingle, the contest judge missing son. Since you'd have to go back to swamp
road to get Tingle, you might as well just snap the king.
10)Infiltrate The Palace
------------------------
As you leave the throne room, go on the door on
the Link's right. Weave around to the north, then cut west and grab the heart
piece. It sounds easy, but there's a catch: The entire area is patrolled by
deku guards. If you cross their line of sight, they'll toss you right out of
the castle. If you're having trouble avoiding them, wait until nightfall, when
you can see their line of sight, making this much easier.
11)Buy Magic Beans
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On the east side weave through the deku guards and work
your way to the pit that is located in the corner at the very end. Drop into
the hole immediately! Once inside you'll end up in a cavern with a man selling
magic beans. They're only 10 rupees, so pick some up and be sure to fill your
bottle with spring water. Plant the bean in the plot of land and pour the
spring water to grow a bean flower. Jump onto the bean flower for an easy ride.
The flower will fly you over to a rupee chest in the corner.
12)Hop To The Back Door
-----------------------
Refill you bottle with spring water and buy a few
more magic beans before you move on. Exit the palace and hop across the
lilypads to the small yard in the northeast corner of your map. Grow your bean
leaf and ride it to the palace's secret back door.
13)Fly To The Monkey Cage
-------------------------
This is where the skills you learned in the deku
scrub playground come in handy. Soar from flower platform to flower platform
through the entire palace and into the monkey's cage. But things get tricky
when you start running into the mad nuts. They'll try to shoot you down, but
your snot bubbles have longer range, so if your aim is good you can snipe at
them from the platforms before you jump. If you have trouble with that, just
fly at them and dive bomb them with deku nuts before you land. If you fall,
you'll have to go back outside and start over, so don't.
Learn The Sonata of Awakening
-----------------------------
Talk to the monkey as Link, and he'll urge
you to try cutting the rope. When that plan fails, he'll ask you if you have an
instrument... transform into a deku and show him your trumpets. The monkey will
then teach you the sonata of awakening, the song you need to enter the game's
fist temple. And once you learn it, you'll never have to do the deku palace
event again, even if you later use the song of time.
Sadly, there's no way to free the monkey yet. And the king wasn't
kidding
about sacrificing it: Head back in after you've been thrown out and you'll see
the monkey being boiled alive! Mmmm... the sweet aroma of hot, juicy, boiled
monkey... NO! He is our friend and we must save him! Wipe the droll off your
lips
and head back outside. Hop across the lilypads to the deku flower and use that
to get into the little cave labeled "Woodfall shortcut."
14)Soar Through The Marsh
-------------------------
You've been in this area before, but never from
this vantage point. By flying from flower to flower, you can reach the ledges
on either side of the waterfall. But watch out for the dragonflies! An unlucky
hit from theirs stingers will send you crashing to the swamp below, and you'll
have to cut through the deku palace area to get back here. If you get a clear
shot, nail them with magic bubbles before you take to the skies.
15)Learn The Song Of Soaring
----------------------------
Waiting at the ledge is Kepola Gebola,
everyone's favorite owl spirit guide! Kepola will point you to the near by
engraving of the song of soaring, and teach you how to use it to warp to any of
the owl statues you've activated with your sword.
You may be tempted to give it a whirl and warp back to clock town or
something, but if you persevere a little further, you'll get a chance to hit a
new statue right outside the Woodfall temple, and then you'll never have to
deal with the koume the swamp cruise or the deku palace ever again.
Spider House #1: The gold skulltulas from ocarina of time are back in
this small, optional temple. If you can get all 30 gold skulltulas tokens here,
you'll be rewarded with the mask of truth.
But skulltula hunting is a time consuming job, so you may want to wait
until after you've cleared the Woodfall temple. When you are ready to go, bring
an extra magic bean, and use a deku stick as a torch to burn the web blocking
the door. See the skulltula section for full coverage.
Cross The Woodfall Area: The temple won't be there when you first enter
this area. To make it appear, you'll want to go counter- clockwise from the
entrance until you reach the high platform to the south. But that's not easy to
do... the thin bridges are guarded by pesky Hiploop bugs that can't be slain
directly. Shoo them with magic bubbles or , as Link, use deku nuts to stun them
and the kokiri sword for the kill (or just push them off the bridge with your
shield). There are plenty of mad nuts here too, which you can snipe with magic
bubbles or dive bomb with deku nuts.
16)Activate Warp Point #3: Play Sonata of Awakening
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Strike the owl statue,
catch a fairy from the nearby pots, and step up to the deku seal. As a deku,
play the sonata of awakening, and the Woodfall temple will appear. If you're
running low on time, this is a good opportunity to warp back to clock town,
deposit your cash, and play the song of time.
Nearby Treasure
--------------
After activating the owl statue, there's no reason not
to go for this easy heart piece. Just soar over to the bench in the southeast
(the cave above the beach if this area's great fairy fountain), and use the
series of deku flowers to fly north to the treasure chest. No need to take long
way back: Just use the song of soaring to warp back to the platform (from
there, you can fly to the temple).
Part 1-2: Woodfall Temple
1)Weave Through the Roots
-------------------------
The first stray fairy
will meet you at the entrance to this temple. All you need to do to get it is
slap on the fairy's mask and wait for it to come to you. A second fairy waits
in the chest to your right, so you'll have to use the deku flower and hang a
very sharp right to get it.
Getting to the door on the other side isn't as easy as it looks. It's
guarded by 2 big skulltulas (one in front of each torch), so you'll need to fly
right in between them. If they knock you out of the sky you'll have to walk
back to the ladders at the south end of your room. Use your spin attack to deal
with the black boes on the floor.
Since not everyone cares to find the stray fairies, we'll list their
locations paragraphs like these ones. As we mentioned above, there are 2 stray
fairies here: One at the entrance, and one in the treasure chest.
2)Hop Across the Poison Pool
----------------------------
Take special notice of the weird flower-
shaped mechanism in the center of this room, as it will be important later. For
now, it's just the red flower things floating on the poisonous water that
matter. You can hop over them on your way to the sole unlocked door on the west
side of the room (but only as a deku- the flowers will eat Link!). The second
floor is not currently accessible.
There are 4 fairies in this room, but you can only get 2 now. The first
is in one of the pots in the southeast corner. To get the other you'll need to
kill the deku baba near the locked door.
Get Small Key
-------------
You'll need to hop to the deku flower in the center of
this room and use that to get to the treasure chest and the small key it
contains. Use the same flower to soar to the door to room D.
While you're at the treasure chest, use your magic bubble to shoot down
the hive in the northwest corner. That will reveal a fairy that you can attract
with the fairy's mask.
3)Get Dungeon Map: Return to Room E
-----------------------------------
You ran by these spiky snapper turtles
in the lost woods, but there's no avoiding them this time. Bombs are one
strategy, but the easiest way to kill them is to burrow into the flowers, wait
for one to go sliding over you, and pop out at just that moment to send it
flying. The timing of this takes some practice, but it's the safest path to
victory. Grab the dungeon map, and head back west to room E.
4)Light Brazier #1
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As soon as you enter, push the block forward, then loop
around (watch out for a big skulltula ambush) and push the block two squares
back the way you just came. Then, using a deku stick as a torch, you can easily
run some flame from the lit brazier in the corner to the unlit one by the door.
Then head on through.
Three fairies here: one in a hive near the center of the room, on in the
big skulltula in the northwest corner, and one underwater (but you'll probably
want to wait until the water is cleared).
Get the Compass
---------------
magic bubbles are the best way to kill dragonflies, but
you can hit them with the whole pop-out-of-the-flower trick if you timing is
good. Kill both to unlock the door and make the treasure chest that contains
the compass appear.
5)Light Brazier #2
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Whip out another deku stick, and make a torch from the
upstairs brazier. Jump across the floating platforms until you get to the web-
covered door at the top. Now you head upstairs to room G.
6)Illuminate the Darkness
-------------------------
This spooky tunnel is infested with black boes,
so charge through the darkness doing the deku spin the entire way. When you get
to the brazier, use a deku stick to make a torch and light the other three
braziers.
When all the torches are lit, scour the room for any boes you missed and
finish them off. When the room is clear, a chest with a stray fairy will
appear.
7)Soar Across to the Stairs
---------------------------
A bad tumble here may send you back to room B,
so be careful! You may want to go to the bottom level and use your magic
bubbles to kill the dragonflies before you attempt the flight.
8)Hit the Ladder Switch
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As human Link, hit switch #1 to make a ladder
appear. If you're low on health, you may want to head downstairs and crack the
pots for some recovery hearts before you enter room I.
Two more fairies in room B: One is just in the balloon to your right as
you enter. To get the other, use a flower to fly to switch #2 in the northwest
corner. Hit that to make a fairy chest appear, and use the ladders to get back
up.
9)Defeat the Lizalfos: Get the Hero's Bow
-----------------------------------------
The Lizalfos you face here can
be tough if you don't yet know how to fight defensively. Block with your shield
until the Lizalfos leaves an opening, then hit it with a jumping jump slash.
But beware of its fire breath: That can't be blocked.
The prize is the hero's bow, which you can put to immediate use on your
way out. Shoot the eye switch on the ledge in the opposite side of room C to
raise the deku flower that will allow you to cross to the mini-boss.
Defeat the Gekko: Get the Boss Key
----------------------------------
This battle is a little trickier.
After receiving a few easy hits, gekko will summon his steed, a giant snapper.
As you may recall, the only way to deal with these guys is to burrow into a
flower and blast off when it's directly above you. But you haven't done any
damage yet: the will just send gekko scurrying to the ceiling, and you'll have
to switch to Link and pick him off with your bow. Get close, he moves pretty
fast. After 3 hits he'll revert into a harmless frog, allowing you to snag the
nearby boss key.
11)Raise Flower Platform
------------------------
With the hero's bow and boss key in your
possession, head back to room B. from the ledge with the first foot switch,
fire an arrow straight through the lit brazier into the unlit one on the big
wooden flower platform thing in the middle. It will rise and begin spinning.
The poisonous water will finally drain away, giving you easier access to the
underway stray fairy in room E.
One more ting to do: From the center of the spinning platform in room B,
shoot another arrow through the fire and into the unlit brazier on the ledge be
the second foot switch. This will open the door to the dungeon's final room.
12)Cross to the Boss Room
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The various alcoves in the south wall contain
fairies and the supplies (such as magic pots and arrows) that you'll need to
get through this room. When you have them all, shoot the crystal switch from
the farthest west alcove to temporarily extinguish the flames. Then quickly fly
through the middle platforms from west to east, until you get to the deku
flower that will take you to the boss door.
You'll find 3 fairies in the alcoves in the southern wall, and one
floating in a bubble inside a pillar of flame. Shoot it with your bow and use
the fairy's mask to lure it home.
The game's first boss is a snap to beat.
Keep him Z-targeted, and nail him with an arrow whenever he lets down his
guard. Then, while he stunned, go for a jumping slash. You can block all of his
attacks with you shield, except for his big swipe, which you can roll under.
When he begins summoning bugs from the ceiling, you nay want to use the bombs
to kill them, or just spin attacks. If you have the blast mask, you can let
them gather around while you block, and blow them all up at once.
13)Rescue the Princess
----------------------
This is optional, so if you're out of time, don't
worry. In future cycles you'll be able to warp right to the boss upon entering
the temple, rekill him, and save the princess whenever you want. To do so, cut
away the vines that imprison her, pop her into a bottle, and hock her at the
pawn shop... Err, bring her home, I mean.
The Great Fairy's Boon
----------------------
If you've diligently collected all 15 stray
fairies, take them to the woodfall great fairy's fountain to collect your
reward. The cave is in the beach southeast of the temple, and you can reach it
by flying from the deku flower at the end of the nearby bridge. The prize is a
powered-up spin attack with much wider range.
The Deku King's Reward
----------------------
Deliver the princess to her home to complete your
quest to save the monkey. He'll be freed, the king will get a savage beating,
and you'll be rewarded with the mask of scents... just as soon as you go get it
yourself.
Follow the king's butler to the treasure room on the west side of the
palace area. To get the mask, you'll have to chase him through a massive maze
of traps and blind turns.
This'll take practice, but you can save time by being the deku until you
need to transform to Link to use the bow on a crystal switch and jump over rock
spires. If you want to cheat, try it with the bunny hood.
Archery Practice #1
-------------------
If you visit Koume after defeating Odolwa in the
same cycle, she'll be offering a new safari shooting game. If you can shoot 20
or more of the targets she holds up during the cruise, you'll get a heart
piece. If you accidentally shoot her too many times, the game will end, but
that doesn't happen frequently, so don't be afraid to take risky shots. This is
probably the easiest of the 3 archery games.
Archery Practice #2
-------------------
And this is definitely the hardest. Don't waste time
keeping score: You won't min anything unless you get a perfect score (more than
2180). The first time you achieve that you'll get a bigger quiver, the second
time you'll get a heart piece.
This game requires precision! The mad nuts are the easiest to hit, but
you have to hit all four each time they pop out (5 time's total). Also, there
are two hidden mad nuts that must be shot, in the upper-left and upper-right.
Wolfos can run across the screen periodically, and there are four flights of
three guays (which fly back the way they came, giving you a second shot). To
keep track of it all, listen to the various whistles as each enemy enters the
board, and memorize their patterns.
Archery Practice #3
-------------------
The archery game in clock town is a lot easier. The
trick is to shoot the red octoroks and not the blue ones, or you'll waste time
(which will prevent you from being able to play the final round, which has five
red ones). There are fifteen rounds total, and 50 red octoroks in all. You'll
get the bigger quiver or if you already have it then the biggest quiver for
nailing 40, but you need to get all 50 to win the heart piece.
Part 2-1: Mountain Village
--------------------------
The Dodongo Pit
---------------
Dodongos are tough, so
fighting two in close quarters won't be easy. Their weak spot is their tail,
but it will take nearly a dozen kokiri swords stabs to bring each Dodongo down
(and you'll leave yourself vulnerable to their damaging tail swipes). Instead,
go long range and use bombs or your bow from a safe distance (6 arrows to the
backside will drop each Dodongo). Hill both and you'll get a heart piece. Just
stay away from their exploding corpses...
Skull Kid's Symphony
--------------------
Every few hours you'll find a new set of notes on
this graffiti clef. Plat the tune and earn a few rupees (anywhere from 3 to
60).
The Gossip Stone Quartet
------------------------
An open pit just off the trail from clock town
and a second pit under a bombable boulder both lead to small caves with a
quartet of gossip stones. These may look familiar: There are two more gossip
stone pits, one between the swamp path and milk road, and one just behind the
astral observatory.
The stones like music, but aren't big ocarina fans. Instead, transform
into a deku (or any other species) and play the sonata of awakening (or any
other song that's colored in your status screen). The large stone will change
color (depending on you race). Play the same tune as the same form to all four
pits, and you'll receive a heart piece.
Bombers' Notebook #5: Kamaro, Ghost of a Charismatic Dancer
-----------------------------------------------------------
If you're
still hanging around in the north part of termina field at midnight, you'll
hear an eerie tune coming from one of the frozen trees. Do a rolling jump off
the ledge and talk to Kamaro. If you play the song of healing for him, he'll
give you the kamaro's mask. Put in the mask and do that funky dance.
The Rosa Sisters
----------------
Surprisingly, the ability to break into interpretative
dance with a tap of the B button isn't a great asset on the battlefield. But
the Rosa sisters, who try to work out new dance steps every night in west clock
town, will be grateful for the lesson. Do you sexy dance for them, and they'll
thank you with a heart piece.
1)Clear the Mountain Pass
-------------------------
Big chunks of ice block your progress to the
north. But as tatl will point out, a dangling icicle provides a solution. Fire
an arrow or two and it will obliterate the blockade as it falls.
2)Cross to Mountain Village
---------------------------
This uneventful mountain pass is full of giant
snowballs, pesky tektites, and camouflaged white boes. Some of the snow balls
contain hearts and magic pots, but be careful: a few conceal white wolfos
enemies. Near the top the snowballs will actually block the path, so make sure
to save at least a few bombs.
3)Activate Warp Point #5: Head East to Frozen Lake
--------------------------------------------------
First things first:
Cross the little bridge in the northwest corner of this icy valley and activate
the owl statue. You'll also notice a goron here, starved and shivering beneath
a frozen waterfall. There's nothing you can do for him now. The building is a
mountain smithy where you can get Link's sword upgraded, but the block of ice
on their hearth has put them out of business for the time being. Neither of
these geniuses have struck on the idea of using fire to melt the ice, but they
have heard tales of a hot spring hidden nearby. Head east to goron village for
more information.
4)Continue on to Goron Village
------------------------------
The surface of this lake is frozen solid,
but you'll still need to use the network of bridges to get across to goron
village, since there is no ramp leading from the lake's surface to the city's
entrance. Impeding your progress are a trio of white wolfos, who you're better
off running from. Tingle can also be found here: He's selling maps of snowhead
for 20 rupees and romani ranch for 40. Speaking of the snowhead map, you'll
note that it lists a treasure chest in this area. But if you follow it to the
spot, you'll find it frozen far beneath the ice. There's no way to get it now.
5)Follow Kepola Gebola
----------------------
If you reach the exterior of goron village on the
first day, you'll find a sentry who will let you in. but he'll freeze up and
turn into a rolling snowball on later days, so unless you want to bomb him out
of it you won't be able to get inside.
But that's not a problem, since the event we're waiting for happens
outside. Meet Kepola at the ramp in west, and he'll guide you to a floating
cave. You won't be able to see the platforms yet, but if you follow the
feathers he sheds, you'll make it safely across.
Deed Trading Game #2: Buy the Biggest Bomb Bag
----------------------------------------------
One other thing you can
in goron village is talk to the akindo nut as a deku, and offer to trade your
swamp title deed for his mountain title deed. Is a deal he'll gladly accept,
leaving his flower so you can get the heart piece. He'll also offer to sell you
the biggest bomb bag for 200 rupees and your big bomb bag. But that offer is
for gorons only, so come back when you get the mask.
Get the Lens of Truth
---------------------
The lens of truth you'll find in the floating cave
shows you hidden chests, enemies and platforms, but slowly saps your magic
reserves. If you equip it now and fire it up, you'll find an invisible chest
guarded by an invisible skulltula. If you have a bomb, you can find a second
chest behind one of the big rocks.
The feathers are gone, but your lens of truth will let you see both the
path back to goron village, and the specter that awaits you.
6)Pursue Darmani's Ghost: Get Goron Mask
----------------------------------------
Darmani's ghost isn't quite sure
you really can see him, so after your initial conversation he'll go running out
of goron village, past the frozen lake, and into the mountain village. Follow
him closely and you'll end up in front of the sheer wall past the icy river in
the north end of mountain village. With your lens activated, you'll be able to
see the hidden rungs that lead to the top of the cliff. When the ladder forks,
head right, then left, then right again, and you'll soon find yourself outside
of goron graveyard.
Put the goron hero to rest with the song of healing, and he'll bequeath
you his earthly form by giving Link the goron mask.
7)Open Hot Springs
----------------
The text on the grave will help you learn your new
form's abilities, but the cave's biggest secret lies beneath. Transform into
goron and give the grave a tug to reveal the first of two hot springs.
When you fill your bottle with hot spring water and empty it at the
block
of blue ice, the ice will melt. Give it a try on the goron outside, and then
refill your bottle, dive off the cliff, and get ready to run. This is time of
essence, since the water will lose its efficacy in one real world minute, or if
you land in the cold water. You can use this water to defrost the elder, but I
recommend you first dash off to the frozen lake and use it to melt the ice that
blocks the entrance to the second hot spring. This hot spring id mush more
convenient and you want to have to climb all the way up the invisible ladder
every time you need a refill.
8)Talk to Baby Goron
--------------------
If you haven't been inside goron village yet, you
need to go there before you can proceed. Human Link needed to speak to the
sentry to get in, but goron Link can get in by himself. Just do your goron
smash in front of the door and head inside.
Besides an over-priced shop and a bunch of maddened gorons, there isn't
much to do here. And that's fine, because baby goron's walls don't get any more
pleasant. Talk to the baby and his caretakers and get out of there before
you're driven to violence against your speaker system.
9)Defrost the Elder
-------------------
Baby goron isn't gonna shut up until he hears from
daddy, and at the rate his father's moving, that isn't going to be anytime
soon. The elder goron actually does get a bit closer to snowhead each day.
When you find him, either bomb or goron punch away the snowball, and
empty your hot water bottle. If you've already spoken to his son, he'll give
you the first few notes of the lullaby that will finally send his colicky brood
straight to sleep.
Learn the Goron Lullaby
-----------------------
The elder goron couldn't remember the whole
song, but if you play whet you have for baby goron, he'll fill in the blanks
and the goron lullaby will be saved to your song page. Play it here and now as
a goron and baby goron will drop like a log, as well as every other goron in
the hearing distance. If only the military could somehow harness the power of
this astonishing lullaby technology!
In addition to silencing the kid, this song is the key to entering the
snowhead temple. And now that you have it, you'll never have to do any of the
earlier stuff again.
Get Don Gero's Mask
-------------------
If you can use a deku stick to light all the
braziers in goron village before the first one goes out, you can get the giant
chandelier in the roof to start spinning. Then morph into a goron, head back to
the red carpet outside of the baby's room, and do your goron roll over the ramp
and into the chandelier-mounted pots. One of the five contains a big hunk of
what the goron refer to, as rock sirloin.
Grab that, and carefully carry it all the way back to frozen lake and
toss it over to the shivering goron beneath the frozen waterfall. He'll reward
you with don gero's mask, which lets you talk to frogs. When you bring together
all five frogs you'll get a heart piece.
The Razor Sword
---------------
If you bring some hot water to the black smith and
defrost his hearth, he'll express his gratitude by offering to severely
overcharge you for a crappy sword.
Yeah, it's not even close to worth it. The razor sword upgrade costs 100
rupees, take a day, whenever you turn it in, it'll be ready the next morning,
falls apart after 100 swings, and can not be taken back in time with you. It's
fun to play with, but swordplay won't be much of a factor in the next dungeon,
and you can get a permanent upgrade to the gilded sword after that.
10)Roll to Snowhead
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After learning the full lullaby, warp back to the
mountain village and head to the northwest. This windy road connects that
village with Snowhead Mountain, but crossing it isn't easy. You'll need to
transform into your goron form, do a goron roll, and hit the ramps at full
speed to make it over the gulches.
Goron rolling can be tricky at first. Hold down the A button and press
gently forward to build up some steam, you'll start to flame, then the spikes
will pop out. When the spikes come, press full forward, you don't need to hold
it, and aim for the first ramp. You may want to slow down a bit for the tricky
hairpin turn before the second ramp, but don't worry about the snowballs. When
you're at full-speed, you'll plow right through them.
11)Play the Goron Lullaby: Activate Warp Point #5
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No matter how careful you
are when trying to cross this thin ledge, you'll be blown off into the abyss
every time. If you want to know why, use your lens of truth: A giant invisible
goron is blowing blizzards your way. But we know how to deal with gorons, don't
we? Play your lullaby to stop the wind and send the bewitched goron tumbling
down the mountain.
Strike the owl statue, bottle an extra fairy from one of the small
snowballs near the entrance, and carefully make your way to the mountain. When
the snowballs roll your way, just give them a hearty goron punch.
When you reach the mountain area, you'll be attacked by white wolfos,
enemies that take more finesse to beat then your goron form can manage. Just
roll on by and take the corkscrew path to the entrance of the second temple.
Part 2-2: Snowhead Temple
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1)Push the Sliding Block
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Either the goron or
human Link can easily clear away the ice stalagmites in the entryway. Push the
block behind then into the pit, and you'll end up in a chamber with three
doors.
You'll recognize the ice block on the middle door, but there's no hot
water in here, so only fire arrows will do the trick. For now, just kill the
wolfos and head into the door on the right.
2)Roll Across the Bridge
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The bridge across this lava pit is out, but a
high-speed goron roll can make the leap. Avoiding the ice breath and rolling
straight can take practice, but don't worry if you mess up: Lava doesn't hurt
gorons.
Before you head into the door on the left, room D, transform into Link,
jump across to the stairs, and take a brief detour for the dungeon map.
There are two fairy bubbles here. Use the great fairy's mask and take
two
good bow shots from the north platform near the crate.
Get Dungeon Map
---------------
If you've dealt with the bomb dog in this room before,
you'll know to keep your sword in its sheath. The weapon of choice for dealing
with real bombchus is your shield; when they charge, whip it out and they'll
bounce off and detonate harmlessly. After you grab the map and some rupees head
down to room D.
The fairy here is a cinch to get: It's right in the corner west of the
chest.
3)Melt the Ice
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Room D is a five-story chamber that connects every room in
this dungeon, but most of them are frozen shut. But you can melt the one that
leads back to room A by firing an arrow through the torch flame and into the
ice. That shortcut will come in handy after we get the small hey in room E. If
you drop down to level B1 of this room, you'll find a switch in the lava. Step
on it as a goron and a chest with a fairy will appear.
4)Move the Block: Get Small Key
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The one door in room D that isn't frozen
lead to this small room. Grab the blocks and pull them back to reveal a hidden
alcove, and a chest with a small key.
If you're collecting stray fairies, keep pulling the block into the
farthest notch on the floor, when you get it right, you'll hear a chime. This
will make a chest appear, and give you a way to get to it a bit later on.
5)Get Compass: Open Stairwell
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After melting the ice in room D, take that
door back to room A, and use the small key to unlock the room on the left.
There are a lot of ice blocks here, but all you can do now is fend off wolfos
ambushes as you grab the compass. Then take a bomb or the blast mask and blow
away the wall in the west, revealing a staircase to level B2.
6)Smash Ice Blocks: Get Small Key
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If you take a look towards the ceiling
in this cavern, you'll see an icicle dangling precariously over each ice block.
Fire a few arrows into each one to send them crashing into the chunks of ice
that are blocking your path. Then jump from pillar to pillar until you get to
the ledge with the big snowball. Bomb or goron punch it away and grab another
small key.
Use your lens of truth in the southeast corner of the room and you'll
see
a hidden alcove with a fairy chest inside. You can jump to it from one of the
pillars.
7)Cross to Room D2
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To solve this puzzle, transform into a goron, and do a
goron press on switch #1, which cause switches #2 + 3 to rise. Then press #4 to
raise #5, and press #2 to lower both it and #3 which gives you access to the
door. Scramble up switch #4 before time runs out and leap back to the other
side.
This fairy is tricky to find... Use your bow, fairy's mask and lens of
truth and aim straight up at the ceiling in the center of the room.
8)Roll Across the Snowdrift
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Our destination in the second floor of the
main chamber is room I. getting there means goron-jumping across a snowdrift to
the east side, and jumping another bridge from there.
Crossing angled snowdrifts is easier than it looks. The trick is not to
charge up to the flaming, spiky type of goron roll, but to maintain control and
take it slow and steady instead. If you hit the wall and start to bounce,
release the button and quickly start a new roll. If you mess up this time
there's a net, but you won't be so lucky next time. So learn this skill while
you can.
9)Wizrobe - Round 1
-------------------
This nasty mini-boss teleports from square to square,
firing unblock able ice beams if you don't nail him with an arrow first.
Defeating his first stage is simply a matter of quickly scanning the room, so
you can spot him as soon as he pops up.
But after a few hits, he gets tricky, and starts sending illusionary
forms to every other square. The real one is the one that does what can only be
described as "a jaunty little jig" as soon as it appears, so if you don't see
that in the square you are facing, you know he's behind you. If you can't
figure out which one is real in the first second or so, just cut your losses
and try to dodge the shot.
Victory earns you the fire arrows, which lets you melt those annoying
ice
blocks in one shot! If you're already into the final day, you may want to use
the song of time. With the fire arrow in your arsenal, getting back to where
you are now will be a snap.
10)Activate Room C Elevator
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The door opposite of the wizrobe's room, in
area D2, Leads to the top floor of the room where we found the dungeon map. You
can get a new fairy by coming in from this side, and now that you have the fire
arrow, you can use this room as a shortcut between floors. If you stand on the
platform in the center of the room and shoot both the freezard and the frozen
eye switch with fire arrows, the platform will elevate you to the second floor.
You can get the second fairy here by using your lens of truth and
hopping
across the platforms.
11)Kill Freezards: Get Small Key
--------------------------------
For now, pass up the elevator and head
back down the stairs to room B. smash the crate for a magic pot if necessary,
and then go on a killing spree; One fire arrow for each freezard, and one for
the ice block in between.
When you've eradicated the enemies, a chest will appear, containing this
area's final small key. Grab that and head back out to room D to put it to
immediate use.
Pick Up 3 Fairies in Rooms E and F
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If you're collecting stray fairies,
you'll want to head back to room F left from the dungeons entryway for three
new fairies. First, melts the ice blocks to reveal a switch, which you can hit
to create a sliding block. Push that near the ledge with the ledge with a chest
to get one fairy, then to the northwest corner of the room. From there, toss a
bomb onto the crate above the pillar by the bombed wall to reveal a fairy, lure
it over with your mask, or do a rolling jump, and then jump to the other ledge
and cross into room E.
If you left the sliding block where you were supposed to, you can use it
to jump across to the chest on the other side, and get your 10th fairy.
12)Light All the Braziers
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13)Raise the Central Pillar
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Head north or northwest
in room D to this 2-story room with three doors, three braziers, and three
freezards. Light all the braziers with your fire arrows and the center door
will open. This will be easier if you kill the freezards first.
If you mess up and fall, melt the frozen deku flower jump back up, if
you
run out of magic power, you'll find lots of magic pots on the lower level.
The newly unlocked door leads to an alcove of room D2 with a goron
press-
type switch. Activate it, and the central pillar will rise all the way to the
top floor. This blocks some rooms you've already visited, but you can send it
back by hitting the counter switch in the basement level of room D. but you
should never need to do that.
Kill all the freezards with fire arrows and a fairy chest will appear
where indicated on your map.
14)Take a New Route to 3F
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Getting around that big pillar isn't going to be
easy. You'll need to drop down to the lowest level of room D, and take the
stairs back up to 1F. Head into room B and take those stairs to room C, where
you can activate the elevator to take you up to level 2F. from there, cross the
snowdrift into the ice-blocked stairway and melt it down.
That leads to the third floor of room D. it's a lot like the floor below
it, but the snowdrift doesn't have a net. So if you mess up, you'll have to do
it all over again.
15)Continue up to 4F
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This room is full of snowball-tossing Eenos. Be
aggressive and eradicate them all or risk taking a snowball in the back while
you use your fire arrows to melt one last ice block.
There's another hidden alcove here, so whip out that lens of truth and
head to the southwest corner.
16)Defeat the Lizalfos
----------------------
A pair of Lizalfos ambushes you in this room, but
they're nothing you can't handle. You can use tried and true techniques, or
nail them with fire arrows before they swing for two-shot kill.
These two fairies couldn't be easier to get. One rises from each of the
fallen Lizalfos.
The Last Fairy
--------------
There's only one fairy left, and that's the one in the
hidden alcove you might have noticed if you scanned the main chamber with your
lens of truth, between the first and second floor. I guess you're supposed to
use the deku flower on the fourth floor, but it's even easier if you use your
lens, face the northwest corner of this pillar, and make a rolling jump in the
alcove's direction.
17)Wizrobe - Round 2: Get Boss Key
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This Wizrobe has a bigger room and more
possible appearance spots, but if you know the trick you'll find him to be much
easier to beat than the first one. Just jump onto the ledge with the pots,
break them all, and set up camp in that corner. From there, you can scan the
entire battle field, so you'll immediately be able to figure out which is the
real Wizrobe during his second phase. And if you mess up, it's no big deal; his
shots will explode when they hit the ledge of your platform, and the ice spread
won't be able to reach you in your corner. The only tricky part of this
strategy is that you'll have to target him manually, but you should have the
hang of that by now.
When you beat him, both doors unlock, and you can take the north one to
a
small alcove with the boss key. Remember that you can't take this back in time
with you, so if you use your ocarina of time to warp back, you'll have to
battle this wizrobe all over again.
br>18)Shorten the Central Pillar
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Getting to the boss room is a bit
complicated. You need to do a goron roll jump from the south side of the fourth
floor, but the only way to get to that platform is trough the staircase on the
third floor, the one that's full of snowballs.
But the pillar has the entrance completely blocked. So you'll need to
transform into a goron and make some alternations.
Head over to the second floor, and use your goron punch to smash the
blue
sections into pieces. Then head up to the third floor and do the same. When
you've busted all four, you'll be able to walk straight across to the snowball
hall. Punch those away, head up to the fourth floor, and do your goron roll to
leap over the bridge and into the boss room.
19)Thaw Ghot
------------
You'd think we could just leave this guy frozen solid, chisel
off the mask, and call it a victory for the forces of good. But Link likes to
do thing the hard way, so get arrows and magic pots from the pots if necessary
and let loose a fire arrow.
Ghot seems happy just to run around in
circles and ignore you, but you need that mask he's wearing. So go goron and
begin the chase, as a red-hot, full-speed spiky ball of rage, you need to catch
up to him and sideswipe him to death. He'll attempt to stop you with long range
lighting blasts, short range heat seeking blasts, and back-kicked bombs and
chunks of turf. When he's using any of there weapons, stay away from the ramps,
since you'll be sitting duck while air bomb. You should be able to get a bunch
of hits each time you catch him, and if you can trip him up, you'll get a bunch
more. As long as you're dodging effectively, you'll find Ghot to be one of the
easiest bosses in the game.
The Great Fairy's Boon
----------------------
If you've collected all 15 stray fairies, take
them back to the snowhead fairy fountain and meet the fairy of wisdom. Her
reward is incredible: A double length magic bar! This is a must-have for future
challenges like the goron races, and takes a lot of the sting out of such magic
sucking items as the lens of truth and special arrows. If you missed a few, go
back and get those fairies! The prize is too good to pass up.
20)Biggoron's Apology
---------------------
Wondering what happened to the giant invisible goron
who tried to stop you from entering snowhead? You can find him outside of the
temple, way down south near the owl statue. Apparently he survived his fall,
regained his visibility, and stopped being evil. So pay him a visit and have a
nice chat.
Interlude: Spring in the Mountain Village
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Unfrozen Treasures
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The veil
of ice over the mountain village area has lifted... temporarily. As soon as you
play the song of time, winter will reclaim this area unlit Ghot's nest defeat,
so enjoy this taste of spring while you can.
If you can find an invisible treasure chest containing 20 rupees in the
little cave behind the waterfall. There's another 20 in the pit in the newly
thawed passage linking the village basin with Darmani's Tomb. Frozen lake has
also thawed, but its treasures are much too deep to be claimed by a human.
1)Get Power Keg Certified
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Return to goron village as darmani and you'll
receive a hero's welcome. But accolades are fleeting in Majora's Mask, since
all will be forgotten in the next cycle. The real reason to return to goron
village is to hit the bomb shop. No, not the one inside, but the one outside,
in the southeast chamber that was previously frozen over.
They sell power kegs here, but they won't give them to just anyone.
First
you, as a goron, have to take a little test, which involves transporting a lit
keg all the way to the rock-blocked cave near the previously-frozen lake. The
fuse won't last forever, so hurry: Start by tossing the keg over the inclines
in the cave, and rolling up after it. When you get to the giant rock by the
lake, set it down and either wait for the detonation or set it off with an
arrow. Return to the shop to receive your certification and a free power keg.
2)Open the Goron Races
----------------------
The big rock you just blew up was blocking the
goron's seasonal race track. Now that it's gone, the races will resume. That's
good news for you, since a victory in the races is the first step towards
earning the double-powered gilded sword.
You may not be able to beat Ghot, get certified, win the races and get
the sword forged all in one cycle. So start a new cycle if necessary and begin
by buying a powder keg from the shop in goron village for 100 rupees or from
the goron in the clock town bomb shop for 50 rupees. You can only hold one at a
time, unfortunately.
The Treasure Game
-----------------
While you're in clock town buying your powder keg,
take a little detour and play the east clock town treasure game. The prizes in
this game differ based on which form you are, and the top prize, a heart piece,
is reserved for your goron form only.
3)Win the Goron Race
--------------------
The first and only prize in the goron races is a
bottle full of gold dust, the item you need to upgrade the razor sword into the
gilded sword. To claim the prize, you need to come in first, which is no small
feat. Get an early start by jumping the gun and surging forward as 1 fades.
Just go for speed in the first half, and make sure to stay away form the bomb
plants, even if one of your opponents trips one, the blast could still hit you.
When you get to the final leg, start getting violent! No matter how far ahead
you are, your rivals will start catching up, and you'll need to smash them up
to assure your victory.
4)The Gilded Sword
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The gilded sword is awesome: It does all the damage of
the razor sword, but it never breaks and you can take it back in time with you.
But even when you have the goron races wired, doing everything you need to do
to get it in one cycle takes planning.
Take out 150 rupees in clock town when you begin a new cycle, and use 50
of it to buy a powder keg. Them warp to snowhead and defeat Ghot to bring about
spring. When that's done, drop your kokiri sword off with the smithy with 100
rupees to get it forged into the razor sword, and then win the gold dust in the
races. You need to bring it to the blacksmiths by the second night, because it
will take them another day to make the gilded sword.
Bombers' Notebook #6: Anju, Kafei, - Part 1
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The Anju and Kafei subplot
is so long and involved we'll have to cover it in two parts. Their poignant
love story is not only the key to a couple of exclusive masks and their
respective Bombers' Notebook entries, but it's also an integral part of the
notebook subplots of aroma. Dotour, the postman, and the curiosity shop
proprietor.
The first step is to talk to anju at the stock pot inn between 1:30 and
3:30 pm on the first day to get the inn key. Put on the kafei's mask you got
from aroma in the mayor's house and talk to her again, you can do this part up
until 7:30, and she'll ask to meet you that night in the kitchen.
Use your inn key or sneak in through the upstairs door to meet her
there.
She'll give you a letter to post outside.
Drop the letter in any mailbox and wait for the postman to pick it up.
You can follow him back to the post office and then on his rounds as he
delivers the letter later that day. When the postman rings the bell at the
laundry pool, Kafei will run out to get the letter, and you can sneak into his
hideout.
He'll give you a memorial pendant to bring to anju. Do that, and then
hand around until after 1 pm on the third day, when the door to kafei's place
will be open again. But inside you won't find Kafei... he's run off to Ikana
unless you already stopped the burglar on the first night.
Instead you'll fins the curiosity shop guy, who gives you kafei's Keaton
mask and a letter Kafei wanted you to deliver to his mother that is aroma.
We'll discuss what to do with that in bomber's notebook #9.
Take the Keaton Quiz
--------------------
Finally, we meet the legendary Keaton! I always
thought it was supposed to be a Pikachu the resemblance is disturbing, you must
admit, but it is actually a three-tailed fox that's fond of pop quizzes. To
summon him, go to one of the game areas where the little shrubs run away when
you slash them, there's one in north clock town, milk road, and mountain
village. Correctly answer three quiz questions, and you'll get a heart piece.
If you lose, summon him again elsewhere, or in another cycle.
Interlude 2: Romani Ranch
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1)Cross Milk Road: Warp Point #6
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If you haven't
visited milk road yet, start a new cycles and head over there. You'll find the
entrance just past the takkuri bird's perch in termina field.
The small are contains tingle, an owl statue, a detour that leads to the
Gorman brothers camp, and one of those weed circles that can be used to summon
Keaton.
2)Destroy the Boulder
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Up until this point, you've only been able to enter
romani ranch on the third day, due to a giant boulder that blocks the road on
the first two days. By the time the road is clear, the ranch has become a
pretty miserable place: Romani's been lobotomized, the milk trade has been
taken over by bandits, and the house is full of clock town refugees desperately
trying to convince themselves that the few hundred yards they've put between
themselves and the giant meteor's impact point will be enough to keep them from
being vaporized instantly. It's not a pretty picture.
But thanks to the boulder obliterating powder keg, you can now reach
romani ranch on day 1, early enough to prevent romani's abduction, escort the
mil wagon safely to clock town, and well... I guess everyone will still be
vaporized by the meteor, but at least they'll meet their deaths with a smile on
their faces and hope in their hearts. That's sort of an improvement.
If you discover that
the world is about to be struck be a giant meteor and your only concern is for
your poultry, then you have problems. And solving problems is what bombers'
notebook is all about. So grant Grog his odd final wish by putting on the
Bremen mask, holding down the B button, and marching around the Cucco shack
until you have all 10 chicks lined up behind you. I', not too clear on the
science here, but apparently strong leadership is all these chicks needed to go
pop-pop-pop and turn into full grown cuccos. Weeping with freakish parental
pride, Grog will give you the bunny hood.
Fun with the Bunny Hood
-----------------------
The bunny hood is one of the most useful masks
in the game. It greatly increases Link's running speed and makes the range of
all of his normal jumps equal to the range of rolling jumps, rolling jumps
themselves are unaffected. It also helps you cheat on two mini-games: It lets
you see the timer during the postman's time-keeping game, and lets you easily
keep pace with the deku king's regent in the treasure room maze.
When Chickens Attack
--------------------
Brutalizing cuccos has been a beloved Zelda
tradition since they were first programmed to fight back in the SNES legend of
Zelda: a Link to the past, Majora's Mask keeps the tradition from ocarina of
time alive: these chickens are quick to anger and are absolutely ferocious! It
fun to try, but be prepared to flee from the cucco shack, because they'll rip
Link to shreds in less than a minute.
3)Agree to Help Romani: Learn Epona's Song
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It's Epona! And malon... er,
romani. But she's as spunky as her Oot counterpart, and once again, she's the
key to learning epona's song. All you have to do is agree to help her defend
against that scourge of dairy farmers everywhere; the annual onslaught of
telekinetic undead alien cow-rustling ghost.
Once you commit to the cause, she'll set up a training exercise for you.
While mounted on Epona, you need to circle the farm shooting 10 ghost balloons
n 2 minutes. Firing from horseback is easiest when you're coming straight at
the target, so arrange a circular loop around that farm that will give you a
straight shot at each of the ghost balloons (you need the map to do this).
Succeed, and romani will teach you epona's song. And really, that's all
you need to do here, Epona is yours, you can summon her at any time with the
song, and that won't change even if you bail on poor romani and her sister,
cremia. But if you're a man of your word, come back at 2 am.
4)The Phantom Onslaught
-----------------------
Romani leaves the house at 2 am and heads straight
to the barn. Follow her in and she'll reveal the battle plan: You go outside
and face down wave after wave of the marauding phantoms, while she stays in the
barn and sips hot cocoa. Sounds good!
I know you practiced on Epona, but I find that this part is easier on
foot. Just stick near the barn, shoot them one by one, and run behind the house
every few minutes to take out the pair that tries to sneak in from the
northwest. No matter how many you kill, they'll just keep coming until sunrise
at 5 am. Note that if you use the song of inverted time to slow down the game,
this will take twice as long but the ghosts will move half as fast.
Your prize is a bottle of milk, the regular, double-use healing kind,
not
the superior romani ranch milk, and the bombers' notebook seal for romani. The
empty bottle is, of course, yours to keep.
If you have some time to kill in real life, make sure to do this event
again and fail, just to watch romani get abducted! She'll be returned to the
farm, in dismal shape, on the third day.
5)A Date with Cremia
--------------------
If you successfully saved the cows from the spectral
invaders, you'll find cremia in the barn on the second day. Agree to meet her
south of the barn at six am, and you'll be drafted to escort her milk wagon to
clock town. Don't be late!
Also in the barn, you can do some milking yourself. Play epona's song
for
the cows and they'll fill one of your bottles with regular milk. You can do
this to get milk from any cow in the game.
The Doggie Racetrack
--------------------
The doggie racetrack is a good place to kill some
time while you wait for your appointment with cremia. Just place a bet, pick a
dog, and make some cash if your pick wins. If you earn 150 rupees in one
session, not necessarily in one race, you'll also earn a heart piece.
There are some pretty tall odds, so you'll need an edge... and that edge
is
the mask of truth you can earn by clearing the swamp spiders house. Put it on,
and lift up each dog in the field to hear what they have to say. If they are in
it too win, they will be saying something like "My four paws fell lighter than
usual today," or "Today I should do pretty well," or something to that effect.
There will be a couple of contenders in every race, but if you pick one with
that level of confidence, the odds are in your favor.
6)Protect the Wagon!
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The evil Gorman brothers are willing to do anything
to protect their stranglehold on the novelty dairy product industry, even if it
means destroying cremia's milk supply!
Only Link can save the shipment by keeping the brothers at bay with
repeated arrow shots. It can be tricky to handle both at once, so alternate
your shots until one shouts and lifts his pitchfork, indicating he's about to
charge. Shoot that one full of arrows until he falls back again.
If even one bottle of milk survives, you'll be rewarded with romani's
mask, the "proof of membership" needed to enter the exclusive milk bar latte in
clock town. You can purchase romani ranch milk there for 200 rupees o bottle!
Which when consumed, basically gives you infinite magic for the rest of the
cycle. You can also get a free fill up from cremia whenever you do this event
again.
If this event gives you trouble, try it again later while wearing the
circus leader's mask and avoid the battle altogether!
7)Race the Gorman Brothers: Get the Garo's Mask
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There's one more task to
complete before you can get the Gorman brothers' seal in the bombers' notebook,
and gain the mask that's needed to enter the Ikana area. Just ride Epona to the
Gorman brothers' camp, west of milk road, and they will challenge you to a race
for 10 rupees.
To win, stay close to the inside track, keep your carrots at mid-level
until the very end by hitting the B button regularly but not excessively, and
jump the gates which is only possible if you are at full-speed instead of going
around. Watch out for sand pits, those can't be jumped and will always slow you
down. You can try as many times as you like, so keep at it until you win the
garo's mask. You will need it to complete you quest.
Part 3-1: The Great Bay
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1)Jump the Great Bay Gate
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Leave clock town
through the scenic west gate where there are always free rupees in the
fountains, and play epona's song to summon your stead. San is not epona's
favorite texture, but she will pick up enough speed to jump the blue and white
gates that block the bay if you give her enough space and do not spare the
whip. That is right; beat that beautiful newborn colt, you jerk! You do not
need to worry about the leevers, since you are immune to enemy attacks while
you are in the saddle.
There is not much else happening in west termina. There's a submerged
chest in the nearby lagoon, but you need to zora mask to get that. There is
also a bombable rock between the gates, but you will need the zora mask to get
the item that contains it, too.
2)Push Mikau: Get Zora Mask
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As soon as you enter the great bay, you will
notice a flock of circling gulls to the south west. Swim out to see what they
are so excited about, and you will see a half-drowned zora named mikau. Push
him to shore, just swim against him for a while, in the direction of the beach.
It won't look like you are moving him, but slowly and surely, you are.
Alas, your noble efforts were in vain. Mikau is a goner, but when you
play your song of healing, he will find peace and bequeath you with the zora
mask, his fishbone guitar, and his role as guitarist in the VH-1-esque zora
rock band, the indigo-gos. Read his grave for more info on how to use his
abilities.
3)Explore the Beach Area
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Before you take to the sea in your sleek new zora
form, check out the pair of buildings in the southeast. The rundown building to
the north is the second and final skulltula house, where you can get a giant's
wallet and a heart piece. Unfortunately, you'll need the hookshot to get past
the gate. The other building belongs to a fisherman. Talk to him as Link, and
he'll express an interest in trading his golden seahorse for a photo of one of
the female bandits that are the scourge of the bay. Behind his house is a pit
with 20 rupee and the usual assortment of critters for your bottle.
4)Visit the Marine Research Lab: Activate Warp Point #7
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Our next stop is
the research lab in the middle of the bay. You can just pull yourself up onto
the landing, or you can use this opportunity to practice a very useful
technique we call the "dolphin leap". As a zora, swim at a fast speed just
under the surface, and then pull back on the control stick right before you
reach the raft. If you time it right, your zora form will do a graceful leap
from the water and, rolling, on the raft. It doesn't look like much, but this
move will let you reach coastal platforms that are too high to pull yourself up
on.
From the raft, you can activate warp point #7, shoot down tingle, he is
selling maps of the great bay for 20 and of the Ikana area for 40, and enter
the research lab. Talk to the scientist there as a zora to here some unexpected
and icky news about missing zora eggs. Apparently the zoras had planned to send
him seven eggs to keep in his giant incubation tank, but the eggs never made
it. You will need to go to the zora hall in south bay to find out what happened
to the eggs, and how this relates to mikau's untimely death.
Feed the Fish
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Take your empty bottle to a pit like the one south of the
fisherman's house or one of the tidepools along the far north and the south
coasts, and fill them with freshwater fish. Dump this fish in the smaller
aquarium in the marine research lab, and the two captive fish will gobble them
up. After about five helpings of seafood, one fish will eat the other fish and
eventually burp out a heart piece.
The Zora Pit
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Back in termina field, there is a pit near the great bay
gate that is blocked by a giant boulder. Blow up the boulder and you will find
a pit with an underground pool guarded by bio deku babas that hangs from
lilypads at the surface of the water. Shoot them if you want, but don't miss
the hives on the ceiling: one contains a heart piece. You'll need to go
underwater in your zora form to retrieve it.
Bombers' Notebook #8: Gorman and Mr. Toto
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After gaining romani's mask
and the zora mask, head back to clock town and visit the milk bar latte. You'll
find both Mr. Toto and Gorman there after 10:00 pm on the first and second
days.
Talk to Mr. Toto and agree to help him with his sound check. Depending
on
which mask you're wearing, he'll ask you to stand in a different on stage and
play a different piece of music. When all four Link's forms have played their
pieces with their respective instruments, you'll get to see and hear them play
as a quartet.
Cheap-o Mr. Toto won't give you anything, but Gorman will be so moved
he'll give you his circus leader's mask. This will prevent his brothers in milk
road from attacking when you escort cremia's milk wagon.
The Pot-Smashing Game
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There's a pair of zoras in the south bay that are
holding a pot smashing game. The point is to destroy all five pots in a single
shot... if your fail, they'll ask for 10 rupees for repairs. If you succeed,
you'll get 9- rupees as a prize.
This game was designed to test your zora form's boomerang power. Stand
far back from the pots, right in between the 2 zoras, and let those boomerangs
fly. Believe or not, the goron can play this game too. Just place a powder keg
right in the middle of the pots and get the hell out of there.
Kill the Waterfall Like Like
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At night, both sides of the great bay
become infested with like likes, annoying enemies that will eat Link's shield,
you can get it back by killing them. In general, the best strategy is simply to
avoid them. But there's one like like in the south bay that you'll want to pick
a fight with.
You'll find it at the bottom of the pool under the waterfall in the
south
east. As a zora, sink to the bottom and stick to the sides, far from the like
like in the center. Use your boomerangs to stun it, and then go in for a close
combo of a flip kick. Repeat this trick to kill it and claim its heart piece.
5)Swim to Zora Hall: Activate Warp Point #8
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Zora hall is contained
entirely in the belly of a giant fish. There are two entrances: One is
underwater, through the fish's mouth, and the other is in the back, through
the... the fish's ... uh... oh my God, that's disgusting!
Um, anyway, the fish's mouth entrance is guarded by a like like which
you
can blast right through with the zora's barrier attack, while the um... other
entrance is on a small island with an owl. It's here where you'll find Lulu,
lead singer of the Indigo-gos and the mother of the missing clutch of zora
eggs. She's currently too despondent to talk, so we'll have to look for the
answers inside.
6)Talk to the Indigo-Gos
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The zora hall is the indigo-gos concert pavilion.
Link won't get far here- he's just another groupie to the zoras. But mikau, you
zora form, is a member of the back and can come and go as he pleases.
You can get some clues about the situation from Lulu's diary, the door
farthest on the left, and you can confirm you coarse of action by talking to
band-leader Evan in the room next door.
Deed Trading Game #3
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If you talk to the akindo nut in lulu's room as a
goron and trade him the mountain title deed you got near goron village, he'll
leave his flower behind, allowing you to reach the heart piece in this alcove.
Talk to him as any other species and he'll sell you green potions for 40
rupees.
Fun in the Peanut Gallery
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There are a couple of interesting thing
happening in the balcony of the zora's hall. One zora complains that they can't
start the concert until the lights are lit, so you can take care of that by
shooting the wall-mounted torches with fire arrows. If you head down to the
stage one of the stage hands will give you 5 rupees, but the concert still
won't begin.
A more disturbing indigo-go fan is offering cash for photos of lulu. So
go ahead! Exploit lulu's grief by photographing her in a moment of personal
anguish and selling the film to a potentially dangerous stalker. Enjoy your 20
rupees, sleazebag!
Bombers' Notebook #9: The Postman & Madame Aroma
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If you've already
received the Kafei mask from madame aroma and completed the postman's time-
judging mini-game, you've already completed half of these quests. The other
half follows immediately after the first part of anju and kafei's subplot, when
you return to kafei's hideout after 1 pm on the third day and receive the
special delivery to mama from the curiosity shop guy.
If you use your romani mask to hand deliver the letter of madame aroma
at
the milk bar latte that might, she'll reward you with an empty bottle full of
romani ranch milk, this bottle will be very useful in the next part of the
game. If you give the letter to the postman to deliver, after 7:00 pm that
night, he'll give you his postman's hat. When you're wearing that, you'll be
able to open all the mail boxes in town! And the first time you do so, it
doesn't matter which one, you'll find a heart piece.
7)Gerudo Fortress
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It's clear that the band of female pirates that the
North Bay fisherman spoke of are responsible for at least some of the missing
eggs. Grab as many empty bottles as you can get, four would be ideal, so do the
madame aroma subplot shown before, and then head back to the North Bay. You'll
find the entrance to the hideout underwater, near the metal gate to the north.
Swim into the wood barriers to break them open and reveal the lair's hidden
entrance.
8)Infiltrate the Hideout
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This area is just like the Gerudo fortress in
ocarina of time. Instead of regular enemies, you have to avoid crossing the
line of sight of the female thieves that patrol this compound. If you get
caught; you'll be expelled back to the great bay and have to do it all over
again. Inside lie the first four zora eggs and the very useful hookshot.
Your other objective is to get a photo of one of the thieves to trade to
the fisherman. He's not too picky, so it doesn't have to be a great shot.
You can use your bow or deku nuts to stun thieves, allowing you to sneak
past them for a few seconds. But those aren't the only items that are useful
here: you can walk right under the thieves' noses undetected with an item
called the stone mask. To get it, do the bombers' notebook entry of the stone
mask. Using that here sort of crosses the line between playing smart and
outright cheating, so I wouldn't recommend it unless really having trouble with
this part.
9)Breach the Sea Wall
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The first line of security here is the fleet of
motorboats circling the harbor. Wait for a gap, dive into the water, and then
sink to the bottom, as a zora. You can raid the three chests here for 20 rupees
each, or simply swim underwater to the ramp in the north. In the next gap
between boats, climb up the ramp, switch to your goron form, and do your smash
attack on the ground switch. Later on, you can use you hookshot to cross
directly to the door in the northeast.
After you trip the switch, drop back in the water and swim to the now
unlocked green ventilation duct in the southwest corner. You can use that to
sneak into the compound's underground sewage and ventilation systems.
10)Cross the Cage Maze
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Swim straight at the skull+crossbones board to smash
through it. Then pull the first block towards you before you circle around the
cages. Keep an eye out for the stretch where there's no ceiling: you can float
up through it and then get the chest containing 20 rupees atop the cage in the
center of the room. When you sink back to the bottom of the maze, push in the
second block all the way and simply loop around to the exit. So, not much of a
maze after all, really.
11)Hit the Switch and Run: Grab the Heart Piece
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To snag the heart piece
from the locked cage in the south part of this room, go to the second floor and
smash all the barrels by rolling into them, using bombs, or goron punches. Trip
the foot switch you reveal, and immediately roll down to the cage, if you just
run, you won't make it in time.
Opening the gate in the southeast requires the same basic strategy. From
where the barrels were, shoot the crystal switch, preferably with the zora's
boomerangs, to save time, and then dive into the water and swim fro the gate.
Watch out for the mines!
12)Ride the Geyser Up
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Carefully swim over the vents and mines on the other
side of the gate, until you reach the room at the end of the hall. Here you'll
find a foot switch, a round bit a grating, and a crystal switch. Trip the foot
switch first, then run onto the grating and use your bow to shoot the crystal
switch. This will activate a geyser to lift you to the higher level.
Step off the geyser as soon as you reach the second floor, or you may
end
up hitting a ceiling mounted mine. Climb up the ladder to the telescope, and
get a sneak peek at the second part of the compound. Then turn around and shoot
the first hanging mine so it smashes into the second. That will give you a
clear shot at the crystal switch that opens the door.
13)Stock Up and Head In
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The pots and barrels in the last room come back
every time you leave and enter again, so you may want to do that a couple of
times to fill up on arrows. Afterwards, cross the narrow catwalk, don't worry
no one can see you up here, in the center of the compound. If you get caught
from this point on, you'll be sent back here.
14)Sneak into the Boss' Lair
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Your first goal is to get into the third floor
room just past the suspension bridge. It's a snap if you're using the stone
mask, but if you're up for a challenge you can do things the hard way. Watch
the guards that circle the watchtower and rush in behind the crates when you
see a break. From there, shoot the guard at the base of the tower, run to the
ladder, and climb halfway up. Wait for the guard on the bridge to turn her back
to the ladder, then run up and shoot her from behind.
There's actually an easier route inside, which is to just run for the
stairs. But that puts you in a different part of the boss' room, and is harder
in the long run.
15)Get the Hookshot: Get Zora Egg #1
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If you came in from the stairs, you'll
have a tough time weaving through the guards to get within range of the hive of
the boss' head. But if you come in from the suspension bridge, you'll be in
prime position to nail it with an arrow. Either way, when the hive hits the
floor, the thieves will be chased from the room.
The guards never come back, so you can take your time getting the
hookshot from the chest. Aim it at the wood beam above the tank, and from there
dive into the tank as a zora. The shell blade is difficult to kill, so you may
as well just ignore it. Just drop to the bottom, use an empty bottle to snag
the zora egg and get out of there. Make sure to double check the bottle,
though... every now and then you'll snag a fish by mistake.
16)Get Zora Egg #2
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This door is easy to miss if you don't carefully explore
the south wall with your hookshot; none of the other doors down there go
anywhere. There's a small barrel maze, where you can easily evade the one guard
until you're close enough to pop her with your hookshot.
The next room contains a pirate you can't hide from: a dual-bladed
warrior who must be beaten in combat to progress. She's not too though,
actually, just use your hookshot to stun her when she gives you an opening, and
follow it up with a jumping slash. The zora egg tank is just beyond.
17)Get Zora Egg #3
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Take your time on this one, since there's a guard
patrolling the strip between the hookshot target and the barrel. Wait until her
back is turned, then stun and run.
The large, heavily guarded chest n the next room contains 100 rupees.
It's hard to get to it without being caught, but it is possible to stun all the
guards, hookshot to the chest, and get away before they arise. Or skip the
chest and just hookshot from rafter to rafter in to the next room. There you'll
fight another pirate duel, try using deku nut for an easy stun, and zora egg #3
is right beyond.
18)Get Zora Egg #4
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The T-shaped hall way in this area is patrolled by a
guard who turns at unpredictable times, so your best set is to stun her before
you hang a left and head to the duel chamber.
After beating a third and final pirate warrior, you'll find the tank
with
the last zora egg in this area. It's guarded by bonefish, so kill then with you
hookshot before you jump in.
19)Drop the Eggs at the Lab
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There are seven missing zora eggs, but the
pirate only had those four. The others sank near pinnacle rock, our next
destination. Remember that you haven't actually accomplished anything yet-if
you play the song of time before you get all the seven eggs, you'll lose them
all, so don't dawdle! Warp back to the great bay, and dump your eggs into the
big tank. Then take your photo to the fisherman's house.
20)Trade for the Seahorse
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21)The Pinnacle Rock Area
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The fisherman will gladly hand
over the seahorse when you show him you pictograph box, but you'll need an
empty bottle to carry it, so dump those eggs first. Take the bottle and swim to
the two stone spires in the North Bay. Drop to the seafloor and walk on through
to enter the undersea pinnacle rock area, where heavy currents will sweep you
back to the North Bay if you make the slightest misstep. You can't see them,
but the seahorse can: Release it and follow its every movement to make it
safely to the deep sea snake pit.
22)Get Zora Eggs #5-7: Reunite the Sea Horses
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There are eight holes in this
deep pit, each a home to a giant sea snake. Three pits contain zora eggs, but
if you kill all eight snakes, you'll also save the seahorse's mate and earn
yourself a heart piece.
To lure the snake from their holes, just swim past the entrances and
wait
for them to pop out. Then swim at them using you barrier attack, and after two
hits they'll disappear. You can also use your zora boomerangs for easy wins
against the snake at the bottom. If you run out of magic, search the floor of
the pit and the holes of the defeated snakes for magic pots.
The New Wave Bossa Nova
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When you've placed the final zora eggs in the
tank, all seven will hatch, forming the notes of the new wave bossa nova. Whip
out your guitar and rock along. Then play the song of time and take a breather.
23)Hitch a Ride to the Temple
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When you're ready to challenge the next
temple, warp to zora hall and play the new wave bossa nova as a zora for lulu.
This will move her to song, and awaken the turtle just off the coast of zora
hall. When you then, hookshot onto its back, it will offer to take you to the
great bay temple.
Win the Beaver Races
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Now that you have the hookshot, there are o bunch
of previously inaccessible areas you can now reach. This includes the area in
the southeast part of the South Bay where indigo-gos leader Evan said you may
find another empty bottle. The rumor is true, but the beaver who are its
current owners won't give it up without a fight.
Hookshot up to the tree on the lowest ledge, and then use the chests and
foliage on the other ledges to get to the cave near the waterfall. The beaver
will challenge you to a simple underwater race where you have to swim through
every life preserver, in order, under a certain amount of time. It's pretty
easy, actually... just get a good running dive and then stay right on the
beaver's tail for the whole race.
You have to beat the first beaver in under 2:00 and his brother in 2:30,
to get the empty bottle. Challenge them again for the heart piece, and you'll
have to beat 1:50 on both races.
The North Bay Cliff Cave
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Return to Snowhead Path
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There are two more
heart pieces that requires the hookshot, but you'll need some help from an old
friend to get them. Visit Pierre the scarecrow at the item shop or astral
observatory and play him an original tune of your own crafting with any
instrument. Then grab some spring water and magic beans from the akindo nut at
the southern swamp, and warp to the North Bay.
Use your hookshot to travel the ledges in the area shown from south to
north, there's a cow pit in the middle, and then plat the magic bean at the
fourth ledge. The flower will take you to a grassy niche where you can play the
scarecrow song to make a hookshot target right outside the cave with the heart
piece.
Then warp to snowhead and roll south to snowhead path. Right after the
first jump, use you magic lens to see the string of floating platforms that
lead to the east. Get as close as you can, then summon Pierre and use you
hookshot to get that heart piece.
Mikau's Indigo-gos Tune
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In zora hall, go to mikau's room, the one just
to your right as you enter the main chamber. Use your hookshot to get to the
second floor room and read mikau's diary.
Then head to the bassist's room and whip out your own guitar while you
have him z-targeted. He'll invite you to a jam session, where you can finish
his songs with the notes you read in mikau's diary.
Evan, demonstrating the same megalomaniacal attitude that tragically
broke up the real go-go's, is too big of a jerk to accept songs from other
members of his band. So you'll need to approach as Link and play the dong for
him on your ocarina. Then cede him the worldwide recording rights and all
future royalties in exchange for one measly heart piece.
Spider House #2
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With the hookshot, you can finally clear the gate that
blocks the entrance to the Oceanside spider house.
If you find and claim all 30 gold skulltula tokens, you'll earn the
giant's wallet... but only if you can do it on the first day of the cycle,
after
that, the prize is rupees.
You'll also find a puzzle inside the house. If you shoot the masks near
the skeletons in the right order you'll get a heart piece.
Part 3-2: Great Bay Temple
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1)Ride the Turtle to the Temple
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The turtle
takes you right to the temple's entrance, a simple room with a few braziers,
light them for a fairy, and a bunch of barrels. Smash the barrels for bombs,
arrows, and healing fairy if you need supplies. If you want to leave the temple
prematurely, just hookshot onto the turtle's back.
Light all four braziers before the first one burns out, and a chest
containing the first stray fairy will appear.
2)Activate the Waterspout
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The fun begins! Turn into a zora and swim to the
underwater yellow switch in the northeast corner of the room. Pull it, or push
it, depending on which side you're on, to open a flow of water to the
waterspout near it. Now you can jump from the lift to the platform in the
southeast corner, watch out for the big skulltula on the platform - use your
hookshot to kill it easily, jump onto the waterspout, and cross to the other
side.
Ignore the other switches for now. The yellow one will turn off the
waterspout that's causing the wheel to rotate, and shut off the lifts, and the
red one will activate a waterspout that makes the wheel turn the other way. But
first you'll need to turn switches in several other rooms to open the flow of
water down the red pipe. No one said this would be simple!
There are two fairies here. The first is in an underwater bubble under
the entrance platform. The other appears when you kill the big skulltula on the
southwest platform, with the rupees.
3)Ride Current to Room D
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Things get more complicated in room C. the
underwater part of this three-story room contains six exits, but the current
caused by the spinning flywheel, which is powered by the waterspout in the last
room, will only let you enter two of them at the moment.
The one you want is on the southeast corner of the top row. Let yourself
get sucked into it and it will take you to room D.
Swim to the west side of the top floor, or jump across on the flywheel,
and smash the barrel on top of the ladder for an easy fairy. The second is in
the pot, all the way at the bottom, in the dead center of the room. The easiest
way to get it is to fire an arrow all the way down from the top ledge, and lure
the fairy up with your fairy mask.
4)Get Dungeon Map: Clear Path to Room F
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If you took the right passage, the
current will spit you out into room D, if you took the wrong one, you can hop
into a nearby passage to get pulled back into room C. swim to the north ledge
in room D and use your hookshot to get to the chest that contains the dungeon
map. Then go back to your zora form, and sink to the bottom. The path to room
F, further east, is blocked by two dexi-hands, which can only be killed by the
zora form's boomerangs. Don't try to swim past... They're quick.
Use your hookshot to smash this pot, and then use the fairy's mask to
attract the stray.
5)Cross Room E
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There are four bio deku babas in this short tunnel. You can
take them out with a well-aimed electric blast, swim and hold the R button, or
cut them down with your boomerangs, don't use the z-target lock, and deal with
the remnants on the ground.
Kill all four dekus, and a chest with a fairy appears.
Get Compass: Get Small Key
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Use your hookshot to neutralize the bio deku
babas, and then hop across their pads until you're close enough to hookshot
over to the chest containing the compass. Then turn into a zora, sink to the
bottom, boomerang the dexi-hand, and snag the first small key. Watch for the
dekus and bonefish that may be lurking underwater.
A fairy is in a pot in the southeast waterway. You can hit the pot with
your hookshot from the ledge.
6)Take the Current to Room G
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Jump into the waterway with the fairy pot and
you'll be swept back to room C. from there, swim to the bottom and take the
other open passage to the room shown here. Ignore the shell blade clams on the
ground and the octoroks on the surface, and climb from the water onto the red
pipe. Balance carefully, and that will lead you to the door where you can use
your small key.
7)Destroy Wort: Get the Ice Arrow
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The first room contains nothing but a
pair of chuchus that you can kill for unlimited arrows and magic pots. You
might as well stock up, but I prefer to use the trusty hookshot against wort,
who's waiting on the ceiling on the next room. Look up, and it'll drop down to
fight.
Use the hookshot to pull away its bubbles, and stab them with your
sword.
Keep this up until you get a clear shot at its big eye, the hookshot does as
much damage a arrows, so there's no point switching. When wort lets loose all
its bubbles, switch to your sword, cut a path to wort, and give it a few more
nasty pokes in the eye.
8)Turn the Red Crank
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The ice arrow is a lot more useful in majora's mask
than it was in ocarina of time. Not only can it make icebergs on water, it can
also turn enemies into ice blocks! Try it out on an octorok in room G, then hop
across its frozen body and turn the first red crank.
9)Cross to Room I
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Head back to room C, and then into the passage to room
D. fire ice arrows to make a bridge you can use to hop across to the south
door.
10)Turn the Second Red Crank
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Getting to the crank in this room is simple.
Fire an ice arrow at the chuchu to turn it into a sliding block, quickly push
it to the crank, and use it to pull yourself up. You may want to lure the
chuchu closer to the crank first, so it won't melt prematurely. Then turn the
crank, smash some barrels, and head back out.
11)Defeat Mad Jelly: Get the Boss Key
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Repeat the loop you took last time to
get to room F, through the tunnel east of room D. then make another ice bridge
to get to the passageway with the icicles in the north part of this room.
Switch to fire arrows to melt the ice block, and head inside to face a Gekko,
and his sinister pet, mad jelly.
Use fire arrows or regular arrows to nail gekko when he's about to throw
a slime. He'll gather the slime and leap to the ceiling. Quickly hit it with an
ice arrow while it is hanging from the ceiling, and it will freeze, crash to
the floor, and break into pieces. Switch to fire arrows, and take another shot
at gekko.
12)Reverse the Flywheel
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To get back to room B, you can take the waterway in
room F back to room C, or play the song of time to warp back to the beginning
of the dungeon.
If you've turned all the red cranks, the waterspout in the northeast
corner will be active. Aim you hookshot at the target above the waterspout, and
jump from there to the final red crank. Turn it to activate the second red
waterspout, and then turn the yellow rank in the middle of the room. With only
the red waterspout active beneath the gear, the flywheel in room C will begin
turning in the other direction.
13)Turn the First Green Crank
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We can go to the boss room now, but we won't
get far until we open un the green pipe. The first green crank is in the room
north of room C: fire an ice arrow at the source of the waterfall in room c to
plug that up and gain entry.
Once inside, hookshot to the barrels in the center, kill the tektites,
and make an ice bridge to the green crank.
Here's a tricky one... look for a hole in the ceiling grating north of
the
yellow platform. Make an ice bridge to a spot under, near the wall, and
hookshot from there onto the roof. A fairy chest awaits you up there.
14)Ride Current to Room L
-------------------------
Now that you have reversed the current, you can
get into a few new rooms. Jump in the water in room C, and swim into the top
level passage, on the east, that used to flow backwards from room F.
That passage will now sweep you right through room F, and into room L.
15)Freeze the Gears
-------------------
The trick here is to freeze the waterfall that's
turning the gear at just the right moment, so the flywheel ends up more or less
horizontal, allowing you to use it as a bridge to the door. You'll need to fire
an ice arrow while you're in the northwest lift, going up, and still a bit
below the gear. It will take a couple of tries to get the timing right; if you
mess up, melt your ice block with a fire arrow and try again.
When you get it right, do a rolling jump from the lift onto the gear,
and
carefully make your way over the door.
There are two fairies here, in the chests located in the north and
southeast alcoves. The get the fairies, you'll need to hookshot to the chest
from various points on the gear, or from the horizontal lift in the northwest.
16)Turn the Final Crank
-----------------------
Use ice and fire arrows to turn on and off the
waterfalls that hold the teeter totters up. Use that to get to the crank, turn
it, and use the same method to get to the exit.
Two more fairies here. One is in the pool under the first teeter totter;
sink down as a zora and smash the barrel. To get the other, climb across the
pipe from the gear to the chest in the southwest. Zora Link is tall enough to
pull himself over the kinks in the pipe.
17)Confront Gyorg
-----------------
This part is easy if you have done everything right. Go
through the passage at the bottom of room C, to the south, and you'll end up
here. Float to the surface, climb up the pipe, turn the last green crank, and
hop across the water spout to face the boss.
One of the fairies is in the passage that leads back to room C. Pop it
with your boomerangs and swim to get it. The other is under the gear, and you
can shoot at it from the pipe.
Gargantuan Masked Fish GYORG
----------------------------
Gyorg is a fairly easy boss if you have
mastered the zora technique of leaping like a dolphin from underwater. If not,
you'd better have full health or a recovery fairy, because you probably won't
be able to hit Gyorg without taking a hit or two in return.
As human Link, stand in the center of the platform and scan for bubbles
rising to the surface of the water. Then run to that side of the platform
quickly z-target Gyorg, and fire a regular arrow, if you are not quick, he'll
try to knock you into the water. That will stun him for a few seconds, just
enough time for you to slap on your zora mask, dive into the water and hit him
with the zora r-button barrier attack. Then do your dolphin leap directly back
onto the platform. If you have to swim to the ledge and pull yourself up, Gyorg
will probably catch up and gulp you down before you can make it.
Eventually, Gyorg will release a bunch of baby fish, but this won't
really affect you strategy. Ignore them and keep alternating arrow and barrier
attacks until Gyorg id toast.
The Great Fairy's Boon
----------------------
When you catch all 15 stray fairies, take them to
the fairy fountain in the rocky shoals of south bay. You will need to use your
hookshot to get there, and bring a regular bomb to blow up the rock that is
blocking the cave.
The fairy's prize is double length life bar, represented by a white
border around your heart containers. That means every enemy now does half the
damage it used to! Congratulations: As far as combat is concerned, you are now
basically immortal.
The Great Bay Jumping Game
--------------------------
Now that the temple has been cleared, the
fisherman in the north bay is back in business, holding a daily jumping game.
Swim to the western tip of the coral reef north of the beach area, and wait for
his boat to come by. Hop aboard, take a brief ride, and then hookshot onto the
tree in the circle of five small islands. Pay the man 20 rupees and jump to the
middle. Then simply jump to whichever island has a lit torch. It is an easy
game: You only need to do it 20 times to get a heart piece.
18)The Indigo-Gos Play at Last
------------------------------
Now that lulu has recovered and the great
bay has been cleared, there's nothing stopping the indigo-gos from playing
their long-awaited concert. When you return to the hall, you will find the
zoras assembled on the balcony above the stage. Transform into your zora form
and talk to lulu on stage to start the concert. You do not get anything for
doing this, but it is not a bad show.
Don Gero's Frog Quintet
-----------------------
The Unfrozen Lake Chest
-----------------------
After defeating the
gekko mini-bosses in both the great bay and woodfall temples, you may have
noticed both turned into frogs. That's five total frogs we have seen so far,
the entire don gero quintet.
To assemble the five frogs, you have to defeat ghot to bring about
spring
in the mountain village, and then put on your don gero's mask and talk to all
five frogs in the same cycle. This means beating both gekko mini-bosses and
talking to the frogs they leave behind, as well as the frog in clock town, the
frog in the southern swamp, and the frog that appears after beating ghot. When
they all assemble on the lily pads in mountain village, lead them in song and
get a heart piece.
That is a lot of work for a little reward, but you can pick up a second
heart piece by diving to the bottom of the now-unfrozen lake east of the
mountain village.
Bombers' Notebook #10: The Curiosity Shop Guy
---------------------------------------------
Once you have completed
the event in anju and Keaton's subplot that involves the curiosity shop guy,
where he gives you the letter for madame aroma, you have only one thing left to
do stop the burglar in the bomb shop woman event, then show up after 10PM on
his shop on the third day, and buy the all-night mask. It costs 500 rupees, an
amount you can holds if you have won the giant's wallet at the Oceanside spider
house.
Anju's Grandmother
------------------
The all-night mask has one use: preventing Link from
falling asleep. The only time he falls asleep is during the long stories told
by Anju's grandma. With this mask on, you can visit her at the stock pot inn
and stay awake through both stories. In the first story answer the question
correct, and in the second answer wrong. Each time earns a heart piece.
Part 4-1: Ikana Canyon
----------------------
1)East to Ikana Canyon
----------------------
There's virtually nothing of interest in East Termina field. The only
pit
is on one of the column-sand to get it, you'll need a magic bean, some water,
and a good sense of timing. But since the prize is just a bombchus, you are
better off skipping it altogether.
The enemies in this area include real bombchus, during the day, and blue
bubble during night. Your shield is the best weapon for both: It will knock
back the bombchus which will then detonate and extinguish the blue glow of
bubbles, allowing you to attack them safely with you sword or you can just
shoot them with arrows.
You'll be immune to damage while you are riding Epona, which is
necessary
to jump the gate, but the detonating bombchus will slow you down and the pesky
bubbles can still curse you. The curse is just annoying; it prevents you from
using your sword fro a minute.
2)The Canyon Pass Area
----------------------
You'll need to carefully avoid the enemies in this
area to get enough speed to jump the pair of metal fences. There are a few
hidden things on the way, but nothing really worth stopping for. The secret pit
under the Goron-punch able red rock in front of the first gate only contains a
bombchus, and the hidden pot atop the t-shaped rock (you can get to it with the
scarecrow's song and hookshot) contains a recovery fairy.
If you approach the west cliff while wearing the Garo's Mask, the
spectral Watchman will raise a hookshot target so that you can pass. But for
now pull yourself up onto the small ledge to the north, and we'll explore the
Ikana Graveyard.
Bombers' Notebook #11: Shiro, the Invisible Soldier
---------------------------------------------------
If you do a bit of
exploration in the canyon pass, you'll notice a mysterious circle of rocks. Use
your Lens of Truth to see the secret: It's Shiro, a fallen guardsman in
desperate need of medical attention.
Bring him a red potion and he'll recover his vitality and visibility.
He'll also reward you with the stone mask, probably the most useful optional
mask in the game!
As long as you wear this, you are as invisible to enemies as Shiro was.
Try it out on the Bombchus and Nejiron in this area; they'll ignore you
completely if you don't run into them or something. It will also let you breeze
right through the pirate hideout area!
Secrets of the Graveyard
------------------------
The Ikana graveyard in manned once again by
Dampe the gravedigger, who somehow managed to retain his name from Ocarina of
Time. He hides in his house by night, when the graveyard is taken over by
undead Stalchilds, and patrols during the days, when the only enemies are bad
bats.
The bad bats do get a little annoying, especially on the second day,
when
they are out in force. Kill them all while Dampe is in the graveyard (on that
day only) and he'll reward you with 30 rupees. The only other secret here is
the hidden pit in the ring of stones: Bomb it open and get five bombchus.
3)Awaken Skull Keeta: Get the Captain's Hat
-------------------------------------------
The massive arch in the north
part of the graveyard is blocked by a large skull. Play you sonata of awakening
to make the great skull Keeta rise, and then slap on you Bunny Hood and chase
him through the northern loop.
Whenever you are near the metal barriers, a wall of fire will appear. It
won't be dispelled until you kill the two Stalchilds that appear, so finish
them quickly with a single horizontal slash. If you are a good shot, you can
slow skull Keeta down by shooting him in the legs with arrows; if not, just
run.
When you catch him, go wild with you sword (you can continue to stun him
with arrows too). He's easy to defeat if you watch out for his shadow when he
tries to jump above Link.
If you lose the chase or the battle, you can start again by leaving the
graveyard and re-entering. When you do catch him and win his respect, hookshot
over to his chest and grab his captain's hat.
4)Grave Smashing - 1st Night: Learn the Song of Storms
------------------------------------------------------
Wear your captain's
hat in the graveyard at night, and you'll be able to order around the grave-
circling Stalchilds. Each night they guard a different grave, and if you tell
them to open it, they'll do so with verve. If you do that on the first might,
they'll create a pit to a three room dungeon.
Kill all the bad bats in the second room and a chest with 50 rupees will
appear. This will also make it easier to shoot the three braziers with fire
arrows, unlocking the door to the final room. There you'll face an Iron
Knuckle. It look tough, but its horizontal swings are too high to hit Link if
he's close, and the vertical swings are easily dodged. So stay close and
swiftly cut it to pieces. The curtain will lift, and the spirit Flat will teach
you the song of storms.
Grave Smashing - 2nd Night
--------------------------
The grave that the Stalchilds encircle on the
2nd night leads to a different area of the same dungeon. Use you lens of truth
to see the hidden door, and see the invisible Keese and skulltulas in the room
beyond. Bomb the wall there to enter the final room, where you can fight an
Iran Knuckle to win a heart piece.
Grave Smashing - 3rd Night
--------------------------
You'll find part-time treasure hunter Dampe
wandering around in the crypt that the Stalchilds can smash open on night
three. Dampe is too blind to see where he's going, but if you leads him to each
of the six sand pits in the room, he'll dig them up. To do that, simply z-
target him and slowly walk to each pit. To lead him to the two elevated pits,
guide him to the brown platforms at the far end of the room. They'll lift him
to the far sand pits, but you need to run over and meet him there with your z-
target, or he'll just fall back off. There's one floor master enemy here, so
watch for it shadow, then dodge and kill it before it makes your life
miserable.
When the big poe appears, block its attacks and then pelt it with arrows
to kill it. The chest that appears contains an empty bottle.
5)East to Ikana Canyon
----------------------
At the east end of the canyon pass, you'll find a
sheer cliff blocking the way to Ikana. The watchman won't let you pass as you
are, but if you wear the Garo's Mask he'll raise a tree you can use as a
hookshot target.
The path beyond is full of Nejiron enemies that explode when they're
hit.
But if you wear your stone mask, they won't bother you.
6)Battle the Garo
-----------------
Whenever Tatl senses a presence in Ikana, you know
there's a Garo nearby. Put on your Garo's Mask to lure it out, and kill it
easily by blocking its dive and hitting it while it's down. The bested Garo
will then give you information about the Ikana area, so fight the whenever you
can.
7)Cross the Washed-Out Bridge: Activate warp Point #9
-----------------------------------------------------
The only way to
cross this broken bridge is to use your ice arrow. Freeze both Octoroks to get
to the other side, where you can easily ascend the Ikana cliff with three
hookshot shots. Up top you'll fins Tingle selling maps of this area for 20 and
clock town for 40, and an owl statue.
There are tons of places to go here, but the one that interests us now
is
the cave far to the north, the apparent source of the dry river bed that cuts
through the canyon. To get there, you'll need to pass by the music box house
,which is surrounded by Gibdos. Keep you distance: Gibdos are lethal and can't
be killed (although you can turn then into ReDeads by shooting them with fire
arrows). The house is locked up anyway.
8)Restore the River
-------------------
The Ikana cave is the home of sharp, Flat's equally
dead brother. He'll attack you viciously until you play the song of storms.
That will restore the Ikana river, turn the wheel of the music house, and
ultimately kill all the Gibdos. Score!
Incidentally, you can also use the song of storms to cure yourself if
you
are ever cursed by blue bubbles.
Deed Trading Game #4
--------------------
In the far south of Ikana canyon you'll find that
Akindo nut in the deed trading game. After trading all the previous deeds, talk
to him as a zora and he'll pay you 200 rupees for the ocean title deed you got
in zora hall, and vacate so you can get that heart piece.
9)Sneak into the Music House: Get the Gibdo Mask
------------------------------------------------
As you approach the music
house, you'll see a little girl examining the river. If she spots you, she'll
dash back inside and lock the door, so be stealthy! The stone mask is great
here, but if you don't have it and couldn't sneak in, you can always lure her
back out by plating a bomb on her doorstep and hiding on the riverside of her
house. When she comes out to investigate the source of the blast, sneak inside
and head downstairs.
Gadzooks! It's a Gibdo... Sort of... if you reach for your sword, young
Pamela will kick you out of the house, so reach for your ocarina instead and
play the song of healing. Dad will be healed, the Gibdo Mask will be yours (it
allows you to talk with Gibdos and ReDeads), and everyone will be happy.
10)Beneath the Well
-------------------
after you get the Gibdo Mask, dive into the well in the
hills above Pamela's house. To unlock each of the thirteen doors in this
dungeon, you'll need to put on your Gibdo Mask and talk to the Gibdos that
block each door. Each wants one specific item, and won't go away until you
bring it to them. Fortunately, all of the items can be found within the dungeon
itself, except for a blue potion and 5 magic beans. Grab both before you come
in (you can get the blue potion from the akindo nut in Ikana Canyon).
10)The Bottom of the Well (continued)
-------------------------------------
One warning before we begin. You need
to keep moving in this dungeon, since many of these rooms contain floor masters
enemies that will drop down and pull you back to the beginning of the dungeon.
If you see its shadow over yours either run, or get out of the way and attacks
when it hits the ground.
1) In the first room, give your blue potion to the Gibdo in the north
and the magic beans to the one in the east. We'll head north to
cover that section first.
2) You'll find fish (get two) and water in the alcove here. Then use
your deku form to float over the spiked logs, and give the item to
the Gibdos that wants them. Keep heading north.
3) Grab some bugs from the west alcove, and smash the pots in the east
alcove if you are short on bombs (you'll need at least 10). Watch
out for Boes hiding in the pots.
4) That's all you need to do here: The room to the north contains a
fairy fountain (no Gibdos want fairies) and the room to the east
has an invisible chest containing 50 rupees since these Gidbos only
want bugs, you might as well pay the optional rooms a visit.
5) On your way back to the entrance, go to the room with the hot
water. You'll need to transform into a zora to kill the Dexi-Hand,
and then stay against the north wall to avoid the flame jets.
Remember that the hot water will cool in one minute, so you'll need
to hurry!
6) Float over the spiked logs again and return to the room where we
started. Head west this time, and give the Gibdo blocking the west
door 10 deku nuts (if you don't have any, head north, give the
Gibdo your extra fish and kill the deku babas for some extra nuts).
7) Give the farthest west Gibdo the hot water. In the room he guarded
you can get milk from the cow by playing Epona's Song.
8) Give the north Gibdo the 10 bombs, and do battle with a big Poe.
Just block with your shield, wait for its attack to miss, and then
hit it with an arrow. After five shots, it will leave behind his
big Poe token. Grab it in a bottle.
9) Head north. If you want, light the two torches on the west wall and
a chest with fifty rupees will appear. Give the Gibdo in the north
the big Poe.
10) Carefully sneak past the spiked logs, and give the milk to the
final Gibdo.
Get the Mirror Shield
---------------------
As you use you fire arrows to light the four
braziers in this room and the chest containing the mirror shield will appear.
As you can see, this is not your father's mirror shield, but one of the fancy
new grimace-of-despair mirror shield that are all the rage theses days.
As horrific as it may look, it does not work the same as the classic
Mirror Shield: Just stand in a sunlight area, hold the R button, and use your
control stick to reflect the light onto ht sun switch (which make a ladder
appear) and the sun block (which is destroyed by the light).
11)Go Buy a Powder Keg
----------------------
When you climb out of the Mirror Shield chamber,
you'll find yourself in the courtyard of Ikana Castle. This is out next
destination, but you'll need a powder keg to beat it, so warp back to clock
town now if you don't have one.
To get back into the castle, take the side entrance, hit the crystal
switch, and reflect the light with your shield to destroy the block.
12)Enter Ikana Castle
---------------------
There are four ReDeads in this room, but they are not
in the mood to talk. They're in the mood... to dance! Yep, slip on the Gibdo
Mask, Garo's Mask, or Captain's Hat to turn these ReDeads into dancing
Machines. Then calmly walk up and cut them into pieces. Then use fire arrows to
flip the two ice-encrusted eye switches on the pillars surrounding the dance
floor. We'll head to the north wing first.
13)The Castle's North Wing
--------------------------
Smash the pot at the entrance to the next room
for a magic pot. Then transform into your deku form, hit the crystal switch,
and dash to the deku flower closest to the column with the foot switch. Burrow
into the flower and wait for the floor to drop. Then burst out of the flower to
raise the floor, drop, burrow, and burst again to float to the switch.
Transform back to Link, hit the switch, and leap to the exit.
In the next room, there's an invisible platform between the entrance and
the foot switch. Trip the switch as Link, and then either shoot the big
skulltulas hiding behind the columns or jump across to the exit (you'll need to
use a rolling jump to clear the final chasm) or shoot the mines into each other
and use the deku flower to fly across as a Deku.
Run quickly through the stairwell to avoid the blue bubbles on your ways
to the roof.
14)Trip the Exterior Switch: Fly to the Heart Piece
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Climb onto the thin blue
and brown-striped ridge that surrounds the roof, and go to the platform
directly above the castle's front door. Droop down and use the deku flower to
fly to the foot switch. Trip that as Link, and then jump to the other column
and use the flower to get back to the platform over the entrance.
You need to get back to the first floor anyway, so you have nothing to
lose by going for the heart piece. To prevent possible interference, stand by
shooting all the Keese you can see. Then hit the crystal switch in the north
courtyard with an arrow, and do a rolling jump to the column with the deku
flower. Fly from column to column and snag that heart piece before the Keese
regenerated and knock you down, or the fire turns back on.
15)The Castle's South Wing
--------------------------
Go back inside, but head south this time. If you
opened the hole on the roof, you'll have a nice sunbeam you can use to dissolve
the sun block and incinerate the floor master in the first room. Keep one of
your undead masks on so that you can make the ReDeads dance a jaunty jigs while
you slaughter them too.
The next room contains a Wizrobe, one of those annoying mini-bosses from
the snowhead temple. Just find a corner where you can scan the room, shoot the
one that spins as soon as it teleports, and use your shield to block any shots
he gets off. The only thing blocking the stairwell past him is more ridiculous
dancing ReDeads.
16)Blow Open the Skylight
-------------------------
From the south stairwell, you can finally access
the center part of Ikana's Castle roof. Plant your powder keg directly above
the skylight there, and when it blows jump in after it. You now have all the
sun you need to melt the sun block at the east end of the room, and to kill
those goofy ReDeads one more time.
17)Battle the King's Guard
--------------------------
These guys don't have mask or goofy names, but
they put up as good a fight as any boss, so you'd better be ready for it. You
can try to avoid the fight with your captain's hat, but that ruse will only go
so far.
Start by aiming your fire arrows at the curtains that drop over the
windows. While it will take good swordsmanship to knock to foes down, you'll
need direct light to get to the kill. Lure them close to the sunbeams, and then
take them down by blocking their attacks and doing quick-counter attacks. When
they fall, run to the sunbeam and reflect the light at them until their bodies
burn away.
When both subordinates are dead, the king will enter the fray. He has a
big shield, but he has trouble blocking forward trusts (forward and B button
while he's z-targeted). If his head detaches and attacks you separately, just
roll out of its way or run away with the bunny hood until it reattaches and he
becomes vulnerable again. When he drops, use reflected sunlight to dispose of
the corpse, as you did to his henchmen.
The Elegy of Emptiness
----------------------
The Elegy of Emptiness is just the coolest Zelda
song ever. Sure, the name makes me want to kill myself, but the ability to make
horrific little totem Link, Dekus, Gorons and Zoras rocks. They're
simultaneously cute and disgusting; cruel, adorable mockeries of life itself!
And of course, they're pretty handy in the stone tower too.
The Ghost Hut Duels
-------------------
For 30 rupees the proprietor of this mini game will
give you three minutes to battle the four ghost sisters. If you play him the
song of healing, he'll knock the price down to 10.
The first three ghosts are typical: Block and slash after their attack.
But the final one creates three illusion forms that circle you. The true ghost
spins once, so if you want the heart piece prize, aim your arrows at the one.
18)Scale the Stone Tower: Activate Warp Point #10
-------------------------------------------------
The entrance to the stone
tower is in the southeast corner of Ikana Canyon. Climb up the tongue of the
demon statue, and you'll be faced with a series of floating platforms in a huge
vertical area. Jump across the three platforms to a ledge with a foot switch.
Step on it and play your elegy of emptiness to leave a totem of Link behind.
Then hookshot to the next ledge, where you'll find a Beamos and a second
switch. The Beamos is too far away to hurt you, so put on you Zora or Goron
mask (the Deku id too light) and play the Elegy again on the switch. Hookshot
up another level, and as your final non-deku form, play the elegy one more
time. Now you should have totems on all three switches, and the platforms
should have risen so you can cross to the other side.
Ignore the first three switches you see there (they are for return trips
only) and repeat the process. Hookshot up to the first switch, and leave one
totem before hookshoting to the next (this will erase the previous totem of
that character). You may want to toss a bomb at the Beamos this time, since
it's dangerously close to the switch, and you can cross from there.
If you have made a scarecrow song, you can play it now to get a target in
the long strip of land with all the ReDeads. There isn't anything too exciting
there, just some supplies in the pots. To hurry on to the final switches, just
Hookshot up three more ledges, and you'll find the temple entrance and an owl
statue.
This is the only time the order matters: Facing towards the dungeon
entrance, leave a totem on the middles, right and left switches, in that order.
Bombers' Notebook #12: Anju, Kafei, Et Al - Part 2
--------------------------------------------------
When last we left this
subplot, Kafei had run off to Ikana Canyon to confront Sakon the burglar. Now
that we have access to that area, it's time to see this quest through. After
playing the first part of this event, meet Kafei outside the burglar's hideout
(in the south part of the canyon, near the akindo nut) at 6:00 pm on the 3rd
day.
After you follow the burglar in, the door will shut, Kafei will trip on
alarm, and you'll have to run through a five-room dungeon to save the sun's
mask before it falls into the fault. You alternate playing Kafei and Link:
Kafei pushes blocks to solve simple puzzles, while Link battles enemies (use
deku nuts and jumping slashes for quick kills). To unlock each door for Kafei,
push the blocks onto the blue switches. Yellow switches are good too, since
they slow down the conveyor belt, but beware the red ones, which speed it up!
If you are not there to grab the sun mask when it gets to the end to the belt,
you will lose this event.
If you do recover the mask, meet Kafei at Anju's room in the stock pot
inn
at 4:30 am that night. The happily reunited couple will reward you with the
couple's mask.
Part 4-2: Stone Tower
---------------------
1)The Stone Tower Entryway
--------------------------
Even if you don't care
about the stray fairies, it's important to make all the fairy chests appear in
this temple so you can use them as hookshot targets in the future. To get the
first one here, shoot the switch in the left eye of the giant statue that faces
the entrance to this temple. Stock up on magic pots from the handy crates in
the northwest corner, and then go through the door to the left.
Hookshot to the fairy chest you just revealed for fairy #1.
2)Create a Skylight to Level B1
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Either bomb the wall in this room or lure a
real bombchus over to do it for you. Then quickly kill the bombchus before they
can do any damage: you need those crates in there.
Smash the big crates (with rolls or Goron punches) to get at the smaller
ones behind them. Then take on of those and lay it on the first switch. Use you
Elegy on the other three switches (the big one will require the Goron's weight)
and the gate to the second part of this room will lit.
Go to the brown, grassless patch in the northwest and blow it open with a
bomb. Then head downstairs.
Get the Dungeon Map: Get Small Key #1
-------------------------------------
If you blew open the skylight,
you'll be able to use your mirror shield to reflect the light onto the sun
block, opening a path to the chest with the dungeon map.
As a fire-immune Goron, wade into the lava and grab it. Then pick a fight
with the four armors in the lava (just punch them and stay close until they
start spinning, which is your cue to run away before they explode). When all
four fall, a chest with the small key will appear.
Fire at the hookshot target to get to the right of the door to pull
yourself up to fairy #2.
Get Small Key #2
----------------
After grabbing the first small key, head back upstairs
and unlock the locked door in the northeast corner of room B.
There are two ways to get to the other side of the pool in the next room:
Either do one of those dolphin flips up, or, if you just can't get the hang of
that swim into the Dexi-hand over the door and let it toss you up, grab the
small key from the chest and head east through the underwater door.
Get the Compass
---------------
There's a sunbeam hitting the bridge at the surface of
this room, and you can reflect that sunbeam onto a nearby mirror. But this is
no ordinary mirror: It holds in the light and doesn't release it until you put
down your shield. So if you charge it up long enough, you'll have enough time
to run up to the mirror and reflect the beam it emits onto the nearby sun
block. This will reveal a chest with a compass, and open up a convenient
shortcut to room A. then cross the bridge and unlock the door to room E.
You can't get any stray fairies here now, but you can set some up for the
future. At the pool bottom, hit the footswitch surrounded by the mines. On the
surface, shoot a fire arrow at the ice switch above the door. Both of these
switches will make up-side down chests appear.
3)Network the Mirrors
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Use you Goron punch to smash away the pillar that's
blocking the sunbeam in this room. Using that to clear the first sun block is
easy, but the next part takes finesse. You need to charge the mirror to Link's
left, and use that reflected light to charge a second mirror before you can get
the light close enough to reflect it onto the sun block. Wear your stones mask
so black boes and Nejirons (in the alcoves at the end) don't interfere.
The chest behind the first sun block contains fairy #3, and a chest with
fairy #4 will appear if you burn away a specific sun switch.
4)Float over the Lava
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You'll need to do a long distance Deku flight to get
to the door on the opposite end of this room. If you're collecting stray
fairies, do the Goron switch thing before you blast off (see below).
As a Deku, you'll need to fly from vent to vent and let the updrafts give
you enough lift to make it to the next one. It's the distance between the
second and third vents that's trickiest, especially with the real bombchus
crawling in the grating. Hove on the second vent until the bombchus is out of
the way before you attempt that lest leg of the flight.
As a deku, you can fly to the chest with fairy #5 in the alcove to the
left of the first vent. To reveal the chest with fairy #6 (near the exit), drop
to the bottom and goron smash the switch in the lava. That will extinguish the
ring of flames in the other end of the map, giving you a few seconds to roll
there and hit the foot switch.
5)Garo Master: Get the Light Arrow
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The Garo master is quicker than the
regular Garo, but not much tougher. If you block his strikes, he'll quickly
recover and strike back, so back flip away instead and force him to teleport
above you. Then you can step away and stab him when he lands.
The prize is the light arrow, this temple's major item. If you're not
collecting fairies, just warp back to the entrance now. If you are, continue
south and use your hookshot to unmask the armored Hiploop in the next room.
Battle Eyegore for Fairies
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Head south past the room with the armored
Hiploop and you'll find yourself on the bridge in room C. you can take that
bridge back to the dungeons entrance, but first you'll need to get past an
angry Eyegore.
Block the Eyegore's laser with your shield, and shoot him in the eye with
you light arrow to blind him. When he's stunned, follow up with another arrow
or a sharp poke in the eye with the hookshot. Repeat and a chest with fairy #7
will appear upon his death.
Then loop back around to the other side of this room (through room D) and
toss a bomb over the gate to activate the crystal switch near the Beamos. Swim
across the pond, flip onto the other side, and shoot the sun block with a light
arrow to destroy it. Then grab fairy #8.
6)Flip the Stone Tower
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The next step actually takes place outside the
temple. Warp back to the owl statue, and leave a totem on the middle switch to
clear a floating platform out of the way. Then from either corner of the ledge
with the statue and pots, fire a light arrow at the red scarab jewel on the
ledge below the entrance.
The entire Stone Tower area will flip, leaving you on what used to be the
ceiling. Head back to the temple, where everything will be inverted, and you
can finally get all those weird up-side down treasure chests. You can fire at
the same red scarab at any time to put things right again.
Make a brief detour in room A before you flip the tower. Use your light
arrow to shoot the sun switch in the south part of the central basin. An
upside-down fairy chest will appear on the roof and you can grab it after the
temple flips.
Collect Fairies: Get Small Key #3
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The tower hasn't really been turned
upside-down. It's actually been inverted, so this area is like the image on a
mirror behind held above the stone tower. This means that the rooms and their
content are still in the same place in relation to their other horizontally,
but have been flipped vertically. So our next stop, Room E, will still be east,
but level B1 is now above 1F. Confused yet?
To get into Room E, clear away the sun block with a light arrow. All the
water has drained out, but the skylight on the floor now act as vents, and you
can use those to reach the rooms many levels.
Getting the small key here is easy, but the fairies take some work.
First,
turn into a Deku and, ignoring the deku flower, jump off the ledge into the
first vents and let that carry you to the alcove on the other side. There
you'll find fairy #10.
Then jump down to either side of the bridge, on the floor near the vents,
and shoot a light arrow at the sun switch that has previously been underwater.
That will reveal and upside-down fairy chest you can get when you flip the
temple back to normal.
Use the vents to fly to the ledge in the east side of the room, where
you'll find a silver foot switch. Take off you Deku mask and play The Elegy of
Emptiness to leave behind a totem. That will clear the ring of fire in the top
south ledge. Use the west vent (which goes the highest) to fly there as a Deku
and get fairy #11.
To get the small key, drop down onto the north-to-south bridge and go
north until you find the foot switch. Hit that, and use your hookshot versus
the Hiploop on the bridge so you can get to the chest safely. When you've got
that, let the west vent take you up to the highest ledge, and head inside.
7)The Rotating Rooms
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The top door in room E leads to what used to be level
B1, a series of three small rooms. The first woo feature red scarab switches
like the one outside the temple, and will rotate the entire room when hit with
light arrows.
Rotating the room is pretty much all you need to do in the first one.
Switch to your Goron forms and run across the lava, the shoot the switch again
to get the doors back on the ground level.
The next room is much trickier. You must push the moving block from one
end of the room to the other by pushing it a couple of squares, rotating the
room (so it ends up in the grooves of what used to be the ceiling), and
repeating the process until you can slide it into the block-shaped hole that
unlocks the door.
8)Wizrobe - Yet Again
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Don't go out of your way to find a good spot this
time, just stay in the doorway and shoot Wizrobe from there. It's a good
vantage point, and you are safe from the lava that drips down from what was
Room C's floor. You can reflect his fireballs with your shield, and, if you use
light arrows, you can off this chump in four shots.
When he dies, hookshot up to the chest that appears and take the stairs to
1F.
9)Cross the Ghost Room: Get Small Key #4
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This room, once a simple
courtyard, is now infested by Poes. You can ignore them, but undead things are
always fun to kill with light arrows, since they explode in such pretty colors.
When you've had your fun, fly across the pit, but don't open the door on
the other side. Instead, rolling jump to your right (or use the Deku Flower).
If you trip the foot switch in the small maze (and leave a totem on it), you
can extinguish the flames around the chest with the small key. But the death
armos won't make it easy for you... unless you wear you stone mask. Then
they'll
ignore you altogether.
10)Soar Across the Abyss
------------------------
With the pool emptied and the bridge far above you,
there's nothing you can do in the next room but fly across. Before you go, make
sure you fire an arrow at the mines so they knock into each other and explode.
You'll need to be able to get into that alcove, since one Deku Flower burst
won't take you all the way across. Watch out for angry pots!
11)Battle Gomess: Get the Boss Key
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The door on the other side of the abyss
leads to the converted bridge in room E. There isn't much to do here but stock
up on magic pots from the crates and fend off blue bubbles. As I mentioned
before, undead creatures aren't a big fan of light arrows. The blue bubbles are
no exceptions, and their loss is your gain because they turn into purple rupees
worth 50 whenever they're hit.
At the end of the path you'll face Gomess and his cloak of bats. The bats
protect him from your attacks, but they'll run for cover when you light up the
room by shooting Gomess in the chest with a light arrow. That's your
opportunity to rush up and stab him in his green crystal. If you run out of
magic pots, you can get more by killing the bats.
You can block most hits from Gomess' scythe, but when he spins it around
it's unblock able, so back or slide-flip away. When he finally falls to your
blade, grab the boss key and head back outside.
12)Trip the Room V Foot Switch
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After you fly back across the abyss in room
D, hang a left and enter this small alcove in the entranceway. You can jump
right over to the final foot switch, but there's a nasty death armos guarding
it and not a lot of room to maneuver. One option is to kill the death armos by
shooting a light arrow into that glowing panel on its side and then following
it up with a quick slash when he's stunned. But if he not directly in your way,
it easier just to use the stone mask.
The switch makes another upside-down chest appear on the ceiling of this
room. It contains a stray fairy, but right now it's only important as a
hookshot target. Pull yourself up to it and open the final locked door.
13)Battle Eyegore - Round 2: Get the Giant's Mask
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The inverted temple has an
Eyegore too, and it's not pleased about what happened to the last one. This one
seems much more aggressive, so have your shield at the ready as you approach
and take it out with ranged weapons like your light arrow and hookshot.
When it dies, a chest with the giant's mask will appear. This nifty bonus
temple item can only be used on the upcoming temple boss.
14)To the Boss Chamber
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If your magic bar isn't at least half full, you may
want to go forage for magic pots before you face the boss. When you're ready,
hit the switch, and wait for the spiked logs to give you an opening, and
hookshot to the chest on the ceiling. You'll land right in front of the boss
door.
This is an odd boss fight, as the enemies
are completely indifferent to Link and the only real challenge is in using you
Giant's Mask effectively. Slap it up and Link will balloon twenty times his
original size, which is big enough to battle the centipedes in hand-to-hand (or
rather sword-to-face) combat. The enemies' weak points are their heads and the
tips of their tails, so concentrate your attacks there.
The mask power comes at a price, which is that it drains your magic
energy. When you're running low, start smashing the buildings scattered around
the battlefield for magic pots. Giant Link cannot pick up the tiny pots, so
you'll have to take off the mask and search for them at your normal size. If
you have to fight Twinmold again, a good cheat is to drink some Romani Ranch
milk and never run out of magic at all.
If you do run out of magic, you have two options. One is to stay normal
size and to finish Twinmold with arrows to the head and tail (they move fast,
so don't fire unless you're really close). The other is to hang around one of
the grey buildings and wait for one of them to smash into it, hopefully
unearthing a few magic pots.
Collect the Final Fairies
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Twinmold may be dead, but we're still missing a
trio of fairies. All three are found in the right side up version of the stone
tower, but in chest that were revealed performing actions in the inverted
temple. If you've followed the guide closely, you've already revealed all
three. Warp back to the owl statue, flip the temple again, and go fairy
hunting.
Fairy #13 is right in the first room, in the chest at the bottom of the
pit that we used as a hookshot target. Head east into room D to grab fairy #14
from the now underwater chest that appeared when we shot the sun switch. Then
continue north, looping through rooms F, G and H, to get to room I where Fairy
#15 awaits (in the chest that appeared when we hit the crystal switch).
The Great Fairy's Boon:
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This Great Fairy Fountain is easy to find, since
it has its own building right by the dungeons entrance (it's just south of the
entrance by the game's auto-map).
If you collected all 15 yellow fairies, you'll be granted the Great
Fairy's Sword, a massive Biggoron-esque two-handed sword that you can equip to
a C-button.
The Secret Shrine
-----------------
Itching to bust some heads with that new sword of
yours? There's no better place to put it through its paces than the secret
shrine, the secret area behind the waterfall in northwest Ikana Canyon
(southwest on the game's auto-map). You'll need to fire a light arrow at the
switch above the door to enter, and even then you'll be turned away if you
don't have at least 16 heart pieces. Not that you'll need that many: Each of
the four rooms contains one mini-boss you already beat when you were much
weaker, and they'll drop like flies when faced with your new arsenal. But
that's the fun of it, really... That and the fact that you earn a heart piece
for
killing all four.
The enemies shown below are in clockwise order, from left to right. Each
has been powered up a bit, so be wary (but not too wary, because they're still
total chum). Each victory will also net a silver rupee (100 rupees). 1-
Lizalfos, 2-Wizrobe, 3- Wort and 4- Garo Master.
Bombers' Notebook #13: Dotour Mayor of Clock Town
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If you've completed all
of bombers' notebook corners so far, you should only be missing one seal.
That's mayor Dotour's, and completing his entry is easy. Just walk into his
office while wearing the couple's mask and remind him of what's really
important in life. (Love or something. I guess? I still think being struck by a
falling moon is important. But that's just me). Ta da! If you have all the
seals (and therefore all the masks) you're more than ready for the game's
finale.
Finale: Majora's Mask
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1)Confront the Skull Kid
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When you've completed your
mask collection, cleared all four temples, and finished your bombers' notebook,
your quest is nearly at its end. All that's left is to return to the place
where it all began: The clock tower where you can confront the skull kid at
midnight of the final day.
This time, play the Oath to Order you learned at the end of the woodfall
temple. This song will summon the help you need to put an end to the skull
kid's nefarious plans.
2)Talk to the Mask Children
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Calling the next part of the game "surreal"
would be barely scratching the surface. The game's final setting is a grassy
plain with a single tree, at which five children have gathered. They're each
wearing one of the boss masks, and they all want to play with you.
Believe it or not, almost of all this is optional. If you'd like, you can
walk up right to the kid wearing Majora's Mask and go straight to the last
boss. But if you'd like one final challenge, agree to play with the children
wearing the boss masks. Each one will ask for 1-4 masks before the game begins
and an equal amount when the game ends. So to play all four games, you'll need
all twenty masks. If you have them all, and beat all four games, you'll be
rewarded for it. Not only you will receive the four final heart pieces, but
you'll also get the game's secret final mask.
Odolwa Child: Deku Dungeon: 2 Masks.
Ghot Child: Goron Dungeon: 4 Masks.
Gyorg Child: Zora Dungeon: 6 Masks.
Twinmold Child: Link Dungeon: 8 Masks.
The Odolwa Child
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If you've completed the deku scrub playground game, you
shouldn't have many problems with this deku-oriented mini dungeon. You'll need
to fly from the flower to the rotating platforms which have flowers on the tips
and pop out of those when they are near your destination. The catch is that in
the final stretch, when you are flying from the heart piece in the northeast
corner to the exit in the northwest one, you'll have to watch out for a spiked
log rotating in the opposite direction. You'll need to time your landings
carefully and burrow into the flower when the spikes pass overhead.
There are Gossip stones everywhere here, but they only give tips about
where to find masks. So if you have them all, just skip it.
The Ghot Child
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You have to use the notoriously twitchy goron roll over a
long series of thins ledges and nerve-racking jumps in this area, but it's
nowhere near as difficult as it looks. The trick is to start your roll and aim
straight ahead. If you're perfectly straight, you can take your fingers of the
control stick and watch as your goron automatically ricochets off the three
open treasure chests and make all the necessary leaps to arrive safely in the
island in the center of the map. The exit is a straight door west, but the
heart piece requires one tricky maneuver.
The Gyorg Child
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After the challenges of the too last dungeons, the Zora
form's final game is surprisingly lame. It's just a network of tunnel with a
string current but no obstacles. There's no real strategy here: Either rely on
luck or just go left, left, right and left for the heart piece, and left, left,
right and straight for the exit. The other rooms have gossip stones, so you can
get more tips about missing masks, if you haven't already traded away your mask
of truth.
The Twinmold Child
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Finally, it's Link's turn to shine. He'll get an
opportunity to use his new Great Fairy's Sword to shred some foes in room B, D
and F (which contain Lizalfos, Garo Master and Iron Knuckle respectively). If
these battles leave you hurting, make sure to use your song of storms to coax
recovery fairies out of the many gossip stone that you'll pass.
After defeating the Garo master, hookshot up to the chest of arrows and
enter room F, where the Iron Knuckle awaits. As you've done before, stay close,
attack fast, and don't worry about anything except his over head attack. The
price here is bombchus, and for once you'll be grateful, since you can't get
past the next two rooms without them!
To reveal the switch that activated the ladder in room E, you have to
release the bombchus so that it explodes near the crack of the wall. It takes
good timing, but isn't too challenging. The puzzle in room F is much harder,
since the crack is on the ceiling! You need both time it carefully and aim your
bombchus exactly right to succeed here. When you do that the heart piece is
yours.
The Fierce Deity's Mask
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The final mask is the one big secret in Majora's
Mask. If you trade away all 20 of your masks to the other kids before you talk
to Majora, he'll give you a new mask: The obscenely powerful Fierce Deity's
Mask. This turns Link into a full grown adult with a projectile-firing sword
that no enemy can effectively defend against. The only Majora Strategy you need
for this form is Z-target and press B rapidly.
If you earns this mask and then beat the game, if will be added to your
save file. If you warp to any other boss in the game, you'll find you can use
them against them, too!
3)Battle Majora's Mask
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If you're looking for a fair fight, skip the Fierce
Deity's Mask and go against Majora the old fashioned way. This boss has four
progressively, more difficult forms, but should be fairly easy to beat for
anyone who brought a full quiver of arrows.
Its first form barely attacks at all, you can use arrows to stun it, but
that's kind of a waste of precious resource. Whatever weapon you use, you'll
need to hit the mask in the back to hurt it. For its second form, all the other
boss masks join in the fight. Fortunately, Majora also begins using a fire
beams that can easily be redirected with your mirror shield against the other
masks or Majora itself. Kill the other masks now, while it's easy to do, since
they only take three shots each.
After that, Majora grows legs. This is where arrows start to come in
handy, but time them carefully, since this Majora is quick. If you don't want
to waste them, use your deku form here. It has it bubble power, can damage
downed Majora with its spin attack, and has a useful 360 degree shield to guard
against Majora's flurry of attacks.
The final form is the most aggressive. Those whips can do some damage, so
concentrate on preventing its attacks by hitting it with an arrow whenever it
pauses to launch an attack of its own (keep it Z-targeted constantly). Then
dash forward and give it a taste of your Gilded Sword or Great Fairy's Blade.
Congratulations!!! You just ended one of the best Nintendo 64 games ever,
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