Items to find: Epona the Horse, Song of Storms, Hookshot
Hyrule is a very different place now...Ganondorf rules all, and everybody is against Link for some reason. Demons are everywhere, monsters roam the land, and the people are frightened. You can already see Ganon's Castle, but you need the Six Medallions to open it up (and what luck! You already have one...).
Run out of the Market and go into Lon Lon Ranch, it's time to get Epona. First make sure you have Epona's Song, which is learned by talking to Malon in Lon Lon Ranch as Young Link AFTER talking to Zelda. Then become an Adult and earn AT LEAST 70 Rupees...Talk to Mr. Ingo and pay 10 Rupees to practice with a horse. Instead of riding the horse that comes to you, play Epona's Song and she'll come. Run her around the course (lots 'o fun!) until time is up. Get off, and then talk to Mr. Ingo again and do the same. Instead of running around, talk to Mr. Ingo while on Epona (Z-targetting) and he'll ask you to race him with a 50 Rupee wager. Beat him twice and Epona is yours! To get out of Lon Lon Ranch, simply get enough speed and hop over the fence. Hurray! Now you can call Epona anytime when you're on Hyrule Field (using Epona's Song). She sure does make travel a helluva lot easier than you on foot!
After this you'll want to go to Kakariko Village, the grave yard in particular. Look at the left batch of tombstones, the one with some flowers in front of it, this is Dampe's Grave. Pull on it to pull it away, revealing a tunnel. Follow it down to meet Dampe's Ghost. Race him [See "Mini-Game" section] to earn the Hookshot. Oh, sweet Hookshot...
At the end of the cavern is a blue block, play the Song of Time and it will move away. Follow the path to find a windmill, talk to the guy and he will mention a kid with an Ocarina from seven years ago. Show him your Ocarina and he'll teach you the Song of Storms. Now head out...You can do a TON of things now. You can get Big Goron's Sword and a few Heart Pieces. But, that's in the other sections. Go to Kokiri Forest now!
Items to find: Entrance to Forest Temple, Minuet of the Forest
Go into the Kokiri Forest, it seems it has been over-run by monsters! Then head into the Lost Woods. At one point Mido will block your path, play Saria's Song to prove you know her. He'll let you pass. Find the Forest Meadow where Saria used to be (if you don't remember the path just use that one trick...). Defeating the Moblins in the maze can be quite a hairy expierence...They won't give you any time to defend yourself, they'll just charge at you and spear you. To get past them easily, use your Hookshot. Then there's the hammer Moblin...just avoid his shots, get behind him, and use your Sword! Also, you might want to catch a few Faries from the nearby Fairy Fountain, because a lot of new players die a lot in the next area. Continue, you will find Sheik at the end, and he'll teach you the Minuet of the Forest. Behind him is the Entrance to the Forest Temple...Look above it, there's a branch there. Use your Hookshot to get over there and enter it...
Items to find: Map, Compass, Fairy Bow, Forest Medallion
Go forward and kill the two Wolfos, then go to the side and climb the vines there (after taking out the Skulltula with your Hookshot. Aren't those things ANNOYING?!). At the top is a bunch of branches and a chest, in it is a Small Key. Drop back down and go through the door, the hall, and enter the main room of the dungeon. After the cinema showing the Poe Sisters, go forward and through the doors. Kill the Flaming Skull by bouncing it off your shield and then hitting it as it bounces around, helpless. At the end you'll find two Stalfos! Kill them with your best swordfighting techniques. Just remember that you can't block their lunge with your shield, so do a backflip (back and A while in Battle Mode) to avoid it, then do a lunge of your own to really hurt them. After they are dead, break the pots, one of them has a Fairy if you need it. Your prize is another Small Key. Exit back to the Main Room.
In a tunnel nearby is a blue block, destroy it by playing The Song of Time. Go through the door it was blocking. Climb the wall to your right, but you might want to kill the Skulltulas first, but one will still be left because it's out of the Hookshot's range. So when climbing, go slow and quickly go up when it looks away, since it won't charge if it can't see you! Go through the door in the small aclove...Kill the Blue Flaming Skull to receive the Map in a chest. Go through the next door. Look to your left, see that white target? That's a Hookshot target, if you can hit it with your HookShot you'll be pulled towards it! Do so, then hit the switch that is there. It will drain the nearby well. Drop down into the water (if you hit land it might hurt you - badly) and go inside. After a long path you'll get another Small Key! Now climb back out, then return to the Main Room through the door that brought you here.
Go through the locked door that is in front of you, across the chamber. Go through the hallway with the Giant Skulltula, then into the next room. Climb the ladders, then pull out the stone block so it fits the little area. Push it, following the arrows painted on the floor. Go to where the block originally was, then follow that path to find the block again. Now push it into place! You'll hear that chime that means you got a secret. Use it as a stepping stone to the above area. Alright, pull the red stone as far as it will go. You can't pull it all the way out, however, due to the lack of space. Go back to where the blue stone originally was, there's a ladder. Climb it, then turn right to find a little fence. In the wall, to the right, before the fence, is a small aclove where you can push the red block totally out! Now return to the red block via the blue block and push it into place! Whew...
Follow the path to the end where you will find a locked door, un-lock it then go through. Run across the twisted corridor, at the end is an area with another locked door. You have one Small key left...well, guess what to do next! Now you'll fight a lonely Stalfo. Note that although he can walk over the hole in the center, you CAN'T! When he's dead the hole will be covered and two more will warp in. Unlike the last one, if you kill one it won't disappear, it will just fall to pieces. If you take too long (trying) to beat the last one then it will re-assemble itself! Even if you're new to the game this shouldn't be THAT hard (ok, I admit I had some trouble with this, but...). Dispatch them and you'll receive the Fairy Bow!! Woohoo! Now you're really dangerous...exit the room.
See that Poe in the painting? Shoot it from afar with your bow. After doing this to three different paintings (if you get to close, however, it will go away to another painting) it will come out. Z-target it and hit it with a bow! Then it will disappear. Cock your bow and get ready. If it starts spinning wildy simply sidestep. When it re-appears, hit it. Do this until it dies. An even faster way is to do a lunge with your Sword...It will give you the Compass. Return to the Stalfos room, then go through the next door. You'll repeat the same process, except this time the Poe is red! Also, it will give you a Small Key instead.
Now, go back to the Twisted Hallway. Actually, the room BEFORE it. See the eyeball above the doorway? Peg it with an arrow, the resulting effect will un-twist the twisted hallway. Now go through it and drop to the floor, open up the purdy chest and you'll get the Boss Key. Now drop down into the hole in the ground. Kill the Blue Skulls, then go through the un-locked doorway. The best way to defeat the giant Deku Baba is to stun it with the Hookshot, then use your sword (do a lunge for one hit to kill! It's A in Battle Mode, duh). Go in the door to the right...Now you must kill a Floormaster! Z-target it and wham it with arrows, then it will break into three smaller pieces; do the same, or you could use your Sword Spin, that is quite effective. Now after chopping it to pieces, you will get another Small Key. Go back to the balcony and through the door. Return to the area before the twisted hallway. Re- twist it (Hey, I can make up my own words if I want to) then go through it, down the Poe Area, through the used-to-be-Stalfo room, and through another room. Fall down, then climb the ladder to the right. Go through the hallway with green flaming skulls and un-lock this door with your Key!
This room has a pillar with a torch on it at it's center, and four platforms revolving around it. There is an eyeball near here, but it is covered in ice. Solution? Whip out your arrow, get on a platform, and shoot the arrow through the torch. The arrow will fly through the flame, light on fire, hit the eyeball, melt the ice, and then activate the switch. Sweet...That will cause the second hallway to be twisted, you know, the one you just came from. Fall down the hole in the ground when you return...
This area seems impossible at first...but it's not. The ceiling will fall, but there are several holes in it, which will allow you to slip by. Here's how to get through it: First, run to the switch. Stand on it to open the exit, and a hole is right over you. When the ceiling is at it's highest, quickly run to the chest. Besides being safe, you'll pick up a bundle of Arrows. Oh, I forgot to mention, you can take out the Giant Skulltulas with your Hookshot! The neat thing about using the Hookshot is that you DO NOT have to wait for them to turn around (which is a good thing, since they don't turn around until you get close to them). Now, exit.
Look at the picture of the Poe. Look at it good...memorize it. Now hit it with an Arrow, blocks will fall. They have pictures on them...you have to arrange them to look like the Poe Sister, Amy, the one in the picture. There's the eyes, bottom, and torch. It's a perfect block. You get 60 Seconds, if you fail then they flip over and you must try again. When you do finally complete it they will vanish and you'll fight Amy. Use the same techniques as before. When the door unlocks, go through it. Now we're back in the Main Room...climb to the bottom and go to the center of the chamber.
Now you must fight the last Poe...Meg. She will split into four and encircle you. The one that does a quick spin is the REAL one. Quickly Z- target it and fire an arrow! Repeat this process until it's destroyed. An elevator will appear in the platform. I'm sure you know what to do now...
Now, this may sound strange (and it is!), but push on the wall. Yes, the entire wall will shift positions. Fiddle around with this a bit and you will eventually be able to get to the Boss Door! The fastest is to continually push it counter-clockwise. Make sure to bring plenty of Arrows for the Boss, or it will be a lot tougher. Check the Boss Section for details on that...
Now Saria is rescued, and you have acquired the Forest Medallion!
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