Ah, yes, the extra dungeon that most people skip until they beat the game. Contrary to popular belief, you can get to the Ice Arrows in the maze of locked doors no matter what path you take. So, here is the most detailed guide to getting every single key on the Internet, period.
Door Maze
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Entrance
Key One:
Go through the left door as you come in from Gerudo's Fortress. Go through the door that is in the Lion's Mouth, this is the start of the Trials. You will face two Stalfos on a sandy area along with a switchblade, and you have only 1:00 to kill them both. Try to keep the fight out of the sand, since it slows you down a tad. Once they are both killed a chest will drop down on the red mat, inside is a Small Key! Head through the door behind it.
Key Two:
This room is a maze with a lot of fire curtains, along with two holes that spew out an infinite amount of boulders. The Key is not in here, but the exit is barred, so you'll need to collect all the Silver Rupees to open it (and you only get 1:00, so make it snappy). One is at the top of where you enter, use the Longshot to grapple yourself there. Another one is near the exit, again, use the Longshot target. You can see one, but a fire curtain is blocking it, so you'll need to find another path that goes around, avoid the boulders, and grab it! The last two are by the second boulder hole, one under it and another near the cliff. Now, use the Longshot targets to exit this room.
In this room you will fight two White Wolfos and two normal Wolfos. Make the fight shorter by using a powered up Spin Slash! When they're all dead a chest will appear, inside are some arrows. Now, the door in here is FAKE and will hurt you if you attempt to open it. See that huge gray block in the wall? If you have the Silver Gauntlets (found in the Spirit Temple) you can move it out of the way. But oh no, the door is barred! Return to the Wolfos area and use your Lens of Truth, you will find an invisible tunnel above the fake door. Use your Longshot to get up there, then trigger the switch. Now the door is un-locked, so go back and enter it (duh).
Inside this room, which is a dead-end, are three Like Likes! Stun them with the Longshot then jab them to death. The chest on the altar is FAKE and will freeze you if you try to open it. The chest in the hole has some Rupees, and when you kill all the Like Likes another chest will appear, it has a Golden Rupee (worth 200!). Use the Lens of Truth to find an invisible chest, inside is a Key!
Key Three:
Return to the room where you battled the Wolfos. Go back into the secret tunnel and head into the door there. Go along the ledge to your right and you'll find a barred door...You'll hear a voice say "Blind the eyes of the statue!" So, drop down to the large statue and shoot each of its eyes with an arrow. The barred door will un-lock, and a chest will drop down, it has the third Key.
Key Four:
Now that the barred door is un-locked you can go through...but you can't get back unless you fall into the lava to appear from where you came in or use the Scarecrow's Song. Inside is a chest on some grating...inside is the fourth Key!
Key Five:
Go back into the statue room and drop down to the statue, look at the wall and you'll spot a door with a Longshot target near it, so get over there. In this room is a small chest with fire around it, several large statues, and a lot of baddies! First off, kill all the creatures. Besides opening up the exit, you'll get a chest with some arrows inside. Now, use the Megaton Hammer to knock down the statues. One will have an eyeball inside, peg it with an arrow to open up the entrance (just in case you want to go back to something). Another will have a switch, it will stop the flames...for a limited time. So quickly go over to the chest and open it, inside is the fifth Key!
Key Six:
Exit the room and you'll be in a lava place with a few Silver Rupees. To get the one over your head, use the Longshot target. Two are found on platforms, and the last is being covered in fire. Using your Hoverboots, you can get to a distant island which has a switch, it will put the fire out for a few seconds. When all the Rupees are collected, both exits will be open. However, don't go anywhere yet! On the right side of the room (from the entrance), you'll notice that Navi keeps turning green...play the Song of Time and a few Blue Blocks will appear. Climb them and you'll find a lonely Key on a mat. NOTE: If you take the right path in the maze of locked doors, a side path will take you to this key nearly right away. So, there are two ways to get the Key (an oddity in this game!).
Key Seven:
Go back to the lava place. Which exit to take, which exit to take? Try the one on the left wall (coming from the entrance). Play the Song of Time to get rid of the Blue Blocks, then fall into the water and sink down to the botton using your Iron Boots (obviously). First off, get rid of the group of Shellblades, it will make your life a lot easier. One Silver Rupee is in the middle, near the Switchblade. Three others are in the middle, to reach them simply use the Longshot targets to pull yourself to them (you need to be standing under the Rupee when you use it. Should be easy if you've been to the Shadow Temple...). The last one, which is at the top, requires you to take off the Iron Boots and swim around up there until you can grab it. This is more difficult than it sounds due to the vicious currents. When they are all collected a chest will appear near where you entered, it has a Key in it!
Key Eight:
Go back to the lava place. Take the exit that is straight ahead from the entrance. You have to kill two Dinolfos and a Beamos in 1:30. If you've faced the Dinolfos before it shouldn't be too hard, but if this is your first encounter, then prepare to get whooped! Anyways, after everything is done with a chest will appear, it has the eighth Key. Also note that the exit has opened up, so go in.
Now we are back in the main room (see map near beginning of secton). Turn right to head into the Door Maze...
LEGEND:
D = Locked Door (requires Key to pass)
T = Treasure Chest
ICE ARROWS = Ice Arrow Chest
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Key enter
Nine
Area
As anyone who has played the game can tell you, this map is not 100% accurate, but this is basically what it is. You're probably wondering where Key Nine is, since I show it on the map. Turn left from the entrance (as shown above). Use the Lens of Truth and you will see an invisible hole in the ceiling, climb the grating to get up there...ta da! A chest with Key # 9. Nine Keys, nine locked doors, no problem whatsoever. With this side-dungeon complete, you can have the awesome Ice Arrows, which inflict twice the damage of a normal sword blow (Master) and will freeze oppenents. Besides, the explosion looks very pretty =) That alone is reason enough to get this weapon, hehe...
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