Post by Dark Link on Feb 16, 2005 19:34:40 GMT -5
[shadow=dimgray,left,300]THE DARK PALACE[/shadow]
Things to do before the Dark Palace
The Dark Palace is the first of many dungeons in the Dark World. However, before we visit it, there are two Heart Pieces and another magical Medallion that we can get. So lets do that. You can see the corresponding appendices on just how to get the following...
-Get Heart Piece Twelve
-Get Heart Piece Thirteen
-Get Quake Medallion
Once that's all said and done, it's time to go to the Dark Palace, which is located in the exact equivalent of where the East Palace was located in the Light World of Hyrule. You have to traverse some tricky labyrinths in some brush to get there (and make sure to pay the monkey you find along the way the rupees he wants, because he opens the door leading into the Dark Palace, the only way you can get in)...
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Dark World Dungeon One: The Dark Palace
As you enter the dungeon, bear to your left. Press the switch on the ground to open the door in front of you all the way to the left and go through it into the next room. In here, kill the bug enemy, grab the various items from under the jars and go through the door at the north of the room and down the stairs. Once in this next room, lift all of the pots to find a golden switch. Press it to make a treasure chest appear, in which you'll find the dungeon's first Key. With that, head back upstairs, and back south to the dungeon's first room. From here, take the center doorway, and go through it to the next room. Grab the good from under the pots within, and then use the key on the locked door at the north of the room, which you should take to the next room.
You now have to routes you can take. First and foremost, avoid the turtle enemies, as they can only be harmed via the Hammer, which we've yet to get. Take the righthand side catwalk, pushing the blocks out of your way to gain access to the rest of the pathway, and take it north into the next room. You'll come out on a platform with another treasure chest, which holds another Key. Grab the Key and proceed to jump over to the next platform. Take this platform up, and then left, and then up again to the locked door. Use your new-found key on the door, and go through to the next room. In here, you have to move the pots and then run across the catwalk to safety on the other side, as it crumbled from behind you. Since the door to your left is locked, bear to your right. In this room, avoid the turtles and open up the treasure chest to get the dungeon's Compass. To the north of this room are two doors, each with staircases leading down. Take either one and clear out the room surrounding the pathway to the boss enemy of the blue rupees. Open both treasure chests down there to get some Arrows and another Key as well. Then, head back upstairs. Go all the way back to the first room in the dungeon (by unlocking the door to the south of the room with the Compass and working your way through to the beginning from there). Take the right hand side passageway, and go through the door to the north and down the stairs.
You'll be in a room with a golden teleporter. Take this teleporter and you'll be whisked away to another room. To the south of this room is a cracked wall. Bomb the cracked wall and go south into the next room. From here, kill or avoid the blue enemies in your path as you swing south, then west, then north. Bomb the wall there to gain access to yet another room. This room is full of conveyor belts and spiked objects. Run north through the door to come to our final destination. Open the treasure chest here to get the dungeon's Map, and then Bomb both the east and west walls. Through the east wall are some faeries if you need any, and through the west wall is a treasure chest with another Key. Once both of those are acquired, run all the way back to the teleporter and back to the main room in the dungeon.
Okay, from here, this is what you need to do. Go through the straight path (the center one) and you'll come out in the room where you can take either the right or the left catwalk. Take the left catwalk. On the left catwalk, there's a cracked floor. Bomb the cracked floor and fall through the hole you make. You'll land atop a platform overlooking a room. Take this platform up and to the right. Unlock the door there and go on through, where you'll find a treasure chest with the dungeon's Big Key in it. With that in hand, go back to the previous room and jump down off of the platform you're on. Pick up the pots in this room to find the golden switch and make another treasure chest appear. Open the chest to find another Key, and then take the teleporter to the other teleportation room. Go back to the main room in the dungeon. Now, head all the way back to the falling-apart pathway, located way in the back of the dungeon. Remember? The one where, at the end, we ignored the left door because it was locked, but we went through the right door and got the dungeon Compass. In anycase, equipped with the new key, open the locked door to your left to enter a dark, labyrinth room. Within the room, find the two treasure chests - one with Bombs and one with a Key. After both of those are gotten, search the right side of the room for a bombable wall. Go through this bombed wall (after bombing it, naturally) and open the dungeon's big treasure chest to get the Hammer.
With the Hammer in hand, we can smash all sorts of things... anyway. Leave the labyrinth room and go back to the room with all of the pathways and arrows and blue/red annoying enemies - the room with the blue bumper in the middle of it. You have to get through the door on the righthand side. So do that, and then head north here. Move the pots on both sides. You'll reveal many items and a switch on the righthand side. Push the closest statue over the switch to hold it down and go through the now-open door at the north of the room. In here, kill the three gnome enemies and proceed through to the next room. In here, avoid the spike trap and head to your right. It seems like a dead end, but it's not. Equip the Bow and Arrow and shoot the green one-eyed statue in the eye. This will make the wall to your right extend, revealing a staircase leading downward. Take this stairs down.
Here, equip your Hammer to make your way through those pink moles. Go to your right, pass the blue line, turn around and throw your Magical Boomerang at the crystal behind you to make the blocks in front of you. Then, open the locked door to your left and proceed through. Kill the turtle in your pathway, go west, then south through the door. In here, kill all of the turtles to make the sealed door to your right open. Go through the teleporter in here, and when you come out on the other end, go north. Open the boss door with your big key, and enter. It's boss-fighting time!
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Boss Six: Helmasaur King
The Helmasaur King is big and looks menacing, but believe me, he isn't too difficult. It still might be a good idea to have a Fairy in a Magic Bottle, or even some Red Potion, however, because he is rather unpredictable in battle, especially when he's about to die. The Helmasaur King has a weak spot, a green dot on his head. However, it's protected by a massive blue colored mask that he wears. To break the mask, you must pound on it quite a bit with the Hammer you find within his dungeon. Once it falls off, the orb is revealed. Slash at it with your sword to dispatch him permanently. However, do keep in mind that his attacks are fairly effective, damaging you for two hearts each. The first attach he can do is swing that long tail of his out at you, slashing you. It's impossible to avoid it (although uf often misses). There isn't any reaction time with that attack since it happens so fast, so it's simple chance that will allow you to avoid it. His second attack is the fireball attack. He'll spit out a fireball which will then split into three different fireballs, which will then split into four fireballs. Those are easier to avoid. Remember, you can't get behind him because of the spikes, so you'll have to fight him like a man! Defeat him to get the first crystal in the Dark World, and another Heart Piece as well.
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Things to do before the Dark Palace
The Dark Palace is the first of many dungeons in the Dark World. However, before we visit it, there are two Heart Pieces and another magical Medallion that we can get. So lets do that. You can see the corresponding appendices on just how to get the following...
-Get Heart Piece Twelve
-Get Heart Piece Thirteen
-Get Quake Medallion
Once that's all said and done, it's time to go to the Dark Palace, which is located in the exact equivalent of where the East Palace was located in the Light World of Hyrule. You have to traverse some tricky labyrinths in some brush to get there (and make sure to pay the monkey you find along the way the rupees he wants, because he opens the door leading into the Dark Palace, the only way you can get in)...
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Dark World Dungeon One: The Dark Palace
As you enter the dungeon, bear to your left. Press the switch on the ground to open the door in front of you all the way to the left and go through it into the next room. In here, kill the bug enemy, grab the various items from under the jars and go through the door at the north of the room and down the stairs. Once in this next room, lift all of the pots to find a golden switch. Press it to make a treasure chest appear, in which you'll find the dungeon's first Key. With that, head back upstairs, and back south to the dungeon's first room. From here, take the center doorway, and go through it to the next room. Grab the good from under the pots within, and then use the key on the locked door at the north of the room, which you should take to the next room.
You now have to routes you can take. First and foremost, avoid the turtle enemies, as they can only be harmed via the Hammer, which we've yet to get. Take the righthand side catwalk, pushing the blocks out of your way to gain access to the rest of the pathway, and take it north into the next room. You'll come out on a platform with another treasure chest, which holds another Key. Grab the Key and proceed to jump over to the next platform. Take this platform up, and then left, and then up again to the locked door. Use your new-found key on the door, and go through to the next room. In here, you have to move the pots and then run across the catwalk to safety on the other side, as it crumbled from behind you. Since the door to your left is locked, bear to your right. In this room, avoid the turtles and open up the treasure chest to get the dungeon's Compass. To the north of this room are two doors, each with staircases leading down. Take either one and clear out the room surrounding the pathway to the boss enemy of the blue rupees. Open both treasure chests down there to get some Arrows and another Key as well. Then, head back upstairs. Go all the way back to the first room in the dungeon (by unlocking the door to the south of the room with the Compass and working your way through to the beginning from there). Take the right hand side passageway, and go through the door to the north and down the stairs.
You'll be in a room with a golden teleporter. Take this teleporter and you'll be whisked away to another room. To the south of this room is a cracked wall. Bomb the cracked wall and go south into the next room. From here, kill or avoid the blue enemies in your path as you swing south, then west, then north. Bomb the wall there to gain access to yet another room. This room is full of conveyor belts and spiked objects. Run north through the door to come to our final destination. Open the treasure chest here to get the dungeon's Map, and then Bomb both the east and west walls. Through the east wall are some faeries if you need any, and through the west wall is a treasure chest with another Key. Once both of those are acquired, run all the way back to the teleporter and back to the main room in the dungeon.
Okay, from here, this is what you need to do. Go through the straight path (the center one) and you'll come out in the room where you can take either the right or the left catwalk. Take the left catwalk. On the left catwalk, there's a cracked floor. Bomb the cracked floor and fall through the hole you make. You'll land atop a platform overlooking a room. Take this platform up and to the right. Unlock the door there and go on through, where you'll find a treasure chest with the dungeon's Big Key in it. With that in hand, go back to the previous room and jump down off of the platform you're on. Pick up the pots in this room to find the golden switch and make another treasure chest appear. Open the chest to find another Key, and then take the teleporter to the other teleportation room. Go back to the main room in the dungeon. Now, head all the way back to the falling-apart pathway, located way in the back of the dungeon. Remember? The one where, at the end, we ignored the left door because it was locked, but we went through the right door and got the dungeon Compass. In anycase, equipped with the new key, open the locked door to your left to enter a dark, labyrinth room. Within the room, find the two treasure chests - one with Bombs and one with a Key. After both of those are gotten, search the right side of the room for a bombable wall. Go through this bombed wall (after bombing it, naturally) and open the dungeon's big treasure chest to get the Hammer.
With the Hammer in hand, we can smash all sorts of things... anyway. Leave the labyrinth room and go back to the room with all of the pathways and arrows and blue/red annoying enemies - the room with the blue bumper in the middle of it. You have to get through the door on the righthand side. So do that, and then head north here. Move the pots on both sides. You'll reveal many items and a switch on the righthand side. Push the closest statue over the switch to hold it down and go through the now-open door at the north of the room. In here, kill the three gnome enemies and proceed through to the next room. In here, avoid the spike trap and head to your right. It seems like a dead end, but it's not. Equip the Bow and Arrow and shoot the green one-eyed statue in the eye. This will make the wall to your right extend, revealing a staircase leading downward. Take this stairs down.
Here, equip your Hammer to make your way through those pink moles. Go to your right, pass the blue line, turn around and throw your Magical Boomerang at the crystal behind you to make the blocks in front of you. Then, open the locked door to your left and proceed through. Kill the turtle in your pathway, go west, then south through the door. In here, kill all of the turtles to make the sealed door to your right open. Go through the teleporter in here, and when you come out on the other end, go north. Open the boss door with your big key, and enter. It's boss-fighting time!
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Boss Six: Helmasaur King
The Helmasaur King is big and looks menacing, but believe me, he isn't too difficult. It still might be a good idea to have a Fairy in a Magic Bottle, or even some Red Potion, however, because he is rather unpredictable in battle, especially when he's about to die. The Helmasaur King has a weak spot, a green dot on his head. However, it's protected by a massive blue colored mask that he wears. To break the mask, you must pound on it quite a bit with the Hammer you find within his dungeon. Once it falls off, the orb is revealed. Slash at it with your sword to dispatch him permanently. However, do keep in mind that his attacks are fairly effective, damaging you for two hearts each. The first attach he can do is swing that long tail of his out at you, slashing you. It's impossible to avoid it (although uf often misses). There isn't any reaction time with that attack since it happens so fast, so it's simple chance that will allow you to avoid it. His second attack is the fireball attack. He'll spit out a fireball which will then split into three different fireballs, which will then split into four fireballs. Those are easier to avoid. Remember, you can't get behind him because of the spikes, so you'll have to fight him like a man! Defeat him to get the first crystal in the Dark World, and another Heart Piece as well.
Continue Walkthrough...
