Post by Dark Link on Feb 16, 2005 19:37:34 GMT -5
[shadow=dimgray,left,300]THE SWAMP PALACE[/shadow]
Things to do before the Swamp Palace
-Get Heart Piece Fourteen
-Get Heart Piece Fifteen
-Get Heart Piece Sixteen
-Get Shovel
-Get Flute
-Get Bombos Medallion
-Activate the Flying Duck (see Secrets section)
-Get the "1/2" Magic Power (see Secrets section)
Once you do all of that (you can see the corresponding sections of the guide for whatever you need to know how to get above), it's time to go to the Swamp Palace, which is located south of where Link's house would be, but in the Dark World. It's the same building where we got an early Heart Piece in the game, in the marshes of the Light World, we're just now in the Dark World.
What you should do is teleport to the Light World and go down to the watergate. Go inside, push the blocks out of the way and pull the right-hand side switch inside the building to get the water running. Once that's done, leave the watergate, use the Magic Mirror to get back to the Dark World, and enter the Watergate Dungeon. Remember, if the water isn't flowing in the Light World watergate, you won't get too far in the Swamp Palace.
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Dark World Dungeon Two: The Swamp Palace
Once you get into the Swamp Palace, go north and jump into the water. Go west and approach the broken ladder. Swim to the ladder and go up it. Here, kill the enemies on the water and make a treasure chest appear. Open the chest to get a Key and use it to open the locked door at the north of the room. Go through the door and down the stairs to the next floor. Down here, go to the left wall and use a Bomb where there's a crack. Go through the hole you make in the wall and open the treasure chest on the other side to get the dungeon's Map. Go back to the previous room.
Head south in this room. Move the skull pots to get some items and another Key. Use the Key on the door on the lefthand side of the room at the bottom, and go through to the next room. In here, kill or avoid the enemies, avoid the fire snake and the fireballs, and go down the stairs at your west. Go north through the door into a small corridor. At the end of the corridor is a skull pot. Lift it up to get a Key, and then go back to the previous room. This time, go up the stairs leading north and use the Key on the locked door there. Go through the door into the next room. In here, you can bomb through the left cracked wall if you want for some goodies. Otherwise, equip the Hammer, pound through the moles, and flip the switch there to make the water flow back through into the previous room. Head south back into the previous room and jump into the water. Swim to your west and climb up the broken ladder, to a new platform before unreachable. Walk west and through the door.
In this rather large room, go down the stairs to the shallow water, and head through the door at the south of the room. In this new room, go east, then south through another door. Continue south, then west, then north through another door. Here, push the blocks out of your way and a treasure chest will appear, holding the dungeon's Compass. With that in hand, go back north to the previous big room. In here, head to the lower west end of the room, go up the stairs, and go through the door leading west into another room. In here, kill or avoid the enemies, and head downstairs via the staircase at your left. Go to the room at your north, lift up another skull pot here, and grab another Key. Then head back to the previous room, and back to the big room. Once back here, go north and up the stairs at the northwest of the large room, to where the locked door is. Use the Key on the locked door to gain access to the next room.
In the room beyond the locked door, there's another switch that'll make the water start to run again. Kill or avoid the enemies in the room, and use your Magical Boomerang on the crystal there to get the blocks to go down. Push the switch up to get the water to run, and then leave the room heading south, making sure the blue blocks in the room are down. In here, go south and then west, jumping into the water. Now that there's water here, we can avoid those blocks and gain access to the stairs on the other side. Go up these stairs, swing around, and head west through the door. In here, head west and go down the stairs. Don't go north (it's a waste of time), but push the blocks to your left out of the way, and go up the stairs on the other side. Swing around on this walkway to the doorway with the staircase heading upstairs.
In here, you have to fall through the hole in the upper righthand corner. Do so, head east through the door, and open the treasure chest there to get the dungeon's Big Key. With that in hand, head all the way back the big room in the dungeon, the one with the dungeon's big treasure chest. Open this big treasure chest to get the dungeon's special item, the Hookshot. With that in hand, grapple to your left to get some items, and grapple to your right for more items, and a Key under one of the skull pots. Then, grapple to the north to get to the locked door leading out of this room. Go through the locked door into the final area of the dungeon.
This part can get a little complicated. First of all, go to the left side of the room. Pick up the skull pot in the upper corner to reveal a switch. Push the statue to the south of the switch on the switch to keep it down. Then, go to the other side of the room and down the stairs. You'll end up in a room with a water switch. Push it to clear the room of water. Then, go down the stairs and swing left. With the water gone, we can get to the boss area. Follow the linear pathway all the way to another room with many waterfalls. It seems like a dead end, but it's not. The waterfall all the way to the right, second from the right, is actually a hidden door. Walk through it. Follow the short linear path to a large pool of water. The current of this water flows to the left, but we must first get to the right. Swim against the current to get to the platform with the pot on it. Lift it up to get the key. Then, swim all the way down and to the locked door. Go through the locked door, run through the room, and enter into the boss' lair.
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Boss Seven: Arrghus
Arrghus is a rather easy enemy. The idea is to use your Hookshot to grab the red orbs that surround him (and shield him), killing each of them individually. So do so. Shoot your Hookshot at him, grab one of the red orbs, turning them blue, and then slash them twice to kill them. This'll take a little while, so be patient, and avoid the orbs when he spins them around him. When all of the orbs are killed, the true form of Arrghus (a giant eyeball) is revealed. He'll jump into the air and try to land on you, so keep moving. Once he lands, he'll go all about the room until he is hit. Because of this, keep your sword charged and ready. When he gets near you, release the charged sword to hit him and send him back up into the air to do his dance all over again. Eight regular hits with the sword or four super hits (with the spinning sword technique) will do Arrghus in for good. Grab your Heart Piece and Crystal, and lets get out of here.
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Things to do before the Swamp Palace
-Get Heart Piece Fourteen
-Get Heart Piece Fifteen
-Get Heart Piece Sixteen
-Get Shovel
-Get Flute
-Get Bombos Medallion
-Activate the Flying Duck (see Secrets section)
-Get the "1/2" Magic Power (see Secrets section)
Once you do all of that (you can see the corresponding sections of the guide for whatever you need to know how to get above), it's time to go to the Swamp Palace, which is located south of where Link's house would be, but in the Dark World. It's the same building where we got an early Heart Piece in the game, in the marshes of the Light World, we're just now in the Dark World.
What you should do is teleport to the Light World and go down to the watergate. Go inside, push the blocks out of the way and pull the right-hand side switch inside the building to get the water running. Once that's done, leave the watergate, use the Magic Mirror to get back to the Dark World, and enter the Watergate Dungeon. Remember, if the water isn't flowing in the Light World watergate, you won't get too far in the Swamp Palace.
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Dark World Dungeon Two: The Swamp Palace
Once you get into the Swamp Palace, go north and jump into the water. Go west and approach the broken ladder. Swim to the ladder and go up it. Here, kill the enemies on the water and make a treasure chest appear. Open the chest to get a Key and use it to open the locked door at the north of the room. Go through the door and down the stairs to the next floor. Down here, go to the left wall and use a Bomb where there's a crack. Go through the hole you make in the wall and open the treasure chest on the other side to get the dungeon's Map. Go back to the previous room.
Head south in this room. Move the skull pots to get some items and another Key. Use the Key on the door on the lefthand side of the room at the bottom, and go through to the next room. In here, kill or avoid the enemies, avoid the fire snake and the fireballs, and go down the stairs at your west. Go north through the door into a small corridor. At the end of the corridor is a skull pot. Lift it up to get a Key, and then go back to the previous room. This time, go up the stairs leading north and use the Key on the locked door there. Go through the door into the next room. In here, you can bomb through the left cracked wall if you want for some goodies. Otherwise, equip the Hammer, pound through the moles, and flip the switch there to make the water flow back through into the previous room. Head south back into the previous room and jump into the water. Swim to your west and climb up the broken ladder, to a new platform before unreachable. Walk west and through the door.
In this rather large room, go down the stairs to the shallow water, and head through the door at the south of the room. In this new room, go east, then south through another door. Continue south, then west, then north through another door. Here, push the blocks out of your way and a treasure chest will appear, holding the dungeon's Compass. With that in hand, go back north to the previous big room. In here, head to the lower west end of the room, go up the stairs, and go through the door leading west into another room. In here, kill or avoid the enemies, and head downstairs via the staircase at your left. Go to the room at your north, lift up another skull pot here, and grab another Key. Then head back to the previous room, and back to the big room. Once back here, go north and up the stairs at the northwest of the large room, to where the locked door is. Use the Key on the locked door to gain access to the next room.
In the room beyond the locked door, there's another switch that'll make the water start to run again. Kill or avoid the enemies in the room, and use your Magical Boomerang on the crystal there to get the blocks to go down. Push the switch up to get the water to run, and then leave the room heading south, making sure the blue blocks in the room are down. In here, go south and then west, jumping into the water. Now that there's water here, we can avoid those blocks and gain access to the stairs on the other side. Go up these stairs, swing around, and head west through the door. In here, head west and go down the stairs. Don't go north (it's a waste of time), but push the blocks to your left out of the way, and go up the stairs on the other side. Swing around on this walkway to the doorway with the staircase heading upstairs.
In here, you have to fall through the hole in the upper righthand corner. Do so, head east through the door, and open the treasure chest there to get the dungeon's Big Key. With that in hand, head all the way back the big room in the dungeon, the one with the dungeon's big treasure chest. Open this big treasure chest to get the dungeon's special item, the Hookshot. With that in hand, grapple to your left to get some items, and grapple to your right for more items, and a Key under one of the skull pots. Then, grapple to the north to get to the locked door leading out of this room. Go through the locked door into the final area of the dungeon.
This part can get a little complicated. First of all, go to the left side of the room. Pick up the skull pot in the upper corner to reveal a switch. Push the statue to the south of the switch on the switch to keep it down. Then, go to the other side of the room and down the stairs. You'll end up in a room with a water switch. Push it to clear the room of water. Then, go down the stairs and swing left. With the water gone, we can get to the boss area. Follow the linear pathway all the way to another room with many waterfalls. It seems like a dead end, but it's not. The waterfall all the way to the right, second from the right, is actually a hidden door. Walk through it. Follow the short linear path to a large pool of water. The current of this water flows to the left, but we must first get to the right. Swim against the current to get to the platform with the pot on it. Lift it up to get the key. Then, swim all the way down and to the locked door. Go through the locked door, run through the room, and enter into the boss' lair.
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Boss Seven: Arrghus
Arrghus is a rather easy enemy. The idea is to use your Hookshot to grab the red orbs that surround him (and shield him), killing each of them individually. So do so. Shoot your Hookshot at him, grab one of the red orbs, turning them blue, and then slash them twice to kill them. This'll take a little while, so be patient, and avoid the orbs when he spins them around him. When all of the orbs are killed, the true form of Arrghus (a giant eyeball) is revealed. He'll jump into the air and try to land on you, so keep moving. Once he lands, he'll go all about the room until he is hit. Because of this, keep your sword charged and ready. When he gets near you, release the charged sword to hit him and send him back up into the air to do his dance all over again. Eight regular hits with the sword or four super hits (with the spinning sword technique) will do Arrghus in for good. Grab your Heart Piece and Crystal, and lets get out of here.
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