Walkthrough: Level 1: The Tail Cave

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[shadow=dimgray,left,300] THE TAIL CAVE[/shadow]

OBJECTIVES
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-Get your shield from Tarin
-Get your sword from the beach
-Get the Sleepy Mushroom
-Obtain Magic Powder from the Witch
-Get the Tail Key


MABE VILLAGE
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You wake up in Marin’s House. Marin is a bright young woman who lives with her father, Tarin. After hopping out of bed, be sure to talk to Tarin. He’ll give you your shiny new shield back! With shield in arms, exit the house and go left 2 screens. This is the town’s well. Go down and enter the building. Read all of the books to learn basic info. There will be 2 books that are very curious - one is on the top of a shelf and another has text too small to read. Keep these books in mind for later. Exit the library and go down a screen.


SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE & TORONBO SHORES
“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“<br>Hop off all of the cliffs until you reach the sandy shores of Toronbo. While exploring around the beach, you’ll see spiny sea urchins. Using your shield, push them aside to open the way up to your sword. When you reach your sword, a mysterious owl will fly down and hoot a riddle to you - “Awaken the Wind Fish and you can leave this isle.” Now knowing your quest, backtrack to Mabe Village.


MABE VILLAGE (Revisited)
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Now with sword in hand, many of the town’s attractions open up to you. Try looking in the well and inside the Trendy Game - both have useful prizes. Don’t worry about the Trendy Game, the claw never drops the prize inches away from the pick-up slot like in real life (Ahh...the power of electronics). After thoroughly exploring the village, head back to the well. Go up and cut the bushes out of your way.


MYSTERIOUS WOODS & KOHOLINT PRAIRIE
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Once again, the strange owl greets you. It tells you to find the key to the Tail Cave inside the forest. After it leaves, continue up a screen and right 2 screens. Enter the strange tunnel. After destroying the bats (Keese), push the stones around to access the chest. Open it for 50 rupees. Watch out that the floor doesn’t crumble beneath you! Walk around a lot to avoid falling. Continue up and defeat the Gels that pop out at you. Go left to find a room full of stones. Push them until you make a path to escape from the cave.

After emerging from the cave, you’ll see a mushroom behind some bushes. Grab it! With the smelly mushroom in your possession, reenter the cave and make it to the end. After exiting the tunnel, go up and fight the 2 Moblins. Continue up and destroy the enemies. After they’re vanquished, go right 2 screens, killing any enemies in your way. Go down 2 screens and you should see a gravestone on the left that’s inaccessible at this point. Go right and enter the Witch’s Hut. Show her your mushroom and she’ll turn it into Magic Powder for free! After acquiring it, go back to screen C-8 (the screen with the entrance to the first tunnel you went into).


From screen C-8, go left a screen and up 2 screens. The Raccoon says that he doesn’t like powder, so sprinkle some on him. He’ll bounce around all over the place and finally explode revealing...Tarin?! Tarin will go back home to get some rest, opening the way up to you. What’s up there? The Tail Key of course! Open the chest and the owl will give you more instructions. After the owl is gone, go back to Mabe Village.


MABE VILLAGE & SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE (Revisited...again)
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From the screen with the well, go back down 2 screens. Follow the path to the right 3 screens. Destroy all Octoroks that get in your way. Follow around the curving path and you’ll find Tail Cave. Unlock the door with the Tail Key and enter the dungeon.

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THE TAIL CAVE
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From the start of the level?

Go left and hit the enemies into the pit with your sword. A small key will fall. Grab it and go left. Defeat the Gels and the statues will stop firing at you (the door will open, too). Open the chest for the Compass. Backtrack right 2 screens and go up. Go right and destroy the Keese and the Stalfos. Open the chest (map) and go back to the left. Hit the enemy into the pit and stand on the button. A chest will appear that holds a small key. Get it and go left.

Defeat all of the Keese and the doors will open. Go up and destroy the Moldorm. A chest will appear. Open it for 20 rupees. Continue up and unlock the door. Enter the new room and make your way around the blocks by going right to the upper part of the screen and to the left. Push the block farthest away in any direction and the door to the left will open. Use your shield to flip the enemies onto their backs, making them vulnerable. After destroying the duo, a stairway will appear. Go down it and go through the underground passage.

After emerging, go up 2 screens and open the chest to receive Roc’s Feather! Save and Quit or walk back to the level’s entrance. From the start, go up and to the left. Destroy the Keese and go up. Go right and carefully open the chest guarded by the Bubble (small key). Go to the right and destroy the enemies to make the door open. Go left and to the upper right to get behind the blocks. Go up and jump across the pit. Unlock the block and continue left. Open the chest for the Nightmare Key. Go back right and down. Go left and go on the other side of the blocks around and around...). Go right and unlock the door. Go up and ‘discard’ the Three-of-a-Kind to get the Stone Beak. Though you don’t really need it, getting all of the treasures in the dungeon shows determination, especially against the Three-of-a-Kind! You must time your hits to make all 3 hold the same suit.

Go down and jump over the pit. Go right and defeat Rolling Bones by jumping over the spiked log and hitting the bouncing quail with your sword. After he’s through, go up and unlock the Nightmare Door. Defeat the Moldorm by striking its flashing tail segment. After a hit, it will speed up. If you wait a bit, it’ll slow down again. On the 3rd hit, it’ll stay fast, so watch out. Try hitting it with 2 normal blows and once with a Whirling Blade. After 4 hits from your sword, he’ll leave a Heart Container. Grab it and go up to claim the Full Moon Cello!

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