Walkthrough: Level 2: The Bottle Grotto

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[shadow=dimgray,left,300]THE BOTTLE GROTTO[/shadow]

OBJECTIVES
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-Rescue Bowwow from the Moblin Gang
-Make Bowwow eat your way into Level 2


SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE AND MABE VILLAGE
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When you exit level 1, the owl will visit you and congratulate your accomplishments. Yay, you beat level 1! It turns out that it didn’t think you could do that simple level! Keep your rage against the owl in now, it does get even more annoying with its continuous hooting of more and more text...

Anyway, walk back to Mabe Village. As soon as you enter, two children will come and tell you that Bowwow was stolen. You, being the only hero on the entire island, must save it! You can get more info at Madame MeowMeow’s house, but you probably don’t need it. Continue to the Mysterious Forest, a few screens up from the town’s well.


MYSTERIOUS FOREST
“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“”“<br>Walk to the cave entrance that lead to the Sleepy Mushroom (up 2 screens and right 2 screens from the entrance). From there, go up 2 screens, killing all enemies along the way. Go right 2 screens and grab the Heart Piece from the pit-surrounded island. Jump up a screen and right a screen. Enter the cave here.


BOWWOW DUNGEON
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Start by defeating the Moblin Warrior who guards the entrance. After the doors open, go up and turn the 4 Moblins in the room to nice ham dinners. Continue right and do battle with the Moblin King. Use your Shield to block it’s arrows, then move away when it starts to pound its chest. It will charge into the wall, stunning itself. Rush in with your trusty blade and give it a few swipes. Repeat, rinse, dry. After it’s gone, go right and push the stone to free Bowwow!


TAL TAL HEIGHTS & GOPONGA SWAMP
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Exit the dungeon and go right a screen. Your favorite hooting friend will come and blab on about how Bowwow is a fierce animal. Go right after it’s gone. The shop here is the Photographer’s House. After you rid yourself of Bowwow, you can come back here and start an album of pictures! Keep that in mind for later.

Continuing your quest, go left 3 screens and down a screen. You’ll be on the screen where you got the Heart Piece from the pit-surrounded island. Go left 3 screens and jump over the pit. Continue left a screen and go up. Go into the house if you want to meet Mr. Write. If not, go right 2 screens to enter the swamp. Go up and let Bowwow eat the poisonous Goponga flowers that stand in your way. After exploring the swamp a bit, you’ll find a chest containing 50 rupees and the entrance to level 2! Allow Bowwow to clear the flowers blocking it and enter!

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THE BOTTLE GROTTO
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Too bad Bowwow can’t come into the dungeon with you...Well, from the start?

Go up. You can’t get the chest here until you get the Power Bracelet. Throw some Magic Powder in both of the pots in the dark room. The door to the right will open...from light?! Anyway, go right and defeat the 2 Stalfos in the room for a small key. Grab it and unlock the lower door. Charge up your sword and walk around to make the Shyguy stand right behind your back. Let go of the sword’s button and it’ll defeat the Shyguy, revealing a chest. Open it and you’ll get the compass.

Go back up and to the right. Hit the crystal switch and the blocks will go down. Go down and defeat the Stalfos. Hit the crystal switch with your sword to make the blocks go down. Open the chest (small key) and hit the switch when you are standing on a block. The blocks will rise and you’ll be standing on an upraised one. Jump to the two blocks on the right and fall off of them. Continue right and jump over the pits to the crystal switch. Hit it and stand on the small switch. A chest will appear above you. Walk up and open it (small key).

Jump to the ledge on the upper side of the screen and go up. Defeat the 2 Shyguys by using your Whirling Blade Technique. A key will drop out of reach. Go down and jump over the pits to the crystal switch. Ignore it and continue jumping to the left. Hit the crystal switch on this screen and go up. Go right and get the key that dropped before. Go back to the left 3 screens and unlock the door in the dark room.

Ignore the traps, defeat the Keese, and go up. Jump over the pit and knock the enemy into the pit with your sword. Open the chest (map) and go back to the level’s start (or Save and Quit). From the start, go up and put Magic Powder in each of the pots to light the room and open the right door. Go right 2 screens and hit the crystal switch. Go down and hit the crystal switch with your sword when you’re standing on a block that’s down. You’ll be on an uprisen block (again). Jump to the right over the two blocks and go right. Make your way across the pits and hit the crystal switch.

Jump over to the platform at the top of the screen and go up. Ignore the Shyguys and go right. Ignore the enemies and unlock the door. Go up and destroy all of the Keese in the room. Push the two blocks in the middle of the room onto the different floor tiles (or just push them together, same thing) and a staircase will appear. Go down the stairs and jump from moving platform to moving platform. After exiting the underground passage, jump to the door shaped like a body. Watch it–there are holes in the ground around the platform you’re on. You’ll emerge in a mini boss battle.

Hit the Hinox with your sword while playing ‘Dodge Bomb’ with it (Ahhh...Oracle of Ages game!). It may charge at you, too. When it does, it will pick you up and throw you, causing major damage as well as giving you the risk of falling down a cracked floor tile. After a few hits, it’ll die and leave a warp hole behind (as well as the door opening). Go right and jump over the pits to the upper exit of the room. Continue up and stay in the doorway of the room. All of the Keese will be sucked into the Vacuum (survival of the fittest!).


You can ignore the chest, there’s only a map inside, but if you really want it, wait for the Vacuum to stop sucking you in to open it. Concentrate on going up (beware, though. Falling into the Vacuum warps you to the level’s beginning). After you’re up, get the chest for 20 rupees. Unlock the left door and hit the Boo Didleys so they fall back. Try to light a pot with Magic Powder. The room will light and the Boo Didleys will turn into small, black, yelping balls of gas. Hit them with your sword and a chest will appear. Open it for the Power Bracelet!

Head back right and lift the pots to gain access right. Go to the upper right. Walk to the crystal switch that *should* have a raised block in front of it. If the blocks are in your way, go back to the left and take the lower path. Hit the switch once and return to the upper part of the screen. After you’re standing on a flat block, hit the crystal switch. Jump down to the lowered block in front of the switch and hit it again. Walk to the right and hit it again. Open the chest (small key) and go right.

Hit the enemies into the pit and continue right. Destroy the Keese and the Stalfos and go down. Eliminate the Pols Voice (bunny thing) with a pot. Then destroy the Keese. Finally, destroy the Stalfos. A chest will appear when you defeat them in that order. The chest will have the Nightmare Key! Grab it and go up. Unlock the door and go in. Throw pots at the Pols Voice and destroy the Gel to make a stairway appear. Go down the stairs and stand on the ledge to make it fall. Link must be heavy...Anyway, go left and pick up the pot at the bottom of the ladder. Climb up and stand on the ledge with the pot and it’ll sink. Climb out of the passage and jump to the Nightmare Door. Unlock it and do battle with the Genie.

Destroy the Genie by dodging its fireballs and hitting the pot with your sword when he goes inside of it. Pick up the pot when it stops moving (and when he stops blabbing on and on...) and throw it against the wall. Repeat this process 2 more times and the pot will break. Hit the genie as it comes towards you. After being hit, it’ll project 2 images of itself around the room. They won’t hurt you, so jump around and be ready for the Genie to appear at any second. Jump the fireball and hit it with your sword. Repeat until dead. Grab the Heart Container and go left to get the Conch Horn!

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