Walkthrough: Level 8: Turtle Rock

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[shadow=dimgray,left,300]TURTLE ROCK[/shadow]

OBJECTIVES
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-Rescue Marin from a bridge
-Awaken Turtle Rock and destroy the head


TAL TAL MOUNTAIN RANGE
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One last dungeon to go! Don’t quit! When you exit the tower, leap off on the right side. Go right a screen and enter the cave. After exiting on the other side of the cave, walk down the stairs and kill the Gohma. Continue left and enter the cave. Ignore or kill the enemies in this cave and make your way to the exit. You’ll emerge in shallow water. Go left and swim to the staircase. Climb it up and walk left 2 screens. Head up and enter the house.

You’ll see that the Hen House guy is taking good care of your flying rooster, so exit his house and go left. Hookshot across the broken bridge and continue left. Marin will yell at you from a precarious part of the bridge. Hookshot across and you’ll pick her up. Tarin will interrupt your little love scene and Marin will walk off. Once more, Kaepora will decide to flap his way over to you and hoot more riddles out. After the pathetic mouse hunter flies away, continue left.

Slash the bush to reveal a staircase. Enter the underground passage and go left. Hop down to the stairs. After going through them, go left and hookshot across the long pit. Head left and exit the cave. You’ll emerge on a screen that doesn’t have much space to walk. Leap down off the mountain. After destroying the enemies, bomb the cave open. Enter the new passageway and block the flames from the flamethrower with your new Mirror Shield. Exit the cave.

You will be on the opposite side of where you leapt off to the bottom cave. Head left and down. Kill the Leevers and other enemies and go left. Fend yourself off from the Ravens and take some time to look at your surroundings. The head of Turtle Rock blocks the entrance...if only you could awaken the head...Yes! The Frog’s Song of Soul!

Equip your Ocarina and play the song. The head will revive from its stony slumber and will attack! Equip your sword and give it a taste of metal. After a few slashes, it’ll self-destruct, opening the way to level 8 for you! Enter the level!

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TURTLE ROCK
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First, You go up and defeat the Vire. Go through the left door and defeat all of the snakes. Continue up and defeat the Hinox, preferably with the Hookshot or Boomerang. After defeating it, move left and push the rock to make a bridge to the bottom part of the screen. Walk down and hop over the pits. Open the chest for a key. Head left and defeat Rolling Bones. Walk up and defeat the Vire for a key. Walk down two screens and open the chest. Fall into the Vortex purposely to warp you back to the beginning.

Go up 2 screens from the beginning and go right. Push the rock to make a path to the bottom right (not the stairs). Walk right and poke the wall on the right until you find the part you can bomb (it tings when you found it). Bomb it and enter. Hit the crystal switch and bomb the cracked wall on the south side of the room. Push the rock to clear all of the pits, rewarding you with a key (keep trying, don't give up!). Head back left and avoid the chest, there's a Gel inside. Continue left two screens and you'll be back in the familiar room with a Vire.

Go up again and right. Push the rock in between the two blocks that stick out into the lava. Walk to them and push the one on your right into the lava. Go into the passageway revealed. Unlock the block with a key and head left. Use a missile (equip the bombs and the bow and press A and B together) on the wall behind the lava. Enter the new room and bomb the left wall where it's cracked.

Go into this doorway and shoot the statue in the eye with an arrow for a key. Continue up and enter the stairway to exit the level. You’ll emerge outside on the Tal Tal Mountains. Pick up the Piece of Heart and go right to discover a new warp hole. Warp away if you need hearts, but if you don't, go right and enter the door.

Defeat the Dodongos by throwing bombs down from your perch high above them. Once they're defeated, open the chest (key). Go right and defeat the two Gibdos for a key. Head left 4 screens(unlock the door on your way) and walk down and right to be in the dark room you used a missile to get into. Unlock the block in this room and continue right. Hookshot across the chasm and unlock the block. Continue down the stairs.

Jump to the moving platform avoiding the Podoboos and make it to the other side of the screen. Go right and jump from platform to platform to find the exit. Climb up the ladder. Go down as soon as you exit the passage and do battle with Boxin' Blaino. Charge up your sword and when it's standing still, punching air, let 'er rip! If you have the L:2 sword and the Red Tunic, one hit from a charged up sword makes Blaino throw his towel in. If not, keep hitting Blaino while avoiding its punches. If you get hit, you’re punched all the way to the start of the level!

After its defeat, walk up and get the Magic Rod from the chest. Sometimes you'll have to trek back to the crystal switch( I don't know why it resets itself...take advantage of the warp that gets created when you defeat a mini boss if it does reset). After the Magic Rod is in your arsenal, go back to the start of the level(Manbo's Mambo or mini-boss’ warp).


Go up and defeat the bat(use the Magic Rod for a one-hit KO). Walk up again and to the right. Push the rock to make a pathway to the staircase. Go down it. Burn all of the ice and go to the left. Make a staircase out of the ice by jumping and using the fire rod while in the air. Exit down the ladder. Unlock the door on your left and defeat Cue Ball. It may appear harder, but this mini-boss is still a piece of cake.

Go up and push the rocks so it fill all of the holes. Open the chest that appears when you complete this task (Nightmare Key). Head back to start (again! Manbo's Mambo - your new best friend). Continue up a screen and defeat the bat (hmm...I swear I've heard that somewhere). Head up and right. Push the rock to the lower right path (not the stairs) and go right. Walk up the stairs.

Melt all of the ice and jump into the small exit hole. Make a staircase out of the ice in this screen and go down the ladder. Unlock the Nightmare door and defeat Hot Head. To defeat Hot Head, simply use your fire rod on it until he's dead. Watch out for it’s fireballs, they do major damage. After a load of hits, it will crack and turn into a weird smoggy head. After a few more hit, you’ll be rewarded with a Heart Container. Go up and claim the Thunder Drum!

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