Walkthrough: The Forest Medallion

[Dark Link]

[shadow=dimgray,left,300]THE FOREST MEDALLION[/shadow]

Hyrule Field
After you've defeated Barinade, walk up to the bridge of Hyrule Castle. Ganon is after the Princess and the Ocarina of Time. Zelda and Impa race out of the castle on a horse and Zelda throws the Ocarina of Time into the water. Ganon, the King of Thieves, realizes he has lost them and asks Link which way they went. Link draws his sword and Ganon sets him straight with a quick blast of magic. Ganon races off after Zelda and leaves Link behind with the Ocarina of Time nearby. Retrieve the Ocarina from the water where Zelda threw and take it, along with the three spirit stones, to the Temple of Time, which is accessible from the market square. Play the Song of Time in front of the altar at the Temple of Time to open the door to the Master Sword.

All Grown Up
Ganon has taken over Hyrule as the King of Evil. The Light Sage Rauru gives you the first medallion but it’s up to you to collect the other five medallions from five dungeons. Only then will the six sages be able to join together with the Hero of Time to overthrow Ganon’s evil reign.

Kakariko Graveyard
The Graveyard is located in Kakariko Village, across from the chicken pen. You’re going to need the Hookshot before you go any further in the game. Pull the first tombstone on the very left side of the graveyard out to reveal a secret entrance. Jump down the hole and race the old man in the grave.

The old man throws a trail of fire behind him so be careful and avoid it. All you have to do is keep up with him; you do not have to beat him so keep him in your sights at all times. As a reward for keeping up with him, the old man will give you the Hookshot. Go through the door to where the boxes with the Door of Time symbol on them. As one final obstacle, the door will lock behind you, leaving you trapped. To move the boxes out of the way, play the Song of Time and climb up the stairs back up to Kakariko Village. Talk to the guy playing the music box to learn the Song of Storms. Head off to the Saria’s secret place in the Lost Woods to save her from the monsters of the Forest Temple. Play Saria’s Song to get past Mido in the Lost Woods. Use your Hookshot to shoot yourself up to the limb and enter the Forest Temple.

[Dark Link]

The Forest Temple
Climb up the vines on the right side to the tree ledge above. Cross over the branch to the other branch on the other side. Open the treasure chest and get the key and then go back down. Kill the two Wolfos and go through the door to the inside of the temple. Kill the Skulltula hanging above with one hit with the Hookshot. Three Poes steal the light from the torches in the room. This makes the elevator inactive; you must defeat the four Poes throughout the course of this level to light all of the torches.

The temple is divided into many different rooms. Go to the room straight ahead and kill the Blue Bubble. Defeat the Stalfos in the next room to get the key; there is a heart and a fiary in the two pots. Play the Song of Time to move the blue box that is blocking the door. Kill the big deku baba plant that is blocking the way and walk over to the vines on the right. Kill all of the Skulltulas that hang on the wall with your Hookshot. You won’t be able to hit the one at the very top so you’ll have to sneak by it instead. Make sure that the Skulltula has his back turned before you make any attempt to pass; otherwise, he will charge at you, sending you down to the ground. Kill the Blue Bubble to unlock the door ahead and get the map out of the treasure chest.

Kill the deku baba and use your Hookshot to pull yourself across to the other balcony. Hit the switch to drain the well and climb down the vines next to the balcony. Get the key from the well and go up the other side into the door to the room where the Poes stole the flames from the torches.

Unlock the door at the top of the stairs. Climb up the two ladders and note the arrows on the floor in the next room. Pull the box on the left out onto the arrows and then push it in the direction of the arrows until it hits the wall. Go through the tunnel where the box was and take a right at the end of it and locate the box again. Continue to push the down the path until it locks into the hole. Find the ladder in the hallway where you originally found the green box and climb up. Find the red box and push it to the wall. Go back and climb down the ladder and climb on the green box up to the next level. Push the red box down the hall until it locks into place and climb up. Take a right at the end of the hall and climb up the ladder. Unlock the door and walk down the twisted hallway. Watch out for the hand on the ceiling; jump on the floor and wait for the circle shadow to form around your own. Run around until the hand hits the floor and then slice him before he runs back up to the ceiling. Jump over the platforms and unlock the door on the other side. Walk down the stairs to the room with the hole in the middle of the floor. Kill the first Stalfos to lower the platform. Kill the two Stalfos and get your bow and arrow; if you don’t kill the second one fast enough, the first one will piece back together and you’ll have to fight it again.

Exit to the opposite side of where you entered and find the three paintings on the steps. Two of the paintings are black and the other has a picture of a Poe in it. Shoot the picture of the Poe with your bow and arrow. The picture will disappear and the Poe will move to another picture. Repeat this process until you shoot the Poe is released from the last picture. Go downstairs and fight the Poe. Lock onto her and shoot her with your bow and arrow. Don’t get too close or she will spin like crazy. She will disappear after every shot with the bow and arrow; take the opportunity to shoot her every time she appears. Open the treasure chest and get the compass.

Go to the opposite side where another three paintings are with a red Poe. Do the same thing to the red Poe as you did to the blue one. Get the small key from the treasure chest. Go back upstairs and untwist the hallway by shooting the eye above the entrance with your bow an arrow. Go through it and open the Gold colored treasure chest to get the boss key. Jump down the nearby hole and kill the two blue bubbles to unlock the door. Kill the big deku baba open the door on the right side, just before the door ahead. Kill the Floormaster and its babies before they grow into big Floormasters. Open the treasure chest and take the key. Go through the door and then to the door on the right. Climb back up the ladders and boxes to the room before the untwisted hallway. Shoot the eye again to twist the hallway back.

Go back up the stairs where the blue Poe was and unlock the door at the top. Jump down below to kill the hand hanging from the ceiling when he drops down. Climb up the ladder to the other side and walk down the hallway. Kill the two green bubbles and unlock the door. Jump across the spinning platforms to use Din’s Fire on the frozen eye. If you don’t have Din’s Fire, circle around the platform and line your arrow up with the flame and the ice. For more info on how to get Din’s Fire, see the Great Fairy section of the guide. Shoot the eye to twist the hallway and jump down the hole.

You’ll land in a room with a tiled floor. The ceiling above is collapsing and you won’t be able to cross over to the other side in one setting. Look at the ceiling and note the holes in it. Let the ceiling drop once and then immediately run to the tile with the switch on it. Let the ceiling drop again and then immediately run to the tile with the treasure chest on it. Open the treasure chest and get the arrows. Let the ceiling drop one more time and then run to the door.

Shoot the painting with the green Poe in it. Blocks will fall from the sky and you’ll have to piece them together. One of the blocks will not be used so either ignore it or push it off to the side somewhere if it’s in the way. You’ll have a minute to piece the blocks together; if you run out of time, the blocks will scramble and you will get another chance with more time added to the clock until you piece them together properly. After you piece the blocks together, the Poe will come out to fight. Defeat it the same way you defeated the others and go through the door. Shoot down the Skulltula on the ceiling and go through the door. Jump off the balcony to battle the final Poe.

This Poe fights a little more differently than the others do. She will split into four different Poes and you have to figure out which one is real. Shoot the Poes with your bow and arrow and figure out which one is real by elimination. Repeat this until the Poe is dead.

The elevator will rise back up taking you down to the boss. Before you can fight the boss, you have to go through one more puzzle. The room is divided up in a series of pillars, cages, and switches. Push the pillar around in either direction. Depending on which way you push it, you might reveal an entrance to a switch, an enemy, a cage, or a room with nothing in it at all. Push the walls until you hit two switches. Once two switches have been hit, reset the room to its original position and hit the last switch to open the gate blocking the boss’ door.

Boss: Phantom Ganon
Walk in the room; nothing happens? When you attempt to walk out, the gate will close in front of you. Link turns around to a very big surprise: Phantom Ganon. Ganon jumps into one of the paintings. Stand in the very center of the room with your bow and arrow drawn. Two Ganons run down from two different paintings; one is real, the other is not. Choose your target to shoot; when one pops out of the painting, shoot it. If it’s not the right one, turn around as fast as you can and shoot the other one before it hits you!

After doing this for a few times, Ganon will give up on the paintings and dismount from his horse. Ganon will then float around high above where you can’t reach him. When he shoots magic at you, shoot it back at him. If he hits it back, you hit it back; hit it as many times as it takes to hit him. Once he’s on one knee, cut him up with your sword! Repeat this until Phantom Ganon is defeated.

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