Post by Dark Link on Feb 16, 2005 19:23:31 GMT -5
[shadow=dimgray,left,300]THE DESERT PALACE[/shadow]
Things to do before the Desert Palace
-Get Heart Piece Seven
-Visit Sahasrahla in the building to the east of the East Palace to get the Pegasus Shoes
-Get Book of Mudora
Once you get those three items, it's time to go to the Desert Palace, which is located in the desert region to the southwest of the Hyrule map. To gain access to the palace, go south from Link's house into the marshy area, and find the entrance into the desert to your west. Once there, approach the scripture in front of the Desert Palace's entrance and read it using the Book of Mudora. Since you can translate the ancient script with the Book of Mudora, the entrance to the dungeon will open, and you'll be able to go inside and have a look for yourself.
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Dungeon Two: The Desert Palace
After you gain access to the dungeon, here's what you do. Run straight north along the desert, avoiding the sand enemies coming in and out of the sand. When you get to the large eyeball statue, avoid its lasers and head to your left. Move the jars there to gain access to the pathway, and head north to the northern most wall. A door will be directly north of the pathway you're on, so go into the room behind this door. Within here, fight the various sand and cyclops enemies, and then pick up each pot in the room, grabbing whatever is underneath them. The pot at the top of the room in the middle is hiding a golden switch. Press the switch to make a treasure chest appear below you. Open this treasure chest to get the dungeon's Map. From there, leave this room.
Back in the hallway, head left one screen. Go through the northern door. All that's in here is a laser statue. Of the four lanterns in this room, the one in the upper lefthand corner of the room holds a Key. Use your Pegasus Shoes to run into it and knock the Key over, picking it up after it falls to the ground. Feel free to read the Sahasrahla plaque in the room, and then go back south into the corridor. Ignore the door to your left for now, and go south into the next area of the dungeon. Go all the way south, and then west to the door there, and go through it. In here, there's a laser statue, a sealed door to the north, and a door leading outside to the south. Go through the door and outside. Go all the way to the end of this plateau and grab Heart Piece Eight there. Run back to the inside of the dungeon. If you want to get some Fairies to put within your two Magic Bottles, they're behind the sealed door in here. If you see the four blocks on either side of the laser statue, go to the left side, and push the block three from the left up to open the sealed door. Go through into the next room and use your Bug Catching Net to capture them. Then, leave that room, and go east and back to the previous room.
Now, we need to head to the complete other side of this large room. Go all the way north, all the way east, and then south until you see a locked door on your right. Ignore all of the doors on the way there, there's nothing in any of them of importance if I didn't already lead you to them. Once in this room, open the treasure chest within to get the dungeon's Compass. Avoid the lasers from the statue and kill the enemies in the room to make the sealed door at the north open. Go through this door. Run straight north through the room, avoiding the cannonballs on both sides. Open the treasure chest all the way to the north and get the dungeon's Big Key. With that in hand, head back south to the previous room, then west to the dungeon's main room. Go north, and then west all the way. The first door on the west wall is our next target. Go into this room.
In this room, avoid the laser and pick up each pot surrounding it to get items. Under one pot you'll find a golden switch. Press this switch to open up the sealed door at the north end of the room. Go through this door and into the next room to get to the dungeon's big treasure chest. Open it up with the Big Key to get the Power Glove. The Power Glove allows you to pick up the light green stones strewn around Hyrule! Awesome. Okay, with that in hand, head south out of the room, open the sealed door with the same golden switch to your east, and go through that. You'll be back in the dungeon's main room. Go south and then west through the door there. This is the same room that leads outside to where the Heart Piece Eight was. Go outside again, but instead of going south, swing around and head east. There'll be a door along the mountain there surrounded by small green stones. Pick them up with your Power Glove, toss them aside, and enter the second part of the dungeon.
Once inside, avoid the laser of the statue. Go to the right side of the room and push the middle block up to make the sealed door to the north open up. Go through the door into the next room. Pick up the pots in this room to find items and a Key. Avoid the floor tiles here and open the locked door to the north of the room to gain access to the next floor down. Walk south along the catwalk to the next room. In here, the doors seal. While avoiding the laser from the statue, kill the enemies within this room to make the doors re-open, and go east into the next room. Here, you'll need to work your way north while slaying enemies and avoiding various lasers. The Key to the northern door in this long room is located in one of the pots just to the south of the door. Open the door and go through into the next room. Whilst avoiding floor tiles and the like in here, grab the Key out of one of the four pots in the room and quickly open the door to the north. Finally, in this room, kill the red cyclops enemy with your Bow and Arrow in this room. Equip the Lamp after he's dead and light up all four torches in that room to make the seemingly-dead-end room extend outward to your left. Clear the pots in this room of items, then go through the Big Door here and enter the boss chamber.
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Boss Three: The Lanmolas
The Lanmolas are three gigantic sand worms that go in and out of the sand within their desert-sand lair in an attempt to collide with their foes. Fortunately for you, they don't have any actual attacks (except for the rock shrapnel that is released everytime they come out of the sand, but that's easy to avoid, so I wouldn't pay it too much heed). There's two ways you can go about fighting these foes. You can go for the easy way (with your sword), or the hard way (with your Bombs). To fight them with your sword, wait to see where they're going to come out (by the dirt turning dark brown and mounding up). Have your sword powered up and ready to swing, and when one or more comes out, strike them in the head with a huge swing of the sword. With the Bombs, you need to be more precise. Plant the Bombs so they'll explode on the Lanmola's head after one pops out of the sand. Extremely hard to do, this takes precession, but it damages them for a lot more. Either way, when two are dead, the final Lanmola gets harder to kill, as he picks up speed and shoots more rock shrapnel at you. Slay him by hitting him in the head as you did the other two, and the second pendant will be yours.
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Things to do before the Desert Palace
-Get Heart Piece Seven
-Visit Sahasrahla in the building to the east of the East Palace to get the Pegasus Shoes
-Get Book of Mudora
Once you get those three items, it's time to go to the Desert Palace, which is located in the desert region to the southwest of the Hyrule map. To gain access to the palace, go south from Link's house into the marshy area, and find the entrance into the desert to your west. Once there, approach the scripture in front of the Desert Palace's entrance and read it using the Book of Mudora. Since you can translate the ancient script with the Book of Mudora, the entrance to the dungeon will open, and you'll be able to go inside and have a look for yourself.
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Dungeon Two: The Desert Palace
After you gain access to the dungeon, here's what you do. Run straight north along the desert, avoiding the sand enemies coming in and out of the sand. When you get to the large eyeball statue, avoid its lasers and head to your left. Move the jars there to gain access to the pathway, and head north to the northern most wall. A door will be directly north of the pathway you're on, so go into the room behind this door. Within here, fight the various sand and cyclops enemies, and then pick up each pot in the room, grabbing whatever is underneath them. The pot at the top of the room in the middle is hiding a golden switch. Press the switch to make a treasure chest appear below you. Open this treasure chest to get the dungeon's Map. From there, leave this room.
Back in the hallway, head left one screen. Go through the northern door. All that's in here is a laser statue. Of the four lanterns in this room, the one in the upper lefthand corner of the room holds a Key. Use your Pegasus Shoes to run into it and knock the Key over, picking it up after it falls to the ground. Feel free to read the Sahasrahla plaque in the room, and then go back south into the corridor. Ignore the door to your left for now, and go south into the next area of the dungeon. Go all the way south, and then west to the door there, and go through it. In here, there's a laser statue, a sealed door to the north, and a door leading outside to the south. Go through the door and outside. Go all the way to the end of this plateau and grab Heart Piece Eight there. Run back to the inside of the dungeon. If you want to get some Fairies to put within your two Magic Bottles, they're behind the sealed door in here. If you see the four blocks on either side of the laser statue, go to the left side, and push the block three from the left up to open the sealed door. Go through into the next room and use your Bug Catching Net to capture them. Then, leave that room, and go east and back to the previous room.
Now, we need to head to the complete other side of this large room. Go all the way north, all the way east, and then south until you see a locked door on your right. Ignore all of the doors on the way there, there's nothing in any of them of importance if I didn't already lead you to them. Once in this room, open the treasure chest within to get the dungeon's Compass. Avoid the lasers from the statue and kill the enemies in the room to make the sealed door at the north open. Go through this door. Run straight north through the room, avoiding the cannonballs on both sides. Open the treasure chest all the way to the north and get the dungeon's Big Key. With that in hand, head back south to the previous room, then west to the dungeon's main room. Go north, and then west all the way. The first door on the west wall is our next target. Go into this room.
In this room, avoid the laser and pick up each pot surrounding it to get items. Under one pot you'll find a golden switch. Press this switch to open up the sealed door at the north end of the room. Go through this door and into the next room to get to the dungeon's big treasure chest. Open it up with the Big Key to get the Power Glove. The Power Glove allows you to pick up the light green stones strewn around Hyrule! Awesome. Okay, with that in hand, head south out of the room, open the sealed door with the same golden switch to your east, and go through that. You'll be back in the dungeon's main room. Go south and then west through the door there. This is the same room that leads outside to where the Heart Piece Eight was. Go outside again, but instead of going south, swing around and head east. There'll be a door along the mountain there surrounded by small green stones. Pick them up with your Power Glove, toss them aside, and enter the second part of the dungeon.
Once inside, avoid the laser of the statue. Go to the right side of the room and push the middle block up to make the sealed door to the north open up. Go through the door into the next room. Pick up the pots in this room to find items and a Key. Avoid the floor tiles here and open the locked door to the north of the room to gain access to the next floor down. Walk south along the catwalk to the next room. In here, the doors seal. While avoiding the laser from the statue, kill the enemies within this room to make the doors re-open, and go east into the next room. Here, you'll need to work your way north while slaying enemies and avoiding various lasers. The Key to the northern door in this long room is located in one of the pots just to the south of the door. Open the door and go through into the next room. Whilst avoiding floor tiles and the like in here, grab the Key out of one of the four pots in the room and quickly open the door to the north. Finally, in this room, kill the red cyclops enemy with your Bow and Arrow in this room. Equip the Lamp after he's dead and light up all four torches in that room to make the seemingly-dead-end room extend outward to your left. Clear the pots in this room of items, then go through the Big Door here and enter the boss chamber.
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Boss Three: The Lanmolas
The Lanmolas are three gigantic sand worms that go in and out of the sand within their desert-sand lair in an attempt to collide with their foes. Fortunately for you, they don't have any actual attacks (except for the rock shrapnel that is released everytime they come out of the sand, but that's easy to avoid, so I wouldn't pay it too much heed). There's two ways you can go about fighting these foes. You can go for the easy way (with your sword), or the hard way (with your Bombs). To fight them with your sword, wait to see where they're going to come out (by the dirt turning dark brown and mounding up). Have your sword powered up and ready to swing, and when one or more comes out, strike them in the head with a huge swing of the sword. With the Bombs, you need to be more precise. Plant the Bombs so they'll explode on the Lanmola's head after one pops out of the sand. Extremely hard to do, this takes precession, but it damages them for a lot more. Either way, when two are dead, the final Lanmola gets harder to kill, as he picks up speed and shoots more rock shrapnel at you. Slay him by hitting him in the head as you did the other two, and the second pendant will be yours.
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