Table of Contents

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Main Page (ALttP)

• Prologue: Zelda's S.O.S.
• 1. Searching for the Elder
• 2. Pendant of Courage - Eastern Palace
• 3. From Boots to Books to Prayers
• 4. Pendant of Power - Desert Palace
• 5. Scale Death mountain
• 6. Pendant of Wisdom - Tower of Hera
• 7. The Master Sword and the battle against Agahnim
• 8. Crystal #1 - Palace of Darkness
• 9. The Bird, the flute, it's owner and his old man
• 10. Crystal #2 - Watergate Dungeon
• 11. Crystal #3 - Skull Woods
• 12. Crystal #4 - Thieves' Town
• 13. The Tempered Sword and other items
• 14. Crystal #5 - Ice Palace
• 15. Crystal #6 - Misery Mire
• 16. The Final Sword upgrade and loose ends
• 17. Crystal #7 - Turtle Rock
• 18. Tower of Ganon
• Final. The Last Battle
• Appendix A: Check List & Compendium

Sections

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• The request of the Flute-boy
• The secret of Kakariko's Weather vane
• Path to the next dungeon
• Missing Links

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The request of the Flute-boy

Now that Link has obtained the Magic Hammer from the Palace of Darkness he can pound the little pegs to the southwest of the Palace entrance.

From this moment on you can freely explore most of Dark Hyrule (with a few exceptions which require you to lift dark green rocks). First the obligatory tasks are covered and then I'll mention all the optional stuff in the "Missing Links" section as usual.

Your first task is to retrieve the Flute which is held by the unnamed flute playing boy in the center of the clearing to the east of Kakariko. Visit him here in the Dark World and he requests you to find his hidden flute.

He says that his flute is hidden somewhere in the clearing and gives you a Shovel so you can dig it up for him in the Light World. Use your Mirror to return and start digging. The shovel is always hiddden in the NW corner as shown on the picture below:

Take it back to the Dark World by reentering the image left by the Mirror and talk to the fox-like creature. He then explains that it is of no use to him anymore as he can't play the flute in his current form and relinquishes it to you. He does request you to play it for him once more. After doing so the boy turns into a sapling and finds some peace.

The secret of Kakariko's Weather vane

Now that you have the flute what would its purpose be? If you talked to the old man in Kakariko's Tavern (where you found the 2nd bottle) you know that this man is his father so return to him in the Light World. You'll notice that he's sleeping now...

Approach again and play the flute. The old guy wakes up and asks you about his son. Alas, the sad look in Link's eyes tells him all he needs to know. The father then makes a final request to Link. He should play the flute in front of the bird in Kakariko Village. That's what his son wanted him to do.

Go outside and search for any birds, but there are none. Well, except for this inanimate one in the town's center. Play the song of the flute for this metal bird and something happens! The exterior of the bird shatters reveal a real-live one inside.

The bird flies off, but anytime you play the flute on the overworld the bird comes by and picks you up. Then you are allowed to travel to 7 different locations on the map (or return to your old position by pressing 'Y').

Use this in your advantage to travel to all distant corner of Hyrule, but note that this bird lives in the Light world and therefore he cannot help you on the Dark side.

Path to the next dungeon

A Link to the Past is known for its non-linearity when it comes to dungeon designs so currently you can visit the dungeons for Crystals 2,3 and 4 right now. But after clearing dungeon 4 you can find the a way to lift the dark green rocks and then all 7 dungeons become available (minus the two you cleared that is)!

However some of them require you to find items from the previous dungeons, so you may get stuck if you go out for Level 7 straight away. You're free to pick your own route, but I'm going to stick with the number and so Crystal #2 at the Watergate is the first destination on my list. Once you get there you notice that you cannot enter it as the ladder is too short!

The hint tile suggests that the Dark and Light worlds are connected somehow, hence you should go outside again and warp to the Light world. Enter the Watergate here and pull the right lever at the end to open the gate. Go outside again and warp back to the Dark world.

Enter the building to begin your quest for the second maiden.

Missing Links

Faerie Pond (13/14) The Bombshop's private pond There is a Faerie Pond in the Dark world on the exact same location as the one near Link's home in Hyrule, which is the Bombshop in Dark Hyrule. Just dash into the rocks to find it.

The Water Gate area

Some interesting stuff is going on here, check it out:

The cave of 380 Rupees

In the NE corner of this area there is a bombable wall, so take out a bomb and place it at the same location as the Faerie Pond was hidden in the Light World.

Inside there's a strange creature how gives you 300 Rupees as a gift for visiting him. Furthermore bomb the back wall to find 4 chests each with a Red Rupee inside!

Bombos Medallion The power of blazing fire from the desert In the dark world go to the most southwestern point which is reachable as the Swamp of Misery itself doesn't have any entrance at all. Here you find one Hinox and a few purple pegs. Stand to the left of the pegs and use the Magic Mirror to go back to Hyrule. Go west from here to find a stone tablet. Read its ancient inscription with the Book of Mudora to find out about the power of Bombos, which is demonstrated to you. After the demo the medallion drops down and the tablet crumbles. You are now in the possession of the Medallion, which should be the third and last medallion by now.

Pull 4 Blue Rupees from objects (6) The Wategate center statue As before pull the center lowered statue in the SE section of the Watergate to find 4 more Blue Rupees.

Pull 4 Green Rupees from objects The other Wategate statue The same statue that gave you Rupees in the Light World also works in the twisted version of Hyule, but now your prize is not as good...

Village of the Outcasts

In the dark world's village and the regions nearby the following stuff can be completed right now.

Piece of Heart (15/24) The flower ring below the Clearing In the Dark world go one screen to the south of the Flute player's clearing. Here there are 10 bushes growing in a peculiar circle formation. As expected use the Mirror on them to find a secret cave in the Light world. Inside there's a Piece of Heart lying around along with some bottles containing recovery hearts.

Piece of Heart (16/24) What's gonna come out? When Link starts digging we'll find out! Again in the Dark world travel to the location where the race was Hyrule. Now it has been replaced by a field where you can dig as much as you can within 30 seconds for 80 Rupees. There's no telling where the Heart Piece is hidden so you may need to do this mini-game over again. The cost of 80 Rupees is not that much considering that there are many Green/Blue/Red Rupees hidden here, but eventually you will succeed

Piece of Heart (17/24) The Gambling Game Go to the leftmost northern resident with a chest banner on its front. Enter the place and play "Open-2-Chests-from-16" the odds are pretty much against you. It doesn't cost that much to play, but 80% of the prizes are crap. You may need to play this game quite a few times to get the desired item.

300 Rupee Stash

Bomb the small shack to the south of the Village of the Outcasts and find a chest with 300 Rupees inside it.

1/2 Magic The good curse Go to the smithies shop in the Light World and use the Magic Hammer to remove the wooden peg next to the home. Then fall down the ledge into the gap, which was previously unaccessable. Inside walk up and sprinkle some magic powder using your Magic Pouch from the Mushroom side-quest back in chapter 1. To make a bat appear with a split personality. He thanks and cures you at the same time for awakening him. After a few words he zaps Link and suddenly a "1/2" mark appears over his magic meter. Now his magic has been reduced to half... This is a good thing as it means that all magic items consume only half as much magic power to use!

The shooting gallery

Go inside the little cabin to the south of the Village of the Outcasts to find a strange gallery with moving hands and targets. Talk to the operator and play this mini-game for 20 Rupees. Each time you hit a target you win an amount of Rupees which doubles with each consecutive hit. Hence you can win: 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 + 64 = 126 Rupees if all 6 arrows hit their targets. That's all, no Pieces of Heart to be won here.

The Dark Cemetery

From the Village of the Outcasts head NE to find a the Dark world's interpretation of a cemetery and sanctuary.

Hint on the Pyramid's crack

Head to the north were the Santuary would be in teh light world and enter the cave. Inside there's a target who will tell you a story for 20 Rupees. Give him his money and he speaks about a Great Faerie being locked up in the Pyramid of Power, the only way to reach her is by bombing the crack outside in the wall. But he also says that normal bombs are not strong enough to break it...

Piece of Heart (18/24) The cemetery's ledge To the west of the 'sanctuary' there is a cemetery in the dark world too. Walk up to the high ledge in the back and use your Magic Mirror once you are at the top. Enter the cave and throw the pots away, until you hit the top. Bomb the wall here to find another one of those shiny Pieces of Heart in the back.

The talking trees

In the Dark world you might have noticed that some trees look at you and even follow your movement with their eyes...If you touch their snout a bomb comes out.

But after that you can safely approach it and also communicate with it. Some of the trees have interesting tales to tell you whereas others only tell you not to dash around everywhere. Trees which have a story to tell always start with:

Anyway. Click on each of the thumbnails to see each tree and the attached story to it. Some of them are rubbish whereas the last one is very interesting. How does the tree know those things about Ganon?

       
       
   

The last adventures of dash

Once again new areas also means new hidden items, but this time round there are not that many though.