Link's Awakening -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mabe Village Mabe Village Points of Interest in Mabe Village: Fishing Pond, Quadruplet's House, Dream Shrine, Shop, Madame Meowmeow's House, Marin & Tarin's House, Library, Ulrira's House, Phone Booth, Trendy Game -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artifacts found in Mabe Village: Shield, Ocarina, Two (2) Pieces of Heart -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Your Shield: Before you leave Marin & Tarin's House, talk with Tarin. He'll give you your shield. He found it on the shores. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit the Library: For the beginning player, the library has lots of good books. It will help you to start out your game. The books are: Selecting The Item That's Right For You, Secrets of the Whirling Blade, Fun With Bombs, Properties of Warp Holes, How to Handle Your Shield, and Dark Secrets and Mysteries of Koholint Island. The last book is in real small print. You'll need the magnifying glass to read it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fun & Games: Lots of games are in Mabe Village. There is the Trendy Game as well as the Fishing Game. Try your luck at both. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Finds: Search under the square of bushes for a Secret Seashell. Nab a Yoshi Doll at the Trendy Game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fun & Games: Lots of games are in Mabe Village. There is the Trendy Game as well as the Fishing Game. Try your luck at both. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Route Checklist: Take you Shield from Tarin. Talk to M. Meowmeow, Ulrira's Wife, and the Quadruplet's Mother. Go to the Library and read all the books you can. Retrieve your sword from Toronbo Shores. Play the Trendy Game and win a Yoshi Doll for the children. Get the Piece of Heart from the well on the West side of town. Find the Secret Shell. Try your luck at the fishing pond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toronbo Shores Toronbo Shores Points of Interest at Toronbo Shores: The Tail Cave, Sale's House of Bananas, Signpost Maze -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artifact found at Toronbo Shores: Boomerang -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to the Wreck Site: You must head for the shore to find your lost sword. It is on the screen at the bottom of your map and three from the left. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Owl: After recovering the Sword, Link is surprised by a wise Owl. The Owl tells him a mysterious tale about the island. He then tells Link to go north to the Mysterious Forest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Bananas: An odd alligator named Sale has a house by the beach. He sells bananas by trade, but he's been known to accept some good deals. To get the bananas, you need to give him some juicy dogfood. Mmmm.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Route Checklist: Use the Shield to move the Sea Urchins out of your way on the way to getting your sword. Find your Sword and listen to the Owl's tale. Return to Mabe Village ______________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mysterious Forest Mysterious Forest Points of Interest at Mysterious Forest: Faerie Spring, Crazy Tracy's, Ghost's Tombstone, Magic Shop, Mad Batter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artifact found at Mysterious Forest: Tail Key, Sleepy Toadstool, Magic Powder, Secret Medicine, Two (2) Pieces of Heart -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No Trespassing: Many times throughout the game, you'll see an item that you just can't get to. You'll have to wait until you get a particular item to be able to get it. For example, you may need to pick up a rock with the Power Bracelet, or jump over a gap with Roc's Feather. Be patient. Good things come to those who wait. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Faerie Spring: In the Mysterious Forest you'll find a Faerie Fountain. She'll only appear if you need healing, though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rattle the Raccoon: After passing the Raccoon, you'll find yourself in a repeating loop. On the screen with the Raccoon, go south one screen and east one screen. Go in to the log cave. Come out the other side to pick up the mushroom. Go back through the log cave. From here go up two screens. Then go right two screens, down two, and right one. You'll now be at the witch's hut. Give her the sleepy mushroom and you'll get some magic powder. Go back to the raccoon and sprinkle some powder on him. He'll bounce around the screen and be revealed as Tarin. Apparently he had a bad dream. Now head north one screen to pick up the Tail Key, in the Treasure Chest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Route Checklist: Take the Toadstool to the Witch's Hut and get the Magic Powder. Sprinkle some on the Raccoon. Go north and get the Tail Key. Give the Yoshi Doll to the Quadruplet's Mother. She'll give you a Bow. Give the Bow to one of Madame Meowmeow's pups to get the Dog Food. Give the Dog Food to Sale to get his bananas _______ Tail Cave Tail Cave Data: One (1) Floor, Nine (9) Treasure Chests, Three (3) Small Keys, Roc's Feather, Full Moon Cello, Moldorm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Up: Before entering Tail Cave, you need to buy some bombs. In order to get the shopkeeper to sell bombs, you must first buy the shovel. Then, make sure you've refilled all your hearts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entering Tail's Cave: Tail's Cave is located one screen north of Sale's House of Bananas, but to get to it, you must go right three screens from the exit of Mabe Village, left one, down one, and the right one. Put the key in the keyhole and voila Tail's cave is open for business. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tricky Spots: I will be referring to a room in the cave by a number and then a letter (ex. 7-G). All dungeons correspond to a coordinate system of a 10 x 8 grid (10 rows, 8 columns). The rows start at the top with 1 and go down to 10. The columns start at the left with A and go to the right until H. Helmet Beetles (6-D) - Strike at these guys, pushing them in to the pit to acquire the small key. Collect the Compass (6-C) - Be careful when approaching the Chest with the Compass. Some Gels will pop out at you. Defeat them first. Trip the Switch (5-E) - Attack the Gels and then push the Helmet Beetle in the pit. Step on the switch to get a treasure chest with a small key. Play Cards (3-G) - These cards are constantly changing suits. Strike them with your sword to stop the suits from changing. If you stop them all on the same suit, they'll disappear. If not, they'll reset. Once they're gone, a chest will appear. Pick up to STone Fragment to read the message in the Stone Slab in the same room. Fight or Flee (5-F) - Although it's easier just to ditch this room and go through the revolving door, defeat the enemies and a treasure chest holding the map will appear. Push the Block (2-D) - Push the block on the very left right one space to complete the pattern and make the door open. Roc's Feather (2-C, 5-B, 4-B, 3-B) - Use your shield to flip over the spiked enemies, then strike true with your sword. Stairs will appear. Go down them. When you come up them, go north two screens. You'll there find Roc's Feather. Rolling Bones (4-H) - Rolling Bones has a large rolling pin. Equip Roc's Feather. Jab at him when he's near, being sure not to get hit by the pin. After you defeat him, a Faerie will appear to heal you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Koholint Prairie, Tabahl Wasteland & Cemetery Cementery Points of Interest in the region: Crazy Tracy's, Magic Shop, Tabahl Wasteland, Ghost's Grave, The Cemetery, Hidden route from Rock-Surrounded stairs to Graveyard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artifacts found in this region: Special Medicine, One (1) Piece of Heart, Secret Shell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find the Hidden Route: Push the SE tombstone in the SW region of the cemetery. It will uncover a stairway that leads to a nearby circle of stones. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We're In the Money, We're In the Money...: If you want that shovel and the bow, you're going to need some cold hard cash. A great way to build up money is to stand in the graveyard and keep slashing at the zombies that keep popping up. Collect the rupees they leave behind. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Route Checklist: Get the Piece of Heart from the center of the cross. Go to the Witch's hut to replenish your magic powder. Visit Crazy Tracy and buy some Secret Medicine. Uncover the hidden stairway that leads over to the ghost's __________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goponga Swamp Goponga Swamp Points of Interest in the region: Mr. Write's House, Phone Booth, Goponga Swamp, Cave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artifacts found in this region: No artifacts in this region -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unchain Bowwow: A Moblin guard greets you just inside the cave entrance. Avoid standing on the cracked floor and make short work of him by attacking from the side. More guards gang up on you in the next room, but a couple of well-timed Whirling Blade attacks will put them in their place. The Moblin's main man waits in the next room. You must defeat him to save Bowwow. Jump the arrows he fires, then step away as he dashes the wall. When he's still in a daze, rack him up with the sword. Bowwow will be so happy to see you! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bowwow on the Trail: If you return to Mabe Village, Madame Meowmeow will thank you and ask you to take Bowwow for a walk. Lucky for you, Bowwow can sniff out secret seashells for you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Eat the Flowers: If you visited the swamp before, you noticed that the flowers shot fireballs and that you couldn't defeat them. Luckily for you, Bowwow is a hungry pup! He'll gobble up those plants like nobody's business. Aren't you glad he's on your side? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Route Checklist: Return to Mabe Village and talk to M. Meowmeow who will ask you to rescue Bowwow. Go north to the mountain cave at Tal Heights. Enter and defeat the main Moblin to rescue Bowwow. Take Bowwow to Goponga Swamp and have him eat the flowers that block the Grotto entrance. ___________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bottle Grotto Bottle Grotto Bottle Grotto Data: One (1) Floor, Ten (10) Treasure Chests, Five (5) Small Keys, Power Bracelet, The Genie, Conch Horn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artifacts found in this region: No artifacts in this region -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bowwow is the Key: Have Bowwow eat up the plants surrounding the cave entrance, so you can get in. Bowwow is scared of the cave, so he won't follow you in. The Compass: Located in 7-C The Map: Located in 5-A The Main Treasure: Located in 1-A The Nightmare Key: Located in 2-E Small Keys: Located in 1-C, 6-C, 7-D, 6-E, 7-E The Genie: Located in 3-F Conch Horn: Located in 3-E Mini-Bosses: Hinox located in 3-A Secret Passages: #1 (4-A) to #2 (6-F) #3 (3-B) to #4 (2-E) #5 (4-F) to #6 (1-F) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tricky Spots: Light the Lamps (6-B) - Go up the steps in the center of the room and select your Magic Powder. Sprinkle powder on the two Lamps on the platform. When both are lighted at once, the east door will open. Go through the door and defeat the two Stalfos there to get a Small Key. Go back through 6-B, open the west door and continue up to get the Map from the treasure chest in 5-A. Trip the Switch (6-D) - Strike the Crystal Switch in the center of room 6-D with your Sword. This will cause the Switch Blocks to drop. Walk over them to 7-D and strike the Switch there to get the Treasure Chest. Whirl Away (6-E) - The mimics in 6-E mirror your every move. You can't attack them from the front, so you'll have to get near enough to them to use your Whirling Blade Attack to strike them while your back is to them. When you defeat them, you will earn a Small Key. Quick Flip (6-F) - Your sword does little to deter the Beetles in room 6-F. Use your Shield to turn aside the Spiny ones. Flip them with your shield and swing with your sword. Defeat them and go through the door on the upper right. Fry the Boo Buddies (1-A) - Boo Buddies guard the Power Bracelet in 1-A. When you light the lamps, you'll fry the Boos. Attack them with your sword to defeat them. Then you'll get the treasure chest with the Power Bracelet! Hinox (3-A) - The Hinox is a big Cyclops that will grap you and throw you across the room. Avoid his bombs, dash in and strike with your Sword, then run out of his range. A Vase Lift (Secret Passage #5-6) - Your weight alone isn't enough to make the platform here fall. Grab the large vase and carry it with you. Climb the stairs to reach 4-F. The Boss: The Genie. The Genie has two phases. In phase one, the genie with start juggling a bunch of fireballs. This is your cue to get in the lower right hand corner. When he starts to throw them, run to the left across the room. By the time you get to the left side, he'll have thrown three. Move back right now. If you don't hesitate the fireballs won't touch you. Now, he'll retreat back to his bottle. Hit it with your sword to immobilize it. Now, pick it up with the power bracelet. Throw it at the wall. Then, the genie will start over with his fireballs. Repeat this process three times. Then the genie will be hopping mad! Time for phase two. Now the genie will start to produce images of himself that start centering in on the middle of the screen. Equip yourself with the Sword and Roc's Feather. Stand right below the Genie. When the Genie becomes totally solid, jump and swing your sword. You'll jump over the fireball and damage him. Repeat this several times to put an end to the Genie. ____________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ukuku Prairie Ukuku Prairie Points of Interest in the region: Two (2) Phone Booths, Warp Hole, Faerie Spring, Slime Cave, Signpost Maze, Richard's Villa, Catfish's Maw, Hidden Route east of Ukuku Prairie. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artifacts found in this region: One (1) Piece of Heart, Slime Key -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Make Madame Meowmeow's Day: After finishing the Bottle Grotto, return Bowwow. Meowmeow will be SOOOOO happy! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do a Favor for Richard: Richard once lived in Kanalet Castle. Unruly servants and soldiers rose up against him and drove him out of the Castle. He's mad that he doesn't have his rightful treasures: the Golden Leaves. He asks you to go to the castle to get it for him. In return he'll give you access to the Slime Key. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bomb Blasts: A couple of well-placed bombs will make getting around Ukuku Prairie much easier. The giant stone Moblin head that blocks your way to the southern prairie can be blasted. Also, north of the Moblin head is a wall that can be bombed. You can get a Faerie inside. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Route Checklist: Return Bowwow to Madame Meowmeow. Make sure you have the Bananas. Head for Richard's Villa. Speak with Richard. _________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kanalet Castle Kanalet Castle Points of Interest in the region: Kanalet Castle, Two (2) Phone Booths, Seashell Mansion, Hidden Route from Outside Castle to Inside Castle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artifacts found in this region: Level 2 Sword, One (1) Piece of Heart. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monkey Business: If you have no Bananas, go back to the beach and get some. You'll meet Kiki, the monkey, at the Castle's Southeast corner. He wants those Bananas, and if you give them to him, he'll call his friends and have them repay you. The monkeys will very quickly build a bridge for you. Walk across the bridge, and pick up the stick that is left behind. Walk up to the right side of the castle and search for stairs under a bush. When you exit the stairs, start looking for Golden Leaves right away. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rake in the Leaves: Two of the Golden Leaves are held by animals outside the castle, but the rest are hidden inside. You must defeat the servants who have taken the leaves in order to get them. One leaf is held by a mole who pops out of holes on the outside of the castle. Another is obtained by defeating the raven on the left side of the castle. Inside, blow up a part of the wall that looks like a soldier. Defeat the soldier to win a leaf. One can be obtained by defeating all the enemies in a room. The final one is obtained by defeating a large knight in the room on top of the castle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Slime Key: Dig It! So you thought Richard would just give you the Key after you got the leaves? Wrong. He will let you have access to a stairway. Once back outside and in the large forest of bushes, be careful. Many have pits underneath them. Look for a route to the owl head, north of the cave you started at. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Route Checklist: Take the Bananas to Kiki. Cross the bridge the monkeys built. Enter Kanalet Castle via the secret entrance. Collect the Golden Leaves. Give the leaves to Richard. Go down the secret passage Richard shows you. Make your way through the bush garden. Dig near the owl head to get the Slime Key. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Cavern Key Cavern Key Cavern Data: Two (2) Floors, Ten (10) Treasure Chests, Nine (9) Small Keys, Pegasus Boots, Slime Eyes, Sea Lily Bell. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mad Bombers: Link will need lots of bombs for this dungeon. Make sure he's fully stocked. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entering the Key Cavern (a.k.a. Slime Cave): You must put the Slime Key in the Keyhole which is NW of Richard's Villa. Then, work your way around the east side of the bush garden and then once north of the column of trees, go down a screen. Jump over the water using the Pegasus Boots. The Key Cavern is just to your west. The Compass: Located in 1-G. The Map: Located in 2-E. The Main Treasure: Located in 2-G. The Nightmare Key: Located in 2-H. Small Keys: Located in 2-A, 1-B, 3-B, 3-E, 1-F, 7-F, 4-G, 8-G. Slime Eyes: Located in 5-B. Sea Lily Bell: Located in 4-B. Mini-Bosses: Dodongo Snakes in 2-F -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tricky Spots: Break In (8-F) - The pots in the entrance have more uses than meet the eye. Throw them at closed doors. The Buzz (7-F) - If you hit the "Buzz Bombs" they'll bounce wildly around, and blow themselves to pieces. Get Link out of the way so they won't hit him. Whack in the Box (6-F) - If you open the Treasure Chest in this room, you'll get a real surprise. Out pops a Gel, who begins to attack. You can make short work of him, but why even bother? Pass up the Chest. Pairodds (2-A) - Pairodds always seem to appear in twos. These strange birds usually disappear before you can get to them. Try throwing bombs at them. If that doesn't work, anticipate where they'll appear and rack them then. Hungry Snakes (2-F, 2-G) - These snakes have a weakness for bombs. If you drop a bomb in front of one, it gobbles it up and explodes inside of the snake. Three bombs will destroy one snake. Move to the right to get the Pegasus Boots. The Dash Jump (2-H, 3-H) - What a large hole! How will Link cross it? Simple. Get a running start with the boots. Then use the feather and you'll cross it easily. After crossing it, go north one room and you'll get the Nightmare's Key. The Boss: Slime Eyes. Huh? Where's the boss? Well, you can't see it, but he's stuck to the ceiling. Shake things up a bit by dashing the wall. Now you'll see a mean pair of eyes staring at you. What are you waiting for? Attack. However, you'll notice that while they split apart, they just won't separate. A bit more force is needed. Dash where they are loosely connected, and they'll split apart. Two lone Eyes are no match for your heroic Sword. Following the victory, pick up the Sea Lily Bell. ________ Animal Village Animal Village Points of Interest in the region: Art Alligator, Miss Goat, Phone Booth, Chef Bear, Warp Hole -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artifacts found in this region: One (1) Piece of Heart. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Singer: All the animals in the village just love music! They also say that they like Marin's music especially. A shrewd adventurer would go back to Mabe Village to persuade Marin to give a concert. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An Immovable Mammal: Just SE of Animal Village is a large, lazy walrus who blocks your path. To get rid of him, you'll have to have Marin sing to him. This will let to you proceed east. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One Good Turn Deserves Another: This trading thing just won't stop! Find Tarin in Ukuku Prairie. He wants to borrow your stick. He takes the stick and whacks a bee hive. The bees chase Tarin away, but you're left with a honeycomb. Everyone knows bears like honey, especially Chef Bear. Give it to him and he'll give you a pineapple. Now if you go to the Eastern Tal Tal Mountains, you'll find the Quadruplet's father, who said earlier he would get lost. He'll eat the pineapple which will give him enough strength to get home. He'll give you a hibiscus (that's a flower for those of you in Rio Linda). Give the hibiscus to Miss Goat. SHe'll ask you to deliver a letter to Mr. Write. Mr. Write resides north of the Mysterious Woods. He'll give you a broom. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Power of Song: Marin's song can do many things. It will move the walrus as well as make all the animals in the village happy. But where do you find Marin? You might check the seashore in Toronbo Shores. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Route Checklist: Knock the Bee Hive out of the Tree. Give Honeycomb to Bear for a Pineapple. Give Pineapple to Quadruplet's Father for Hibiscus. Give Hibiscus to Miss Goat for Letter. Give Letter to Mr. Write for Broom. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dream Shrine Points of Interest in the region: Ocarina, 100 Rupees -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artifacts found in this region: Ocarina -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Singer: The great prize in the Dream Shrine is a musical instrument called the Ocarina, but it is guarded by Mimics and cracked floors. Use the Dash Attack to mow down the Mimics and reach the Ocarina. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Songs that Work: With the Ocarina, you can get three tunes. They are: #1 Ballad of the Wind Fish, #2 Manbo's Mambo, #3 Frog Song of Soul. All three are pertinent to your success. ___________