Cave of Ordeals




Located in the cave right by the Gerudo Mesa warp portal, this side quest/mini-game is solely devoted to perseverance and strength by fighting fifty floors of various enemies, increasingly more difficult as you ascend the floors. Every tenth floor holds a Great Fairy that will create fairies in the spirit fountains encountered throughout the lands. There are also three Poe Souls to be found on the floors, indicated in the checklist below, which also gives enemies and short instructions. Remember that this cave should not be navigated until very near the end of the game, probably after finishing the Palace of Twilight, but before Hyrule Castle (as indicated in my walkthrough). You need a full stock of arrows, spinner, ball & chain, Dominion Rod, and Double Clawshots. No enemies drop hearts, only rupees, so collect those to boost the power of your Magic Armour. A brilliant strategy is to use the Magic Armour on the last few floors when your fairies and red or blue potions have given out. If you desperately need it before then, equip it, fight, then take it off and salvage its remaining power for harder floors. Also remember to fight all “undead” enemies as wolf Link with senses on. Without further adieu, here’s my floor guide.


1) Moblin
2) Keese (3), Rats (3)
3) Deku Baba (4)
4) Big Skulltula (3)
5) Moblin Archer (3)
6) Fire Slug (9)
7) Fire Keese (5), Dodongo (2)
8) Tektite (6)
9) Lizalfos (2), Moblin Archer (2)
10) Great Fairy
11) Use spinner to activate next room; Helmasaur (3), Rat (15)
12) Giant Black Chu- don’t scoop up the poisonous jelly
13) Bubble Bug (4)
14) Bubble (10)
15) Moblin (10)
16) Keese (8), Rat (8)
17) Undead Dog (10), Poe
18) Leever (10)
19) Chu (countless)- scoop up the red jelly for potion
20) Great Fairy
21) Use Ball & Chain to continue; Moblin (5), Ice Keese (5)
22) Keese (5), Rat (5), Undead Rat (countless)
23) Mini-Stalfos (countless)
24) Gibdo (5)
25) Moblin (10), Moblin Archer (4)
26) Stalfos (3)
27) Bubble (4), Big Skulltula (3)
28) Lizalfos (2), Moblin (10)
29) Bubble (4), Stalfos (2), Mini-Stalfos (countless)
30) Great Fairy
31) Use Dominion Rod to move rightmost statue off the switch to open the gate; Beamos (5), Keese (5)
32) Fire Slug (5), Bubble (5), Fire Keese (5), Dodongo (2)
33) Gibdo (4), Poe
34) Undead Rat (countless), Chu (countless)
35) Ice Keese (5), Giant Freezard
36) Ice Warrior (4)
37) Bubble (5), Leever (10)
38) Bubble (3), Ice Keese (3), Ice Warrior (4), Giant Freezard (2)
39) Dark Nut (2)
40) Great Fairy
41) Use Double Clawshots to continue; Armos Knight (9)
42) Moblin (6), Boko Baba (6)
43) Lizalfos (5), Moblin Archer (8)
44) Dinolfos (4), Poe
45) Moblin Archer (2), Gibdo (5), Chu (countless)
46) Ice Warrior (3), Freezard (2), Undead Rat (countless)
47) Moblin, Mini-Stalfos (countless), Rat (countless)
48) Dragon Knight (2), Dark Nut (1)
49) Dark Nut (3)
50) Great Fairy



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