Goron Ruby Walkthrough
Items/Weapons: Bomb Bag, Goron Ruby
Heart Pieces: 0 // 7/36
Golden Skulltulas: 3 // 15/100
Songs: None
Pick up a nearby Bomb Flower and blow up the wall in front to open the entrance to the cavern. This big room will be referred to as the main room. Walk forward and Navi will warn you about the lava below. Jump forward onto a platform moving up and down. Go onto another platform with the Beamos (watch out for his eye!) Go right to another Beamos. Blow him up with the Bomb Flower, then blow up the wall on the right (the wall on the left can also be blown up to reveal a Gossip Stone; for more on those, see the Secrets and Rumours section). Enter the cave. Watch out for these baby Dodongos. Hitting them with the sword causes them to fall and eventually blow up. Lure a Baby Dodongo to the weak wall and defeat it so it destroys the wall. Enter the door and nab the *Golden Skulltula*. Go forward and move the statue over to stand on the switch. Enter the door, then go through the next one. Beat the two Lizalfos. Just use the sword and shield. When they're done, enter the newly unlocked door. Make sure you have some Deku Sticks. If not, use the Bomb Flower to blow up a wall on your right and a business scrub will sell you some. In this next room, watch out for the dragons and light all the torches in the room using your Deku Sticks and the already lit torch. Enter the newly unlocked door (I say that a lot, don't I?) You are now on the high platform you couldn't reach before (maybe you saw it, it has a frame around it.) Step on the switch to open another door across the room. Before entering, blow up the nearby wall (across the room near the newly unlocked door) to receive the dungeon map. Also, nearby is a Business Scrub that sells a Deku Shield if yours has burned. How convenient! Enter the door. Whoa, there are tons of bomb flowers! Before you take care of that, use the bomb flower to blow up the weak wall and continue through it. Touch the Armos Statue to awaken him. Use a Deku Nut to stun him, then whack it with the sword. He'll turn red. Move out of the way and he'll blow up. Open the chest to get the compass. Return to the last room with all those bomb flowers. Use the bomb flower by the door and place it in the centre of the big wall (actually, they're going to be big steps.) Step back and watch the action! The bomb flowers all blow up and the stairs drop down (cool effect if you have the Rumble Pak!!) Go up the stairs and go around either way to the top. Defeat the Skullwaltula on the webbing, then grab the *Golden Skulltula* next to it. Go through the door. This room is quite easy. Move the statue blocking the ladder (he won't come alive on you.) Step on the switch to open the locked door. Enter that one. Cross the bridge and go through the opening. This room isn't too hard if you're careful and look around the corners. Climb down the ladder and make your way to a blue block with another ladder. Avoid the spiked things moving. Navi will explain the Z-Targeting strategy. Climb the ladder and turn around (I know it's a bad camera angle, but you can still see slightly.) Jump onto the nearby platform with a bomb flower (and a chest with a red rupee!) Pick the bomb flower up and time it so that it will explode and blow up the wall in front of the ladder. Go through the new entrance. Shoot the eyeball switch above the flames with the slingshot and enter the door. Beat two more Lizalfos, then enter the newly unlocked door. This room is similar to the room before the Lizalfos one. Shoot the eyeball switch above the flames to extinguish the first set, then jump forward and look left. Shoot that switch to clear the room. Enter the doorway and open the chest at right to receive your first *Bomb Bag*, which holds a maximum of 20. Great, now you have your own set of bombs instead of using bomb flowers! Go to the next room and we're high up. Step on the switch to raise the one pillar higher. Now it's a higher elevator. Go to the bridge and drop a bomb in each hole to light up the eyes of the giant dragon. When both are lit, a door is revealed. If you continue down the bridge and blow up that wall, there's a chest with a blue rupee inside (or a Deku Shield if yours burned earlier). Cool! Drop down to the dragon and enter the door in his mouth. Go up to a path you can reach. Climb the blocks and go into the higher part of the last room. Bomb the weak wall on your right and enter the door. Defeat the Armos Statue and get the *Golden Skulltula*. Head back and, once through the cave, push the block down, then pull it into the hole to hold down the switch. Enter the newly unlocked door. You are now entering the boss room. Open the chest to get more bombs. Bomb the centre of the weird patch of floor, then drop down the hole to face the boss: King Dodongo. See the boss section for hints on beating him. When he's burnt to a crisp, collect the Heart Container and step into the blue light. You are transported to Death Mountain, where Darunia will give you the Spiritual Stone of Fire, aka. The *Goron Ruby*. Watch the cute cinema of the Goron Hug :o) 1 more stone to go!
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