Ice Cavern Walkthrough
Items/Weapons: Big Magic Meter, Iron Boots, Zora Tunic
Heart Pieces: 6 // 24/36
Golden Skulltulas: 9 // 59/100
Songs: Serenade of Water
While in Death Mountain Crater where you're dropped off after getting the Fire Medallion, go over the broken bridge and left to a cave blocked by a couple of big boulders near the entrance to Goron City. Use the Megaton Hammer to smash them up, then enter the Great Fairy Fountain. This fairy grants you the *Big Magic Meter*. Cool! Now, we have to do a couple of things before entering the Water Temple. On Death Mountain Trail, use the Megaton Hammer on the boulders in front of Dodongo’s Cavern to find a hidden *Golden Skulltula*. Ride the plant back up to the spot where you threw a bomb flower as a kid to open Dodongo’s Cavern. At night, use the Megaton Hammer on a rock against the wall to reveal another *Golden Skulltula*. Now, warp to the Temple of Time and return to the past. As a kid, warp to Death Mountain Crater and quickly drop some bugs on the soft soil spot nearby to reveal a *Golden Skulltula*. Also, plant a magic bean there and warp out quickly before you suffocate. Head back to the Temple of Time and return to the future (or is it the present?). Warp back to Death Mountain Crater and use the plant to reach a *Heart Piece* atop a big rock. Drop down and ride the plant again towards a wall you can climb. Jump to the wall and climb up to a cove with another *Heart Piece*. Head back to Kakariko Village and in the House of Skulltula, collect a *Heart Piece* from the newly freed guy for your 50th token. Now, head down to Zora's River since Navi talks about an Arctic wind. Use the plant to ride up to a platform with a big rock surrounded by little stones. Hop over to the platform against the wall and, at night, get the *Golden Skulltula* on the right side. Take the wooden bridge and hookshot a *Golden Skulltula* high up on the left wall. Enter Zora's Domain through the waterfall and brrrrr! It's all frozen over! The water, the waterfall, the store, even King Zora! Left of the King is where the diving game used to be. At left on the wall at night is a *Golden Skulltula*. Go behind King Zora to Zora's Fountain. Lord Jabu-Jabu is gone and in his place is a bunch of ice platforms. Jump across the ice to find a *Heart Piece* on one platform. Now, jump across and to the left. Enter the Ice Cavern. This isn't a dungeon, more like a small area. To start, go foward and defeat the ice blowing monsters called Freezard. Enter the next room. This room has a big rotating blade in the centre. Look for a *Golden Skulltula* on the wall by a cave blocked by red ice. Collect all the silver rupees in the room. One requires climbing the little hill and jumping over. When you have them all, enter the newly unlocked area. This room is full of enemies! Get rid of the ice Keese as they're quite annoying! Climb up the platforms and watch out for the Freezards. You'll notice a big display of blue fire. Hopefully you have at least 3 empty bottles. Fill them all with blue fire. You use blue fire to melt red ice. You can use one of the blue fires on the pot nearby to get a purple rupee. Use another blue fire on the chest and receive the map. Re-fill the two bottles with blue fire and exit. Backtrack to the room with the big rotating blade. On your left is a wall with red ice. Use blue fire to melt it and enter the room. Icicles fall from the ceiling, so watch yourself. Continue forward. There is a *Heart Piece* in red ice that you can melt and collect. Also, there is a chest on the right covered in red ice. Melt it and open the chest for the compass. Watch out for the Keese as well! Fill the bottles with blue fire from the flame in the room, get the *Golden Skulltula* on the left wall and exit to the big blade room. Melt the other wall that has red ice. Enter the new room. This next room has a puzzle. First, get the *Golden Skulltula* on the wall, then shoot the ice Keese so they don't bug you later on. There is a blue block which you can push against small pillars and, if caught in a bad position, you can push the block into one of those holes and it will re-appear in its original position. Collect all the silver rupees. One of them is up in a cove covered in red ice (use the blue fire.) Also, there is a cove with a blue flame so you can re-fill your bottles. When all the silver rupees are collected, push the block towards the newly unlocked cave and enter. Continue forward. Use blue fire to melt the red ice blocking your path. Enter the door at the end. Fight the Snow Wolfos just like other Wolfos. When he's disappeared, open the chest to receive the *Iron Boots*. These are used to sink to the bottom of watery areas. Suddenly, Shiek appears to teach you the Serenade of Water, the warping song for the Water Temple. Wonderful! Now, use the Iron Boots to sink into a watery hole behind the chest. Make sure you have one bottle of blue fire. Walk out to Zora's Domain. King Zora was trapped in red ice, so revive him by using that bottle of blue fire. When he is back, he'll give you the *Zora Tunic*. This will help you breathe underwater when you equip the Iron Boots. In Zora’s Fountain, use the Iron Boots and Zora Tunic to sink down in the water and find another *Heart Piece* surrounded by rupees. Finally, we can start battling the Water Temple! Play the newly learned Serenade of Water to warp to Lake Hylia.
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