As Link lands, Fi appears to warn Link that items he may carry could burn in this area. She also warns Link to be cautious. She then brings up a map giving Link’s location. Link is in the "Eldin Volcano". As Link moves down the path a "Red Chuchu" may appear. If Link touches it, his clothes and shield will catch fire. Off the path, to the left is a Goddes Cube. Drop down and strike it with the charged sword to activate it. Further to the left is a cave that is blocked at the other end by boulders. Return here when Link has bombs. Back on the path, follow it and cross the lava flow. Ahead, two mole creatures, the "Mogma", come out of the ground. One is named "Ledd" and the other is "Cobal". They love treasure. At first sight they think Link is an enemy but soon see that he is not. They warn Link of "Red Monsters". Cobal says he saw Link’s friend, who ran through very fast. He suggests that Link follow.
Down the path a short distance, to the left of the cave entrance, is a vine covering the wall down. Drop down to find a Red Rupee. Go through the cave to a cavern. Watch out for the "Flaming Keese". The lava level rises and falls like the tide. When the lava level is down go to the left into another room. Talk to the Mogma, "Kortz". He will tell Link about "Bomb Flowers". To the right is a small crawl space. Roll a bomb flower in and find a Blue Rupee. Then throw a bomb flower at the boulders, again on the right, to expose a Giant Red Chuchu. When Link strikes it with the sword it divides. As Link strikes each of those they again divide. This happens several times until they are small enough to destroy. If Link stops, the smaller Chuchus will merge together as one. Blow up the boulders on the ledge to the left for more Rupees. The tent on the right has a "Volcano Ladybug". Blow up the boulders blocking the cave ahead so that Link can leave.
Go in and watch out for the Flaming Keese. Follow the path to a Bird Statue and turn left. Follow the path a short distance and look to the left to see a small crawl space. Roll a bomb flower in to blow up the rocks blocking the other end. Crawl through and open the treasure chest to find a Red Rupee. Go back through the crawl space and up to the path. Continue down the path, past an intersecting path on the right, to the end where Link will find a Goddes Cube. Strike it with the charged sword to send its power into the clouds. Go back to the intersection and turn left. Talk to the Mogma, "Merco". He looks up to a cave in the rock and tells Link that he saw a "funny-dressed character go into that hole over there". Walk past Merco a short distance to the ledge. Look up to the right and high on a ledge is a piece of heart. Now look ahead and down. Link will see a "Pyrup". It looks surprised and slithers into a crawl space to the right. Then flames come shooting out. Drop down and pick-up a bomb flower. Throw or roll it into the crawl space to destroy the Pyrup. Go in to find a Rupee.
Past the crawl space is a ledge. Go up. A Red Bokoblin will see Link and call for reinforcements. Defeat them to receive an "Ornamental Skull". Continue up the path as it curves to the left. On the right and below is an area with two Pyrups that are hiding inside large skull bones. Drop down to a small ledge. (If you have already dropped down to the area below, hall butt to the ledge) From here, toss bomb flowers at the Pyrups to destroy them. Drop down and look to the right to see several ledges going up. Climb them, maybe four, past the Pyrups and drop down to the ledge below to find a piece of heart. Go back to the area were Link defeated the Pyrups and look at the pathway crossing the lava flow. It looks like an ordinary pathway, but it is not. Quickly dash across to the other side. A Mogma will think Link is attacking. He complains about the Red Bokoblins and tells Link they were coming up the "hole over there". The one that Merco had shown Link. So he sank the road leading to it in lava. He warns Link to stay away from the plug holding back the lava.
Now dash across the sinkable pathway and roll a bomb flower across it. The bomb flower will roll right up to the plug and kaboom. The plug is gone. Dash across again and climb the ledge. To the right the path is blocked with boulders. Follow the path to the left and walk into the column of steam. Link’s sailcloth will carry him up to the cave opening. Below is a ledge with one column and a protruding ledge above with a treasure chest. The ground level has three columns and a protruding ledge on the opposite side. One of the columns has a Goddes Cube. From the platform at the cave entrance, turn to the left, jump off and guide Link to the ledge with the treasure chest to receive "Eldin Ore". While Link is at it, leap from here to the Goddess Cube and strike it with the charged sword to send its power into the clouds. Also there are Rupees and hearts in the windows above that can be reached with the Beetle. Drop down. There is a doorway to the left, and a ledge to the right, that leads to an opening in the floor with a column of rising air. This will carry Link back out to the path leading to the cave opening.
Go through the doorway to the left and talk to the Mogma "Tylo". He will tell Link that no one had come through there but they may have gone through the tunnel to the right. He asks if Link would get rid of the Red Bokoblins in the cave ahead. There are five on the ground. As Link defeats these Bokoblins others will come to their rescue. The leader is on a wooden walkway to the right and will continue calling for more reinforcements until Link takes him out. To the left of this cave is a high ledge with a treasure chest. Leave here and talk to Tylo. He offers Link "Rupees" or "A way forward". Decisions, decisions. Tylo gives Link the "Digging Mitts". Link can now dig up things in soft ground. Tylo suggests that Link try digging in the soft spot near him. Do so to open a column of steam.
Ride the column to the opening above and follow the tunnel to the fork veering left. Dig up another steam column, ride it up to a ledge and go up the ladder. At the top Link will see three tents and a Red Bokoblin. After Link takes him out, look to the right of where he came in to see three caves. Take the middle one. Link will slide down to the treasure chest on the high ledge. It contains Eldin Ore. Drop down and look up to the left to see an alcove and a soft soil spot below it. Dig the soft soil and ride the column to the alcove. Dig here for many Rupees.
Leave this room past "Tylo" to the column and into the tunnel. Veer right at the fork into another room. There is a maze made up of hallways and crawl spaces that may have Pyrups in them. Turn left and talk to the Mogma, "Nackle". He tells Link that he may dig up Rupees, hearts and Eldin ore. He warns Link that sometimes a red Chuchu will pop out of the hole. Go to the right of Nackle and then left. To the right is a crawl space. Dig the soft soil spot here for hearts. To the left, the soil spot has Rupees. Turn right and look to the left to see some grass and bomb flowers. Turn right to see flames coming out of a crawl space to the left. Blow up the Pyrup inside with a bomb flower. Move forward to see flames coming out of a crawl space. Blow it up and receive a Rupee. Turn right and then left to find yet another Pyrup in a crawl space. There are several more Pyrups to dispose of or Link may want to collect hearts and Rupees. Link may leave now.
Go into the tunnel ahead, then into a room with a high ledge that has a column of air rising from its floor. To the far right is a soil spot with Eldin ore and a few Rupees. On the far left are two soil spots with many Rupees. Dig up the soil spot in the middle to open a steam column. Ride the column to the ledge above and then ride the air column to the outside. Link lands on a pathway across the lava flow from where he found the Goddess Cube. Dig any soil spots here and on the ledge below for Eldin ore and Rupees. Follow the path a short distance to a Mogma," Zanc". He is startled and tells Link one of his people, dressed in black, charged through there earlier. He looks over at a bridge leading to a temple and says that the person in black "Just danced right over it". He could not believe the person jumped the gap. To Zanc’s right is a path blocked with large boulders. Blow them up with the bomb flower on the path. This is a short cut to the cave entrance.
Now go to the bridge. As Link approaches, a ramp slides out to take up the gap. From above the temple, a person in black calls out, "You, the Goddess Chosen Hero…Zelda is ahead…hurry". Cross the bridge and look to the left to see a fallen wooden tower. The wall on the other side is bombable. Blow it up with a bomb flower to find a treasure chest with a Red Rupee. The ramp on the right leads to a cave blocked with boulders and to two soft soil spots with hearts and Rupees. In the center is a Bird Statue save point. Go into the tunnel on the left and cross the lava flow. Watch out for Flaming Keese. The area ahead is steep, so Link must dash to go forward. Dash to the ledge on the left. Roll a bomb flower down to a wall of boulders to open a tunnel. This tunnel leads back to where Link first came in.
Dig up the soft soil spots for Rupees. Defeat the Red Bokoblin on the nearby platform. Further up, is a Red Bokoblin holding a boulder above his head ready to throw it at anyone coming up the hill. Equip the Beetle and attack from the right side. Chase him with the Beetle and then dash up the hill before he can attack Link. Defeat him and several others that come out of their tents. To the left are two tents with a tunnel between them blocked by boulders. Blow up the boulders with bomb flowers and go in.
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Link enters a large room with many colorful objects. The ground in front of Link has dust floating over it. Suddenly a large Mogma, "Tubert", pops up. He thanks Link for stopping by.
He runs a game called "Thrill Digger". The object of the game is to keep digging up Rupees until Link hits a bomb. He gives a choice of "No, Thanks", "Expert", "Intermediate" or "Beginner". The cost is 30 Rupees. If Link’s hearts are low, sit on the stool and they will build up. Intermediate cost 50 Rupees. Expert cost 70 Rupees. Go to the back of this room and dig in a soft soil spot. Zanc will pop up and tell Link he knows a way to make him rich. Pay Zanc 20 Rupees and he tells Link: "the color of the Rupee you dig up will tell you how many bad holes are around you". A Green Rupee, no bad holes. A Blue Rupee, one or two bad holes. A Red Rupee, three or four bad holes. A Silver Rupee, five or six bad holes. A "rare" Gold Rupee has seven or eight bad holes.
Back outside there will be a Red Bokoblin on a wood tower. Pick a bomb flower and toss it at the tower. It will fall, knocking the Bokoblin off and creating a bridge to a tunnel on the other side. Follow the tunnel to a vine-covered wall, climb up and follow the path to the right. A giant Red Chuchu will appear. Dispatch it with multiple sword slices and move on. A short distance ahead is a gap. Jump it, using a dash. Ahead is a steep hill with two platforms. One to each side, and a third up in the center. Dash up the center between the two lower platforms avoiding a boulder rolling toward Link and get on the platform to the left. If Link is lucky the Red Bokoblin didn’t see him. Sneak up behind him to make the attack. Do the same to the Bokoblin on the other platform. On the center platform above are two Red Bokoblins. One is tossing boulders down the hill and the other is a sentry. Wait for the Sentry to walk to the left and then dash up the hill to the right of the platform. Three more Red Bokoblins will be tossing boulders from above. If Link is lucky they will take out one or both of the Bokoblins on this platform and not Link. Equip the beetle and attack the red Bokoblin on the right from the right. Quickly dash up the hill and climb the ledge to dispatch the other two Bokoblins. Climb the next ledge to the plaza in front of the entrance to the temple.
- Short cut scene -
Two Mogmas, Ledd and Nackle, are discussing something that is buried nearby, but they can’t find it and they aren’t sure what it is, but think it is a key. "They busted up the key to that door and hid the pieces all over the place." There are five pieces. Ledd tells Nackle he is reminded that the girl (Zelda) was taken away too. They discuss what they are going to do with the treasure inside and disappear into the ground.
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Fi appears and confirms the detected objects (key) are made of the same material as that of the door mechanism and she has registered the material as one of the dowsing targets. The soft soil spot where the Mogmas were has a Red Chuchu. Avoid it. To the left is a stone wall. Around it to the left, is another soft soil spot with many Rupees. Further to the left is another soft soil spot where Link will find a piece of the key. Continue on the path on the left to a ledge. Before Link is a steep hill going down to a wooden tower. Roll a flower bomb down the hill to knock the tower over. A soft soil spot is then revealed, which contains another piece of the key. Go back up the hill to where Link found the first piece of key, turn left and walk a short distance to another soft soil spot. Dig in it to open a steam column.
On the ledge above is an alcove blocked with boulders. Pick one of the flower bombs and dash to the steam column to carry Link and the bomb to the ledge. A Goddess Cube will be revealed. Strike it with the charged sword to send its power into the clouds. Walk back out to the edge of the ledge and look to the right to see another ledge with hearts. It has a soft soil spot containing several Rupees. Head back to the temple entry plaza to where Link entered. Facing the valley below, look to the left for two bomb flowers near a ledge. Walk over to them and look down the hill to the left to see a cave
that is blocked by boulders. Roll a bomb flower down the hill to blow up the boulders. Now drop down to the lower platform on the left and dash back up the hill to the cave to dig up a third piece of the key.
Now go back up to the plaza and turn right. Walk past the staircase on the right and into a compound with four tents. Defeat the Red Bokoblins on the ground and look to the left to see a wooden tower with another Red Bokoblin at its top. The second tent on the right has bomb flowers. Roll or toss a bomb flower into the tower. It will fall over and create a bridge to a tunnel on the other side. Behind and to the right of the tent in the center, is a pathway leading down to a Goddes Cube. Strike it with the charged sword to send its power into the clouds. To the left is a lava flow and a tunnel entry with two columns on other side. The distance is too far to jump at this time. Go back into the compound and turn right to cross the new bridge into the tunnel ahead. Watch out for the Flaming Keese and the Red Chuchus.
As Link comes out of the tunnel look to the left for a soft soil spot for a few Rupees. Across the divide is a stone archway. The gap is too far to jump. Look to the left near the soft soil spot Link had just dug up and drop down onto the edge. Go hand over hand to another ledge to the right. Climb up. To the left is another ledge. Climb up, turn around and look across to yet another ledge. Dash across to it. Follow the path to its end and look across to see a vine covered wall. Leap onto the vines, climb down and cross under to the opposite side of the archway. Then climb up to reach the entry. Go through the archway and look to the left to see a square plate on the ground. It's a switch. There are also soft soil spots that contain Rupees and "Eldin Rollers". Step on the switch to release a ramp extending the divide. Link now has a clear pathway back to the temple. To the right of the room is what looks to be a boulder, but in fact it is hollow and has a rising column of air inside. Continue forward into a hallway leading to a super hot room where Link’s clothes will catch fire. Quickly run dash into the room, veering to the right where Link will drop off the ledge onto a steep slope that branches in different directions.
Note: If Link slides down the slope to the far left it will carry him back into an area in the volcano. Dig up the two soft soil spots to find hearts and Rupees. Follow the path forward and jump the gap to a large round rock in the middle of the lava pool. Turn to the right and jump the gap here. Look slightly to the left and see a boulder blocking the lava flow.
Go through the doorway, pick up a bomb flower and go back out the doorway; toss the bomb flower at the boulder to release the lava. Go back through the doorway into the room to find the lava level has dropped exposing an alcove blocked by boulders. Pick up a bomb flower and roll it across the slope on the right so that it rolls into the boulders to the left. Dash across to the alcove and dig the soft soil spot to find a piece of the key. Go back out the doorway, up the pathway, jump the gap to the round rock, turn right and jump the gap to another pathway. Go past the vine-covered wall to the left, to a soft soil spot here and one on the ledge below, to retrieve Rupees and other goodies. Behind the vine covered wall is a cave entrance. The path to the right leads to a rising column of air. Jump into it to carry Link back to the hollow rock in the room before the slope.
Note: If Link slides down the slope to the right and misses the plateau to the left halfway down, he will land in front of the doorway to the rising column of air. Try to control the slide on the right slope to land on the level plateau to the left.
Look to the left to see two steam vents spewing randomly. If Link times his jump just right, they will carry him to another plateau with another soft soil spot, containing the other piece of key. Drop off this plateau onto another downward slope that will carry Link to one of the two landing spots.
Go back into the room with the rising column of air, and follow the fork to the left to see the pathway blocked by boulders. Use a bomb flower from outside the doorway to blow up the boulders. This leads us back to the first temple entrance where the person in black spoke to Link. Again follow the path to the left of the Bird Statue. Watch out for the Flaming Keese. Continue up the path past the platforms and up the steep slope to the Bokoblin compound. Cross the wood bridge, up the vine covered wall, up the pathway and across the gap. Dash up the slope past the platforms and then to the temple door.
