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The door opens and Link enters the Skyview Temple. Fi appears with bad news. The auras of many creatures reverberate throughout the temple and she will not be able to track Zelda.
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Follow the steps a short distance to a spider web. Dispatch any Keese that attack and cut the web. Continue to a line of trees. Slice them horizontally with the sword and move on. To the right is a boarded up opening that can not be accessed. Stay on the path and continue forward to another web. Cut through it and Link will soon come to the end of the hallway. On the left is a barred shut door. Ahead is a stand of trees blocking access to a vine-covered wall. Above the wall on the ledge, are a Deku Baba and a gemstone. Cut down the trees and shoot the Deku Baba with the slingshot to stun it. Quickly climb the vine to defeat the Deku Baba. Hit the gemstone and the bars will open. Go through the doorway to find a staircase ahead. Go to the left to find a stone marker that reads:
"He who descended from the sky: Lend your ear to the wise voice of the servant who brought you To the firm soil".
Fi appears and says she is the servant. To the right of the stone marker is another barred door. Go to the top of the staircase and Link will see an "eye" staring at him from above the door. Equip Link’s sword and note that the eye follows the movement of the sword. Make a circular movement of the sword several times and the eye will get dizzy. It then turns red and the eyeball falls to the ground. The doorway is now unlocked. Through the door and down the hall are two hanging Deku Babas. Use the charged sword attack twice on each one to defeat them. Upon entering a large room, turn around to see several "Walltulas" on the vine covered wall. Dispatch them with the slingshot and climb the wall. Above is an opening that has been boarded up on each end. Break the boards with the sword to access the hallway leading from the temple entrance, a shortcut.
Go back into the large room and follow the bridge ahead. Defeat the "Green Bokoblin" and look to the left to see another barred door. Walk toward the door but stop short of the stairs. Turn left and drop down. In an alcove below the door is a gemstone high up. Shoot it with the slingshot to unlock the door above. Climb the nearby vines to reach the pathway and open the door. As Link enters this area he will see another Green Bokoblin and two "Skulltulas" on webs, one on each end of the bridge. After defeating the Green Bokoblin, Link will need to position himself in the middle of the bridge. Turn to the first Skulltula and look up and to the right. There are two coiled vines above. Shoot them with the slingshot and they will uncoil. Link can jump onto the vine and swing to the center of the bridge or Link can defeat the Skulltula if he wishes.
This is a tough cookie. Link’s slingshot is useless here and any strikes to its upper side with the sword will only make it mad. If Link attacks from the front, do so by slicing the web at the bottom horizontally. The Skulltula will drop down and attack. Now "Z" target and use the forward thrust to flip it over. Attack using the fatal blow and it’s over. If Link decides to use the vine to reach the center of the bridge, look toward the wall to the right of the bridge and up, to see a gemstone. Shoot it and water will be released into the area below. Jump to the second vine and to the other side of the room. Watch out for the Quadro Baba. To the left is a set of steps with a stone marker next to it that reads:
"Gaze upon your map until your eye finds the "X", for it is there that you must strike a glittering gemstone to reveal a path".
"You will find a temple map in a room with two such gemstones".
Go up the steps, then left and then to the right. Go through the doorway and then to the left to find a large treasure chest. It contains the "Dungeon map". Jump down to the pathway where Link first entered and walk to the center of the room. Turn to the right and shoot the gemstone above the barred door with the slingshot. Go through the doorway, up the steps and through the web to the stairs on the right. In the middle of the damaged bridge is a stone marker. It is blocked, by a hanging Skulltula. The best way to defeat this one is to approach the Skulltula using "Z" targeting and use a horizontal slice to make the Skulltula spin. While it’s spinning, "Z" target its underside and use a forward thrust twice to defeat it.
Now walk up to the stone marker. It reads:
"Two doors lead to rooms left and right, but they will only open when the gemstones are struck. One is above, one below."
Now drop down to the lower level and walk up to the wall on the left side of the room. There is a crawl space behind the grass. On the other side is a gemstone above a staircase leading to a Bird Statue. Shoot the gemstone with the slingshot. Water is again released. Swim to the vine covered wall to the left rear and climb up. This leads to another crawl space that brings Link back into the previous room. Leave this room and enter the main room.
Link will see that the water has risen high enough to float two large logs. Jump on the log on the East side of the room. Shoot the Walltula with the slingshot and climb the vines. This will lead Link back into the room he had just left, but now he is at the other end of it. Defeat the hanging Skulltula the same way Link did the other one. Look around to see two eyeballs, one on each side of an iron barred room. Position Link between them so that they are both looking at him. Equip the sword and make a circular motion several times. They get dizzy, turn red and fall to the ground. The iron bars will lift and Link can retrieve a "small key" from the treasure chest.
Go back into the main room and jump on the large log, then the steps at the North side of the room. Use the small key to open the door. As Link enters this next larger room there are two large bird statues before him, one on each side of steps leading to the iron barred door of a tall round structure. Note the gemstone high above the door. Shoot it with the slingshot and the bars will lift. As Link enters the structure, bars will fall and block the door behind him and a "Stalfos" will assemble itself. His attack can take one or more heart containers at once. Use the shield attack and horizontal slice to take him down. A large treasure chest will appear which contains a golden "Beetle". It can be used to cut threads that are out of reach or to attack small items. Equip and launch the Beetle toward the web covering the hole in the ceiling. Fly past the web to the outside and hit the gemstone above the door. The bars will lift and Link can leave.
Note: You might want to practice the Beetle flying skills on the threads of several crates hanging from the ceiling.
Go to the West side of the room and launch the Beetle toward a crawl space above the barred door. Hit the gemstone and the bars will lift. As Link enters, stop and look up to see a crawl space above the hallway. Continue forward and drop down into the basement level. Walk to the top of the broken staircase and turn around. Link will see another broken staircase on the left leading to another level and a Skulltula on a web. Launch the Beetle toward the Skulltula. Fly past it and hit a hidden gemstone. Water will be released allowing Link access to that level and a way out. Turn around again and go through the door ahead. Bars will lock the door behind Link and a Skulltula will drop down to attack. Use the "Z" targeting and the forward thrust to flip it over, then attack with the fatal blow. The bars will then lift allowing Link to leave. Above the door is a balcony. To the left are vines on the wall leading up to it. On the balcony launch the Beetle to cut the hanging thread holding the large crate to the right.
The crate will fall without breaking. Push it off the balcony, jump down and position it in the middle of the room. Climb onto the crate and Link will see three eyes staring at him. Do the sword routine and they will fall to the ground. The bars blocking the entrance to a small room will lift and Link can open the large treasure chest containing another "small key". Leave here and cross the water to the staircase in the other room. A Skulltula is blocking the way. Using "Z" targeting, run up to the web and slice it quickly, using the horizontal slice. While still "Z" targeting, backup, to the right rear, and jump in the water. The Skulltula will follow but will not go into the water. Go back up the stairs on the left, through the cut web and to a stand of trees. Cut them down and go through the crawl space to land at the door Link originally came through.
Back in the large main room, stand in front of a barred alcove at the North side of the center structure. Launch the Beetle toward the top of the structure and hit a gemstone in an opening there. Pick up the "piece of heart".
On the East side of the main room is a tightrope leading to a locked door. Above are five hanging Deku Babas. Use "Z" targeting and the charged sword attack to defeat the first four. The one in the back is too far away. Get on the tightrope and purposely lose your balance. Don’t fall off because there are two Quadro Babas below. Link will now be hanging from the tightrope. DO NOT climb back up, but instead, go hand over hand to the next ledge and quickly climb up onto the ledge. Link can now easily dispatch the Deku Baba and open the door. As Link goes through the doorway it will lock behind him. Follow the hallway to two boarded up doorways. Break them down using the sword.
In the next room is a "Staldra". A three headed, snake creature. To defeat it, Link must use the spin attack to cut off all three heads at the same time. If Link misses one, the others will grow back quickly. Go through the door to the left, up the steps and down the hallway. Defeat the Green Bokoblin and then launch the Beetle to cut the web thread of the Skulltula. It drops out of sight. Do a run/dash to jump the gap in the pathway. Ahead and to the left is a barred opening with a gemstone directly above it. Hitting the gemstone raises the bars allowing access to the main room we were previously in. Ahead is a barred room with a large treasure chest. To the right is a tightrope and across is a Green Bokoblin. Shoot him with the slingshot, let him start to cross the tightrope and shoot him again. He’s gone. Cross over and look to the left. There is an alcove with a small treasure chest containing a Red Rupee. To the right is an alcove with a vine-covered wall leading to a hanging rope tied to a shrub. Cut it with the sword and do a run/dash to jump onto the rope. Look to the right to see a vine covered area. Position Link and swing to it. Climb up and walk along the huge vine. Look for two coiled vines high up. Use the slingshot or the Beetle to uncoil them. Jump on the first vine, then onto the next one and into the barred room with the large treasure chest. It contains the "Golden Carving". Climb up the vine-covered wall to the right and jump to a ledge. Drop down and cross the tightrope on the left that Link had crossed earlier.
DEMON GHIRAHIM
Insert the Golden Carving, properly, into the slot, in the door.
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The door opens and Link enters. A tall gaunt and ashen man, with pointed ears appears. He tells Link that he thought the tornado he created had destroyed him. He tells Link that "it’s just the girl that matters now…" and she is beyond the door. He introduces himself as the "Demon Lord", "Ghirahim". Link draws his sword. Ghirahim questions Links action and says, "the girl should have fallen into our hands already". He fades away and tells Link that he is furious and outraged. He wants bloodshed. He then sneaks up behind Link and says that it is hardly fair to take out all his anger on Link. He promises not to murder Link. Ghirahim laughs.
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Use the shield attack and horizontal slices. Do not use vertical slices at this time because the Demon Lord will grab Link’s sword. If he does, shake and twist to break free. As the battle moves along the Demon Lord will pull a sword from thin air. When his sword is charged, it will release darts. Move to one side as they approach to avoid them. He will then prepare a running lunge attack with his sword. Just before he reaches Link, "Z" target him and take several vertical slices to damage him. He will disappear, then reappear in another location changing his attack. Continue with the timed attacks. Soon he will stop and commend Link for putting up more of a fight than he expected.
He will tell Link that Zelda’s presence has all but faded and there is no reason for him to linger there. Ghirahim says good-bye and warns Link that the next time, he will be dead. He disappears and Link receives a new heart container.
Go to the other end of the room to open the door. It will glow and then fade away. Follow the hallway and up the staircase to a platform. Before Link is a large pond with three platforms and an altar, all surrounded by waterfalls. Jump down and go around the altar to find a Goddes Cube. Strike it with the charged sword to send its energy into the clouds. Climb onto the rectangular platform and stand on the Goddess symbol marking. Before Link is the symbol of the Goddess on the altar. Strike it with the charged sword.
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Fi appears with a message written by the Gods of old. She translates. "From the edge of time I guide you, the one chosen to carry out the Goddess’s mission. The spirit maiden who descended from the clouds must travel to two sacred places to purify her body. You stand in one of these places: Skyview Spring. The other is known as the Earth Spring. This second spring is
hidden away deep within the scorched earth of "Eldin". The spirit maiden, ever mindful of the heavy task entrusted to her, has set out for this second place".
The hands of the Goddess Statue glow and Link receives the "Ruby Tablet". Fi then tells Link she is unsure how Zelda is traveling to Eldin. She also suggests that Link take the tablet to the altar in Skyloft.
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Link is now outside the temple and Machi calls to him asking if he found the girl, Zelda. He wishes Link luck and walks away. Now go to the Bird Statue and head for Skyloft.
