Walkthrough:The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker/VicGeorge2K9/Part 5

This part will take you through your first visit to Forsaken Fortress.

First Floor
In the first room that we enter, there are three statues, one of which is blocking a door. Go to the left statue and pull it towards you, then go behind it to the middle statue and pull it towards the left. Go through the door into the next room to fight some Bokoblins with fire sticks. Then pick up one of the dropped fire sticks and light up the two unlit torches on the left side of the room. A treasure chest will appear in between the two torches that contains a small key. Use it open the locked door and go through a short corridor to break the weak boards at the end of it with the sword.

You'll enter a large lava pool-filled cavern with some wooden walkways in your immediate area that you'll need to walk across. Go to the left from here on the walkway. You'll see a locked door on your left that you can't open right now, so just continue on that walkway until you drop down to a ledge where there's a block in the wall that needs to be pulled out for you to climb onto and jump onto the next walkway. Continue until you reach the end of the walkway, slaying the Keese that is in that area. Wait for the lava fountain to subside, then jump across toward the rope bridge where there are more Kesse to slay. DO NOT use the sword on the bridge, because you might cut the ropes and cause it to break, making Link fall into the lava. Pick up a Bomb Flower on the other side and bring it across another bridge to blow up a boulder, revealing a door.

Go through the door, and you'll enter a room where there's a pool of lava on your right and jars of water lined up around the walls. Pick one of the jars up and throw it onto the lava to create a platform for Link to cross the lava pool with, but don't stay on it for too long because it will dissolve. First make a platform for Link to cross over to where a treasure chest appears so he can get the Dungeon Map. Then grab a water jar from around the treasure chest to create another platform to cross over to where there's a ladder for you to climb. At the top of the ladder, a Red Chuchu will jump out at you. Quickly slay it with the sword, then proceed to the door at the top of the ladder.

In the next room, there's a boarded-up door that a Bokoblin will crash through with a machete. Defeat him and take his weapon to break through another boarded-up door to your right. Climb up to where two torches are flanking a boarded-up door, slaying the Chuchus that appear there, and break through that door to open a treasure chest containing a small key. Slay a few more Chuchus and exit the room through the far door to return to the fiery cavern.

To the left of the door there's a rock near some Bomb Flowers growing out of the wall that you need to blow up. Pick up a small rock neaby on the ledge and throw it at one of the Bomb Flowers to activate it, so Link can now cross the wooden plank and hop back onto the walkway we went through earlier. Now we can open the locked door that we had passed by. Inside that room, ignore the deep chasm on the right and head straight for the boarded-up alcove ahead on the left. A Bokoblin will emerge from a jar and attack us with a stick. Defeat him, grab his stick, and use it to set the other wooden boards ablaze. Step on the floor button behind those boards to raise the metal bars blocking the other door, and head outside.

Outside the Cavern
Cross the rope bridge, slaying the Bokoblin on the other side, and climb the ladder, being careful to watch for when the flames of lava spurt from the side of the mountain so you can pass when it isn't. On the ledge above, destroy the Kargaroc and then quickly sidle across the gap while avoiding the lava. Get as close to it as you safely can while it is spurting, and then quickly step past it as soon as it slows down. Go around the boulder that's blocking a door, then jump up to grab the wooden ledge. You'll have to move Link over to the other ledge while still grabbing the wooden ledge because of the configuration of the wall. Then pull yourself up and climb up to where a Bomb Flower is, then use one to throw it onto the boulder to blow it up. Now you can go through the door and reenter the dungeon.

First Floor
In the room that you reentered the dungeon, there's a door near the ceiling that's behind a stack of ten blocks. Pull out the bottom blocks from the left and middle stacks, then climb up the lowered stacks so that you can get to the door. Beyond that is another room where you'll see rats roaming around the walls, stealing rupees from you if you get close. Simply slay them with the sword, then pull out the block that's in the wall and climb up it so you can reach the locked door. Go to your right where there's a torch and open the treasure chest next to it to get the Compass. Break a jar that's full of sticks, set it on fire with the torch, and then throw it across the room toward the wooden boards above the ladder. Climb up that ladder and open the treasure chest that was behind the boards to get a small key. Go back to the locked door to open it.

Outside the Cavern
Now you're back outside again. Go up the stairs to another locked door which you'll need to get the key for from a nesting Kargaroc that's nearby. Lure it out of its nest so you can grab it, then head for the locked door to open it. You can slay the Kargaroc to get it out of your way for good. It will leave behind a Golden Feather which you can collect in your Spoils Bag.

Dragon Roost Cavern Boss: Gohma
In the cavern that you enter, you'll see a crab-like creature emerge from a pool of lava. This is the dungeon boss Gohma, whose main form of attack is to jab a claw right onto Link if he stands still for too long. He will also try to trap Link with those claws so he can blow large flames onto him.

In the first part of the battle, we'll be using Valoo's tail which is hanging from the ceiling. Get out your Grappling Hook and aim it for Valoo's tail so you can latch onto it and then swing your way over Gohma's head to the other side. The ideal landing spot is one of the higher walkways on the outer walls of the cavern. The ceiling will drop onto Gohma and cause his armored shell to crack. He will then push the ceiling back up into place. Valoo's tail will stick out again, so latch onto it as soon as you can and swing your way across two more times to make the ceiling fall on Gohma two more times. After the third hit, his armor cracks off completely. At this point, get down to ground level and target Gohma's eye so you can pull it towards you with the Grappling Hook and slash at it with the sword. Eventually Gohma's body will disintegrate while his eye drops off before it explodes, turning into a Heart Container.

You've just completed Dragon Roost Cavern. Now step into the whirlwind to leave this dungeon.

NEXT: Forest Haven