Tower of the Gods

The Tower of the Gods is a dungeon in The Wind Waker.

Appearance
The main tower is tall, cylindrical and made of white-grey stone. Strange black patterns cover small parts of the surface. The are a few windows at the top of the tower.

Surrounding the base is a tall ring of stone with many gateways leading inside it. This ring has no roof or floor; Link must sail into it on the King of Red Lions.

Story
When Hyrule was flooded, the gods created the tower to test the courage of anyone who wished to wield the Master Sword, and to prevent unworthy people from obtaining it. To gain access to the tower, Link must collect the three Pearls of the Goddesses and set them in the hands of three statues, one on each of the Triangle Islands.

Once all three pearls had been placed in the statues' hands, the statues broke apart and lifted the pearls, shining light from them to the next island. This created the outline of a triangle, and within this triangle appeared the image of the Triforce. Then, the Tower of the Gods rose up from beneath the sea. (The sea chart quadrant in which it stands was empty until this happened).

Link deciphered the puzzles and defeated the enemies of the tower, before being presented with the gods' final challenge, the Tower's boss: Gohdan, the Great Arbiter. After defeating the boss, Link was transported to the very top of the tower, where he rung a the tower's bell with the Grappling Hook. This opened a portal to Old Hyrule, where he could obtain the Master Sword.

Link returned to the tower twice, each time when he needed to return to Hyrule. When he arrived at the tower for the final time, the portal would only open when he presented the Triforce of Courage to the gods. It was here that the Triforce of Courage entered Link's hand and became a part of him, and Link first became known as the Hero of Winds.

Dungeon
The lowest level of the Tower has no floor, and is filled by water flowing in from the sea outside. Link must traverse most of the area on the King of Red Lions, leaving his boat to solve puzzles which include activating switches by connecting statues into their pedestals. This is made harder by the rising and falling of the water level, making some parts of the dungeon temporarily inaccessable. Once the area has been succesfully navigated, a waterfall pouring from a statue's mouth is turned off, allowing Link to climb inside, and continue into the upper floors of the dungeon.

The main objective of the dungeon is to find three statues and guide them back to a central room to activate a lift warp to the top floor. These statues can be lifted by Link, or can follow him when he calls them. (When calling them, Link says, "Come on!", the first audible words he had ever spoken in the entire series.) After the first is retrieved, Link is taught the Command Melody, which allows him to take direct control of the statues at will. The statues are crucial to the dungeon's puzzles.

Once all three are returned, Link can take the boss key and set off on the final path to the boss. This path is, unlike the rest of the dungeon, on the outside of the tower and the Great Sea is visible far below. Link must fight past Kargarocs and more Beamos without falling from the ledge.

Items

 * The main dungeon treasure is the Hero's Bow.
 * Link learns the Command Melody for the Wind Waker.
 * Beating the boss earns a Heart Container.

Enemies

 * Armos
 * Armos Knight
 * Beamos
 * Karagroc
 * Keese
 * Rat
 * Red Bubble
 * Wizzrobe
 * Yellow ChuChu

Bosses

 * Darknut (mini-boss)


 * Gohdan, the Great Arbiter is the ultimate boss of the dungeon. When Link enters the boss room, the gods commend him for his efforts and present him with the final challenge for one who wishes to wield the Master Sword. Gohdan's disembodied head and hands float away from the walls and attack Link, who retaliates by stunning Gohdan with arrows and attacking with bombs.

As Gohdan is not built for the purpose of killing his enemy, he will actually sneeze out more vital arrows, should Link run out.

When Gohdan is beaten, he returns to the wall and waits for his next challenge before sneezing out a Heart Container.

Main article: Gohdan