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{{Dungeons| name = Stone Tower Temple
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|image = [[File:Stone Tower Temple (outside).png|250px]]
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|location = [[Stone Tower]]
'''The Mountain Path''' is the second stage of [[Death Mountain]] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|Four Swords Adventures]]''. After arriving in this area Kaepora Gaebora warns Link of a giant bird and pleads to help the Gorons. Much of the mountainous terrain is blocked by swaths of flames created by Shadow Link that must be extinguished with jars of water. Its boss is [[Helmaroc King]].
 
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|game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]''
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|item = [[Light Arrow]]s, [[Giant's Mask]]
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|mini-boss = [[Garo Master]], [[Wizzrobe]], [[Gomess]], [[Eyegore]]
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|boss = [[Twinmold]]
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The '''Stone Tower Temple''' is the fourth main dungeon in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]''. Unlike the other three temples in this game, the Stone Tower Temple requires the use of all four of [[Link]]'s forms; Hylian, [[Goron Link|Goron]], [[Zora Link|Zora]] and [[Deku Link|Deku]]. About midway through the dungeon, Link will encounter the [[Garo Master]], whose defeat will grant him the [[Light Arrow]]s.
   
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These mystical arrows can do something that isn't seen in any other Zelda game to date - turn the dungeon, and the whole of Stone Tower, upside down. This is done by firing a Light Arrow into a red object fastened to the wall just outside of Stone Tower Temple.<ref>{{cite|To think I could be defeated... Although my rival, you were spectacular. I shall take my bow by opening my heart and revealing my wisdom... If you shoot that which releases the sacred [[Light Arrow|golden light]] into the blood-stained, red emblem outside the temple... it shall rearrange things, in which the earth is born in the heavens and the moon is born on the earth. Do not forget these words... Die I shall, leaving no corpse. That is the law of us Garo.|Garo Ninja|Majora's Mask}}</ref>
Enemies encountered in this level:
 
*[[Vulture]]
 
*[[Dark Link|Shadow Link]]
 
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[[File:STT_Inverted.jpg|thumb|left|The first room of the Temple in its inverted state]]Once this is done, the second half of the temple will be opened. Changing the music slightly, as Link goes through this half, he will encounter another [[Wizzrobe]] and [[Gomess]], who guards the Boss Key. Once this is obtained, the Link must head for the boss room.
Items found in this level:
 
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*[[Roc's Feather]]
 
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A corridor containing a tougher than usual [[Eyegore]] is found on the way, and the young hero must defeat this Eyegore to continue. Once this creature is defeated, a chest containing the [[Giant's Mask]] is revealed.
*[[Bomb]]s
 
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*[[Hammer#Magic Hammers|Magic Hammer]]
 
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Once this is obtained, Link can continue until the boss room is reached. Inside the room, he will find himself in a sand-filled room, which is the home of the temple's boss, [[Twinmold]]. Defeating Twinmold yields a [[Heart Container]] and the final quest mask, [[Boss Remains#Twinmold's Remains|Twinmold's Remains]].
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*[[Fire Rod]]
 
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If Link collects all 15 [[Stray Fairy|Stray Fairies]], he will be rewarded with the [[Swords of Majora's Mask#Great Fairy's Sword|Great Fairy's Sword]].
*[[Pegasus Boots]]
 
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*[[Blue Bracelet]]
 
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==Trivia==
Also a Fairy Spring can be found to upgrade any choice items.
 
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*This is the only area in the game where normal-sized [[Poe]]s are found.
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*Close observation of the dungeon map reveals that once the red emblem is hit with a [[Light Arrow]], the temple not only flips upside down, but mirrors itself as well.
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*Similarly to the way the temples could be completed out of the natural order in [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|''Ocarina of Time'']], the Stone Tower Temple can be completed '''''before''''' the [[Great Bay Temple]] as long as the player first defeats [[Wart]], then collects the [[Ice Arrow|Ice Arrows]] in the Great Bay Temple first.
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==Theories==
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*Some theorists who study the design and symbology of the Temple and MM in general conclude that the structure has connections to the [[Golden Goddesses|Goddesses]] of Hyrule and [[Majora's Mask (Boss)|Majora's Mask]] itself. It has been suggested that the tower was intended to directly blaspheme [[Din (Goddess)|Din]], [[Nayru (Goddess)|Nayru]], [[Farore (Goddess)|Farore]], and their [[Triforce]].<ref>[http://www.zeldauniverse.net/forums/n64-zelda/50295-stone-tower-babel-why-termina-doomed.html Stone Tower of Babel: Why Termina was Doomed] </ref>
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==References==
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{{Majora's Mask Dungeons}}
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[[Category:Places In The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]

Revision as of 02:34, 29 October 2009

Template:Dungeons The Stone Tower Temple is the fourth main dungeon in Majora's Mask. Unlike the other three temples in this game, the Stone Tower Temple requires the use of all four of Link's forms; Hylian, Goron, Zora and Deku. About midway through the dungeon, Link will encounter the Garo Master, whose defeat will grant him the Light Arrows.

These mystical arrows can do something that isn't seen in any other Zelda game to date - turn the dungeon, and the whole of Stone Tower, upside down. This is done by firing a Light Arrow into a red object fastened to the wall just outside of Stone Tower Temple.[1]

STT Inverted

The first room of the Temple in its inverted state

Once this is done, the second half of the temple will be opened. Changing the music slightly, as Link goes through this half, he will encounter another Wizzrobe and Gomess, who guards the Boss Key. Once this is obtained, the Link must head for the boss room.

A corridor containing a tougher than usual Eyegore is found on the way, and the young hero must defeat this Eyegore to continue. Once this creature is defeated, a chest containing the Giant's Mask is revealed.

Once this is obtained, Link can continue until the boss room is reached. Inside the room, he will find himself in a sand-filled room, which is the home of the temple's boss, Twinmold. Defeating Twinmold yields a Heart Container and the final quest mask, Twinmold's Remains.

If Link collects all 15 Stray Fairies, he will be rewarded with the Great Fairy's Sword.

Trivia

  • This is the only area in the game where normal-sized Poes are found.
  • Close observation of the dungeon map reveals that once the red emblem is hit with a Light Arrow, the temple not only flips upside down, but mirrors itself as well.
  • Similarly to the way the temples could be completed out of the natural order in Ocarina of Time, the Stone Tower Temple can be completed before the Great Bay Temple as long as the player first defeats Wart, then collects the Ice Arrows in the Great Bay Temple first.

Theories

Theory Warning
  • Some theorists who study the design and symbology of the Temple and MM in general conclude that the structure has connections to the Goddesses of Hyrule and Majora's Mask itself. It has been suggested that the tower was intended to directly blaspheme Din, Nayru, Farore, and their Triforce.[2]

References

  1. "To think I could be defeated... Although my rival, you were spectacular. I shall take my bow by opening my heart and revealing my wisdom... If you shoot that which releases the sacred golden light into the blood-stained, red emblem outside the temple... it shall rearrange things, in which the earth is born in the heavens and the moon is born on the earth. Do not forget these words... Die I shall, leaving no corpse. That is the law of us Garo." — Garo Ninja (Majora's Mask)
  2. Stone Tower of Babel: Why Termina was Doomed

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