Great Fairy Mask Stray Fairies will fly to you when you wear this mask! The mask's hair will shimmer and float around when there are Stray Fairies in the area, allowing you to quickly know if there are Stray Fairies remaining in any given room or not. Piece of Heart #2 Climb up onto the slide and jump into the tree. TIP: Transform Faster The first time you put on a transformation mask (such as the Deku Mask), you must wait through a cinema of Link putting it on and screaming. After that initial time, however, you can simply press the button twice when putting on or taking off a mask to skip the cinema. Bomber's Notebook Find it in your Menu and use it to keep track of everyone you've helped so far. Can you make everyone happy?

As you exit the Clock Tower with your newly acquired Deku Mask, Tatl will tell you to head through the southern gate to reach Southern Swamp, the next area we'll be able to explore. Before doing this, however, there's actually a ton of goodies we are now eligible to collect. If you'd like to do so, hang out with me for this next section, and if not, skip ahead to the next one where we'll venture to the Swamp. Great Fairy Mask If you remember from earlier, the Great Fairy of Magic in North Clock Town told you to come back to her if you returned to your old self. We're going to do this, but remember, because we played the Song of Time, everything has started over again. This means we'll have to find the Stray Fairy and bring it to her in order to piece her back together again. During the day, it's located in the Laundry Pool, hovering over the water. At night, it can be found in East Clock Town floating around in the middle of the square (use the Deku Flower to reach it). Once you have it, return to North Clock Town and enter the Fairy Fountain on the left. She'll thank you by giving you the Great Fairy Mask, which helps you to find Stray Fairies and even makes them fly to you if they're able. It may sound a little silly to you at this point, but as you'll find out soon enough, this is actually one of the most useful masks in the game! In the Laundry Pool during the day. In East Clock Town during the night. Piece of Heart In The Tree While you were running around in North Clock Town as a Deku Scrub, you were probably dying to get the Piece of Heart that is in the branches of a tree near the slide. Well, now that we have our Hylian Form back, we can! Climb up the... pillar things... next to the slide and use them to get on top of it (seems kinda dangerous and not very kid-friendly... don't slides usually have a ladder or steps or something...?) then jump into the tree to claim your prize. You should have written it down. Exit in your normal form to make Jim see you. Bomber's Notebook & "Paper" In the last chapter, we played Hide & Seek with the Bombers. For successfully catching them all, you learned their secret code, which I told you to write down on a slip of paper. If you did not do this, (and don't remember it,) you'll have to play with them again in order to learn it again. It's random each time you play, so my password will be different from yours. Speak with the Bomber in the yellow'ish orange cap in East Clock Town to access the sewers area leading to the Astral Observatory. Just like we did in the last chapter, go through here, killing or avoiding the Skulltula, popping the balloon with a Bubble (while wearing the Deku Mask), looking through the telescope at Skull Kid, to finally get another Moon's Tear. With that in hand, return to Clock Town. When you exit the sewers, make sure you AREN'T wearing the Deku Mask! This causes Jim, the leader of the Bombers, to hail you down and explain that you're pretty amazing for knowing their password without being a member and all, so he'll then invite you to their gang by giving you, ta-da, the Bomber's Notebook! Apparently, this group of kids are all about helping people, and this notebook will help us accomplish the many side quests that are found in this game. By completing different portions of quests, you will get stickers in the Notebook that you can view by pressing . Bomber's Secret Society of Justice You were taught the secret code! This has been added to your notebook! The Bombers are your first entry, meeting this group of good-doers. For learning their code, either by playing with them again or by entering their hideout, you will have completed that entry. That wasn't so hard, was it? All of the other entries give you all sorts of goodies like Pieces of Heart or items. With that in hand, let's find some of those wayward souls, shall we? One of the entries we'll be doing here in a bit requires paper (either a Title Deed or one of the Letters, which we haven't dealt with yet). If you went to the Astral Observatory with me, you got the Moon's Tear, which you can now give to the Business Scrub in South Clock Town. Simply approach the big Yellow Deku Flower to make him appear and speak with him to trade for the Land Title Deed (again). We'll use this in a little while, so just hang onto it for now. Adult's Wallet Our next entry for the Bomber's Notebook (and eventually gaining us two cool items) will take place at 12:00AM on the First Night. At this point, I'm assuming you're at about 12:00PM, so we have about 12 hours to burn. As long as we're waiting, you should go out into Termina Field to collect Rupees. Now that we are in our Hylian Form, you can speak with the guards at any of the exits who will notice your sword after a moment and allow you to pass. At this point, you can only hold 99 Rupees at a time, so whenever you get to about 80 or so, return to West Clock Town and put your Rupees in the bank, then go back to hunting Rupees. Here is my recommended route to take:

	1	Start from the South exit of Clock Town, going to the southeast, up the ramp area towards the Astral Observatory. Slash the circles of bushes along the way to get Rupees and kill ChuChus that get in your way. You should get about 20+ Rupees doing this.
	2	Right next to the Astral Observatory is a dude in a tree grabbing at something. Use to roll into the tree, knocking down the guy and 40 Rupees he was trying to get himself. Collect them and go back to the south.
	3	In the high grass to the far south, there's a chest in the corner near some Deku Babas. Open it to get 20 Rupees.
	4	Work your way back towards Clock Town along the east side, slashing bushes as you go, getting another 20'ish Rupees.
	5	You should have about 90 Rupees at this point. Enter West Clock Town and put your Rupees in the Bank.
	6	Go through the East exit again and you'll see some fountains here at the top of these steps leading down into the sandy area. Climb into each fountain itself to get a total of 10 Rupees.
	7	Work your way north along this upper ledge, slashing bushes as you go, getting 20'ish Rupees.
	8	In the northern, snowy area, take the ramp down and go around to find a "song" up against the wall. Turn away from it and use your Ocarina to see it behind Link. Position yourself so you can at least see most of it (but still close enough that it'll work) and play the song back to it. If you do it successfully, it'll reward you with varying amounts of Rupees, (not sure what determines the amount,) anywhere from 3-60 Rupees.
	9	Continue working your way clockwise around Termina Field, slashing bushes until you have a total of about 80+ Rupees. Enter West Clock Town again and turn 'em into the Bank.

TIP: Quick Spin Rotate the Analog Stick and press to perform a Quick Spin, which doesn't use any Magic Power! This is great against groups of enemies (or patches of grass). It can be a little tricky to use at first, so if you have problems with it, just continually spin the Analog Stick and press repeatedly. Adult's Wallet Allows you to carry up to 200 Rupees.

If you put money in the Bank during the first three day chunk like I did, you should have at least 200 Rupees total at this point. If you don't, go out and collect some more until you do. Once you get past the 200 Rupee mark, the Banker will reward you with the Adult's Wallet, which allows you to carry up to 200 Rupees at a time. If you would like more time running around, you can always play the Inverted Song of Time (playing the Song of Time backwards) to slow time down, giving you more of an opportunity to collect Rupees. Whatever you decide, just make sure you're back in Clock Town before 12:00AM!!!

~ Notebook Entries ~

Blast Mask Wear it and press to cause your face to explode...! This is a good thing...? While it does take a little while to recharge, it's useful for damaging groups of enemies or blowing up things when you're out of Bombs. Also, hold when you do it to explode without taking any damage! In this way, use it often, it's nice.

Old Lady from Bomb Shop (Blast Mask) At 12:00AM on the First Night, an Old Lady will come out of the northern exit in North Clock Town. As she walks through the area, another character named Sakon will rob her, taking her blue sack and running off with it. After she yells out, you'll regain control, so run over to Sakon who's prancing away and slash him with your sword. This will cause him to drop the sack and prance out of the area. Once he leaves, the Old Lady will thank you by giving you the dangerous, but very useful Blast Mask, thus completing her entry for the Bomber's Notebook. She also advises you to come see her at the Bomb Shop in the morning, where she will be selling the merchandise that's in her sack (that Sakon tried to steal). Old Lady From Bomb Shop You guarded the old woman's luggage! This was added to your notebook!

Kamaro's Mask Wear it with and hold to perform Kamaro's dance. His only wish was to spread the dance to others...

Spirit Dancer Kamaro (Kamaro's Mask) It should be about 1:00AM right about now. I recommend playing the Inverted Song of Time (playing the Song of Time backwards) in order to slow time down. We have a few things yet to do on the First Night and you may not have enough time otherwise if this is your first time doing some of these side quests. Run back out into North Termina Field (snowy area with all the mushrooms) and run over to the mushroom farthest to the west (left) that is closest to this upper platform. From 12:00AM to 6:00PM on any Night, there's a spirit out here dancing atop one of the mushrooms. He's easy enough to spot and you'll hear his music as you draw near. Hop onto the ledge and jump onto the mushroom. Speak with Kamaro to learn his plight. Apparently, this dancer died and didn't get to pass on his mad dancing skills, so his spirit cannot pass on to the next world. If you remember from earlier, the Mask Salesman told us that the Song of Healing brings rest to troubled spirits. Play the Song of Healing to create Kamaro's Mask, which will allow you to dance like Kamaro and will also complete his entry in the Bomber's Notebook. The spirit dancer, Kamaro You became the dancer's successor! This was added to your notebook!

Piece of Heart #3 Find this odd character in the Stock Pot Inn bathroom between 12:00AM and 6:00AM on any night. Give him either a Title Deed or a Letter for a Piece of Heart.

The Mysterious Hand (???) In East Clock Town, there's a building called the Stock Pot Inn. Unfortunately, it is shut out to the general public at night unless you have a reservation there. However, you can get in by using the nearby Deku Flower to get atop the thatch overhang and access the door on the second story. Do so, then go downstairs and follow the left wall which leads to the latrine (bathroom). During any night from 12:00AM onward, you'll find a... hand... in the toilet... who's in dire need of paper... If you acquired the Land Title Deed with me earlier, show him the goods to help him out with his little *cough* problem. Notice, however, that there is a box of paper on the floor here. Why couldn't he have used that, anyway? He'll thank you and after the hand finishes its, um, business, it'll then give you a Piece of Heart that apparently fell down there. Should we be excited about the prize or disturbed...? This will complete the "???" entry of the Bomber's Notebook. ???... Who? Well, that person... You helped ??? out of a jam! This was added to your notebook!

Bremen Mask Wear it and press to march around while playing a tune on your Ocarina. Small animals will parade with you and grow up in an instant!

Guru-Guru (Bremen Mask) During the First and Second Nights, you can find Guru-Guru in the Laundry Pool. This traveling musician, a member of the Gorman Troupe who plays a music box constantly, got kicked out of his room at the inn because his fellow performers needed their rest. If you chat with him in your normal form, he'll relent to you a sad tale about his time in an animal troupe. Apparently, he was jealous of the dog leader (whom he says did an amazing job) so he stole the dog's mask. It was a long time ago and he no longer needs the thing, so for listening to his confession, he'll give you the mask. Sweet! You can use this to parade small animals (such as the little dog in South Clock Town) and it'll gain us another, very useful mask here soon! Guru-Guru, the traveling musician You listened to his confession of guilt! This was added to your notebook!

Piece of Heart #4 Wear Kamaro's Mask and dance for the Rosa Sisters in West Clock Town on the First or Second Night.

Rosa Sisters The Rosa Sisters, Marilla and Judo are members of the Gorman Troupe who are staying at the Stock Pot Inn. If you happened to speak with them during the day, you'd find out that there're looking for some new dance moves for the soon approaching Carnival of Time. They're stumped with this, however and practice the First and Second Nights in West Clock Town. Head on over there, put on Kamaro's Mask, stand in front of them and press . Link will then dance all creepy, just like Kamaro which the Rosa Sisters pick up on easily. After teaching them the dance, they'll call him "master," which I presume was translated from "sensei," and gift him with a Piece of Heart. This also completes their entry in the Bomber's Notebook. Rosa Sisters, twin dancers You stole the hearts of the dancers! This was added to your notebook!

Big Bomb Bag Allows you to hold up to 30 Bombs at a time. Bombs Press C to pull out a Bomb, then press it again to place it on the ground or run with the Analog Stick and press it to throw it in the direction you're facing. Also, once you have one out, you can do the same with the A button.

~ Pieces of Heart ~  Big Bomb Bag Play the Song of Double Time to bring you to the Second Day. Next, we're going to need 100 Rupees, so just pull it out of the bank if you don't have that much at this point. Enter the Bomb Shop (also here in West Clock Town) which is the northern most of the three doors on the west side. They normally sell regular Bomb Bags which allow you to carry 20 Bombs. Since we saved the Old Lady on the First Night, now they're stocking Big Bomb Bags for 90 Rupees that allow you to hold up to 30 Bombs at a time. This way, we can save money by skipping straight to the better Bomb Bag! This also allows you to use Bombs now, which you'll occasionally find when you slashes bushes and jars from now on.

Also in West Clock Town is a door to the far north known as the Swordman's School (Mighty Training Center). Inside, you can chat with the dude sitting on the ledge to take one of his two courses.

Mini-Game: Swordman's School West Clock Town

Required: - Sword Cost: Novice Course: 1 Rupee Expert Course: 10 Rupees Prizes:  - Piece of Heart #5

There are two courses available. The Novice Course will show you the basics of Z targeting and swordplay. The Expert Course is a challenge to see how many points you can rack up. It's rather simple though, since you get the most points by Z targeting a log and pressing A to. How this works is occasionally two logs will come out of the ground. Keep your sword drawn and target them, then press to perform a Jump Attack. If you do it correctly, it will split down the middle, giving you 3 points each.

Piece of Heart #5 In the Swordman's School, take the Expert Course and Jump Attack all of the logs. Piece of Heart #6 In the snowy area of Termina Field, there's a hole beneath one of the mushrooms. Inside, kill both Dodongos. PeaHat Threat Attacks Spin (Contact)   Unlike the prequel to this particular Zelda title, there is only one of these enemies in the entire game. This large, plant enemy will come out of the ground and fly towards you when you get close, attempting to shred you with it's razor sharp leaves. target it and defend with your to get close. When it turns it's soft root to you, slash it with your sword repeatedly to defeat it. It's really not that bad... Piece of Heart #7 In southwest Termina Field is a patch of tall grass. Find the butterflies and run around there to find a secret hole. Kill the Peahat inside.	Do this to all of them (boring) to get a total of 30 points. The teacher will be impressed and gift you with a Piece of Heart. Hole With Dodongos In northern Termina Field, enter the snowy area with all the mushrooms. A little to the west is one of the larger mushrooms which has a hole next to its stem. Run over it to fall in. Inside, you'll be in an underground area with two Dodongos. These enemies are much more difficult than they were in the previous game simply because they're so much larger (harder to avoid) and they have much more health. Now that we have Bombs, however, they're quite a bit easier. Set your Bombs to one of your buttons, target one of them and throw Bombs at it repeatedly. Six bombs will kill each, causing them to explode. Be sure to pickup the purple Rupee each one leaves behind, since it's worth a whopping 50 Rupees!!! Alternatively, you can always attack them with your sword. Lure them to blow fire at you, then run around to their tender tail and smack it. They spin around to counter-attack, which means they might hit you with their tail as they do this, dealing loads of damage quickly. By circling around the room, you can kill both Dodongos this way, but it's quite difficult to do so without taking damage (and ill advised for those of you new to the game). Remember, if you catch on fire, you can put it out by slashing your sword or rolling. Also, this is a fun place to play around with the Blast Mask. Simply hold in and press to explode right in front of them, causing massive damage. So fun! =D Once you've successfully killed both of them, a large chest will appear in the center containing a Piece of Heart.
	Hole With PeaHat In the southwest corner of Termina Field is the entrance to Milk Road. There's a Takkuri (evil, evil bird who steals your stuff if you're not careful) which I highly recommend you avoid at this point in the game. Just before this, however, is a large patch of tall grass with some Deku Babas in it. There's some butterflies around here as well and if you run around where the butterflies are hanging out, you'll fall into a hole in the ground. This takes you into another underground cavern with a lone PeaHat. This is the only one found in the game, and while it looks rather intimidating, it really is a piece of cake. Run forward, target it, and simply hold as you inch forward. It'll quickly spin around so it's tender root is exposed (not a very good tactic my friend) so slash away at it repeatedly. After many sword strikes, it'll explode, causing a large chest to appear containing a Piece of Heart.

Map of Romani Ranch This will help you navigate through the Milk Road and Romani Ranch area. Bunny Hood Allows you to run twice as fast, thus jump twice as far! Doesn't work when your targeting though. =(

~ Romani Ranch ~  Milk Road At this point, you should have at least 100 Rupees and we aren't going to be getting any more series cash for the rest of this 3-day cycle, so... If you want to save the Rupees you have gathered, you should go back to West Clock Town real quick and put all but 20 of it in the Bank. With that, return to Termina Field and enter the area to the far southwest which leads to Milk Road. Along the way, you'll see an odd looking bird known as a Takkuri. I HIGHLY recommend you avoid it for now, just run past it. Once in Milk Road itself, slash the nearby Owl Statue with your sword to activate it. It doesn't serve much purpose for now, but it will in the near future. You'll see there's Tingle here and he has some more maps for sale. Slash the nearby bushes (which are alive, you'll have to kinda chase them down) to get 20 Rupees if you don't have that much currently. Transform into a Deku and shoot down Tingle's balloon with a Bubble. Speak with him and purchase the Map of Romani Ranch for 20 Rupees. In the back of Milk Road is the entrance to Romani Ranch. Unfortunately, a rock slide (caused by Skull Kid) has blocked it off and one of Mutoh's workers has been hired to clear it away. It'll take him a little while to finish the job though, so play the Song of Double Time to skip ahead to the Final Day when he is finished. Dude, he's hardcore, going at it with a pickaxe for two days and two nights straight! What a champ! Grog's Cuccos (Bunny Hood) There's not much to do in the Romani Ranch area itself yet, which is kinda sad. At the back of the area though, there are two doors. Enter the one with all the chickens painted on the side and this will take you to the Cucco Shack. In the center of this area is a pale dude with a spiked mohawk named Grog. He'll tell you how he's resigned that the moon is going to fall and all that jazz, but he's depressed because he'll never be able to see his baby chickens reach their prime. Is it just me, or do the baby chickens look like lemons? If you got the Bremen Mask with me earlier, you may recall from its description that you can use it to "parade small animals." Put it on, then hold the button to play a catchy (but very repetitive) tune on the Ocarina as you march around. Touch the baby Cuccos to make them follow after you. Scour the area in search of the other ones, touching all of them to add to your troupe. This process is very lengthy and pretty annoying. Don't let go of or you'll have to gather them up again! Look carefully and try to catch up to them before they go through the triangles in some of the walls, which is pretty frustrating. Once you have gathered all ten, they'll start bursting into full grown Cuccos. Keep holding ! Once all ten have matured, they'll cockle-doodle-doo together. You'll appear next to Grog, who will glance around and chuckle. He thanks you and gives you the Bunny Hood in reward, perhaps one of the most useful masks in the entire game! I just love this thing. Anyways, this will complete Grog's entry within the Bomber's Notebook. Cucco-loving Grog You fulfilled the wishes of youth! This was added to your notebook! That's all we had to do here, so play the Song of Time to return to the Dawn of the First Day. At this point, there's technically a few more Pieces of Heart we can gather, but only one of them is actually "convenient" since the others are easier to get at a later point. Because of this, I will be getting the other ones we're "eligible" for later on in the walkthrough. Onward, to Southern Swamp!

That mask... Skull Kid uses the power of that mask to do terrible things... Well... whatever it takes, we've gotta do something about it. ...The swamp, mountains, ocean and canyon that Tael was trying to tell us about... I bet he was referring to the four areas just outside of town. There's one in each compass direction. But what do you suppose he meant by "the four who are there?" I have no idea. He always skips important stuff. I guess we should just go and find out... If we go through that gate straight ahead, we'll be heading in the direction of the swamp.

~ To The Swamp ~  Owl Statue Next to the Clock Tower is an odd statue that resembles an owl. If you check it out with , it will tell you to leave proof with the "sacred sword." Smack it with your blade to make it open up it's wings, activating it. Sweet! We'll be finding these Owl Statues throughout our journey and they serve a duel purpose. The first one, which is available to us even now, is to temporarily save our progress. Saving in this manner is essentially "pausing the game" in a way, since you will pop up back in this same location, time, health, items, rupees, everything when you open your file again. However, if you come back and don't play the song of time, you'll lose all that progress. It's essentially good if you need to stop playing for awhile, but don't want to lose your progress, you can speak with an Owl Statue to save your current 3-day cycle progress and continue on at a later time. We will be finding other Owl Statues here soon, so keep this in mind, since you can use them to put the game down for awhile. Termina Field Now that we have the Deku Mask and a ton of other goodies, we're finally ready to go south, as Tatl told us to do. Play the Inverted Song of Time to slow down time, and I recommend having your C buttons set to the Deku Mask, Blast Mask and Bunny Hood. Run to the south exit to Clock Town and speak with the guard in your normal form to leave. TIP: Slow Down Time! Play the Song of Time backwards to slow down time to 1/3 that of normal. Try to get in the habit of playing it every time you come out of the Clock Tower to have the most amount of time possible for each 3-day venture. Welcome, officially, to Termina Field. We already did quite a bit of stuff out here in the last section, so there's not much for us to do out here at the moment. Before we venture onward, we'll need 20 Rupees. There's two great places to get some quick cash out here in the Field. One is the dude in the tree next to the Astral Observatory to the southeast, which you can roll into the tree to knock him down along with two red rupees. The other great place is a chest in the tall grass in the corner to the far south which contains a red rupee. With moolah in hand, run all the way to the south, past the hollowed log. Once you approach the large tree to the far south, you'll be interrupted by a short little movie of Tatl explaining she and her brother's first encounter with Skull Kid. Apparently, Skull Kid had been "arguing with some friends of his" and was thus, lonely. Tatl and Tael found and befriended him, but after awhile, he started performing tricks on people, eventually stealing Majora's Mask from the Mask Salesman. The rest is history, and after a bit more rambling, you'll regain control of our hero. Run along the left side of the tree to continue on towards the swamp.

Memories of Skull Kid and Tael.

Kill the Bad Bats and climb the tree.

Extra Rupees next to the Shooting Gallery.

Piece of Heart #8 Map of Woodfall This allows you to easily navigate the areas of Southern Swamp, Woodfall, and perhaps most importantly, the Deku Palace. Minibaba Threat Attacks Contact   These premature Deku Babas are just heads that stick out of the ground. They grant a Deku Nut every time they're defeated, so they're great for stocking up on them, since they'll will often reappear after a few moments. The only way they can harm you is you walk over them. If you have trouble defeating these... you need help... Deku Sticks Swing them as weapons or use them to light torches. You will probably just use them for the latter. Deku Baba Threat Attacks Snaps at you   A bit harder than it's stunted cousin, Deku Babas are a classic Venus flytrap-like enemy that try to snap at you if you get too close. Use to get close, then slash it with your sword between its attacks.  [more]	Road To Southern Swamp This area has a few new enemies in it. We've seen some Chuchus in Termina Field, but I didn't really talk about them. Here you can easily see the green ones have Magic Jars inside them and the red ones have Recovery Hearts. This enemy in particular will reappear after a few moments when defeated, meaning you can wait in the area and kill them repeatedly to restore your life and magic. The other new enemy here is called a Bad Bat. As the name implies, these things are downright evil, flying towards you if you get close. Run towards the tree in the center and kill all the ones that are flying around. Next, put on the Deku Mask and target the one that is on the vines near the top of the tree here. Blow a Big Bubble at it to defeat it, then climb up the vines. You'll find the top of the tree is actually flat. Odd. What's cooler, however, is the Piece of Heart that is up here! With that in hand, hop down and continue south, where you'll see Tingle floating around. Shoot a Bubble at him as well, then purchase the Map of Woodfall for 20 Rupees. If you don't have that much, simply slash the bushes and such in this area. There's also a side area (on the right side of your map) that leads to the Swamp Shooting Gallery, which we can't do anything with at the moment. However, there are some clumps of grass just outside it that contain a lot of Rupees, so take advantage of it if you need cash. Once you buy the map, continue on to the next area.
	Red/Green Chuchu Threat Attacks Jump (Contact)   These gooy enemies are found primarily in Termina Field. They can only be defeated with "sharp" attacks, since "blunt" types will bounce right off. Depending on their color, you will find either Recovery Hearts or Magic Jars inside their depths, which you can defeat them to retrieve. They reappear after a few moments, so you can continually defeat them to stock up on either.	Bad Bat Threat Attacks Swoop (Contact)   These bats with glowing red eyes are only found in the outdoors areas of Termina and will swoop in on you if you get close. They're very persistent and will follow you until they hit you (or get deflected). Using the Deku Mask to spin into them is a very effective way to get rid of them.
	Southern Swamp (North Side) As you enter, you'll see an overview of the area, giving you the general vibe of the place. Notable features are the big building at the beginning, which we can't do anything with at the moment, as well as the Big Octos that block off the second half of the swamp, which we also can't do anything about for now. Ignore both of those things, since we'll come back to them later on. Once you regain control, run off to the right to find an Owl Statue. Slash it with your sword to activate it. Right next to it is a new enemy called a Mini Baba. They're absolutely pathetic, however, they're awesome to collect more Deku Nuts. You can slash the bushes here and one of them will always contain a Deku Stick. At this point, you're probably dying to investigate the Swamp Tourist Center, but there's nothing we can do with it at the moment, so go to the opposite side where you'll find a bunch of lily pads. You can put on the Deku Mask and spin across these to follow the obvious path or you can simply swim along next to them in your normal form, since you'll sink them as a Hylian. Before too long, you'll come to a little dock of sorts that leads to a path flanked with a boiling cauldron on either side. Take the detour. In this small area, you'll encounter a Deku Baba. Use your shield to get close and slash it with your sword to defeat it. This particular enemy can drop both Deku Nuts and Deku Sticks depending on how you defeat them. We won't use Deku Sticks until we reach the temple, but you can play around with them now if you like. This will lead you to an open area with a teapot house known as the Magic Hag's Potion Shop. Ignore it for now and enter the dark woods in the back.

Snapper Threat Attacks Spiked Shell (Spin)   These giant turtles will dive into their shell at the sight of you and spin towards you, extending vicious spikes that hurt, obviously. You can avoid them for the most part, but if you really wish to kill them, you'll have to put on the Deku Mask and dive into one of the nearby Deku Flowers, then release as they spin over you, causing you to hit their tender belly. Bottle #1 Bottles! The infamous, classic Zelda item makes a return! Set them to a button and press that button to swipe, allowing you to fill these suckers with everything from fish to potions. Red Potion This variety of potion will restore your life energy completely. At this point in the game, Milk is a better option, since you can use it multiple times and you don't have many hearts yet.

~ Helping Koume ~  Woods of Mystery TIP: Speed Of The Wild! When traveling, try to remember to wear the Bunny Hood whenever possible if you have it. It speeds things up quite a bit and also allows you to jump further. As soon as you enter, you'll immediately see a monkey. Speak with it and it'll tell you to follow it. This is important because the Woods of Mystery is a maze that changes depending on which day you enter it. Unless you already know the correct path, the monkey is your best shot at going the right direction. You should barely be able to keep up on your own, but if you have the Bunny Hood, it makes this much easier. Along the way, you'll encounter a new enemy called a Snapper. While you can kill them, it'll take some time, and you'll lose the monkey that way. Ignore them and continue following your little furry friend (if you lose him/her at any point, try to listen for the monkey noises and quickly follow your ears). Also, it may help to simply understand that the woods is in the shape of a 3x3 square. The directions you follow always take exactly 6 screens, so if you were to draw it out on paper, you'd quickly find the directions you need to take simply using the process of elimination. (Or I suppose you could simply use the map I've provided...) Eventually, you'll be taken to Koume, one of the twin witches, who is apparently wounded! Gasp! She was one of the bosses in the last game along with her sister, but apparently, these are completely different people with the same model and names? Speak with her to learn that she was picking mushrooms here in the woods when Skull Kid came and beat her up. She inquires if you have any potions, but currently, we aren't even able to carry any. She'll be annoyed at you and we'll regain control. Leave the woods. First Day, Second Day, Third (Final) Day Red Potion Climb up the ladder now and enter the Magic Hag's Potion Shop. Speak with Kotake (the other twin) to tell her what happened to her sister. She'll scream and be appalled, but finally after a bit more chatting, she'll give you your very first Bottle filled with Red Potion! This is awesome, but don't drink the potion, since it's intended for Koume. If you do accidentally drink it, just return to Kotake and she'll tell you how hopeless you are as she gives you a refill. Return to the Woods of Mystery and follow the monkey (or my map) again. Once you return to Koume, speak with her again. Now this is the part that really stumps people (I get e-mails about this constantly). You see, in the prequel to this game, you give people items by standing next to them and pressing that button. Majora's Mask DOES NOT work this way. Do NOT press it standing next to her, since you will drink the potion. Speak with Koume and wait for it to prompt you to press . Now press the button, while speaking to her, in order to give her the potion. Koume will then take it from you, and after a quick whiff, she'll drink the whole thing down and be good as new. She'll hop on her magic broom and advise you to come see her at the Swamp Tourist Center later. Sounds like a wonderful idea, doesn't it? Leave the woods once more.

Pictograph Box Use this with C to take pictures of things for the contest at the Swamp Tourist Center! You can only hold one picture at a time though, so make it count!

The Boat Ride After helping Kotake, a bunch of monkeys will block the exit from the Woods of Mystery. Talk to them to hear their plea for help. It seems one of them was arrested by the Deku and is being held in the palace. You're so generous and thoughtful, you could help him out, right? Make your way back to the Swamp Tourist Center (big rectangle building at the start of the swamp). Climb up the ladder and go inside where you'll find two new characters, a large fellow who is actually Tingle's father and Koume, whose nose is sticking out of the hole in the wall. Speak with her and she'll offer you a ride through Southern Swamp and give you the Pictograph Box, all for free! Heck yeah! This boat ride is a little odd, as it is automated, but has no driver. Up until now, there have been Big Octoroks that block the second half of the swamp that you are unable to defeat at this time. They are no match for your pointy, wooden steed! What a way to go, huh? Getting impaled by a boat... Anyway, it'll take you to the next side which is full of poisonous water, so don't go swimming anytime soon. When the boat asks you to disembark for awhile, say yes. Follow the monkey through the entrance up ahead to enter the Deku Palace. Free boat cruise through the swamp! Death by boat impaling.

Wear the Deku Mask to enter.

Speak with the angry Deku King.

Logical conclusion is... we need a bean...?

Piece of Heart #9 Follow the west garden all the way to the end to find this lovely prize. Follow the east garden to the end, drop in the hole and speak with the Bean Salesman. Magic Beans Plant them in soft patches of soil, then water them to create a Magic Bean Plant that can take you to places you normally couldn't reach. You'll need Fresh Spring Water, which can be gotten at various pools throughout the game (especially in underground areas), or in certain areas, you can simply wait till the Second Day (when it's raining). Once you get the Song of Storms, you can play that song to make it rain. Collect some Spring Water before you leave!!!

Deku Palace (Magic Beans) Run forward and speak with the Deku Guards. They won't let an outsider in, so put on the Deku Mask and speak with them again. They say you're still not allowed in unless you have official business... but perhaps you can enter the throne room to see the foolish monkey who is awaiting punishment, just don't go anywhere else! Hmph, well, that got them out of our way, so run forward and enter the Royal Chamber straight ahead. Speak with the various Deku in here, including the Deku Butler and the Deku King to discover that they plan on punishing the monkey for "stealing" the princess. If you speak with the monkey, he'll claim they don't understand and they need to go rescue her. Back outside, a monkey will tell you to find the Bean Salesman and plant one of his Beans to get to a high place so you can rescue the monkey. That, of course, sounds completely logical. For some reason, you're allowed into the throne room with the king, but not allowed to wander the gardens on either side (which have even more guards)...? Anyway, our objective is to get to the end of each of them while avoiding the guards (and collecting Rupees along the way). If they see you, they'll throw you out of the palace. It really is pretty straight forward and the camera angles are quite user friendly for this portion of the game. One of the masks in the game called the Stone Mask allows you to walk past the guards, making you "invisible" to them, but we are unable to get that mask for a very long while yet. Aww... To the one side of the gardens (west) there is a Piece of Heart at the end. It's very easy to obtain, so I suggest you go that way first. The other direction (east), there's a hole at the far end. Fall down into it and you'll find a fat, jolly guy known as the Bean Salesman. Speak with him to get your first Magic Bean for free he'll to explain how they work. Unlike the prequel to Majora's Mask, you'll need a bottle of Fresh Spring Water if it's not the second day (raining). Swipe your bottle in the pool nearby, then can test it out if you like on the soft soil patch here. Plant a bean, dump some water on it, then ride the plant to the upper ledge with a large chest containing a Red Rupee. If you did this, purchase another Magic Bean and fill up your bottle with Spring Water again before you leave.

Plant the bean and water it.

You can kill them with Bubbles...

...or drop Deku Nuts while flying.

Mad Scrub Threat Attacks Deku Nut   These Deku Scrubs are apparently angry, as their name implies. They'll shoot you with Deku Nuts if you come near and are a particular hindrance when flying. You can land next to them and spin with A, but if they're on smaller platforms, (such as within Deku Palace,) you're probably better off using Deku Nuts with B to defeat them, then use their Deku Flowers to continue. Sonata of Awakening This mystical song has the power to make old stuff wake up! Play it for sleeping things; Go figure...

Flight Of The Deku Get caught by the guards to get tossed out of the palace (saving us a bit of time running back). Take the lily pads to the east side outside the palace itself where you'll come to a chunk of land with a soft patch of soil as well as a nearby Mini Baba. You can kill this pathetic enemy repeatedly (since it will reappear pretty often) in order to stock up on Deku Nuts for our task up ahead. Plant the Magic Bean and pour some of the Spring Water we got in the cave (if it's not the Second Day and raining). The Bean will grow into a plant which you can use to reach an even more restricted area (if that's even possible). This leads you to an area just above the guard littered areas you tackled a moment ago. If you fall down, due to bad timing or a Mad Scrub's Deku Nuts, the guards will catch you and throw you out again. Just take your time and aim carefully. There's two strategies you can use here, avoiding the Mad Scrubs or killing them by shooting Deku Nuts at them with B. When defeated, the the flowers they're in will transform into Pink Deku Flowers, which makes things a little easier. If you decide to attack them, try swerving back and forth to avoid the Deku Nuts they shoot at you. For the platforms, just keep in mind that it's a good choice to fly at them only when they'll be moving in your direction, rather than away from you. The path is pretty straightforward really. When you get to the end, the final platform will rise up, allowing you to access an entrance above the throne room. Sonata of Awakening Inside, you'll find yourself within the monkey's cage. What a dumb place for a secret entrance (escape), no? If you take off the Deku Mask and speak with him, he'll realize you're not one of the Deku and ask you to cut the ropes. Smack the beam with your sword (you can't reach high enough) and the Monkey will say it's futile after all. He does ask, though, if you have some kind of instrument. If you pull out the Ocarina, he'll say it doesn't sound right. Some of the Deku outside mentioned that the princess also had Deku Pipes. Put on the Deku Mask and pull out the Ocarina. The monkey will be ecstatic and tell you about what really happened with him and the princess. They went to the Woodfall Temple to find out why the water has become poisonous and she was captured. Because he was seen with her, the Deku won't listen to a word he says and now he desperately wants to help her out. What a guy! About to be tortured and concerned with someone else. Agree to go in his stead and he'll teach you the Sonata of Awakening, a song known only to the Deku Royal Family that allows them to enter the Temple in Woodfall. The king and the guards will witness this display and throw you out of the palace. Poop.

Dragonfly Threat Attacks Electric Sting   These flying enemies will come after you relentlessly if they see you. They stay out of your reach, except when they dive down to strike you with their energized tail. Either shoot them with ranged weapons, such as your Bubble attack as a Deku Scrub, or dodge their sting and slash their tail with your sword. Song of Soaring Play this song to quickly warp to any Owl Statues you have awakened thus far.

"Shortcut" To Woodfall As we are getting captured by the guards, the monkey yells out to you to take the shortcut the Deku use to get to Woodfall. After you get tossed outside, turn to the right (east) and go across the lily pads to reach the small island to the southeast that has a lone Deku Flower on it. The tree here says it's the Deku Shortcut, so use the flower to get up to the ledge and go through. We're actually back in the southern half of Southern Swamp, but now we're on top of the giant orange mushroom-flower-thingies. There's some new enemies out here called Dragonflies. They're pretty big and they'll smack you while you're trying to fly around, so try to lure them into attacking you, then shoot them with a Bubble. The path is pretty obvious, just use the Deku Flowers to get from flower to flower and you'll eventually reach the platforms near the waterfall. Here, you'll have a short scene with Kaepora Gaebora (the owl), who will tell you a little about the Owl Statues you've been seeing thus far and mention that the song at his feet will be useful to you. After he flies away, read the tablet to learn a spiffy new melody to add to our collection: the Song of Soaring. Sweet! This makes those Owl Statues that much more useful! Anyways, use the Deku Flower to get to the last platform across the waterfall and enter the entrance that was hiding up there.

Just left of the entrance is a chest.

Shoot the Hiploops with Bubbles.

Remember that you can use Deku Nuts in midair.

Hiploop Threat Attacks Charge   These aggressive beetle-like enemies will charge at you if they see you. They're vulnerable to a wide range of weapons, but they're fairly deadly when combined with the poison waters that fill the swamp, since they'll knock you into it. You can defend to block their attack, then smack them immediately after to easily damage them. At this point, it may be better to shoot them with Bubbles from afar. Piece of Heart #10 Work your way counter-clockwise through the Woodfall area going along the platforms, eventually reaching a large chest.

Woodfall As you enter, you'll see a short clip giving you an overview of the area. The fancy wooden platform with the Owl Statue and Deku Symbol on it is obviously our objective. Once you regain control, look off to your left to see a lily pad through the grass. Go that way to find a large chest on a platform (that you can see on your mini-map) which contains a red rupee. Go back the other way and hop across this lily pad to get to a new enemy called a Hiploop. These things can be annoying and because we don't have much room to work with, I suggest you just charge up a Bubble and release it as it starts running towards you. It'll take two Bubbles to defeat them, but it's better than being knocked into the poisonous water. Alternatively, you can use Deku Nuts to stun them, which is also very effective. Climb up the next ramp, killing another Hiploop along the way. At the end, kill the Mad Scrub by spinning into it, then use his Deku Flower to get to the platform to your right. I recommend just dropping down next to it and spinning to kill this one, then run to the other side of the ramp and killing that one as well. Use the final flower to get to the main platform. As you land, Tatl will mention the "Deku Scrub mark" in the center of the platform. That'll come into play in a moment. First off, slash the Owl Statue with your sword to activate it. This will allow us to warp back here anytime we wish, so this is very good. Slash the jars and such nearby if you wish, then use the Deku Flower to fly to the far southern platform where there's a large chest containing a red rupee. From here, face towards the giant cave to the southeast and spin onto the water (causing you to move quickly). Use the lily pad to reach solid ground, then start scaling up the ramp, killing the Hiploop and Mad Scrub as you go. Use the Deku Flower here to reach the next few platforms (use Deku Nuts to kill the Mad Scrubs if you have them) and work your way to the east side of the area, where there's a chest you can see on your mini map. Once you finally get there, killing the Dragonflies as you go (if they cause you problems anyway), open the large chest to find a Piece of Heart. Temple Preparation That's everything we had to do in Woodfall. At this point, we can enter the Temple, but now that we have the song required for this area as well as the Owl Statue for Woodfall, this is a great time to save. Use our newly acquired Song of Soaring to warp back to Clock Town (or Southern Swamp and then run to Clock Town if you didn't get that particular Owl Statue). Put your remaining Rupees in the bank, then play the Song of Time to save and get the most amount of time to complete the temple. When you reappear, play the Song of Soaring again and warp back to Woodfall. Slash the jars that are on this platform to get some Deku Nuts, restore your magic, as well as find a fairy. I recommend you swipe the fairy into a bottle, since it will heal you automatically if you die. Very useful for the upcoming fights. Lastly, make sure you play the Inverted Song of Time to slow down time. This should give you just under 72 hours to complete this temple, and with time slowed, that's over three and a half hours of real-life-time, as opposed to just a little over an hour and a half total for the "3-day cycle." Enter The Woodfall Temple At long last, warp to the Owl Statue in Woodfall if you haven't already, then stand on the "Deku Scrub mark" in the center and play the Sonata of Awakening while wearing the Deku Mask. This will cause the temple to rise out of the poison water and cause a tidal wave through the area. Use the Deku Flower to fly over to it and enter the very first dungeon.