Stone Elevator
The Stone Elevator[1] is a trap that appears in two different Zelda games.
Appearances
Link's Awakening
In Link's Awakening, the Stone Elevator only appears in Bottle Grotto. There is only one, and it appears underground in a tunnel right before the boss's room. Unlike other, typical elevators in the game, once Link stands on top of it, the elevator reveals its face, trying not to budge with Link's weight on it. His weight alone is not enough to push the stone elevator down.[2] He must pick up a jar nearby with the Power Bracelet in order to be heavy enough to drag it down and proceed into the next area.[3][4]
Four Swords Adventures
Only one Stone Elevator appears in Four Swords Adventures on The Mountain Path stage during the Death Mountain level. Like the first elevator of Link's Awakening, when the Links stand on it, it slowly lowers to the ground. It can be used to create a platform leading to lower floors of the room. Each level of the room has an item on it, and by standing on the Stone Elevator, the Links can push it down to one of those levels that they otherwise could not reach.
References
- ↑ "Stone Elevator" — Link's Awakening Nintendo Player's Guide, pg. 101
- ↑ "Your weight alone isn't enough to make the platform here fall." — Link's Awakening Nintendo Player's Guide, pg. 37
- ↑ "If Link is holding a pot or vase, the elevator will move." — Link's Awakening Nintendo Player's Guide, pg. 101
- ↑ "WHen you carry the vase onto the platform, it will make an angry face and begin to drop down to the stairs on the left." — Link's Awakening Nintendo Player's Guide, pg. 37