Tal Tal Mountain Range: Difference between revisions

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|name = Tal Tal Mountain Range

|image = [[File:Mt Tamaranch.png|200px]] <br> [[Mt. Tamaranch]], the peak of the Tal Tal Mountain Range

|game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''

|race =  

|item = [[Magic Rod]] <br> [[Bird Key]] <br> [[Mirror Shield]]<br>[[Hibiscus]]<br>2 [[Piece of Heart|Pieces of Heart]]

|related = [[Tal Tal Heights]] <br> [[Eagle's Tower]] <br> [[Turtle Rock (Link's Awakening)|Turtle Rock]] <br> [[Mt. Tamaranch]]

The Tal Tal Mountain Range is a large range of ups and downs, playing host to a network of tunnels as well as a rather large waterfall. In the east of the mountain range, Link will stumble across [[Eagle's Tower]], the seventh dungeon of the game. To the westernmost parts, Link will find himself venturing deep within [[Turtle Rock (Link's Awakening)|Turtle Rock]], the eighth dungeon. At the peak of the Tal Tal Mountain Range lies [[Wind Fish's Egg]], the final dungeon of the game where Link will face off with the [[nightmare]] that keeps the [[Wind Fish]] sleeping, [[Nightmare (Boss)|Dethl]].

Link can first visit the Tal Tal Mountain Range as soon as he has [[Roc's Feather]], but very little of the area beyond [[Mt. Tamaranch]] is available until he has the [[Power Bracelet]]. The first time his quest takes him there is while he is trying to reach the fourth dungeon, [[Angler's Tunnel]]. Without the [[Flippers]], the only way for Link to enter the dungeon is by jumping from the cliff in Tal Tal Mountain Range after the waterfall disperses.<ref>{{Cite|LA|220|Owl}}</ref>

After he defeats [[Evil Eagle]] and emerges from the dungeon with the next [[Eight Instruments of the Sirens|Instrument of the Sirens]] and the [[Mirror Shield]], Link can head toward Turtle Rock. However, on the way he finds [[Marin]] stuck on a bridge thanks to monsters.<ref>{{Cite|LA|525|Marin}}</ref> Link can rescue her with the [[Hookshot]]. The [[Owl]] reveals that she had been attempting to awaken the [[Wind Fish]] with [[Ballad of the Wind Fish|her favorite song]].<ref>{{Cite|LA|226|Owl}}</ref>

Finally, when Link completes Turtle Rock and obtains the final instrument, he hurries to the Wind Fish's Egg, which is found on Mt. Tamaranch.<ref>{{Cite|LA|278|[[Island Quadruplets|Island Quadruplet]]}}</ref> In there he fights the final Nightmare and awakens the Wind Fish.

[[File:Photograph12.png|thumb|left|The Photographer falling off of the mountain bridge.]]

During the [[Trading Sequence]], Link must take the [[Pineapple]] to [[Papahl]], who has gotten lost in the mountains and requires food.<ref>{{Cite|LA|353|Papahl}}</ref> Papahl gives him the [[Hibiscus]] in return.<ref>{{Cite|LA|356|Papahl}}</ref>

In the [[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX|DX remake]] of ''Link's Awakening'', the [[Photographer]] appears on one of the mountain bridges to take a picture of Link.<ref>{{Cite|LADX|90|Photographer}}</ref> However, he tries to back away and ends up falling over the bridge, taking the photo in mid-air.<ref>{{Cite|LADX|92|Photographer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|LADX|93|Photographer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|LADX|94|Photographer}}</ref> He calls it "Close Call."<ref>{{Cite|LADX|91|Photographer}}</ref>

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The final Heart Piece  can only be reach through Turtle Rock. Inside the dungeon, Link will find a staircase in he northwest of the dungeon that leads to the outside. The Heart Piece is above the staircase, guarded by a Mini-Moldorm and a Raven.

The Hen House is located in the north of the Mountain Range, some distance below Eagle's Tower. It is the home of the [[Cucco Keeper]] and his [[Cucco]]s. His dream is to meet a Cucco that can fly, which comes true when Link revives the Flying Rooster using the Frog's Song of Soul.<ref>{{Cite|LA|373|Cucco Keeper}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|LA|374|Cucco Keeper}}</ref> The Flying Rooster goes to stay with the Cucco Keeper in the Hen House once Link finishes the seventh dungeon.<ref>{{Cite|LA|375|Cucco Keeper}}</ref>

A [[Great Fairy Fountain]] is located in the southeast on the path to Eagle's Tower. The [[Great Fairy]] will restore all of Link's health.<ref>{{Cite|LA|69|Great Fairy}}</ref>

One of [[Koholint Island]]'s four [[Warp Hole]]s is found in the northwest of the Tal Tal Mountain Range. In order to reach it, Link must exit through a door in Turtle Rock. The Warp Hole is activated as soon as Link walks on to the screen with it, and he can use it to instantly be transported to the other three areas with Warp Holes.<ref>{{Cite|LA|490|[[Mabe Village Library|"The Properties of Warp Holes"]]}}</ref>