Waterfall Rapids: Difference between revisions

| image = [[File:Waterfall Rapids.jpg|250px]]

| game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]''

| inhab = [[Beaver Brothers]]

| pointsint = [[Beaver Race]]

| item = [[Bottle]]<br/>[[Piece of Heart]]

| quest = [[Race the Beaver Bros.!]]

'''Waterfall Rapids''', also known as the '''Fall Headwaters''',{{Ref|name=Fall Headwaters|MM|453|Sign}} is a location in the [[Great Bay]] region of [[Termina]] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]''. It is nestled off to the west side of [[Great Bay Coast]].{{Ref|Beaver Bros.|The Beaver Bros. were a comical duo who once lived atop the Waterfall Rapids in Termina's Great Bay Coast. They innocently challenged Link to a race, not realizing that they were writing themselves a place in Terminan history.|[https://web.archive.org/web/20150722213853/http://www.zelda.com/universe/pedia/b.jsp#BeaverBros. The Great Hyrule Encyclopedia]}} The journey to the Waterfall Rapids involves [[Link (Ocarina of Time)#Majora's Mask|Link]] having to utilize the [[Hookshot]] to ascend on to the palm trees on the many platforms that lead to the summit of the waterfall.{{Ref|pg. 82|Aim your hookshot up and to the left to pull yourself over to a palm tree. Continue reeling yourself over to the palm trees lining the cliffside until you reach the summit and Fall Headwaters.|''[[Nintendo Power Majora's Mask Strategy Guide]]''}} This is also the main location in which the [[Beaver Brothers]] reside,{{Ref|name=Fall Headwaters}} where they run a series of [[Mini-Game]]s.  

At the top of the Waterfall Rapids, Link can play a game with the Beaver Brothers in order to obtain an [[Bottle|Empty Bottle]].{{Ref|MM|2475\2476|Beaver Brothers}} Wearing the [[Zora Mask]], Link must race through rings in an allotted time and meet or exceed the requirements.{{Ref|MM|2477|Beaver Brothers}} If Link does not go through one of the rings, the subsequent rings he swims through will not count.{{Ref|pg. 82|If you skip [a ring], the subsequent rings you swim through won't count.|''Nintendo Power Majora's Mask Strategy Guide''}} On first completion, the older brother refuses to give Link his reward and claims that he must race him before rewarding the young hero.{{Ref|MM|2493\2494\2495|Beaver Brothers}} The rules change slightly when Link races the older brother, as now there are 25 rings that Link must swim through.{{Ref|MM|2499|Beaver Brothers}} When Link has beaten the second challenge, he is gifted with an Empty Bottle.

Once Link has won the second race, he can further challenge the brothers, who now have no more Empty Bottles to give.{{Ref|MM|2511\2512\2513|Beaver Brothers}} These two challenges are slightly harder than the first as the time given is ten seconds shorter.{{Ref|MM|2518|Beaver Brothers}} Once Link has beaten the new time limit twice, he is rewarded with a [[Piece of Heart]] as a gesture to leave the Beavers alone.{{Ref|MM|2531|Beaver Brothers}}{{Ref|pg. 131|Once you've outraced the beaver brothers at the waterfall rapids and have won their bottle, race them again to win a Piece of Heart.|''Nintendo Power Majora's Mask Strategy Guide''}}