Preparations: You must have the Tornado Rod in order to proceed here. The Lamp or Fire Rod are optional.
Starting off, break the pots in front of you to reveal a floor switch. Press it and wind gusts will begin to blow on both sides of the room. Use the Tornado Rod to fly into the gusts so you can reach the upper ledge, then enter the next room. In this main area, defeat the rats roaming around and take a look at the large fan in the middle. At the north end, you can light the two lanterns with your Lamp to reveal a chest containing
20 Rupees.
While you're in the northern half of the room, go right and enter the northeast room. Defeat the enemies and hit the crystal switch to stop the wind gusts, then open the chest to find
Monster Guts. Exit the room and merge with the wall to cross the pit. Go through the south doorway to reach a crystal switch. Trigger it, then go back out and around the room to the upper ledge to the left of the switch. Merge to cross the lower segment, then enter the southeast room. In there, use the Tornado Rod to extinguish the flames surrounding the skull enemies, then defeat them with your sword. Open the chest that appears to get a
Small Key.
Back in the main room, unlock the southwest door and enter that room. In here, go forward and merge onto the red platform, and ride it until it stops. Pop out and open the chest to get the
Compass. Merge onto the red platform again and go north to the second one. Move to the north edge of the platform and pop out on the western ledge when you move over there. Once there, go up the stairs and ride the platforms across to the floor switch on the northeast ledge. Trigger it to cause a wind gust to blow, allowing for a shortcut from the room's entrance if you use the Tornado Rod.
Go through the doorway next to the switch and you will be on the catwalk in the main room. Walk around to a second floor switch, which activates another wind gust overhead. Before using that, trigger the crystal switch to the right and shoot it with an arrow or other item, which will activate the fan in the middle of the room below. Use the Tornado Rod to fly with the wind gust to the northern catwalk. From here, you can merge with the west wall and enter the small northwest room. Defeat the rats inside and go through the southwest door, then merge all the way across the western wall in the red platform room to reach the southwest chest containing
100 Rupees.
Either way, get back to the catwalk in the upper level of the main room, and drop onto the center fan to be blown up to 2F. Here, go south to find a rolling spike bar. Follow it as it moves southward, then use the Tornado Rod to fly over it as it moves behind you. Continue south and break the pots in the corner to find a floor switch; hit it to make a Small Key appear on a narrow ledge to the right. You can't get it for now, so head into the eastern room. From here, go through the door to the south to end up outside. There are two levers in the wall; pull the right one between the Armos Knights to reveal a big chest. Defeat the enemies and open the chest to get the
Big Key. Use the Tornado Rod to clear the flames, then go back inside.
In here again, defeat the enemies and go up the steps behind the large fan. Go through the upper door to the west room, and you will find a catwalk with wind gusts preventing your progress ahead. Merge with the wall to the south of the door, and get to the narrow ledge where you can pop out and grab the
Small Key. With it, drop down and unlock the southern door to proceed. Outside again, drop down to the left platform and you will see four levers along the wall with a ring of fire at the far end. Pull the leftmost lever and a square platform above will start moving.
Use the Tornado Rod to land on it as it moves along, then walk onto the left catwalk. Merge to the left of the locked door and go around the corner to find a floor switch on a hidden ledge. Press it to make a key appear, so merge back around and use the Tornado Rod to clear the ring of fire. Grab the
Small Key and fly back onto the moving platform, then enter the locked room.
You will fight two fiery mini-bosses in this room. They both move around, leaving flaming tracks that can damage you in their wake. Use the Tornado Rod to clear the flames, then use it to extinguish the enemies, temporarily making them vulnerable to attack. It will take about six sword hits to defeat each enemy when its flames are gone. After you defeat them, the entrance warp will appear, so continue into the next room. Here, go down the steps halfway along the path and head into the northwest room.
There is a floor switch puzzle here, where the switches activate fans that blow you across to adjacent ledges. The solution is as follows: left, left, up. When you arrive on the northeast ledge, enter that room. Go clockwise along the path while defeating the Keese, then hit the floor switch at the end to shut off the fans blocking your path before. Go back around the current path and drop down to the lower path at the end, then go east. At the split, go northeast into the new room.
In here, drop down to the northern ledge and hit the floor switch to cause another platform above to start moving. Defeat the green cyclops enemy, then use the Tornado Rod to get onto the platform when it appears. Ride it southward, hitting the crystal switch as you pass to turn on the giant fan below. At the south end, follow the path around and jump into the wind gust to reach 3F.
When you land, defeat the enemies and merge into the southeast wall. Go along the southern edge past the fan's gusts, then pop out and go up the steps into the next room. Defeat another cyclops, then light the two lanterns to open the room to the west. In there, use the Tornado Rod to remove the flames from the floating skulls, then defeat them with your sword. When the enemies are clear, the northeast door will open and a chest will appear to the south. For now, go into the next room. Merge on the wall to cross the gap, and continue out to the eastern room.
Back here, go straight up the steps and take the
Small Key from the chest. Get to the south end of the room again and merge around the wind gust to enter the room with the lanterns. Continue to the following room and open the chest you revealed before to get
50 Rupees, then unlock the door in the middle room and enter it. In this final room, there are two moving platforms. Ride the first one upward, then use the Tornado Rod during the pause to land on the second one as it moves backward. When you reach the boss door, unlock it and go inside to meet the boss.
Boss Battle
At the start, this strange boss consists of a rotating disc with an eyeball in the middle. It spins around the room and is invulnerable to attack from the sides. If you touch it, you will get knocked back. Be careful since the entire arena is surrounded by a pit, and you don't want to fall. The trick here is to use the Tornado Rod when it approaches to stop it, then land on top and attack the eye repeatedly with your sword. After you damage the eye enough, it will knock you off.
The boss then gains a couple of protective layers and starts to spin around the room again. You need to knock off the layers one at a time by using your sword. Stay out of the boss's direct path and hit the bottom layer with your sword. Five or so hits should knock it out. After clearing the additional layers, the eyeball will become visible again. At this point, use the Tornado Rod to land on the top and attack with your sword. The same process repeats one more time where you must knock out four protective layers instead of just two. Once you get to attack the eye a third time, you should be able to win.
Following the battle, collect the
Heart Container as well as the
Pendant of Wisdom to exit.
NEXT: Before the Tower of Hera
