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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Guide > Walkthrough > DUNGEON: Inside Hyrule Castle

Inside the castle's upper level, go forward into the next room. You will face a ball-and-chain knight inside. Avoid its attack, then run in and slash several times with the sword. Once it's defeated, go into the next room and take down some regular soldiers before heading upstairs to 3F.

On this floor, defeat the soldiers on the ground while avoiding the spear-throwing one on the upper perch. Once you clear the first bunch of soldiers, go up the steps to the top, then merge around to the spear-thrower and defeat it as well. In the following room, simply proceed to the far door and it will slam shut. The Armos Knights in the room will come to life, a few at a time, so defeat them all to continue onward. Out on the balcony, merge with the center wall if you need some hearts, otherwise go up the stairs at the west end to reach 4F.

Upon your arrival here, you will witness Yuga cornering Zelda at the back of the room. Following that scene, defeat the soldiers and continue upstairs to 5F. Here, defeat the soldier and avoid the bombs being thrown by another one on a separate platform. Exit to the balcony at the south end, where you will go down the stairs and reenter the previous room. Defeat another soldier and avoid more bombs, then contiune onward to 6F.

Defeat the next group of soldiers while avoiding the archers who are out of reach. On the eastern balcony ahead, you can merge with the wall to collect hearts and rupees, then defeat the soldier and enter the northern door. Continue upstairs from here to reach 7F. Up here, exit the room via either door to reach one last balcony. Go up the center stairs to 8F and you will meet up with Yuga yet again for a boss battle.



Boss: Yuga (Part 2)


For this battle, you will be in a room with two large columns in the middle. Yuga will move around the walls as a painting, but there will be three paintings (two clones and the real boss) moving around. When they all pop out of the wall, usually they will unleash a lightning attack straight ahead, so you need to get out of the way to avoid it. The real Yuga has a glowing white staff, so that is the one you must target.

The best approach would be to stay in the center of the room until the paintings emerge, then quickly run to the real Yuga and slice him a few times. If you hit a clone, or after attacking the real boss several times, you will be left to defeat a few regular soldiers (who drop hearts/rupees) before the next round. Repeat this process several times and you will win rather easily.



After you defeat Yuga again, he will escape into the next room. Follow him outside, then run along the roof to reach the final area. Inside, slice the curtain covering the north wall to reveal a special crack in the wall. This is actually a portal; merge with the wall and pass through it to reach the dark world, known as Lorule.

NEXT: Welcome to Lorule