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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Guide > Walkthrough > DUNGEON: Thieves' Hideout

When you enter, you will talk to a boy standing in front of you. After he leaves, first cross the catwalk and enter the northwest room. Open the chest to get 50 Rupees, then return to the entrance and go through the southwest door. Here, the crystal switch will raise/lower bars throughout the room. Hit the switch once and merge to escape the area surrounding the switch. In the southwest corner, you will find two statues you can push/pull. For the first one, pull it out of its room and then to the northwest, where you will see arrows being shot northward out of the wall. Push the statue over there, then pull it upward onto the first floor switch. Merge to get back out of the corner, then pull the second statue out of its room. Trigger the crystal switch again to reverse the bars, then pull the statue onto the second floor switch north of the crystal switch.

Finally, merge and pass through the bars in the northeast area of the room and open the chest containing 50 Rupees. Step on the last floor switch to open the north door. Merge to get past the bars again, then enter the new room. In here, defeat the blue enemy before proceeding onward. In the next room, slice up the rats and drop onto the catwalk below to reach another chest with 50 Rupees inside. You will see a few conveyor belts and a crystal switch that changes their direction. Go south across the belts to reach the next room.

In this next room, you will find a bomb enemy wandering around, and a conveyor in the middle that seems to lead into a pit. Walk up the steps and onto it, then merge onto the wall at the end and go around the corner to the crystal switch. Hit it, then drop back down to the ground below. Attack the bomb enemy to turn it into an actual bomb, then toss it on the southwest conveyor (you can use your own Bombs if you have them). It will explode in front of another switch, opening the south door.

Head into the south room and ignore the switch as you continue eastward. In here, you can merge with the paintings to get hearts and rupees. If you want Monster Guts, go into the east room and open the chest to get them, otherwise continue to the north. In this room, you will see two cells on the right side that you can enter by merging with the eastern wall. The chest in the north cell contains the Compass. In the southeast cell, talk to the Thief Girl and press the floor switch inside to open one of the doors in the room.

Exit the thief's cell by merging, and go into the west half of the room. Bomb the northwest cracked wall to reveal a hidden passage. Follow that path leading southward to a room with a crystal switch and red/blue block platforms. Alternate hitting the switch and standing on the colored platforms to reach the roof of the cell, then walk northward along the narrow path to a second cell with red/blue platforms. Drop into it and go into the darkened room where you must fight five cyclops enemies. Stay in the corner and swing your sword repeatedly when the eyes light up and approach you to defeat them without any trouble.

After the fight, the entrance portal will appear, as well as a chest. Open it to get a Small Key. Exit the room and escape the small cell via the crystal switch and red/blue blocks, then unlock the other cell at the opposite end. Inside, talk to the Thief Girl again. Now that you need to escape, you can talk to the girl to lead her around or separate from her. Lead her out of the cell and the southern door will become locked. So, head northward to find two switches. Position the girl on one switch, then separate to hit the other one yourself, opening the east door.

Lead the Thief Girl into the next room, then follow the path into a seemingly empty chamber. Four blue enemies will appear, so defeat them all to open the way forward. Head down the stairs to reach B3, which is comprised of a maze room. Cross the first bridge, then merge into the wall to cross the second gap alone. Hit the floor switch to lower another catwalk for your companion, then lead her down the hall. Merge to get around the bars, then defeat the rat and follow the watery path around to the north end of the room. You will see a catwalk leaning against the wall. Merge into the wall and pop out behind it to knock it over, covering the gap.

Grab Thief Girl again and lead her to the southwest where there are two more floor switches. Trigger them together and a door leading southward will open. Swim to the south by yourself (she doesn't swim either) and you will find a lever in the wall. Pull it back to drain the water from the room, then drop down and run back to where Thief Girl is. You can merge and enter the middle cell to collect 100 Rupees from the chest while you are here.

Lead her to the south where you can hit the blue crystal switch. Stand on the lowered blue blocks and hit the switch again to rise up, then go left and leave Thief Girl on the lowered red blocks. Merge with the south wall and go around to the lower half of the room. Pop out and go southeast to find another catwalk; merge behind it and knock it out, creating another bridge. Cross it and stand on the lowered red blocks, then hit the switch to raise them. Lead Thief Girl across the dividing wall.

At this point, more enemies will appear. Drop down with the girl and defeat them, then activate the pair of floor switches to open a rupee-filled path along the western half of the room. Dash down the line to collect 200 Rupees, then open the big chest to retrieve some Master Ore. This stuff can be used to upgrade your Master Sword later. Anyway, lead Thief Girl across the southeast bridge and head upstairs to B2 again.

Up here, place Thief Girl on the first switch, then go up the steps and merge across the gap to reach the second switch above. This will open the door dividing the room, as well as trigger two more enemies to appear. Drop down and defeat them, then lead the girl into the southwest room. Simply run across the painting room to the following area, where four enemies will appear. To quickly dispatch them, lead Thief Girl to the west platform with the crystal switch, then when the enemies are all on the large square platform in the middle, hit the switch to drop them into the pit.

Pass through the first room to the north to reach the large conveyor room. Cross the first conveyor belt and more enemies will appear. Defeat them, then trigger the crystal switch to reverse the belt direction so you can safely continue northward. Head upstairs to B1 at the other side. Up here, lead the girl in front of the fan in the west wall, then separate and merge around to the next platform to the south. Hit the switch there to turn on the west fan, blowing Thief Girl across. Reunite with her and hit the second switch, using the east fan's gust to continue out of the room.

In the next room, activate the two floor switches to reveal a warp tile, allowing for a shortcut from the lower level to skip the conveyors and fans. Open the new chest to get 100 Rupees, then go south again. In there, two more enemies will appear; defeat them and proceed to the entrance room at last. Unfortunately the way out will be locked, so you need to get through the boss in order to escape. Head northward and activate the pair of floor switches, which causes the wall slab above to move back and forth. Climb the steps and merge with the slab to get across to the big chest; open it to get the Big Key.

Lead Thief Girl to the boss door and enter it. She will get trapped outside while you face the boss, so enjoy!



Boss Battle


This boss battle has three phases. It is probably one of the more gimmicky battles in this game. The boss carries a sword and shield, and attacks by either swinging the sword back and forth at you or spitting a black substance a good distance from its mouth. For this part, wait until it swings its sword, then try to swing back. It will defend with the shield, at which point you merge onto the shield. While the boss is confused, the shield will be held behind its back; pop out and attack from behind several times with your sword.

After you inflict enough damage, the boss will throw its shield away. It also has two new sword attacks. The boss will flash before performing a spinning attack; when you see this coming, run away to avoid being hit as the boss spins around. The other attack is a simple stab attack which hits the floor directly ahead of the boss. When the boss is in between attacks, that is a good time for you to run in and attack.

For the final phase of the battle, the boss's head will detach from its body and fly around the room, spitting a black substance as it rotates around. You will want to avoid that of course, and also avoid the body's repeated sword slices. When you are not dodging the sword attack, run in and attack the body whenever you have a chance. It is easy to dodge the head and the sword, and as long as you keep attacking, you will be fine here.



Upon defeating the boss, you and the Thief Girl will exit the dungeon together.

Back outside, Thief Girl will lead you to a nearby house that was previously locked. Inside, she will show you a painting before leaving you alone. Take the Heart Container and touch the painting of Sage Osfala. After talking to Osfala, he will ask you to return the Sand Rod that he rented from Ravio when you first met him early in the game. When you exit the house, Ravio's assistant will immediately take the Sand Rod away, so you will need to rent/buy it again.

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