I Bet You'd Like To Have More Bombs (Lizard Dungeon Returned)

Now that I've got the Epic Sword of Awesome, the mummies in Lizard Dungeon die with only 2 hits! Not sure what's gonna happen with the Blue Knights, but I've got an easy passage to them thanks to the holes in the walls, so I can try it out pretty damn quickley... hehehehehehe, two hits for them too! I can kill them pretty fricken fast without losing all that much health! One of them gives me a heart, so by the time I've killed all 5 I've only lost 2 hearts! FUCK YEAH!

NEXT ROOM! IN THE LIZARD'S BRAIN! South into that room I complained about a few days ago, the one where the next room can only be reached through a bomb in the wall (and I'd ran out of bombs). BUT I HAVE BOMBS THIS TIME! EXPLODE! REVEAL ROOM! OLD MAN! Old Man?

"I BET YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE BOMBS," he says, with a payment option of 100 Rupies. IS HE OFFERING TO GIVE ME MORE BOMBS? I could get that from a shop. But they're only 20 Rupies for 4... 100/20 is 5, 5x4 is 20, which is tons more than 8, the maximum number of bo-IS HE GOING TO LET ME HOLD MORE BOMBS? HELLZ YEAH! But I need another 30 or so Rupies to get it...

So I guess it's to the room with epic amounts of Blue Knights (okay 6 of them). TIME TO KILL THEM ALL! SLASH! SLASH! OH SHIT RUN! SLASH AGAIN! BOMB THE FUCKAAAAAAAAAS!

*pant, pant, pant* That was fun. AND NOW TO MOVE THE PAINFULLY OBVIOUS BLOCK. Oh my, it revealed a secret staircase! Inside, a secret cave granting me.... A Whistle! Um, yeah! That'll be useful! Maybe.... oh yeah, "Digdogger hates certain kinds of sound." Yay! To the boss!

Unfortunately this means I have to trek through the whole dungeon again. Dayam. The Knights respawn too, so I'm already at 1/2 heart health by the time I get back on track to the boss. This means that an enemy, oh, say a Slime, could kill be just by touching me. Oh, darn, look at that. AARGH.

So I'm gonna try and find a Fairy Fountain real quick whilst getting some money for the Bomb Upgrade in the lizards brain. From Lizard Dungeon, I managed to get to the Warp near the Graveyard with only 1 heart left. There were a bunch of Sword Dragons around there, but I can kill them with 1 sword swipe so it's okay. TO THE FOUNTAIN WARP! Now run around until 100 Rupies are earned! And now, run along back to the dungeon.

Please excuse me for a bit, my mother needs some help clearing out the shed near our house.

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Sorry. We're moving, you see. The house needs to be mostly empty soon.

Okay, so now we're back at the dungeon and I'm off to beat the boss shitless. Through the dungeon and at Digdogger's face, I stand strong and take out my whistle...

A strange tune plays. The little bitch shrinks to an eye! Now I'm sure my sword can kill it! Too bad the fucker moves too bloody fast for me to catch it! And those fireballing statues? DAMMIT ALL!

It takes a few hundred misses and only 2 slashes before Digdogger dies and leaves me another Heart Container. I would've taken a screenshot of me collecting it but a fireball collected me and pushed me into it without any oppurtunity. Fuck those fireballs, I'm running into the Triforce room.

AND THERE IT IS. THE FIFTH PIECE. I take it, and hold it above my head. The music I've come to love, the fanfare signalling my victory over yet another of Gannon's henchmen, plays as the dungeon screen folds into nothing. I emerge from the dungeon, with 5 ninths of the Triforce of Wisdom secured, and a brand-new Magical Whistle, too.

But we're not done. I still have to get that bomb upgrade. Back inside the dungeon we go! To the first Room of Blue Knights, with a filled health meter and a full set of bombs (a mummy replenished them earlier). ATTACK! Swipe, bomb, swipe, etc. Actually, only 1 bomb was needed. I threw my Sword Beam through the huge-ass obstacle in the middle of the room to hit the Knights on the other side (on their sides, hehe).

Through the tunnel and into the chamber of the Old Man. Yes, I WOULD like more bombs. Pay the man 100 Rupies and... SUDDENLY, 12 BOMBS ARE IN MY POSSESSION! YAY!

So there we have it! An extra 4 bomb upgrade, a Magic Whistle, another Heart Container and a Triforce piece! Also, I know where the next dungeon is, so there won't be much exploration needed! Huzzah!

In other news pertaining to my life, I've dyed my hair black. Not all that much news, but I've also cut it shorter. Now I can be a TOTAL fanboy and cosplay as L at Wai-Con coming up on the 29th. THIS MAKES ME HAPPY. Anyway, not sure when I'll get to play again, but when I do, the next dungeons getting tackled (obviously). Until then, cyaz!

Progress:

Hearts:   13

Rupies:   30

Bombs:    12

Keys:     2

Items:    MAGICAL SWORD, MAGIC SHIELD, MAGIC BOOMERANG, BOW+ARROW, BLUE CANDLE, BOMBS, RAFT, STEPLADDER, RED POTION, RED BRACELET, BLUE RING, WHISTLE

Dungeons: EAGLE(1), MOON(2), MANJI(3), SNAKE(4), LIZARD(5)

Deaths:   54

I Hate Blue Knights And Bunnies

Well, after running around Warps to get to Dungeon 5 again, I managed to stumble around for a while without typing long enough to actually get further in the dungeon than I did last time (I also forgot to take screenies... sorry).

So here's where I'll start off: I found a nifty way to kill some Knights deeper in the dungeon but using the stepladder to stand over the lava. Since they can only travel on the paths, they can't touch me and I can cut their sides as they walk past. Huzzah!

So here I am:

a bit further than I would've hoped before starting to type, but I guess I can't complain. Just past the door I just unlocked is a room filled with Mummies, which aren't that much of a problem for me now. Killing them gives me some Bombs and a Key (I now have 4 of each).

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I only stayed in the next room long enough to take this picture:

and then ran out again like a little girl. NO, BUNNIES! BAD BUNNIES! I HATE THEM! I did, however, manage to kill them all without losing much health. I think I'm getting better at this! Next room... is the boss? Wow, that was fast. There's a few rooms earlier that look like secrets though... I'm checking them out! Fuck the boss for now.

Okay, a few bombs later and none of the supposed 'secret' entrances revealed themselves. The only possible way to get to those last few rooms is if there was a room in the eye of the dungeon (the lizard's eye). Actually, that could be it, I just need some more FUCKING BOMBS.

I checked out the room south of the Boss and found more mummies. One of them gave me bombs, though, so I'm all okay with it. Time to check out that eye! Back to the dreaded room of Bunnies, bomb the north and...

Yay! A room in the eye! Inside... an old man. "SECRET POWER IS SAID TO BE IN THE ARROW." Does that mean the boss can be killed with arrows? Could be, but it also means that the only way to get into those other rooms is east from the Triforce room... past the boss. So, let's get some arrows and stab something in the face!

Arrows do nothing. They pass right through the boss as if it was nothing. Research now tells me the boss is called Digdogger, and it also hints that I have to use the Dungeon's secret item to kill it. THAT MEANS I HAVE TO GO BACK AND KILL THE DODONGOS/BLUE KNIGHTS! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Okay, I'm done raging. I just need a lot more bombs. Please excuse me, I'm off to make a purchase of something... actually, nevermind. On my way to the entrance I killed some mummies and one gave me some bombs. With 7 I think I can kill some Dodongos!

Killed! And one gave me bombs, so I'm back up to 6! And, in the next room, some Slimes gave me a fairy and a heart! 7 Hearts now! TO THE BLUE KNIGHTS OF DEATH!!!

I killed a few with all my bombs, another using only sword, and FUCKING KILLED ME AAAAAAAAAAAARGH FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING BLUE TURD I WILL END YOU EVENTUALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Back to the entrance. Find some mummies. Hope for bombs. I got four. Now, run to Dodongos and try to stun them all at once with a single bomb... the bastards keep eating them. One died, though, and gave me a fairy. All well and good, but I need BOMBS right now. Explore dungeon, find mummies, hope for bombs... and one actually gives me some. With 4 bombs, back to Dodongos and KILL THE MOTHELOVERS. To the slime room and KILL THE MOTHERLOVERS. And steal their stuff. No bombs, just a heart and some rupies. Rupies that fuel my bow which doesn't affect the Blue Knights. Fuck you, slimes.

In the room, I am positively ACCOSTED by the blue bitches, and run out like a little girl AGAIN. If I had some more FUCKING HEARTS I could survive, and get a FUCKING BETTER SWORD... and therefore get a FUCKING ITEM to use to kill the FUCKING BOSS... without those 3 extra hearts I'm all but doomed.

I need some kind of help, guys. If anyone knows where the hearts are, or at least knows of some hints... please comment. I'm not quite begging, but I AM getting annoyed with the game SO DAMN MUCH that I need to ask my readers for help. I'm stopping playing for now, but I might pick it up again later today, so I won't turn off my Wii. Next post will probably start off from this exact point:

Just outside the Blue Knight room. Until then, lay-terz.

Progress:

Hearts:   9

Rupies:   49

Bombs:    0

Keys:     3

Items:    WHITE SWORD, MAGIC SHIELD, MAGIC BOOMERANG, BOW, ARROW, BLUE CANDLE, BOMBS(6), RAFT, STEPLADDER, RED POTION, RED BRACELET, BLUE RING

Dungeons: EAGLE(1), MOON(2), MANJI(3), SNAKE(4)

Deaths:   49

Digdogger Hates Certain Kinds of Sound... also, Dungeon 5 Hurts

Good news, guys! My ATAR results were posted! My first choice university course requires a 70 or higher, I scored 83.5! I'M ELIGIBLE FOR UNIVERSITY! Now I just have to wait for them to come to me. That sucks, but that's how it works.

My days have been super-boring so far, I'm finding myself wanting to do less and less but still wanting to do SOMETHING. I think I've been literally too bored to do anything. BUT NOW, ZELDA TIME.

(I haven't actually had a picture of the title screen yet, so here's one)

I used the Warps to get to Dungeon 5 easily (I would have detoured to a Fairy Fountain, but one of the enemies I killed on the way gave me a Fairy and some other gave me some hearts, so I'm almost full already!). I *try* killing all the rabbits in the east room, and succeed, but now I've only got 2.5 hearts left. The room gave me a key, though, so north we go.

Great. Now there'r fucking MUMMIES crawling around. And it's dark. I'MMA BURN THE MUMMY WHO LOOKS LIKE HE'S HOLDING A KEY! Done, but it only damaged him. Pity. Meh, I sword the fucker and get his key, screw the rest, I'm going east. It's an old man room! He tells me "DIGDOGGER HATES CERTAIN KINDS OF SOUND." That'll be the boss, no doubt. But sound? The only things I have that makes sound are some Bombs. That's for later to solve.

Meanwhile, that room is a dead end, so I have to go back and kill the mummies to open the north door. OMFG THE NEXT ROOM HAS 3 DODONGOS! WHAT DO I DO!? ONLY 2 BOMBS LEFT!? I can only kill one! ... AND A DIFFERENT ONE ATE THE SECOND! I'm out of bombs! RUN! TO THE EAST ROOM!

It's full of Splitting Slimes, thank god. They give me some money, and now I go north. More mummies. THANK FUCK one gave me a clock! The others die pretty fucking easily (but still with 4 slashes, I need that other sword!), and the room gives me another key. I think I'll go through the west door.

There's the Map! But it's not accessible from this door. I have to backtrack if I want it. Back to the Dodongo room, I unlock the North door without getting hit. Huzzah! Map for me!

I rename this dungeon... um... what would you guys call this?

One second, Google is calling... Wow, okay, apparently it's supposed to be a lizard. Hehe, that's SO not a lizard. Meh, I deem this place Lizard Dungeon. Now onwards. Wait, shit, not onwards, I have to go back to the damn Dodongo room! WITH NO BOMBS! I have to settle for good old-fashioned sword fighting. WITH A DINOSAUR.

Scratch that, they can't be attacked with the sword. I need 6 bombs total to kill these bitches. Fuck. I tried leaving the dungeon to go buy some... and get killed soon after. BACK TO THE START. But that's okay, there are some nearby shops that DO sell bombs, so it's all good. East from Warp Zone 2 there's a shop, and I can heal at the Fountain there, too.

And now to fight.

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Dodongos are bitches. They've learnt to change direction when there's a bomb in the way. Sometimes. Luckily they're stunned by the smoke (Oh, I get it, old man!) and can be slashed. Fuck yeah! They all die AND give me health and more bombs! So now I've got full bombs AND my sword beam intact!

The room to the West has some slimes, giving me a key, and south of that is just a  dead end with Mummies, who die due to Sword Beam Epicness. But now here's an annoying part. The map shows another room to the west, but there's no door here. One of the mummies was holding a bomb... do I have to bomb the wall?

Yes! I do!

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!

I'm scared... I'll try again, but I'm not expecting to do anything... FUCK! I killed two of them but they do like A WHOLE FUCKING HEART EACH! And they take about 4 FUCKING HITS to kill. I NEED THAT SWORD, THIS DUNGEON TAKES TOO MUCH HEALTH AND DOESN'T DIE QUICK ENOUGH!

I'm so tempted to look up a walkthrough to find these extra hearts, I really am, but I don't think it'd be right. I mean, I've looked up hints and stuff over the course of this game, but this is actually asking for the location of a secret item. It's just that little too... I can't think of the word. The point is, I'm not looking up the locations of the hearts, but I do gladly accept hints.

Hint, Hint. Y'hear that, readers? Eh? EH? A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat?

Well, I tried to get to the room again, but I need to kill the Dodongos again. BUT I RAN OUT OF BOMBS. FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

This dungeon is annoying the HELL out of me. I'm taking a break for today. I GUESS IF ANYONE WANTS TO COMMENT ON MY PROGRESS OR, YOU KNOW, OFFER HINTS, I'M OPEN TO ANY FORMS OF COMMUNICATION SUCH AS THE COMMENT SECTION OF THE POST. WINK. WINK.

Progress:

Hearts:   9

Rupies:   9

Bombs:    0

Keys:     3

Items:    WHITE SWORD, MAGIC SHIELD, MAGIC BOOMERANG, BOW, ARROW, BLUE CANDLE, BOMBS(6), RAFT, STEPLADDER, RED POTION, RED BRACELET, BLUE RING

Dungeons: EAGLE(1), MOON(2), MANJI(3), SNAKE(4)

Deaths:   49

Dungeon 5 and the Blue Ring

Went out with friends yesterday, we tried to cool off at the local indoor pool. IT WAS FORTY FUCKING DEGREES yesterday! I think mankind has pissed of Satan and now he's punishing Australia for it. From what I hear from holidaying friends is that it's SNOWING in Germany and England! Lucky bastards.

So let's see, what are we doing today... Ah, yes. The Magical Sword that the Old Man is being stingy with. I looked it up (my curiosity bitch-slapped my common sense in the face) and I need to have 12 hearts before he forks it over. Well, shit. I need to beat 3 dungons or find 3 hearts (or some combination of the two) before I can get uber-sword. This means I need to know where to get the last 3 hearts. I know that there are 5 Hearts hidden across hyrule (not including the ones Bosses give), and I've found 2 of them. So those last 3 are going to be hard...

Okay, so they'll probably be in hidden rooms in walls or under bushes, I just don't know where. This is fricken' daunting, guys. The whole world of Hyrule and only 3 TILES in the whole thing are my targets. That's 3/22510 (22528 tiles minus the 9 dungeon entrances, minus the starting sword cave entrance minus the 2 hearts I've found and minus the 4 Warp entrances) tiles! And yes, I was THAT bored to figure it out!

So, hidden tiles. Anybody have any hints on how to find them? Y'know, I've asked for help several times before, but nobody ever gives any. I don't know why I keep asking. Whatever, I don't think I could find them anyway. But enough of that, I know where Dungeon 5 is and I'm going! There's a Warp Zone near the Starting Screen, a Fairy Fountain near Warp Zone 3 and the Dungeon is near Warp Zone 2. ONWARDS!

I did, however, have the urge to burn some bushes in the screen East of Starting, so I did a few. I remember looking up something about particular tree pattern and hidden rooms, so I followed a rule I remember - that if there are two bushes in the middle of a vertically symetrical column of trees, burn the lower one (I am of course paraphrasing, but that's what I remember). Sure enough, a hidden room is revealed! Inside... an old woman selling potions. Well that's okay, I guess. It's closer to the Start than any other potion store.

Back to the Warp situation. I get to the Warp and travel straight to Dungeon 5, entering after several screens of trekking. I suddenly realize I forgot to heal, so back I go to Warp to the Fairy Fountain and back again... but I'm trapped in the Mountain Singularity (I like that name, that's what it is now). I have to go West and (unfortunatly) die to get back without complications. Sad little animation and...

Back at the start, I go to the Warp AGAIN and this time, go to the Fairy Fountain. I also tested my Bush theory on some of the rocks in the Singularity, but no rooms (and now I've only got 3 bombs). And so, I enter Dungeon 5 and march forth to find the Compass, Map and Secret Item!

East and instantly filled with weird rabbits. They hit me for 2 HEARTS OF DAMAGE! I couldn't get out fast enough. I tried to kill them again but died pretty much instantly. Fuck. I'm done with this already, I need that Blue Ring. I need to protect myself from such hideous amounts of damage. I NEED 250 RUPEES! I'll just troll the Overworld for a while. I'm sure as hell not staying in this place.

I decided to search the Mountains first (as I was already there), focussing on Blue enemies (as they seem to dish out more money). I was, however, killed by a Tektite pretty fast. Anyway, maybe I'll search the Graveyard instead. I think those evil ghosts would give some money. I took the Warp to the Fairy Fountain and back to the Mountan Warp (the one near the Graveyard) to see if the Ghosts give any cash.

When I was there, however, I went North instead of West and discovered a really creepy-looking dungeon entrance with 2 tiles worth of doors (at least I THINK it was a Dungeon Entrance). Now I HAVE to look inside, see what it is. I killed the dragon protecting it first, though.

Well, whaddaya know? I found Dungeon 6! I'll mark that on a map and come back to it later, when I don't die when confronted with a rabbit.

So back to the Graveyard. I found a Ghost and hit a few graves to make more. Only problem is this: the spawned monsters don't die. I bombed them and nothing happened to them (although the ghost that was already there was damaged). I ran around and hit the ghost that was already there, and ALL OF THEM died! I only got 2 Rupies out of it, but this is excellent! I just need to spawn TONS of ghosts, kill the ringleader and EVERYBODY DIES! Giving me money!

This works in theory AND in practice, if only for one or two issues. 1, spawned monsters still damage like crazy. 2, it's easy to lose the ringleader in the crowd. This just happened and I nearly died, but I found the bitch and sliced it's balls off (and the balls of every other ghost on the screen).

After about 6 screens of this, I had gained roughly 32 Rupies and had 2 hearts left. I like it! South of the Graveyard was a big collection of Dragons which gave me lots and lots of money and now I can buy the Blue Ring and all of Hyrule I can even buy the Castle an- nah, I'm kidding, they killed me like *snaps fingers* that.

I went back, though. I repeated the pattern. Warp to Fairy Fountain. Warp to Graveyard. Spawn mass Ghosts. Kill ringleader. Repeat until all 6 screens done. Die. I just kept repeating that pattern for a while, however sometimes I died early. I did notice that one grave didn't create a ghost (like the one that leads to the Magic Sword that I can't get) but I died before I could check it out. Next time I tried, I investigated it BEFORE spawning ghosts. Pushing it from any side didn't do anything, so I tried bombing it. Nothing. Well, I'll solve it later.

I continued the pattern until I had 254 RUPIES! I COULD BUY THE RING! HALF DAMAGE FOR MEEEEEE!!! I ran from the Graveyard and made for Lake Hylia, dodging EVERYTHING I COULD... But I still died 2 SCREENS AWAY! Next attempt, and the Statues guarding the shop nearly killed me. With only one heart left, I enter the shop. Within it I find... THE BLUE RING! Yes, I SHALL buy that, sir!

HoorAAAAAAY! BLUE RING! And now I've got blue clothes! And my location on the map is blue, too! This is awesome! Next time I play, Dungeon 5's getting BITCH-SLAPPED!

Progress:

Hearts:   9

Rupies:   5

Bombs:    2

Keys:     1

Items:    WHITE SWORD, MAGIC SHIELD, MAGIC BOOMERANG, BOW, ARROW, BLUE CANDLE, BOMBS(6), RAFT, STEPLADDER, RED POTION, RED BRACELET, BLUE RING

Dungeons: EAGLE(1), MOON(2), MANJI(3), SNAKE(4)

Deaths:   47