Forsaken Fortress walkthrough in Zelda: The Wind Waker

The Forsaken Fortress is the primary space (arguably a dungeon on a technicality, however not actually) you’ll go to in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. For a lot of, it’s a horrible reminiscence. You’re compelled to make use of stealth with no precise weapon in hand, making it a painful course of when you don’t know what to do and the place to go.

Fortunately for you, I’ve replayed The Wind Waker that will help you out. (And actually, the excellent news is that this dungeon isn’t almost as unhealthy as I remembered it being, so… hopefully that’s the identical for you.)

Under we’ll offer you a walkthrough on methods to get by means of the primary go to of The Forsaken Fortress in The Wind Waker, methods to flip off all three spotlights, and the place to go to climb the fortress.

Be aware that this walkthrough is for the Nintendo GameCube model of the sport, additionally playable on the Nintendo Change 2, when you’ve got a Nintendo Change On-line + Enlargement Pack membership. Whereas this walkthrough might work for the remastered model (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD for the Wii U), there could also be variations between the 2 variations, so preserve that in thoughts when you’re utilizing it for the latter.

The Forsaken Fortress, defined

You get launched over to this horrifying island stuffed with monsters and residential to essentially the most evil being in Hyrule — and your sword goes flying off into the space. Nice! This case forces you to make use of stealth strategies to navigate to the top of this space. Relatively than operating in with three hearts and swords a-blazin’, you’ll have to sneak round, flip off the three spotlights, and climb up the fortress to search out your sister.

You possibly can sort out the Forsaken Fortress spotlights in any order actually, however we’ve listed them within the order we discovered it most handy.

Forsaken Fortress highlight #1

Proper off the boat, comply with the trail straight up till you see the flat space with purple rupees and spotlights. For those who’re a fiend for rupees, you need to use the close by barrels to cover from the spotlights and seize the rupees — however you can even simply wait till you flip all of the spotlights off and are available again for them later.

For those who’re not grabbing the rupees, you’ll nonetheless want a barrel to go up the steps. Seize one, after which flip proper and go up the trail additional, ignoring the large doorways within the flat space.

Maintain following the trail upwards, ignoring the hallway that means that you can go indoors. You’ll see a ladder main as much as the primary set of spotlights on the high. Head up there and be ready to take out a bokoblin.

As instructed by Tetra, you’ll need to use your protect to dam the Bokoblins assaults, which is able to finally make them drop their weapon. Then you’ll be able to choose it up and use it towards them. There can even be a vase stuffed with sticks close by you can wield. (Break the vase open and use one of many many sticks to take out the Bokoblin.) After doing this, your first highlight will likely be taken care of.

Forsaken Fortress highlight #2

For the second highlight, you’ll need to strategically drop on to a ledge from the above highlight. Right here’s a redux of the picture above however with a brand new location in thoughts:

Drop all the way down to these big doorways and head inside. When you’re inside, you’ll be chased down by lasers, so rapidly roll ahead to open a chest with a yellow rupee (value 10 rupees) inside.

Climb up the beds on the left aspect of the room utilizing the ladders and head into the door in your proper (although don’t soar throughout the platform).

You’ll now be again outdoors in one of many out of doors hallways. Head out of the opening on the precise aspect and climb up the ladder to get to the second highlight.

You realize the drill: block the assaults, choose up the enemy’s stick, and beat them down with it.

At this level, we advocate getting caught by enemies and thrown into jail. You are able to do this rapidly by both getting caught by a highlight or going into the large doorways on the flat space (those we initially advised you to disregard), and operating right into a moblin, who will take you away to jail. Many of the indoor hallways of this space have these moblins round, so it shouldn’t take too lengthy to get thrown into jail.

Forsaken Fortress highlight #3

Now that you simply’re in jail, you’ll have a reasonably straight shot to the rest of the spotlights and the ultimate space of the Forsaken Fortress without having to search out ladders and get confused.

From jail, soar up on the desk after which the bookshelf. Break open the vase to indicate an exit. (Wow, traditional Zelda transfer.) Crouch down utilizing R and crawl by means of the opening.

Head down the one open path and also you’ll discover a chest with the dungeon map inside. Yay!

Elective: Piece of Coronary heart #1

Earlier than you proceed on, soar off the platform right here. There’s a swap within the nook of the room by the jail cell, obscured by barrels:

Activate the swap and head into the jail cell to seize your first Piece of Coronary heart from the chest.

When you’re finished in right here, simply head into the hallway to get caught by the Moblins once more, sending your self again to jail.

Use the talents you realized on the pirate ship to leap on to the close by hanging lantern and swing throughout. Enter the door on the precise and run straight — you already bought the 2 spotlights outdoors, so you’ll be able to simply preserve going.

On this room, there’s a chest behind some barrels straight forward. Crack that open to get the compass.

Soar utilizing the lantern to swing throughout the best way and enter the door. You’ll be outdoors once more!

Flip left to the opening within the out of doors hallway and stroll up the ramped path to get to your third highlight. There will likely be one other ladder with a niche between the ladder and the ground you can ignore for now.

Yep, yep. Climb up that latter, smack down the bokoblin utilizing its personal weapon and now the third highlight will likely be deactivated.

When you’re finished right here, soar again all the way down to the out of doors hallway you got here from and preserve heading north again inside.

Climbing the Forsaken Fortress

You need to be again in one more room that appears just like the earlier ones. As typical, swing throughout the hole with the hanging mild and enter the door on the opposite aspect.

Flip left and push the crate down, which provides you with a shortcut again to the beginning flat space. For those who wished these purple rupees from earlier than however had been too lazy to stealth by means of it, you’ll be able to seize them now.

After grabbing the rupees (or not) simply preserve heading straight by means of the out of doors hallway you got here out of. A brief cutscene will play displaying roaming moblins and an enormous door.

With persistence, you’ll want to make use of the barrel to the left of you to sneak by the moblins. Stroll when their backs are turned in direction of you and cease shifting after they’re you. In the event that they catch you, you’ll return to jail, so that you’ll need to be fairly cautious right here.

When you’re by the door, you’ll be able to take the barrel off and head by means of. You’ll be again outdoors. Climb up the steps and use the barrel instantly on the high of the steps to go one other moblin that’s sniffing round. When you get far sufficient from the moblin, take the barrel off and simply run up the pathway.

You’ll finally hit this hole:

Soar down and push the crate down by the ladder to create one other shortcut again up right here. Climb the ladder again as much as the hole. Face the wall and maintain down A to sidle alongside the wall, rigorously crossing the hole utilizing the tiny ledge.

You’ll finally hit one other ledge with hearts on it. Sidle throughout the identical as earlier than. Head up the steps and throughout the ominous holes within the floor to get your sword again — and combat a inexperienced moblin. Together with your sword in hand, it shouldn’t be an excessive amount of of an issue. Take it out and head into the large doorways for the finale to play.

With that, you’re finished with this go to to the Forsaken Fortress! You’ll be again (a pair occasions, truly), so don’t miss it an excessive amount of.

For the primary “actual” dungeon, take a look at our Dragon Roost Cavern walkthrough.