__ _ _ _ /(_'| | \|\ '_) /_(_.|_.|_/|~\ ._) PALACE OF DARKNESS : PLAYERS GUIDE Typed By - Jimmy Death 1 - These floor pads and switches open locked doors. 2 - These transporter pads carry you to different locations throughout the level. 3 - Puss or pull blocks in the direction shown, bomb the weakened walls to reveal a hidden door and speak to the panel for advice from the elder of Zelda. 4 - Don't hit these baddies when they flash. 5 - Use arrows against these bizarre copycat mice. 6 - Avoid spikes and watch the moving floor. 7 - Map 8 - Faeries. 9 - Press these switches to reveal hidden chests. 10 - Bomb this floor piece and fall through to reach this area then proceed through the door to reach the big key. 11 - Use the arrows to jump across the lower levels. 12 - Shoot the crystal with an arrow to remove obstacles then travel back round to continue to the rest of the palace. 13 - Push the statue onto the switch to open the door. 14 - Run here as the path crumbles behind you, and watch the two small vermin as they usually get in your way. There's a hammer in the chest on the right. 15 - Bomb the wall to reveal a door and find the magic hammer. 16 - Compass. 17 - Shoot an arrow into the statue's eye to reveal the way forward. 18 - Kill all turtles by hammering them onto thrie backs. 19 - More turtles. 20 - To kill the guardian, bash his helmet with the hammer until it shatters now slash his middle eye until it dies, becareful of the fireballs, and also of his treacherous tail. Next, return to the light world and purchase the flippers from Zoma in the waterfull in the north east corner. These allow you to swim in water, and are needed in the flooded palace. Whilst in this area, go to the pond of happiness and keep throwing in rupees as this allows you to increase your capacity for carrying bombs and arrows. Also, visit the waterfall of wishing and improve your shield and boomerang by dropping them into the pool behind the waterfall. Go back to the dark world and get to the flooded palace down a path blocked with pegs. Hammer down these pegs to clear the way. To enter the inner section of the palace you have to return to light world and flood the temple by pulling the right hand lever. Now return to the dark world and enter the palace.