Hidden Ruins, ‘Cotton Sweet Hunt’ quest for Zelda Echoes of Knowledge

The Hidden Ruins is a mini dungeon in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge, which you’ll have to beat as a part of the “Cotton Sweet Hunt” sidequest — a followup to “Let’s Play a Recreation” on the Japanese Temple. After shedding their scrumptious spider internet deal with, the deku scrubs of the Faron Wetlands are searching for new sources of sugar.

On this The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge information, we’ll present you easy methods to get by way of the Hidden Temple and full the Cotton Sweet Hunt quest, together with letting you understand how to beat the dungeon boss, Smog (for the second time!).

With a purpose to unlock this quest you have to to have accomplished the “Let’s Play a Recreation” quest on the Japanese Temple. Additionally, you will have to have progressed the primary story lengthy sufficient to shut the rift within the Faron Wetlands. This turns into attainable after closing the primary two rifts in Gerudo Valley and ending the Hyrule Citadel dungeon. (Our Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge walkthrough can present steering on the very best order for these duties.)

When you’ve accomplished each of those, you’ll have the ability to discover a deku scrub within the Faron Wetlands who’s searching for cotton sweet. They’ll say that they heard a voice asking to play a recreation (sound acquainted?) and noticed a flying cotton sweet.

You might need an thought what they really noticed, however there’s no solution to inform them that, and also you need to discover the Hidden Ruins anyway, proper?

Head south to search out them, within the watery space to the southwest of the Faron Wetlands. You may as well warp near the Faron Temple and stroll north.

On this swamp space, first defeat the 2 drippitunes (one on the lilypad, and one hiding within the grass in the back of this space) to cease the rain.

Now use water block “staircases” to get to the extent of the braziers, and ignizols to mild them each. It will trigger the statue on the again to maneuver, revealing the doorway to the Hidden Ruins.

Within the first room you’ll merely discover some braziers, jars, and a treasure chest with a monster stone inside. Proceed by way of whenever you’re accomplished looting all the pieces.

Sparks are again! Identical to within the Japanese Temple, you’ll have to take these two and shepherd them into the dice mechanism in the back of the room. Alternatively, you’ll be able to cheese it by summoning two sparks and taking pictures them immediately into it. Drawback solved.

Use an ignizol right here to set hearth to all the pieces flammable. You’ll once more discover sparks beneath the spiderwebs — both transfer the boulders in order that they will attain the mechanism or use your personal echoes to open the door.

First, use Bind to maneuver the boulder right here up in direction of the dice. The spark that’s orbiting it should comply with and enter the dice. Now use the prolonged echo summon (by holding down Y) to shoot two extra sparks that may hit the boulder and enter the dice.

On this room, climb down the ladders after which make a stack of water blocks to get to the extent of the platform with the sparks rotating round it. This works greatest should you stack them towards the wall, not touching the platform immediately, because the sparks will electrocute the water.

As soon as on the platform, it’s best to defeat the sparks so that you simply’re not continuously dodging them. Spear moblins nonetheless turn out to be useful right here. Open the chest for 20 Rupees.

Drop down once more and construct one other stack of water blocks on the opposite facet of the subsequent platform. (This spark has to go far sufficient that you’ve time to climb it earlier than it will get round to electrocute the water once more.) Head into the subsequent room to the best.

Use a protracted Y press to shoot three sparks into the dice right here. Then you’ll be able to simply go by way of into the subsequent room — there’s nothing within the water however electrocution.

A little bit of a breather right here. Break the jars and proceed onwards.

Smog is again! Not very shocking, given the deku scrub’s report. He’ll instantly break into three clouds. Should you keep in mind from the final time you performed this recreation with him, you’ll have to trigger them to stumble upon one another with a purpose to recombine them, since they don’t take harm on this kind.

On this stage, we used a mattress falling from the highest platform to push the topmost cloud down onto the bigger platform on the backside. Its path then intersected with the best cloud and shortly after the left cloud.

As soon as reassembled, Smog can take fairly a number of extra hits than beforehand, however you’ll be able to put on him down. We discovered an efficient technique was filling the underside of the room with pathblades to make it completely hazardous. It nonetheless took some time (pathblades aren’t that robust) however was fairly protected so long as you keep in the course of the room and dodge the lightning balls.

Smog will break up into 5 clouds this time. On the best and the left, the place there are two platforms being circled, statues will drive the decrease cloud to stand up, and trigger a collision. (You could want to make use of Bind to reverse their journey path.)

You’ll be able to then push the highest cloud down for an additional collision. Relying the place the ensuing mixtures find yourself, proceed pushing and manipulating them till you’ve got Smog again.

The second a part of the mixed Smog combat is way the identical as the primary half — and appeared to take much less time. When you’ve defeated him, Smog will explode right into a bunch of rupees, monster stones, and a chunk of coronary heart. Then you definately’ll have the ability to climb out and exit the Hidden Ruins.

Return to the deku scrub in Scrubton to inform them the dangerous information. They gained’t consider you, however they’ll see the traditional allure that you simply acquired within the Let’s Play a Recreation sidequest and repair it up for you anyway. It turns into a curious allure which drastically decreases harm when Zelda wears it.

Congratulations on ending the Cotton Sweet Hunt quest! Disgrace there wasn’t any cotton sweet in spite of everything.

And for extra Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge facet quests, now we have guides to “A Deal with for my Individual,” “Cuccos on the Unfastened,” “The Flying Tile,” “The Rain-Making Monster,” and “The Zappy Shipwreck,” plus particulars in regards to the facet quests associated to automatons and getting a horse. Or see our full Echoes of Knowledge walkthrough.