Bottle Grotto

Bottle Grotto is the second dungeon in Link's Awakening located in Goponga Swamp.

How to get inside
Unlike the first level, this one doesn’t require the use of a key to enter but instead a tamed Bow-Wow is compulsory to eat through the flowers because of the damage they inflict on Link. Upon entering Mable Village after completing the first level, Link finds out that the Bow wow has been kidnapped for an unknown reason. After locating him and defeating the Moblins who took him, Link can now finally take him on a ‘walk’ around the swamp and gain access to the Grotto. The level its self is laid out in the same shape as a Bottle/Jar and is almost impossible to complete without the aid of Magic Powder.

The main item for the level is the Power Bracelet which helps Link to carry heavy items. This is best used just before entering the Nightmares room were Link must carry a bottle above his head to make the elevator move downwards.

A never-before-seen-puzzle also makes its only appearance in this level. The player must kill three monsters in the correct order to gain the Boss Key.

The Nightmare for the Grotto is a deranged lunatic called Genie who hides inside a bottle, to which Link must destroy to reach the final boss fight to this level. Once Genie has been destroyed, the door opens enabling Link to obtain the Conch Horn, the second of the Eight Instruments of the Siren. After returning Bow-Wow, the dungeon cannot be reaccessed until Link obtains the Boomerang or Magic Rod.

Trivia
A Grotto is a cave that’s located near a source of water and liable to flooding.

Gallery
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