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The '''Lost Woods''' is a maze-like area of a confusing forest that has made several appearances throughout {{TLoZ|Series}}.<ref>{{Cite|'''Lost Woods'''|Map|BotW}}</ref> Its layout is usually designed to make anyone who enters to become irreversibly lost, and the only way to exit the forest is by navigating it in specific directions. In certain games, it is said that if people wander in the forest for too long, they can turn into a monster such as a [[Skull Kid]],<ref name=Skullkid/> a [[Stalfos]],<ref name=Stalfos/><ref>{{Cite book|quote= Adults lost among the trees turn into Stalfos, while children turn into Skull Kids; both are doomed to wander the woods.|book= HH|page= 84}}</ref> or a [[Deku Scrub]].<ref name=Deku/>

The Lost Woods are also featured in the {{ALttP|Ishinomori}}. After obtaining all three [[Pendants of Virtue]], Link enters the Lost Woods  and, while speaking telepathically with [[Sahasrahla]], the young hero begins to have his  doubts about whether or not the Master Sword will select him as his bearer.<ref>{{Cite book|quote='''Sahasrahla''': If you really are the legendary Hero of Hyrule...the sword of Evil's Bane will select you as its bearer!<br>'''Link:''' The sword will select me? What if it doesn't?|book=A Link to the Past|publisher=Nintendo Power|page=14}}</ref> Link then finds the Master Sword and seizes it from [[Pedestal of Time|its pedestal]], readying himself to have his final battle with [[Agahnim]] and rescue [[Princess Zelda]]. Afterward, Link is ambushed by several [[Ball and Chain Trooper]]s, although he easily defeats them with a single [[Spin Attack]] from the Master Sword.  

Link decides to lie down and rest in the woods, only to be awoken by Zelda via telepathy.<ref>{{Cite book|quote=...Wake up, Link... |book=A Link to the Past|publisher=Nintendo Power|page=3}}</ref> Although the young hero tells Zelda that he must rest,<ref>{{Cite book|quote=Zelda?! I must rest! I can't...|book=A Link to the Past|publisher=Nintendo Power|page=3}}</ref> Zelda reminds him that only a single night remains until Agahnim, casts his final incantation on her and causes the entrance to the Dark World to open and overwhelm Hyrule with its evil. With this in mind, Link leaves the Lost Woods and heads to [[Kakariko Village]] to prepare himself.