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The '''Ancient Cistern''' is a dungeon located near [[Lake Floria]] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]''. A giant stone statue sits at the center of the cavern. Water plays a vital role in the dungeon, which can be seen by the presence of streams, stream pools, lily pads, water wheels and pipes full of high-pressure water. Although at first the Ancient Cistern appears to be a [[Water Dungeon|serene, aquatic-themed temple]] - with distinctly far-eastern architecture - descent into the dungeon's lower level which is inside the Statue Head in the main room reveals that it is built on a sort of [[Shadow Dungeon|cursed abyssal underworld]], populated with undead enemies. Dark, purple water which damages and curses anyone entering it can be found there, where a crowd of [[Bokoblin#Skyward Sword|Cursed Bokoblin]] roam. The dungeon's main item is the [[Whip]] and its boss is [[Koloktos]].

The dungeon contains a special lock that can only be opened by hitting gems in a certain order, which is found on the statue in the main room. After Link obtains the whip he can use it for tons of things, including flipping over various lily pads. Many of the lily pads have a spiked bottom that can hurt Link if he touches it, but can be flipped with the whip to the safe upperside of the lilipad. The cursed bokoblins in the basement can be distracted with the sacred shield. A lot of the dungeon focuses on raising and lowering the head of the statue in the middle.