Cave of Ordeals

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Template:Place The Cave of Ordeals is an optional dungeon in Twilight Princess.

Location and Features

The cave is located below the Gerudo Mesa. Containing a total of fifty floors, the cave can be accessed any time after restoring the Bridge of Eldin, unblocking the entrance. However, to make it into the deeper floors, Link will need weapons and items from further along in the game. Within the cave, Link has to fight his way through hordes of enemies, and only by defeating each enemy within that room will he be able to progress to the next floor.

After every ten floors and at the end of the cave, there is a fountain in which the Great Fairy appears and grants the power of fairies at each Spirit Spring.[1] On the last floor, the Great Fairy will reward the young hero with a bottle full of Great Fairy's Tears.[2]

Enemies and their floor number

  1. Bokoblin
  2. Rats, Keese
  3. Deku Babas ×6
  4. Skulltulas ×3
  5. Bulblin archers ×3
  6. Torch Slugs ×9
  7. Fire Keese ×4, Dodongos ×2
  8. Red Tektites ×3, Blue Tektites ×3
  9. Bulblin Archers ×4, Lizalfos ×2
  10. Great Fairy
  11. Helmasaurs ×3, Rats
  12. Large Purple Chu
  13. Chu Worms ×4
  14. Bubbles
  15. Bulblins
  16. Rats, Keese
  17. Stalhounds, Imp Poe
  18. Leevers
  19. Chu Horde
  20. Great Fairy
  21. Ice Keese, Purple Bokoblins
  22. Keese, Rats, Ghoul Rats
  23. Stalkin
     
    A floor inside the Cave of Ordeals
  24. ReDead Knights ×5
  25. Bulblin Archers, Bulblin Infantry
  26. Stalfos
  27. Skulltulas ×3, Bubbles
  28. Lizalfos ×2, Bokoblins ×6
  29. Stalkin, Stalfos, Fire Bubbles
  30. Great Fairy
  31. Beamos ×5, Keese
  32. Torch Slugs ×6, Fire Keese, Fire Bubbles, Dodongo ×2
  33. ReDead Knights ×4, Imp Poe
  34. Large Purple Chu, Ghoul Rats
  35. Ice Keese, Freezard, Mini Freezards
  36. Chilfos ×4  
  37. Bubbles, Ice Bubbles Leevers
  38. Mini Freezards, Ice Keese ×3, Freezard ×2, Chilfos ×4, Ice Bubbles ×3
  39. Darknuts ×2  
  40. Great Fairy
  41. Armos ×9
  42. Baba Serpents ×6, Red Bokoblins
  43. Lizalfos ×3, Bulblin Archers
  44. Dynalfos ×4, Poe
  45. Bulblin Archers ×2, ReDead Knights ×5, Large Purple Chu
  46. Freezards ×2, Chilfos, Ghoul Rats
  47. Bokoblin, Rats, Stalkin
  48. Aeralfos ×2, Darknut
  49. Darknut ×3  
  50. Great Fairy

Rewards

  • Reaching the 10th Floor releases fairies into Ordon Spring.
  • Reaching the 20th Floor releases fairies into Faron Spring.
  • Reaching the 30th Floor releases fairies into Eldin Spring.
  • Reaching the 40th Floor releases fairies into Lanayru Spring.
  • Reaching the 50th Floor fills a bottle with Great Fairy's Tears.[2] It also causes Link to have the the ability to collect the Tears by speaking to the Light Spirits in their respective spring.[3] The young hero can refill a bottle at any Spirit Spring as long as he doesn't already have some; however, he can fill another bottle each time he completes the cave, for a maximum of four bottles of Fairy's Tears.[citation needed]

Trivia

  • The Cave of Ordeals plays the same role as the Savage Labyrinth from The Wind Waker, the difference is that the Cave requires the main items of dungeons 4 to 7 in order to explore all the floors and fully clear it. Another difference is that the Cave of Ordeals is completely optional, while the first 31 rooms of the Savage Labyrinth must be completed in order to progress in the game. It also resembles the Take 'Em All On! Game in Spirit Tracks.
  • The second time completing the Cave, on the last ledge before the Great Fairy, the Postman is squatting down while trying to read a letter.
  • The Cave of Ordeals plays the same role as the Pit of 100 Trials in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Super Paper Mario.
  • The Cave can be exited anytime between floors 1 and 41, if Link brings Ooccoo Jr. Note that this is not possible in floors 42 - 50, which require the Double Clawshot to access, because Ooccoo warps the young hero to the Shop, and the dungeon cannot truly be exited with Ooccoo Jr. in the inventory.

See Also

Cave of Ordeals guide at File:Sw small logo.pngStrategyWiki

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome, Hero, to the Cave of Ordeals. I am the Great Fairy. I reign over all fairies of this realm as their queen. In praise of your efforts thus far, I will release fairies to Ordon Spring." — Great Fairy (Twilight Princess)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "It is impressive that you have made it this far. Your trust in your skills is your greatest asset. You cleared many ordeals... How impressive. In praise of your courage, I will give you this blessing. Drink this and you should be able to clear any difficulties that you might encounter ahead." — Great Fairy (Twilight Princess)
  3. ↑ "If ever you need my assistance again, visit any spring." — Great Fairy (Twilight Princess)


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