Hero's Cave

The Hero's Cave is a recurring mini-dungeon in The Legend of Zelda series.^[1]

Overview

Oracle of Seasons

Entrance to the Dungeon

The Hero's Cave is found at the Western Coast. In a normal game, Link must come here to find the Wooden Sword.^[2]

Themes and Navigation

In a Linked Game, the Hero's Cave acts as an optional dungeon, requiring the treasure from the seventh dungeon of either game to complete. The layout of the cave changes entirely between the two games to make use of items not present in the other game. The Hero's Cave is a linear dungeon, each room containing a puzzle Link must solve to proceed, either by opening a door or by obtaining a key to open the door. At various points, warp points will spawn in rooms, acting as checkpoints - Link can escape the cave and return to the dungeon later, the warp point in the entrance always taking him into the deepest warp point accessed in the cave. The dungeon itself is also split up by warp points that take Link to different sections in the dungeon.

Upon completing the Dungeon, Link finds a Treasure Chest containing the Power Ring L-3. This is the only way to obtain this Magic Ring.

Enemies

Gel ×7
Green Zol ×2
Keese ×9

Linked Game

Treasure Chests

Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Small Key
Notes	Appears in 1F's northeastern room after pressing the Floor Switch
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Wooden Sword
Notes	Inside 1F's middle-eastern room
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Big Blue Rupee
Notes	Atop the ledge in 1F's central room Accessible by falling from the exterior of the Dungeon Worth 30 Rupees

Treasure Chest	Contents	Notes
Treasure Chest	Small Key	Appears in 1F's northeastern room after pressing the Floor Switch
Treasure Chest	Wooden Sword	Inside 1F's middle-eastern room
Treasure Chest	Big Blue Rupee	Atop the ledge in 1F's central room Accessible by falling from the exterior of the Dungeon Worth 30 Rupees

Oracle of Ages

Entrance to the Dungeon

The Hero's Cave only appears in a Linked Game, near the entrance to Maku Road in Lynna City in the present.

Themes and Navigation

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Upon completing the Dungeon, Link finds a Treasure Chest containing the Armor Ring L-3. This is the only way to obtain this Magic Ring.

Enemies

Trivia

In Oracle of Seasons, a Zora can be found in the cave that gives Link a secret to pass along to King Zora in Labrynna. This secret improves Link's Sword by one level. The cave contains no secrets in Oracle of Ages.
In the North American version of Oracle of Ages, if Link enters the Hero's Cave and checks the map, it will say he is in the Ancient Tomb, the eighth dungeon in the game.
Because the Power Ring L-3 and Armor Ring L-3 are exclusive to their game's version of the Hero's Cave, this means in order to get a complete collection of Magic Rings, Link would have to complete each game twice (or use the Veran Warp Glitch in Linked Ages to skip a second playthrough of Ages), inverting the order of play for the second playthrough to be able to play a Linked Game for both.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language	Names
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Other Names

These names, though from official English sources, are not considered Canon by Zelda Wiki as they contradict a name or names from a higher-priority source.

Name	Hero's Dungeon^[3]
Applies to	Oracle of Seasons
Source	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages—Prima's Official Strategy Guide by Prima Games
Superseded by	Encyclopedia
Name	Cave of Heroes^[4]
Applies to	Oracle of Seasons
Source	Official The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & Ages Perfect Guide by Versus Books
Superseded by	Encyclopedia
Name	Hero's Dungeon^[3]
Applies to	Oracle of Ages
Source	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages—Prima's Official Strategy Guide by Prima Games
Superseded by	Encyclopedia
Name	Cave of Heroes^[5]
Applies to	Oracle of Ages
Source	Official The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages & Seasons Perfect Guide by Versus Books
Superseded by	Encyclopedia

Name	Applies to	Source	Superseded by
Hero's Dungeon^[3]	Oracle of Seasons	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages—Prima's Official Strategy Guide by Prima Games	Encyclopedia
Cave of Heroes^[4]	Oracle of Seasons	Official The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & Ages Perfect Guide by Versus Books	Encyclopedia
Hero's Dungeon^[3]	Oracle of Ages	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages—Prima's Official Strategy Guide by Prima Games	Encyclopedia
Cave of Heroes^[5]	Oracle of Ages	Official The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages & Seasons Perfect Guide by Versus Books	Encyclopedia

Gallery

Hero's Cave first room from Oracle of Seasons
Hero's Cave final room from Oracle of Seasons
Obtaining the Wooden Sword from Oracle of Seasons
Hero's Cave first visit map from Oracle of Seasons
Linked Hero's Cave map from Oracle of Seasons
Linked Hero's Cave map from Oracle of Ages

References

↑ Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 150 ^{(OoSOracle of Seasons)} & 151 ^{(OoAOracle of Ages)}
↑ Do you know of the Hero's Cave near the Western Coast? The Hero's Sword is said to be hidden there, but no one has ever found it. — N/A (Oracle of Seasons)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages—Prima's Official Strategy Guide, Prima Games, pg. 5 ^{(OoSOracle of Seasons | OoAOracle of Ages)}
↑ Official The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & Ages Perfect Guide, Versus Books, pg. 61 ^{(OoSOracle of Seasons)}
↑ Official The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages & Seasons Perfect Guide, Versus Books, pg. 66 ^{(OoAOracle of Ages)}