Illusory Mansion

Illusory Mansion is a Level in Tri Force Heroes.^[1] It is the first Level of The Ruins Area, and is followed by Palace Noir.

Themes and Navigation

Illusory Mansion takes place in a haunted, garden courtyard outside of an abandoned palace. The Level notably features several floating, colored platforms which only the Link whose color matches it can stand on. If any Link walks onto a platform that does not match his color, he will fall through. The matching Link can pick up the other Links as he walks across, allowing them to cross over these platforms as a unit.

In Stage 1, the Links appear on a ledge over a great pit. Three sets of colored platforms lie ahead of them, which the matching Links must use to cross over to the other side. The next ledge has two White Poes and three Boomerangs for the taking. Immediately after the second ledge is a bridge of green platforms, leading to a blue one. A gap lies between the blue platforms and the next ground area. To cross this gap, the blue Link should first pick up the red Link as a Totem. The green Link then picks up the other two, and crosses the green platforms to throw them to the blue one. The blue Link then simply has to throw the red Link over the gap, who can then bring the others back using the Boomerang. In the next area, the Links encounter three more White Poes and a locked gate barricading the Triforce Gateway. Its Key rests inside a Treasure Chest atop a small tower to the south. A pair of blue and red platforms lead to its staircase, requiring that blue Link throws the red Link over. The red Link can then toss the Key over to the blue Link, or throw it over the tower onto the ground for one of the other Links to collect. The blue Link will have to retrieve the red Link from his platform using his Boomerang.

In Stage 2, the Links enter the mansion's hedge garden. They soon encounter a set of three unlit Braziers, which spawns three differently-colored Poes. These Poes can only be attacked by the Link whose tunic matches with their color. Their defeat will light the Braziers and drop the Key that unlocks the next gate. As the Links approach the gate, two White Poes appear next to the Squiddy. The gate opens to the next garden with several stone podiums; when all the Links enter, six more colored Poes—two green, two blue, and two red—arrive to fight them. All of the Poes are floating beyond the Links' reach, and require them to form Totems of different heights to fight them. After they are defeated, the Triforce Gateway appears. On the east side of the area is a Floor Switch in some tall grass that can be pressed down to lower a gate, revealing a Treasure Chest which contains a Silver Rupee.

In Stage 3, the Links appear in a fenced enclosure near a large, bottomless pit. A Cracked Block guards a small section to the west, while the northern ledge leading to the pit has a small blue platform, as well as a Chasupa that will attack if the Links get close. A Bomb Flower sits on a pillar near the blue platform, which can be grabbed by any Link using the Boomerang and used to demolish the Cracked Block. This reveals a Big Switch which, after being pressed with all three Links, reveals more colored platforms throughout the pit to the north, and spawns more Chasupas. The Links must cross these platforms to the other side, while throwing each other onto the matching platforms and using the Boomerangs to carry each other over. On the other side of the pit are a pair of Cracked Blocks which must be demolished. This can be achieved by having the red Link pick up the Bomb Flower from his platforms and throw it over to the ledge, allowing another Link to pick it up and throw to the Blocks.

The next area features two White Poes and another pit with more colored platforms to the east, as well as a Life Like disguised as a Heart in the northwest among some Grass. The blue and red platforms above the pit continuously around, requiring the Links to time their throws. The red platform moves close to a high-up ledge, which can only be reached with a Totem of three. This is made possible by having the blue Link carry the green Link while standing close to the edge of the blue platform, then having the red Link pick them both up when his platform moves close to theirs. The top Link can then be thrown up to the ledge, where the Triforce Gateway and a Floor Switch lie. Pressing the Switch raises a drawbridge, allowing the other two Links to walk to the Triforce Gateway.

In Stage 4, the Links appear on another ledge before a pit with more colored platforms, which also move back and forth. The Links must again use a combination of throwing each other across and using the Boomerang to get to the other side. Once the Links cross the pit and approach a staircase to the north, five Poes suddenly appear, three of which are colored. Defeating them all reveals a Treasure Chest containing three Hearts. The Links then climb the stairs and drop from a ledge onto a circular platform with a pit in its center, and three Floor Switches to be pressed. The Floor Switches will retract the ledge leading to the platform, and a group of Prankster Poes will appear. These Enemies will attack the Links by sneaking up to them, then grabbing them and attempting to throw them off the platform, so it is best that the Links stay close together to be able to save one another. Once the Prankster Poes are defeated, a bridge to the Triforce Gateway appears.

Drablands Challenges

Once the Boss of The Ruins has been defeated, Illusory Mansion can be replayed with the following Drablands Challenges: "Fewer Heart Containers!", "Clear within the time limit!", and "Don't fall at all!". Each Challenge features the same configuration of Enemies.

In "Clear within the time limit!", the Links are given a timer of one minute in Multiplayer, or one minute and 30 seconds in single-player. This timer can be increased by collecting Hourglasses or wearing Linebeck's Uniform.

Materials

At the end of the Level, each of the Links can open one of three Treasure Chests. Two contain the same Material, and one contains another, more valuable Material.

Drablands Challenge	—Not Applicable
Magical Materials	2Carrumpkins 1Mystery Extract
Drablands Challenge	Fewer Heart Containers!
Magical Materials	2Carrumpkins 1Spider Silk Lace
Drablands Challenge	Don't fall at all!
Magical Materials	2Mystery Extracts 1Poe Soul
Drablands Challenge	Clear within the time limit!
Magical Materials	2Spider Silk Laces 1Twisted Twig

Drablands Challenge	Magical Materials
—Not Applicable	2Carrumpkins 1Mystery Extract
Fewer Heart Containers!	2Carrumpkins 1Spider Silk Lace
Don't fall at all!	2Mystery Extracts 1Poe Soul
Clear within the time limit!	2Spider Silk Laces 1Twisted Twig

Enemies and Traps

Stage 1

White Poe ×5

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 One at ground level; one at a height of two Links; one at a height of three Links.
↑ Disguised as a Heart.

Treasure Chests

Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Key
Notes	Atop the small tower in Stage 1
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Silver Rupee
Notes	Behind the gate east of the Triforce Gateway in Stage 2
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Heart ×3
Notes	Appears after defeating the five Poes in Stage 4

Treasure Chest	Contents	Notes
Treasure Chest	Key	Atop the small tower in Stage 1
Treasure Chest	Silver Rupee	Behind the gate east of the Triforce Gateway in Stage 2
Treasure Chest	Heart ×3	Appears after defeating the five Poes in Stage 4

Trivia

As described in Vol. 5 of the Drablands Diary, a set of green handprints is hidden in each Level of The Ruins. They can be found on a window in Stage 4 of Illusory Mansion, to the left of the bridge leading to the Triforce Gateway.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language	Names
Japanese	まやかし屋敷 (Mayakashi Yashiki)^[3]
French^EUEuropean	Maison des illusions^[5]
French^CACanadian	Maison des illusions
German	Schwindelhaus^[4]
Italian	Casa dispettosa^[6]
Korean	속임수 저택 (Sog-imsu Jeotaeg)^[7]
Spanish^{LALatin American}	Mansión del engaño^[2]
Spanish^EUEuropean	Mansión del Engaño^[8]
This table was generated from Zelda Wiki's translation data.