Ganon's Tower

Sword & Shield Maze

    Click the map below to see it in full size.  Help with the dungeon can be found below the map.  The numbers correspond with the numbers on the map.

  1. Shoot the statue with a seed.  This will cause a key to appear.

  2. Bomb the cracked blocks in this room, then use the Magnetic Gloves to use the giant ball to crush the Hardhat Beetles.

  3. Make your way across the room to the staircase.

  4. Use Roc's Cape to jump from platform to platform until you reach the ladder.

  5. Jump across the lava here, being especially careful not to hit the spiked cylinder.  Head south when you are clear of the roller.

  6. Defeat the enemies in here, then open the chest to get the Compass.

  7. In yet another turnstile puzzle, enter the turnstile from the west, it will turn you north, then climb the stairway, head west, drop back down, and enter the turnstile again from the west.  This time it will take you to the southern room.

  8. Defeat the Wizzrobes in here to get them out of the way, then stand perfectly still.  The Armos statue should move out of the way.  If it doesn't, leave the room and re-enter, then try again.

  9. Use the Magnetic Gloves to move the ball across the lava and onto a switch.  If you mess up, leave the room and come back to make the ball re-appear.

  10. Defeat the Armos statues, then push the lower block away to get the Hyper Slingshot from the chest.

  11. In yet another turnstile puzzle, enter the turnstile room from the north, then get the key from chest in the room to the east.  Re-enter the turnstile room, and after it turns you to the north, head back down the staircase to your east and use the Magnetic Gloves to pull yourself towards the magnetic cylinder across the pit of lava.

  12. Use the Hyper Slingshot to hit each of the statues in this room with a seed.  This will cause a stairway to appear if you do it right.

  13. Bomb all of the cracked blocks in this room, make sure to get the key from the chest in the northwest corner first, then make your way to the northeast corner to the staircase.

  14. Miniboss - Frypolar - To defeat him, shoot him with a Mystery Seed when he is in his fire state.  This will turn him to his ice state.  When he is in his ice state, shoot him with an Ember Seed.  Repeat this process until he is defeated.

  15. Use the Hyper Slingshot and Ember Seeds to quickly light all of the torches in the room, causing a stairway to appear.

  16. You will need to move the three ice blocks in this room over to the only part of the floor that is not covered by ice.  To do this, push the block that is against a stone block downward, then push the north most block south, then east.  After that, push the block to the right of the first one you pushed south, then east, then north, then east.  Push the final block to the east.

  17. The Boss Key can be found in this room.

  18. Bomb the northeast wall in D4 to enter room D3, then pay close attention to the path the ghost takes.  You will need to follow it exactly to make the key appear.

  19. Take one of the ice spikes in room D4 over to room D5, and throw it down the hole in the floor.  This will cause the lava to cool off and turn into stone that you can walk on.  This will allow you to reach a key.

  20. Throw a spike of ice into the holes in rooms C3, C5, and D3 to make the lava in the rooms below turn to stone.

  21. Throw a spike of ice into the holes in rooms C3, C5, and D3 to make the lava in the rooms below turn to stone.

  22. Get the final key in the dungeon here.