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Template:All Game Nav Welcome to the… desert. You are in a big room, and are welcomed by levers, those enemies that dig into the ground. Go north. You will see a statue in the middle with a rotating eye. If this eye sees you it will fire a laser at you, and no shield can block that. Move the pots to the west and exit north. As you go north, you find another enemy that burrows into the ground, this one just does not move around, but throws fireballs. Exit east, go through the door north and while avoiding the laser, use the Pegasus boots to make the key more accessible. Take it, talk to Sahasrahla if you feel the need and exit the room south. Go west and now north. Say hi to our old one eyed friends and lift the pot in the middle to uncover a switch. Step on this switch to make a chest magically appear. Take the map, go west and exit south.

Go east again, then south and use your key to open the door to the east. Defeat the blue/red things that wobble around, take the compass from the chest and go north. There are cannons in the walls shoothing towards the center of the room, keep to the center and take it slowly to avoid them. Open the chest to get the big key, and exit south, then exit west. Go north, then west all the way. You will be locked in a room with an eye statue and lots of pots. Lift the northwest pot to uncover a switch, step on it to open both doors. Go north, take the Power Gloves from the chest, then go back south, then east. Exit south, then go south and exit west. To the north there are fairies, if you need to refill health, just move the third block from the left. Exit south to go back outside.

To the south, get heart piece number 8, then go back north, use your new Power Gloves to lift the stones and enter the other part of the dungeon. This room looks like the one you just exited. Move the 2nd block from the right to open the door. Proceed north. In this room the floor tiles rise and follow you, a very annoying trap. Either avoid the tiles, of use your sword to destroy them as they fly towards you. Lift the southwest chest to get the key, use key in the door to the north, go upstairs and once there just exit south. Again, defeat the wobbly things to open the way, exit east. Go north and lift the third chest from the left to get the key. Continue north. Floor tiles again. This time the key is hidden in the northeast pot. Use key, exit room.

Use the bow to get rid of the red thing, then use the lantern to light the four torches to open the way (very dramatically). Open the door and behold the boss room! This boss consists of 3 green worms that pop out of the sand in a random place and reenter it, at another random place, and you have to hit each one in the head as it flies through the room before burrowing again. Also, as they come out they shoot 4 pieces of sand you should avoid, and when only one is left, it shoots 8 pieces of sand as it comes out of the ground. Each one takes 8 regular hits from your sword, or 4 charged hits. The fastest way is using the Ice Rod you got earlier; each one takes 2 hits from the Ice Rod to go down. After the fight collect the heart container, then the pendant. Your goal of finding all three Pendants is in sight! Go for the last one!