The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Palace of the Four Sword: Difference between revisions

While you can enter the Palace as soon as you have beaten the Four Swords and have access to the Dark World, it is highly recommended that you play through as much of the game as possible before doing so, in order to obtain the maximum amount of health.  It's also advisable to bring four Red Potions (or fairies at the very least).  The minimum items needed are the Hookshot, the Flippers, the Cane of Somaria, the Magic Hammer and the Fire Rod.

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When you enter the Palace, you will be greeted by a typical Dark World thief, known as a Pikku.  He will charge you an entrance fee of 20 Rupees, and he will charge you this fee every time that you come here, even if you've paid it before.  Provided you meet the criteria for entry, he will allow you to pass.  You must proceed from this entrance, through the hallway, and into the Grand Hall above.  However, in the hallway waits six chained up Terubeans who can whittle your health down quite rapidly – even with Red Mail on – if you're not careful.  It is possible, with a good running start, to safely dash up the left or right side of the hallway without receiving any damage, but this takes a little luck.  Once you reach the grand hall, you are presented with four choices of doors, along with one magically sealed entrance at the top.

When you enter the room, the blocks are arranged such that you can't proceed due to the blue fence blocks.  Obviously, you must trigger the Crystal Switch in the upper left corner to lower them.  A Boomerang throw will suffice.  Once the blue fence blocks are lowered, the blocks can be pushed and manipulated to provide you with access to the upper right corner of the room.  Take care to remove the Pometto turtle before proceeding.  Once you defeat it, you'll notice that you can't proceed thanks to the one orange fence block blocking your way.  You must find a way to trigger the Crystal Switch so that you are north of the blue block when the switch is triggered. To do this, stand where Link is in the diagram to the right and use the Cane of Somaria to create a block, when you get past the blue fence block, then use the Cane again, the block will explode, the gate blocks will change and you can easily get through.

[[Image:ALttP_P4S_Red_Sword.png|frame|left|The Green Sword room]]

When you arrive in this room, you may be startled to see your Uncle sitting in the middle of the room, just as he was in the very beginning of the game when he was wounded.  But alas, it is really the master of disguises, Blind the Thief, playing a cruel trick on you to lure you in.  Once you are close enough, he reveal his true form once more.  You will start out using the same strategy as before: striking his head with your sword.  However, the first time you disconnect his head, his body rises without forming a new head.  This time, his heads have a strange property: you can actually hit them with your sword.  In fact, you can bat them around so that they eventually reconnect with his shoulders.  After the first head is reunited, strike his head until two come off the body.  Bat them both back into his shoulders.  The first one will damage him, and the second will stick.  Strike the head again, and now three will disconnect.  As before, bat them back into his body.  The first two will damage Blind, and the connection of the third and final head will destroy him.

During the quest of the Four Sword, Link's body was fractured and separated into four distinct beings.  In the process of succeeding in his mission to rescue Zelda from Vaati, Link is regarded as a Hero.  In order to be considered a Master, he must now face and defeat each of the four portions of his own self, as they were created by the Four Sword.  They will attack one at a time; first Green, then Red, then Blue, and finally Purple.  With each passing color, they gain one additional move that the previous ones did not possess. The Green Link only knows how to dash. The Red Link can perform the whirling blade attack as well. The Blue Link can perform both of those moves as well as a downward stab attack. The Purple Link knows all these moves, and one more: the fire blade attack. As you fight and beat each one, the next one follows until all four Dopplegangers have been defeated.