HCBailly plays Link's Awakening DX - Part 18 of 32

Now that we're done with the Angler's Tunnel, let's look at some more stuff!

Overworld maps by Osrevad. Dungeon maps by Revned.

Koholint Map

In-Game Map

Angler's Tunnel

(continued)

Map

It should be noted that you cannot use the Roc's Feather for the tile puzzle. You [b]have[/b] to use the Flippers. Thanks, game.

Anyway, finishing that other tile puzzle takes you into a side-scrolling area where you have to avoid those giant crushers. You'll have to stand on the second one with the help of the Roc's Feather in order to make it to the other side. This will lead you to the Nightmare's Key.

Apparently, the only fish in this area are in a staircase that was blocked by that switch we couldn't step on until after we got the Flippers. They're Bloopers, all right, and you can simply take them out with a sword swipe or two.

When you enter the Nightmare's Key door, you'll find...a set of stairs. Go down and jump into the water. From there, go down and you'll meet up with a giant Angler Fish. All you have to do is to be just above (or below) its angler and smack it with the sword. He sends other fish after you, but he's so much of a real pushover that the fish won't even pose a threat to you. Once you beat him, grab the Heart Container as it sinks to the ground and head back up. Since you've beaten the boss, the door here will open when you come back upstairs. You'll be rewarded with the Surf Harp. Next stop: the bay.

Koholint

Now that you have the Flippers, swim to the left of the entrance to the Angler's Tunnel. You'll meet Manbo the Fish, and talking to him will teach you Manbo's Mambo. You can now play it on your ocarina (song #2). Playing it warps you to Manbo's Pond, near Crazy Tracy's house.

There's a cave full of deep water just east of the Angler's Tunnel. If you dive underwater around the center and move around, you'll find a Piece of Heart.

When you head back to Camelot Castle (where you found the Golden Leaves), a ghost will follow you around. It wants you to take it back home. Take it back to the house by the bay. While you're in the water, go to the lower-left corner of the moat and dive underwater in the center neart the south wall of the moat. You'll find another Piece of Heart. (I never knew about this one while playing the game, and I don't even know how the game expects you to find it without the aide of a guide.)

While you're doing this, you'll be followed by a ghost. Apparently, you'll have to find some way to shake this guy off, since you can't enter any dungeons with him following you.

The island with the bush near the pig-man maze has another Secret Seashell. Be sure to hit the bush from the north, or else the Secret Seashell will fall into the water.

If you talk to the mermaid (who you can swim to now), she'll tell you that she lost her necklace while swimming, and if you return it, she will give you a scale from her tail.

Secret Seashells

19. When you get the flippers, swim up to the island with the lone bush near the pig-man maze. Destroy the bush to get another Secret Seashell.


20. The bush on the island just southwest of the mermaid contains another Secret Seashell.