PrinceWatercress plays Tomba! - Part 9 of 22

Now that we have the 1,000 Year Old Key, we can open up the blue chests. It's imperative that we do, as this will allow us to go back to the Haunted Mansion and fight the Green Evil Pig, which will open the game up a little bit and allow for some more exploration.

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Now that I have the 1,000 Year Old Key, I go out to open the blue 1,000 Year Old Chests, and the first two I go for are in Phoenix Mountain and the Lava Caves. The one at Phoenix Mountain below the Lava Caves entrance contains the Grapple, which is a grappling hook with more range than the Blackjack. This is a very important item that you'll need to get, and it also completes the "A Precious Treasure Chest?" objective.

Inside the Lava Caves is the Green Evil Pig Bag, which opens up the "Lava Caves" objective. However, you still won't be able to get very far in the Lava Caves until you put the flames out. It's time to head back to the Mansion. Remember the Smile Door that you had to open on one side of the mansion? Well, you'll have to get a Laughing Mushroom from the Mushroom Forest to open it again, and this time, the door to the Green Evil Pig will be there now that you have the Green Evil Pig Bag.

There is a Dwarf on one of the platforms now, and if you talk to him, he will tell you that he came to get some Flower Tears to revive the Charity Fountain in Charity Square. Unfortunately, he does not know how to get the Flower Tears. Keep this in mind for later. This opens up the "Tears from a Flower" objective. 

At the highest platform in the Mushroom Forest is a 1,000 Year Old Chest. Inside is a 1,000 Year Old Bell, which takes us back to the 1,000 Year Old Man's room in the Mansion.

Interestingly, you can hold R1 and hold Up or Down on the Control Pad to look up or down. I keep forgetting you can do this.

The chests in the bottomless pits of the Mushroom Forest contain Charity Wings and 1-Ups, making them worth getting once you get the keys for all the chests. 

Another 1,000 Year Old Chest on a platform contains the Mysterious Mushroom. Getting it completes the "The Mysterious Mushroom" objective. Using the Mysterious Mushroom lets you switch between laughing and crying between uses, making it so that you don't need to go back to the Mushroom Forest to get mushrooms to laugh or cry anymore.

Now to go to the Green Evil Pig. As mentioned earlier, go to the Smile Door, use the Mysterious Mushroom to laugh, go in, use the Ordinary Mushroom, then hold Up and press X to get on the platform and enter the door. Once you go in, you'll face the Green Evil Pig.

To beat the Green Evil Pig, stand on one of the large platforms beneath the Green Evil Pig Bag, then be above him when he stops flashing so you can throw him into the opening of the Pig Bag when he appears nearby. As you face him, he will throw a meteor up into the air, which will soon fall towards you at a much bigger size. By beating the Green Evil Pig, you will cool down the Lava Caves so that there is no more fire. If you need to, use the Jewel of Fire and press Square to use the Fire Magic for temporary invincibility.