Swamp of Evil

Navigate the Swamp of Evil in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Find Piece of Heart #21 and #22, a Red Rupee, and learn how to stop the rain to access Misery Mire.

Use the Magic Mirror to warp to the Light World, then use the Flute to summon your bird and fly to the Desert of Mystery at point #6. You'll land on a grassy bluff, where you can lift a small dark stone to uncover a Magical Warp Tile. Step on it to be transported to the Swamp of Evil in the Dark World. This region is subject to perpetual rainfall and thunderstorms. As you go north through the muck, you'll have to contend with Ku, a Dacto perched on a high bluff, and Swamolas--enemies that leap out of swampy waters.

In the eastern part of the swamp, you can find refuge in a cave. An insect inside will charge 20 Rupees to explain that controlling the air will stop the rain and open the entrance to the next dungeon. To do this, make your way to the northeast corner of the Swamp of Evil. You'll find a dead end. Use the Magic Mirror here to be transported to a place in the Light World. Lift the large stone to uncover an opening and go inside. Solve a block puzzle to reach Piece of Heart #21.

Return to the Dark World and go to the northern part of the swamp. Enter the mouth of the west head to find a long dungeon-like corridor. Go north on either the right or left side to avoid the two Sparks traveling along the railing, and head down the steps. You'll find two chests behind another block puzzle. Push the blocks in the southwest corner: Push the southern block west, then the block north of it farther north. Push the other southern block aside to the east. Finally, push the block in the way of the chests west. The west chest contains Piece of Heart #22, and the east chest contains a Red Rupee.

Leave and go south, curving around north to get on the main platform before the submerged central head. Stand on the tile with the Ether Medallion icon and use the Ether Medallion. The rain will stop, and the central head will rise out of the muck, opening the entrance to Misery Mire.

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