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Level 8 - Sword & Shield Maze
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

Level 8 - Sword & Shield Maze

Complete walkthrough for the Sword & Shield Maze in The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, including item locations, puzzles, mini-boss, and boss strategies.

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Complete walkthrough for the Sword & Shield Maze in The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, including item locations, puzzles, mini-boss, and boss strategies.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    1F E-1: Go up and then right to D-2.
  2. 2
    1F D-2: Hit the statue with no eye with the Slingshot to collect a Small Key. Go left and then up twice.
  3. 3
    1F B-1: Kill all Magnet Guys and head up.
  4. 4
    1F A-1: Kill Gels, bomb cracked blocks to get the Magnetic Ball. Use Magnetic Gloves to crush a Bumper Beetle with it to get a Small Key. Head right twice.
  5. 5
    1F A-3: Unlock the locked block and go down the stairs.
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    B1F A-3: Make your way down, hit the Ropes.
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    B1F B-3: Avoid rollers and head down the stairs. Use Roc's Cape to get to the ladder on the other side.
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    B1F E-1: Cross the lava, avoid the roller (jump with Roc's Cape), and head down.
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    B1F F-1: Avoid Giant Spikes, stand on the top-right button to open the door, head right.
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    B1F F-2: Go up the stairs.
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    1F F-2: Carefully go to the chest and open it for the Compass. Go back down the stairs.
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    B1F F-2: Use a Small Key on the locked door to head right.
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    B1F F-3: Enter the round-about, go up steps, left, drop down, go right, enter round-about again to go down.
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    B1F G-3: Wait for the Armos Knight to wake up and move, then go up the stairs in the corner.
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    1F G-3: Head right, open the chest for the Dungeon Map. Use the South Polarity of the Magnetic Gloves to move the Magnetic Ball left through the gap. Go right to the lava, use North Polarity to move it over the lava and back left onto the button to retract the bridge. Go back down the stairs to your left.
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    B1F G-3: Head right and go up the stairs.
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    1F G-4: Go left.
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    1F G-3: Wake up Armos Knights and kill them with the Magic Boomerang. Move the bottom block left, open the chest for the Hyper Slingshot. Go right, jump over lava, head down the stairs.
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    B1F G-4: Head up, flip over lava, head left, enter round-about to head right, open chest for a Small Key.
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    B1F F-4: Head left, enter round-about to go up, head right, go down steps, use North Polarity on Magnetic Pole to cross lava, head right.
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    B1F F-5: Use Hyper Slingshot to hit three eyeless statues simultaneously. Go up the stairs that appear.
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    1F F-5: Bomb cracked blocks to reach the chest. Bomb two more cracked blocks below, move remaining block left to get to it. Collect the Small Key, head back down the stairs.
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    B1F F-5: Use a Small Key to open the door, head right.
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    B1F F-6: Fight Frypolar (Mini-Boss). Head up.
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    B1F E-6: Light all torches quickly, head up the stairs.
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    1F E-6: Head up.
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    1F D-6: Solve the ice block puzzle: C right; B down, right, up; A left, down, right, up; B right; A right. Head down the stairs. Climb up ice blocks, jump across conveyor belts, jump across thwomps, climb ladder.
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    1F A-4: Step on the button to retract the bridge, head right.
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    1F A-5: Head right past spikes and Wizrobes to A-6.
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    1F A-6: Use Magic Boomerang on the switch, cross the bridge, head down.
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    1F B-6: Kill Bats with sword, kill Pols Voice with Bombs, head down.
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    1F C-6: Open chest for the Boss Key. Head down, drop off ledge, head left through the locked door.
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    1F D-5: Head left.
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    1F D-4: Bomb the top wall on the right side of the Owl Statue. Head up through the opening.
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    1F C-4: Follow Armos Knight's steps, collect the falling key. Exit the room.
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    1F D-4: Pick up an Ice Crystal, head down.
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    1F E-4: Throw Ice Crystal into the hole to solidify lava. Head up, pick up another Ice Crystal, jump in mine cart.
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    1F C-3: Drop Ice Crystal, use Small Key on locked block. Pick up Ice Crystal, throw into hole. Jump in mine cart, pick up another Crystal, jump in mine cart. Drop Crystal, hit switch, jump back in mine cart.
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    1F C-4: Throw Ice Crystal into the hole on your right. Jump...
Tips
  • Use Roc's Cape for precise jumps and to avoid rollers/spikes.
  • The Magnetic Gloves are crucial for manipulating magnetic balls to solve puzzles.
  • The Hyper Slingshot is needed to hit multiple targets simultaneously.
  • Pay close attention to the ice block puzzle in room D-6; it requires precise movements.
  • Use Bombs to destroy cracked blocks and defeat certain enemies like Pols Voice.
  • The Magic Boomerang is effective against Armos Knights.

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