Natzu, Sunken City and Zora’s Flippers Walkthrough

Step out of the lair into the swamp, where it is autumn. The Rod of Seasons stump stands in the field just outside the cave. Stand on it and swing the Rod twice: your Rod only holds winter and summer, so you pass through winter and land on summer. The vines on the cliff over the lair door grow back as the season turns.

Walk into the shallow lake north of the lair and follow it up the screen. Octoroks spit rocks at you from the lily pads, so use the shield or the Roc’s Feather to leave their line. Your hearts are likely low after the boss, so take a Recovery Heart if one drops. In the middle of a lily-pad patch you can see a Piece of Heart. Leave it for now; the next waypoints are elsewhere.

Walk west through the forest and set the Shovel on A. On the grassy flats south-west of the lake, dig the small mounds of loose earth. A few of them pay out Rupees; about twenty come up before you reach the lake shore again.

North of the island is a waterfall that only Dimitri can climb. At the top, a cave houses a singing Deku Scrub in a field of flowers. He is happy to see a human who understands him, but he gives nothing unless you carry his secret from the linked game, so the visit takes a moment.

Keep swimming north past the docks and enter the dark cave across the water. Cross the gap on the moving green tiles, jumping with the Roc’s Feather if you need to, and open the chest at the far end for 50 Rupees. Walk out and Dimitri is waiting in the lake.

Head east and then north along the edge of the city, past the blue trees, until you reach an island holding a Gale Seed tree. Slash the tree to collect your first Gale Seeds. The tree only bears seeds in summer. A Gale Seed warps you to any seed tree you have already visited, so the Sunken City tree is also a useful travel point from now on.

Ride Dimitri to the little island with the tree stump, just beside a flooded house and a waterfall. A patch of soft soil lies next to the stump. Pick Plant when the prompt appears and put in the Gasha Seed from the Poison Moth’s Lair chest. This soil only gives rings from the two lowest tiers, so it is a casual spot, but a free seed is still worth planting. The tree needs time to grow before you can harvest it.

Stand on the stump and use the Rod of Seasons to bring winter. Snow covers the ledge and the shore. Climb back on Dimitri and swim up the left-hand waterfall by pressing him toward the falls.

Let the waterfall carry you back down. Ride Dimitri up the right-hand waterfall instead. A treasure chest sits on the left side of the cave at the top; open it for 50 Rupees. Walk to the right side where the Master Diver waits.

Talk to the Master Diver. He tells you to find a cave with four eye statues and to strike all four with a single swing, and to bring him proof. Give him the Master’s Plaque and he accepts you as his pupil, giving you the Zora’s Flippers. Press A to swim, hold B to dive, and he adds that a diving hole among the reefs in town is a secret route toward Mt. Cucco. You no longer need Dimitri for deep water.

Swim out of the cave with the Flippers and head to the stump island. Use the Rod once to switch back to summer; the vines on the cliffs near the waterfalls only grow in this season and Sunken City’s Gale tree needs it as well.

Next to the vine-covered waterfall cliff, climb the vines to a ledge and walk into the small cave. A chest on the sand holds a second Gasha Seed. Keep it until you reach the next patch of soft soil.

Swim to the cave south of the city that drops into the Sunken Falls and walk to its lone chest. Open it and you lift out the Pyramid Jewel, but Vire, Onox’s henchman, is hiding in the room. He snatches the Jewel, throws it onto a high ledge across a drop and taunts you that you cannot swim down the cliff.

Select the Gale Seeds and warp to the Sunken City tree. Swim south across the open water of the city, press B to dive and come up in the Sunken Falls cave. Walk along the right side of the cave to the high ledge. Pick up the Pyramid Jewel. It is the first of the four Jewels needed to open Tarm Ruins.