| Hidden towns | New Kasuto (east, found with the Hammer) and Old Kasuto (southeast, deserted) |
|---|---|
| Revealing tools |  Hammer (trees and boulders), Flute (River Devil and the hidden palace), Cross (invisible Moas) |
| Best rewards | Magical Key and Spell (New Kasuto), Thunder spell (Old Kasuto), a Magic Container and a 500 EXP P-Bag |
New Kasuto is a town hidden in the eastern woods, and you reveal it by swinging the Hammer at the right patch of trees. Old Kasuto is a deserted town in the southeast where the Thunder spell waits. Other secrets are caves and screens that open only after you have the Hammer, the Flute or the Cross, and each one is worth checking before you move on from an area.
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New Kasuto
How to reveal the town
New Kasuto sits in the forest in the southeast of East Hyrule. Head southeast from the graveyard, cross the bridge into the forest, and find the cave in the northeast of the woods. Inside the cave, walk to the far side and use the Hammer on the forest square at the top row, the one on the far left. The town then appears.
What you can do in New Kasuto
The town has a healer and a magic refill. On the second screen, the house with the open door has a fireplace at the back; step up into the fireplace to reach the old man who teaches Spell. Once you have learned Spell, cast it at the edge of the town, and a small building rises from the ground with the Magical Key inside. You need the key before you can enter Three-Eye Rock Palace.
Magic Container in the old woman’s house
An old woman stands near the first screen of the town. She lets you into her house only once you hold three of the four Magic Containers, so collect the other three first. In the basement of her house, the fourth Magic Container is yours. The Magic Containers page lists the other three.
The hint about the Magical Key
A message written on the wall of an empty house in Old Kasuto says the Magical Key is the treasure of Kasuto. It points you to the building that rises when you cast Spell at the dead end of New Kasuto. The nearby Heart Container is one of the four on the Heart Containers page.
Old Kasuto
The deserted town and the Thunder spell
Old Kasuto is in the southeast of Hyrule. The town is deserted except for one old man, who is in the first house you enter. He tells you to look in the woods to the east for the new town. Moas that you cannot see at first fill the streets. Once you have the Cross, they become visible and you can fight them. The old man in the first house you enter teaches you the Thunder spell.
Secret caves and hidden screens
Cave north of the marsh near New Kasuto
Follow the path southeast of the graveyard near New Kasuto to a cave above the marsh. The cave holds a 500 EXP P-Bag at its back, a big reward for a level-up. See the P-Bags page for the other bags.
Forest south of the lake
In the south of the eastern island, the forest south of the lake holds a single 500 EXP P-Bag on one forest tile; check each forest square in that stretch, since nothing marks it on the map.
Hidden Palace (Three-Eye Rock Palace)
The palace is hidden in the desert south of New Kasuto. Walk through the cave in New Kasuto, head south to the desert, and stand in the middle of the three rocks. Play the Flute from the overworld map, and the palace rises out of the sand. The Magical Key opens its locked doors. The Three-Eye Rock Palace chapter gives the rooms in order.
Flute and the River Devil
The River Devil blocks a passage south of Nabooru. Once you have the Flute, play it from the overworld map next to the River Devil and it disappears, which opens the path. The item itself is covered on the Items page.
Tips for finding secrets
- Check every house with an open door or a fireplace. Several of the wise men teach their spells this way.
- Use the Hammer on boulders and on patches of forest that look out of place on the overworld map.
- Keep a Candle in your inventory before you enter dark caves, or the cave walls stay hidden.
- Some P-Bags and Link Dolls vanish once you take them, so take them when you first see them.
