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Suthorn Ruins Dungeon – The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Walkthrough

Echoes of Wisdom 100% Completion Walkthrough16 chapters
Walkthrough overview
  • Prologueplaying as Link, escaping the castle jail, and the waterways to Suthorn Beach.
  • Suthorn ForestSuthorn Beach and Village, meeting Tri, the first echoes, and mending the Suthorn Forest rift.
  • Suthorn Ruinsthe first dungeon, the Shadow Link fight, and the Seismic Talus boss.
  • Jabul Watersthe River and Sea Zora feud, Lord Jabu-Jabu, and Stilled Jabul Waters.
  • Jabul Ruinsthe whirlpool chase, the five colored switches, and the Vocavor boss.
  • Gerudo Desertthe Oasis, Gerudo Town, the desert rifts, and Cryptic Cavern.
  • Gerudo Sanctumthe tribute puzzle, the Bow of Might, and the Mogryph boss.
  • Hyrule Castlethe Hyrule Castle well rift, Stilled Castle Town, and the Ganon boss.
  • Eldin VolcanoKakariko Village, the Eldin Volcano Trail, and saving Goron City.
  • Eldin Templethe Bombs of Might, the lava hall, and the Volvagia boss.
  • Faron WetlandsScrubton, Blossu’s House, and escaping the Deku Scrub Lockup.
  • Faron Templethe small keys, the plant mini-boss, and the Gohma boss.
  • Hebra Mountainmeeting Condé, the climb through the snow, and the Stilled Hebra Mountain rift.
  • Lanayru Templefire orbs, fans and lasers, the slime mini-boss, and the Skorchill boss.
  • Eternal Forestthe six Ancient Orb pedestals, the Deku Tree, and freeing Link in the Stilled Ancient Ruins.
  • Null’s Bodythe final dungeon and the multi-phase fight against Null.

This page covers Suthorn Ruins from its entrance to the boss, Seismic Talus. It picks up where Suthorn Forest leaves off; that page also has the region’s collectibles checklist.

Key finds in this dungeon: the Bind and Reverse Bond abilities, Swordfighter Form, the Heart Pin accessory, and the Strandtula, Darknut and Deku Baba echoes.

1F

Learning Bind

Activate the Waypoint in the entry room, then go north. In the next room a huge boulder sits on a raised ledge beside a floor switch and a barred door. Interact with it and Tri teaches Bind: bind an object and it mirrors your movement exactly. Drag the boulder left onto the floor switch; its weight holds the switch down and the door opens.

Zelda checks the Waypoint statue in the first room of the Suthorn Ruins
A huge boulder on a ledge beside a floor switch and barred door in the Suthorn Ruins
Tri Binds the boulder in a green glow as Zelda learns the Bind ability in the Suthorn Ruins
Zelda drags the Bound boulder left onto the floor switch in the Suthorn Ruins
With the boulder resting on the floor switch, the north door of the Suthorn Ruins room stands open

Strandtula Cave and the Dungeon Map

Past a water room, a ladder leads down into a side-scrolling cave where Strandtula spiders hang from threads. Burn one with an Ignizol to learn the echo, then climb and cross on their silk to the chest on the high ledge for the Dungeon Map. Climb the ladder at the right edge to leave.

Zelda moves between hanging Strandtula silk threads in the side-scrolling room, with the map chest on a ledge
An Ignizol echo sets a Strandtula spider alight on the lower floor of the side-scrolling cave
Zelda learns the Strandtula echo after defeating the spider in the side-scrolling cave
Zelda climbs the silk of a summoned Strandtula toward the high ledge holding the Dungeon Map chest
Zelda holds up the Dungeon Map with its You got a dungeon map text box
Zelda climbs the red ladder at the right edge of the Strandtula room to leave it

In the room above, step onto the raised block on the right, summon a Strandtula beside the high back ledge, and climb its silk. Head left through the big hall to a doorway flanked by two torches.

Zelda steps up onto the raised stone block on the right of the room above the Strandtula cave
Zelda summons a Strandtula beside the high back ledge and grabs its silk
Zelda climbs Strandtula silk up the wall to the upper ledge between two lit braziers
Zelda walks left along the upper ledge after climbing the Strandtula silk

Radiant Butter Chest and the Lift to 2F

Before going through, double back past the water room to a sand-floored room. A chest lies tipped over and half-buried in the sand. Echoes won’t budge it, but Bind the chest itself and pull it free for 5 Radiant Butter. Then return to the torch-lit doorway: just past it, a railed lift carries you up to 2F.

A treasure chest lies half-buried in a sand-floored room of the Suthorn Ruins
Zelda uses Bind on the buried chest and pulls it out of the sand in the Suthorn Ruins
Zelda holds up 5 portions of Radiant Butter from the sand-room chest in the Suthorn Ruins
Zelda rides a railed lift platform up a narrow shaft toward the stairs room

The Darknut on the Stairs

Climb the long stairs where a Darknut guards the top. Its shield blocks frontal hits, so let an echo do the work: a Peahat wears it down safely, and a Spear Moblin works from range too. Learn the Darknut echo when it falls, then trampoline up the fallen pillar on the left and head through to the ladder in the next room.

A Darknut waits at the top of the long stairs as Zelda climbs toward it
A summoned Peahat echo attacks the Darknut at the top of the stairs while Zelda hangs back
Zelda learns the Darknut echo after the armored knight is defeated
Zelda summons a Trampoline beside the fallen pillar to bounce over the rubble
Zelda heads through the doorway beyond the fallen pillar after bouncing over

Below is a dark side-on room with braziers. Summon an Ignizol to light the bottom-left brazier, then send it into the stack of nine wooden boxes on the left; they burn away and expose the next brazier. With the braziers lit, the small barred block beside the right-hand ladder crumbles to dust. Climb out at the top right.

An Ignizol lights the lower-left brazier in the side-view cave room
Zelda places an Ignizol against the stack of nine wooden boxes blocking the left brazier
The stack of wooden boxes burns from the Ignizol fire in the side-view brazier room
Dust marks where the barred gate beside the ladder vanished once every brazier was lit
Zelda stands between the lit braziers after the wooden boxes have burned away
Zelda walks through the opened gate to the ladder that leads up and out of the room

On 2F, activate the Waypoint statue, then Bind one of the statues set into the north wall and pull it down to open the north door. Fight through the rooms of Keese and an armored enemy (Deku Baba echoes handle them well) and climb the stairs. In the dark rubble room, stack Old Beds and a Trampoline to reach a chest with 50 rupees. A long torch-lit staircase then leads down to a shrine room, where Tri wonders whether the figure waiting there is the one who fought the blue monster. It’s a shadow copy of Link: it turns dark, goo seals the door behind you, and the fight is on. Keep your distance and let Deku Baba echoes chew through it. When it falls, it dissolves and leaves its sword behind.

Zelda uses Bind on a wall statue in the Suthorn Ruins 2F statue room to pull it and open the north door
Zelda climbs Old Bed and Trampoline echoes up the rubble in a dark Suthorn Ruins 2F room
Zelda holds up 50 rupees from the chest on top of the rubble in the Suthorn Ruins 2F room
A Link look-alike waits by the shrine as Tri asks if it is the person who fought the blue monster
The purple Shadow Link imitation attacks Zelda in the Suthorn Ruins shrine room mini-boss fight
A Deku Baba echo bites the Shadow Link imitation, the easy way to win this Suthorn Ruins fight

Taking the sword (“You got some energy!”) unlocks Swordfighter Form; Tri has you use it right away to slice through the purple goo sealing the door. Zelda can now burn the energy gauge, refilled by crystals from dark monsters, to fight exactly like Link for a short window. It’s the game’s answer to every boss fight and locked gate going forward.

Tri notes the defeated imposter left its sword lying on the shrine room floor in Suthorn Ruins
Zelda holds up the sword engraved with the name Link, left behind by the Shadow Link imitation
Zelda receives energy overhead with the text You got some energy, unlocking Swordfighter Form
Zelda transforms into glowing blue Swordfighter Form in front of a goo-sealed doorway
Zelda in Swordfighter Form slashes the purple goo sealing the shrine room door in Suthorn Ruins
With the purple goo cut away, the shrine room doorway in Suthorn Ruins is open again

Heart Pin: Your First Accessory

Don’t leave without: the side-on room just past the Shadow Link chamber has a chest on a high ledge to the right of a ladder, with a boulder on the floor below. Summon a Peahat over the boulder, Bind the boulder, and climb the ladder: the bound boulder rises with you. Release it on the upper ledge, step onto it, and reach the chest for the Heart Pin, your first accessory. Equip it right away; it makes hearts appear more often.

The side-view Suthorn Ruins room with the Heart Pin chest sitting on a high ledge beside a ladder
Zelda places an Old Bed echo to climb toward the high chest ledge in the side-view Suthorn Ruins room
Zelda summons a Peahat echo and grabs it to float through the side-view Suthorn Ruins room
Zelda Binds the boulder and climbs the ladder to raise it, with a Peahat hovering on top
Zelda stands on the repositioned boulder, using it as a step toward the Heart Pin chest
Zelda holds up the Heart Pin with the text You got a heart pin, her first accessory

The Small Key and Big Key

The Small Key

Continue on and you’ll reach the massive locked boss door. The rooms beyond it are sealed with purple goo; slice through in Swordfighter Form. These goo rooms are full of Deku Baba: defeat one to learn the Deku Baba echo, and once they’re all down, a door opens between two braziers.

Zelda faces a Deku Baba in a goo-covered room west of the Suthorn Ruins boss door
Zelda's Deku Baba echo attacks an enemy Deku Baba in the Suthorn Ruins brazier room
The door between the braziers opens once every Deku Baba in the Suthorn Ruins rooms is defeated

Next is a room where a chest sits behind bars beside a statue and a pressure plate. Bind the chest through the bars and drag it onto the plate. The bars drop, and the chest holds 50 rupees.

A knight statue and a chest sit behind bars in the Suthorn Ruins barred room, with a pressure plate outside
Zelda uses Bind to drag the caged chest through the bars toward the pressure plate in Suthorn Ruins
With the chest weighing down the pressure plate, the bars in the Suthorn Ruins barred room drop
Zelda holds up a purple 50-rupee piece from the barred-room chest in Suthorn Ruins

In the brazier room beyond, another Deku Baba sits behind a lattice fence. Summon your own Deku Baba beside the fence and it bites through the lattice. Once the fenced Baba is gone, a chest appears between the braziers holding the Small Key.

A Deku Baba guards the area behind a lattice fence in the Suthorn Ruins brazier room
Zelda's summoned Deku Baba echo strikes the fenced-in Deku Baba in Suthorn Ruins
A chest appears between the braziers once the fenced Deku Baba in Suthorn Ruins is defeated
Zelda holds up the Small Key from the brazier room chest in Suthorn Ruins

Reverse Bond and the Big Key

Back at the boss door, the Small Key opens the little door on its right. Inside, a knight statue stands behind a fence; Bind it onto the pressure plate and the bars covering a ladder hole drop away. Ride the moving platform onward, and in the following room Tri teaches Reverse Bond: while bound to a moving platform, hold the button and Zelda rides the platform’s motion through the air instead of dragging it.

Zelda Binds a knight statue behind a lattice fence in the room past the small locked door in Suthorn Ruins
With the statue on the pressure plate, the bars drop to open the ladder hole in Suthorn Ruins
Zelda rides a moving platform through the side-view passage of Suthorn Ruins
Tri explains Reverse Bond: hold R and Zelda follows whatever she is bound to, in Suthorn Ruins
Zelda uses Reverse Bond to follow a moving platform across a gap in Suthorn Ruins

Reverse-Bond up the chain of floating platforms, grabbing the chest with 20 rupees along the way, until you reach the topmost ladder. The final room gates the Big Key behind bars with a statue and a raised pressure-plate pillar. Summon a Table behind the bars next to the statue, then Bind the statue from outside and guide it up onto the raised plate. The bars fall and the Big Key is yours. Backtrack to the boss door and open it.

Zelda Reverse-Bonds up to a floating platform on the climb through Suthorn Ruins
Zelda holds up 20 rupees from the chest along the Reverse Bond platform climb in Suthorn Ruins
Zelda places a Table echo behind the bars beside the knight statue in the Suthorn Ruins Big Key room
The statue sits on the raised pressure plate and the bars fall in the Suthorn Ruins Big Key room
Zelda holds up the Big Key from the large chest in Suthorn Ruins
Zelda opens the boss door in Suthorn Ruins with the Big Key

Boss: Seismic Talus

A rock golem with a glowing purple core. Lock onto the core and pound it with echoes or thrown objects. When the golem falls apart and the core pops loose onto the floor, that’s your window: go Swordfighter and unload. Its fist slams are slow enough to sidestep on foot. The Heart Container is yours when it crumbles, and freeing Tri’s friends levels Tri up and earns you 5 Might Crystals.

The Seismic Talus rock golem forms with its glowing purple core in the Suthorn Ruins boss room
Zelda's Deku Baba echo attacks the Seismic Talus during the boss fight
The Seismic Talus falls apart and its purple core drops loose on the boss room floor
Zelda in Swordfighter Form slashes the exposed Seismic Talus core
Tri introduces her freed friends after the Seismic Talus is defeated in Suthorn Ruins
Zelda holds up the Heart Container earned by defeating the Seismic Talus

Lueburry’s House and What’s Next

Back in the real Suthorn Forest, the real Minister Lefte finds Zelda and leads her to the house of Lueburry, Impa’s older brother, who runs the upgrade bench where you’ll trade Might Crystals for swordfighter upgrades all game long. Talk with him about Link, the rifts, and the people still missing, and The Mysterious Rifts is marked complete. His diary in the back room is worth a read before you head out.

Minister Lefte introduces himself to Zelda in the restored Suthorn Forest
Minister Lefte leads Zelda to Lueburry's thatched house in Suthorn Forest
Lueburry introduces himself as Impa's older brother inside his Suthorn Forest house
The Mysterious Rifts main quest is marked complete in Lueburry's house
Zelda reads Lueburry's diary about might crystals in the back room of his house

With Suthorn clear, the world opens up. This guide heads to Jabul Waters next, but the two new regions can be done in either order, and Gerudo Desert works just as well first.

Zelda heads out into Hyrule past a large rift after leaving Suthorn
Zelda reaches the Lake Hylia area as the wider world of Hyrule opens up

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