East Rolling Ridge and the Mermaid Keys Walkthrough

In the present, each try at the Goron Dance costs 10 Rupees. The dance has eight rounds: press B to move on the rhythm sound and press A to hold a pose on the other sound. Dance well through six rounds to win a prize, and three mistakes end the game (see the minigames). Winning the first time gives you the Brother Emblem, and the Goron on the dance floor welcomes you as a brother to the Gorons. You need the emblem to get past the Goron guard at the stairs.

Go to the pink ridge in the past and walk up to the large stone Goron head. On the ledge next to it, slash the bushes and dig in the middle of the patch, and the game tells you the soft earth is good for planting. Plant a Gasha Seed here if you have one, then return later for the Gasha Nut (see Gasha Seeds).

Equip the Harp of Ages and play the Tune of Currents on the same ledge. A time portal opens, and you travel forward to the present on the blue ridge. Use the same tune again from the portal in the present to return to the past (see time portals).

On the blue ridge, find the ledge with two boulders next to a time portal pillar. Play the Harp of Ages there to open the portal, and step onto the ledge to take the Piece of Heart. The game tells you that collecting four pieces makes an extra Heart Container, and you can check your count on the Item Screen (see Heart Piece locations).

Enter the grey cave on the present ridge and open the chest near its exit. It holds a Gasha Seed, and the game tells you to plant it in soft soil, so save it for the soil you found in the past.

In the past, go into the tan wooden building beyond the pink ridge. The Goron host says the gallery is a big hit and offers the Lava Juice to a player with an excellent score. Each try costs 20 Rupees. Hit the balls back at the targets with your sword: blue targets score 30, the fairy scores 100, and red targets and imps take points away.

The game totals your score after ten pitches. A total of 100 or more wins the Lava Juice as the prize. A 350-point run also wins a Gasha Seed, with a box telling you to plant it in soft soil. You need the Lava Juice for the Letter of Introduction (see the minigames).

In the present, a starving Goron waits in the cave south of the Goron Dance Hall, marked by a Rolling Ridge sign. Give him the Rock Brisket and he thanks you, and in return he gives you the Goron Vase. Keep the vase, because the next Goron wants it.

Stay in the present and go back to the same cave. The Goron there asks for something unique to treasure. Give him the Goron Vase, and he gives you a Goronade in return. You need the Goronade for the bomb-dodge Goron game (see the trading sequence).

The bomb-dodge game gives the Old Mermaid Key when you win it once. Take the Lava Juice from the shooting gallery to the Goron in the sandy cave, who trades you the Letter of Introduction, and note that this trade needs the Old Mermaid Key. With the letter, play the Goron Dance for the Mermaid Key. Hold both keys before you enter Mermaid’s Cave.

In a Linked Game, a Goron in a grey cave on the blue ridge tells you about a Goron the size of a mountain who forges the great sword. That is the Biggoron secret. Later, a Subrosian in the same grey cave asks you to repeat his secret to his brother, which is the Subrosian secret. You carry both to Oracle of Seasons (see linked game secrets).

In the past, a Subrosian beside the Mystery Tree on the pink ridge gives you advice about defense and then a secret for the master of the Subrosian Smithy. Carry the secret to Oracle of Seasons, and the smith’s reward there upgrades your shield in this game, as the linked secrets list explains (see equipment upgrades).