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Maku Path and Spirit’s Grave (Level 1) Walkthrough

Oracle of Ages 100% Completion Walkthrough24 chapters
Walkthrough overview
CoversMaku Path and the young Maku Tree (the past); the Maku Tree, Lynna City and Yoll Graveyard (the present); Spirit’s Grave
DungeonSpirit’s Grave (Level 1): Power Bracelet inside, mini-boss Giant Ghini, boss Pumpkin Head, Essence of Time Eternal Spirit
RewardsSeed Satchel with 20 Ember Seeds, Graveyard Key, Power Bracelet, Heart Container, Eternal Spirit; 1 Piece of Heart; Power Ring L-1 and Discovery Ring (both unappraised); 2 Gasha Seeds (1 bought, 1 from a chest) and 1 soft soil patch planted; Dungeon Map, Compass, Boss Key

This chapter takes you through the Maku Path to the young Maku Tree, then forward to the present to collect the Seed Satchel, open Yoll Graveyard and clear the first dungeon. In short: dig into the Maku Path from Lynna Village in the past, rescue the Maku Sprout, step through the portal home, take the Satchel, fetch the Graveyard Key, and finish Spirit’s Grave for the Power Bracelet and the Eternal Spirit.

Link at the Maku Road cave entrance with the Maku Road name box
Link pushing a block among yellow floor tiles in the first Maku Path room

Maku Path: the way to the Maku Tree (the past)

Dig into the Maku Path

You begin in Lynna Village, 400 years ago, with the Shovel from the Black Tower. Go to the village entrance in the north and dig through the loose soil there to open the way into the cave. The sign calls it Maku Road. The Maku Tree sits at its far end behind a gate that only opens from the inside, so this cave is the only way in.

Link in Lynna Village walking toward the northern entrance
Link in Lynna Village near the digger with a shovel by the cave entrance
Link beside the dug-out spot at the village entrance
Link in the first Maku Road room lined with red statues

Block rooms and the Small Key

The Maku Path is a small practice dungeon of block-pushing rooms, switch blocks and a few Keese and Gels. Push blocks as needed to open each door and keep heading north. Your key counter starts at zero.

Link slashing at Keese beside red block walls
Link crossing a room with a locked door on the left, key counter at 0
Link slashing a Gel on the yellow-tile floor, key counter at 0
Link at the entrance of a dark pit room with a block ahead

In the long room with the yellow floor tiles, press the button to make a chest appear, then open it for a Small Key. Carry it to the locked door and use it. A few rooms on, rearrange the blocks around the button to open the next door.

The chest that appeared in the pit room while Link stands below it
Link holding up the Small Key with the You found a Small Key message
Link in the yellow-tile room carrying one Small Key
Link heading for the locked door carrying one Small Key
Link in the next block room after using the key, key counter back at 0

Piece of Heart and 30 Rupees

In the room where a heart floats beside a pile of blocks, push the blocks aside until you can walk up to it. This is a Piece of Heart (see Heart Piece locations), and it is the second one you have found in the past, after the one by the Black Tower.

Link entering the room where a heart floats beside a pile of blocks with two Stalfos
Link below the heart with the blocks view guarding it
Link pushing a block aside right beside the floating heart
Link holding up a Piece of Heart with the item message box

Take the hidden staircase in the next block room to a small cave with 30 Rupees. Then push the remaining blocks, cross the blue tile bridge in the last room and climb the stairs to the Maku Tree.

Link standing on the hidden staircase among the red blocks
Link in the staircase cave with the You got 30 Rupees message
Link in the block room with a button and a staircase on the top wall
Link pushing the last block in a Maku Path room
Link in the last Maku Path room with the stairs leading up to the Maku Tree

The young Maku Tree and the Seed Satchel

Save the Maku Sprout (the past)

In the grove, two Moblins are attacking the Maku Tree, who is only a sprout in this era. Defeat both with your sword and she thanks you. Walk back out to Lynna Village and step into the time portal to return to the present.

Two Moblins threatening the young Maku Tree sprout in the grove
Link slashing a Moblin in the grove beside the Maku sprout
The Maku sprout smiling at Link after both Moblins are beaten
Link walking down the Lynna Village steps toward the time portal
Link beside the swirling time portal in Lynna Village

Seed Satchel and Ember Seeds (the present)

In the present, walk north to the Maku Tree. She asks you to find the eight Essences of Time and gives you the Seed Satchel with 20 Ember Seeds. Set it on a button and use it to throw an Ember Seed at bushes and torches to burn them (see Mystical Seeds).

The present-day Maku Tree speaking to Link about the disrupted flow of time
The Maku Tree telling Link she cannot do much but to take this
The Seed Satchel on the ground in front of Link and the Maku Tree
The You got a Seed Satchel message in front of the Maku Tree

Farore’s Hall of Secrets is inside the Maku Tree’s grounds. In a Linked Game this is where you enter Seasons secrets, but nothing is needed yet. Leave the Maku Tree and head for Lynna City.

Link walking inside Farore's Hall of Secrets in the Maku Tree's grounds
Farore at her counter welcoming Link in the Hall of Secrets
Farore saying that in the Hall of Secrets your secrets take form
Farore asking about secrets passing through time

Lynna City and Yoll Graveyard (the present)

Chest of Rupees and the Gasha Seed

From the Maku Tree go south and burn the bush in the way with an Ember Seed to reach the road east. Open the chest there for 30 Rupees.

Link on the road south of the Maku Tree facing a bush in the way
Link throwing an Ember Seed that burns the bush on the road
Link opening the chest on the road with the You got 30 Rupees message

Walk into the Lynna City shop. The shopkeeper sells a Gasha Seed for 30 Rupees. Buy it: this is your first Gasha Seed, and it must be planted in soft soil.

Link inside the Lynna City shop in front of the Gasha Seed priced at 30 Rupees
Link at the counter holding the Gasha Seed with the 30 Rupees OK prompt
Link holding up the Gasha Seed with the You got a Gasha Seed message

Plant the Gasha Seed by the graveyard gate

Take the road north to Yoll Graveyard. Burn the bush in the way with an Ember Seed, head east, then burn the next bush. Walk down to the ghost children by the pit and listen to what they say about a grave under a tree.

Link burning a bush with an Ember Seed on the road north to Yoll Graveyard
Link in Yoll Graveyard approaching the next bush to burn
Link at the top of Yoll Graveyard with a ghost floating among the graves
The ghost children by the pit talking about the grave beneath the tree

A patch of soft soil lies beside a stone block near them. Stand on it, plant the Gasha Seed from the item menu, and swing your sword over the spot. Later a tree grows there that drops Gasha Nuts with rings and Heart Pieces inside, so come back to harvest it.

Link standing on the soft soil patch beside the stone block in Yoll Graveyard
The Plant or Don't prompt for the Gasha Seed while Link stands on the soft soil
Link swinging his sword across the soil and clearing the grass after planting
A small sprout growing beside the stone block where the Gasha Seed was planted

Graveyard Key

Go south, then east twice, and burn the tree at the bottom of the screen to uncover a cave entrance. The cave is dark: drop an Ember Seed on the unlit lamp, then walk east through the stone-block floor rooms. The Graveyard Key drops from the ceiling.

Link burning the small tree in Yoll Graveyard with an Ember Seed to uncover the cave
Link entering the dark cave below the Graveyard with an unlit lamp above
Link on the stairs below the lamp in the dark cave
Link on the stairs by the stone-block floor in the cave
Link holding up the Graveyard Key with the You got the Graveyard Key message

Leave the cave and return to the stairs near the ghost children. Push north against the gate to open it with the key, then go east and south through three screens to the entrance of Spirit’s Grave. A Piece of Heart sits on a ledge by the lake, but you cannot reach it without the Power Bracelet, so leave it for now.

Link by the lake with a Piece of Heart on an unreachable ledge
Link coming down the stairs near the ghost children in Yoll Graveyard
Link at the Graveyard gate holding the key in front of the iron fence
Link walking beside the lake toward Spirit's Grave
Link at the stairs of Spirit's Grave entrance in the Graveyard

Dungeon: Spirit’s Grave (Level 1)

Entrance, Dungeon Map and the color cube

Step through the front door of Spirit’s Grave and head east. Kill the Zols, which split into Gels when hit, and push the lowest block aside to open the way north.

Link in the doorway with the Level 1 Spirit's Grave title card
Link in the first Spirit's Grave room with blue eye statues
Link at the room's edge facing two red Zols
Link slashing near a Zol with a heart dropping
Link pushing the lowest block aside in a block-filled room

In the next room, push the multicolored cube up between the torches to unseal the doors. Climb the stairs on the left, come back down to the south and open the chest for the Dungeon Map.

Link pushing the multicolored cube up between the four statues in the cube room
Link in the corridor below the stairs on the left of the cube room
Link holding up the Dungeon Map with the It's a Dungeon Map message

Small Key and Compass

Drop off the ledge under the map chest, push the block aside and return to the cube room. Reset the cube, go east past the Stalfos and then north to a room with a Ghini. Kill the ghost and a Small Key lands on the marked floor tile. Take it west and use it on the north door.

Link in a room with red blocks arranged in a V below the map chest ledge
Link facing a Gel and a Stalfos beside a diagonal wall of red blocks
Link in the room with a Ghini ghost, two chests and statues on the floor
The Small Key lying on the marked floor tile after the Ghini is defeated
Link walking west with a Small Key, the key counter at 1
Link below the locked north door in the red-block maze with the key counter at 1

Push the center block of the four-way room and take the north route to a chest with the Compass. It also warns you with a chime when the room you are in hides something.

Link beside the four-way room with its center block between four statues
Link in the north route of block rooms heading for the chest
Link holding up the Compass with the You found the Compass message

In the next room push either block aside and open the chest for another Small Key.

Link entering the next room with Keese and a movable block
Link walking up toward the small key chest nook past pot-like discs
Link holding up a Small Key with the You found a Small Key message

Power Ring L-1

Burn the vines on the wall left of the map chest room with an Ember Seed, climb the steps beyond, kill the Ropes and press the button on the platform. A chest rises with a ring. It is the Power Ring L-1, and you must have Vasu in Lynna City appraise it before you can wear it (see Magical Rings).

Link crossing the cleared vine passage beside the red-block room
Link beside a green Rope with raised platforms and a blue button ahead
Link on the platform steps with the red chest face rising after the button press
Link holding up a ring with the You got a ring message on the platform

Gasha Seed and the third Small Key

Work through the red-block rooms to the room with the buttons on raised platforms. Clear the blocks and press both buttons: one raises a chest and the other floats a moving platform over the pit. Ride the platform to the ledge on its far side, push the block there to the right and press the corner button. The chest that rises holds a second Gasha Seed.

Link riding the green moving platform across the pit
Link on the far ledge above the button platform room
Link below the chest that has risen between the two platforms
Link holding up a Gasha Seed with the You got a Gasha Seed message

Ride the platform back and climb to the upper passage for a chest with another Small Key. Your counter now reads two. Spend one on the locked door to the south.

Link riding the moving platform back across the pit
Link holding up a Small Key with the key counter at 2 and the item message
Link in front of the locked south door with two Small Keys

Mini-boss: Giant Ghini

Through the door is Giant Ghini on a yellow carpet. It spits out small ghosts, so slash those away first. Then strike the big one and keep your distance when it lunges. It goes down after about six hits. A fairy appears to heal you, along with a warp panel back to the dungeon entrance.

Giant Ghini on the yellow carpet with small ghosts around Link
Link striking Giant Ghini while small ghosts circle it
Link in the carpet room with a red sparkle and one last small ghost after Giant Ghini goes down
Link standing in the empty carpet room beside a red sparkle after the mini-boss is gone

Power Bracelet

Head west past two Moblins and unlock the south door. Push the two outer blocks down and slide the middle block aside, then go south. Beat the Stalfos and take the north-east exit to a room with two unlit torches. Light both with Ember Seeds to reveal a staircase. Go down, descend the first ladder in the side-view basement and climb the other for the Power Bracelet. Hold its button and pull back on the pad to lift pots and rocks.

Link facing two red Moblins beside a ring of pots and sprouts
Link beside a block next to the locked south door
Link fighting enemies near a Stalfos in a corridor room
Link on the staircase revealed on the red tiles between pots
Link in the side-scrolling basement with the Power Bracelet ahead
Link holding up the Power Bracelet with the You got the Power Bracelet message

Discovery Ring and Boss Key

Return upstairs to the pot room with the unreachable chest. Lift the pots in front of it and open the chest for a ring: the Discovery Ring, which chimes near soft soil. It needs appraising too.

Link lifting pots in the room with the unreachable chest
Link beside the chest after the pots are lifted and shattered
Link holding up a ring from the chest with the You got a ring message

Go south. Do not lift the first pot. Push it onto the floor switch to hold the door open, then go through and beat the Stalfos. Lift the pots in front of the wall chest and open it for the Boss Key.

Link in the pot room with a Stalfos and the chest behind pots
Link carrying a pot in the room before the Boss Key chest
Link breaking pots in front of the wall chest
Link holding up the Boss Key with the You found the Boss Key message

Boss: Pumpkin Head

Go east to the warp panel, which drops you in the Giant Ghini room, then go north twice. Wallmasters fall from the ceiling in the last room and carry you back to the entrance if they grab you, so keep moving. Unlock the boss door on the east side.

Link in the eye-statue room after the warp panel
Link walking through the block room toward the east door
Link pushing a block in the room before the boss door
Link at the locked boss door on the east side

Pumpkin Head is a gown topped with a pumpkin and shoots three energy balls, so stay out of its line. Your sword does not hurt the head. Slash the body until it vanishes and the pumpkin drops. Lift the pumpkin with the Power Bracelet and throw it far from the small ghost left behind, then slash the ghost before it floats back into its pumpkin. Repeat until it is gone. Other fights are in boss strategies.

Pumpkin Head, a gown topped with a pumpkin, facing Link across the boss room
The pumpkin left alone on the floor after the body vanishes
Link slashing the small ghost left behind after the pumpkin is thrown
The small ghost drifting at the room's edge near Link

Heart Container and the Eternal Spirit

A Heart Container appears where the boss fell. Take it to refill your hearts and add one, bringing you to five. Walk north through the statue room to the altar and pick up the Eternal Spirit, the first Essence of Time. The Maku Tree then speaks to you and tells you to try the Western Woods next.

A Heart Container floating in the room where Pumpkin Head fell
Link holding up a Heart Container with the You got a Heart Container message
Link walking north between rows of chests and statues toward the altar
Link holding up the Eternal Spirit with the You got the Eternal Spirit message
Link holding the Eternal Spirit with the Essence of Time message

Chapter checklist

TypeNameWhere (era)
Piece of HeartHeart beside the block pileMaku Path (past)
Rupees30 Rupees in a cave, 30 Rupees in a chestMaku Path (past); road east of the Maku Tree (present)
Key itemSeed Satchel with 20 Ember SeedsMaku Tree (present)
Gasha SeedBought for 30 RupeesLynna City shop (present)
Soft soilGasha Seed plantedYoll Graveyard (present)
Key itemGraveyard KeyYoll Graveyard cave (present)
Small Keys1 in Maku Path; 4 in Spirit’s Grave (floor, two chests, ledge)Maku Path (past); Spirit’s Grave (present)
Dungeon itemsDungeon Map, Compass, Boss KeySpirit’s Grave (present)
RingsPower Ring L-1, Discovery Ring (both unappraised)Spirit’s Grave (present)
Gasha SeedChest in the platform roomSpirit’s Grave (present)
Dungeon itemPower BraceletSpirit’s Grave (present)
Heart ContainerPumpkin Head rewardSpirit’s Grave (present)
EssenceEternal SpiritSpirit’s Grave (present)

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