Unicorn's Cave - Zelda: Oracle of Seasons Walkthrough

Oracle of Seasons 100% Completion Walkthrough26 chapters

Getting Started in Holodrum and the Hero’s CaveImpa’s request, Mayor Ruul’s Gasha Seed, Vasu’s Ring Box, the Hero’s Cave ledge chest, shop Bombs and the Gnarled Key.
Gnarled Root Dungeon (Dungeon 1)Keys, map, compass, Seed Satchel, Boss Key, Aquamentus and the Essence of Fertile Soil.
Subrosia, the Tower of Winter and the Rod of SeasonsGasha Nuts, Boomerang, Ore Chunks, the Rod and the Ghastly Doll.
Woods of Winter and the ShovelPay the old man, bomb the 30 Rupee cave, get the Shovel from Holly, find the Mystery Seed tree.
Snake’s Remains (Dungeon 2)Compass, rupee room, Power Bracelet, Dungeon Map, bomb merchant, Facade, Dodongo boss, Heart Container and Gift of Time.
Farore’s Secrets and Princess Zelda’s RescueThree Pieces of Heart, a Gasha Nut, Vasu’s rings, the L-2 Ring Box, Zelda and the Blue Joy Ring.
Spool Swamp and the Floodgate KeyRicky’s Gloves, the Iron Pot trade, Pegasus Seeds, the Floodgate Key and freeing Dimitri for his flute.
The Tower of Summer and Rosa’s RibbonStar-Shaped Ore, Rosa’s Ribbon, Subrosian Market buys (Heart Piece, Bomb Bag), the Spirit of Summer.
Poison Moth’s Lair (Dungeon 3)Both Small Keys, Roc’s Feather, Compass, Map, Gasha Seed, Omuai, Boss Key, Mothula and the Bright Sun Essence.
Natzu, Sunken City and Zora’s FlippersDimitri’s swim, Gale Seeds, Master’s Plaque, Master Diver and the Pyramid Jewel in Oracle of Seasons.
The Hall of Secrets and the Noble SwordFarore’s secrets, Bombchu, the Noble Sword, Advance Shop rings, Vasu’s appraisals and a first Hero’s Cave visit.
Great Moblin’s Keep and Goron MountainBomb-catching boss fight, Heart Piece, Tokay secret, bigger Ring Box, 300 Rupees and a Gasha Seed spot.
The Strange Brothers, the Tower of Spring and Mt. CuccoWin back Roc’s Feather from the Strange Brothers, Spring power, Moosh, Heart Piece, Dragon Key and Dungeon 4.
Dancing Dragon Dungeon (Dungeon 4)All five Small Keys, Map, Compass, Agunima, Slingshot, Boss Key, Gohma and the Essence of Soothing Rain.
The Tower of Autumn and Eyeglass LakeGasha Seeds, ring appraisals, Seed Satchel, Treasure Map, Bomb Flower and Power of Autumn.
Unicorn’s Cave (Dungeon 5)Compass, five Small Keys, Magnetic Gloves, Syger and Digdogger, Heart Container and Nurturing Warmth Essence.
The Four Jewels, Tarm Ruins and the Lost WoodsRed Ore, Iron Shield, Round Jewel, Vasu’s rings, the Lost Woods seasons and the Master Sword.
Ancient Ruins (Dungeon 6)Dungeon Map, Compass, three Small Keys, Magical Boomerang, Vire, Manhandla, Heart Container and Blowing Wind.
Samasa Desert and the Pirate’s BellThe desert ring chest, the polished Rusty Bell and the way to Explorer’s Crypt.
Explorer’s Crypt (Dungeon 7)Beat the Poe Sisters, get Roc’s Cape and the Boss Key, defeat Gleeok and claim the Seed of Life essence.
Temple Remains and the Volcano EruptionMaku Tree secrets, Vasu ring appraisals, the Subrosian volcano eruption and the last Piece of Heart in the temple.
Sword & Shield Maze (Dungeon 8)Compass, Dungeon Map, Hyper Slingshot, Frypolar, Medusa Head and the Changing Seasons essence.
The Huge Maku Seed, the Last Trades and the Hero’s CaveThe Goron Vase to Phonograph trade chain, Gasha Seed planting, and the linked Hero’s Cave chest trial.
Side Quests and Collectibles Before Onox’s CastleGasha Nuts, Vasu’s rings, the Mirror Shield, the chest game, Maple and Biggoron’s Sword.
Onox’s Castle and the Final BattleClear the castle rooms, beat Facade, buy the Mirror Shield, then defeat General Onox and free Din.
The Linked Game FinaleBeat Twinrova and Ganon in the Room of Rites, then finish at the Maku Tree and find the Hero’s Secret.

Covers	The purple halls of Unicorn’s Cave, reached from the autumn fields of Holodrum near Eyeglass Lake. Stay in autumn for the approach. Once you finish the dungeon, the route leads out into the snowy winter area of Holodrum.
Dungeon	Unicorn’s Cave (Dungeon 5): Compass, Dungeon Map and Magnetic Gloves inside, mini-boss Syger, boss Digdogger, Essence of Nature (Nurturing Warmth).
Rewards	Magnetic Gloves, Compass, Dungeon Map, Boss Key, five Small Keys, 100 Rupees, 1 Rupee and 10 Bombs from the knight room, one Heart Container from the boss, Essence of Nurturing Warmth. No rings and no trade items.

Unicorn’s Cave is the fifth dungeon. The first rooms give you the Compass and the first Small Key, the Dungeon Map and Magnetic Gloves come next, and then the mini-boss Syger, the knight room and the flame rooms lead you to Digdogger. Defeating the boss gives you a Heart Container and the Essence of Nurturing Warmth. Use the Magnetic Gloves for the metal puzzles that run through the middle of the cave.

Link stepping into the purple and orange entrance hall of Unicorn's Cave

Link in a purple-tiled hall of Unicorn's Cave beside an orange tile block

Inside the entrance you get purple halls with pits, shallow water and red crab enemies. Fight through them with the Noble Sword, and step around the pits rather than trying to jump the wide ones. Keep your Roc’s Feather ready for the spiked floors further in.

Link in a purple hall of Unicorn's Cave with water and red enemies

Link slashing with the Noble Sword among red crab enemies

Unicorn’s Cave: the Compass and the first key

Pick up the Compass

Follow the ring-shaped walkway that circles a pit. Off the walkway is a small room with a chest. Open it to get the Compass. The game says the Compass helps you locate chests and find keys, which is useful because several of the chests in this dungeon are behind pits and switches.

You found the Compass message box fully typed in the small purple room

Small purple room of Unicorn's Cave holding a closed chest

Take the first Small Key from the mine cart

Continue past the water rooms and the rooms with spider enemies until you reach the mine cart track. Ride the cart from the track junction, hit the switch when the rails point the wrong way, and follow the track to the chest that holds a Small Key. Your key counter goes up to one.

Link riding a mine cart along the rails in Unicorn's Cave

Link on the mine cart on the rails, sword raised toward a switch

Unicorn’s Cave: the Dungeon Map and the Magnetic Gloves

Open the chest for the Dungeon Map

Head to the hexagonal room with four orange blocks around a chest in the middle. Open the chest to get the Dungeon Map. The game then tells you to press Select to view the map, which you can use at any time to check the layout of the dungeon.

Link beside the opened chest in the hexagonal room with four chests around it

Message box telling Link to press Select to view the Dungeon Map

Solve the magnetic puzzles

In the yellow-tile room and the ball room next to it, use the gloves on the metal spheres. Pull a sphere toward you to cross a gap, or repel it onto a switch so that a bridge appears. The metal poles that line the bigger gaps work the same way: you pull yourself along them to the other side.

Link with the Magnetic Gloves equipped among metal spheres in an orange-bordered room

Link with the gloves on, moving among metal spheres in an orange-bordered room

The side-view room with a blue block and spikes, and the block room after it, need the Power Bracelet, which you should already have from Snake’s Remains. Lift or push the stone blocks to clear the path. Follow the path to the chest room with the cart beside it.

Side-view room of Unicorn's Cave with stacked stone blocks and green pillars

Side-view room with a row of spikes, stone blocks and a blue block

Syger: the mini-boss of Unicorn’s Cave

Use the second key on the locked door

In the block-pit room, a chest holds a second Small Key. Take it, then return to the pit room and use the key on the locked door at the right. The door leads to the green octagon room where Syger waits.

You found a Small Key message box above Link in the pit room of Unicorn's Cave

Small Key message box completed in the pit room, with the key floating above the chest

Defeat Syger

Syger is a tiger that charges at you and can curl into a spiked ball. Keep your distance while it runs, and jump its charges with the Roc’s Feather. When it is not curled up, strike the ball on its tail with the sword.

Syger the tiger running across the green octagon room

Link striking Syger with the Noble Sword in the green octagon room

The knight room and the keys

Collect the 100 Rupees

Back in the purple halls west of the block room, an alcove holds a chest with 100 Rupees. Open it, and your wallet goes from 176 to 276.

Link in a purple hall with 176 rupees shown in the HUD

Rupees item-get message box over Link with 276 rupees

Learn the owl’s hint and defeat the knights

In the owl’s room, the owl gives you a hint about the order in which the knights must be defeated. Enter the knight room, which has a purple cross-shaped tile path and an orange floor in the corners, and fight the knights one at a time. Keep track of the order the owl described.

Knight room of Unicorn's Cave with four chests in the corners

Link in the knight room of Unicorn's Cave beside its four chests

Open the chests in the corners

The chests in the knight room open once the knights are cleared. Among them you get 1 Rupee, ten Bombs and a Small Key.

You got 1 Rupee message box in the knight room of Unicorn's Cave

You got ten Bombs message box in the knight room chests

Take the keys from the dark room and the yellow tiles

Continue through the purple rooms until you reach a dark room, where a chest on an altar holds another Small Key. Later, a chest on yellow tiles beside a pit holds a fifth key. The game tells you that the key opens a locked block in this dungeon, and by now you carry three keys.

Small Key message box over Link in a purple room, with the key floating above him

Link beside a yellow-tile chest with a Small Key above it

The flame rooms and the side-view room

Cross the flame rooms and use the keys

Beyond the block maze you reach rooms with red flame creatures, blue spiky enemies and a pit. Cut through them with the sword, and use your keys on the locked doors as you go. Three keys are spent on doors in this part of the cave.

Orange flame creatures beside a row of orange blocks, with Link at the right

Link beside red enemies and a row of orange blocks in a purple room

Hop over the spikes in the side-view room

The side-view room has a ladder, a spiked floor and a red moving platform. Climb the ladder, then use the Roc’s Feather to hop over the red platform and the spikes. Climb back up the ladder once you are over.

Link standing on a red moving platform above spikes in the side-view room

Link at the ladder in the side-view room with spikes below

Next comes a room with green floating platforms over spikes, then purple platforms over a pit. Hop from platform to platform with the Roc’s Feather, and continue to the boss door.

Link standing on green floating platforms above a row of spikes

Link on a purple platform beside a pit in Unicorn's Cave

Leave Unicorn’s Cave

Head back out into Holodrum

Leave the dungeon the way you came in. You step out onto a snowy winter area of Holodrum, with white stalagmites around the cave mouth and a frozen lake beyond. The route continues from here into Subrosia.

Link outside Unicorn's Cave among white stalagmites in the snowy winter area

Link on a snowy path beside a frozen lake outside Unicorn's Cave

Chapter checklist

Type	Name	Where
Key item	Compass	Chest in a small room off the ring-shaped walkway
Key item	Dungeon Map	Chest in the hexagonal room
Key item	Magnetic Gloves	Chest in an alcove off the yellow-tile room
Small Key	Five Small Keys	Mine cart track; block-pit room; knight room; dark room altar; yellow-tile chest beside a pit
Rupees	100 Rupees	Alcove in the purple halls west of the block room
Bombs and Rupees	1 Rupee, ten Bombs	Knight room chests
Dungeon item	Boss Key	Opens the boss door
Heart Container	Heart Container	Reward from Digdogger
Essence of Nature	Essence of Nurturing Warmth	Altar north of the boss room

Unicorn’s Cave (Dungeon 5) Walkthrough

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