Spool Swamp and the Floodgate Key Walkthrough

Oracle of Seasons 100% Completion Walkthrough26 chapters

Walkthrough overview

• Getting Started in Holodrum and the Hero’s CaveGetting started in Holodrum: Impa’s request, Mayor Ruul’s Gasha Seed, Vasu’s Ring Box, the Hero’s Cave ledge chest.
• Gnarled Root Dungeon (Dungeon 1)Gnarled Root Dungeon walkthrough for Oracle of Seasons: keys, map, compass, Seed Satchel, Boss Key, Aquamentus and the.
• Subrosia, the Tower of Winter and the Rod of SeasonsWalkthrough for Subrosia, the Tower of Winter and the Rod of Seasons in Oracle of Seasons: Gasha Nuts, Boomerang, Ore.
• Woods of Winter and the ShovelWoods of Winter walkthrough: pay the old man, bomb the 30 Rupee cave, get the Shovel from Holly, find the Mystery Seed.
• Snake’s Remains (Dungeon 2)Snake’s Remains walkthrough: Compass, rupee room, Power Bracelet, Dungeon Map, bomb merchant, Facade, Dodongo boss.
• Farore’s Secrets and Princess Zelda’s RescueFarore’s secrets and Princess Zelda’s rescue walkthrough: three Pieces of Heart, a Gasha Nut, Vasu’s rings, the L-2.
• Spool Swamp and the Floodgate KeySpool Swamp walkthrough for Oracle of Seasons: Ricky’s Gloves, the Iron Pot trade, Pegasus Seeds, the Floodgate Key.
• The Tower of Summer and Rosa’s RibbonThe Tower of Summer walkthrough: Star-Shaped Ore, Rosa’s Ribbon, Subrosian Market buys (Heart Piece, Bomb Bag), the.
• Poison Moth’s Lair (Dungeon 3)Poison Moth’s Lair walkthrough: both Small Keys, Roc’s Feather, Compass, Map, Gasha Seed, Omuai, Boss Key, Mothula and.
• Natzu, Sunken City and Zora’s FlippersNatzu, Sunken City and Zora’s Flippers walkthrough: Dimitri’s swim, Gale Seeds, Master’s Plaque, Master Diver and the.
• The Hall of Secrets and the Noble SwordHall of Secrets walkthrough: Farore’s secrets, Bombchu, the Noble Sword, Advance Shop rings, Vasu’s appraisals and a.
• Great Moblin’s Keep and Goron MountainGreat Moblin’s Keep and Goron Mountain walkthrough: bomb-catching boss fight, Heart Piece, Tokay secret, bigger Ring.
• The Strange Brothers, the Tower of Spring and Mt. CuccoThe Tower of Spring and Mt. Cucco walkthrough: win back Roc’s Feather from the Strange Brothers, Spring power, Moosh.
• Dancing Dragon Dungeon (Dungeon 4)Dancing Dragon Dungeon walkthrough: all five Small Keys, Map, Compass, Agunima, Slingshot, Boss Key, Gohma and the.
• The Tower of Autumn and Eyeglass LakeTower of Autumn and Eyeglass Lake walkthrough for Oracle of Seasons: Gasha Seeds, ring appraisals, Seed Satchel.
• Unicorn’s Cave (Dungeon 5)Unicorn’s Cave walkthrough for Oracle of Seasons: Compass, five Small Keys, Magnetic Gloves, Syger and Digdogger.
• The Four Jewels, Tarm Ruins and the Lost WoodsTarm Ruins and Lost Woods walkthrough for Oracle of Seasons: Red Ore, Iron Shield, Round Jewel, Vasu’s rings, the Lost.
• Ancient Ruins (Dungeon 6)Ancient Ruins walkthrough for Oracle of Seasons: Dungeon Map, Compass, three Small Keys, Magical Boomerang, Vire.
• Samasa Desert and the Pirate’s BellSamasa Desert and Pirate’s Bell walkthrough for Oracle of Seasons: the desert ring chest, the polished Rusty Bell and.
• Explorer’s Crypt (Dungeon 7)Oracle of Seasons Explorer’s Crypt walkthrough: beat the Poe Sisters, get Roc’s Cape and the Boss Key, defeat Gleeok.
• Temple Remains and the Volcano EruptionOracle of Seasons Temple Remains walkthrough: Maku Tree secrets, Vasu ring appraisals, the Subrosian volcano eruption.
• Sword & Shield Maze (Dungeon 8)Oracle of Seasons Sword & Shield Maze walkthrough: Compass, Dungeon Map, Hyper Slingshot, Frypolar, Medusa Head and.
• The Huge Maku Seed, the Last Trades and the Hero’s CaveOracle of Seasons Huge Maku Seed walkthrough: the Goron Vase to Phonograph trade chain, Gasha Seed planting, and the.
• Side Quests and Collectibles Before Onox’s CastleSide quests and collectibles before Onox’s Castle in Oracle of Seasons: Gasha Nuts, Vasu’s rings, the Mirror Shield.
• Onox’s Castle and the Final BattleOnox’s Castle walkthrough for Oracle of Seasons: clear the castle rooms, beat Facade, buy the Mirror Shield, then.
• The Linked Game FinaleLinked game finale walkthrough for Oracle of Seasons: beat Twinrova and Ganon in the Room of Rites, then finish at the.

This chapter takes you from the Subrosian Dance Hall to the lake where Dimitri is held. You earn 50 more Ore Chunks, pick up Scent Seeds, win Ricky’s Gloves from Blaino and ride Ricky to Spool Swamp. There you swap the Ghastly Doll for an Iron Pot, plant a Gasha Seed, collect Pegasus Seeds and take the Floodgate Key from the Keeper. Sokra points you toward the Subrosia portal, and a winter stump lets you reach and free Dimitri.

Subrosian Dance Hall: 50 more Ore Chunks

Check the Ring Box, then take the Eyeglass Lake portal

Open the Ring Box from the pause menu before you leave. It holds three rings now, so put in the ones you want to swap between. Walk east of Horon Village to the pond with the tree stump beside it, then go one screen west to the snowy bank where the swirling portal sits and step in. You arrive in Subrosia, where your Ore Chunk counter replaces the Rupee counter, with 103 Ore Chunks to start.

Win another dance

Walk down the steps from the portal plaza to the cave of the Subrosian Dance Hall and ask to join the practice. Copy the leader’s moves until he calls you the best dancer of the day. This win pays 50 Ore Chunks, which takes you to 153. Ore is the currency for the Subrosian Market, so it is worth the few minutes.

Return to Holodrum and set autumn

Go back to the portal. You step out onto the winter side beside Eyeglass Lake. Walk to the stump by the pond and use the Rod of Seasons to switch to autumn, which you need for the red-leaf roads ahead. Then cross the fields toward Horon Village, past the windmill ledge, and continue north.

Scent Seed tree in North Horon

Walk north to the tree in the green clearing

The snowy screens give way to a green meadow with a pond, a cave mouth and a few Octoroks. Keep heading north and east until you reach a clearing with one seed tree. Slash it with your sword and the game says, “You got Scent Seeds!” Scent Seeds draw monsters toward them with their smell. Your Seed Satchel takes them automatically.

Blaino’s Gym: how to get Ricky’s Gloves

Find the gym next to the Spool Swamp sign

Leave the tree to the east, then south one screen. A signpost reads “Spool Swamp” and “Blaino’s Gym” and points toward the red-roofed gym. Cut the grass on the way for a few hearts and Rupees, then go inside.

Box Blaino for 10 Rupees

Talk to Blaino and agree to the 10 Rupee bet. As soon as you enter the ring your items and rings are stripped away, and the game reminds you that you have only fists. If you try to use anything or break the rules, you pay a 20 Rupee penalty for a rematch. Punch Blaino whenever he lowers his guard, dodge his big swings, and keep going until he is knocked out of the ring. Blaino admits you are the champion and gives you Ricky’s Gloves. Your items come back when the bout ends, leaving you down 10 Rupees.

Meet Maple for a few Rupees

On the road north of the gym, Maple may crash into you if you have beaten enough monsters. Collect the loot she drops, here a handful of Rupees, before it vanishes. Maple flies off unhappy and comes back every time your kill count reaches the next multiple.

Return the gloves to Ricky and ride to Spool Swamp

Find Ricky in his clearing

Walk north and west over the plain and cross the little bridge, keeping the lake to your side. Ricky is waiting in a small fenced clearing between the trees. Give him the gloves and he tells you Spool Swamp is his backyard and invites you to hop into his pouch. This makes Ricky your animal companion. He punches with A, jumps single holes and low cliffs, and you leave his pouch with B.

Ride across the holes and ledges

Push toward each hole and Ricky jumps it, then ride up the sandy road beside the river. Beat Octoroks and Buzz Blobs with his punch. On the way Maple appears again and drops another pile of Rupees, about eleven in all, so grab them before she is gone. Keep riding north until the signpost for Spool Swamp Shore.

Iron Pot: trade the Ghastly Doll

Give the doll to the woman in the red-roofed house

A red-roofed house stands at the edge of the shore. Go inside and talk to the woman at the counter. She complains that it is too hot even beside her Soothing Pool and says she wants something creepy to give her chills. Show her the Ghastly Doll and agree to hand it over. She trades you a fine Iron Pot, trade item 4 on the trading sequence. In a linked game she then chats about travelling between worlds and about Nayru, but there is nothing to collect.

Spool Swamp Shore: Gasha Seed and the dig cave

Plant a Gasha Seed in the soft soil

Step outside and walk a screen east along the river bank, where purple flowers grow below the cliff. A patch of soft soil sits among the plants. The game offers to let you plant a Gasha Seed, so choose Plant. The tree needs about twenty kills to sprout and about twenty more before it bears a Gasha Nut, so return after you have fought through the next area.

Dig a hole by the cliff for a hidden cave

Equip the Shovel from the item screen and walk south along the cliff to the plants beside the stairs. Dig a hole between the bushes and a heart pops out of the dirt. Keep digging at the same spot and stairs appear, leading to a cave under the cliff. The room holds a pool between two red pedestals, three pots and some plants. Cut the plants to refill your Satchel, bringing it to 50 seeds, and to find a Rupee. Take the stairs back out.

Ride Ricky to the swamp and the Pegasus Seed tree

Cross the shore and enter the red tree maze

Equip the Power Bracelet, then walk west along the shore with Ricky. He tells you that Spool Swamp is up ahead and that you can find him there, then leaves. Cross the holes by leaping with him, and enter the swamp. The leaf-covered path winds through a maze of red autumn trees with stumps. Follow the pale path north and east, and cut through the dead leaves with your sword.

Hit the tree for Pegasus Seeds

A signpost at a fork points up toward Tarm Ruins. Follow it north past a second sign about treasure maps from the Horon Shop. A short way on, a red tree stands alone in a ring of red-leaf bushes. Slash it for Pegasus Seeds. The game says they make you as quick as the legendary steed. Equip them from the Satchel to dash. The tree bears seeds in autumn, so keep the season as it is.

Look at the jewel wall

Just before the tree you pass a stone wall carved with four symbols: a circle, a triangle, a square and an X. These are the four jewel slots that open Tarm Ruins later in the game. You cannot do anything here yet, so walk on. Lift the rocks along the south side with the Power Bracelet for a few Rupees and Bombs.

Floodgate Keeper and the Floodgate Key

Walk to the blue-roofed house

Follow the autumn road east. A sign nearby begins “My Secret” and tells you to read it in summer. Cross the wooden bridges over the water beside the sleeping figure on the far ledge, and keep going to the house with the blue roof. This is the Floodgate Keeper’s home.

Hit the switch and take the key from the drained pool

Inside, the Keeper admits that he lost the key to open the floodgates. A pool of water fills the right side of the house, and a switch sits in its lower right corner. Strike the switch with your sword so the pool drains. Walk onto the empty floor and pick up the Floodgate Key. The Keeper says that you can now open the floodgates and tells you the keyhole is reached from below ground.

Take the underground passage

Leave the house. With the water gone, a stairway has opened beside it, so go down into the cave. A blue Business Scrub inside hints that blue seeds make you fast. Equip Pegasus Seeds and dash across the bridge that vanishes, then push the green statues aside to clear a path through the rocks. A second Pegasus dash carries you across another gap. Climb the stairs at the end and cut the plants for a few Rupees. You come out on a high plateau, and the key is not needed in this stretch.

Hear the Subrosia hint and dodge the Shield sale

On the plateau, read the sign beside the patch of rock. It says the soil under the rock is great for planting seeds, so you may plant a Gasha Seed here later. A red Business Scrub up the slope tells you that a strange vortex lies south of the floodgates, linked to another world, and offers to sell you a Shield for 50 Rupees. You already own a shield, so decline.

Speak with Sokra

Walk north and look across the water to the ledge where Sokra stands. He announces that as he predicted the time has come, the Power of Seasons is needed, and that you must find the doorway to the Subrosian land and go to the Temple of Seasons. This matches the vortex the Scrub described. Walk on south along the cliff toward the stump by the pond.

Winter lake and Dimitri’s Flute

Use the stump to turn the lake to ice

Stand on the stump by the pond and use the Rod of Seasons to switch to winter. The lake freezes, so you can walk across it. Cross the ice and pick up a heart near the southern shore on the way.

Pay the Moblins to free Dimitri

On the lake a group of pig Moblins has bagged a captured Dimitri and plans to sell him. Talk to them and agree to their price of 50 Rupees, then pay again when they demand 30 more. That is 80 Rupees in total, and you keep 388. The Moblins leave pleased with their trade.

Take Dimitri’s Flute

Dimitri thanks you, says the two of you are friends and gives you Dimitri’s Flute. Play it and he comes to your aid. He tells you to climb on his back, that he chomps when you press A, that he swims like a fish even up waterfalls, and that you can pick him up and carry him with the Power Bracelet. Ride him back off the ice.

Swimming with Dimitri

Ride to the cave on the lake shore

Leave the ice and swim along the shore of the lake. A short stair leads from the water to a cave on a grassy bank. Inside, an old man between two red pedestals says that he waits for someone who knows many Essences of Nature. He has nothing for you yet, so leave and come back once you have collected more Essences.

Find the soft soil on the islet

Swim on past the whirlpools to a small island ringed with cliffs. A sign on it says the soil is great for planting. The island holds a patch of soft soil, so plant a Gasha Seed here if you have another one. Pick up the Rupees floating nearby as you go, taking you to 393 Rupees.

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