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Sealed Grounds, Faron Woods and the Deep Woods Walkthrough

Skyward Sword 100% Completion Walkthrough18 chapters
Walkthrough overview
CoversSealed Grounds, Sealed Temple, Faron Woods, Great Tree area, Deep Woods and the front door of Skyview Temple
You needGoddess Sword with the Skyward Strike, Sailcloth, Adventure Pouch and an Empty Bottle from Skyloft. Nothing else.
RewardsSlingshot, a bottle of Revitalizing Potion (second bottle), Amber Relics, Hornet Larvae, Woodland Rhino Beetles, a Red Rupee chest, 7 bird statues, 2 Goddess Cubes (a Pouch expansion chest and a Piece of Heart chest in the sky) and 1 optional Piece of Heart

This chapter takes Link from his first landing on the surface to the locked door of Skyview Temple. You descend into the Sealed Grounds, learn to dowse, collect a potion from the Old Woman’s chest, find the four missing Kikwi for their elder Bucha, and earn the Slingshot. With it you cross the Deep Woods, strike two Goddess Cubes and shoot the crystal over the temple door.

Fi tells Link that by her calculations he is in the Sealed Grounds, with Link standing among the forest trees.
Link raises the Slingshot in a green glow, and the box says it flings Deku Seeds that stun enemies.

Sealed Grounds: landing and the pit

How to get past the pit

Open the Sailcloth, glide down onto the grass and follow the fenced path uphill. Face each Deku Baba with your shield up and cut at its head from the side the mouth splits, then walk on. Where the path ends, drop down into the spiral-shaped pit, but do not fall all the way: press B as you fall to open the Sailcloth and float onto the carved circle at the bottom.

Link jogs along the fenced stone path through the Sealed Grounds, grassy slope and tree roots beside him
Link with his shield up, slashing at a Deku Baba plant beside the railing on the Sealed Grounds path
Link at the rim of the spiral pit, looking down at the carved circle on its floor

A stone pillar stands in the middle of that circle, smoking. A voice tells you to raise your sword to the sky, so raise the Wii Remote until the sword glows and swing down at the pillar to fire a Skyward Strike. The smoke stops, and green vapor starts rising from vents in the ground around the pit.

Smoke rises from the stone pillar in the carved circle as the message tells Link to raise the sword skyward
Link swings the Goddess Sword at the blue-glowing stone pillar at the centre of the Sealed Grounds circle
Green vapor columns rise from vents around the pit after the pillar is struck, with Link far off in the grass

Dowsing to the Sealed Temple

Fi now teaches Dowsing. Hold C, point at the menu that opens and pick Zelda as your target, then aim the sword around you; it hums and brightens as you face the right way. Her signal comes from the sealed temple. Follow the glow across the grass, step onto the updrafts to be carried up out of the pit, and keep going to the carved stone door of the Sealed Temple, which now opens.

Link rides a rising updraft under his Sailcloth, the Sailcloth icon shown in the corner
The carved Sealed Temple door glows with its eye-and-triangle seal, half hidden by ivy

Sealed Temple and the Old Woman

The Old Woman and your first beacon

Inside, a bird statue stands beside the door; examine it to save. Climb the steps to the Old Woman under the red canopy and listen to what she says about Zelda. She also teaches you to place a map beacon: when the map opens, point at the spot you want and press A to plant a beacon, and a column of light will mark the way from now on. You can remove the beacon later from the map.

The red-robed elder under her canopy tells Link that Zelda set out for Faron Woods.
The elder explains that a beacon can be removed from the map by pressing a button.
Revitalizing Potion

Sealed Temple chest: Revitalizing Potion

Before you leave, open the treasure chest in the lower corner of the room, to the side of the Old Woman’s steps. It holds a second Empty Bottle already filled with Revitalizing Potion, which refills the shield gauge and restores four hearts, so keep it for a hard fight. If you walk out without it, come back whenever you like; the chest waits. The bottle page lists all five bottles.

A wooden treasure chest in the corner of the Sealed Temple room, with pots nearby.
Link holds up the Revitalizing Potion, its box noting that it refills the shield and restores four hearts.

Gorko and the Faron path

Gorko and the bird statue

Leave by the front doors, climb the long stairs and look for the blue beacon in the distance. Follow the path down to a sandy clearing where a group of Bokoblins is cornering a Goron. Hit the club swingers from one side to make them block, then cut them down from the other, or shield-bash them to stun them. The Goron is Gorko, a researcher who is delighted to find someone who likes ancient places, and who will talk about the Isle of the Goddess in the sky for as long as you let him.

Link fights red Bokoblins in the sandy clearing while a large Goron is cornered beside them.
The Goron Gorko thanks Link for jumping in to rescue him from the Bokoblins.
Gorko beside a green bird statue, talking about the Isle of the Goddess in the sky.

Walk up to the bird statue beside him to light it. Statue stops are your save points, and every statue also lets you choose To the sky and fly home, which you can do at any time. Examine every bird statue you pass, whether you need to save or not. Roll into the wall beside the statue where bugs crawl, and Woodland Rhino Beetles drop down for you to pick up. Gorko also keeps a Goddess Wall nearby that you cannot draw on yet; the Harp songs page explains how Goddess Walls work.

Gorko stands beside a green bird statue, asking Link to examine statues to track landmarks.
Link walks up to a green bird statue beside Gorko in the rocky clearing.
The bird statue glows purple and yellow while Gorko watches from beside it.

The way to Faron Woods

Follow the beacon through the stone gate and push the log you find until it is flush with the wall, which turns it into a step. Keep going to the edge of the Sealed Grounds. You come out onto a stone path overlooking Faron Woods.

Link pushes a fallen log along the fenced path toward the edge of the Sealed Grounds.
Link runs through the carved stone gate on the way out of the Sealed Grounds.
Fi tells Link he has entered Faron Woods, on the stone path above the forest.

Faron Woods and the missing Kikwi

Machi, the first Kikwi

Fi suspects Zelda is near and tells you to keep dowsing for her. Swing across the first gap on the hanging vine, cut down any young trees that block the way, and swing across the next gap. Beat the Red Bokoblins in the clearing, then dowse again; the target leads up a slope into a field of mushrooms and bushes.

Link stands on grassy ground beneath a vine hanging over a gap in the woods.
Two red Bokoblins stand on the grass while Fi explains that these monsters act in groups.
The purple dowsing ring glows over a glade of red mushrooms, marking the way toward Zelda.

A Kikwi, a small round forest creature, is hiding there, chased by Red Bokoblins. Slash the mushrooms around it until it bolts, then chase it from one hiding place to the next, saving at the bird statue on the way if you like. It finally stops to talk. This is Machi, and she tells you that Zelda escaped the Bokoblins with the Kikwi Elder. Follow the Dowsing trail to find them.

A round green Kikwi with a leaf hat pops up in the grass in Faron Woods.
Machi the Kikwi introduces herself with a message box: I am Machi, a Kikwi.
Machi says a pack of red monsters chased her, and she escaped with the Kikwi elder.

Dowsing leads you on past a sandy slope to a waterfall pond near the “In the Woods” bird statue, where you can collect an Amber Relic. It is a common treasure that you will spend on equipment upgrades. Nearby, push the big log down off its ledge; this makes a shortcut back to the statue, and a second Amber Relic lies underneath it. See the bugs and treasures page for what they buy.

Link pushes a big log on a rocky ledge in Faron Woods, with the Move prompt on screen.
The Amber Relic message box is fully typed, describing the amber stone found everywhere.

Bucha, the Kikwi Elder

Right of the waterfall, cut the trees that block the way, then cut the rope that ties a vine to the ground so it swings you across to the Kikwi gathering, and talk to the elder Bucha. He is worried about his Kikwi: three are missing, and Fi will add each one to your Dowsing targets. Machi is safe, so you need to find Oolo, Lopsa and Erla.

A large Kikwi elder asks Link to calm his fears so he can remember where the girl went.

Oolo, beside the brick wall

Switch Dowsing to the Kikwi target and follow it. Oolo is hiding in a bush at the bottom of a hole next to a large tree, past a section of low brick wall; drop down and pick him up to talk to him. This Kikwi matters later: in a Skyloft side quest Instructor Owlan asks you to dowse him out again, so remember where he sits. The side quests page has that errand.

Link holds a leafy, bush-like plant overhead in a rocky hollow, with the Put down prompt on screen.
A hiding Kikwi tells Link not to eat it, claiming it tastes terrible, beside a low brick wall.

Lopsa, in the tree

Go back toward the large tree, crawl through the tunnel at its base and climb the vines to a ledge with a tightrope. Tilt the Wii Remote to keep your balance and walk across, getting close to the spiky Myu hanging underneath to shake them off. At the far end a Red Bokoblin Leader calls for backup with a horn, so deal with the leader first and then the rest. Lopsa is stuck in a tree above the clearing: roll into the trunk to shake him down.

Link walks along a tightrope strung across a gap in the woods, leaning to keep his balance.
Link swings his sword at a group of red Bokoblins on a forest path near a tree.
A Kikwi stuck up in a tree says its legs have turned to jelly and asks Link for help getting down.

Erla, on the high ledge

Swing on the rope that hangs from Lopsa’s tree to the higher platform, then push the log off the edge there. Climb the large root and the vines above it to the highest ledge, ignoring or spinning at the Guay birds that dive at you. Cut the grass on that ledge and Erla pops out of hiding.

Link faces a Kikwi peeking out of a yellow-leaved plant, with a Talk prompt on screen.
Piece of Heart

Optional: Piece of Heart on the tightrope

On the way between Erla and Oolo, the sloped root forks. Take the left branch and cross the tightrope to the platform on the far side to find a Piece of Heart. It needs no item, so grab it now; the Piece of Heart page lists all 24.

Link balances on a tightrope above the forest, with a wooden disc platform ahead on the far side
A Piece of Heart floats above the platform, and the box reads You got a Piece of Heart, Three to go!

How to get the Slingshot

Return to Bucha

Head back to Bucha by the vine and report that Lopsa, Erla and Oolo are safe. He tells you Zelda went to the temple deeper in the woods, and he gives you the Slingshot.

Ruined stone bridge in the woods; the text box says she headed down that way toward the temple

Using the Slingshot

Equip the Slingshot with B, aim by pointing at the screen and press A to fire a Deku Seed. Press + to center the cursor if it drifts. Seeds stun enemies, cut ropes, hit switches and knock down hornet nests. Seeds drop from grass and enemies, so you can restock as you go. The upgrades page covers its later upgrades.

Link aims the Slingshot at a curled vine on a cliff, with the Shoot prompt on screen
A text box says to press B to ready the slingshot and A to let a shot fly, with the Kikwi elder nearby

To the Deep Woods

Viewing Platform to the tunnel

Shoot the curled-up vine near Bucha so it unrolls, jump onto it and swing to the next ledge. Follow the path northeast, past the Viewing Platform bird statue, where you should save. Behind it, shoot the rolled-up vine by the tunnel, climb it and swing to the platform with the arch, and walk through the dark tunnel. It opens into the Deep Woods.

Link fires at a curled-up vine on a cliff ledge under a bright sky, the Shoot prompt on screen
Link walks into a dark stone tunnel between rock walls, the light fading ahead

Deep Woods

Hornet nest, Hornet Larvae and the Woodland Rhino Beetle

Fi fills in the area on your map as you enter, and a horn-carrying Red Bokoblin and its friends attack in the clearing. Past them, a hornet nest hangs near a large tree. Shoot it from a distance to collect Hornet Larvae, a treasure for Scrap Shop upgrades, and net the hornets if you want them for potions. Woodland Rhino Beetles also cling to trees here; roll into the trunk to knock one down, then pick it up. Beetles go into potion upgrades.

Link hauls himself up a grassy ledge in the Deep Woods as Deku Hornets swarm around him.
Link's box reports two Deku Hornets caught, their venom useful for medicine, as the swarm buzzes around him.
Link holds up Hornet Larvae, and its box explains they come from a Deku Hornet's hive and may help make maki.

Tightropes and the second bird statue

The rest of the path is a series of balance ropes over gaps. Tilt the Wii Remote to stay upright, and when a Myu, a Bokoblin or a hornet nest threatens the rope, stop and use the Slingshot before you step out. After the crossings you reach a bird statue; save there.

Link aims his Slingshot at a Bokoblin in a bubble on a ledge above a gorge, with the Shoot prompt on screen.
Link balances on a tightrope over a Deep Woods gorge, with spiky Myu clinging to the rope.

Quadro Baba and Gorko

Beyond the statue a Quadro Baba guards the clearing. Slash its heads in the direction its mouth opens, or stagger it with a shield bash. A chest on the higher platform nearby holds a Red Rupee. Past the plant, Gorko is there again, puzzling over a strange carved block. It is a Goddess Cube, and he urges you to hit it.

Link holds up a Red Rupee in the Deep Woods, and its box says it is worth 20 Rupees.
Link faces a Quadro Baba, and Fi's box reports she has no battle data because none have been defeated yet.
Gorko stands beside a Goddess Cube, and his box suggests the key to cracking it is the light from a heavenly blade.

Goddess Cube in the Deep Woods

Stand in front of the cube, raise the sword and send a Skyward Strike into it. The cube flashes and a Goddess Chest appears in the sky. This first cube opens a chest on the roof of the Lumpy Pumpkin on Pumpkin Landing, and the chest holds an Adventure Pouch expansion. See the Goddess Cubes page for the other 26.

Link's Skyward Strike hits a Goddess Cube, which flashes with light in the Deep Woods clearing.
Gorko exclaims that the cube just shot up into the sky, as Link stands beside him.

Outside Skyview Temple

How to open the Skyview Temple door

Walk up the stone steps toward the temple. Fi warns that many monsters wait inside and advises you to carry a shield. Stand in front of the door, aim above it and shoot the crystal switch over the doorway with the Slingshot. The door swings open.

Link aims his Slingshot up at a pink crystal hanging high in a dark stone chamber, with the Shoot prompt on screen.
Purple crystal shards fall from the blue crystal switch above the Skyview Temple doorway after Link's shot.

Save at the bird statue by the stairs before you go in. A second Goddess Cube stands near the temple entrance (the Goddess Cubes page gives its exact spot). Hit it with a Skyward Strike as well; its chest sits on a small island south of Skyloft and holds a Piece of Heart.

Link has saved at the bird statue by the Skyview Temple stairs, and a Saved message box is on screen.

Optional: Back in Skyloft before the temple

Open the two Goddess Chests

Use a bird statue to fly home, then dive off the Skyloft platform and whistle for your Loftwing. Fly to Pumpkin Landing for the Pouch expansion chest, and to the small island south of Skyloft for the Piece of Heart. The Skyloft and sky page shows every island.

Link holds up his Adventure Pouch after its expansion, the box saying it can fit an additional item.
Slingshot

Shield, seeds and Beedle’s Airshop

Rupin’s Gear Shop sells the Small Seed Satchel for 100 Rupees, which raises the number of seeds you can carry, and Beedle’s Airshop in the sky over Skyloft sells the Bug Net (50 Rupees), an Extra Wallet and Pouch expansions. Buy a shield if you do not have one: the Wooden Shield costs 50 Rupees at the Gear Shop, and fire burns it away, so keep potions handy. The Iron Shield appears in the Gear Shop after Skyview Temple.

Rupin
A shopkeeper holds up a Wooden Shield, the box saying it can block and repel attacks.
A Beedle's Airshop assistant tells Link the shop has everything he could want and invites him to look around.
A Skyloft shopkeeper announces that an Iron Shield and a Small Seed Satchel are now available to purchase.

Chapter checklist

CollectibleTypeWhere
Revitalizing Potion Revitalizing Potion in a bottleBottleTreasure chest in the Sealed Temple
Slingshot SlingshotItemBucha the Kikwi Elder, after finding Machi, Oolo, Lopsa and Erla
Amber Relic Amber RelicsTreasureWaterfall pond near the “In the Woods” bird statue, and under the big log you push down
Hornet Larvae Hornet LarvaeTreasureHornet nest in the Deep Woods
Woodland Rhino Beetle Woodland Rhino BeetleBugWall beside Gorko’s bird statue, and trees in Faron Woods and the Deep Woods
Piece of Heart Piece of HeartPiece of HeartPlatform at the end of the left tightrope on the Great Tree root path, Faron Woods
Goddess Cube Goddess Cube 1Goddess CubeDeep Woods, beside Gorko. Opens the Pumpkin Landing chest with an Adventure Pouch expansion
Goddess Cube Goddess Cube 2Goddess CubeNear the Skyview Temple entrance. Opens the chest on the island south of Skyloft with a Piece of Heart
Red Rupee Red RupeeRupeeChest on the higher platform past the Quadro Baba in the Deep Woods
Bird statuesSave pointsSealed Grounds, Behind the Temple (Gorko), Faron Woods Entry, In the Woods, Viewing Platform, Deep Woods, Forest Temple
Gorko’s Goddess WallLaterNeeds the Goddess’s Harp; the first correct drawing earns a Piece of Heart
Oolo the KikwiLaterNeeded again in the Owlan side quest

With the door open, the temple is next: continue with the Skyview Temple walkthrough and bring the Slingshot and a shield.

The arched entrance to Skyview Temple stands open, with glowing mushrooms and white crystals on its steps

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