Lanayru Mining Facility - Zelda: Skyward Sword Walkthrough

Skyward Sword 100% Completion Walkthrough18 chapters

Skyview TempleSmall keys, the Beetle, the Golden Carving door, the Ghirahim boss fight, the Heart Container and the Ruby Tablet.
Earth TempleGet the Bomb Bag from Ledd, carry the Dragon Sculpture, beat Scaldera and collect the Amber Tablet.
Lanayru Mining FacilityTimeshift Stones, Gust Bellows, Small Key, Armos, Ancient Circuit, Moldarach and the Goddess’s Harp.
Ancient CisternBoth Small Keys, the Whip, the Blessed Idol, the Koloktos boss fight, Farore’s Flame and the Goddess Longsword.
SandshipThe Timeshift Stone, Scervo and the Bow, both generators, Squid Carving, Tentalus and Nayru’s Flame.
Fire SanctuaryAll three small keys, the Mogma Mitts, the Mysterious Crystals, Ghirahim’s second fight and the Master Sword.
Skyloft Silent Realm and Sky KeepThe Skyloft Silent Realm and its 15 Sacred Tears, the Stone of Trials, every Sky Keep room and all three Triforces.
Skyloft and the Goddess SwordFind your Loftwing, win the Wing Ceremony, draw the sword and take your first dive.
Sealed Grounds, Faron Woods and the Deep WoodsThe Sealed Grounds, the missing Kikwi, the Slingshot, the Deep Woods and the way into Skyview Temple.
Eldin Volcano and the Key PiecesPlace the Ruby Tablet, run Skyloft errands, earn the Digging Mitts and find all five Earth Temple key pieces.
Lanayru Mine and Lanayru DesertLanayru Mine, Timeshift Stones, the Hook Beetle, the Temple of Time and how to set the three power generator dials.
The Goddess’s Harp, The Imprisoned and the Isle of SongsBallad of the Goddess, The Imprisoned, the Light Tower, the Isle of Songs and Farore’s Courage.
Farore’s Silent Realm and Lake FloriaAll 15 Tears of Farore, the Water Dragon’s Scale and Sacred Water.
Nayru’s Silent Realm and the Lanayru Sand SeaNayru’s Wisdom, Nayru’s Silent Realm and the Clawshots, Golo’s key, Skipper’s boat, the Shipyard.
Din’s Silent Realm and Volcano SummitDin’s Power, the Fireshield Earrings, frog statues, the Water Basin and the Scrapper escort.
True Master Sword, Levias and BilocyteSkyward Sword walkthrough for the True Master Sword, the second Imprisoned fight, the Spiral Charge.
Song of the HeroEscape Eldin, beat the third Imprisoned, win the Tadtone song in Faron Woods and heal Lanayru’s Thunder Dragon.
The Horde, Ghirahim and DemiseClear the last side quests, beat the Horde, Ghirahim’s third fight and Demise, then unlock Hero Mode.

Covers	The Lanayru Mining Facility in Lanayru Desert (the third dungeon), the Moldarach boss fight, and the Temple of Time scene that follows
You need	The Hook Beetle, the Bomb Bag, the Slingshot and the Goddess Sword; all three remote power nodes switched on and the desert generator turned so the Facility gate is open
Rewards	Gust Bellows, 1 Small Key (used up), Dungeon Map, Ancient Circuit, Heart Container, the Goddess’s Harp; 2 Bird Statues; Red Rupee chests and several treasure chests

The Lanayru Mining Facility is a ruined machine hall buried in the desert, and you fight through it with the help of Timeshift Stones that turn rooms back into their working past. You pick up a Small Key, then the Gust Bellows, then the Dungeon Map, and finally the Ancient Circuit that opens the boss door. Moldarach waits behind it, and once the sand drains from the arena you collect the Heart Container and ride a cart to the Temple of Time, where Zelda hands you the Goddess’s Harp.

Link raises the Gust Bellows in the Mining Facility, with a tip about keeping the controls aligned on screen.

How to enter the Lanayru Mining Facility

Open the gate in the desert

Once the generator in the desert has been turned to match the symbols on the three remote power nodes, the great round door in front of the Facility rolls aside. Step through the opening into the Facility’s entry hall. This dungeon has no Boss Key: its boss door asks for the Ancient Circuit, a machine part that you will find in the second half.

Link stands at the round green gate in the desert, its lightning-marked dial lit up in front of him.

Stone stairs climb to the dark doorway of the Lanayru Mining Facility, with a Look prompt on screen.

Entry hall and the first Small Key

Bird Statue, Arachas and bomb statues

Save at the Bird Statue just inside the hall, then deal with the Arachas on the floor. One sword stroke removes each of them, but they nip at your ankles if you ignore them. Stone statues along the east and west walls each hold a bowl, and a bomb knocks the Rupees out of it. Use the Beetle to carry a Bomb Flower from a nearby pillar and drop it on a statue you cannot otherwise reach.

Link's Hook Beetle lifts a Bomb Flower over the sand in the Mining Facility, with a Drop prompt on screen.

A small Aracha on the hall floor, with Link's sword ready and its enemy analysis text box up.

Levers and the northern pits

The north half of the hall is two sand pits, each guarded by an Electro Spume that dies when you drop a bomb on it with the Beetle. Once a pit is cleared, jump up at the switch on the far wall and grab it to open a door, then cross back. A lever in the corner lifts a cage and uncovers a chest with a Red Rupee. After that, take the door on the north side.

Link drops a bomb on the sand with the Hook Beetle while a brown enemy waits nearby in the Mining Facility.

Link stands on a sand ledge beneath a wall switch set above a barred door in the Mining Facility.

Small Key chest

Past the door, use the Beetle to carry a Bomb Flower to the wooden crates that block the way and drop it on them, then dash-jump to the ledge and climb the ladder. At the top, Thunder Keese flap around you; their electric charge comes and goes, so strike them while they are not sparking. The chest at the top holds the Small Key. Drop back down, return to the previous room and open the locked door with the key.

Link holds up a Small Key, with its box saying it opens a locked door in this area.

Timeshift Stones and the Beamos room

Froaks, the weight switch and the first stone

The room beyond the locked door brings the Froaks, spiked balls that bounce when hit and explode if they strike something. Knock one into a wall so the blast goes away from you, finish the Arachas, then climb the ledges. A wooden box blocks the top of a ladder; fly a bomb over with the Beetle and blow it open, then climb up and stand on the heavy switch there. It lowers the bars around a Timeshift Stone. Stay on the switch and hit the stone with the Beetle.

A spiky white creature beside Link, with its analysis box about the spines it shows when provoked.

Beamos and the conveyor belts

The room now shows its past, and tall Beamos statues rise from the floor. Creep up, slash across to make the head drop, then thrust into the eye, because they fire the instant they see you. A pair of fast conveyor belts runs below, and rocks fall along them. Run against the flow, picking up Stamina Fruit as you go, and take the ladder on the left to a chest with a Red Rupee. Upstairs, race up the belt with the fruit, destroy the last Beamos and pull the lever on the wall to open the door on the far side of the room.

An ancient security mechanism with a single eye stands on a pedestal, its description box complete.

Link runs up a long red conveyor belt in a stone chamber.

How to get the Gust Bellows

Cross the east room

The next room is bigger, with spikes covering the ground. Drop down on the right and take the ladder to the platforms. Rocks block the way in places, so either whack a Froak into them or throw bombs. Cross the ledges toward the north end of the room, defeat the Froak that blocks the steps and open the big chest at the top. Inside is the Gust Bellows.

Link opens a large gold-trimmed chest in the Lanayru Mining Facility crate room.

Using the Gust Bellows

Open the item wheel, select the Gust Bellows and aim it at what you want to move, then blow with A. A steady gust clears dust and sand, spins pinwheels, stuns enemies, and pushes Froaks and Arachas around. If the pointer drifts off-centre, press + to centre it again. Hold your blast on a rail machine and it will slide a platform along its track.

Link aims the Gust Bellows at a green gem on the ground and the Blow prompt appears.

The Gust Bellows blasts a cloud of dust across the crate room floor.

Drop down to the platform below and open the chest to the right for a treasure. Then jump to the southern platform, blow the Arachas off the ledge and bomb the pile of rocks that blocks it. Push the steel box at the end of the ledge off the edge to build a shortcut for later, then climb the ladder and clear the sand piles to reach the next door.

Link stands on a square platform and pushes a steel box, with the Move prompt on screen.

Link climbs a wooden ladder toward a large chest and a carved door at the top of the shaft.

West rooms, rail platforms and the Monster Horn

The dust room and the floor switch

In the great room beyond, blow the dust piles away to uncover a floor switch. It will not stay down by itself, so clear the dust from a nearby box and push the box onto the switch. The west door then opens. Blow away dust piles with the Bellows anywhere you see them; they hide Rupees and treasure.

A steel box sits on a stone floor under overhead pipes, with the Move prompt on screen.

A square stone plate sits in the sandy hall, with a dust pile beyond it.

Sand platforms and the second stone

Fight the Arachas and Froaks in the sand room and cross the sand platforms to the south-east corner. Blow away the dust to reveal another Timeshift Stone and hit it. The room reverts to its working state and a rail platform appears. Hop onto the nearby platform and blow on the machine to slide it along the rail, then blow on the pinwheel above the barred door to open it.

Link is prompted to blow on a machine atop a sand platform in the Mining Facility's sand hall.

Link blows the Gust Bellows at a pinwheel set above a barred gate in the Mining Facility.

Sentrobe

Beyond the door a Sentrobe wakes. It fires missiles at you, so bash them back with the shield (shake the Nunchuk) and it releases two Sentrobe Bombs. Slash each bomb in the direction its opening points, horizontally or vertically, and finish by deflecting one more missile into the machine. Afterward, blow the turning machine on the west wall to drag a platform to you, jump on and keep blowing it along its rail to a chest holding a Monster Horn.

A Sentrobot drone hovers in the hall, and its analysis box says the shield can repel its missiles.

Link fires a beam from his sword up at a Sentrobot drone hovering over the glyph-floor hall.

Staldra and the first Armos

Follow the rail west, climb the corner stairs, defeat the Beamos and blow the corner pinwheel to open the next door. A Staldra attacks in the next room. Clear the sand from the metal box, push it across the sand to the higher platform and climb. Behind a gate you find another Timeshift Stone; hit it with the Slingshot to wake an Armos. Blow into its spinning top until its mouth opens and reveals a crystal, then slash the crystal. Repeat, using a thrust the second time. Jump to the higher platform and open the chest for the Dungeon Map, then take the east door back to the main room.

Beside the Armos, Link reads that its weak point is its mouth, which must be made to open.

Link holds up the Dungeon Map, and its pickup box says it reveals the layout and unexplored rooms.

Shortcuts, crawlspaces and minecarts

The east gate and the crawlspaces

Step on the floor switch east of the main room to open a shortcut gate. Follow the safe route marked on your map across the quicksand, destroying the Electro Spume on the way. Blow the dust off the west wall to open a crawlspace; the chest at the end holds a treasure. In the second dust mound, crawl through the maze by going left, right, straight, right, left, right, right, left. Drop into the spiky dust room, clear the dust to find the safe path, and open the chest in the north-west corner for a Red Rupee. A floor switch south of the north staircase unlocks the door back to the main room.

Link blows dust away with the Gust Bellows beside a row of spikes in the Mining Facility.

Link holds up a Red Rupee beside spikes and a staircase, with the pickup box reading You got a Red Rupee.

Minecart rides

The main room has three carts on rails, each covered in dust. Blow a cart clean to reveal a Timeshift Stone on it, hit the stone and follow the cart along its track as it carries on. Hide behind it from Beamos lasers and kill any Beamos that sit on the rail. On the first ride a Sentrobe also wakes up; beat it and blow its pinwheel to open the gate. On the second ride a Beamos appears to the right, so jump off and cut it down. When the rail ends, strike the stone twice to send the cart back the way it came, and get off by the opened door that leads east.

Link stands at a rail cart carrying a glowing blue Timeshift Stone in front of a gate.

Link beside a cart with a blue Timeshift Stone on a patterned floor in the ruin.

Armos room and Ancient Circuit

Equip the Gust Bellows before you walk in. Two Armos are each trapped inside a ring on the floor, so you fight them one at a time. Blow into each top, slash the crystal in the mouth and move on to the other. A chest in the room holds the Ancient Circuit, the part that opens the boss door.

Link aims the Gust Bellows at a stone Armos with cyan eyes in the Facility.

Link holds up the Ancient Circuit, a shining gold part, with its full item box shown.

Insert the Ancient Circuit at the boss door

Save at the Bird Statue in the north-west corner and smash the barrels beside it for hearts. Line the Ancient Circuit up with the lock on the boss door and it slots into place, and the big doors open. There is no Boss Key in this dungeon.

Tall golden doors in the ruin slide apart onto a dark passage as Link walks toward them.

Temple of Time and the Goddess’s Harp

Minecart to the Temple of Time

Beyond the door, fly the Beetle up and strike the Timeshift Stone near the ceiling. A minecart appears on the rail; get in and ride it across the room. Climb the stairs at the end of the hallway to reach the Temple of Time.

Link flies the Hook Beetle up through the carved machine hall, with the Pilot prompt on screen.

The Hook Beetle strikes a glowing stone pedestal in the ruin, lighting up with a golden flash.

Zelda, Impa and the Goddess’s Harp

Zelda is inside the temple, with Impa guarding her. Ghirahim arrives and attacks. Zelda entrusts the Goddess’s Harp to you, then she and Impa escape through the Gate of Time, destroying it behind them. Impa tells you to seek out the old woman in the Sealed Grounds, and the Harp is how you will play the songs the Goddess left behind.

Zelda stands before a glowing Goddess crest in the temple courtyard, with a companion at her side.

Link holds up the Goddess's Harp in its item box, which says he has no time to examine it.

Missed collectibles and what comes next

The Gust Bellows opens a few errands. In Skyloft it unlocks the Gratitude Crystal quest to clean Mallara’s house (see the Gratitude Crystals page). Fledge’s potion quest also becomes available. The Goddess Cube in the desert southwest of the Facility needs the Clawshots to reach, which you get from Nayru’s Silent Realm; the Goddess Cubes page lists it. This dungeon has no Piece of Heart and no Goddess Cube of its own.

A Skyloft woman in an orange blouse says she will leave the house cleaning to Link

Link aims the Gust Bellows at a dusty bed and dresser, blowing a cloud of dust away

Chapter checklist

Collectible	Type	Where
Bird Statue (entrance)	Save point	Inside the entry hall of the Lanayru Mining Facility
Red Rupee	Chest	Cage chest in the entry hall, opened by the second lever
Small Key	Key	Chest at the top of the ladder in the Thunder Keese room
Red Rupee	Chest	Chest on the ladder side of the Beamos conveyor room
Gust Bellows	Dungeon item	Big chest at the north end of the east room
Treasure	Chest	Chest on the platform below and to the right of the Gust Bellows chest
Monster Horn	Treasure	Chest at the end of the west-wall rail in the Sentrobe room
Dungeon Map	Map	Chest on the higher platform beyond the first Armos
Treasure	Chest	Chest at the end of the first crawlspace
Red Rupee	Chest	North-west corner of the spiky dust room
Ancient Circuit	Key item	Chest in the two-Armos room
Bird Statue (boss door)	Save point	North-west corner of the main room, before the boss door
Heart Container	Heart Container	Boss room after Moldarach
Goddess’s Harp	Item	Zelda, Temple of Time

With the Harp in hand, head back to the Sealed Grounds to meet the old woman in the next chapter, The Goddess’s Harp, The Imprisoned and the Isle of Songs.

Lanayru Mining Facility Walkthrough

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