Din's Silent Realm and Volcano Summit

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	Optional Skyloft and Sky errands after the Sandship, the Isle of Songs, Din’s Silent Realm in Eldin Volcano, Volcano Summit, Floria Waterfall and the Scrapper escort up to the Fire Sanctuary door
You need	Goddess White Sword (Nayru’s Flame from the Sandship), Goddess’s Harp, Clawshots, Gust Bellows, Bow, Bug Net, an empty Bottle and the Water Dragon’s Scale for the swim at Floria Waterfall
Rewards	Din’s Power (song); the Fireshield Earrings; 2 Pieces of Heart (Batreaux and Pumm); Potion Medal and Life Medal; Medium Wallet; Iron Bow upgrade; 10 Gratitude Crystals from two quests plus loose night crystals; Heart Potion+; Goddess Cube dowsing; a Sky Stag Beetle, Eldin Roller, Blessed Butterfly and Volcanic Ladybug; Dusk Relic, Jelly Blob, Ornamental Skull, Eldin Ore, Lizard Tail and Amber Relic; 2 Goddess Cubes

This chapter takes you from the end of the Sandship to the door of the Fire Sanctuary. You spend an optional stretch on Skyloft and in the Sky, learn Din’s Power on the Isle of Songs, pass Din’s Silent Realm to earn the Fireshield Earrings, and climb to Volcano Summit, where flame walls guarded by stone frogs bar the way. Two small frogs drink from your Bottle; the third needs the Water Basin from Lake Floria, which the robot Scrapper carries while you guard him all the way up the volcano.

The goddess sings Link another melody and says it unlocks a trial waiting in Eldin Volcano.

The Volcano Summit title card appears over a glowing lava cave.

Skyloft and Sky errands after the Sandship

Upgrade your gear at Gondo’s Scrap Shop

With the White Sword in hand and plenty of treasure in your pouch, visit Gondo in the Bazaar and choose Upgrade. The Bow becomes the Iron Bow for 50 Rupees plus 3 Tumbleweeds, 1 Evil Crystal, 3 Monster Claws and 2 Eldin Ore. It hits harder and is worth owning before the Fire Sanctuary. Wait while the smith works at his bench, then take your bow back.

The Scrap Shop smith stands at his forge bench while the Bow is being upgraded.

Link holds up the Iron Bow after the Scrap Shop upgrade, with a box about its enhanced attack power.

The same menu offers a Quick Beetle (the Hook Beetle with extra speed), a Big Bug Net, bigger Seed Satchels and Bomb Bags, and a larger Quiver. Each costs 50 to 100 Rupees and a handful of bugs and treasures, so buy what your stock allows and come back for the rest. The upgrades page lists every recipe.

Link holds up the Medium Quiver, with a box saying it carries 10 extra arrows.

Link holds up the Medium Bomb Bag, with a box saying it holds 10 extra bombs.

Infuse a Heart Potion+

Next to Luv’s Potion Shop is the Infusion Shop, where her husband Bertie upgrades potions. Speak to him and choose Sure, pick a Heart Potion and pay 20 Rupees with 3 Blessed Butterflies, 1 Woodland Rhino Beetle and 1 Volcanic Ladybug. The result is a Heart Potion+ that restores every heart in one go, which is exactly what you want before a dungeon boss.

Link walks up to the potion maker stirring his cauldron in the Infusion Shop, with the Talk prompt showing

The Infusion Shop keeper says he can infuse the potions Link is carrying

Catch a Sky Stag Beetle

Take the Bug Net around Skyloft and swing it at the bugs you spot on the trees and in the grass. A Sky Stag Beetle is one of the bugs you can catch here at any time of day. Bugs feed the potion upgrades, and the Bugs and Treasures page lists every species.

Link holds up a freshly caught Sky Stag Beetle, and the catch message is fully written in the box.

Collect Gratitude Crystals at night

Sleep in your bed until night and walk around the Academy: loose Gratitude Crystals only show up after dark. One sits on the desk in your own dorm room and another in a plant vase near the second-floor door of the Academy. You can find the rest with dowsing once you have spoken to Batreaux (see below), which saves a lot of wandering.

Link holds up a Gratitude Crystal beside a leafy plant near a stained glass window in the Academy

Link walks past a desk of books in a dim Academy dorm room at night

Clean Mallara’s house with the Gust Bellows

Mallara, Pipit’s mother, wants her dusty house cleaned and will pay you for it. Take out the Gust Bellows, point at each patch of dust and cobweb and press A to blow, working through every room. When the last speck is gone, talk to her to collect 5 Gratitude Crystals and 20 Rupees. If you tell her you are done before the house is clean, she is disappointed and ends the job, though you can clean again later for 20 Rupees.

Link uses the Gust Bellows on a dusty floor, sending a cloud of dust swirling across the room.

Link and the woman of the house raise a glowing Gratitude Crystal in a pink-walled room.

Open the Potion Medal and Life Medal chests

Open the Sky map, dive off Skyloft, whistle for your Loftwing and fly to the split island north-west of Fun Fun Island. The first chest holds the Potion Medal, which makes potion effects last longer. It opens once you have struck the Goddess Cube at Skipper’s Retreat in the Sand Sea.

Link stands beside an open purple chest in a grassy clearing, with a gold medal floating above his shoulder.

Link holds up the Potion Medal, and the complete text box says it prolongs the effects of a potion.

A second chest on the same island holds the Life Medal, which raises your maximum health by one heart while it is in your Adventure Pouch. Its cube is the one south-west of the Lanayru Mining Facility. If your pouch is full, the game sends the medal to the Item Check; visit the Item Check in the Bazaar later and swap something out to equip it.

Link opens a glowing chest on a cliff, light pouring up from its lid.

Link holds up the Life Medal, its box reading that max hearts rise by one while carried.

Play the harp at the Lumpy Pumpkin

Once you have finished the soup and pumpkin jobs at Pumpkin Landing, speak to Pumm at the Lumpy Pumpkin and come back at night for a duet with Kina. Take out the Goddess’s Harp and strum with the Wii Remote, copying the tempo of a customer who is waving an arm, then improvise freely when the crowd goes quiet. Pumm then hands over another Piece of Heart. If you have not done the earlier jobs, the Piece of Heart page lists the order.

Link plays the harp in the Lumpy Pumpkin while a woman in a teal dress stands nearby.

Pumm watches as Link receives a Piece of Heart, the box saying it completes a Heart Container.

Din’s Power at the Isle of Songs

Fly back into the Thunderhead

Fi suggests a trip to the Isle of Songs now that the sword has grown stronger. Call your Loftwing, fly into the Thunderhead and follow the light beams through the storm, dodging the flying enemies that lunge at you. When the stone bridge appears, land on it and walk into the tower. The Isle of Songs chapter describes the island if you need a refresher.

Link rides a Loftwing through the Thunderhead, dodging winged enemies beside a cyan light beam.

Link runs across a long stone bridge toward a round, grassy platform above the clouds.

Din’s Silent Realm

Find the trial gate in Eldin Volcano

Open the map, choose Eldin Volcano and land at the Volcano Ascent Bird Statue. Press C to dowse for the trial gate and follow the pulse across the canyon and into the caves. Bokoblins and fire creatures roam the paths and narrow wooden bridges cross the lava, so keep your shield ready.

Link dowses beside the Volcano Ascent bird statue, the Dowse prompt on screen

Link raises his shield on a lava-lit path up Eldin Volcano

The gate is a glowing circle on the ground near where Blessed Butterflies flutter. Take out the Goddess’s Harp, stand beside the circle and play Din’s Power by strumming in time with the rings, as Fi sings along. When the gate lights up, thrust your sword into it to be carried into the trial.

How the trial works

Fi cannot follow you: you face the realm alone and defenseless. The Spirit Vessel that you receive at the start is a plant that fills up whenever you pick up a Tear of Din. Fifteen tears are scattered across a lava landscape. Each one halts the Guardians for 90 seconds, and the flower on the vessel shows how much of that time is left. When the time runs out, when a Watcher spots you, or when you step in Waking Water, the Guardians wake and chase you.

Link holds up a Tear of Din, and its box says the tear halts the Guardians for 90 seconds and asks for all 15.

Link walks a glowing cave floor with the Spirit Vessel on the left, its first tear already filled.

Each failed attempt teaches you the route. A Light Fruit shows the positions of the remaining tears with beacons for 30 seconds, which is the quickest way to spot them.

Pink beacons mark the remaining tears across the lava rocks of the realm as Link leaps ahead

A pink beacon rises from a rock ledge above lava while Link races toward it

Dusk Relics lie in crevices and hard-to-reach corners of the realm. Pick them up while the Guardians are frozen: they are the only collectible in a Silent Realm, and the Divine Shield, Scattershot and Quiver upgrades need them.

Take the Fireshield Earrings

With the fifteenth Tear in the vessel, walk back to the starting circle without being spotted by the Watchers or stepping in Waking Water; a flame spirit reminds you that the trial lasts until you leave. Stand on the circle and the goddess hands you the Fireshield Earrings, the third sacred gift. Back in the cave, Fi says the earrings will let you travel safely through extreme heat. They also snuff out fire that catches your clothes, but they do not protect you from lava or direct fire attacks. See the Silent Realms page for the other trials.

Link stands on the glowing circle in the gate plaza, with a blue light column rising above him.

Link holds up the Fireshield Earrings, and the box calls them one of the three sacred gifts.

Volcano Summit

Climb to the crater

Leave the cave and keep climbing through the lava caves. Fi announces that you are near the crater at the peak and that the earrings allow long stays in this heat. The title card Volcano Summit appears, and she puts the chance of finding the last sacred flame here at 90 percent.

Fi tells Link they are now near the crater at the peak of Eldin Volcano, with lava walls around them.

Fi's box says the Fireshield Earrings let Link explore for long stretches in the summit's extreme heat.

Chuchus and Fire Keese attack in the lava caves. If a Chuchu sticks to you, shake the Wii Remote to break free, then cut it down; it leaves a Jelly Blob, a treasure that Gondo’s upgrades use. Shoot Fire Keese with the Slingshot or Bow before they swoop.

A red Chuchu sits on a lava-lit ledge while the box warns against physical contact with its heat.

Link slashes an orange Chuchu in a narrow lava cave passage.

Fill your Bottle at the pool

In the open air outside the cave is the Volcano Summit Pool. Equip an empty Bottle and scoop some Water. A Volcanic Ladybug crawls around the same cave, so swing the Bug Net before you leave. Gorko, the Goron researcher, stands in front of a wall of flames and says he came here because someone spotted Goddess Cubes, but the fire blocks the way.

A Goron stands with folded arms before a wall of fire that blocks the way, with a frog statue behind.

Link holds up a bottle of Water in front of a waterfall pool, and the item box is fully shown.

Quench the first frog statue

A stone slab beside the flames hints that the frog statue wants water. Climb the steps to the stone frog and use the Water Bottle on its open mouth. The flames die at once, and Gorko cheers that you can now pass. Refill the Bottle at the pool whenever you need more.

Link stands on a stone pedestal at the big frog statue with its mouth open and the Use prompt showing.

The flames are gone from the doorway behind the frog statue, with a Goron standing at the left.

Once Gorko has unlocked it, you can dowse for Goddess Cubes: select the cube icon on the dowsing wheel and press C whenever you want to track down the cubes here.

Fi's glowing box says she registered Goddess Cubes as dowsing targets, beside an arched stone hall door

The big frog at the Fire Sanctuary door

The third chamber is an open pit crossed by a bridge. The Fire Sanctuary door sits at its north end behind a wall of flames, guarded by a much bigger stone frog. Gorko says the frog needs far more water than a Bottle can hold and wonders where anybody could find that much. Fi agrees that nothing nearby holds enough water and suggests looking for a big container.

A frog emblem on a hall wall, with a caption saying the big frog's thirst is more than one bottle can hold.

The Inside the Volcano Bird Statue stands beside the entrance, and you can sit on the bench in the eastern tower to restore your hearts. The only container big enough is the basin where the Water Dragon Faron was healing at Lake Floria. Save at the statue, then choose To the sky.

Link stands beside the bird statue, with a prompt asking whether to return to the sky.

Link is launched up a golden light beam above the volcano's walls, leaving for the sky.

Borrow the Water Basin at Floria Waterfall

Dive to Floria Waterfall

Open the Sky map and choose Floria Waterfall in Faron Woods. After landing, cross the meadow and go into the cave with the water tunnel. Swim through it with the Water Dragon’s Scale, which you earned in Farore’s Silent Realm (the Farore’s Silent Realm and Lake Floria chapter covers it).

Link swims through a blue underwater passage at Lake Floria, with the Swim prompt on screen.

Link swims past a tall rock and a sea creature in the flooded Lake Floria cave, with the Swim prompt.

Ask Faron for the basin

At the end of the tunnel the Water Dragon Faron rests by the basin of sacred water. Fi points out that the basin holds a large quantity of water, enough to put out the flames. Talk to Faron and ask to borrow it. Fully recovered from Ghirahim’s attack, the dragon agrees.

Link looks up at the Water Dragon statue in the Floria shrine, with the Look prompt on screen.

The Water Dragon statue agrees to lend Link her water basin, saying she has fully recovered.

The basin is too heavy for Link, so Fi calls the robot Scrapper, who descends through a shaft of light, remarks that the cargo is heavy but within his limits and takes the basin. Fi tells you to return to the Sky and set a course for the volcano. Use the Bird Statue near the water to go back up.

The transport robot drops through a bright shaft of light to collect the Water Dragon's basin.

Scrapper says the basin is heavy but within his payload tolerances, with Fi watching nearby.

Fly Scrapper to Eldin

In the Sky, call your Loftwing and fly towards the light pillar above Eldin Volcano. Scrapper follows you with the basin. When you reach the break in the clouds, he rushes down to the entrance, announces that this is the volcano and then refuses to carry the basin any farther. Dive after him to the lava canyon at the foot of the mountain.

A red Loftwing flies above the green basin robot, with a tall pillar of light beside it above the clouds.

Scrapper announces that this is the volcano entrance and that he means to reach it before Link.

Protect the robot up the volcano

How the escort works

Scrapper proposes a game of “protect the robot”: he walks behind you and you must stop every monster from touching him. The volcano is crowded with Bokoblin archers, Red Bokoblins, Moblins with wooden shields and Fire Keese. If Scrapper takes too much damage he breaks down and you have to redo the escort from the beginning.

Scrapper explains the rules: he follows Link up the volcano, and Link must keep every monster from touching him.

Scrapper calls for help as a red-skinned monster tumbles on a wooden walkway near Link.

Run ahead and clear each group before he reaches it, and stop when he cries “wait for me” so he can catch up. Shoot archers with the Bow before they target him. When he shouts that he is in trouble, turn back and kill whatever is chasing him.

Scrapper cries Wait for me! as Link crosses a wooden bridge over the lava.

Scrapper cries that he is in trouble on the lava path as Link fights a monster nearby.

The route to the summit

The way up runs through the lava canyon at the base, along sand paths with Clawshot targets and wooden gates, and through a village of wooden huts that Bokoblins have taken over. Pick up the treasures on the way: you can find an Ornamental Skull, Eldin Ore or an Amber Relic, and Lizalfos drop a Lizard Tail.

Link crouches beside a wooden plank structure on a sand path in the volcano.

Later Moblins with wooden shields block the passes. Attack them from the side or behind, and keep them away from the robot. Scrapper complains loudly about monsters in every room, but he only breaks down if they actually hit him.

A text box has the robot complaining about monsters, as a monster faces Link on the lava path.

Link slashes at a monster holding a shield beside a lava pool on the volcano path.

Chapter checklist

Collectible	Type	Where
Iron Bow	Upgrade	Gondo’s Scrap Shop, 50 Rupees plus materials
Heart Potion+	Potion	Potion Shop, 20 Rupees plus bugs
Sky Stag Beetle	Bug	Trees on Skyloft
Loose Gratitude Crystals	Gratitude Crystal	Skyloft at night (dorm room, Academy vase)
5 Gratitude Crystals	Side quest	Cawlin, Deliver a Letter
5 Gratitude Crystals, 20 Rupees	Side quest	Mallara, Clean My House
Medium Wallet	Reward	Batreaux, 5 crystals
Piece of Heart	Piece of Heart	Batreaux, 10 crystals
Potion Medal	Medal	Goddess Chest, island north-west of Fun Fun Island
Life Medal	Medal	Goddess Chest on the same island
Piece of Heart	Piece of Heart	Pumm, Lumpy Pumpkin harp duet
Din’s Power	Song	Isle of Songs, tower crest
Fireshield Earrings	Item	End of Din’s Silent Realm
Dusk Relic	Treasure	Din’s Silent Realm
Jelly Blob	Treasure	Chuchu, Volcano Summit
Water (Bottle)	Bottle contents	Volcano Summit Pool and waterfall
Volcanic Ladybug	Bug	Volcano Summit cave near the pool
Eldin Roller, Blessed Butterfly	Bugs	Second chamber of Volcano Summit
Goddess Cube 24 (Bug Rock chest, Piece of Heart)	Goddess Cube	Pool and waterfall area, reached by skydiving
Goddess Cube 25 (Small Bomb Bag chest)	Goddess Cube	Ledge beside the Fire Sanctuary door
Ornamental Skull, Eldin Ore, Lizard Tail, Amber Relic	Treasures	Drops and chests on the escort route up the volcano
Piece of Heart (Gossip Stone cave)	Later	Needs Mogma Mitts, Fire Sanctuary chapter