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Castor Wilds and the Wind Ruins Walkthrough

The Minish Cap 100% Completion Walkthrough19 chapters
Walkthrough overview
CoversCastor Wilds swamp, the Wind Ruins, the road to the Fortress of Winds entrance
DungeonNone in this chapter; it ends at the stairs up to the Fortress of Winds (Dungeon 3)
RewardsBow Bow (with 30 arrows), 3 Gold Kinstone pieces fused with the 3 Mysterious Statues, 1 red Kinstone piece, Castor Wilds Wind Crest, 1 Piece of Heart (your third), 100 Rupees, 50 Mysterious Shells; no bottles, figurines or Tiger Scrolls on this route

This chapter takes you across the Castor Wilds swamp with the Pegasus Boots, wins the Bow, collects the three Gold Kinstone pieces and fuses them with the three Mysterious Statues to open the way south into the Wind Ruins. Inside the ruins you shrink twice, switch off two Armos statues, pick up a Piece of Heart, two chests and a Kinstone piece, then climb to the Fortress of Winds.

Link dashing across the Castor Wilds swamp water
Link crossing a wooden bridge above a cave entrance in Castor Wilds
Kinstone Fusion screen with two gold pieces joined for a Mysterious Statue

Castor Wilds: first Gold Kinstone and the Darknut

Pegasus Boots

Dash across the swamp

Arrive in Castor Wilds and equip the Pegasus Boots. The deep swamp water is no place for a swim, but a dash carries Link over the marsh, so run west across it from the entrance to the dry ground on the other side.

Link dashing along the swamp edge in Castor Wilds
Link dashing across the marsh toward the dry bank

Cave with the Darknut chest

Climb the vine up the cliff, cross the wooden bridge to the north-west and climb down the next vine to a cave entrance. Cut through the first room, take the stairs down and keep going to the room with a single chest. Walk toward it and the door seals behind you: the chest vanishes and a Darknut appears.

Link walking beside a long wooden bridge with spiked rails in Castor Wilds
Link stepping into a cave entrance at the foot of a vine, grass cut around him
Link fighting in the first cave room
Link walking through the torch-lit cave room
The cave room with a single chest before the Darknut appears

Stay out of its sword arc, let the Darknut swing and miss, then slash it in the back right after the swing. Four hits finish it. The chest returns and holds the first Gold Kinstone piece; leave by the stairs and the same vine. You need all three pieces for the statues later (see Gold Kinstones).

A Darknut facing Link in the sealed room
Link dodging the Darknut's sword swing
Link beside the Darknut after its swing
Link holding up a Kinstone piece with the item text shown

Castor Wilds: the Bow

Shrink on the stump

Walk back out across the swamp and follow the bridges to the tree stump on the north-west ledge. Stand on the stump to shrink at the Minish Portal; you must be Minish size for everything on the lily pads.

Link crossing the wooden bridges on the north-west swamp ledge
Link at the top of a vine between two bridges
The glowing tree stump that works as a Minish Portal

Lily pads to the Bow chest

Equip the Gust Jar and hop onto the first giant lily pad. Use the Gust Jar to move across the pond from pad to pad and past the flowers, then drop into the hole at the far side.

Minish-size Link on the first giant lily pad
Link on a lily pad next to a blue flower
Link on a lily pad between orange and blue flowers

Inside the small cavern, defeat the blue blobs that appear. A big chest rises in the middle. Open it for the Bow and 30 arrows; the Bow is your ranged weapon for the statue eyes you are about to meet (see items and equipment).

Link fighting blue blobs in the small cavern
The big blue chest standing in the middle of the cavern
Link holding up the Bow with the You got a bow message

Cross back over the lily pads, step on the stump and grow to normal size. Open the items screen and put the Bow on a button.

Link crossing a lily pad past a yellow flower on the way back
Tiny Link walking toward the portal stump
Link back at normal size beside the stump

Business Scrub and the first statue

Business Scrub

Arrow scrub cave

Find the small cave on the north side of the swamp bank and walk up to the Business Scrub inside; keep the Small Shield equipped, since it is what the scrub expects you to hold up. He offers to sell you arrows and asks if you want them. Your quiver already holds 30, so answer No, thanks and keep your rupees.

Link on the swamp bank by the cave entrances with 30 arrows in the quiver
Link inside the cave facing the Business Scrub
The Business Scrub offering 30 arrows for 30 Rupees
The Business Scrub asking what Link says, with No, thanks selected

Shoot the one-eyed statue

Back outside, follow the bridges south to the first stone statue with one eye. It is invulnerable until you hit the eye: stand back and shoot it with the Bow until the statue breaks. That clears the vine behind it, which you climb to reach the next stretch of swamp.

Link on the bridge junction at the top of a vine
Link with the Bow in front of the one-eyed stone statue
The one-eyed stone statue under fire with 29 arrows left

Second Gold Kinstone

Dash east across the swamp from the broken statue to the cave on the far bank. Walk in and open the chest in the torch-lit room for the second Gold Kinstone piece.

Link dashing across the swamp water toward the far bank
Link on the swamp bank near the cave entrances
Link holding up the second Kinstone piece with the full item text

Castor Wilds Wind Crest

Head back through the marsh to the grass bank on the west side. A small stone obelisk stands there; touch it and it speaks, then crumbles, which reveals a Wind Crest tile with a music note. Step on it to register the Castor Wilds Wind Crest, which you can warp to later once you own the Ocarina of Wind.

The small stone obelisk speaking about the power of wind
Link beside the revealed Wind Crest tile in Castor Wilds

Third Gold Kinstone

Second statue and the whirlwind

From the crest, go to the second one-eyed statue that guards the next ledge. Shoot its eye to destroy it, climb the vine behind it and cross the bridge to the east. At the end a whirlwind waits: jump into it, hold the button and let the air carry Link south-west over the lake.

Link wading past the one-eyed stone statue with the bow ready, snakes nearby
Link climbing the vine above the one-eyed stone statue standing in the pond
Link crossing the long wooden bridge with spiked rails over the swamp
Link jumping into a small whirlwind at the cliff edge above the lake
Link gliding over the dark lake holding the Gust Jar's air
Gold Kinstone

Small cave

Land on the little ledge, then enter the cave beside it. Open the chest between the torches for the third Gold Kinstone piece. You now carry all three.

Link landed on the little ledge by the dark cave entrance
Link holding up a Gold Kinstone piece with its message box fully shown

Mysterious Statue Kinstone fusions

Fuse all three statues

Return to the south-west corner of the swamp, where three Mysterious Statues stand in a row. Walk up to each one in turn and fuse a Gold Kinstone piece with it; every time the two halves fit perfectly. The full rules are in Kinstone fusions.

Kinstone Fusion screen with Link's gold piece beside the Mysterious Statue's half
Kinstone Fusion screen with both halves joined and the 'fit perfectly' message
Second Kinstone Fusion with the two gold halves locking together
Third Kinstone Fusion with the gold halves joined

After the third fusion the large rock that blocked the south edge of the swamp is gone. Follow the opening south and leave Castor Wilds; the next area is the Wind Ruins.

Link below the three fused Mysterious Statues with the big rock still blocking the swamp edge
The big rock at the swamp edge crumbling into pieces after the third fusion
Link below the three Mysterious Statues with the big rock gone from the swamp's south edge
Link entering the Wind Ruins with its title shown, stone stairs ahead

Wind Ruins

Stairs, stump and the iron automata house

Climb the stairs into the Wind Ruins, a yard of stone walls patrolled by Spiny Beetles. Walk to the first stump and shrink there, then enter the small Minish house beside it.

Link at the top of the stone stairs into the grassy Wind Ruins yard
Link walking between tall stone walls in the Wind Ruins yard
Link on the glowing tree stump with a Spiny Beetle and a pink Armos nearby
Link at Minish size beside the stump, a Spiny Beetle crawling nearby

Talk to the red-capped Minish inside. He explains that the pink statues are iron automata, called Armos, and that each one has an on and off switch inside it. Open the chest in the house for a red Kinstone piece.

Inside the small Minish house with the red-capped Minish and the chest
The red-capped Minish saying the iron automata were built ages ago to help humans
Link holding up a red Kinstone piece with its message box fully shown
Armos

Switch off the first Armos

Still Minish, enter the nearest Armos. Inside the oval chamber hit the switch with your sword to deactivate it, then leave and grow back to normal size at the stump.

Tiny Link about to enter the pink Armos statue in the yard
Link swinging his sword at the switch in the Armos chamber
Link back at normal size on the stump after leaving the Armos

Through the yard to the second stump

Cross the yard south and east. Armos wake when you touch them, so slip past or defeat them, and kill the Spiny Beetles with the sword. Climb the stairs and turn south to the second stump.

Link walking the yard past an Armos with a Spiny Beetle near the stump
Link crossing a yard of stone pillars below the stairs
Link facing two Spiny Beetles in front of the north stairs
Link running toward the stairs past a Spiny Beetle

Wind Ruins Piece of Heart

Shrink on the second stump, then walk south to the cliff and climb down by the stairs into a small leafy Minish cave with pits. Work around the pits, deal with the red winged enemies and take the Piece of Heart from the pedestal. Four pieces make a full heart, so check how many you hold now (see Heart Piece locations). Leave by the glowing doorway.

Link beside the second stump in the Wind Ruins yard, a Spiny Beetle nearby
Tiny Link in the yard below a staircase leading down
Link in the leafy Minish cave among dark pits with a red winged enemy overhead
Link facing red winged enemies near the Piece of Heart pedestal
Link holding up a Piece of Heart with its message box fully shown

Wind Ruins chests and the second Armos

Back in the yard, work through the Armos and snakes to a group of three Armos near a stump. Shrink, enter one as before and flip the switch inside to turn it off.

Link in tall grass in the Wind Ruins yard with a Spiny Beetle and a snake near
Link at a stump beside a row of three pink Armos
Tiny Link approaching an Armos in the row below the stump
Link inside the Armos chamber with the switch ahead and a torch lit
Link back at normal size on the stump above the Armos row

Grow back to normal size and go up to the two chests at the north-west edge of the yard. One holds 100 Rupees, the other 50 Mysterious Shells (see Mysterious Shells).

Link walking toward the chests at the yard's north-west edge
Link holding up 100 Rupees with the complete message box
Link holding up 50 Mysterious Shells with the complete message box

To the Fortress of Winds

Cross the rest of the yard past the last snakes, then climb the final stairs to the north. The Fortress of Winds lies beyond them.

Link running through the last stretch of the yard, a green rupee beside him
Link walking a grassy lane between tall stone walls
Link at the foot of the final stairs leading north

Chapter checklist

TypeNameWhere
Key itemBow Bow (30 arrows)Castor Wilds, lily pad cavern (Minish size, stump portal)
Gold Kinstone Gold KinstonePiece 1Castor Wilds, Darknut cave
Gold Kinstone Gold KinstonePiece 2Castor Wilds, cave across the swamp after the first statue
Gold Kinstone Gold KinstonePiece 3Castor Wilds, cave reached by the whirlwind
Kinstone Fusion Kinstone fusion3 Mysterious Statue fusionsSouth-west corner of Castor Wilds; opens the way to the Wind Ruins
Wind Crest Wind CrestCastor Wilds crestBeneath the stone obelisk on the west bank
Kinstone Piece Kinstone pieceRed pieceWind Ruins, chest in the Minish house
Piece of Heart Piece of HeartPiece of Heart, four make a full heartWind Ruins, Minish cave (second stump)
Chest100 RupeesWind Ruins, north-west chests
Chest50 Mysterious ShellsWind Ruins, north-west chests

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