The Minish Cap 100% Completion Walkthrough19 chapters
- The Picori Festival and the Minish WoodsGet the Small Shield and Smith’s Sword, meet Ezlo, shrink and reach Minish Village.
- Deepwood Shrine (Dungeon 1)All four small keys, Dungeon Map, Compass, Madderpillar, Gust Jar, Big Key, Heart Pieces and Big Green Chuchu.
- Ascent to Mount CrenelBomb Bag, Kinstone Bag, Big Wallet, bottle, Grip Ring, Great Fairy, Heart Pieces and Melari’s Mines.
- Cave of Flames (Dungeon 2)Every key, chest and mine cart, the Cane of Pacci, the Big Key, Gleerok boss tactics and the Fire Element.
- Infusing the Picori BladeMelari’s White Sword, the Elemental Sanctuary, a Heart Piece and a Kinstone piece on the way.
- Getting the Pegasus BootsSyrup’s Wake-Up Mushroom, Lon Lon Ranch, eight Kinstone fusions, three Heart Pieces and Swiftblade.
- Castor Wilds and the Wind RuinsThree Gold Kinstones, the Bow, the Mysterious Statue fusions and the road to the Fortress of Winds.
- Fortress of Winds (Dungeon 3)Every key, Compass, Map, Mole Mitts, Big Key, Mazaal boss tactics, Heart Container and Ocarina of Wind.
- The Library Books and the FlippersReturn the three overdue books in Hyrule Town, win the Power Bracelets and get the Flippers.
- Hyrule Town Side Quests and Kinstone FusionsAnju’s Cucco Roundup, Simon’s Simulation, Kinstone fusions, heart pieces and the Magical Boomerang.
- Collectibles Sweep Before the Temple of DropletsKinstone fusions, 10 Pieces of Heart, Roll Attack and Peril Beam dojos and the Large Quiver.
- Temple of Droplets (Dungeon 4)Every key, Map, Compass, Big Key, Flame Lantern, Big Blue Chuchu, Big Octorok and the Water Element.
- Royal Valley and the Royal CryptWater Element, Sword Beam, Remote Bombs, Graveyard Key, Great Fairy and King Gustaf’s Gold Kinstone
- Veil Falls and the Cloud TopsHeart Pieces, Splitblade’s dojo, Source of the Flow and five Mysterious Cloud fusions.
- Palace of Winds (Dungeon 5)Roc’s Cape, four Small Keys, Big Key, Compass, Map, Heart Piece, Gyorg Pair boss and Wind Element.
- Collecting the Upgrades Before the Four SwordDown Thrust, Great Spin Attack, seven Kinstone fusions, seven Heart Pieces and the Goron Cave bottle.
- Dark Hyrule Castle (Final Dungeon)King’s cell, Map, Compass, six Small Keys, Big Key, Darknut rooms and the Darknut trio before Vaati.
- Vaati Final Boss and EndingBeat Vaati Reborn, Transfigured and Wrath, free Zelda, escape the castle, then save after the credits.
- Postgame Collectibles and 100% CompletionLast Kinstone fusions, Biggoron’s Mirror Shield, Heart Pieces, Heart Container, Tingle Trophy and all 136 figurines.
| Covers | Mt. Crenel (Melari’s beanstalk, Grayblade’s dojo, Mole Mitts caves), Hyrule Town market, Trilby Highlands, Western Wood, Minish Woods, Minish Village, Eastern Hills, Castor Wilds, Wind Ruins, South Hyrule Field and Lake Hylia |
|---|---|
| Dungeon | None: this is the second half of the collecting block, finishing at Lake Hylia before the Temple of Droplets |
| Rewards | 10 Pieces of Heart (three of them complete Heart Containers), 15 Kinstone fusions, Roll Attack and Peril Beam (Tiger Scrolls), faster Spin Attack charge, Large Quiver, 200 rupees and 50 rupees in chests, 20 Mysterious Shells, White Picolyte, a golden Tektite spawned on Mt. Crenel, and about a dozen Kinstone pieces |
This stretch has no dungeon. You sweep the map for everything the Flippers, the Mole Mitts and the Four Sword’s split-Link switches now let you reach: three completed Heart Containers, two sword dojos, fusions that open chests and beanstalks, and the Large Quiver. It begins on the summit of Mt. Crenel, loops through Hyrule Town, Trilby Highlands, the Minish Woods and Village, the Eastern Hills, Castor Wilds and South Hyrule Field, and finishes at Lake Hylia, from where you walk on to the Temple of Droplets.
Table of Contents
Mt. Crenel summit and Grayblade’s dojo
Melari’s beanstalk
The fusion you made with Melari, the Minish smith, in his forge has made a beanstalk sprout on the Mt. Crenel summit. Melari says the pieces made a perfect fit, so step outside and climb the mountain past the stone with the music note on it.
Grayblade’s dojo: block switches and the first Heart Piece
Climb the rock walls on the east side of the mountain (you need the Grip Ring) and enter the mine-shaft door of Grayblade’s dojo. In the puzzle room beyond it, use the White Sword (Two Elements) to split Link into several copies, then stand on the coloured switches so the blocks sink and let you cross. The pedestal in the dojo hall holds a Piece of Heart. The message says you now have three and need one more.
A chest in the corner of the dojo hall holds 50 rupees. Open it before you talk to Grayblade.
Fusion with Grayblade
Grayblade fuses with a red Kinstone piece. When the halves fit, a cutscene shows the waterfall in the north-east of Castor Wilds, where a cave opens in the cliff behind the falls. That is Scarblade’s dojo, which you visit later in this chapter.
Roll Attack training
Speak to Grayblade again and accept his training. He explains the technique one step at a time (the last step is to swing the sword), then asks you to switch, stop and roll on his word. Do as he says, and he teaches you the Roll Attack and gives you its Tiger Scroll, so you can read it again if you forget the moves. You can now roll with the roll button. See Tiger Scrolls for all eight.
Mt. Crenel beanstalk, Mole Mitts cave and Mysterious Wall
Beanstalk to the cloud: the fourth piece
Climb the ladders and rocky paths up to the summit. Spiny Beetles walk the ledges, and you can roll through the narrow gaps. Climb the beanstalk at the edge of the summit to reach a cloud ringed by eight red rupees. Collect them, then take the Piece of Heart from the pedestal. It completes a Heart Container and refills your hearts. See Beanstalk locations for the others.
Mole Mitts cave: a new Piece of Heart
Back on the ground, take the ladder to the left and follow the sand tunnels near the Crenel Hermit’s cave. Equip the Mole Mitts and dig through the sand, past the enemy that drops bombs, to a pedestal with a Piece of Heart. This is the first piece of a new set of four.
Mysterious Wall and the fourth Goron
Just beyond the heart pedestal, a Mysterious Wall stands in the cave. Fuse a blue Kinstone piece with it. A cutscene shows the Gorons in their cave chipping a rock wall. They say they smell delicious stones, and a fourth Goron arrives to help dig. Each wall brings another Goron; see the Goron quest for the full count and the chest they guard.
Warp to Hyrule Town
Walk back to the Wind Crest at Mt. Crenel, play the Ocarina of Wind, and answer yes to travel to Hyrule Town.
Hyrule Town market, Trilby Highlands and Percy
White Picolyte
In the Hyrule Town market, talk to the blond stall owner. His White Picolyte costs 100 rupees, and he pours it into an empty bottle. The Picolyte is used up when you spend it, so buy a fresh dose now, because it makes Kinstone pieces drop from grass much more often.
Kinstone pieces in the Trilby Highlands grass
Cross the bridge by the river and go north into Trilby Highlands. Walk across the brown, lucky-looking patches in the tall grass and cut them, fighting off the Moblins that come at you. Two blue Kinstone pieces drop in quick succession. Use it in the biggest field you can find.
Fusion with Percy (red)
Percy, a poet with a blue cap, stands among the trees at the edge of the grass. Fuse a red piece with his red piece and a fallen tree in the area stands upright again, clearing the way to his house.
Walk through Western Wood to Percy’s orange-roofed house. He accuses you of breaking in while he was away and recites his verse.
Fusion with Percy (green)
Fuse a green piece with Percy at his door. A cutscene shows the Minish Woods from above: a chest appears on a bushy ledge in the forest. Percy then recites another verse.
Back to Trilby Highlands for another Kinstone piece
Use the Wind Crest to return to Hyrule Town, then walk out past the castle moat and over the bridge to Trilby Highlands. Cut more of the lucky grass, and you pick up another Kinstone piece.
Minish Woods, Minish Village and the Forest Minish
Cave chest and the second Piece of Heart
Walk into the Minish Woods and follow the path to the cave in the forest. In the pool room, a chest on a small altar between two pools holds a Kinstone piece. Continue through the dark cave beyond it with the Mole Mitts, where blue Keese and bats flap, to a second Kinstone piece lying beside a pedestal. The Piece of Heart there is your second of the set: collect two more.
Stump to Minish Village
Leave the cave and step onto the stump in the Minish Woods. You shrink and drop into Minish Village, where the clover-roofed houses stand. Walk to the round house on the left, home of a Forest Minish.
Three green fusions: lilypads in Castor Wilds
Fuse a green piece with the Forest Minish. The two pieces fit, and a cutscene in Castor Wilds shows a lilypad on the swamp. Fuse a second green piece for another lilypad, then a third for a third: all three produce a green marker on the swamp, and the Minish says that fitting this well must mean good luck. The lilypads give you stepping stones across the swamp.
The pier Piece of Heart
Leave the house and walk along the wooden pier at the lake edge, past the Chuchus. At the end of the pier is a Piece of Heart. The message says you now have three, and one more will make a Heart Container.
Eastern Hills: beanstalk, Meenie and the second Mysterious Wall
Forest Minish (blue) and the beanstalk to the cloud
Climb out of the village by the stump, walk through the Minish Woods and out into the Eastern Hills until you reach the stump with a red mushroom beside it. Shrink and talk to the Forest Minish inside. Fuse a blue piece with his blue piece and a beanstalk sprouts on the grassy cliff.
Grow back to full size and walk to the small cave in the cliff below the stump. You find 20 Mysterious Shells in a chest in the green room there, so fight past the bat. Then climb the beanstalk to the cloud. The Piece of Heart on the pedestal completes your second new Heart Container, and a chest on the left holds 200 rupees.
Meenie’s fusion: a blue Kinstone chest
The miner Meenie works in the farm just east, among the cabbage rows. Fuse a green piece with his green piece. The cutscene shows rubble and a chest on a ledge of the Crenel Wall. Walk back up Mt. Crenel to the ledge to open it; it holds a blue Kinstone piece.
Mysterious Wall and the fifth Goron
Fuse a blue piece with a second Mysterious Wall. The Gorons in their cave break a wall and a fifth Goron arrives; the blue chest in the middle of the cave room, which you open later, stays shut for now.
Castor Wilds, Scarblade’s dojo and the cave hearts
Kinstone chest in the swamp cave
Walk through Lon Lon Ranch and the swamp, using the stumps and logs as stepping stones. In a cave off the swamp path, a chest on an altar holds a red Kinstone piece. You find another chest of the same kind in a second cave later on, again with a red piece.
Scarblade’s dojo
Swim to the waterfall you opened with Grayblade (you need the Flippers) and enter the cave behind it. Inside is Scarblade’s dojo, with a pool in front of the door. Scarblade says training with him will transform your swordsmanship; close your eyes and swing as he says. He tells you that you have sped up your Spin Attack charge, so you no longer have to hold the button for as long.
Waterfall cave: a new Piece of Heart
Leave the dojo and swim to the cave in the north-east of the swamp. Push the blocks to the right to clear a path to the pedestal; the heart there is the first of a new set of four.
Water-column cave: a Kinstone piece and the second piece
Keep going through the swamp to another cave with columns of water. Wade through it to reach a Kinstone piece. Next door is a room of blocks where red and blue Spiny Beetles attack. Equip the Pegasus Boots and fight them off, clearing the room. The Piece of Heart waiting there is the second of the set: collect two more.
Wind Ruins: Forest Minish (red) and the Large Quiver
Cross to the Wind Ruins and go down to the stone-walled garden with stairs. Enter the Minish crack to reach a Forest Minish’s room. Fuse a red piece with his red piece and a beanstalk grows in the garden. He cheers that you are in for a run of good luck.
Step on the stump to grow, cross the green block maze guarded by Spiny Beetles, and climb the beanstalk. On the cloud, a chest holds the Large Quiver, which raises how many arrows you can carry. Climb down and use the Ocarina of Wind to warp to South Hyrule Field.
South Hyrule Field: Tingle, Smith and Syrup
Tingle’s red fusion: a golden Tektite
Find Tingle in South Hyrule Field. Fuse a red piece with his red piece. The cutscene shows Mt. Crenel, where a golden Tektite appears. Defeat it for a big rupee drop; see golden enemies for all nine.
Smith’s fusion: a chest of Kinstones
Walk east to Smith’s house. Fuse a green piece with Smith. He says the perfect match means something spectacular, and a chest appears in Trilby Highlands with a red Kinstone piece.
Forest Minish (red) and Syrup’s potion
Walk on to the stump by the river and shrink. Fuse a red piece with the Forest Minish in his round house. The cutscene shows Syrup’s hut, where she says her special red potion will soon be ready. Her potion refills all your hearts, so come back when you need it.
River cave: the third piece of the set
Use the stump on the riverbank to shrink and swim along the river at Minish size. A small cave guarded by water holds a pedestal with a Piece of Heart. The message says you now have three; collect one more.
Kinstone piece in a Hyrule Town house
Walk back to Hyrule Town. In one house, a ghost stands by two beds while a woman talks with them. Open the chest on the wall of the entrance room and take a Kinstone piece, then talk to the woman: she says she still finds it hard to believe he was possessed by a monster.
Western Wood beanstalk, Lake Hylia and Waveblade’s dojo
Forest Minish (blue) in Western Wood
Head to Western Wood and shrink on the stump in the south-west corner. Fuse a blue piece with the Forest Minish. The two pieces fit, and a beanstalk sprouts at the stump; fight the Moblin that appears when you grow. You can climb it later for rupees and a red Kinstone piece.
Wind Crest to Lake Hylia: the third Heart Container
Play the Ocarina at the Wind Crest and warp to Lake Hylia. The lake is purple at dusk. Swim north across the open water (you need the Flippers) past the Octoroks and floating enemies to a small grassy island. The Piece of Heart on its pedestal completes your third Heart Container.
Waveblade’s dojo: Peril Beam
Swim to the tree on the south-west shore and go in the open door. This is Waveblade’s dojo. Waveblade explains the Peril Beam and tests you with a switch-and-swing sequence. Swing the sword with your last strength, and he gives you the Peril Beam Tiger Scroll. The sword shoots a beam when you are down to a single heart.
A pedestal in the dojo hall holds a Piece of Heart, the first of a new set of four. Take it, then step outside. The stump on the ice platform in the lake is your next shrinking point, on the way to the Temple of Droplets.
Chapter checklist
| Type | Name | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Piece of Heart | Third piece of the set | Grayblade’s dojo hall, Mt. Crenel |
| Rupees | 50 rupees | Chest in Grayblade’s dojo |
| Fusion | Grayblade (red) | Dojo: opens the waterfall to Scarblade |
 Tiger Scroll |  Roll Attack | Grayblade |
| Piece of Heart | Completes a Heart Container | Cloud above Mt. Crenel summit (beanstalk) |
| Piece of Heart | First of a new set | Mole Mitts cave, Mt. Crenel |
| Fusion | Mysterious Wall (blue) | Mt. Crenel: fourth Goron |
| Item |  White Picolyte | Market stall, Hyrule Town |
| Kinstone pieces | 2 blue pieces | Trilby Highlands grass |
| Fusion | Percy (red) | Trilby Highlands: fallen tree stands |
| Fusion | Percy (green) | Western Wood: chest in Minish Woods |
| Kinstone pieces | About 3 pieces | Trilby Highlands grass, Minish Woods caves |
| Piece of Heart | Second of the set | Minish Woods cave |
| Fusion | Forest Minish (green) x3 | Minish Village: lilypads in Castor Wilds |
| Piece of Heart | Third of the set | Pier in Minish Village |
| Fusion | Forest Minish (blue) | Eastern Hills: beanstalk |
| Mysterious Shells | 20 shells | Small cave, Eastern Hills |
| Piece of Heart | Completes a Heart Container | Cloud above Eastern Hills |
| Rupees | 200 rupees | Chest on the same cloud |
| Fusion | Meenie (green) | Eastern Hills: chest on Crenel Wall ledge |
| Kinstone piece | Blue piece | Chest on the ledge |
| Fusion | Mysterious Wall (blue) | Fifth Goron |
| Kinstone piece | Red piece | Cave chest, Castor Wilds swamp |
| Upgrade | Faster Spin Attack charge | Scarblade’s dojo |
| Piece of Heart | First of a new set | Block cave, Castor Wilds |
| Piece of Heart | Second of the set | Block room, swamp cave |
| Fusion | Forest Minish (red) | Wind Ruins: beanstalk |
| Upgrade | Large Quiver | Cloud chest, Wind Ruins |
| Fusion |  Tingle (red) | South Hyrule Field: golden Tektite |
| Fusion |  Smith (green) | Trilby Highlands chest with red Kinstone piece |
| Fusion | Forest Minish (red) | Syrup’s red potion |
| Piece of Heart | Third of the set | River cave, Minish-size |
| Kinstone piece | Hyrule Town house chest | Hyrule Town |
| Fusion | Forest Minish (blue) | Western Wood: beanstalk |
| Piece of Heart | Completes a Heart Container | Island, Lake Hylia |
| Tiger Scroll | Peril Beam | Waveblade’s dojo, Lake Hylia |
| Piece of Heart | First of a new set | Waveblade’s dojo hall |
