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Ilia’s Memory, Hidden Village and the Sky Walkthrough

Twilight Princess 100% Completion Walkthrough23 chapters
Walkthrough overview
CoversTemple of Time entrance statues, Kakariko Village, Castle Town, Hyrule Field, the Hidden Village north of the Bridge of Eldin, six Owl Statue sites across Hyrule, Lake Hylia
NeedsDominion Rod, Clawshot, bow (Hawkeye helps), Ball and Chain or Bombs, 300 Rupees, Jump Strike already learned
RewardsIlia’s Charm (Horse Call), Ancient Sky Book, Hidden Skill Great Spin, 4 Heart Pieces (#3, #12, #32, #41), 2 Poe Souls (#52, #55), four chests worth 100 Rupees each, the repaired Sky Cannon
NextCity in the Sky (Dungeon 7)

After the Temple of Time you take two bonus finds from its entrance hall, trace the wooden carving that jogs Ilia’s memory, clear the Bulblin-infested Hidden Village, talk to twenty cats, collect six Sky characters from under Owl Statues with the Dominion Rod, learn the Great Spin and pay Fyer 300 Rupees to repair the Sky Cannon that fires you to the City in the Sky. Directions use the Normal Mode layout. Hero Mode mirrors the world, so swap left and right and east and west.

Link standing in the Temple of Time entrance hall after the opening cutscenes
Link crossing the sun-marked floor of the Temple of Time entrance hall
Link at the foot of the grand stairs in the Temple of Time entrance hall

Temple of Time entrance: Heart Piece and Poe Soul

Move the two Owl Statues before you leave

When the Temple of Time cutscenes end you stand in the entrance hall again. Do not leave yet. The Dominion Rod still has its full power inside the temple, which sits in a different era, so two Owl Statues here can be pulled out of their places. Walk down the stairs and head to the southeast corner (on your left as you face south). Use the rod on the statue, walk it out of the way and step into the alcove behind it to open a chest with a Piece of Heart (#32 on the Heart Piece list). Then cross to the southwest corner, move the second statue the same way and find a Poe floating behind it. Turn into Wolf Link and defeat it for a Poe Soul (#52 on the Poe Soul list).

Link holds up a Piece of Heart in the Temple of Time entrance hall, with its message box
Link pulls an Owl Statue out of its place in the Temple of Time entrance hall with the Dominion Rod
Wolf Link defeats a Poe and gets its soul, with the Poe's soul message box on screen

Climb the steps and leave. Ooccoo waits outside and explains that the rod’s magic ran dry long ago, so out here it is useless; that is why the two statues had to be moved first. She mentions that other statues in Hyrule answer to such a rod, then flies off and Midna takes over.

Link at the carved temple door in the entrance hall, ready to leave the Temple of Time
Ooccoo outside the temple explaining that the Dominion Rod's magic has been exhausted
Midna appears in the shadows and asks what Link did to the Dominion Rod
Midna in the shadows says a useless rod is just more baggage and asks Link what he will do

Ilia’s memory: Renado’s letter, the invoice and the wooden statue

Renado

Talk to Renado and Shad in Kakariko Village

Warp to Kakariko Village and enter Renado’s sanctuary. Ilia, Darbus and Gor Coron are inside. Renado thinks Telma’s circle may help Ilia recover her memory and gives you a letter to deliver to Telma. Drop through the opening in the floor to the basement and talk to Shad, who is studying a statue whose writing reads roughly “awaken us with the word that breaks the seal.” He tells you about the Oocca, the sky people. The statue will not move yet.

Darbus speaks to Link in Renado's sanctuary, with Gor Coron standing beside him
In Renado's sanctuary, a speaker says the plan could help Ilia recover her memory
Link holds up Renado's letter, its message box explaining how to treat Ilia to restore her memory
Shad shows Link a statue in the sanctuary basement and says it seems different from the others
Shad tells Link the statue says to awaken it with the word that breaks the seal
Invoice

Telma, the invoice and the doctor

Warp to Castle Town, walk to Telma’s bar in the south of town and give her Renado’s letter. She swaps it for an invoice from the doctor’s tab. Take the invoice to the medical clinic beside the east gate. Dr. Borville says Ilia arrived with a wooden statue, but medicine spilled over it, so he put it outside to dry and it was stolen.

Telma at her bar tells Link she understands Ilia's situation now
Telma at her bar agrees to lend a hand for the little girl
Link holds up the invoice from the town doctor's running tab, with its message box
Doctor Borville in his clinic speaks to Link about the young lad who helped the Zora boy
Doctor Borville in the clinic says the wooden statue was stolen

Leave through the east gate so that you can become Wolf Link, then return to the clinic. At the back of the room, push the box on the right aside to expose a green stain and learn the Medicine Scent. Climb onto the box, follow the scent up the bookshelf and outside, then use your senses to track it through town to Telma’s bar.

Link pushing a box aside in the Castle Town clinic to reveal a green stain
Wolf Link learns the Medicine Scent, shown in the message box
Link climbing a crate beside the clinic bookshelf, following the green scent
Wolf Link following the glowing green scent trail down a Castle Town street
Stalhound

Defeat the Stalhounds at night

The scent ends at Telma’s cat, Louise. She admits she took the statue but says dog-like beasts south of Castle Town snatched it from her. They only appear after dark, so leave through the south gate and wait for night. Walk around near the Goron on the south road and the Stalhounds burst out of the ground. Midna’s charge attack as Wolf Link clears them quickly. When the last one falls, the wooden statue tumbles to you.

Link with a lantern in a dark stone room as Louise admits taking the statue
Link in a dark stone room hearing that the fiends only come out at night
Wolf Link on the south road as a pack of Stalhounds races toward him at dusk
Wolf Link charge attack bursting through Stalhounds on the south road
Wolf Link receiving the wooden statue, with the item message box on screen
Ilia

Show Ilia the statue

Warp back to Kakariko Village, return to human form and show Ilia the wooden statue in Renado’s sanctuary. A fragment of memory returns: someone shut in with her helped her escape and gave her the carving. Gor Coron recognizes it as the work of the tribe that guarded the royal family, whose hidden village lies beyond the Bridge of Eldin. Darbus rushes off to clear the rockslide, and the village entrance is marked on your map just north of the bridge.

Ilia in the sanctuary holding the wooden statue as her memory begins to return
Ilia covering her face as she recalls being confined and saved by someone
Gor Coron explaining the path to the hidden village on the far side of the Bridge of Eldin

Hidden Village: defeat the 20 Bulblins

Meet Darbus at the entrance

Warp to the Bridge of Eldin and run north to the marked cave. Darbus smashes the last boulders and warns that twenty Bulblins hold the village and that you must beat them all before they spot you. Stock up on arrows first; this is one of the few places where the Hawkeye is useful against distant lookouts. You cannot warp from inside the village, so walk out when you want to leave.

Darbus warning that at most twenty Bulblins hold the village ahead
Link on the village street with the Bulblin counter showing 20
Hawkeye scope view of a Bulblin lookout over the village street
Bulblin

Clear the village

A Western-style cutscene shows the street, and a Bulblin-head counter tracks how many remain. Work down the main street with arrows from cover. Bulblin 1 stands near the dynamite barrels at the entrance; if you drop him fast, number 2 crosses to take his place, otherwise he waits in the building on the left. Numbers 3 and 4 face each other: one in the building on the left with the hanging grate, one across the street on the right. Number 5 walks the walkway of the second building on the left, and 6 stands in the center street near the end of the row. Numbers 7 and 8 face each other inside the last building down the center of the street.

Link aiming the Hawkeye scope down the main street of the village
Hawkeye arrow impact flashing through the scope view on a village building
Link walking down the village main street under the wooden walkways with 13 Bulblins left

Number 9 waits on a high ledge of the first building on the right, and 10 stands on the ground behind the second building. Numbers 11 and 12 watch from tall lookout platforms opposite each other, with 13 and 14 on the ground near the dynamite barrels beside them. In the last building on the right, 15 patrols the second floor, 16 reaches the roof through an opening on that floor and 17 is on the ground floor. The last three are in the second-to-last building on the left: 18 on the ground floor and 19 and 20 walking the second floor. If the counter will not reach zero, sweep the back alleys and check high ledges and the gaps behind crates.

Link on a wooden upper walkway of a village house with five Bulblins left
Link on a wooden balcony of a two-storey village house with two Bulblins left
Link in a dark village alley with the last Bulblin visible in an upper window
Impaz

Meet Impaz and take Ilia’s Charm

When the twentieth falls, an old woman comes out of the house at the north end of the village. Impaz calls you the savior, explains that this was once the old Kakariko Village built by the protectors of the royal family, that she is the last villager and that Ilia knew you would come. She gives you Ilia’s Charm to return to Ilia.

Old woman Impaz standing before a door at the north end of the village
Impaz calling Link the savior beside a village house door
Village street with a subtitle telling how the village served the royal family
Link holding up Ilia's Charm with the item message box shown

Howling Stone: the Great Spin teacher

Break through the windows on the west side of the village and behind the building you find a Howling Stone in the yard where a Cucco wanders. Leave the village to turn into Wolf Link, come back and howl the long melody the stone teaches; it is hard to memorize, so watch the bars closely. You are taken to a misty place outside a castle where you howl it again with the golden wolf, and a new wolf symbol appears in the north part of Castle Town. See Hidden Skills and Howling Stones for all seven skills. Stay in wolf form for the cat game, which only pays out after Ilia’s memory is fully restored.

Wolf Link standing beside a Howling Stone in a grassy yard
Wolf Link howling at a Howling Stone while the melody pitch grid is shown
Golden wolf howling on a misty cliff with a castle tower behind

Ilia’s Charm, the Horse Call and the Ancient Sky Book

Horse Call

Return the charm

Warp to Kakariko Village and show Ilia the charm in Renado’s sanctuary. Her memory returns more fully: she remembers you and Epona in Ordon, the village kids peek through the window, and she gives the charm back. It is the Horse Call she made for Epona, so you can summon her on open ground whenever you like. Ilia also mentions that Impaz spoke of a “messenger to the heavens” who carries a rod, which is why Impaz cannot leave the village.

Link and young Ilia standing together in the Hidden Village as her memory returns
Ilia telling Link the charm was a gift meant for him before he left on his journey
Link holding up the Horse Call after Ilia gives back the charm, with the item message box
Horse Call message box explaining how to set it and call Epona with Ninbanya's favorite song
Renado in the Hidden Village saying his village guarded something for the heavenly messenger
Dominion Rod

Show Impaz the Dominion Rod

Call Epona with the Horse Call and ride back to the Hidden Village, or warp to the Bridge of Eldin and walk. Talk to Impaz in her house with the Dominion Rod drawn. She realizes you are the messenger and gives you the Ancient Sky Book, written in the script of the Oocca.

Impaz explaining her ancestors guarded the book for the messenger to the heavens
Link holding up the Ancient Sky Book with its item message box
Link holding the Ancient Sky Book in Impaz's house

Hidden Village: 20 cats, Heart Piece and Poe

Play the Cat Hunt with the Cucco

As Wolf Link, talk to the Cucco in the yard near the Howling Stone. He challenges you to speak to all twenty stray cats of the village, another Western-style game like the Bulblin hunt. Each cat tells you its number when you talk to it, so the order does not matter. Do not walk into Impaz’s house during the hunt or the count restarts.

Wolf Link and Midna talking to the Cucco in the yard, who says there are about twenty cats
The Cucco asking Wolf Link to talk to every one of the lonely village cats
The Cucco warning Wolf Link that cats are forgotten if he leaves without talking to them all

Cats 1 and 2 sit on and beside the crates at the village entrance, with 3 and 4 a little farther down the center street. Cat 5 wanders the alley between the first and second buildings on the left and 6 the alley behind the second building on the right. Cat 7 sits in a red booth in the middle of the street, and 8 is near the end of the center street. Cat 9 is on the second floor of the first building on the left and 10 on the outside platform of the second level of the second building on the left. Cat 11 is near the first house on the right by the watering hole. Cats 12 and 13 are on the ground floor of the second building on the left, one of them by a window, and 14 is on that building’s upper floor.

Wolf Link and Midna talking to a cat sitting on a wooden crate in the Hidden Village
Wolf Link talking to a cat on a wooden platform in the Hidden Village
Midna on Wolf Link beside a cat on a wooden walkway in the Hidden Village

Cat 15 hides behind the three barrels on the ground floor of the third building on the right, and 16 sits in front of Impaz’s house. Cat 17 is at the very back of the village beside the wall, and 18 is just past the last building on the left. Cat 19 wanders near the beginning of the village. Cat 20 is on the second floor of the third building on the right: climb onto the second building on that side, walk around the back to the window of the third and jump across to talk to it. Then return to the Cucco at the west end of the village.

Wolf Link and Midna beside the Cucco, which asks them to come back after speaking to all the cats
Midna in a dim house next to a golden cat, with the Speak prompt showing
Midna standing at a boarded window of a wooden house, ready to jump across to a cat
Wolf Link and the Cucco after the last cat, with the Cucco thanking Link for speaking to them all
Piece of Heart

Heart Piece reward

The Cucco says your reward is by Impaz’s house. Take the Piece of Heart waiting there (#41 on the Heart Piece list).

Wolf Link and the Cucco, which says the prize is in front of a house in the village
Wolf Link receiving a Piece of Heart, with the message box about collecting two more

Poe Soul on the northeast balcony

At night, Clawshot up the side of the building in the northeast part of the village to its awning at the north end; a Poe floats there. As Wolf Link, defeat it for the Poe Soul (#55 on the Poe Soul list). Then leave the village and warp to Kakariko Village.

Wolf Link with Midna on its back running along the wooden balcony beside a house
Wolf Link on the wooden balcony, with a faint Poe glowing at the far end of the village
Wolf Link and Midna after defeating the Poe, with the message box that says Link got the Poe's soul

Owl Statues and the six Sky characters

Shad

Show Shad the book

Drop into Renado’s basement, equip the Ancient Sky Book and show it to Shad. His attempt to wake the statue with a dagger fails, but the Dominion Rod regains its power and he marks every Owl Statue he has tracked on your map. Each hides one Sky character: pull the statue off its circle with the rod and step on the glow. The statue in the basement stays stuck for now. More detail is on Owl Statues and the Sky Book.

Shad reading the Ancient Sky Book in the basement, with his Sky Writing message box
Link and Shad in the basement after the dagger attempt fails, Shad saying it is not this statue
Link holding the glowing Dominion Rod, with the message box that says its power has returned
Link and Midna's shadow on a dim path, with the message box about Shad marking statues on the map
Piece of Heart

Bridge of Eldin: Sky character and Heart Piece

Warp to the Bridge of Eldin and defeat the Bulblin archer on the right at the north end. The statue stands to the left of the span; pull it away and step on the circle for the first character. Walk the statue south along the bridge, defeating the archer there, and drop it into the gap at the end of the span, in front of a ladder on the west side. Climb on it and up the ladder, deal with another archer and open the chest straight ahead for a Piece of Heart (#12).

Link stands on a glowing green circle on the Bridge of Eldin
Link holds the Ancient Sky Book with the first Sky character message
Owl statue carried along the long stone bridge toward a gap
Link climbing a green ladder up a dark stone shaft
Link holding up a Piece of Heart with its message box

Kakariko Gorge: Sky character and a 100 Rupee chest

Warp to Kakariko Gorge, call Epona and ride to the red flag at the north end of the map, then climb to the ledge. Move the statue aside for the second character. Two gaps lie in the wall beside it: place the statue in the middle of the east gap, hop across to the higher ledge, then use the rod to carry it to the second gap and cross again to a chest holding the Hylian letter E Miiverse stamp, which replaces the Rupees this chest held in older versions (see the stamp list).

Rider on horseback crossing a grassy field toward a red flag
Link holds the Ancient Sky Book with a second Sky character message
Owl statue set in a mossy gap beside a stone ledge
Link holding up the Hylian Alphabet E stamp beside an open chest
Piece of Heart

Faron Woods: Sky character and Heart Piece

Warp to South Faron Woods and go to Coro’s lantern shop. Take the path northwest, clear the boulder with the Ball and Chain or a Bomb, and move the statue beyond it for the third character. Push the statue into the ditch in the middle of the clearing, turn into Wolf Link, climb the rock and use the statue as a step. Let Midna make seven jumps east into the purple fog area and open the chest for a Piece of Heart (#3).

Link swinging the Ball and Chain at a large orange boulder
Link holds the Ancient Sky Book with a third Sky character message
Link holding up a Piece of Heart beside an open chest

Castle Town ruins: Sky character and 100 Rupees

Warp to Castle Town, call Epona and ride south to the ruined amphitheater. Pull the statue off its circle, place it between the stone ledge and the theater seats, climb on and hop to the small circle for the fourth character. Then walk the statue to the far side of the theater, where a second pillar carries a chest with an orange Rupee, and jump across.

Midna riding Wolf Link through the ruins of an amphitheater
Link kneels on a green circle beside a carved stone pillar
Link holds the Ancient Sky Book with a fourth Sky character message
Link holding up an orange Rupee with the 100 Rupees message box

Great Bridge of Hylia: Sky character and 100 Rupees

Ride Epona west to the Great Bridge of Hylia. The statue sits northeast of the bridge on a high ledge. Bring it down and position it under the vines hanging above, Clawshot the vines and drop onto the statue, then jump to the circle for the fifth character. A second platform lies just east: put the statue between the two platforms, cross from the circle and open the chest for another orange Rupee.

Link whistling to call Epona on the grassy slope
Epona galloping down a dirt road toward the Great Bridge
Link aiming the Clawshot toward a ledge in the cliffs
Link beneath hanging vines above the statue and the glowing circle
Link holding the Ancient Sky Book after finding one Sky character
Link holding up 100 Rupees beside an open chest

Gerudo Desert: the last Sky character and 100 Rupees

Warp to the Gerudo Mesa and run east to the red flag, a small rectangular area with four pillars. Lead the statue between the two northern pillars, climb the northeast pillar and jump over the statue to the circle. That completes all six characters. Keep shifting the statue to reach the far southern platform, where one last orange Rupee chest waits.

Wolf Link with Midna riding across the Gerudo desert
The green statue standing between stone block walls in the desert
Link standing on the glowing green circle among the pillars
Link holding the Ancient Sky Book, filled with its missing characters
Green statue beside a stone platform with a circle in the desert
Link holding up 100 Rupees beside a chest in the Gerudo desert
Postman

The postman’s letter

Warp to Castle Town and walk toward the entrance. The postman delivers a letter from Shad saying he is disappointed but heading back to Kakariko Village. If it does not arrive, a statue site was missed; recheck your map for an Owl Statue you did not move.

Wolf Link at the stairs leading toward the Castle Town entrance
The postman on the Castle Town bridge standing beside Link
The postman on the bridge delivering a letter from Shad

Hidden Skill: Great Spin

Learn the Great Spin in Castle Town

Enter Castle Town and walk to the north end, up the steps and past the door. As Wolf Link, approach the golden wolf and you are pulled into a misty arena. The warrior first asks you to show the Jump Strike from the Snowpeak lesson: lock onto him, hold the attack button to charge until the blade flashes and release. He then teaches the Great Spin, a spin attack that also sends out a small beam when your hearts are full, the seventh and last Hidden Skill. If you lack the Jump Strike, learn it first from the Snowpeak stone and the Kakariko Graveyard wolf.

Link walking through the Castle Town hall toward the north end
Link standing before the large double doors in Castle Town
Hero's Shade speaking to Link in the misty arena
Link fighting the Hero's Shade with a spin attack in the arena
Link and the Hero's Shade facing off beneath the Final Skill title
Hero's Shade explaining the spin attack technique to Link

The Sky Cannon

Open the way in Renado’s basement

Warp to Kakariko Village and return to Shad. He asks whether you read his letter. Show him the completed Sky Book: he reads the full word, the symbol on the statue vanishes and the statue now matches the others. Shad leaves to cool off. Pull the statue aside with the Dominion Rod, take the passage and descend to an open chamber holding the ancient Sky Cannon. Shad reappears, amazed. Ask Midna to warp it; she refuses while Shad watches, so talk to him until he walks off, then have her warp the cannon to Lake Hylia.

Shad standing in front of the owl statue in the Hidden Village basement
Shad apologizing to Link in the basement before he steps away to cool off
Link beside the carved statue, pulled aside to reveal a passage in the basement
The ancient Sky Cannon lying in a dim chamber beyond the passage
Shad marveling at the ancient Sky Cannon beside Link
Shad apologizing to Link before he walks away in the basement
Fyer

Pay Fyer 300 Rupees

At Lake Hylia, speak to Fyer beside the cannon. After a short tour he notices it is broken and offers to fix it for 300 Rupees in advance. Pay him (the four 100 Rupee chests above cover it with 100 to spare) and watch a scene of him hammering while days pass. When it is done, equip the Clawshot and hook the target on the back of the cannon. Ooccoo joins you and the cannon fires you to the City in the Sky, covered in the City in the Sky walkthrough.

Fyer at Lake Hylia offering to fix the broken cannon for 300 Rupees in advance
The broken Sky Cannon with its scaffolding beside Lake Hylia as Fyer works on it
Link standing in front of the repaired Sky Cannon at Lake Hylia
Link raising an item in front of the repaired Sky Cannon
Ooccoo hovering beside a fence at Lake Hylia before the cannon launch

Chapter checklist

TypeNameWhere
Key itemRenado’s Letter, Invoice, Wooden StatueRenado, Telma, then Stalhounds south of Castle Town
Key itemIlia’s Charm (Horse Call)Impaz, Hidden Village; returned to Ilia
Key itemAncient Sky Book Ancient Sky BookImpaz, after showing the Dominion Rod
Heart Piece#32 Temple of Time entrance statueAlcove behind the southeast-corner statue in the entrance hall
Heart Piece#41 Cat HuntHidden Village, in front of Impaz’s house
Heart Piece#12 Bridge of Eldin statueChest up a ladder beside the bridge
Heart Piece#3 Faron Woods statueChest in the purple fog near Coro
Poe Soul Poe Soul#52 Temple of Time entrance hallBehind the southwest-corner statue, wolf
Poe Soul Poe Soul#55 Hidden VillageNortheast balcony awning, night, wolf
Rupees / stampFour 100 Rupee chestsKakariko Gorge (stamp E), Castle Town ruins, Great Bridge of Hylia, Gerudo Desert
Hidden Skill Hidden SkillGreat SpinGolden wolf, north Castle Town
OtherSix Sky characters; Sky Cannon repair (300 Rupees)Owl Statues; Fyer, Lake Hylia

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