Digging Mitts

I made my way through the volcano and I ended up getting something new: Digging mitts. They let me dig into the ground where there’s an X.

Getting the digging mitts.Continuing on, the path led me back outside and I continued up the mountain. At one point, a mysterious woman in black helped me out. Interesting.

Woman in black: Zelda is ahead. Hurry!I reached a temple that was locked. Turns out I needed five keys hidden all over the mountain to get in. I used my dowsing ability to help me out, even though it sometimes misleads me. It will act like a spot on the ground is where the item is, but it’s not. It may be in that direction, even through the ground to a lower level. So that threw me off for a while. I made a couple circles around the mountain and I eventually found all five keys, which combined into one.

Keys combining into one.I then made my way to the temple entrance and saved my game. I’ll go inside next time.

To the Volcano

After stopping at the bazaar, I rode my bird down through the new hole to a new area…Eldin Volcano.

Eldin VolcanoI met some new creatures who let me use some bomb flowers. Not only can you throw them, but you can also roll them like a bowling ball.

Using a bomb flower.Unfortunately, I don’t have a bomb bag yet, so I can’t take bombs with me. I can only use them near where the bomb flowers are blossoming.  This area is filled with lava, and I fell in a few times, although it was because I was trying to make a jump but the game wouldn’t let me auto-jump. There are places where it looks like you should be able to auto-jump, only to find out the hard way that you can’t.

Anyway, I found a heart container piece and hit one of those stones that send a light beam up into the sky. Killed some enemies and solved a few minor puzzles as I made my way inside the volcano. It was getting late, so I saved my game there.

Exploration

After spending hours in the first dungeon yesterday, I decided to take it easy today. I did go back into the dungeon to explore a little with the beetle, and I did get that heart container piece.

Finding a piece of heart.I caught some bugs and did some other exploring. I then went back up to the sky and into the floating shop. I bought a larger wallet, which lets me carry an additional 300 rupees.

Your wallet can now hold an additional 300 rupees!I went into the Statue of the Goddess and put the new tablet into the thingamabob. A ray of light opened up a path to a new area on the surface. That’s where I’m supposed to go next.

Fi: This opening will allow you to access a new area on the surface. Go there.When I came out of the building, a woman asked me to help find her daughter. I agreed to help, but I couldn’t seem to find her. One guy suggested it might be related to a rumored monster that comes out at night, so I found a bed and slept until nighttime. I went outside to explore, but still didn’t find any mysterious man or monster. There’s still that demon cat, though. But I don’t think a cat could kidnap a girl. Maybe I’ll search a little more tomorrow.

Woman: She must have been kidnapped!