The Shovel

[Absinthewithfaust]

Yeah. I've spent so much time on those three islands in Phantom Hourglass looking for a shovel.... no luck. Since I'm pretty sure I need it to get through this dungeon, could someone give me a little hint?

[Mr. Guffey]

According to uber secret sources WWW.GAMEFAQS.COM


Molida Island
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Your first stop on Molida Island is at the mailbox, where your friendly winged
Postman has a letter from Astrid to deliver to you. After you've listened to
her friendly advice, head to the house at the eastern edge of the island.
Inside, there is a man who rambles on about going your own way through the fog,
then yells at you and tells you to never speak of it again. Just as you try
to leave, he will yell for you to come back. Talk to him again and he will
reveal that his father, Romanos, was able to get through the fog using a
specific route. He then tells you to go to the cave behind the house to look
for a clue to the route his father knew of. After you're done speaking with
him, head outside and into the cave.

Inside the cave, head left, killing the Chu-Chus. Go up the stairs and jump
across the platforms, being careful to not let the Keese knock you into the
water. Once you reach the end, head toward the large bridge, where you will
be confronted by a large Lizard. To defeat it, use the Boomerang to strike
it from behind to stun it, then slash away at its back a few times with your
sword to finish it off. If you try to attack it head on while it is stunned,
it will recover and come back at you. Afterward, proceed across the bridge
and through the doorway. Keep going through the passage, killing the Octoroks
along the way until you reach the exit.

Once outside, take out a few Keese before using a bomb flower to blow up a
crack in the wall. Inside is a chest containing the Shovel. Use the Shovel
to uncover a big green Rupee inside the cave at the spot with the suspicious-
looking dirt, just to the right of the table. Next, check out the Journal on
the table (lot of these lying around, aren't there?), which will explain that
Romanos's super-secret hideaway is hidden beneath where the four stone tablets
intersect. Head back outside to find the tablets.

Once outside again, use another bomb flower to blast away the rocks that lead
back toward the entrance. Then, go up the stairs to the north, leading back to
the upper world. Just outside is Stone Tablet No. 3, which you should mark on
your map. Head west and you will find a chest containing a Helmaroc Plume
(for those of you who don't know, Helmaroc King was Ganondorf's giant pet bird
from Wind Waker). Head back west and south, and you will come upon Stone
Tablet No. 4. Mark it. Next, jump down and head west again. Right in front
of the second house from the left is Stone Tablet No. 2, and to the west of the
farthest house on the left is Stone Tablet No. 1. Mark them both, then draw
two lines connecting the tablets, so that it forms a large cross. Go to the
center of the cross, just in front of a palm tree, and use the Shovel to
uncover a hole in the ground. Nothing left to do but dive right in.

In this room there is a chest that contains a Treasure Map, another journal,
and finally a map of the Northwestern Sea on the wall which shows a path that
will lead you through the fog. You should definitely mark this on your Sea
Chart. Once you're done, head left, make the Chu-Chu sorry it was ever, err,
born... maybe congealed is the right word... then head to a large door with a
sun shape on it. You'll need this later, so you might want to mark it
somewhere. Head right, through two more Gold Chu-Chus, then down and back out
of the cave. Now that you have the path, you're ready to brave the fog once
more.

[Absinthewithfaust]

Ok, so I have a cave to find. Thanks.

[Mases]

Why would you refer them there, when we have a guide at the site that is much better

http://www.zeldadungeon.net/Zelda12Walkthrough.php

For this specific part, the link below should help you.

http://www.zeldadungeon.net/Zelda12Walkthrough04.php

[Mr. Guffey]

I don't know. I wasn't thinking and gamefaqs just came to mind. Which is kind of funny, because everytime before when someone asked me a Zelda help question, I pointed in this sites direction.

[Link-san]

when you get the shovel. dig everywhere!(CAUSE YOU'LL BE RICH IN NO TIME!)

[zeypherlink]

when you get the shovel. dig everywhere!(CAUSE YOU'LL BE RICH IN NO TIME!)

Yeah, its extremely easy to get rupees in Phantom Hourglass.
Almost too easy...

[firebunnies123]

easy is good and ofcoarse use the zd ph guide its so good no game faq evn no thats still ok.

[linkman8]

Well the reason it's so easy to get rupees in PH is because once you get spending on the big expensive stuff, the money really starts to become scarce, so you've gotta keep up.

[David94]

Yeah, its extremely easy to get rupees in Phantom Hourglass.
Almost too easy...

I know, really. I've been sitting between 9000 and maximum (9999) rupees for a while now. The only reason I ever go down from 9999 is that I actually try to spend as much money as possible. Otherwise, I'll keep finding rupees in dungeons and wasting them because of my full wallet.