Dark Hyrule Castle

Dark Hyrule Castle

Games	The Minish Cap
Location	Hyrule Castle
Boss	Vaati
Mini-bosses	Black Knight
Enemies	[show][hide] Ball and Chain Soldier Blue Stalfos Blue Wisp Bob-omb Bow Moblin Door Mimic Fire Wizzrobe Floormaster Flying Jar Ghini Gibdo Guruguru Bar Keese Moldorm Purple Keaton Red Darknut Red Stalfos Red Wisp Spark Spear Moblin Wallmaster Winder Wizzrobe
Prerequisite	Four Sword
Rewards	Game Completion
Guides
Walkthrough	Text Walkthrough

In-depth guide: The Minish Cap Walkthrough Chapter 6: Dark Hyrule Castle

"So, you've come to stop my little ceremony. Well, you're too late. A mere three more chimes of the bell will bring the ceremony to its end! And with the third toll of the bell, I will become like a god! And your precious Princess Zelda will be nothing more than cold, dead, stone."

— Vaati

Dark Hyrule Castle is the sixth and final dungeon in The Minish Cap. It is the dungeon where Link faces off with Vaati in a desperate attempt to save Princess Zelda from her stone prison and protect the Light Force from falling into the hands of evil itself.

Gaining Entrance

After Link sneaks past the Hyrule Castle Garden guards into the Elemental Sanctuary to upgrade the White Sword to the Four Sword using the fourth and final Element, the Wind Element, he will exit the Sanctuary to find Hyrule Castle's colours radically changed, and stone guards blocking the way. While a Sword Beam from the Four Sword restores the guards to flesh, allowing him to pass, the Dark Hyrule Castle beyond impedes his way to Vaati and Princess Zelda.

Dungeon Overview

As a whole, the dungeon is the former Hyrule Castle perverted by the overflow of Vaati's evil magic, and instead of the castle guards that formerly populated the perimeter and the interior, Vaati's strongest henchmen—the Black Knight among them—take up arms to lay Link to rest.