Backtrack to the large room.
This time, climb the stairs at the
east to the large room.
Climb the
Push aside the block. Be careful, there's a lot of enemies in this room!
At the RIGHT side of the room, push away the block and drop into the hole. Go to the room at your right, then open the chest to recieve...the
Big Key!
Go to the previous room and drop off the ledge. Make your way south, up the stairs, then go east until you reach the large room with the Big Chest in the center. Now that you have the Big Key, you can open that chest and get one of the coolest items in the game: the Hookshot. This item can grapple onto things and pull you towards it.
>From the center platform with the big chest, you can see a platform at the right with a skull on it. Use the hookshot to get onto that platform, then lift the skull at the right to get a small key. Return to
the center platform. Now use the hookshot to get to the north platform (from behind the chest). Enter the locked door.
Go left and lift the pot at the
door open, but you need something to hold it down for you. Push the statue onto the switch to hold the door open. But DON'T go in that door... instead, go around to the right side and enter the left door there.
Go through this corridor and downstairs. Push the switch. This opens the drain and *empties* the water from the canal. Climb down the stairs and into the door. Then go north to a room with lots of waterfalls.
Push the third block from the left to make a chest appear, then open it to find...20 rupees. Blech. Go to the right side and enter the second waterfall from the right. There's a passageway behind it. Continue upstairs...until you get to a room with a big pool or water.
Immediately jump in the water, swim right and go to the place with the skull. Lift it up to get a small key. By now an enemy or two is waiting for you to return to the water. Try to avoid it, if possible. You can blow up the cracked wall and enter a secret room where you'll find hearts and other goodies under
If you're all set, enter the locked door and continue to the next room