19.1 The Sky City
You’ll land in a small pool of water with Ooccoo not far behind. She introduces this place as the “Sky City of the Oocca.” A giant bird then flies by and another Oocca appears. The bird that just flew by is actually a dragon. The Oocca then run off to a nearby shop, which is just east of where you are.
Equip the Zora armor and the iron boots and sink down to the bottom of the water here. There are treasure chests in the southeast and southwest corners which contain some extra bombs and rupees. Take off the boots and Zora tunic and then climb out of the water. Walk to the west but be careful as the wind will blow. There is a Deku Baba near the door at the end. Defeat him and continue forward through the door.
There is nothing of great use to purchase in the shop. Just speak with Ooccoo who is on your left and like always, she will come with you. Leave the shop and return to the water in the middle. Head north and fight off two Deku Babas. For this temple, the iron boots are useful if you find it getting to be a little too windy.
Equip the bow and shoot an arrow at the crystal switch above. The key here is to wait for the wind to stop blowing in order to shoot your arrows. Walk towards the door and as you get close, you should see a cinema of the entire city and it will be labeled the City in the Sky. Go through the door.
19.2 Getting The Dungeon Map
Note: Blue blocks on the floor will wall after Link stands on them for a few seconds. Pick up one of the Oocca that are to your left. Then walk to the right of the room and use the Oocca to float over to the lower platform. Drop the Oocca and defeat the Helmasaur.
Use the clawshot onto the vines that are on the pillar. Drop to the floor and you will see two Oocca on the wall to the left. Use the clawshot to pull one down from the wall. Then use it to float over to the lower platform at the north end of the room. Defeat two more Helmasaurs and then use the ledge at the northwest part of the room to climb up. Go through the door to the north.
Walk forward and Link will encounter a new enemy, a Helmasaur King. The hookshot will not remove its shield, so use the back slice to easily defeat it. Walk to the southwest corner of the room and you’ll see a small balcony with a window. Use the clawshot to hook over to the grating. Walk through the hole in the grating to get back outside.This dungeon will have us inside and outside a lot.
Drop down below and look to the left, there’s a spinner slot. Use the spinner and a bridge will start to form. Walk to the north end of the platform and use the clawshot on the ivy to get across the gap. Climb up and then cross the bridge. Be careful as there are a lot of of Kargaroks. The wind will also be a challenge (Iron Boots). Go through the door at the far end of the bridge.
Walk to the west end of the room and jump across the small gap.Lock on to the clawshot target on the ceiling. Drop down and open the treasure chest to get a small key.
Use the clawshot on the grating that is near the platform you were just at. Jump back over to the door and head through it and get to the bridge.. Run across the bridge, but before you get there, giant dragon appears and breaks down the bridge. Go through the door.
This large center room is the center of the city. Use the clawshot on the ivy on one of the two pillars. Crawl to the other side then drop down to the platform in the center. Run across the blue blocks to get to the door at the east end of the room. Go through it.
Turn to your right and follow the path. Defeat the two Deku Babas and you’ll see another spinner slot. Use the spinner and spin it repeatedly to create another bridge, this one extending westward. Open the locked door at the end of the bridge.
Turn to your right once you enter and defeat the Helmasaur that is nearby. Walk to the end of the ledge and look to the northwest portion of the room. You’ll notice a crystal switch. You cannot hit it with an arrow because of the wind. Stand at the corner of the ledge and use the clawshot to hit the switch. One of the wind turbines at the southeast corner will shut off.
Walk to the north end of the room and begin heading east. There is a Helmasaur that is in your way, so defeat it. Equip the iron boots so that you can walk past the gust from the first wind turbine. The second wind turbine has blue blocks, so you won’t be able to walk across with your iron boots. Use the clawshot and hook onto the ivy that is on the distant pillar. Defeat another Helmasaur in this room and then head through the door at the east end of the room.
Open the treasure chest that is directly to your right to get the dungeon map. Take note, we will return to this tall room later in the dungeon. Return to the previous room.
19.3 New Item: The Double Clawshots
We’ve already shut down the wind turbine in this room by hitting the crystal switch. Now Link can run across the blue blocks and go through the door at the south of the room.
There are a few keese that are flying around in this room. Take them out just to be free from pests.
Run to the south end of the room and jump across the small gap to the platform to the west. Watch out for the gusts of air that come from below and quickly jump over to the east. A Tile Worm resides under one of the tiles across the gap. Use the gale boomerang to bring the worm out from under the tile and defeat it.
Jump across the gap and defeat another Tile Worm. Walk along the wall to the north and head east. There is another gust of air as well as a Tile Worm. Take it out and jump across the gap when it is safe. Jump onto the blue block to the south and then over to the southeast platform. Go through the door.
The door will seal behind you there will be two Dynoflos in this room. Jump over to the platform straight ahead and both enemies will jump over as well. Link can use the shield attack followed by the helm splitter to defeat these creatures. Knocking them off the platform works, too.
Once defeated, the door will open up and a gate will open. Face the south of the room and use the clawshot on the ivy. Climb up and use the clawshot on the chandelier that hangs above. This is actually a switch which triggers wind to periodically blow from the center of the room. Lift one of the nearby Oocca and then wait until the wind gust just begins in the center of the room. Quickly jump towards it with the Oocca in hand and the wind will glide you upwards, allowing Link to reach the higher ledge to the north. Go through the door.
Look above and notice another hanging chandelier. Use the clawshot to grab onto it and a gate will open on the side of the room. Behind the gate you’ll notice that there is a treasure chest. Grab the nearby Oocca and jump down to the area below. Use the Oocca and walk into the wind gust and float towards the treasure chest. Open the treasure chest to get a red rupee.
Jump down to the area below and use the clawshot on the target to get back to the platform on the east. Use the clawshot to grab the Oocca you were just using and use it the wind tunnel to fly over to the far right side of the room where you will find another treasure chest. Open it up to get the purple rupee. Use the clawshot on the target that is on the south wall to get over to the nearby platform. Then use the clawshot to bring over the Oocca you just used. Using the Oocca and the wind tunnel, fly through the passage in the wall and turn to the west.
Drop down at the higher ledge here and then like before, use your clawshot on the chandelier. This will activate a wind tunnel at the other end of the room. Lift up the Oocca and use the center wind tunnel to get to the west side of the room. Now use the newly created wind tunnel to get through a crack in the wall. Let go of the Oocca and head through the door to the north.
We’re now back in the room that had the Dungeon Map, but in a different area. Grab the nearby Oocca and fly to the northeast corner of the room and drop down to a lower platform. There are horizontal wind tunnels that can blow you out of the tower, so be careful. The end goal is to reach the east room at the bottom. Use several Oocca as you float to the floors below, eventually reaching the bottom floor. Go through the door to the east.
The door will lock behind you once you enter this room. There is a rather strong fan with a chandelier located right above it. Use the clawshot to get to the chandelier, but because of the gusty wind, you won’t be able to pull it down. Equip the iron boots and the chandelier will drop down with the extra weight. Link will fall to the floor below where he will encounter Aeralfos.
Basically, it’s a flying Lizalfos. Take caution of the blue blocks while fighting. Clawshot onto the Aeralfos shield and pull him down and smite him. Repeat the same process again until its defeated.
Upon defeat, a gate opens up at the west end of the room and the door from the above room will also open. Run to the west end of the room and use the clawshot on the target at the ceiling. Run over and open the treasure chest to get another clawshot. Link now has two clawshots, forming The Double Clawshot! This will allow Link to hang onto one target, while hooking over to a second target. Get some practice in with this, you’ll need it for the boss battle.
Walk over to the east, but don’t fall to the bottom floor. If you look at the ceiling, you’ll notice four targets in the four corners. If you look carefully, you’ll also notice some ivy hanging from the ceiling fan. Use the clawshot on the ceiling target that is just to your right. Now suspend from the clawshot and pull yourself down a bit. Still hanging on the target, use your second clawshot and grab onto the target at the northwest portion of the ceiling. From here, look at the hole in the center of the room and grab onto the ivy with the clawshot. Climb up the ivy and leave through the door to the east.
19.4 Getting The Compass
You are now back in the tall spiral tower, which to climb, we have to use the double clawshots. Begin using your clawshot on the targets along the wall as you climb the room going clockwise. Remember to not let go after you grab onto a target! Once you pass one of the horizontal wind tunnels, you’ll then have to turn back counter clockwise to keep climbing upwards. From the next target, you can now hook over to a chandelier. Pulling it down will open up a gate at a lower level.
Once you release from the chandelier the gate will close and that’s no good. Remain hooked onto the chandelier and suspend yourself down. Look to the left and you’ll see a door with a target on both sides. Use the clawshot on either of the targets and you’ll get through the passage before the gate closes. Open the door and head west.
This room is actually pretty simple to get through. We’ll bust out some Tarzan moves and go from target to target heading west. At the end far left, open the treasure chest to get the compass. Go through the door to get back outside.
19.5 Optional: Two Heart Pieces
This is the area where we extended the bridge earlier. There are three Deku Babas hanging from the gratings that are under the bridge. If you have the Hakweye, snipe them, if you don’t, just defeat them with the clawshot as you go. Use the clawshot and grab onto the grating. Lower yourself down and then hook over to the next grating. Once you reach the last grating, look to your left and you’ll see some ivy hanging down. Hook over to the ivy and then climb up. Go through the door to return to the center of the city.
Run across the blue blocks to the center of the room. Walk over to the west end of the room and use the clawshot to hook over to the ceiling target. From there, grab onto the second target that is above the door at the east end of the room. Go through that door.
With the bridge now out of order thanks to Mr. Dragon, you must use the peahats that are floating above to get past this area. Z-Target the peahats and Tarzan your way through this room. Go through the door at the other end of the bridge.
Walk to the west end of the room and then claw onto the ceiling target that is further to the north of the two. Lower the chain down and you’ll see a pillar that has a second target. Clawshot over to the next pillar and continue to get to the southeast corner of the room. Be careful as these pillars will fall once Link grabs onto the targets. Once you reach the southeast corner, allow the pillar to fall and you’ll land on a small platform.
Use the clawshot and pull yourself to the room to the north. Look at the opposite wall and you’ll see two targets. Grab onto the one to your left and you’ll see a treasure chest. Claw onto the nearby target, defeat the Deku Babas that appear and get the arrows out of the chest. Now use the clawshot to grab onto the other target that was on that wall and then grab onto the grating to land in the center of this room. Go through the small hole to the north and then jump down to the platform at the east.
Take out the two Deku Babas that are just dangling. Clawshot onto the grating where one of the deku babas was hanging. Lower yourself down and use your second clawshot to hit the crystal switch to the north. This will open a gate along the south wall. Turn around and grapple at the target. From here pull yourself up to gratings and targets until you reach a safe platform.
A Big Baba waits for you in this area as well as three normal Deku Babas. Take them all out and use a bomb on the Big Baba.
Use the clawshot to grab onto the target at the west end of the room. This pillar will start to fall so quickly claw over to the ivy at the north. Start climbing counter-clockwise in this room and you’ll come to some rather narrow ledges. Use your arrows to eliminate the enemies in your way. There is a small treasure nearby, so open it to get some extra arrows.
There is a narrow ledge against the wall that Link cannot stand on. Instead, just hang onto it and pull yourself across the gap. There is a deku baba hanging from the ceiling here. Defeat it with an arrow and some sword strikes. Open the nearby treasure chest to get a piece of heart.
Go back across that narrow ledge and then look towards the wall to see a target on a pillar. Grab onto the target and then quickly Z-target a second pillar and grab onto there. Use the clawshot to grab onto some ivy at the north end of the room. Look to the center of the room and you’ll see a target. Grab onto it and lower yourself to a safe platform. Defeat the Dinolfos and go through the door to the south to get outside.
Defeat the few Deku Babas then grab onto the peahat that is floating around in the sky. It will carry you southward where Link should grab onto a second peahat. This one will also carry you southward. Once you pass over the wall, release from the peahat. Walk to the east and open the treasure chest that is behind some grass to get some extra rupees.
There is another peahat that you can see moving north and south. Grab onto it when it is moving southward. From here, you’ll see another stationary peahat near a circular platform. Grab onto this peahat and then release. There is a Poe floating around. Transform into Wolf Link and defeat it.
Transform back into human Link and open the nearby treasure chest to get a purple rupee. Now grab onto the stationary peahat and wait for the other peahat to come nearby. Grab onto this one and it will travel northward. You’ll be heading straight for a wall that has a very narrow space. Link cannot fit through this, but if you lower yourself, the chain will be able to pass through. Once you pass the wall, claw on over to the nearby peahat and continue traveling northward.
Lower yourself and you pass through a second hole in the wall. Drop down to the floor and defeat two deku babas. Open the nearby treasure chest to get some extra bombs. Grab back onto the peahat when it is moving northward and let it take you to the higher platform. Go through this door.
You are now high above where the east bridge had broken apart earlier in the dungeon. Use the peahats that float above and claw your way east. Don’t go all the way east though, but instead turn your attention to the southwest and travel across a few peahats. Once you reach the far southeast area, go through the door to get back to this area we were just in.
You are now on a higher ledge on the other side of the room. Open the treasure chest that is nearby to get a piece of heart. Now return through the door. Use the peahats to get to the east side of this outdoor area and then drop down. Go through the door to get back to an area that is just north of the center of the city.
19.6 Getting The Big Key
At the northwest portion of the area, you’ll see some ivy hanging down. Use your clawshot and climb up to the platform. Pull out your arrows and shoot the kargaroks that you see just sitting on some of the nearby platforms.
Transform into Wolf Link and walk across the tightrope. Transform back into Human Link and walk clockwise around the area. There are two Walltulas crawling along the ivy here. Use your arrows or slingshot to get rid of them and then climb the ivy. Make your way to the end of the ivy and drop to the platform. Open the nearby treasure chest to get a red rupee.
Transform into Wolf Link and walk across two tight ropes. Defeat the Poe. Transform into Human Link and open the treasure chest to get a purple rupee.
Jump off the ledge and return to the ivy at the northwest portion of this area. Climb the ivy and then transform into Wolf Link. Walk across the tight ropes and walk counter clockwise around this area. Walk across three more tight ropes and then transform back into Human Link. Enter the nearby door.
Look over to the ceiling at the west end of the room and use the clawshot to grab onto the chandelier. Equip the iron boots and it will turn off the wind tunnel from below. Drop down and defeat the two Helmasaur Kings that are running around. Open the treasure chest to get the big key.
Walk down to the southeast side of the room and drop down a small pit. Defeat the two Helmasaurs that are found here and open the treasure chest to get a red rupee. Grab onto the grating near the north side and lower yourself down below the fan that has been turned off.
Once you’ve lowered yourself all the way, look at the ceiling to the north in the floor below and you’ll see a chandelier. Grab onto it and equip the iron boots. The weight of the boots will cause a fan to turn on, but it is actually blowing out of this room, not in it. Drop down to the bottom of this room and you’ll be in the center of the city once again. Go through the door to the north.
19.7 Skyward
With the fan turned on, platforms with grating will be rotating around. Claw on over to the first spinning platform and from there keep grabbing onto the grating while making it across. Once you reach the last spinning platform you can drop or grab onto the grating and get to a chest that has a red rupee. Drop down and go through the door.
There are two more Aeralfos found in this area. Defeat them just as before by waiting for them to stick their shield out and pulling them towards and smiting them.
Grapple onto the grating that is just above the door that you came in from. Then grapple onto the grating that is on the spinning platform. From here, use the second clawshot and hit the crystal switch against the south wall. This will make the platform you are on start to spin. There are a bunch of spinner platforms in this room, so just keep clawing your way to the very top.
The top platform with grating is not spinning. Face the north wall and hit the switch to activate the spinning platform. Grab onto the target that is against the south wall and then use the big key on the big lock. Go through the door and you are drawing near to facing the dungeon boss.
19.8 Boss Fight: Twilit Dragon Argorok
Once you appear in this area, look at the pillar to the right and you’ll see some grating. Grab on over to it and then you’ll see some ivy on the nearby pillar. Grab on over to the ivy and then climb up to the tip top of this city in the sky. A quick cut-scene will show the massive dragon. This will begin the battle with the Twilit Dragon Argorok. This boss fight weather calls for thunderstorms, strong winds, rain, and a serious dragon slaying.
At the beginning of the battle, Argorok will fly across around and come sweeping across the platform with the intent of blowing Link off with the burst of wind. He’ll also hover over the middle of the platform and flap his wings, gusting wind towards Link. You can equip your iron boots and the gusts will have no effect on Link.
Once Argorok is flapping his wings in the center of the area, you can Z-target its tail. Do so and use the clawshot to grab onto it and use the Iron Boots. The weight will bring the dragon crashing to the floor and much of its armor will break. Argorok will then start flying around once again. Argorok will try to blow Link off the cliff, so keep your iron boots readily available.
Argorok will eventually land on top of one of the massive pillars. Use the double clawshots and go from grating to grating on the pillars until you reach the top of the pillar. Be careful as Argorok will breathe fire during this phase. At the top of the pillars equip the iron boots and target Argorok’s tail. Doing so will bring it crashing to the ground once again. More armor will break off and a weak spot will appear on Argorok’s back. Argorok will then shutter and all of its armor will fall of its body. The rain and thunder begin to set in during this phase. The rain will cause a bunch of peahats to rise into the air, even higher than the massive pillars.
Climb to the top of the pillars and then claw onto the peahats. Argorok will continue to try to breathe fire at you while you are hanging from the peahats. Z-target the peahats and continue swinging across the peahats. Keep going in a circle until Argorok tries to breathe fire. You should be able to get behind him, at which point you can target its weak spot at the back of his body. Grab on over with the clawshot and slash repeatedly with your sword and Argorok will come crashing to the floor. Repeat this process a few times.
After a few hits to Argorok, he’ll change up his gameplan. He will now breathe in one direction and then turn around and breathe in another. This will force Link to change directions on the peahats that he is hooking to. After he stops breathing fire and you get behind him, once again target his back and then slash away. A few more times of this and he should be defeated.
A heart container will fall to Link’s feet and then a Mirror Shard. Midna will transport us out of the City of the Sky back to the canon. Use the canon and you’ll land back in Lake Hylia.