Twilight Lanayru Province Walkthrough

8.1 Kakariko Village

As you materialize in Kakariko Village, the  Spirit of Light, Eldin, speaks to you of a land to the north of Kakariko Village, protected by the spirit Lanayru. The kiddos and Renado appear and Colin walks over to Link. He tells Link that he must save Ilia. Colin appears to have fulfilled his wish to want to be just like Link, as the other kids now admire and respect Colin.

Before leaving Eldin Province speak with Renado and he’ll mention Talo is now watching guard at top of the highest tower in town. Walk to the north end of town and speak with the Goron that is standing outside of Barnes shop. He will mention that Barnes shop is now re-open for business and offers to launch you up to the roof of the store. Take the free toss up and land on the roof. Walk to where the highest building in town is and you’ll see another Goron. He mentions that a kid is now watching guard over the town at the very top of the tower and offers to launch Link upwards. Jump on his back and get another free ride. Enter the building up here and there’s a treasure chest that contains 50 rupees. Climb the ladder and speak with Talo. He states is watching over the town in case any monsters appear. He’ll ask if you can show him how to use a Bow & Arrow. Do so.

We’ll wind up at the spring in Kakariko Village and a mini game has now started. Malo appears and he has setup a bunch of targets within the village. After criticizing Link’s ability to target with a bow, he tells Link to shoot at the nearby target. Nail it with an arrow and Malo will say it was an easy one. Shoot the next target that you are asked to aim at and then Talo calls over from on top of the tower and asks Link to try and hit the pole where he is standing. Aim very carefully to hit the pole. Talo jumps for joy when Link hits the pole. Malo still is very critical of Link and reluctantly hands over a piece of heart.

To pick up a few items in town, we’ll need at least 220 Rupees. Head to the graveyard going all the way to the back of the graveyard, just before the small step. There are two torches nearby. Light both torches and open the treasure chest that appears to get a purple rupee.

With these extra rupees, walk back to Kakariko Village and enter Malo Mart. You’ll see there is a new item up for sale, The Hawkeye. Equipping this item allows Link to zoom in while using the Bow & Arrow. This is not a required item, but certainly comes in handy. Exit Malo Mart and head to the building next door. If you walk over to the fireplace in the next room, Link will once again encounter the Postman.

Head over to Barnes shop to buy some bombs. You can’t hold bombs unless you have a bomb bag. Thus, Barnes offers a deal of 30 bombs with a bomb bag for 120 rupees.

We’re almost done here in the village. Walk towards the Eldin spring and right by the path that leads to Hyrule Field, you’ll see a large boulder in the wall. Use a bomb to blow up the boulder, revealing a cave. Walk inside the cave and continue through the tunnel to the south. You’ll appear at the top of a ledge with the spring just below. We weren’t able to get to this part previously. Jump down and then use the iron boots in the center of the area. Open the chest that is at the bottom of the spring to get a piece of heart. Take the boots off and leave.

Return to where you just blew up the boulder and back away a bit towards the center of town. If you look above the hole we made, you’ll see two large rocks. Combine the bombs with the bow and arrow to make bomb arrows and fire at these boulders. With the boulders destroyed, a heart piece is seen in the distance. Hurl the boomerang and at the heart piece and it’ll come to you.

That wraps up Kakariko Village. Call for Epona and head towards the Bridge of Eldin.

8.2 Bridge of Eldin

As soon as we leave, Postman Pat shows up and has a few letters to deliver. After reading them, you’ll notice there is a long ramp along the left side and at the bottom of it, there is a pair of large boulders. Use the bombs to blow the rocks up and then climb the ramp.

We’ll come up to a small gap here, so just Jump over it and climb the ivy against the wall. Jump over to the platform that extends over the road and shoot a bomb arrow that rests on on top of a set of vines. Jump onto the vine and climb up. Look to the north with the Hawkeye and you’ll see a treasure chest on a cliff below. Jump down and run over to the chest. Open it up to get another piece of heart.

Jump down to the ground level and head north just past the ramp. Head west and you should see a male gold grasshopper jumping around. Easiest way to capture is with the boomerang.

Jump back on Epona and ride to the northeast corner of the field. Near the far corner is the female grasshopper. Boomerang it down.

Head over to the Bridge of Eldin at the northwest corner of the map. Right as you are entering the bridge, take a look at the wall on the left and you’ll see another golden bug. Use the boomerang again. This should be the male phasmid.

Now start heading north. Once you cross the bridge jump off and use a bomb to explode the nearby boulder. From the wreckage look directly to the west and up a bit and you should spot another golden bug on the wall. Chuck the boomerang over and catch the female phasmid.

Run northward and you’ll see a set of three boulders blocking the way towards Lanayru Province. Use your bombs to blow them up and this will trigger a portal to appear in the sky. The middle portion of the Bridge of Eldin will be pulled into the sky and three shadow beasts appear. Take out the Shadow Beasts.

Continue heading north. There are some bokoblins in your path but Link can ride right by them. You’ll eventually come to a wall of twilight leading to Lanayru Province. Walk over to the twilight and have Midna pull you in.

8.3 Hyrule Castle Town: Twilight

As Wolf Link in twilight, dash eastward. There are some Keese that can be fought or avoided. Eventually you’ll find an item on the ground so sniff it and we’ll learn that it carries Ilia’s scent. Choose to forget the Youths’ scent and learn the Scent of Ilia. Much like before, just use your senses to follow the scent of Ilia. Follow the scent of Ilia through the north portion of Hyrule Field and we’ll end up to the eastern portion of the field. From here, continue following the path, avoiding the variety of the enemies until it leads into the Hyrule Castle town.

For more background story, use your senses to talk to the various spirit people walking around. You’ll hear about a Zora child and Telma’s bar. The spirits in the center of town near the fountain will mention problems occurring at Lake Hylia to the east. Resume your trace of the scent of Ilia and it will lead you to the west side of town into the Medical Clinic. You’re not able to enter this building yet so follow the scent as it leaves the building and it will go to the southern part of town.

Continue following the scent of Ilia and it will lead to Telma’s Bar, where the door is left open for Wolf Link to enter. Use your senses and you’ll find Ilia speaking with the bar owner Telma. There is a child of the Zora tribe quite wounded. They mention some sort of incident that occurred. Walk over to the northwest part of the room and listen in on the soldier’s discussion. Take a look at the map that is on the table and a red dot will appear in the Lake Hylia region. Ilia seems to be able to care for herself right now, so head over to where the red dot was located on the map.

8.4 Lake Hylia

Cross the bridge and head west through Hyrule Field. Continue through the western passage. The route to the north is blocked off by boulders so continue heading westward. You reach a fork in the road with a sign. Take the right path and you’ll come to the Great Bridge of Hylia. It extends over Lake Hylia which is currently more dry than chicken at KFC.

As you walk halfway across the bridge a bokoblin archer will light both ends of the bridge on fire. The first will start to sandwich us in, so push one of the blocks over the side of the bridge and jump.

After a brief cut-scene, you can walk around and talk to the Zoras that are nearby as well as a shop owner at the southwest part of the dried up lake. The shop owners name is Fyer and he will spot an enemy, causing him to curl up.

Run over to the twilit bokoblin archer and you’ll see he picks up a piece of grass and blows on it, summoning a twilit kargarok. Keep side jumping the archer as it shoots arrows at you. Once the bird is low enough, Z-target it and jump onto it. Attack furiously until you lose your grip and fall off. Repeat this twice and the bokoblin archer should fall to the ground. Defeat the bulblin just like a normal enemy and then Midna will jump on top of the shadow bird. Midna will use the shadow bird to take Link to the top of the river.

8.5 Zora’s Domain

You’ll now take control of the shadow kargarok, so to speak. Pressing A will dash forward. Avoid the falling rocks and the sides of the cavern. Keeping the shadow beast as high as possible at all times proves beneficial. It really looks a lot harder than it really is. You’ll eventually reach an open area. At this point fly to the top towards the bright light.

The bird will set you down at upper Zora’s River. Drop down into the river bed and head westward to see that Zora’s River is full of snow (deja vu!). Continue westward to Zora’s Domain and you’ll see much of it is solid ice. Run to the north end of the river where the frozen waterfall is.

Climb on top of a snowy platform and you’ll be able to do the Super Midna jumps. Jump One up top, walk around the border minding falling icicles that will plunge into the ground. You’ll reach another area where you can do the Midna jumps. Be a little more careful here, as the ice can cause Link to slide. One at the tip top, go north.

You’ll find three shadow beasts here. Defeat them to create a warp portal above. Walk around and Midna will notice all the Zora are frozen underneath the ice. We need to thaw the lake, so talk to Midna and warp over to Death Mountain Crater to get the volcanic rock.

Walk over to the gigantic volcanic rock and talk to Midna to warp back to Zora’s Domain. Midna will pull the rock with you and drop it in the ice at Zora’s Domain. The ice will melt and the river will begin to flow downstream again, melting all the ice and snow in the process restoring Zora’s Domain.

As you try leaving the area, the voice of Rutela, a deceased Zora Queen will speak to Link. She begs for us to save Prince Ralis. He is the Zora that was in Telma’s Bar. If you do so, Rutela promises to grant you the ability to swim deep underwater like a Zora.

Before making an attempt to save Prince Ralis, we must restore the Light Spirit, Lanaryu. Jump in the water and take it down stream. Back at the waterfall, jump down and let the water take you all the way back down to Lake Hylia. Midna will awaken you and mention that you are right in front of the spirit’s spring. Walk into the cave.

8.6 Lake Hylia: Tears of Light

Walk to the edge of the platform and speak with the final light spirit, Lanayru. Like before, the spirit will give you the Vessel of Light and ask you to collect the tears. The tears work just like before and will be marked on your map. Leave the cave and begin your quest for the tears of light.

Walk forward and you’ll see a shadow insect crawl up the bridge on the right. Don’t mind it for now as we want to head to east part of the Lake for the first bug. Take a look at your map and you’ll see there is an insect is on a small island. Swim on over and easily defeat the insect for the 1st vessel tear.

Jump back into the water and swim over to where you met Lanayru. Follow the bridge on the left and you’ll come across the 2nd insect. No problems with this one either as it is quite simple to defeat.

Continue westward and a wall of twilight will be created and it blocks your path. Three shadow beasts will fall from a warp portal in the sky. Defeat them. Run towards the southeast portion of this area and climb up the platform. Jump three platforms over to get to the far south ledge. Climb up this winding path and use your senses to spot another shadow insect. Defeat it and grab it for the 3rd tear of light.

Jump back down the platforms to get to where you fought the shadow beasts. Run across the bridge to the northwest and follow it to get to a building. This is Fyer and Falbi’s house/chicken den/curiosity. Walk around to the back and you’ll see the insect floating around. It is a bit out of reach so wait until it dashes towards Link. Defeat it for the 4th tear.

Return to the front of the shop and cross the bridge. You’ll see a piece of grass on the floor where Link would normally use to call over a hawk. Wolf Link can just howl himself. Howl the tune that appears and that large shadow bird will return and grab wolf Link.

This will take you along the same path up to Zora’s Domain. However, the difference is there are four insects that Link must defeat on his way up. All you have to do is use your senses to spot the bugs and fly right into them. Once you are close enough, Z-target the bugs and just dash right into them. The tear will collect automatically. If you don’t get all four on the first try, just jump back down the river and repeat this. Once you’ve caught bugs 5-8, just fly to the end of the tunnel.

Now at the Upper Zora’s River, walk over to the house on the east side of the area. Talk to the woman who is sitting here and she’ll get freaked out from the insect. Use your senses to defeat the insect for the 9th tear. The woman you just saw is named Iza, and she is the sister of Coro, the lantern oil salesman.

The building here is the boat rental shop. Run across the bridge that is next to the shop to get to the northern area of land. Climb up the little hill and you’ll find another one of those howling stones. Walk up to it and you’ll hear a howl. Howl the tune and you’ll be taken to a cliff outside of a Castle. Howl once again and the golden wolf will join you. Another red spot appears on your map near the east gate of Hyrule Castle Town. Keep this in mind when you return to human form.

Walk to the east and you’ll see two Zora spirits talking to each other about Prince Ralis. They’ll jump into the water in hopes to get to Hyrule Castle. Jump in the water and swim with them as well. Stay along the left side of the water until you reach some steps. Exit the water and then run westward towards the path to the southwest. Continue to get back into west Hyrule Field. Run over to the bridge that leads into castle town. You’ll see the golden wolf nearby but can’t do much until you return as human Link. Walk towards the gate and three more shadow beasts will fall again. Defeat them as usual to create another warp portal in the sky. Walk across the bridge and enter Hyrule Castle Town.

The spirit citizens of the town are now a bit happier that the water has returned. Looking at your map, you’ll see a single insect in the southern portion of the town. Run on over towards the bug and use your senses to spot it under some wooden crates. Break open the crates and defeat the bug to get the 10th tear of light. Warp back to Zora’s Domain.

You’ll notice on your map there is an insect on the east side of the area. Run up towards it to see that it is hanging along the top of the wall. Dash into the wall and it will start to fly off. Wait until it is low enough and then jump and grab. Defeat the insect for the 11th tear. Then head south to the waterfall area.

Jump down the waterfall and swim towards the center of the area. Climb onto one of the lily pads in the center and use your senses. Spot the two dark insects and defeat both for tears number 12 and 13.

Jump back into the water and swim to the east land area. Climb onto the land and then run up to the top of the area. Use your senses and you’ll see the insect crawling underground. Stand above it and dig it up from underground. Defeat it for the 14th tear. Two more to go.

Jump back into the water and swim to the west side. Talk to the various Zora here and you’ll even notice a frozen cave that leads to Snowpeak. Head northward and you’ll be able to jump over to Midna. Run northward and you’ll be able to make a second jump. Follow the path behind the waterfall and you’ll come to another area where you can make a jump towards Midna. Continue forward and make a double jump towards Midna. You’ll see a small waterfall from the wall. Just continue southward and you’ll see a treasure chest. Open it for a red rupee.

Return to the small waterfall and climb the small area right under it. From here, make two more Midna jumps as you head back westward. Walk forward and make four more jumps as you pass behind the waterfall. Run forward and you’ll be able to make one more jump towards Midna. Follow to the green rupees and then jump down to a lower platform with another green rupee. From here, just run to the south and you’ll find the shadow insect that roams the western area. Grab the 15th tear and then Midna appears and talks to you. Something seems wrong, you have 15 tears but there are no more on your map. All of a sudden one just appears in Lake Hylia. Use Midna to warp over to Lake Hylia.

Swim towards the last remaining white dot and an electric shock appears from the ground. Use your senses and you’ll see a monstrous electric insect. The battle is somewhat similar to that of a regular insect bug, except much bigger.

Twilit Bloat will fly around and electrify itself as it dashes towards Link. It could be hard to avoid but try to just jump to the side. When the electric goes away, Z-target the bug and attack it furiously. The giant insect will fall into the water and then swim around. Just stay on one of the wooden rafts until it returns to the surface. It will just start flying close to the ground and your best bet to avoid the bug is to jump into the water when it nears.

Twilit Bloat will now fly in the air again just as it did at the beginning of the battle. Wait until it is low enough and the electric charge is gone and then attack the bug just as before. It will fall into the water and repeat the same process a second time. Avoid its attacks until it begins to fly again. Attack it a third time and it will now fall on its back and float in the water. Jump onto the bug and the use the B button to attack all of its legs at once. Wolf Link will make rapid jumps and then the Twilit Bloat will be defeated.

Grab the 16th and final tear to fill up the Vessel of Light. You will then automatically be taken to Lanayru. Light has returned to this area and Link will return to his human form. Lanayru appears and talks to us. He then mentions that the fused shadow we are looking for is at the bottom of Lake Hylia in the Lakebed Temple.