Rito Aerie

Quill flies ahead to inform everyone of Link’s arrival. Head up the wooden deck and enter the door at the top. There is a commotion inside the aerie. For some reason the sky spirit Valoo is enraged, which is causing the Rito a great deal of trouble.

You see, Rito aren’t born with the ability to fly. In fact, Valoo gifts it to them during their coming-of-age ceremony, but that’s all changed now that Valoo is angry. This poses a much more immediate problem for the Rito Chieftain, as his son Prince Komali’s coming-of-age ceremony is near and he cannot speak with Valoo while the sky spirit is angered. Also, Komali is terrified of even getting near Valoo, which is causing him to struggle with the idea of ever making the trip into adulthood. The Rito Chieftain asks Link if he could speak to Prince Komali and deliver a letter to him. Link agrees to take care of these tasks for the Chieftain, but first he has to speak with a young Rito girl named Medli to get the letter in question.

Before heading off to find Medli, Quill hands Link a Delivery Bag, which is used to store items meant for, well, delivery of course! Head up the slope to your left and take the first left to find Medli. Talk to her and she’ll hand you Father’s Letter. Medli also requests that Link meet her at the entrance of Dragon Roost Cavern after speaking with Komali. Leave the room and jump down to the first floor. Head into the doorway to the left of the stacked red boxes; Prince Komali’s room is at the end of the hall.

Komali’s Plight

Equip the Father’s Letter by opening the Delivery Bag and use it on Komali. Komali reads the letter and is paralyzed. He’s outright terrified of Valoo, and it would seem nothing is going to snap him out of it...at least nothing immediate. Komali refuses to even hear what our hero has to say unless he can put his money where his mouth is. Komali tells Link that he’ll only listen to him if he finds someone who can get through the dangerous Dragon Roost Cavern and calm Valoo. This is going to be tougher than we thought...

What’s worse is that, upon speaking with Komali again, he reveals that the orb he’s holding is Din’s Pearl, the very object the King of Red Lions sent us here for. We have to find someone to conquer Dragon Roost Cavern in order to complete our task. Maybe Medli knows someone? Head back out of Prince Komali’s room, and on the aerie’s first floor, go through the door on the left side, the one with feathers hanging over it.

Part-Time Job

Before you head out to meet Medli at the entrance to Dragon Roost Cavern, return to the second floor and talk to the mail sorter, Koboli, who is in the middle of the second floor’s main hall, to play the “Mail Sorting” minigame.

Play the “Mail Sorting” minigame by putting letters in their appropriate boxes. You accomplish this by matching the symbol inside the box with the seal on the letter. Your first task is to sort 10 letters in 30 seconds. Accomplish this and you’ll be paid one Rupee for every two letters sorted.

If you play again, you’ll have to sort 20 letters in 30 seconds, but this time the payoff is one Rupee per letter sorted.

Play a third time and you’ll be required to sort 25 letters in 30 seconds with a salary of three Rupees per letter sorted.

Nintendo Gallery Notice While visiting Dragon Roost Island, be sure to take a pictograph of Kogoli with the Deluxe Picto Box. Kogali won’t be around later in the adventure, so now is a good time to get his pic.

Outside you’ll find the entrance to the Dragon Roost Cavern, a rather inhospitable place. The flowers are dead, the pond is almost dried up, and volcanic ash descends from the volcano onto Link’s head like an ominous snowfall. Head left, following the path until you reach the broken bridge. Hop down into the chasm to find Medli. She wants to help Prince Komali and has decided to speak with Valoo, challenging the dangerous Dragon Roost Cavern, but she needs your help: She can’t reach the other side of the broken bridge and would like a boost.

Medli isn’t going to get very far in this harsh wind, so why not test out Link’s new ability to influence the wind? Pull out the Wind Waker, play “Wind’s Requiem” (,,), and direct the wind toward the bridge’s other side. Pick up Medli with and head over to the small platform just below the side of the broken bridge you jumped down from. Now turn around and throw her to the other side of the broken bridge; she takes care of the rest.

On the other side of the bridge, Medli throws Link an Empty Bottle as a show of her appreciation (it’s the thought that counts). She leaves Link with nothing but a heart full of worry as she heads off into Dragon Roost Cavern. We should go after her! But wait...we can’t fly...What if we...no, that won’t work. How about...Naw, that’s just crazy. I know! The Empty Bottle!

Equip the Empty Bottle and stand in the near-dry pond to fill it with water. Climb up the broken bridge on the side you entered from and use the water on the dead Bomb Flowers directly in front of the entrance to the Rito Aerie.

Presto! The Bomb Flowers come back to life instantly after being watered! Now grab a Bomb fruit and throw it at the boulder in the middle of the pond. It worked perfectly! The pond filled back up and you can now swim to the broken bridge’s other side!

Shoot Some Hoops

Swim across and you’ll reach a small pool of lava. Jumping in it will burn Link’s hindquarters, so we must find another way across. Pick up the Bomb Flower fruit and throw it into the pots the Rito statues are holding. If you make it in, the statue will fall into the lava, creating a pathway for you to cross. Throw the second Bomb fruit from on top of the fallen Rito statue to make it into the next statue. Cross the lava pool and head through the passage at the path’s end to enter Dragon Roost Cavern, your first official dungeon.