Task 3: Climb to the Summit of Snowpeak Mountain

Snowpeak Climb: Following the Reekfish Scent

Bound up to the edge, then off the side into the snowy ground ahead. Use your sense view in wolf form to check the Reekfish trail, and begin to carefully maneuver across the broken ice platforms of a half-frozen lake. Keep flicking back and forth to check where the scent is going, and look for easy jumps rather than directly following the scent.

When you finish crossing the ice, you begin a treacherous journey up Snowpeak mountain. This is the area you were unable to reach previously. You encounter two White Wolfos, and they attack you. React by striking them twice with a leaping attack.

Move west through the blizzard, while more White Wolfos leap at you. Stop and execute a spin attack if they’re being aggressive, and ZL target and leap at them, or ignore them if they’re not. You eventually reach a small gap between two icy rocks.

Poe #42 As you emerge from between the rocks, have your sense view on, as an Imp Poe floats about in this weather. He’s to the left side of the trail as you emerge from between the icy rocks. Poe Soul You got the Poe Soul! Collect one from each Poe you defeat. Poe #42 of 60.

Poe #43 Break away from the trail and investigate this blizzard’s southern edge. You’re looking for a lone pine tree on a small hill half-buried in snow. There’s an Imp Poe waiting here; defeat him! Poe Soul You got the Poe Soul! Collect one from each Poe you defeat. Poe #43 of 60.

Dig Cavern #16 The Imp Poe is also guarding a dig spot by the tree itself. Scrabble down to a small, cold cavern, where an Ice Keese (which attacks and can be defeated in the same way as a regular Keese) flaps about. The chamber is filled with icy boulders, which you can’t destroy. Remember to come back here later, after your visit to Snowpeak is over!

Head back onto the path. The blizzard is clearing slightly as you climb farther up to the top of the mountain. You’re looking for these icy ledges to scramble up.

Dig Cavern #17 Continue up the mountainside, following the path of the Reekfish scent, then veer off to a large, sloping plateau area with a great view of the surrounding mountains. Head to this tree, which has a view of the Reekfish trail in the distance. There’s a dig spot at the tree’s base. Inside, fight off a few Ice Keese, then destroy the Bomb Rocks against one wall. A Red Chu is hiding here, and you can claim the Jelly if you wish. Leave after smashing more pots for Rupees; you’ve uncovered everything in here.

Poe #44 Wait until sundown when the sunlight glistening off the snow creates outstanding colors! Wait by the pine tree where you dug down just now, and an Imp Poe appears at dusk. Defeat him, and add his soul to your collection. Poe Soul You got the Poe Soul! Collect one from each Poe you defeat. Poe #44 of 60.

The trail continues to the summit. You shouldn’t get lost if you keep flicking back between your sense view and the environment. Climb up a ledge and a snowbank, and you reach the mountaintop.

Howling for the White Wolf

Before you continue, it’s important that you investigate that strange ceremonial stone on the snowy promontory you’re nearby. Listen to the wind whistling a tune through the hole in the rock. You must now recite the tune. Watch the tune, then replicate it. The pitch is as follows: high, middle (hold), low, middle (long hold), low, high, middle, low (hold). Press up to howl high and down to howl low on your Left Analog Stick. Mid-range howling, don’t move the stick.

You appear as a wolf, in the heavens atop snowy peaks. The White Wolf appears at a leafy edge’s end, on the world’s opposite side. You howl the tune, and both of you continue to yelp. When you finish, the White Wolf tells you ”Let teachings of old pass to you….” The wolf leaps down into the land.

Hidden Skill #6: Jump Strike You can either continue on to the summit, or (as this is the first opportunity to) return to the White Wolf, who’s sitting patiently at the far end of the Kakariko Village Graveyard, near the small tunnel entrance. The White Wolf waits for you to come, sword in hand! He growls at you, and you draw your sword. He pounces! You awaken in the ghostly ether. The Hero’s Shade forms, and asks you if you wish to learn your next skill. The answer is yes! First, your teacher ensures that you learned the previous Hidden Skill correctly and asks you to show him that you’ve mastered the mortal draw. Put away your weapon, don’t ZL target, wait for the Hero’s Shade to advance, then quickly press the A button. ”Very well!” utters the Shade, ”let the jump strike be hewn into your mind!” The Shade notes that the jump attack is effective against multiple foes, but surrounding enemies that are hit lose less energy. For the jump strike, focus power in your blade. The surge that you release can hit enemies all around you! Now you try it: Jump strike: Lock on with ZL target and hold A until just the right time to release your strength: after the blade finishes shining. Hidden Skill You learned the sixth Hidden Skill, the jump strike! Hidden Skill #6 of 7.

Return, and progress to the mountain peak. Follow the trail through tree-lined hills, following the Reekfish scent to a dig spot in the rock wall.

Missing Links

1. Digging for victory

The Snowpeak has a few dig spots, where you can find Hearts and Rupees. Try digging to the side of the Reekfish scent trail, east of the icy lake.