Task 2: Explore the Twilight Village of Kakariko

Onward to Kakariko Village

Journey into the Eldin Province to a place called Kakariko Gorge, which is almost as large as the previous section. The scent trail leads down the path, but you don’t have to follow it. Stop and defeat the Twilit Baba to the side of the path, then survey this large open expanse.

Warp Portal When you’ve finished patrolling the left and right areas on this side of the bridge, head down the main path, where the scent trail is leading you, and stop as three Twilit Messengers bind you into combat with them. Pick one and attack it until it falls. Use the clamping jaw technique (leap onto its hide and tap the A button). When only two are standing, use Midna’s area-of-effect attack to drop them, and free yourself from the force field. The forces of darkness are intent on stopping you. Let the light shine, especially from your brutal tail attack! Another strange warp portal appears above you. Midna appears and notes that the bridge ahead has completely disappeared! She beckons you to check your map for clues. Whenever you destroy those creatures from the darkness, a warp portal opens on the map.

Choose to teleport to the North Faron Woods warp portal. If you choose another area, you can optionally look about as the wolf. As you’ve already been throughout Ordona and Faron Provinces, try entering South Faron Woods and bounding into Hyrule Field.

There are many dig spots (see the Missing Links section nearby for more), but of most interest is the ring of grass in the northwest corner. Use your sense view and dig down into this large hole. Drop into the hole, and you uncover a small underground fishing hole! You can’t fish in wolf form, so smash some pots, collect Rupees, and come back here later! Exit via the rock with the light shining down on it.

Warp to North Faron Woods. The bridge propped against the rock wall is perfect! Speak to Midna, and select Kakariko Gorge. This is the correct place, as Midna summons her powers and teleports you and the bridge, and lays it across the gorge!

Twilit Bulblin Head over the bridge. At the junction where the path splits, you face down two new foes: the Twilit Bulblins. These attack just like Bulblin Warriors and are dispatched with two strikes. You have to wait if you knock them onto their backs, as the wolf doesn’t have a finishing move. Quickly defeat them with a couple of bites, spins, or the over-the-top Midna energy crackle! Twilit Bulblins may wear fearsome masks, but they’re still easily dispatched, thanks to your wolf’s nasty bite!

There are two exits in the northern part of this gorge. If you ignore the scent and head west, you can locate the path and bound up and around to the northern passage. The way is completely blocked by rocks. Head back the way you came.

Take the path after the bridge, optionally pausing to dig at the dig spots near the path junction. The road heads east. Follow the scent all the way to a large gate. The Youth’s Scent continues through the gate. This looks sturdy, so locate the dip in the earth on the right and burrow under.

Once on the other side, prepare to tackle two Twilit Bulblins with your favorite offensive move. Then journey along the path with the high rock walls on either side, into Kakariko Village.

Missing Links

1. Kakariko Gorge: Lashing Out in the Long Grass

Your wolf form can methodically cut the grass in this pathway. Find some Hearts in the grass opposite where the Twilit Baba appeared. Check all clumps!

2. Kakariko Gorge: The Southwestern Rise

Head left, off the path as you enter the Eldin part of Hyrule Field, and check the raised area. There’s a tree with a number of dig spots. Also check the far western edge for a lone Bomb Rock.

3. Kakariko Gorge: The Southeastern Field

An interesting Bomb Rock embedded in the right wall glows a faint blue. Perhaps something is behind there? Come back with explosives to find out! Don’t forget the dig spot in the far right corner near the fence!

4. Other Warp Portal Locations

If you choose to visit Ordona or the South Faron Woods when looking for the bridge, you can romp around each area, digging up holes and (for example) sniffing around Coro, who doesn’t mind a new, more-ferocious friend. When you’re done looking, talk to Midna and warp to the other Faron Woods area.

5. Hyrule Field (South): Dig Spots

There are dig spots all over Hyrule Field (South). You can check them out now, but it’s preferable to do so when you can change to and from a wolf at will.

6. Kakariko Gorge: Northeast Section

Check the northeast section of the gorge for a couple of dig spots along the north wall, near a clump of standing rocks. In the corner there’s a clump of trees with a Twilit Baba to snap at.

7. Kakariko Gorge: Northwest Section

The opposite northern side of this gorge is a large sloping field, with a strange little raised section at the very north end. An odd owl statue stands here, but you can’t use it yet. There’s a Bomb Rock in the northwest corner.

8. Kakariko Gorge: Eastern Gorge Edge

You can also follow the edge of the gorge all the way to the bridge. There’s a rock in the middle of the gorge. Look closely to see a Piece of Heart and a chest on it! Return here later.

Kakariko Village in Twilight

Warp Portal As soon as you enter Kakariko Village, three Twilit Messengers turn and attack you. Combat begins as normal, but you need two Messengers to fall at exactly the same time. This fight is a little trickier, because it’s difficult to round up two foes to stand near each other for Midna’s area-of-effect attack (hold the B button). A better plan is to run to the Messenger prowling the far part of the energy field, drop him, and then slam into both remaining Messengers. A new warp portal forms over Kakariko Village! On most occasions, you can now speak to Midna and ask her to warp you to or from here.

When the energy field dissipates, the Eldin spirit has enough light force to speak to you from the Springs, on the village’s eastern side. Trot over to the faint mass of glowing matter, and it gives you a Vessel of Light with which to collect tears. Just as before, 12 Twilit Parasites have appeared, and you must search for each of them!

Vessel of Light

You got the Vessel of Light! Use this to collect the tears that cut through the darkness.