The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom welcomes gamers to an exciting journey teeming with trials, mysteries, and treasures. Among the many enchanting environments to explore is the Faron Temple, a dungeon cloaked in shadows and rich with plant life. This guide will provide you with a comprehensive walkthrough of the Faron Temple, covering essential puzzle solutions, treasure locations, and strategies for defeating formidable foes.
Exploring the Faron Temple
At the outskirts of the Faron Temple, you'll find multiple entrances waiting to be explored. The central entrance features a Waypoint that you can activate right away. However, the other entrances are blocked, limiting your initial choices. To get started, we suggest moving to the left, where you'll have to vault across a sequence of platforms.
Don’t forget to collect the Mothula Lv. 2 Echo during your journey. Following this trail, you'll find a ladder leading to deeper mysteries.
Tackling the Creepy Crawlies
As you enter this lateral room, you will encounter an abundance of Strandtula and Deku Baba. It’s crucial to deal with these foes strategically. Use the Strandtula to navigate through the room and access a treasure chest hidden above, from which you can retrieve 10 Warm Peppers. From there, head to the exit on your right.
The Weight Puzzles
In the subsequent room, you'll encounter platforms that respond to weight changes. To progress, you’ll need to place two boulders on the first platform. After activating that, shimmy across and use another Strandtula to ascend the ladder. You'will appear on the other side of a barred gate, where you can hit a switch to unlock the main entrance. Continue through the right-hand door to find a daunting chamber filled with Beamos and Armos.
Electrical Challenges Ahead
Your next challenge lies in a room filled with lightning crystals and shifting platforms. Navigate safely to the other side, where you'll descend into a watery section. Here, you'll need to swim down to interact with an Armos and open another treasure chest, which contains 50 rupees. Make your way back to the first platform room and utilize your electric Echoes to activate all crystals present.
Unlocking Secrets: The Dungeon Map
After managing the crystals, head to the top-left door to uncover the Dungeon Map. Make sure to hit the switch before you leave to return to the central hall of the temple. Enter through the left door to discover a small grassy area with a lurking Keese. Behind the grass, there’s a concealed entrance leading to a pitch-black room. If you have Glow Smoothies, be sure to use one to illuminate your surroundings.
Revealing More Twists
Activate the Waypoint found to the far left. From there, journey northwest, past the Deku Baba, to find a ladder. Charge up and send two boulders across the bars, then hit the left switch and ascend the ladder to snag a Small Key. After that, climb up to a room filled with two Beamos statues, presenting yet another challenge.
Finding More Keys
From this room, wander south to return outside the dungeon. There, you can slide a statue aside to unveil a hidden door. Inside, activate three lightning switches to unlock a chest containing another Small Key, aiding your quest. Return once more to the main hall and head to the back of the dungeon, using one key on a door which will lead you to a tense miniboss encounter.
Facing the Miniboss: The Two-Headed Plant
Your first miniboss encounter in the Faron Temple presents you with a Two-Headed Plant, a notorious treasure thief. Your strategy should involve deploying a few Echoes while using Bind to grasp one head. By pulling on it while your Echoes attack, you can gradually damage this creature. Repeat this tactic with the second head until you successfully defeat it, granting you temporary respite.
Venturing Into Uncharted Waters
However, your journey doesn't end just yet. To obtain the elusive Big Key, move outside the temple again and search for a dive spot leading to a hidden pool of water inside. Activate the nearby Waypoint and head left, where you’ll find two statues. Align them correctly to unlock the doors you need, leading you further north.
Darkness and Light Revisited
Upon examining the previous dark room, venture back to the Waypoint and navigate north. You’ll find yet another locked door, which once opened leads to a Golden Egg, adding another surprise to your stockpile. If you haven't done so yet explored the outside paths, burn through the spider web for additional temple access.
Utilizing Zora’s Flippers
Your next stop will require the Zora's Flippers, essential for swimming against bubbles in a watery room. There, you’ll find another treasure chest containing 50 rupees. Maneuver past the enemies, employing Bind to move obstacles seamlessly, ultimately reaching the next ladder that will reveal additional dark realms.
Confronting Electrical Crystals Again
Yet again, you’ll be faced with dealing with lightning crystals in this dimly lit passage. Move any boulders obstructing a crystal's path and activate all lightning switches once more. Once that task is complete, you’ll encounter more pressure plates in a room featuring dual rotating doors, signaling another puzzle to solve before proceeding.
Preparation for the Final Miniboss
In the pressure room, position an Armos on each plate, ensuring they activate simultaneously to open the northern door. Head down to activate another Waypoint—here lies the search for your Big Key. Warp over to the east side of the dungeon, crossing spiderweb bridges until you reach a ladder that leads you down once again.
Confronting the Four-Headed Monster
Prepare to confront the miniboss once more—a Four-Headed Plant rearing for a more intense confrontation. This latest version features two additional heads, but the tactics remain. Use Bombfish to inflict damage or follow the previous strategies of using Bind to expose weak spots, but make sure to always have an Echo ready to deal damage effectively. Once these heads are defeated, the Big Key will finally be yours.
Confronting the Dungeon Boss
Return to the boss room with your newfound key, opening the path to the final confrontation awaiting you at the end of the Faron Temple Dungeon. This battle will demand all the skills and strategies you've honed during your journey. Prepare yourself for a test that could surprise even the most seasoned players.
Aftermath of the Faron Temple
Upon completing your daunting tasks and confronting the electrifying challenges of the dungeon's boss, you find yourself transported back to The Sweet Spot. Here, the atmosphere shifts; the chaos has subsided as the Deku Scrubs happily embrace smoothies once more. The completion of this temple also unlocks new side quests across the Faron Wetlands, leading you to further adventures. Depending on your previous explorations, now might be an opportune moment to set your sights on Eldin Volcano or Hebra Mountain, paving the way toward the ultimate conclusion of Echoes of Wisdom.