in Honor of 5th Quest

[SUCCESSOR]

I have yet to play 3rd or 4th which at this point seems ridonkulous. (Yes I just did.) So tonight I will be starting 3rd quest. Depending on how bad I suck I will just go through level 1. Hopefully I can find it.

Anyone want to join me? Keep in mind if you haven't played 3rd Quest this is mandatory. Kidding! I'll post about how much I suck after I play tonight. Keep in mind I haven't touched Z1 or even 1st or 2nd quest in like 10 years...


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Week 1 (August 3rd to August 10th)
Complete the First and Second Dungeon

Week 2 (August 11th to August 17th)
Complete the Third and Fourth Dungeon

Week 3 (August 18th to August 24th)
Complete the Fifth and Sixth Dungeon

Week 4 (August 25th to August 31th)
Complete the Seventh and Eighth Dungeon

Week 5 (Sept 1st to Sept 7th)
Complete the Ninth Dungeon (and finish the quest)


As for Fourth Quest:
Week 1 (Sept 1st to Sept 7th)
Complete the first three dungeons

Week 2 (September 8th to September 14th)
Complete dungeons four and five

Week 3 (September 15th to September 21st)
Complete dungeon six (I heard it was VERY long)

Week 4 (September 22nd to September 28th)
Complete dungeons seven and eight

Week 5 (September 29th to October 5)
Complete dungeon nine (and finish quest)



Sound good?

[CJC]

Okay, I'll join in on this challenge.


Nevermind finding the first dungeon, though. Where the heck do you find the sword?!
EDIT: Sorry, I'm wrong. I was thinking of Demo Quest (probably).




(I have tried 3rd quest before, though I did not make it very far. Haven't tried 4th at all, but since it's new to this version that's to be expected)



EDIT: Woo, found Level 1 in 3rd quest!



EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT (Whew!): My calendar is now obsolete. It is provided in spoiler below simply to discourage thread deletionism

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EDIT EDIT: Here's the calendar for Third Quest
EDIT: Updated!

Week 1 (July 31st to August 3rd)
Complete the First and Second Dungeon

Week 2 (August 4th to August 10th)
Complete the Third and Fourth Dungeon

Week 3 (August 11th to August 17th)
Complete the Fifth and Sixth Dungeon

Week 4 (August 18th to August 24th)
Complete the Seventh and Eighth Dungeon

Week 5 (August 25th to August 31st)
Coomplete the Ninth Dungeon (and finish the quest)


As for Fourth Quest:
Week 1 (September 1st to September 7th)
Complete the first two dungeons

Week 2 (September 8th to September 14th)
Complete dungeons three and four

Week 3 (September 15th to September 21st)
Complete dungeon five and map exploration

Week 4 (September 22nd to September 28th
Complete dungeon six (I heard it was VERY long)

Week 5 (September 29th to October 5th)
Complete dungeons seven and eight

Week 6 (October 6th to October 12th)
Complete dungeon nine (and finish the quest)


This schedule can be changed if people begin to fall behind or the majority exceeds these expectations.

[CJC]

Added a schedule to an earlier post
EDIT: The schedule has been 'spoilered' in the earlier post to maintain thread coherency, but is now irrelevant as Successor put together a better schedule.



I also have a few pointers for players who are struggling with the first two dungeons, provided in spoilers below
First Dungeon

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The first dungeon is closer than you think. You can reach it from start by traversing five screens, and it is located in a dead-end. It is a good idea to explore before you enter the first dungeon, to find at least an extra heart container.
If you're still struggling:

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This won't be fun, but farm the octoroks to the east of start to gather money for bombs and the blue candle. Use the blue candle on the southmost green tree (the one that makes the bottom end of the 'greater than' sign on that screen) in the screen directly south of the Red Woods fairy pond (somewhat near the north-west-south-west maze) to snag a heart container. Next, traverse the forest maze (the path is the same as before) and travel north of the exit one screen to reach the mountain south of the graveyard. Bomb the wall here (roughly in the center) to find a cave containing the power bracelet.
If you're feeling like getting in some extra credit, save 90 rupees and purchase a magic shield

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There are a few places to do this, the easiest to find are the screen immediately west from start (there's a shop if you push one of the rocks after clearing the screen) or the former location of dungeon six (west of the graveyard). Do NOT pay the higher price for the magic shield, as the quest is riddled with Like Likes and money is hard to grind.

Then, brave the Lynel-ridden depths of Death Mountain to make your way to the North-West corner of the World Map. Here you will find two screens with arrows pointing towards each other. If you manage to clear the screen with the right-pointing arrow (since the Magic Shield can block Lynel sword shots), you can push down on one of the rocks and find a heart container cave. This gets you five hearts before the first dungeon, allowing you to acquire the White Sword before entering (I'll detail where to find the white sword in the Second Dungeon spoiler).

The First Dungeon contains the Magic Book, which is actually somewhat of a detriment later in the game (it makes the wand start fires, but since we'll be using the wand as a bubble-proof sword and fires hurt Link it will only get in the way). This dungeon has several rooms where you must clear all the enemies to advance. They're Goriyas, and you won't have the boomerang to stun them. You'll need to get used to waiting for them to throw their boomerangs and then sneaking up alongside them while they're stopped.
If you can't find your way to the boss:

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Try pressing against the walls. You will have to use a pass-through wall to reach the path leading to the boss. It's also a good practice to adopt, since this quest uses a LOT of pass-through walls.

The boss of this dungeon is Aquamentus. The room has fire-shooters in addition to the classic first-dungeon dragon, so it might be painful with only three hearts. If you're having a lot of trouble, go back to the Overworld and fish around until you've got at least one more Heart Container.

Second Dungeon

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The Second Dungeon is quite near its first-quest location. Make sure you have at least Five Hearts before setting out, because you'll need to acquire the White Sword before braving this den.
The White Sword can be found:

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very easily, actually. Go to the first quest location for the second dungeon, and you'll find a lake. Bomb the wall on the north end of the lake, directly in the middle, and the White Sword will be there.

The Second Dungeon is significantly easier than the first, especially because of the White Sword. The enemies are less aggressive selections, too. You WILL need the Candle before you enter, and you will want to grind money for the Blue Ring before you leave.
The shop containing the blue ring can be found:

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in a familiar spot... the waterfall near first quest's Fifth Dungeon. It requires 250 rupees, of course, five short of the max you can carry

The item in the second dungeon is the Bow. If you're having trouble finding it:

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it is located in one of the key's teeth. You will need bombs to reach it. It's quite easy to find once you have the map, actually.

The boss of this dungeon is Gohma. You'll need the bow to defeat it, but it's the weak variation that can only stomach one arrow. Even with the fire-shooters this should be a piece of cake.

I'll go over the Third and Fourth Dungeon next week, when their deadline has passed.

[ctrl-alt-delete]

God damn it, my schedule makes it too hard to do this shit. I need to just buy another new laptop so I can take one to work and play there during hours off. Or see if the supercard ds2 can handle ZC...

We really need somebody to...schedule QPC. I nominate @CJC .

[Gleeok]

Been years since I played the 3rd quest. Can't say I remember where shit is to be honest. If I have time I might give it another go.

We really need somebody to...schedule QPC. I nominate @CJC .

All those in favor: Aye.
Opposed:
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Done.

Next order of business: Peanut butter jelly time - What time is it exactly.

[SUCCESSOR]

Yo yo yo! I finished Level 1! (Got a late start)

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Have I ever mentioned how much I hate Goriyas? Most of my deaths were caused by my own stupidity but a good half of them can be attributed to... (prepare for bitching) 5 Blue Goriya Push->Wait Block room. 6 Stalfos 2 in a hard to navigate shutter room, and an assortment of goriyas in a Push->Wait Block room with the whole spiral thing all on the required path so they had to be dealt with after EVERY death. More frustrating than difficult. Had to brush up on my Z1 skillz like where to stand to avoid projectiles. Oh and nice dungeon item: "Here's a book to read while you are gang banged by goriyas."

Death Toll: 22
HP: 4 Hearts
Items: Wooden Sword, Bombs and a friggun book.

Next up Level 2:

[ctrl-alt-delete]

You guys going to set up milestones or just go at your own pace?

[ctrl-alt-delete]

Also, would I be banned if I confessed to having never played through 2nd quest?

[SUCCESSOR]

Also, would I be banned if I confessed to having never played through 2nd quest?

Yes! Actually, I have yet to finish 2nd quest. I figured there'd be more people who hadn't played 3rd and might possibly join in.

I haven't thought about any sort of structure. I figured I would just try for a level a day. If you have any suggestions then by all means.

[Glenn the Great]

I'm going to jump on board with this 3rd and 4th quest playthroughs when I can get some free time.