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Akroma wrote:I have a question! Where is that darn secret key! I can't find it grrrrrrrrrr!
And it could really help me at this very moment!

Trust me, you won't find it. 😉

Akroma wrote:If anyone has any tip to suggest, I'm open to hearing them on how to kill those evil monsties!

I have one. Grab a few Heart Containers and equipment upgrades! Well, Lanmolas often drop a ton of fairies, so always be on the lookout for them.

Akroma wrote:P.S. Why is there a blue darknut in there? He HAX! He blocks my arrows!

Just for the sake of fighting strategy. If all the enemies were the same, it would be boring and easy. Easy = bad.

Dan Furst wrote:geejopeepo: That "room" with the dozen or so warps is actually two rooms that you warp between. See Link's location change on the map when you warp? Now go a new way. 😊

Yeah, be on the lookout for that new doorway.

Attention! New quest version alert!

This update is unnecessary for people using 2.10. Though, if you're using 2.5, it'll "fix" the Blue Tunic incompatibility bug.

Thanks for the response. It's ALWAYS obvious once the solution is explained. Why didn't I try that. :banghead:

chip_on wrote:I'm in lvl 7 and seem to be stuck. Im in the Sealed Chamber and have the Boss Key. However, I can't seem to find any way to trigger the crystal.. I've tried the boomerang, the arrows and fire. Nothing seems to work.

What am I missing?

Thanks for a great quest.

Just for future needs... If something needs to be triggered, using the lens of truth actually reveals what you need to do. If you are unsure what to use, get a quick go at the lens and you'll figure it out in no time =)

Pine : Never pick up heart containers! I actually had to re-do the 3rd and 4th boss due to fireballs knocking me on the middle of the screen with the heart container x.x
Btw, is there a way to take screenshots while running ZC?
Oh and the fairies yeah i see tons of them... The problem is I can't reach them 😉
As for the key... I'm going to burn every bush, every tree, bomb every wall, walk everywhere, and I'll find it!!!! Then I'll go get it on my minimal quest and get over with the training ground 😛

Akroma wrote:Btw, is there a way to take screenshots while running ZC?
Oh and the fairies yeah i see tons of them... The problem is I can't reach them 😉
As for the key... I'm going to burn every bush, every tree, bomb every wall, walk everywhere, and I'll find it!!!! Then I'll go get it on my minimal quest and get over with the training ground 😛

To take pictures, click the mouse to pause the game, the go etc., take screenshot. And trust me, you will never in a million years find the secret key, even with the Lens of Truth. You can barely even find it in ZQuest.

I'm a first time poster on here. It's a great quest Pineconn. I'm also one of the few people who finished level 4 without the blue tunic, I didn't realize there was one. I kept seeing 'blue ring' posted on here, and never realized that long cave took me to the blue tunic. I am also stuck on the Zora Training grounds, when I finally got the blue tunic, I got farther, I got all the way around but I die a couple of screens from the end. I always run out of money for more potions and better shield etc. The training grounds are really hard for me, I also saw one guy had 16 bombs and 9 3/4 hearts by now, but I only have 12 bombs and 9 and 3/4 hearts. My questions are:

1. Is there a way to get another 1/4 heart by now?
2. Are the training grounds made easier now? I got my download in December.
3. Is the whole training grounds thing only for just 1 key? (I got the other 2 for level 5)

Thanks in advance 😊

Pineconn: With your latest update you may be able to edit some of the text in your quest description, especially the part about the blue tunic since that was fixed up.

Akroma wrote:Btw, is there a way to take screenshots while running ZC?

Or, you could just press F12. The image will appear in your Zelda Classic folder starting with "zelda001.bmp" and so on.

Akroma wrote:As for the key... I'm going to burn every bush, every tree, bomb every wall, walk everywhere, and I'll find it!!!! Then I'll go get it on my minimal quest and get over with the training ground 😛

I even sent you an e-mail about the exact screen that this key is in. You still likely won't find it. 😛

Locutusofbored wrote:1. Is there a way to get another 1/4 heart by now?

By my count, it is possible to have exactly 10 hearts when you enter the Training Ground, so yes. Did you get the one in the inn in the Snowy Plateau?

Locutusofbored wrote:2. Are the training grounds made easier now? I got my download in December.

Actually, I think the newer updates have a more difficult Training Ground... If you have the old version, you should be able to stay in the doorway, turn, and slash away at the enemies. If you can, do this. You can't if the doors are all shutters.

Locutusofbored wrote:3. Is the whole training grounds thing only for just 1 key? (I got the other 2 for level 5)

Yep! 😃

erm2003 wrote:With your latest update you may be able to edit some of the text in your quest description, especially the part about the blue tunic since that was fixed up.

True, dat. Done.

That's strange... I never gotten any mail... Are you sure it was to me you sent it? :P

Pineconn wrote:I even sent you an e-mail about the exact screen that this key is in. You still likely won't find it. 😛

Pineconn, you do relize a few pages back, you told me what screen it was on and what flag to check for, don't you? But nonetheless, Akroma, you will never find it. And did you check e-mail and private messages for it?

Pineconn wrote:Did I?

Akroma, if you'd turn on private messaging, that'd be much easier. (Click here and turn on PMing.)


Hahaha yeah I guess now it would be easier :googly:🙄
Done! I'll be waiting for it!

Psh. I would bet that I'll find it.

Akroma wrote:
Psh. I would bet that I'll find it.

I would bet that you won't. I've even looked in Zquest, with the flags showing, and secret combos with their combo types showing, and it was still hard to find.

Edit: Post 975. Only 25 more to go.

russadwan wrote:I would bet that you won't. I've even looked in Zquest, with the flags showing, and secret combos with their combo types showing, and it was still hard to find.

Edit: Post 975. Only 25 more to go.

But yet not impossible. It's simply a question of time 😉

I did finally find the double magic...yup, lens was needed to figure out exactly where it was. When someone said "Pineconn's favorite item", I was thinking the flute at first but I was mistaken...

Anywho, I don't know if I want to try to find that secret key or not...

patrickab7 wrote:
Anywho, I don't know if I want to try to find that secret key or not...

Pineconn could tell you the exact screen and you wouldn't find it. The point of it was to be an unfindable key in case of a glitch that made the game unbeatable for a certain person. It is impossible to find unless you are told exactly where it is and how to find it.

Pineconn wrote:
By my count, it is possible to have exactly 10 hearts when you enter the Training Ground, so yes. Did you get the one in the inn in the Snowy Plateau?

Actually, I think the newer updates have a more difficult Training Ground... If you have the old version, you should be able to stay in the doorway, turn, and slash away at the enemies. If you can, do this. You can't if the doors are all shutters.

I already had that heart piece.I must be missing it from somewhere else. There are 3 hearts I can see but can't get to: One on the hill above the boomerang cave, the one near the dock at the beginning of the area leading to Dungeon 5, and one in the frozen ice lake that I melted with the flame.
I also made it through the training grounds using your advice! I had an older version with some shudders but not all.
2 more questions please:
1. I think I'm missing a bomb upgrade somewhere, I have the one from the swamp, and the one from the upper heavens lava cave entrance. Do you know which one I'm missing?
2. Could you make a list of all the things it's possible to have by certain dungeons? Or a end of the game checklist?
Thanks so much!

Locutusofbored wrote:
2. Could you make a list of all the things it's possible to have by certain dungeons? Or a end of the game checklist?
Thanks so much!

I might be able to make that. I could just copy and paste from the ZQuest integrity report on items. Give me a few minutes (or hours).

As for the frozen heart container piece, you need to melt the ice, and then swim into the water and dive down to get it.

Dan Furst was kind enough to create an attractive map that shows the locations of every Piece of Heart, bomb upgrade, and magic upgrade in the quest. You can view that [here]. To Internet Explorer users: If your web browser scrunches the image, you should be able to maximize it by clicking on the image.

Pineconn wrote:Dan Furst was kind enough to create an attractive map that shows the locations of every Piece of Heart, bomb upgrade, and magic upgrade in the quest. You can view that [here]. To Internet Explorer users: If your web browser scrunches the image, you should be able to maximize it by clicking on the image.

Neat. Like the Lost Isle item map. Thanks Pineconn.

I finished level 5 and got the cross, but I can't find "Mr. Tingle" to get the clue of where level 6 is. I am assuming that he will give the clue of how to do the maze in the desert. Can someone help?

Tingle is the guy in the house one north of the entrance to Sparsi Desert. After you buy all of his information, you'll need to find a cave in the desert that you need the Cross to get through.

Need help, go figure. I want to know where in what mountains do I slash the man on the head to receive a key for level 7? I went into the mountains to the very top and saw a man popping his head out, but this was not it. Thanks.

Also, is the wand in level 7?

Eddie 😎

I just got to level 4 and got the key that is right outside the dungeon. I go back into the dungeon and try to put the key in the keyhole doing down to another level and it doesn't go in. I have no idea what is wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

Merlim402 wrote:Need help, go figure. I want to know where in what mountains do I slash the man on the head to receive a key for level 7? I went into the mountains to the very top and saw a man popping his head out, but this was not it. Thanks.

Also, is the wand in level 7?

Eddie 😎


That man on top of the mountain is the right guy. Why don't you show him your hammer?

dxrocky2333 wrote:I just got to level 4 and got the key that is right outside the dungeon. I go back into the dungeon and try to put the key in the keyhole doing down to another level and it doesn't go in. I have no idea what is wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

Are you playing it with 2.10. This is one of the 2.5 bugs I ran into. What version are you using?

I am actually using the lost island build and everything so far has worked besides this. If that's the problem can I use my file on 2.1 at all?

You really should be playing in 2.10, if you can. This quest was neither designed nor tested with anything later. (Most of it works, but there are things that just don't.)

Is it possible to move the beta zc.sav to the 2.10 directory and use it? I don't know.

This also might maybe might be fixed in the latest beta?

Use. 2.10. Or. Else. Could I have made it any clearer? Should I put a message in the game?

I guarantee this "bug" is fixed in a later beta, but I don't know if you can transfer the save file.

Pineconn wrote:Use. 2.10. Or. Else. Could I have made it any clearer? Should I put a message in the game?

Yes. Before the into cutscene, have string say "Play this quest in 2.10 or your computer will blow up. You have ten seconds..."