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2nd Dark World Castle:
Watergate Dungeon

Getting in the Dungeon
From the Palace of Darkness, go in a southwestern direction, as if you were going to the Light World swampy area south of Link's house. When you encounter the pink pegs southwest of the Palace, squash them with your Hammer. The Dungeon is located in the southern part of the swamp. Before you can really do anything in the Dungeon, you must warp to Light World a little ways from the Dungeon entrance. Go into the Dungeon's reflection, get the Bombs if you haven't already, then go through the door. Pull the switch on the right. If you haven't done this before, Piece of Heart #6 is waiting outside for you. Now warp back to Dark World and enter the Dungeon.

Getting to the Big Room
Climb up the ladder to the left. Kill the water bugs, avoid the blue water blob, and get the key in the chest. Go through the door, bomb open the crack on the left, and get the Map. Go back into the other room, break the last pot, get the key, then go through the southwest door. Ignoring the fact that water and fire both exist in the same room, go through the door to the next room. Watch out for the gold roach traps: they spit out fire every time you use your sword, so be aware of where you're standing when you get ready to swing it. Go down the steps and through the door right in front of you. Get the key, then go back up the ladder in the previous room. Go through the door and hit the gophers. Rotate the switch to make the room fill up with water. Go back into the previous room and climb up the ladder you could not previously reach. Go through this door into what I call the "Big Room".

Retrieving the Big Key and Hookshot
In the Big Room there are little holes in the top of the walls. Little red monsters pop out of them and swim around, so be careful because they are quick. Go down the ladder and through the southern door. Go east and south through the door (careful: if you don't kill most of the red things, they will swamp the place). Go west and north through the next door. Push the eastern block east and open the chest to get the Compass. Go back into the Big Room. Go through the first door on your left. Climb down the ladder and through the door right in front of you. Grab the key then go back into the Big Room. Unlock and enter the door in the northwest corner. Stand below the switch, then hit it with your Boomerang. If you time it correctly, you can hit it so the spike gets caught on the other side of the blue barriers. Rotate the switch to fill the room with water. Go down through the door (make sure the switch is still blue), go back into the Big Room, and make the switch pink again. Now go back into the other room and go down the ladder, swim, and climb up the other one. In the next room, go down the ladder and immediately turn left. Push the bottom block left and middle block up. Go through the next door and kill all the water bugs you can before moving the gray block. If you need them, there are four hearts in pots south of you. Now go to the top right corner of the room and push the gray block north or south. Hop down the revealed hole. Go into the next room to get the Big Key. Make your way back into the Big Room and climb up the ladder in the middle of the room to the big treasure chest. You will be rewarded with a very cool and useful Hookshot.

To the Boss
Now hookshot to the island east of you by hitting the pot and flying over. Get the key (under the eastern-most pot) and then go back onto the middle platform. From there, hookshot to the platform north of you ahd go through the door. Go left and push the statue onto the switch under the northern-most pot. DO NOT go through the door that just opened. Go around to the east side of the room and through the door on the left. Go through the next door and rotate the switch to make the water drain out. Go through the now-accessible door and go down and east if you need rupees and hearts. If not, go through the north door. Now if you need Bombs, Arrows, or rupees, go through the door straight in front of you. If not, go through the second waterfall from the right. Go up the ladder to get Bombs, Arrows, and hearts (this is almost your last chance to stock up!) and go through the door. Go through the next door and you are now in the "Lake Room." You cannot kill the water bugs in here because you are too high up when standing on a platform, so swin fast and dodge them. Also, you can lure them to a certain place by tapping with your sword on a rail or wall, then making a break for it. Now go immediately east against the current -- push B quickly and repetitively to swim faster -- and get the key. Go back west to the third ladder from the right and bomb open the crack. This is it, so get all needed supplies. Exit, then go through the locked door by swimming in the Lake Room a little more. Go through the next door and you are face to face with . . .

The Boss of Watergate Dungeon: Arrghus
This guy is easy if you know what to do. The little eyes will periodically make a giant circle around the big one, so don't get caught up in that. First, get rid of all the little eyes with the Hookshot and two swipes of the sword. NOTE: if you stand on the east side of the room while hookshotting the little eyes, you can get hurt because of some glitch in the game. Go anywhere else to destroy them. Once all the little eyes are dead, the big eye will jump at you from the ceiling -- so move! -- then will splash around, so hit its pupil. Once you have done this enough, it will die and you will be out of this Dungeon with another Heart Container and crystal.