Walkthrough

    
                               

This walkthrough takes you through Skyward Sword from the Wing Ceremony to the final battle with Demise. It covers both the original Wii version and Skyward Sword HD. It sticks to the main path but points out the Heart Containers, Pieces of Heart and Goddess Cubes along the way. For complete lists, see the Heart Pieces, Goddess Cubes, Gratitude Crystals, Items and Bosses pages.

A few basics before you start:

  • Swordplay: Link's sword follows the direction you swing. Many enemies guard one side, so watch their weapons and attack where they're open. Raise the sword to charge a Skyward Strike, then swing to fire it.
  • Dowsing: Fi can track people, items and places for you. Hold the sword out and it beeps faster as you face the target.
  • Bird Statues: save at the bird statues. On the surface, they're also where you can fly back up to the sky.
  • Stamina: running, climbing and Spin Attacks use the stamina gauge. If it empties, Link stops to catch his breath.

1. Skyloft and the Wing Ceremony

  1. Zelda's Loftwing wakes Link with a letter about today's Wing Ceremony. Fledge asks you to carry some barrels. Outside, Instructor Horwell teaches you to target and climb, and asks you to rescue a cat stuck on a rooftop.
  2. Link's crimson Loftwing is missing. Groose and his friends have hidden it. In the Sparring Hall, the Practice Sword is in a chest in the back room. The Loftwing is trapped behind planks near the waterfall; cut the ropes to free it.
  3. At the Wing Ceremony race, fly above the other Loftwings and dive to catch the Bird Statuette. Zelda gives you her Sailcloth. Use it to land safely.
  4. Zelda and Link go flying, but a storm pulls Zelda down through the clouds. That night, a strange figure leads Link to the Statue of the Goddess. Inside, he draws the Goddess Sword, and its spirit, Fi, joins him.
  5. Fi gives you the Emerald Tablet. Place it in the statue to open a path through the clouds to the surface. Owlan gives you a Wooden Shield, Fledge gives you an Adventure Pouch, and Luv at the Bazaar gives you a free bottle.

2. Faron Woods

  1. Dive through the green beam to the Sealed Grounds. Use the vents to get out of the pit. In the Sealed Temple, an old woman tells you Zelda passed through here. A chest nearby holds a bottle with a Revitalizing Potion.
  2. In Faron Woods, Gorko the Goron explains the Bird Statues. The Kikwi elder Bucha knows where Zelda went, but his people are hiding. Find them all: shake one out of a tree by rolling into it, and cut grass to flush the others out.
  3. Bucha gives you the Slingshot. Use it to knock down the rolled-up vines so you can climb into the Deep Woods.
  4. In the Deep Woods, shoot down the hornet nests and beat the Bokoblins. Shoot the crystal switch above the temple door to open Skyview Temple.

3. Skyview Temple

  1. Eye-shaped switches seal some doors. Draw circles with your sword in front of an eye to make it dizzy. Shoot the crystal switches with the Slingshot to raise the water. The Dungeon Map is in the main room.
  2. Make the Eye Guardians dizzy to open the chests holding the Small Keys.
  3. In the central chamber, a Stalfos guards the Beetle. Fly it to cut ropes and hanging Deku Babas, and to hit switches you can't reach.
  4. The golden carving that opens the boss door is in a big chest; rotate it to fit the lock. Kill a Staldra by cutting all three heads at once.

Boss: Ghirahim. Feint with your sword to get past his hand. Take the Heart Container. At Skyview Spring, strike the emblem for the Ruby Tablet, then take it back to the Statue of the Goddess in Skyloft to open the way to Eldin.

4. Eldin Volcano

  1. Buy an Iron Shield before you go; a wooden shield will burn here.
  2. The Mogmas teach you about Bomb Flowers. Throw them, or roll them across the ground. Pyrups can only be beaten with bombs.
  3. A Mogma gives you the Digging Mitts. Dig up soft soil for items and air geysers.
  4. The Earth Temple is locked. Find the five pieces of its key, scattered across the volcano. Dowse for them; most are buried, so dig them up with the Digging Mitts. You'll need to knock over a lookout tower with a Bomb Flower and ride the air geysers to reach some of them.

5. Earth Temple

  1. Cut the ropes on the gears on both sides of the room, then cut the last one with the Beetle, to open the drawbridge.
  2. Hit a Bomb Flower on a lava structure to make a stone ball you can ride across the lava.
  3. The Mogma Ledd has lost his bag. Beat the two Lizalfos (attack the side their armored arm isn't covering) and open the chest for the Bomb Bag. Ledd lets you keep it.
  4. Find the Dungeon Map, then take the golden key piece from the big chest at the top of the ramp. Run when the giant boulder comes rolling after you.

Boss: Scaldera. Bomb it as it rolls down the ramp, get a bomb in its mouth to stun it, then slash its eye. Take the Heart Container and the Amber Tablet from the Earth Spring. Place the tablet in the Goddess statue to open Lanayru.

6. Lanayru Desert

  1. In the Lanayru Mine, push the mine cart off the ledge and use it to climb. Strike the Timeshift Stones to bring the area around them back to the past, when it was green and the machines worked.
  2. In the desert, avoid the Ampilus and Shield Bash the Technoblins. A robot upgrades your Beetle into the Hook Beetle, which can carry Bombs.
  3. At the Temple of Time, Gorko tells you Zelda was here. The way in is blocked, so you have to restart three power generators. Dowse for them and use the Timeshift Stones, Bombs and Ampilus eggs to reach them. Then the Lanayru Mining Facility rises from the sand.

7. Lanayru Mining Facility

  1. Hit the Froaks into the walls, and attack the Beamos close up. A ladder room holds a chest with a Small Key.
  2. A chest in the room with the Froaks holds the Gust Bellows. Blow away the sand to find hidden switches, chests and Rupees.
  3. Armos come alive when you blow their tops with the Gust Bellows. Spin them to expose the crystal, then slash it. Beat them for the Dungeon Map and the Ancient Circuit, which opens the boss door.

Boss: Moldarach. Slash the eyes in its claws, then thrust at the eye on its head, using the Gust Bellows to bring it back up when it burrows. Take the Heart Container. Ride the mine cart to the Temple of Time, where Zelda gives you the Goddess's Harp and escapes through the Gate of Time.

8. The Imprisoned and the Isle of Songs

  1. Back at the Sealed Temple, the old woman teaches you the Ballad of the Goddess on the harp. The Gate of Time appears.
  2. The Imprisoned breaks out. Cut its toes until it falls, then strike the seal spike on its head nine times and Skyward Strike the seal to drive it back. The old woman tells you to find three sacred flames to power up your sword.
  3. Headmaster Gaepora gives you a clue about "two whirling sails." Turn both windmills toward the Light Tower with the Gust Bellows. One windmill's propeller is missing. It's in Eldin Volcano, and Gondo's robot Scrapper fetches it for you once you've given Gondo an Ancient Flower.
  4. Play the harp at the top of the Light Tower. A beam opens the Thunderhead. Inside, solve the rotating bridge on the Isle of Songs: rotate the central block and hit the crystal switches on the right, top and right in turn. Strike the emblem inside to learn Farore's Courage.

9. Faron Woods: Farore's Silent Realm

  1. In Faron Woods, dowse for the trial gate, play Farore's Courage and stab your sword into the symbol. You enter a Silent Realm.
  2. Silent Realms: you have no items, and you can't fight. Collect all 15 Tears of Light. The Guardians wake if a Watcher spots you, if you step in Waking Water, or when the timer runs out; collecting a tear resets the timer. If a Guardian hits you, you start over. Light Fruits show where the tears are.
  3. Your reward is the Water Dragon's Scale, so you can swim. Climb the Great Tree and wake the Kikwi at the top with the Slingshot. He tells you how to open the gate to Lake Floria: draw the missing circle on it with your sword.
  4. At Lake Floria, follow Parella the guide through the underwater tunnels to the Water Dragon, Faron. Ghirahim has wounded her, and she needs Sacred Water. Go back to Skyview Temple, which has new enemies, and fill a bottle at the spring at the back. Bring the water to Faron. She stops the waterfall, revealing the Ancient Cistern.

10. Ancient Cistern

  1. A tablet at the entrance hints at the symbols on the giant statue's hands. Swim around the statue to find them, then enter the code: top, bottom, left, right.
  2. Get the Small Key, then beat the four-armed Stalmaster in the pit. It guards the Whip. Use the Whip to swing from hooks, pull levers and turn valves to make water geysers. The Dungeon Map is past the Whip swings.
  3. Flip the upside-down lily pad with the Whip and hit the switch behind it to stop the water. The Blessed Idol, the dungeon's boss key, is in a chest at the bottom of the main pit. Lower the giant statue in the main room, then whip the four valves to raise it again and open the way to the boss.

Boss: Koloktos. Whip its arms off and slash its core. In the second phase, take one of its own swords to break the cage around its core. Take the Heart Container and Farore's Flame, which turns your sword into the Goddess Longsword. On the Isle of Songs, learn Nayru's Wisdom.

11. Lanayru Desert: Nayru's Silent Realm and the Sand Sea

  1. Play Nayru's Wisdom at the trial gate north of the North Desert bird statue. Clear the Silent Realm for the Clawshots.
  2. In the Lanayru Caves, Golo the Goron gives you the key to the Sand Sea. Clawshot across the pillars.
  3. At the Sand Sea, strike the Timeshift Stone on the boat to bring it to life. The robot captain, Skipper, needs his old sea chart. Get it from his home at Skipper's Retreat, climbing with the Clawshots and blowing the dust off with the Gust Bellows.
  4. At the Shipyard, ride the mine cart up and beat a second Moldarach. At the Pirate Stronghold, carry a Timeshift Orb through the rooms to power them up.
  5. The Sandship is invisible. Use dowsing to find it, then hit it three times with the cannon to reveal it.

12. The Sandship

  1. Shoot the Timeshift Stones to bring parts of the ship back to the past. The lock pattern on the first door is bottom, top, bottom, right.
  2. Beat Scervo on the plank (Shield Bash his attacks and push him off the end). His chest holds the Bow.
  3. Find the Dungeon Map and the Small Keys. The robot crew give you the key to the captain's quarters. The Squid Carving opens the boss door.

Boss: Tentalus. Cut its tentacles, shoot its eye and slash it when it slumps. Take the Heart Container and Nayru's Flame, which turns your sword into the Goddess White Sword. On the Isle of Songs, learn Din's Power.

13. Eldin Volcano: Din's Silent Realm and the Volcano Summit

  1. Play Din's Power at the trial gate near the Volcano Ascent bird statue. Clear the Silent Realm for the Fireshield Earrings, which protect you from the heat at the summit.
  2. Ride the big air geyser up to the Volcano Summit. Cursed Spumes curse you so you can't use your sword or items; shoot them with arrows.
  3. Frog statues spit fire across the path. Pour water on a frog's tongue to put it out. For the big frog at the Fire Sanctuary, borrow a water basin from Faron, fill it with Lake Floria water, and have Scrapper carry it while you protect him from the Bokoblins along the way.

14. Fire Sanctuary

  1. Hit the water-filled plants to make stepping stones across the lava. Shoot the Bokoblin Archers. Beat the Blue Bokoblin for the Small Key.
  2. Free the trapped Mogma for the Mogma Mitts, which let you tunnel underground. He also gives you the Dungeon Map.
  3. Harden the Magmanos by throwing water-filled plants at them, then slash them. Kill the Moldorm by hitting its tail.
  4. Step on the statues' switches in order of how many wings they have, from fewest to most, to reach the boss key, the Mysterious Crystals. A Mogma who keeps resetting a gate switch gives you a Piece of Heart if you catch him.

Boss: Ghirahim. Feint past his grab and attack his open side. Take the Heart Container and Din's Flame. Your sword becomes the Master Sword.

15. The Sealed Grounds

  1. Skyward Strike the Gate of Time with the Master Sword. The Imprisoned breaks out again, and this time Groose helps with a catapult that fires Bombs at it to knock it off the walls. Cut its toes, strike the seal nine times and reseal it.
  2. Go through the Gate of Time to the past. Zelda blesses your sword, making it the True Master Sword. She tells you that to defeat Demise you need the Triforce, hidden in the sky.

16. Levias

  1. Headmaster Gaepora sends you to Owlan, who teaches you the Spiral Charge on your Loftwing. Hit ten targets within two minutes to pass his test.
  2. Bring Lumpy Pumpkin soup to the rainbow island in the Thunderhead with Scrapper's help. Levias the sky spirit appears, possessed by Bilocyte.
  3. Spiral Charge the four eyes on Levias's tentacles, land on its back, and bat Bilocyte's acid blobs back into its eye. Levias tells you that you need the Song of the Hero, which the three dragons each hold a part of.

17. The Song of the Hero

  1. Faron: the Imprisoned breaks out a third time. This time it can fly, and Groose's catapult launches you up to it. Faron Woods is flooded. Swim through the woods and collect the 17 groups of musical notes (Tadtones) for the Water Dragon, who gives you her part of the song.
  2. Eldin: the volcano erupts and Bokoblins capture you, taking all your gear. Sneak through the volcano to get your items back from chests, then reach the summit and the Fire Dragon for his part.
  3. Lanayru: the Thunder Dragon in Lanayru Gorge is dying. Plant a Tree of Life seedling in the past at the Sealed Temple, then come back to the present, where it's grown, and knock the Life Tree Fruit loose. The fruit heals the Thunder Dragon, and he gives you his part. He also runs the Lightning Round, a boss rush with prizes including a Piece of Heart and the Hylian Shield.
  4. Return to Levias for the last part. With the full song, you can open the final Silent Realm.

18. The Final Trial

  1. In Skyloft, dowse for the trial gate and play the Song of the Hero to enter Skyloft's Silent Realm. It's the hardest one, with more Watchers and Waking Water.
  2. Collect the tears to win the Stone of Trials. Place it in the bird statue missing its eye to reveal the Sky Keep.

19. Sky Keep

  1. The Sky Keep's rooms are pieces of a sliding puzzle; rearrange them on the map to reach new rooms. Each room is a mix of the areas you've visited before, and uses everything you've learned.
  2. The Dungeon Map is at the entrance. In the bomb statue room, hit the switches in the order the room shows you. Beat Dreadfuse like Scervo to get a key.
  3. Collect the three pieces of the Triforce. In the Courage room, you fight a series of tough enemies. In the Power room, you solve a lava puzzle. In the Wisdom room, you carry a Timeshift Orb. In each one, drive the Master Sword into the symbol on the floor.
  4. With the Triforce complete, the Goddess Statue falls to the surface. Once you go through the Gate of Time, the next two boss fights finish the game, so prepare first.

20. The Final Battle

  1. Fight down through waves of Bokoblins, Moblins and Stalfos in the Sealed Grounds.
  2. Ghirahim: knock him off the platform's edge, deflect his red beams back at him and thrust at the gem in his chest. Break his giant sword by slashing from the side he isn't guarding.
  3. Demise: save at the Bird Statue first. Strike where he isn't blocking. When the storm starts, raise your sword to catch the lightning and fire it at him, then finish him with a Fatal Blow.

Congratulations, you've finished Skyward Sword! Clearing the game unlocks Hero Mode.