Cave of Shadows

New The Cave of Shadows is an optional dungeon that is only in Twilight Princess HD. You open it by scanning the Wolf Link amiibo on the Collection screen. Like the Cave of Ordeals it is a gauntlet of rooms full of enemies, but it has 40 floors and you have to fight every one of them as Wolf Link: you can't change back to human form inside.

The Rules

• Wolf only: no sword, no items. Midna's energy-field attack (hold the attack button) is your best friend against groups.
• No hearts from enemies, and fairies don't work: a bottled fairy won't save you if you run out of hearts. The only hearts are dug up from the middle of the room on floors 6, 9, 13, 20, 27, 32 and 38 (marked below).
• Three sections: floors 1 to 5, then 7 to 19, then 21 to 39, with a treasure floor and an exit after each. You must leave and come back to start the next section, and you can't skip floors, so the first time through you clear the cave in three trips.
• When each section opens: the first after you restore light to Faron Province, the second after the cutscene that follows the Arbiter's Grounds, and the third after you power up the Master Sword in the Palace of Twilight.
• Scores and checkpoints: after each section the game scores you on hearts left, time, best combo and amiibo used. The Wolf Link amiibo saves how many hearts you finished with; scanning it again inside the cave refills your hearts to that number.

The Reward

Clear floor 39 and the Great Fairy on floor 40 gives you a wallet upgrade. If you already have the Giant Wallet from Agitha (all 24 Golden Bugs), it's the Colossal Wallet, which holds 9,999 Rupees. The door behind her opens onto a giant statue of the Wolf Link amiibo. The number of hearts you have left when you finish also sets Wolf Link's health if you use the amiibo in Breath of the Wild.

Floor by Floor