In this section, I will list all of the floors in the Cave of Ordeals, along
with strategies for each floor and such. Once you reach the Gerudo Desert, head
to the southeast portion of the desert to find a high ledge. Clawshot to the
tree there, then you will find a platform with a big bridge stuck in the sand.
Have Midna warp this bridge to the Bridge of Eldin, and it'll be repaired. The
hole the bridge was covering will now be revealed, and inside is a cave known
as the Cave of Ordeals. There are fifty floors, and each floor consists of a
certain amount of enemies. Also, you have to have all of the main items to get
through the cave, including the Double Clawshots. Which means that you can't
get through all fifty floors without getting the Double Clawshots first.
Each time you get to a new set of floors (such as 20, then 30, etc.), you have
to use a certain item to get around the room after clearing it. This is why it
is required to have all of the main items in the game. Every ten floors, you
will meet a Great Fairy. She will put fairies in a spring for you to get at any
given time. On the last floor, you meet the final Great Fairy. She fills up one
of your bottles with Great Fairy Tears. Go in with at least three bottles, and
have them filled with Red Potions or fairies. Now, let the strategies begin.
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Floor #1
Foes: Bokoblin (x1)
Strategy: Nothing to worry about. Just defeat it like you would normally.
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Floor #2
Foes: Keese (x3), Rat (x3)
Strategy: Again, nothing at all to worry about. If need be, use your bow to
defeat the Keese, then your sword to defeat the rats.
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Floor #3
Foes: Deku Baba (x4)
Strategy: There's one Deku Baba on the ceiling. Shoot the stem with an arrow,
then just defeat them.
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Floor #4
Foes: Spider (x4)
Strategy: To make this room much more simpler, stay on the upper ledge and use
your bow to take out the spiders.
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Floor #5
Foes: Bokoblin Archer (x3)
Strategy: Make sure you've entered this room with the Hylian Shield equipped.
These guys will shoot flaming arrows at you. Just defeat them with
your sword, blocking their arrows with your shield in the process.
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Floor #6
Foes: Fire Slug (x9)
Strategy: Shoot the slugs on the ceiling with arrows, then jump down and take
care of the rest on the ground.
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Floor #7
Foes: Fire Keese (x5), Dodongo (x2)
Strategy: Get rid of the flames on the Fire Keese using the Gale Boomerang, and
then finish them off with arrows. Jump down and take care of the
Dodongos, which should be easy with the Master Sword.
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Floor #8
Foes: Blue Tektite (x2), Red Tektite (x4)
Strategy: Either use your sword, or use your bow to take out these spiders.
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Floor #9
Foes: Bokoblin Archer (x2), Lizalfos (x2)
Strategy: A pretty simple floor. Just go for the archers first, then go for the
Lizalfos with your sword.
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Floor #10
Foes: N/A
Strategy: No enemies here. Just a light. Examine it and the Great Fairy will
appear. After her speech, continue to the next room.
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Floor #11
Foes: Rat (x14), Helmasaur (x3)
Strategy: Go for the rats first. After that, Clawshot the Helmasaurs so that
you pull their masks off, making them an easy target. Ride the tracks
along the wall with the Spinner, then land on the platform leading to
the next room.
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Floor #12
Foes: Purple ChuChu (x1)
Strategy: Not a hard floor at all. Keep attacking the Chuchu to get it to
split, and repeat this until you get rid of it completely.
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Floor #13
Foes: Bubble Bug (x4)
Strategy: Use the Clawshot while targeting these enemies to pull them out of
their bubble, then just attack them. Repeat this for all four.
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Floor #14
Foes: Winged Bubble (x15)
Strategy: These enemies are flying skulls. Jump down and the skulls will come
to life. Use your Spin Attack to get rid of all of them quickly.
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Floor #15
Foes: Bokoblin (x10)
Strategy: This is not much different than any other battle you've had with a
pack of Bokoblins. Just go down and defeat them all.
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Floor #16
Foes: Rat (x6), Keese (x6)
Strategy: Not a difficult room. From the upper ledge, take out the Keese with
the bow, then the rats with your sword.
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Floor #17
Foes: Poe (x1), Skeletal Dog (x10)
Strategy: Get rid of the Poe (in wolf form). Then, defeat the Skeletal Dogs
with your sword.
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Floor #18
Foes: Leever (x8)
Strategy: These enemies can get annoying, but are nothing too difficult. As
always, use your sword to defeat them.
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Floor #19
Foes: Many ChuChus
Strategy: You know how to defeat Chuchus. Just attack them until they disappear
completely, and be careful of their only attack: hopping towards you.
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Floor #20
Foes: N/A
Strategy: No enemies here. Just a light. Examine it and the Great Fairy will
appear. After her speech, continue to the next room.
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Floor #21
Foes: Bokoblin (x5), Ice Keese (x5)
Strategy: You'll need the Ball and Chain to get through this room. Shoot the
Ice Keese from the upper platform, then kill the Bokoblins.
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Floor #22
Foes: Rat (x8), Keese (x5), Invisible Rat (x8)
Strategy: This might prove to be an annoying floor because of the invisible
rats; they slow you down when they latch onto you. Kill the Keese
with your bow from a distance, then jump down and when the invisible
rats latch onto you, become a wolf and use your Spin Attack. Then,
finish off the normal rats.
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Floor #23
Foes: Stalkin (x30)
Strategy: Thirty enemies at once might sound rough, but it's actually quite
easy. Jump down and use your Spin Attack until you take care of them.
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Floor #24
Foes: ReDead (x5)
Strategy: Be very careful in this room, and try to avoid their attacks as much
as you can. Shoot Bomb Arrows at them from a distance for an easy
kill for these enemies.
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Floor #25
Foes: Bullblin (x6), Bullblin Archer (x6)
Strategy: Take care of the one on the tower first, then get rid of the rest of
the archers. Once they're gone, take care of the normal ones.
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Floor #26
Foes: Stalfos (x3)
Strategy: This floor is not too bad if you know what you're doing. Get their
attention and have them walk towards you, then place a bomb. If you
did it right, they'll all walk into it and die immediately.
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Floor #27
Foes: Spider (x3), Winged Bubble (x8)
Strategy: Take out the spiders using your bow, then jump down and fight the
Winged Bubbles with your sword. Easy as that.
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Floor #28
Foes: Bokoblin (x6), Lizalfos (x2)
Strategy: Get rid of the Bokoblins first, then go for the helmed Lizalfos. This
isn't too difficult.
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Floor #29
Foes: Stalkin (x12), Fire Bubble (x2), Stalfos (x2)
Strategy: This floor might be a pain. Be sure to get rid of the Stalkins first,
then the Stalfos, then the Fire Bubbles.
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Floor #30
Foes: N/A
Strategy: No enemies here. Just a light. Examine it and the Great Fairy will
appear. After her speech, continue to the next room.
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Floor #31
Foes: Keese (x8), Beamos (x5)
Strategy: Be careful here. Stay on the upper ledge and snipe the Keese, then
kill the Beamos one by one. Their lasers might hurt you a bit, which
is why you have to be careful in here.
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Floor #32
Foes: Fire Keese (x6), Fire Slug (x6), Fire Bubble (x6), Dodongo (x2)
Strategy: This floor is dark. Be very careful. Shoot the Fire Slugs on the
ceiling with arrows, and then shoot the Keese. From there, defeating
the other enemies should be easy.
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Floor #33
Foes: Poe (x1), ReDead (x4)
Strategy: Kill the Poe first. Then, just kill the ReDeads from a distance using
some Bomb Arrows.
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Floor #34
Foes: Invisible Rat (x8), ChuChu (x8)
Strategy: Jump down and immediately turn into a wolf, then use your senses.
Kill the invisible rats that will latch onto you, then the ChuChus.
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Floor #35
Foes: Ice Keese (x6), Freezard (x1)
Strategy: From the top platform, pick off the Ice Keese with your bow, then
kill the Freezard with the Ball and Chain.
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Floor #36
Foes: Chilfos (x4)
Strategy: These guys are simply a pain. Jump down and quickly take them out
with the Ball and Chain.
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Floor #37
Foes: Leever (x8), Ice Bubble (x8)
Strategy: Go for the Leevers first. After that, the Ice Bubbles shouldn't be
much of a problem.
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Floor #38
Foes: Ice Keese (x6), Freezard (x2), Chilfos (x4), Ice Bubble (x4)
Strategy: This floor can get nasty! Kill the Ice Keese with your bow from the
top platform, then quickly kill the Freezards and Chilfos using the
Ball and Chain. Finally, kill the Ice Bubbles.
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Floor #39
Foes: Iron Knuckle (x2)
Strategy: You'll have to be extremely careful here. Try to take on one of them
at a time. You might have to heal (you had better brought potions or
fairies) to get past this room. Just don't rush it.
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Floor #40
Foes: N/A
Strategy: No enemies here. Just a light. Examine it and the Great Fairy will
appear. After her speech, continue to the next room.
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Floor #41
Foes: Armos (x9)
Strategy: Attack only one Armos at a time, and this room will be much easier.
Be careful and you should come out fine.
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Floor #42
Foes: Bokoblin (x6), Deku Baba (x6)
Strategy: Easy enough. Just kill the Deku Babas first, then kill the Bokoblins.
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Floor #43
Foes: Bullblin Archer (x6), Lizalfos (x3)
Strategy: Get rid of the archers first, because they can really get in the way.
After that, the Lizalfos shouldn't be a problem.
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Floor #44
Foes: Poe (x1), Armored Lizalfos (x4)
Strategy: Become a wolf and get rid of the Poe immediately. Fight one of the
Armored Lizalfos at once.
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Floor #45
Foes: Bullblin Archer (x2), ReDead (x5), ChuChu (x12)
Strategy: The ReDeads will mostly be the problem here. Kill the archers from
the top platform first, then the ReDeads with Bomb Arrows. Then, kill
all twelve Chuchus.
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Floor #46
Foes: Freezard (x2), Chilfos (x3), Invisible Rat (x8)
Strategy: Kill the Freezards and Chilfos first with the Ball and Chain. Turn
into a wolf and get rid of the rats afterwards.
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Floor #47
Foes: Bokoblin (x1), Rat (x10), Stalkin (x20)
Strategy: Pretty easy. Kill the Bokoblins and Rats first, then Spin Attack all
of the Stalkins.
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Floor #48
Foes: Aeralfos (x2), Iron Knuckle (x1)
Strategy: Try and get rid of the Iron Knuckle first. Be careful here, because
you could take some hard hits.
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Floor #49
Foes: Iron Knuckle (x3)
Strategy: Here it is: the final floor with enemies in it. Do your best, and
make sure you're stocked up as much as possible. I hope you have a
lot of hearts; just give it all you've got! Good luck.
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Floor #50
Foes: N/A
Strategy: No enemies here, just the last Great Fairy. She'll fill up one of
your bottles with Great Fairy Tears. If you come back to the cave
again, there will be some more enemies and you'll be able to get
another bottle filled with the tears. Go to any spring in the game,
and you'll be able to talk to the light spirits. They'll fill your
bottles with more Great Fairy Tears if you don't have any in any of
your bottles. Congratulations!
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