Zelda II - The Adventure of Link (Zelda 2) Walkthrough on Nes: Donjon 3 - le Palace of the Island of the Cemetery
Map of the Palace of the Island of the Cemetery

As always, before actually entering the palace, fill up your life with Life and regain your magic with the potion of the entrance statue. This palace does not have many intersections and you should not get lost.

First go down the elevator and head to the right. Kill the doomknocker with the low attack (1) that you just learned and continue your way (this enemy being quite dangerous, you can optionally use the low attack to go over it and continue without killing it). Kill the myu with the low attack and the armored Stalfos. This one is not very dangerous, it always hits high and it is enough to hit it low (2). When it tries the low attack, try to pass underneath it. Cross the next room by jumping over the Myus to arrive in a large room where blocks are falling. I advise you to cross the room without stopping. If you fear for your green hat, stop under a large stone block and wait for the bricks to fall to your right, avoiding the eye's fire shots. Once 3 blocks are stacked you can dig underneath (we weren't convinced by Newton's theories at the time), the 3rd block will remain in the air and will protect you (3). Continue to the right.

Go up to the key and use the low attack to go get it (1). If you want to take the "100 bag", dig below (2) then retrace your steps and climb back onto the blocks. Go right while killing or avoiding the doomknocker. Use "Jump" and go right by climbing on the blocks (3) and being careful of the Myus.

Thanks to the Jump magic, you can jump over the hole (1). Continue to the right in the open-air part, kill the red ironknuckle while avoiding the fire (2), take the key (3) and retrace your steps. Fall into the hole over which you had jumped, killed the red armored stalfos and go down the elevator.

Go to the right while paying attention to the wolf heads. Before opening the door, you can optionally use the jump magic to hit the wolf head statue on the left (1) which may contain a red potion (or an ironknuckle). Break the blocks (break 3, it's safer than 2 for your jump) to be able to pass and jump from platform to platform. Along the way, collect the key and kill the red ironknuckle (2) (or send it into the lava by fighting while advancing). If you have all your health, kill the bots from afar before jumping on their platform (3). Otherwise, the safest way remains to wait for them to free the platform by jumping into the lava (not very smart these critters).

Get rid of the 2 ironknuckles and take the raft. Warning, the blue one throws swords instead of hitting with it, it can get you from afar. Furthermore, it hits faster and is more resistant. Do not hesitate to use the shield magic when entering the room. Retrace your steps while always paying attention to the bots on the platforms. Continue left at the level of the elevator while parrying the balls of the wolfs head (1) (yes, we are perfectly bilingual at nintendo forever). It is better to kill the bots by bending down. If you jump to perform a low attack, you risk "shifting" the wolfs head (which appear at your height) and when they are not at your height, it is more difficult to counter their balls. Continue left while killing the ironknuckle and without going down (2). Go left and go down to the key (3). To get out faster, it is better to dig diagonally to the left of the key with the low attack before going to get it. Once recovered, dig quickly to the left, climb back on the blocks, go to the elevator on the right and go down.

Kill the red armored stalfos (1) then the doomknocker and go right (there is a 100 bag for you if you use jump). In the next room, go down and go to the far right (kill the ironknuckle) take the 100 bag then retrace your steps. Go back up and go to the right. Break the blocks of the left row to go face the blue ironknuckle (2) then go beat the red one (3) on the right by breaking the blocks. If you want to avoid the blue one, stand on the right row of blocks, wait for it to disappear to the left of the screen and dig vertically then go quickly to the right to the red ironknuckle (it's quite dangerous because if the blue one sees you, you will have to counter its attacks while fighting with the red one). Continue to the right to arrive in the boss room.

As always, use the shield magic before going to face it. This boss is actually a blue ironknuckle on horseback. The fight is divided into 2 phases.

1. The boss is on horseback and you must unhorse him. To do this, wait for him near the center of the room and jump on him with the low attack when he charges you (if you want you can use the jump magic).
2. Once the enemy has fallen, he fights like an ironknuckle. Always keep the shield in front of his swords and try to hit where he does not have his shield during the moments of respite. As he retreats quite quickly and one cannot touch him in the corner, it will be necessary to retreat to the other end of the room and attack him again if he gets stuck there. As he keeps his distances, it will be easier to jump with the low attack on him (if you used "jump") to get closer. Moreover, you can touch him from time to time with this attack. Try to jump over him before he gets stuck in the corner

The boss brings 300, you can seal the palace and continue the adventure (save).