Zelda II - The Adventure of Link (Zelda 2) Walkthrough on Nes: Donjon - le
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To start this palace, you must have the magic key. There is a way to make it shorter than the walkthrough since I took the experience bags to gain a level before the end.

Go down one floor and go right. Use jump and break a block with the high attack to go grab the 100 experience point bag after killing the 2 skull head bubbles. Cross the elevator without going down and kill the few enemies (bubbles, moa, stalfos) blocking your path to go get the 200 experience point bag in the middle of the stones. Retrace your steps and go down via the elevator.

Go right after using the reflect magic to kill the wizzrobes and be able to counter the doomknocker's maces. Continue your path, kill or drop the blue ironknuckle then use the jump magic to easily pass the holes on the right.

Open the door and kill the blue ironknuckle. Go get the red potion in the statue and go right. Use reflect to kill the wizzrobes trying not to be seen by the statues on the wall.

Cross the room rushing and try to jump over the first ball sent by the right statue while passing underneath the next one then quickly continue right. Continue towards the right and take the 100 experience point bag if you really need it then go back up and go into the room on the right. Jump over the hole (worst case make jump) then continue right.

In this large room, move forward and jump from the second slab after the third statue (1) to avoid falling into the fake floor (colored blue here). Break the wall and continue to face the small boss. If this boss had given you a hard time in the 3rd level, it shouldn't be the case anymore as you have gathered so much experience. Start by waiting for it to do the low attack when it passes then beat it like a normal ironknuckle trying not to have it go hide too much on an edge of the screen.

Go take the cross on the right (it will allow you to see invisible enemies) and come back towards the left. Fall into the hole where there is a fake floor then go take the 200 bag on the right after killing the red ironknuckle. Come back left killing or avoiding the baddies then go up the elevator.

Eliminate the doomknocker then jump on the small wall on the right then re-jump immediately to arrive at the top. Cross towards the left jumping with a little momentum (once again, think of the jump magic if you have trouble. Cross the rooms with the shooting head statues then jump over the big hole to fall into the small one right after.

Go take the 50 bag on the left killing the blue ironknuckle then fall 2 times in a row staying on the left to go take the 200 bag. Fall one more time to return to the top room (with a big hole and a small hole). This time, fall right into the big hole then fall again to arrive at the floor where you didn't take a bag and go quickly right before the platform collapses.

Open the door, kill the blue ironknuckle then continue right. Cross the next room without falling into the lava by killing or not the enemies and breaking the blocks. Sometimes it's better to be patient and wait for the Myus to commit suicide rather than share a platform with them. Use reflect to kill the wizzrobes if you need experience, kill the red ironknuckle and continue towards the right.

Use fairy to cross the next room trying to avoid enemies. Continue towards the right until the elevator taking care of the monsters according to your experience.

If you need money, take the elevator, go left and go collect the 100 bag in the middle of the stones and Wolfs heads. Leave towards the right and retake the elevator.

Open the door on the right and advance to the boss. Same tactic as usual to kill him. Once dead, continue towards the right until the hole leading to the floor below.

If you want to win a life (and I do not advise you because it's risky), go right. There is 1 blue ironknucle and 2 bubbles. The ideal is to advance little by little to fight them one by one but it won't be easy because the ironknuckle retreats quickly and often. Take the life and return to the hole.

Equip fairy and jump into the hole. On the floor below, quickly use fairy and go completely to the right passing through the small path.

This orange lava hydra (Barba) is quite dangerous because it can easily send you to the lava. Before it arrives put yourself on one of the 2 middle platforms, choose an "entrance" (one of the 3 lava pits) and hit very quickly in case it comes out there. If it comes out there you should touch it. Then jump and hit it staying very close to it so that the shot it makes before going back down doesn't send you into the lava. In case the hydra appears far away, put yourself at the edge of the platform on the side where the hydra is. If it shoots, try to avoid the laser by jumping in place.

The boss yields 700, you can seal the palace and continue the adventure (save).