Sword & Shield Maze

Collect and Gasha Seeds and head to
the Temple Remains at 5-E. Go up and
jump across the pit to the right. Kill the
centaurs then go up at the entrance. Go
west and then north. When you come to
a huge pit, use the Pegasus Seed and
Roc's Cape to jump your way across.
It will take a while, but it can be done.
Once there, go around. Make sure that
the season is Winter. Cross the snow
and to the portal to subrosia.
Go north from the portal and into the
cave. A subrosian will be inside throwing
things into the spot of lava. He says
that it can cause fireworks. You can't
throw much in yourself except seeds and
a bomb. Throw in a bomb and the
volcanoes above will erupt and spill all
over the temple remains. Head back to
Holodrum.
Change the season to Summer and head
to the southeast corner. Defeat the
centaurs and climb the vines. Hop across
the lava and west. Enter the cave and
make your way out. Go west and enter
another one. Continue until you enter a
building. Enter and take the portal to
Subrosia. Head directly north and enter
the Sword & Shield Maze.
This is the 8th and final level where you
get an Essence. From the entrance, go
up then right. Shoot the eye with a seed
and make your way to the Small Key
that drops. Go back left and up. Make
your way up again, ignoring the 3 statues
for now. Kill the Magnet Monsters to
open the door. Blow up the cracked
blocks and use the N ball to kill the
Hardhat Beetle. Grab the Small Key
and go right.
Head right until you come to a locked
block. Unlock it and go down the stairs.
Make your way to the lower door and
enter. Jump over the rollers and watch
out for the Wallmasters. Head to the
stairs in the lower right part of the room.
This next part is tricky. Jump to the
platform while avoiding the rotating
flames. Continue left and up the ladder.
Avoid the rollers and the lava pit to the
bottom door. Jump over the large spikes
and kill the Fire Keese. Press the button
on the right wall and go through the lower
right door. Go up the stairs. Kill the
Spiked Beetles but be careful, as you
are on ice. Grab the Compass from the
chest and make your way back down
the stairs and unlock the right door. Go
on the spinner which will take you up.
Go left and back to the spinner room and
let it take you down.
Don't kill anything! Wait for the Armos
to come alive then kill it. Kill everything
else and take the stairs that the armos
was guarding. Make your way right an
grab the Dungeon Map. While you are
down here, pull the N ball with the
Magnet Gloves to the edge of the lava.
Then with the N polarity, push it against
the wall and to the button, which will form
a bridge. Return up the stairs and go
right. Go down the stairs there.
Go left and kill the Armos. Grab the
Hyper Slingshot from the chest. Now
go right and jump to the bridge and go
up the stairs. Head up and across the
ledge. Go left and to the spinner, which
will take you right. Grab the Key and
return to the spinner which will take you
up. Go right and down the ladder. Use
the Magnet Gloves to pull yourself over
the lava pit. Continue right.
Use the Hyper Slingshot to shoot the 3
statues at once to reveal a stairway. Go
up it. Bomb the cracked blocks and
make your way left. Kill the soldiers and
blow up the front corner blocks. Push
the block to the side and grab the Small
Key. Go back down the stairs and
unlock the door to the right to the mini
boss room.
Frypolar is relatively easy. Just watch
out for his fire/ice attack. Shoot it with
a Mystery Seed to turn it blue. Wait for
it to drop a piece of ice. Shoot both the
ice and Frypolar with a Mystery Seed to
make the ice throwable and to change
Frypolar to red. Throw the ice at him
with the Power Bracelet. Repeat until
defeated. You can now find another ring.
Take the warp and go to 3-A. Shoot the
3 eyes with the Hyper Slingshot to reveal
a chest with a ring.
Weither you get the ring (which is
appraised as a Steadfast Ring), go up
from Frypolar's room. Shoot the side
torches with an Ember Seed then the
middle one to reveal a stairway. Go up
and meet the ice puzzle. Push the bottom
ice to the right and have it land on the
tan squares. Push the middle block down,
right, then up. Push the top block left,
down, right, up, then right again. Push the
last block right to solve reveal the stairs.
Take the stairs and make your way
left. Watch out, as the blocks are icey.
Climb the ladder and press the button
to reveal a bridge. Go right 2 rooms.
Use the Magic Boomerang to flip the
switch to reveal a bridge. Go down.
Slash one of the edge vases and push
the middel on to the button. Make your
way to the lower right door. Kill the
Ball & Chain trooper to make a chest
appear on the left side.
Go back and to open the next door,
you have to kill all of the monsters.
Kill the Keese and to kill the Pol Voices
easily, just play your flute. Go down and
grab the Boss Key. Go directly down
from there to enter the ice puzzle room.
Unlock the left door and go left. Bomb
the upper wall at the room with a cart.
Follow the ghost's movement's exactly
to make a Small Key drop. Go back
down.
Grab a block of ice and go through the
door going down. Throw it into the
pit and watch the lava below harded
right up. Go down the stairs and grab
the Small Key. Go back up. Grab
another block of ice and hop in the
cart. When you stop, unlock the block
and throw the ice in (you will have to
drop the ice to unlock the block). Again,
the lava will harden. Hop back in the
cart.
Grab another block of ice and hop back
in the cart. When you stop, drop the
ice and flip the switch. Go back in the
cart and when you stop, throw the ice
in the pit. Go back and unlock the door
going down. Take the stairs to the right
and follow down and right to another set
of stairs. Follow right and grab the Small
Key at the end. Return to the lower level
and go down and left. Grab the bombs
in the chest and take the nearby stairs.
Take the cart and go up when stopped.
Flip the switch so that the tracks go to
the upper right door. Get in the cart and
grab another piece of ice. Hop in the
cart and when stopped, go down to
another cart. When stopped again,
throw the ice in the pit and the lava will
harden. Go down the stairs. Go up all
the way and unlock the block. Head
right and unlock the boss door. Equip
your cape and sword.
This boss isn't too tough. The only one
to watch out for is the once where it is
in the center of the room and spits out
gas which can turn you to stone. Jump
over any attacks and use a Pegasus Seed
to catch up to it then spin attack it. When
hit, it will disappear and reappear in a
different spot. Continue until dead, which
could take a while without the Red Ring
and Noble Sword. Grab the Heart and
the Essence of Changing Seasons.