18: Sunshine on the Illusions of Ikana

Make sure you have a big bomb, and a fairy or two for this section. Some of the monsters can really suck your health off, especally the floating hands and the mummies, if you dont wear the mummy mask. Wearing the mask will make them dance and not bother you at all.

Use the shield to reflect light onto the sun symbol until a ladder appears. Then do it again and a passage will open up. Take the passage back outside and climb up the stairs to be in another section of Ikana. Go around the pillars and enter the door here. Go left in the first room. In order to open that door, you need to hit the frozen eye on the pillar with a fire arrow. There is a frozen eye for both doors, you you want the left one. In the next room, hit the switch then run across the room with the Bunny Hood. Wait till the ceiling falls, then hit the switch on the other side as Deku Link, use the closest flower launcher, and launch up to hit the switch. Change back to regular Link to activate it. In the room with the switch in the corner, kill the spiders with arrows first, and Hookshot the steel balls so they explode, then launcher over to the switch, and Bunny jump back to the door. To get back, you will need to jump to the platform closest to you, then again to the door. Finally, launch over to the far door. When you get outside again, jump on the walls and look for a Deku launcher. Launch over to the switch, hit it, then go back to the wall. You can get a heart piece here by hitting the silver switch with the Hookshot or an arrow, then launching over the pillar where the flames were as Deku Link.

Jump back down and enter again, back to the room where you had to melt the eyes with the fire arrow. You need to wait for day time, and goto the right room. Shine light onto the sun emblem with your shield and continue on. If you have trouble with the hand monster, you can shine light on him to destroy him. If he flies over to you, Block him with your shield, but if a mini-hand grabs onto you, it will grow. In the next room, you get to fight a mini boss just like the one in the second dungeon. This time he will take a few more hits, and he will spit fire rather than ice. Not too tough, but I won't explain how to beat him since you should already know. One thing though, watch out for the fire he shoots at you, beacause sometimes a spark might fly off and hit you.

After you beat him, climb up the stairs and onto the roof of this place. Walk over to where the huge crater-type thing with the green arrow point is, and put a big bomb on the arrow. Jump down the hole, and you will be back in the first room, with sunlight shining down through the roof. Use the shield to reflect it onto the icon, and go foward to fight a boss.

Boss: The 3 Guardians of Ikana

There will be a skeleton sitting in the char at the top of the steps, and 2 on the floor that will try and attack you. 2 hits with the level 3 sword will temporarily knock out the ones on the floor, but they block well. The one in the chair will kick you down if you try to rush up to him. First thing to do is shoot the curtains with a fire arrow. Then knock down the 2 skeletons and shine light on their corpse. When they are dead, the big one will stand up and attack. Block his sword swipes with your shield and counter. If he starts to spit dust, back away or hit him and he will stop. When he falls over, shine light on his corpse as well. You will learn the Mekagera's Elegy Song. This song will create an image of Link, so it will be useful for hitting switches.