Temple of Time (Twilight Princess)
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| Temple of Time | |
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.png) The Temple of Time | |
| Location(s) | Sacred Grove |
| Game(s) | Twilight Princess (2006) |
| Main Item | Dominion Rod |
| Mini-boss(es) | Darknut |
| Boss(es) | Armogohma |
- "This place has an oddly organized and quiet feel to it... but there is something ominous about it."
- — Midna
The Temple of Time is the sixth dungeon from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
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[edit] Story
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Link is forced to seek out the legendary Blade of Evil's Bane, the Master Sword, in order to break a curse placed upon him by Zant, the Usurper King of Twilight. After working his way through the Faron Woods and battling a forest spirit known as a Skull Kid, Link finds himself in the ruin of a grand, ancient temple which turns out to be the ruins of the Temple of Time, the home of the Master Sword used by the legendary Hero of Time a century earlier, during the Imprisoning War. After solving the puzzle presented by the statues meant to guard the Master Sword, Link finds the Blade of Evil's Bane in a solemn grove that was once the grand Chamber of the Master Sword, right where the Hero of Time left it at the end of the Imprisoning War. After the sword breaks the curse on Link, the Hero pulls it from the Pedestal of Time so that it may once again combat evil at his side.
Later in the game, Link is in search of an "ancient grove", one of the locations said to hold one of the lost shards of the broken Mirror of Twilight. He deduces that this grove is none other than the Sacred Grove. Returning to that hallowed place, Link inserts the sword into the Pedestal of Time for a brief moment, causing a statue guarding the main door of the former temple to vanish. Upon opening this door, the Door of Time, Link finds himself teleported back through time's flow, into the mighty Temple of Time as it had stood in the days of his forebearer, the Hero of Time. Going forth to the Chamber of the Master Sword, he stabs the Pedestal of Time once more to reveal a hidden staircase leading up to the window right behind the Pedestal of Time, the same window which Navi disappeared into at the end of Ocarina of Time. This turns out to be an illusion hiding another doorway. Proceeding through this doorway, the Hero of Twilight enters a whole new area of the temple. Inside the temple, he finds a magical rod called the Dominion Rod which had been left behind by the Oocca race - this rod allows him to make certain statues come to life and then control them. Eventually, he comes upon the chamber of a gigantic arachnid called Armogohma and uses the Dominion Rod to destroy the creature. With Armogohma's defeat, Link reclaims the shard of the Mirror of Twilight that had been sent into the temple by Zant.
Spoiler warning: Spoilers end here.
[edit] Dungeon
This dungeon is the one of the largest, and, arguably, one of the most difficult dungeons in the game, along with the City in the Sky. It consists of eight floors, sort of built like a tower. The main objective of this dungeon is to locate a statue that can open a large door leading to the boss. The dungeon is infested with spiders and includes electrical fences. Many of the puzzles involve weight, whether it be pushing down switches with small statues or getting across a giant pair of scales. It should be noted that once Link finds the statue, navigation through the dungeon is slightly easier, as the statue appears to be wielding a large hammer that can be used to smash gates and other things (like the pesky rolling spikes).
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[edit] Other appearances
Non-canon warning: This article or section contains non-canonical information that is not considered to be an official part of the Legend of Zelda series and should not be considered part of the overall storyline.
The Temple of Time appears as a level in Link's Crossbow Training, where he must clear it of twenty-five Lizalfos.
Non-canon warning: This article or section contains non-canonical information that is not considered to be an official part of the Legend of Zelda series and should not be considered part of the overall storyline.
[edit] Theories
Theory warning: This section contains theoretical information based on the viewpoints or research of one or several other users. It has not been officially verified by Nintendo and its factual accuracy is disputed.
Some suspect the new portion of the temple is actually the Light Temple spoken of in Ocarina of Time that sits at the heart of the Sacred Realm. It is also possible that it could be the Tower of the Gods from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
Theory warning: Theories end here.
