voldeganon
CAG Veteran
Idk if anybody has done this yet but, starting with 24:00 on the clock, I've gone thru all 12 floors including the final area with the nine phantoms blocking the door, and still had 24:00 left on the hourglass, no hacks, no cheat codes, without getting hit once by a phantom, & claiming the defeat all phantom awards for the last four floors in the dungeon before the room with 9. I'm pretty sure this is guiness book of world records material because nothing can beat a score like that. Quickest time ever: 0 seconds? And I can tell you exactly what to do to get this time.
The floors were designed, I think, to give you the ability to complete the temple using no seconds. The first 6 floors are actually trickier to complete in 0:00 than 7-12. Once you know what you're doing, and you know exactly where all the shortcuts and yellow pots are located, and where to use your items exactly, it becomes easy.
Due to pure laziness I will only explain how to finish floors 7-12 with 0:00 taken from your time. I will cover the first 6 floors another time.
Okay. Starting from when you first enter the yellow portal at the start of the temple, make sure you have full items, all items ready, full health, etc. Have your Hookshot equipped and step into the yellow light. Go down the stairs, and you're at floor 7. As soon as the block heads your way, press your L or R button and quickly let go as you step onto the block. This way, when you encounter the flying arrows, your shield is up. Stepping onto the 3rd block, prepare your hookshot again to latch onto the chest containing the circle piece and take it. Move across the block to the safe zone as quickly as possible. You can put the piece down temporarily & hookshot the yellow pot on the previous platform. Switch to bombchus & pick up the piece again. Now wait for the red phantom to start walking up the place the fire unblocked. When this happens, run down to the bottom stairs, avoiding the glances of the phantoms & go to floor 8. On Floor 8, instantly run up and to the right. Once you cross the alarm-section, throw your circle piece north and instantly use your bombchu thru the little mouse hole onto the switch. Pick up the piece while the bombchu is still going and run for the north door ahead. The door is locked, but as soon as the bombchu connects with the switch, the door will have opened for you and you will already be heading towards it. Head down to floor 9.
Immediately kill the creature in the northeast corner where you are with a boomerang. You will have plenty of time to collect the bounty from the phantom and receive 0:00 for those 3 floors even without its aid. Move the circle piece over to the safe zone and throw it in there. Wait for the phantom to pass thru the middle, then stab it behind the back and kill it, taking the square piece. Move down to where the chest for defeating the phantom materializes and claim your randomized boat part. Now as you move up with your square over to the pedestal, you can kill another creature and absorb 30 seconds. Wait until you get the triangle over into the safe zone before you hit the 3rd creature for 30 seconds, then wait to put down the final creature until all 3 pieces are nestled in the safe zone. You should have between 24:00 & 23:30 left when the door opens to let you down to floor 9. This is all right, as you will find a yellow pot in the next room, which you can use to bring it back up to 24:00. Equip your bombchus and head down to Floor 10.
IMMEDIATELY upon entering Floor 10, use a bombchu and hit the north switch thru the hole. Run left immediately afterwards up to the stationary boulder, which takes 2-3 seconds from the clock if done correctly. The bombchu will make the spikes go down. Quickly push the boulder down the slope and it will kill the phantom. Run down and claim the small key. immediately after claiming the key, launch another bombchu onto the south switch and run back up and around. Just keep running and the second set of spikes should not deter you if timed correctly. Run to the safe zone and hit the switch if you like to prevent the spikes from coming up. Use one last bombchu and carefully maneuver it around the phantom so it hits the cracked wall and not the phantom. Now use your boomerang and claim the yellow pot for 15 seconds. Equip your hammer and use its sound to draw the phantom near so you can strike it and kill it. This will make a chest appear. Run down and up thru the hole u opened and wait in the safe zone, killing the phantom eyes with your hammer. Run up and around and hit the foot switch with your hammer to lower the spikes and claim your 100 rupee treasure. Now unlock the door and head to floor 11.
Floor 11 is the simplest level. Upon entering, run left and kill the left phantom. Run right, and, making sure the eye catches you, immediately run for the safe zone. The Phantom will teleport right in front of the safe zone and you can hit him there. Run over to the far right down to claim your 200 rupee treasure, and then run north and break the yellow pot without alerting the eye. Run back to the right and thru the second door leading down to Floor 12.
With the hammer, you realize, you just skipped the whole bridge and ladder thing. Use the hammer pedestal to launch you in and kill the golden phantom. Grab the triangle golden thingy and put it in the safe zone. Run for the north west corner and open the chest for another golden triangle. Immediately put it down and kill the blue phantom, then grab it again and move it to insert the second piece in place. Before continuing, I will say it would be wise to kill one of the creatures for 30 seconds before moving on to the northeast corner and grabbing the last golden traingle. DO NOT KILL BOTH JUST YET. Get to the last chest and open it for the last triangle. Put it down and kill the red phantom when it passes by close to the safe zone. Grab the triangle again and head down to the rusty switch and spikes. Throw it at the spikes and hit the rusty switch with the hammer to make the spikes fall. Now throw the last triangle into the safe zone. Move back down and claim your 300 rupee chest (bigger each time, it seems), and NOW you can kill the other creature for your extra 30 seconds. When you go through the door down to floor 13 with the 9 phantoms, you should have between 24:00 & 23:30, or it will be impossible to complete in 0:00.
Okay, you've reached the final area, & most crucial to success if you want that 0:00. Run over to the right and pick up the red pot. Throw it on the floor below with the phantoms CLOSE TO THE DOOR, and run back into the safe zone while the phantoms mill in confusion. Run left when they return to normal. Grab the yellow pot but DO NOT THROW IT. Jump into the phantom area below and run into the safe spot near the door. Once you are safely nestled in the spot, now you can throw the pot. Use the boomerang, hookshot, or hammer to claim those 30 seconds. You are now back where you started, with 24:00 on the clock, if done correctly. Now all that you need to do is kill all 9 phantoms without leaving your safe spot... which is easier than it sounds. The hammer causes noise whenever you whack it, and the phantoms are drawn to it. So you can draw them near with the hammer and strike them from the safety of your spot, defeating all the blues, reds, and yellows before the door opens. Hopefully you followed instructions and placed your spot CLOSE TO THE DOOR. Because now you are going to have to make a run for it across empty floor. Make it to the door close by in under a second... and you've done it! You've made it to the last room with ZERO time taken off from your original score. And you managed to get 600 rupees & 3 boat parts along the way.
You can become a rich collector this way. Obtain VIP status at Beedle, which I believe is 200 points, and all items are 40% off, which helps. Still trying for full golden set, but I have full demon set, full iron set, & I believe full set for the other one that includes all the bell parts. All which equal 7 hearts. But that's not the point. The point is, if you followed the instructions right, you should have been able to complete the last sections of the Ocean King Temple and still have a full hourglass at the end.
That's all. Good luck.
The floors were designed, I think, to give you the ability to complete the temple using no seconds. The first 6 floors are actually trickier to complete in 0:00 than 7-12. Once you know what you're doing, and you know exactly where all the shortcuts and yellow pots are located, and where to use your items exactly, it becomes easy.
Due to pure laziness I will only explain how to finish floors 7-12 with 0:00 taken from your time. I will cover the first 6 floors another time.
Okay. Starting from when you first enter the yellow portal at the start of the temple, make sure you have full items, all items ready, full health, etc. Have your Hookshot equipped and step into the yellow light. Go down the stairs, and you're at floor 7. As soon as the block heads your way, press your L or R button and quickly let go as you step onto the block. This way, when you encounter the flying arrows, your shield is up. Stepping onto the 3rd block, prepare your hookshot again to latch onto the chest containing the circle piece and take it. Move across the block to the safe zone as quickly as possible. You can put the piece down temporarily & hookshot the yellow pot on the previous platform. Switch to bombchus & pick up the piece again. Now wait for the red phantom to start walking up the place the fire unblocked. When this happens, run down to the bottom stairs, avoiding the glances of the phantoms & go to floor 8. On Floor 8, instantly run up and to the right. Once you cross the alarm-section, throw your circle piece north and instantly use your bombchu thru the little mouse hole onto the switch. Pick up the piece while the bombchu is still going and run for the north door ahead. The door is locked, but as soon as the bombchu connects with the switch, the door will have opened for you and you will already be heading towards it. Head down to floor 9.
Immediately kill the creature in the northeast corner where you are with a boomerang. You will have plenty of time to collect the bounty from the phantom and receive 0:00 for those 3 floors even without its aid. Move the circle piece over to the safe zone and throw it in there. Wait for the phantom to pass thru the middle, then stab it behind the back and kill it, taking the square piece. Move down to where the chest for defeating the phantom materializes and claim your randomized boat part. Now as you move up with your square over to the pedestal, you can kill another creature and absorb 30 seconds. Wait until you get the triangle over into the safe zone before you hit the 3rd creature for 30 seconds, then wait to put down the final creature until all 3 pieces are nestled in the safe zone. You should have between 24:00 & 23:30 left when the door opens to let you down to floor 9. This is all right, as you will find a yellow pot in the next room, which you can use to bring it back up to 24:00. Equip your bombchus and head down to Floor 10.
IMMEDIATELY upon entering Floor 10, use a bombchu and hit the north switch thru the hole. Run left immediately afterwards up to the stationary boulder, which takes 2-3 seconds from the clock if done correctly. The bombchu will make the spikes go down. Quickly push the boulder down the slope and it will kill the phantom. Run down and claim the small key. immediately after claiming the key, launch another bombchu onto the south switch and run back up and around. Just keep running and the second set of spikes should not deter you if timed correctly. Run to the safe zone and hit the switch if you like to prevent the spikes from coming up. Use one last bombchu and carefully maneuver it around the phantom so it hits the cracked wall and not the phantom. Now use your boomerang and claim the yellow pot for 15 seconds. Equip your hammer and use its sound to draw the phantom near so you can strike it and kill it. This will make a chest appear. Run down and up thru the hole u opened and wait in the safe zone, killing the phantom eyes with your hammer. Run up and around and hit the foot switch with your hammer to lower the spikes and claim your 100 rupee treasure. Now unlock the door and head to floor 11.
Floor 11 is the simplest level. Upon entering, run left and kill the left phantom. Run right, and, making sure the eye catches you, immediately run for the safe zone. The Phantom will teleport right in front of the safe zone and you can hit him there. Run over to the far right down to claim your 200 rupee treasure, and then run north and break the yellow pot without alerting the eye. Run back to the right and thru the second door leading down to Floor 12.
With the hammer, you realize, you just skipped the whole bridge and ladder thing. Use the hammer pedestal to launch you in and kill the golden phantom. Grab the triangle golden thingy and put it in the safe zone. Run for the north west corner and open the chest for another golden triangle. Immediately put it down and kill the blue phantom, then grab it again and move it to insert the second piece in place. Before continuing, I will say it would be wise to kill one of the creatures for 30 seconds before moving on to the northeast corner and grabbing the last golden traingle. DO NOT KILL BOTH JUST YET. Get to the last chest and open it for the last triangle. Put it down and kill the red phantom when it passes by close to the safe zone. Grab the triangle again and head down to the rusty switch and spikes. Throw it at the spikes and hit the rusty switch with the hammer to make the spikes fall. Now throw the last triangle into the safe zone. Move back down and claim your 300 rupee chest (bigger each time, it seems), and NOW you can kill the other creature for your extra 30 seconds. When you go through the door down to floor 13 with the 9 phantoms, you should have between 24:00 & 23:30, or it will be impossible to complete in 0:00.
Okay, you've reached the final area, & most crucial to success if you want that 0:00. Run over to the right and pick up the red pot. Throw it on the floor below with the phantoms CLOSE TO THE DOOR, and run back into the safe zone while the phantoms mill in confusion. Run left when they return to normal. Grab the yellow pot but DO NOT THROW IT. Jump into the phantom area below and run into the safe spot near the door. Once you are safely nestled in the spot, now you can throw the pot. Use the boomerang, hookshot, or hammer to claim those 30 seconds. You are now back where you started, with 24:00 on the clock, if done correctly. Now all that you need to do is kill all 9 phantoms without leaving your safe spot... which is easier than it sounds. The hammer causes noise whenever you whack it, and the phantoms are drawn to it. So you can draw them near with the hammer and strike them from the safety of your spot, defeating all the blues, reds, and yellows before the door opens. Hopefully you followed instructions and placed your spot CLOSE TO THE DOOR. Because now you are going to have to make a run for it across empty floor. Make it to the door close by in under a second... and you've done it! You've made it to the last room with ZERO time taken off from your original score. And you managed to get 600 rupees & 3 boat parts along the way.
You can become a rich collector this way. Obtain VIP status at Beedle, which I believe is 200 points, and all items are 40% off, which helps. Still trying for full golden set, but I have full demon set, full iron set, & I believe full set for the other one that includes all the bell parts. All which equal 7 hearts. But that's not the point. The point is, if you followed the instructions right, you should have been able to complete the last sections of the Ocean King Temple and still have a full hourglass at the end.
That's all. Good luck.