Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom: A Rift In The Faron Wetlands Main Quest

Hello to the Faron Wetlands! The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is the first time we've seen Faron in a top-down Zelda game, so we can understand if you're as excited as us. You can come here at any point, but the rifts will only start to open up once you've accepted the Lands of the Goddesses Main Quest.

You'll come here as one of the final three regions during the main story, alongside Eldin Volcano and the Hebra Mountain. It's up to you what order you do them in, but with a stealth section, lots of electricity, and a huge dungeon, Faron might be best as your last port of call.

In this section of our walkthrough, we'll be covering the A Rift in the Faron Wetlands Main Quest, the Stilled Heart Lake rift, the Stilled Blossu's House rift, and the Stilled Faron Wetlands rift.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Walkthrough - A Rift In The Faron Wetlands Main Quest

Faron Wetlands was the last region we chose to explore after Eldin Volcano and Hebra Mountain. Tucked in the southeast corner of Hyrule, you'll need to climb up the waterfall in the southeast part of Lake Hylia.

If you haven't found the Fairy Shrine yet, you can do that on the way as it's in the centre of Lake Hylia. There's also a Stamp in the corner of the lake and plenty of Might Crystals in the water, too.

Anyway, to get to the Wetlands, use Water Blocks or Beds right by the waterfall to climb up. Then, up top, head right and you'll soon reach the jungle.

Once you're in Faron, you need to find out what's going on — walking east, and grabbing the Drippitune Echo, the Hoarder Echo, and the Hydrozol Echo (needed for A Curious Child) will give you some more answers. You can pluck a Deku Scrub from the ground if you want, and they'll give you a hint as to what's going on.

Check your map and continue heading towards the huge rift, which is swallowing up the large temple here. This is The Sweet Spot, but you can't go in, because it's members only. Well, time to head south to Scrubton.

Scrubton

Welcome to Scrubton, where every villager is a Deku Scrub! This is where the Smoothie business started booming, but now, it's all about cotton candy — well, spiderwebs.

Talk to the locals to find out more about the sweet stuff and a Sweet Spot membership. The pair eating spiderwebs will tell you someone at Heart Lake is a member, so you need to head to the heart-shaped lake on the map to talk to them.

There's a chest in the village with some Radiant Butter if you need it.

Heart Lake

Heart Lake is in the southwest corner of Faron Wetlands, so exit Scrubton to the south — grabbing a Stamp on your way — and get the Giant Goponga Flower Echo and the Piranha Echo from the water here.

From the water, head northwest and follow a grassy, winding path around to the south, until you reach a Waypoint. There are lots of Lizalfos on the way, so make sure you deal with those if they're giving you trouble. There's a cave on the way down here with an Armos Echo, a Lizalfos Lv. 3 Echo, and a chest with 50 rupees — all worth taking the detour for.

Keep heading south, touch the Waypoint, and then approach the lake to find some lovers who have been separated. Time to enter the rift and save them.

Stilled Heart Lake Rift

More rifts, more of Tri's friends to save. There are five locations you need to visit to repair the rift:

1. Head north of the broken heart lake and burn down the wall of grass and spiderwebs to reveal a hidden energy mass.
2. Climb up the same wall you just destroyed, then burn the spiderweb on the floor to reveal the second energy
3. Just below, climb down the rock wall and burn another spiderweb for another energy mass.
4. Climb back up, then head all the way left to a plateau with a small pond in it. There's a hole to dive into. Equip the Zora's Flippers and destroy the block on the right for another energy mass.
5. In the same water area, swim down and around to the Deku Baba, pull its head off, and then swim above it for the last piece of energy.

While here, you can also get the Deku Baba Lv. 2 Echo, another really good Echo for combat. Tri will gain some experience and you'll get 2 Might Crystals.

You'll leave the rift and find out that the pair don't want to give up their membership. But they know who might: Blossu.

Finding Blossu

Blossu is in the opposite corner to Heart Lake. Warp back to Scrubton and then head south, following the river until you reach a cave.

Light the torches in the cave to help you out, but you'll get a Heart Piece by navigating the perilous gaps here. In the north room, defeat the enemies and light the torches for 50 rupees. Return to the previous room then head south.

Outside, head east up some stairs to reach a Waypoint and a group of Scrubs. After some cutscenes, you'll be able to approach the rift and enter it.

Stilled Blossu's House Rift

There are five more of Tri's friends to rescue. Let's get to it:

1. Follow the path north and burn down a spiderweb for the first mass of energy.
2. Climb to the top of the rock wall and burn the spiderwebs covering a gap. Then, defeat the flower below to find the next group of Tri's friends.
3. At the top of the rock wall, climb down a ladder and make your way through the cave. Further in, there's a Deku Baba. Defeat it to reveal the mass.
4. Continue going through the cave and destroy rocks with a Bombfish and reveal the next energy mass.
5. Leave the cave then drop down to the left for the last energy mass, in front of some trees.

With those five rescued, you'll get more experience for Tri, another 2 Might Crystals, get warped out of the rift... and then be taken to jail.

Escaping the Deku Scrub Lockup

Somehow, Zelda is in jail yet again. Not sure how it keeps happening. Anyway, you won't have your Tri Rod for part of this section, but as Tri will point out, you will still have the ability to use Bind...

If you're stuck on this section of the game, check out our comprehensive walkthrough on the Deku Scrub Lockup, which includes how to get a Heart Piece and a Might Crystal on your way out.

Once you're out, Blossu will give you a Sweet Spot Membership, so you can enter the temple in the north. Go ahead and head over there now. After some cutscenes, you'll be able to enter the rift inside the Sweet Spot.

Stilled Faron Wetlands Rift

In the rift, head north and pull the heads off of the Deku Baba with Bind. If you head left and up, you'll find a chest with 20 rupees inside. At the end of the path, go right and grab an Electric Keese Echo. Burn the spiderweb for a Golden Egg.

If you head left over the trees and towards some ruins, you'll find a bunch of enemies in a tight spot. Defeat them, grab the Goo Specter Echo, and grab the 4 Fresh Milk from the chest.

Follow the spiderweb bridges and keep heading right. When you reach a Waypoint, activate it, then summon a Drippitune Echo to put out all six torches at once. This will open up a cave, which you should climb to the top.

Part-way is a Beamos — to catch this, defeat it like normal and then blow it up when it turns to stone to catch the Beamos Echo.

At the top, you need to use Electric Keese to power up all the crystals in the room. Don't forget about the 'Y' charge. the door will then open.

Outside, there's a big chest! But a plant eats it. We're right outside of the Faron Temple Dungeon, and you have three entrances to pick from.

That's all for this section of our Echoes of Wisdom guide. For more help, hints, or tips, head on over to our main Echoes of Wisdom walkthrough.