Delver
Zelda: Return to the Past
Superbusyrobot  [developer] May 17, 2018 @ 4:01am
Game Guide [SPOILERS]
Do you feel like you may have missed something? Fear not, for here is a comprehensive guide to Zelda: Return to the Past, for all you completionists out there!


[ [ SPECIAL ITEMS ] ]

Lost Woods (All items will be lost upon completing this level, but it's good practice!)
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+ Bag Upgrade - Behind a tree on a ledge to your left, immediately after starting a new game.
+ Bag Upgrade - Behind the bushes to your right after the first breakable wooden barrier.
+ Bag Upgrade - On a ledge to your left just before the second breakable wooden barrier.
+ Bag Upgrade - In a watery alcove to your right, just after the first lava pit.
+ Bag Upgrade - In an alcove to your left, just before you must press the button to open the Triforce room.
+ Bag Upgrade - In the Triforce room, hidden in a pile of skulls on the right side of the room.

Camp
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+ Deku Leaf - Talk to Farore, who is hidden up near the top of the ruins. Use multiple Roc's Feathers, the Ocarina, or the Jumping mod to get up to her. She will accuse you of cheating, but the Deku Leaf will drop to your right.
+ Friendship Ring - Talk to Nayru 15 times. The ring will drop nearby.
+ 100th Ring - Talk to Nayru 100 times. The ring will drop nearby.
+ Yoshi Doll - On a ledge far behind the gravestones. Use Force Rod or Roc's Feather.
+ Ribbon - Talk to the Subrosian once you obtain the Yoshi Doll.
+ Dog Food - Talk to the Kitty once you obtain the Ribbon.
+ Stick - Talk to the Dog once you obtain the Dog Food.
+ Pineapple - Talk to the Parrot once you obtain the Stick.
+ Bag Upgrade - In the water above the falls. Use Force Rod or Roc's Feather.
+ Bag Upgrade - On a ledge above the Subrosian and Gravestones. Use Force Rod or Roc's Feather.
+ Bag Upgrade - On a ledge above the campsite, to the right. Use Force Rod or Roc's Feather.
+ Bag Upgrade - On a ledge very far behind the Deku Scrub. Use Force Rod or Roc's Feather.

Grotto (Accessed via the waterfall in the Camp.)
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+ Picori Blade - Open the hidden door just behind the Gossip Stone.
+ Bag Upgrade - Sitting in an alcove on the right side of the room.

Meadow (Accessed via the ledge directly behind you when you enter the Camp.)
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+ Master Sword - On the center pedestal.
+ Bag Upgrade - In an alcove to the left of the Master Sword pedestal.
+ Bag Upgrade - In an alcove to the right of the Master Sword pedestal.

Ruins
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+ Four Sword - In the 'courtyard' style room with a set of gravestones in the middle. Read the various gravestones until you find the one for Chris Houlihan (Named after the infamous 'Chris Houlihan Room' in A Link to the Past) and the Four Sword will drop in the middle of the courtyard.

Sanctuary
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+ Odolwa's Remains - On a ledge above lift with crate stack. Use Force Rod or Roc's Feather.
+ Hibiscus - Talk to the Subrosian after you obtain the Pineapple.
+ Bag Upgrade - On the lift hanging over the pit. Use Roc's Feather.

Fountain (Accessed via the room on the right side of the Sanctuary.)
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+ Great Fairy's Mask - Talk to Great Fairy. The mask drops behind you.
+ Bag Upgrade - On a column. Use Force Rod or Roc's Feather.

Nest (Accessed via the room past the wooden door directly in front of you in the Sanctuary.
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+ Fierce Deity Boots - After using the Big Key, kill Queen Gohma and the boots will drop.
+ Bag Upgrade - After using the Big Key, climb up the ladder and go through the hidden door on the ledge.

Library
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+ Ring List - In the far corner of the 'auditorium' style room.
+ Equipment List - On one of the columns in the 'pit' style room. Use Force Rod or Roc's Feather.
+ Mask List - On one of the columns in the room with spikes and columns. Use Force Rod or Roc's Feather.
+ Unique Item List - Sitting on the left column in the entrance room with steel bars on both sides.
+ Special Item List - Sitting on a column at the top of the 'tower' style room. Use Force Rod or Roc's Feather.

Chasm
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+ Fierce Deity Tunic - Follow the directions for finding the second bag upgrade here, then kill Agahnim. The tunic will drop in front of the Crypt entrance.
+ Letter - Talk to the Subrosian after you obtain the Hibiscus.
+ Bag Upgrade - On a ledge below the bridge. Drop down to pick it up.
+ Bag Upgrade - Fall down into the pit beneath the bridge, onto a hidden ledge with a teleporter. Go through the teleporter, and the upgrade will be in an alcove behind you.

Mine
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+ Tempered Sword - Open a secret wall behind the stairs going down, then talk to the Great Fairy with the Master Sword in your inventory.
+ Goht's Remains - Open a hidden door to the right between the statues, and immediately after the first wall turret, there will be another hidden door to your right. Open it and Goht's Remains will be sitting in a small chamber.
+ Broom - Open a hidden door to the right between the statues, and then another hidden door to your left just before the Volcano entrance. Talk to the Subrosian after you obtain the Letter.
+ Red / Blue Magnet Gloves - Open a hidden door to the left between the statues, then pull the lever in the next room and carefully make your way across the crumbling platforms. Each glove is sitting in front of the statues at the end of the room.

Volcano (Open hidden door to the right between statues in the Mine.)
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+ Fierce Deity Mask - Kill all four Dodongos in the Volcano. The mask will drop on the center platform. Leave at least two crumbling block bridges intact to cross.

Tomb
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+ Phantom Sword - View the big portrait in the small room with the stuck door, then go to the room with the big door and fight Phantom Ganon. The big door will open, revealing the hall with the Phantom Sword.
+ Bag Upgrade - On a ledge in the room with the big door. Use Force Rod, Blue Magnet Gloves, or Roc's Feather.
+ Bag Upgrade - On a wooden beam just outside the room with the big door. Use Force Rod, Magnet Gloves, or Roc's Feather.

Palace
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+ Fused Shadow - After defeating Phantom Ganon, a hidden door will be to your right just before obtaining the Phantom Sword. Follow the hallway behind it until you get to a ladder that will take you to the fight against Zant. Kill him and the Fused Shadow will drop in the center of the room. (Note that this is a very difficult fight, and can still be completed during the escape.)

Cistern
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+ Mermaid's Necklace - In a hidden room behind the first set of L-shaped pipes. Use Roc's Feather to fly over and land on the pipes, or speed yourself up with a Pegasus seed and make a running fall to land on them. Talk to the old man inside and the necklace will drop nearby.
+ Gyorg's Remains - In the long hallway with pipes hanging overhead, drop down into the water on your right and there will be a hidden door on the right side of the wall. Open it and Gyorg's Remains will be sitting in a small chamber.
+ Hook - Talk to the Subrosian after you obtain the Broom.
+ Bag Upgrade - On the second horizontal pipe. Use Force Rod, Blue Magnet Gloves, or Roc's Feather.
+ Bag Upgrade - On the L-shaped set of pipes behind the first bag upgrade. Use Force Rod, Blue Magnet Gloves, or Roc's Feather.

Reservoir (Open the hidden door on the left side between eyes in the wall in the Cistern.)
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+ Fierce Deity Shield - Kill the Manhandla and the shield will drop on the center platform. Leave at least two crumbling block bridges intact to cross.

Pyramid
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+ Twinmold's Remains - In the room with the giant ruins, use the ladders and wooden walkways around the side of the room to get up to the top, jumping over to the ruins several times along the way.

Shrine
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+ Golden Sword - Open hidden door behind the Maku Tree Sprout, then another hidden door to the left of the Inferno entrance. Talk to the Great Fairy after you have obtained the Tempered Sword.
+ Mermaid's Bra - Talk to the Subrosian after obtaining the Hook.
+ Bag Upgrade - On a statue above the lava right before the Temple entrance. Use Force Rod, Blue Magnet Gloves, or Roc's Feather.
+ Bag Upgrade - Hidden in the lava falls to the right of the Temple entrance. Use Force Rod, Blue Magnet Gloves, or Roc's Feather.
+ Bag Upgrade - In an alcove to the left of the Tower entrance.

Inferno (Open hidden door behind the Maku Tree Sprout.)
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+ Rod of Seasons - Kill Hothead, then the Rod of Seasons will drop on the center platform. Cross quickly through the lava to get it, then use the ladders on the side of the ledge to exit the room.
+ Bag Upgrade - In the lava directly below the ledge you start on, beneath the crumbling blocks.

Sinkhole (Swim through lava to the right side of the Ganon head statue in the Shrine.)
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+ Sand Rod - Kill Digdogger, then the Sand Rod will drop on the ledge you start on.

Tower (Swim through lava to the left side of the Ganon head statue in the Shrine.)
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+ Tornado Rod - Climb up to the top of the tower without falling.

Altar
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+ Cane of Somaria - After defeating Twinrova, check the room on the left side once the doors open.
+ Cane of Byrna - After defeating Twinrova, check the room on the right side once the doors open.

Lair
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+ Lens of Truth - After defeating Ganondorf, check the room on the left side once the doors open.
+ Magic Mirror - After defeating Ganondorf, check the room on the left side once the doors open.
+ Bag Upgrade - Sitting on a ledge on the right side just before the teleporter to Ganondorf.
+ Bag Upgrade - Hidden in a lavafall to the right of the teleporter to Ganondorf. Use Force Rod or Blue Magnet Gloves.
+ Bag Upgrade - In the hall just before the Throne entrance, check the ledge to your right.

Throne
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+ Bag Upgrade - Sitting on a Ganon head statue on the right side of the room. Use Force Rod, Blue Magnet Gloves, or Roc's Feather.
+ Bag Upgrade - Sitting on a Ganon head statue on the left side of the room. Use Force Rod, Blue Magnet Gloves, or Roc's Feather.

Chamber
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+ Fierce Deity Sword - Talk to the Subrosian after obtaining the Mermaid's Bra.

Moon
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+ Majora's Mask - Once you obtain the Fierce Deity Sword and all four Giant's Remains, take them all the way back to the entrance of the dungeon. Before you talk to the NPC which ends the game, you can jump down into the pit to your right and use the Roc's Feather there to fly up and grab two more that will allow you to get to the top of the ruins. Farore will still be up there, and as long as you have the Fierce Deity Sword, you will be transported to the Moon.

There will be four children there, each looking for the remains of Odolwa, Goht, Gyorg, and Twinmold. If you were lucky enough to get them all in one run, you will be transported to a secret final fight against Majora. If not, you can exit by talking to a ghost behind you. Defeating Majora's Mask will grant you that treasure, and be sure to take a screenshot for the bragging rights! ;)

[ [ UNIQUE ITEMS ] ]

The following items only drop from monsters on a rare chance.

+ Hero Bow
+ Fire Bow
+ Ice Bow
+ Light Bow
+ Ember Seed Shooter
+ Gale Seed Shooter
+ Mystery Seed Shooter
+ Pegasus Seed Shooter
+ Scent Seed Shooter
+ Kokiri Emerald
+ Goron Ruby
+ Zora Sapphire
+ Courage Pendant
+ Power Pendant
+ Wisdom Pendant
+ Skull Necklace
+ Mask of Truth
+ Shiekah Tunic
+ Shiekah Boots
+ Bag Upgrade
+ Belt Upgrade


[ [ RINGS ] ]

The following items drop randomly from monsters, on a somewhat uncommon chance.

+ Power Ring L-1
+ Power Ring L-2
+ Power Ring L-3
+ Armor Ring L-1
+ Armor Ring L-2
+ Armor Ring L-3
+ Red Ring
+ Blue Ring
+ Green Ring
+ Cursed Ring
+ Expert's Ring
+ Blast Ring
+ Time Ring
+ Maple's Ring
+ Steadfast Ring
+ Pegasus Ring
+ Heart Ring L-1
+ Heart Ring L-2
+ Swimmer's Ring
+ Charge Ring
+ Light Ring L-1
+ Light Ring L-2
+ Bomber's Ring
+ Green Luck Ring
+ Red Luck Ring
+ Blue Luck Ring
+ Gold Luck Ring
+ Green Holy Ring
+ Red Holy Ring
+ Blue Holy Ring
+ Snowshoe Ring
+ Roc's Ring
+ Quicksand Ring
+ Red Joy Ring
+ Blue Joy Ring
+ Gold Joy Ring
+ Green Joy Ring
+ Discovery Ring
+ Octo Ring
+ Moblin Ring
+ Like-Like Ring
+ Subrosian Ring
+ First Gen Ring
+ Spin Ring
+ Bombproof Ring
+ Energy Ring
+ Double-Edge Ring
+ Nature Ring
+ Slayer's Ring
+ Rupee Ring
+ Victory Ring
+ Whisp Ring
+ Gasha Ring
+ Peace Ring
+ Zora Ring
+ Fist Ring
+ Whimsical Ring
+ Protection Ring


[ [ MASKS ] ]

The following items drop randomly from monsters, on a somewhat uncommon chance.

+ Deku Scrub Mask
+ Kafei's Mask
+ Keaton Mask
+ Couple's Mask
+ Bremen Mask
+ Bunny Hood
+ Kamaro's Mask
+ Blast Mask
+ All-Night Mask
+ Mask of Scents
+ Goron Mask
+ Romani's Mask
+ Stone Mask
+ Garo's Mask
+ Captain's Hat
+ Don Gero's Mask
+ Zora Mask
+ Circus Leader's Mask
+ Gibdo Mask
+ Giant's Mask
Last edited by Superbusyrobot; May 27, 2018 @ 7:23pm
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SkyBlueFox May 17, 2018 @ 6:39pm 
Funny you post this today - I hopped back on today, intending to get through the Library and then do something else, and I ended up making it all the way to the very end (and dying). I'm amazed at how much further the dungeon went, though! The sheer amount of secrets and little stuff to find is amazing, and reading through this is just making me want to play it again, hah.

If you don't mind me asking, how much does the mod itself add? Is it just adding items and the texturepack, or did you also create the extra areas and dungeon tiers like the Fountain and Waterfall Cave, and the Library and Pyramid and such? The last time I actually played Delver was back in 2016 when it was just Ruins>Cave>Sewer>Temple, so I'm not sure how much is you and how much is vanilla, eheh.
Superbusyrobot  [developer] May 18, 2018 @ 11:07pm 
The waterfall cave level is actually part of the game by default, and aside from the main four generated dungeons from the base game, I added a lot more to the mix as well.

The new generated levels are the Library, Crypt, and Pyramid.

The new non-generated levels are the Meadow, Fountain, Chasm, Mine, Volcano, Cistern, Reservoir, Inferno, Sinkhole, Tower, Altar, Throne, and Chamber.


Aside from replacing all of the textures and sprites, a lot of data was edited to mess with the game mechanics as well, like speeding up a lot of weapons, adding new monster AI behaviors, creating some items with completely new behaviors, adding in quests, and so forth.

It's Delver's first full conversion mod, so I tried to be as thorough as I could about it. I still like a lot of the design choices in the original levels, so I decided to keep those around. Should I get around to doing another mod, though, I may be doing all maps from scratch and replace the original generated ones as well.
AlexBloodDayQc May 8, 2019 @ 1:34pm 
Originally posted by Superbusyrobot:
The waterfall cave level is actually part of the game by default, and aside from the main four generated dungeons from the base game, I added a lot more to the mix as well.

The new generated levels are the Library, Crypt, and Pyramid.

The new non-generated levels are the Meadow, Fountain, Chasm, Mine, Volcano, Cistern, Reservoir, Inferno, Sinkhole, Tower, Altar, Throne, and Chamber.


Aside from replacing all of the textures and sprites, a lot of data was edited to mess with the game mechanics as well, like speeding up a lot of weapons, adding new monster AI behaviors, creating some items with completely new behaviors, adding in quests, and so forth.

It's Delver's first full conversion mod, so I tried to be as thorough as I could about it. I still like a lot of the design choices in the original levels, so I decided to keep those around. Should I get around to doing another mod, though, I may be doing all maps from scratch and replace the original generated ones as well.
i am impressed! well done!
Strider May 30, 2020 @ 1:07pm 
Over at the camp you only need an Ice rod which you can buy off the npc (35 Gold) which will allow to get all 8 bag expansions, master sword, and deku leaves. Or you can potion jump to get everything except a deku leaf.
Last edited by Strider; May 30, 2020 @ 1:08pm
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