Cave of Ordeals

The is an optional in .
==Themes and Navigation==
The is located below the , and can be accessed any time after restoring the , as warping the Bridge back to its original location will reveal the Cave's entrance. The contains a total of fifty floors; however, to make it into the deeper floors, will need several Items from further along in the game. Within the Cave, has to fight his way through hordes of enemies, and only by defeating each enemy within a floor will he be able to progress to the next floor.
After every ten floors, there is a Fountain in which the appears and rewards 's efforts by releasing into the respective , before offering to Warp him outside to the surface. Upon reaching the final floor, the there will reward the young hero with a full of . The will also grant unlimited from the , but only when he does not already have some in a .
In addition to ordinary enemies, can also find three in total on certain floors. Once they are defeated, the will no longer appear on their respective floors. Certain floors also contain recovery or valuable which can be found using 's Senses.
===Minor Enemies===
Floor	Content(s)	Content(s)	Notes
1 	1× 	 	
2 	3× 	 	
2 	3× 	 	
3 	4× 	 	One is buried on this floor.
4 	3× 	 	
5 	3× 	 	
6 	9× 	 	
7 	2× 	 	Three are buried on this floor.
7 	5× 	 	Three are buried on this floor.
8 	2× 	 	
8 	4× 	 	
9 	2× 	 	
9 	2× 	 	
10 	 	 	
11 	3× 	 	The is required to proceed past this floor.
11 	13× 	 	The is required to proceed past this floor.
12 	1× 	Large 	
13 	4× 	 	
14 	15× 	 	An is buried on this floor.
15 	10× 	 	
16 	6× 	 	
16 	6× 	 	
17 	1× 	 	
17 	10× 	 	
18 	8× 	 	One is buried on this floor.
19 	1× 	 	It is possible for a to appear on this floor.
19 	1× 	 	It is possible for a to appear on this floor.
19 	2× 	 	It is possible for a to appear on this floor.
19 	36× 	 	It is possible for a to appear on this floor.
20 	 	 	
21 	5× 	 	The is required to proceed past this floor.
21 	5× 	 	The is required to proceed past this floor.
22 	5× 	 	Three are buried on this floor.
22 	7× 	 	Three are buried on this floor.
22 	10× 	 	Three are buried on this floor.
23 	25× 	 	
24 	5× 	 	
25 	3× 	 	
25 	8× 	 	
26 	3× 	 	
27 	3× 	 	One is buried on this floor.
27 	6× 	 	One is buried on this floor.
28 	2× 	 	
28 	6× 	 	
29 	2× 	 	
29 	3× 	 	
29 	12× 	 	
30 	 	 	
31 	5× 	 	The is required to proceed past this floor.
31 	8× 	 	The is required to proceed past this floor.
32 	2× 	 	
32 	6× 	 	
32 	6× 	 	
32 	6× 	 	
33 	1× 	 	
33 	4× 	 	
34 	10× 	 	One is buried on this floor.
34 	1× 	 	One is buried on this floor.
34 	1× 	 	One is buried on this floor.
34 	7× 	 	One is buried on this floor.
35 	1× 	 	
35 	6× 	 	
36 	 	 	
37 	8× 	 	
37 	4× 	 	
37 	4× 	 	
38 	2× 	 	
38 	3× 	 	
38 	3× 	 	
38 	4× 	 	
39 	 	 	A is buried on this floor.
40 	 	 	
41 	9× 	 	The Double Clawshots are required to proceed past this floor.
42 	6× 	 	
42 	6× 	 	
43 	3× 	 	
43 	6× 	 	
44 	1× 	 	
44 	4× 	 	
45 	2× 	 	Three are buried on this floor.
45 	5× 	 	Three are buried on this floor.
45 	1× 	 	Three are buried on this floor.
45 	2× 	 	Three are buried on this floor.
45 	8× 	 	Three are buried on this floor.
46 	2× 	 	
46 	3× 	 	
46 	10× 	 	
47 	1× 	 	
47 	9× 	 	
47 	17× 	 	
48 	1× 	 	
48 	2× 	 	
49 	 	 	
50 	 	 	
===Rewards===
*Reaching the 10th floor releases into .
*Reaching the 20th floor releases into .
*Reaching the 30th floor releases into .
*Reaching the 40th floor releases into the .
*Reaching the 50th floor fills a with . It also allows to collect more by revisiting any of the , so long as he does not already have some in a .
==Trivia==
*The Cave of Ordeals plays the same role as the Savage Labyrinth from ; the difference being that the Cave of Ordeals requires the main items from the Lakebed Temple, , Snowpeak Ruins, Temple of Time, and the City in the Sky in order to explore all of the floors and fully clear it. Another difference is that the Cave of Ordeals is completely optional, while the first 31 rooms of the Savage Labyrinth must be completed in order to progress in the game.
*The second time completing the Cave, on the last ledge before the , the can be found squatting down trying to read a .
*A cheat used for debugging purposes was accidentally left in the North American Wii 1.0 release of . If uses the to extinguish the on almost any floor of the , the following room's door will be opened without the need to defeat any enemies. This cheat was disabled in all other regions and revisions of the game.
==Nomenclature==
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