Hero's Cave

The is a recurring mini-dungeon in .
==Entrance to the Dungeon==
In , the Hero's Cave is found at the Western Coast. In a normal game, Link must come here to find the Wooden Sword. The cave is found at the same location in a Linked Game, however the cave is far more expansive and is no longer required.
In , the Hero's Cave only appears in a Linked Game, near the entrance to Maku Road in Lynna City in the present.
==Themes and Navigation==
In a normal game of Oracle of Seasons, the Hero's cave is a small mini-dungeon featuring only a small number of weak enemies (which must be avoided due to the lack of a sword), a few block puzzles, and a single locked door that requires a key. Clearing the cave rewards Link with the Wooden Sword.
In a Linked Game, the Hero's Cave acts as an optional dungeon, requiring the treasure from the sixth dungeon of either game to fully complete, though the cave can also be partially explored with earlier items. The layout of the cave changes entirely between the two games to make use of items not present in the other game. Both versions of the Hero's Cave are linear dungeons, with each room containing a puzzle Link must solve to proceed, either by opening a door or by obtaining a key to open the door. At various points, warp points will spawn in rooms, acting as checkpoints - Link can escape the cave and return to the dungeon later, the warp point in the entrance always taking him into the deepest warp point accessed in the cave. The dungeon itself is also split up by warp points that take Link to different sections in the dungeon.
Upon completing the dungeon, Link finds a treasure chest with a Magic Ring in it. In it is the Armor Ring L-3, while in it is the Power Ring L-3. This is the only way to obtain these two rings.
===Minor Traps and Enemies===
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File:OoS Blue Darknut Sprite.png|Darknut
File:OoS Fire Keese Sprite.png|Fire Keese
File:LADX Gel Sprite.png|Gel
File:OoS Gibdo Sprite.png|Gibdo
File:OoS Hardhat Beetle Sprite.png|Hardhat Beetle
File:OoS Iron Mask Sprite.png|
File:OoS Keese Sprite.png|Keese
File:OoS Zora (Enemy) Sprite.png|River Zora
File:OoS Rope Sprite.png|Rope
File:OoS Lynel Blue Sprite.png|Lynel
File:OoS Magunesu North Sprite.png|Magunesu
File:OoS Pols Voice Sprite.png|Pols Voice
File:OoS Spiked Beetle Sprite.png|Spiked Beetle
File:OoS Stalfos Orange Sprite.png|Stalfos
File:OoS Sword Stalfos Sprite.png|Sword Stalfos
File:OoS Wallmaster Sprite.png|Wallmaster
File:OoS Water Tektite Sprite.png|Water Tektite
File:OoS Zol Green Sprite.png|Zol
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File:LADX Arm-Mimic Sprite.png|Arm-Mimic
File:OoA Bari Sprite.png|Bari
File:OoA Biri Sprite.png|Biri
File:OoA Blue Tektite Sprite.png|
File:OoS Blue Darknut Sprite.png|Darknut
File:OoS Fire Keese Sprite.png|Fire Keese
File:LADX Gel Sprite.png|Gel
File:LADX Gibdo Sprite.png|Gibdo
File:LADX Hardhat Beetle Sprite.png|Hardhat Beetle
File:OoS Keese Sprite.png|Keese
File:OoS Like Like Sprite.png|Like-Like
File:LADX Mini-Moldorm Sprite.png|Mini-Moldorm
File:OoS Peahat Sprite.png|Peahat
File:OoS Spark Sprite.png|Spark
File:OoS Spiked Beetle Sprite.png|Spiked Beetle
File:OoS Stalfos Blue Sprite.png|Stalfos
File:OoS Stalfos Orange Sprite.png|Stalfos
File:OoA Tektite Sprite.png|
File:OoA Wallmaster Sprite.png|
File:LADX Wizzrobe Sprite.png|Wizzrobe
File:LADX Zol Green Sprite.png|Zol
File:LADX Red Zol Sprite.png|Zol
==Trivia==
*In , a Zora can be found in the cave that gives Link a secret to pass along to King Zora in Labrynna. This secret improves Link's Sword by one level. The cave contains no secrets in .
*In the North American version of , if Link enters the Hero's Cave and checks the map, it will say he is in the Ancient Tomb, the eighth dungeon in the game.
*Because the Power Ring L-3 and Armor Ring L-3 are exclusive to their game's version of the Hero's Cave, this means in order to get a complete collection of Magic Rings, Link would have to complete each game twice (or use the Veran Warp Glitch in Linked Ages to skip a second playthrough of Ages), inverting the order of play for the second playthrough to be able to play a Linked Game for both.
==Nomenclature==
==Gallery==
File:OOS Hero's Cave Entrance.png|Hero's Cave entrance from 
File:OOS Hero'sCaveRoom.png|Hero's Cave final room from 
File:OOS Wooden Sword.png|Obtaining the Wooden Sword from 
File:HerosCave.gif|Hero's Cave first visit map from 
File:OoS Linked Hero's Cave Map.png|Linked Hero's Cave map from 
File:LegendOfZelda-OracleOfAges-Hero'sCave.png|Linked Hero's Cave map from