Golden Leaves & Slime Key

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By consulting this section of Zelda’s: Link’s Awakening Remake Walkthrough, you will find instructions on how to get the 5 Golden Leaves, and how to recover the Slime Key.

Quest for the 5 Golden Leaves:

Start by crossing the bridge the monkeys just built earlier, then cut the bush to the northwest of this area (picture1). You will thus reveal a staircase leading to an underground passage, which will allow you to enter the enclosure of the Kanalet Castle (picture2). Then head southeast to eliminate the Mad Bomber by taking advantage of the moment he gets out of the holes to hit him quickly with your sword (picture3).

Once you have succeeded in defeating him, recover the 1st Golden Leaf and then head northwest to continue your exploration (picture4). When you are in the courtyard, on the left side of Kanalet Castle, take a rock and throw it at the three where a Crow has landed (picture5). Then eliminate the latter so that he drops the 2nd Golden Leaf, before continuing your exploration of the area towards the South (picture6).

Go east to reach the entrance of Kanalet Castle, then enter the building to start exploring it (picture7). Get rid of the 2 Darknuts and the red Zol located west, in order to be rewarded with the 3rd Golden Leaf (picture8). Head north and then east, while eliminating the enemies, then walk on the switch to open the gate of the Castle (picture9).

Then take the stairs nearby, walk west and climb the other stairs to reach the Kanalet Castle upper floor (picture10). Then go down to place a bomb in front of the cracked wall in order to make a Darknut appear, and defeat him to obtain the 4th Golden Leaf (picture11). Then head east, south and finally west to use the exit that leads to the terrace of Kanalet Castle (picture12).

Go through the door to the right of the one you used, then grab a pot to throw it at the brown door to destroy it (picture13). On the other side, the Ball and Chain Soldier awaits you, avoid his ball when he throws it at you so that it will crash into one of the walls (picture14). This will give you a brief opportunity to hit the Knight, before he swings his ball and chain above his head again (picture15).

Once defeated, you will be rewarded with the 5th and last Golden Leaf, then return to the terrace and jump down to leave the Castle (picture16). Before taking the 5 Golden Leaves to Richard, who is nearby, remember to buy the Shovel (200 Rupees) at the Town Tool Shop in the Mabe Village (picture17). To reach Richard’s house, go southwest following the dirt road from Kanalet Castle, then continue south to find it (picture18).

Go inside to give Richard the 5 Golden Leaves, so that he can let you use the underground passage that leads to his garden (picture19). Then, proceed carefully while cutting the grass around you to reveal the many holes that are around (picture20). Explore the garden eastward, then walk along the edge northward, and finally walk west to find an owl statue (picture21).

Then take out your shovel to dig just in front of it, in order to dig up the Slime Key that was buried there (picture22). Then lift the rock to the left of the owl statue, and climb the stairs to the west to use the Slime Key (picture23). Then go back in front of Richard’s house to the south, go east, then north, and go to the lake to the west (picture24). All you have to do then is to jump on the islets to reach the entrance of the Key Cavern.