Molida Island

Follow this guide to navigate Molida Island in The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Find the Shovel, uncover Romanos's secret route, and brave the fog.

Your first stop on Molida Island is at the mailbox, where your friendly winged Postman has a letter from Astrid to deliver to you. After you've listened to her friendly advice, head to the house at the eastern edge of the island. Inside, there is a man who rambles on about going your own way through the fog, then yells at you and tells you to never speak of it again. Just as you try to leave, he will yell for you to come back. Talk to him again and he will reveal that his father, Romanos, was able to get through the fog using a specific route. He then tells you to go to the cave behind the house to look for a clue to the route his father knew of. After you're done speaking with him, head outside and into the cave.

Inside the cave, head left, killing the Chu-Chus. Go up the stairs and jump across the platforms, being careful to not let the Keese knock you into the water. Once you reach the end, head toward the large bridge, where you will be confronted by a large Lizard. To defeat it, use the Boomerang to strike it from behind to stun it, then slash away at its back a few times with your sword to finish it off. If you try to attack it head on while it is stunned, it will recover and come back at you. Afterward, proceed across the bridge and through the doorway. Keep going through the passage, killing the Octoroks along the way until you reach the exit.

Once outside, take out a few Keese before using a bomb flower to blow up a crack in the wall. Inside is a chest containing the Shovel. Use the Shovel to uncover a big green Rupee inside the cave at the spot with the suspicious-looking dirt, just to the right of the table. Next, check out the Journal on the table, which will explain that Romanos's super-secret hideaway is hidden beneath where the four stone tablets intersect. Head back outside to find the tablets.

Once outside again, use another bomb flower to blast away the rocks that lead back toward the entrance. Then, go up the stairs to the north, leading back to the upper world. Just outside is Stone Tablet No. 3, which you should mark on your map. Head west and you will find a chest containing a Helmaroc Plume. Head back west and south, and you will come upon Stone Tablet No. 4. Mark it. Next, jump down and head west again. Right in front of the second house from the left is Stone Tablet No. 2, and to the west of the farthest house on the left is Stone Tablet No. 1. Mark them both, then draw two lines connecting the tablets, so that it forms a large cross. Go to the center of the cross, just in front of a palm tree, and use the Shovel to uncover a hole in the ground. Nothing left to do but dive right in.

In this room there is a chest that contains a Treasure Map, another journal, and finally a map of the Northwestern Sea on the wall which shows a path that will lead you through the fog. You should definitely mark this on your Sea Chart. Once you're done, head left, make the Chu-Chu sorry it was ever, err, born... then head to a large door with a sun shape on it. You'll need this later, so you might want to mark it somewhere. Head right, through two more Gold Chu-Chus, then down and back out of the cave. Now that you have the path, you're ready to brave the fog once more.