Whittleton (3)

Complete walkthrough for Whittleton (3) in The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, including the whip race minigame, Heart Container, Bomb Bag upgrade, and Snow Realm warp.

Head straight up to the northern area. Once there, make your way to the north pit and swing across. Remember you can blow away all the leaf piles with your Whirlwind for hearts, Rupees, and Treasure. Kill the Yellow Spinuts and open the chest for a piece of Treasure. Swing back, and approach the middle gap. Swing over it to the east, then head north to find one of the villagers by a blocked off dirt path. Talk to him and he says that he holds a whip race minigame here. For 50 Rupees, he'll let us give it a shot. Go ahead. What we have to do here is use our Whip to swing across to the finish line. We get a good prize if we make it within a good time.

It's a fairly easy minigame, at least for me. You have to make it within 1 minute and 30 seconds, just a tip for you though: Don't wait for your swing animation to end before you swing again. You can swing again as long as the next wooden pole is visible. There are some thorny vine arches along the way that you'll have to pull away in order to pass, just be quick on those. For clearing the whip race in under a minute 15 seconds, you get a Heart Container...if you didn't fall! Try it again, and if you get a time under 1:30, but not below 1:15, you get the second Bomb Bag upgrade of the game! Any successful future attempts will net you some of the more valuable Treasure pieces.

Get on the train, and go south towards the Trading Post. Instead of stopping there though, continue south down those new Spirit Tracks. Keep an eye on your left for a rabbit as well. Capture it, then follow the tracks. You'll see a warpgate. Hit the triangle up top to activate it, then sound your whistle and get warped away...

We're at the east side of the Snow Realm! Mark this warp for later, and stop at Anouki Village. Head over to the west near the pool and talk to the Anouki. He says that this village is made famous for its Mega Ice import, but as of late, a ChuChu got into the pool and made it grimy and filthy. They can't make Mega Ice out of water like that! So this Anouki asks you kindly if you could take him some place where there's fresh, cool, spring water. Agree to take him, then get back on the train. Make a safe ride to Wellspring Station.