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Trial of the Sword (Middle Trials)

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The Middle Trials consist of 16 underground floors divided into wind-based, dark, and Guardian-themed chambers. You begin stripped of all your weapons, bows, shields, armor, and provisions, forced to gather equipment as you descend. Defeating every enemy on a floor opens the portal to the next room, culminating in a permanent attack upgrade for the Master Sword upon completion.

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Fairy: Underground Floor 5, fluttering near the resting area pondFairy: Underground Floor 11, near the cooking pot in the resting chamberAncient Arrow: Underground Floor 12, inside a buried metal chest in the waterAncient Arrow: Underground Floor 14, in a metal chest hidden in the ruinsKnight's Bow: Underground Floor 9, inside a floating wooden chest

Enemies

Bokoblin

Weak to HeadshotsSteal / drop Equipped weapons and shields

Frequently found riding updrafts with paragliders on the opening floors.

Wizzrobe

Weak to Headshots and elemental counter-attacksSteal / drop Equipped elemental rods

Includes Fire, Meteor, and Electric variants that control high perches.

Guardian Scout I

Weak to Ancient/Guardian weapons and shockSteal / drop Weapons dropped upon defeat

Found in low-tier combat tests during the wind section.

Guardian Scout II

Weak to Ancient weapons and eye shotsSteal / drop Guardian weapons dropped upon defeat

Appears armed with Guardian weapons in the darkness section.

Decayed Guardian

Weak to Eye strikes and Ancient ArrowsSteal / drop Ancient materials dropped upon defeat

Immobile turret variants encountered in the final sequence of rooms.

Guardian Skywatcher

Weak to Ancient Arrows to the central eye or rotor destructionSteal / drop Ancient materials dropped upon defeat

Patrols the airspace on the final combat floor.

Tips

Cook wood gathered from felled trees one piece at a time to create Dubious Food that restores a quarter of a heart when low on healing.
Floor 5 and Floor 11 are rest floors with cooking pots, so save your raw ingredients to cook optimal meals here.
Crouch and sneak up on the fairies at the rest floors to catch them without scaring them away.
In the pitch-black floors, light a wooden torch or carry a flame weapon to navigate and locate enemies before they ambush you.
Save your Ancient Arrows exclusively for the Decayed Guardians, Guardian Turrets, or the Guardian Skywatcher on the final floors.

Not listed for this area: secrets, shops and people.

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