Taopo Swamp

Items:: Cookie, 2 Tear Drops, Bramble Seed, Vial, Star Dust

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How to get there
From Yallam, go north and keep following the path to the west. It will turns south then east, then south. Cross a bridge and the path will ends. Keep going east and you will find Taopo Swamp.

Taopo Swamp

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Go east to the next screen. Go right and walk on the wooden bridge. Use Move to pull the wood. Jump across, then go north until you are on a ledge. Use Whirlwind on the western shrub and enter. You will find something on the ground. Use Scoop to get it. It is a Tear Stone and is used to make items.

 

Get out of the cave. Go east until you see some stairs. Go down, and stand on the bubble. You have to walk on the bubbles or else you will sink. Run across to the east to stand on another one. Run south-west, west, west, south, then around the bridge to the western bubble. Run west then south around the poles, then finally south. Go up the stairs and head west to the next screen. Go all the way to the west to grab a cookie. Now go back to the east and down the stairs.

 

Taopo Swamp Cave

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Run north, east, east, southest, east, northest, east, north, southest, east, and go up the stairs. Use Whirlwind to reveal a cave. Enter.

Here go north to the next screen. Go south, then west. Walk up the staircase. In this floor, go east and use Cyclone to clear the leaves on the ground. Grab the item and go back to the previous screen.

 

Go east, and be careful that the steaming hole doesn't blow you down to the lower floor. Wait until it pauses, then quickly run across it. Safely stand between the steaming holes. You have to run past three of them. When the third steaming hole pauses, stand beside the fourth one and use Move to pull the wooden pillar towards you. Now you can pass the fourth steaming hole. Go north and enter the next screen. Follow the corridor and in the end you will see another Tear Stone on the ground. Scoop it and take it.

 

Go all the way back to the room with steaming holes. Here go east then turn south. Ignore the door you see. You have to pass four steaming holes to the west. Run past the fifth one and stand south of the wooden pillar. Use Move to move it to the east. Push it once more to block the steaming hole. This will make the Djinni get blowed down by a steam hole.

 

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From where you stand, take the second slope to slide down. You will land on a ledge in the lower floor. Go south and jump across the gap to the west. Be prepared for battle.

Battle:: Same strategy that I always use: exchange all your Venus Djinn with Sheba's Jupiter Djinn. Standby all Djinn except the Venus ones. Summon, then you are done.

 

Taopo Swamp Underground

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Cure your members if they were damaged and slide down. If you wish, you can fight a flower monster to your left. Use Cyclone to reveal it. It's another easy battle. If not, use Retreat to exit this cave.

Outside, use Growth to grow a vine. Climb up and go north. Slide down two slopes and use Whirlwind to reveal another cave. Enter.

 

Go north and enter the staircase. In this floor, go south then east to the next room. Then, go north and turn to the west. Pass the steaming hole when it pauses. Go a little west further and pass a ladder. You will see a small curve on the ground. When the steaming hole pauses, use Douse on it and immediately Frost it. Quickly climb up and jump across the ice pillar. Go west and slide down. Continue west and enter the door. In this floor, go to the east and enter a staircase.

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In the room with lava, go south and when you see a burning rock, use Douse. It turns into an ice rock. Use Move to move it into the lava. Walk onto it and jump south then walk back onto the land. Head southwest and enter through a door. In this room, go south-east and jump onto the platform if you can. Walk east, jump east, walk north, jump north, north, walk east. Wait until the steaming hole pauses, and quickly jump across then walk north, and jump to the east. Jump south, walk east, jump south and walk onto the land. Go south and jump across to the opposite side. Go west and jump across the gaps. Use Douse on a burning rock and move it into the lava.

 

Now jump back two gaps and jump all the way back to the second steaming hole. Let it bring you south. Jump east, walk south, jump south, west, south, west, west, walk south, jump west, west and south. You can now grab a treasure chest. Now go all the way back to the second steaming hole. Follow the first route you took when you moved the burning rock into the lava but don't jump across the gaps. Instead, go east and jump north using the eastern platform. Go north and walk onto the platform. You see another burning rock. Douse it and Move it.

Jump across to the opposite side and go north. In the next screen, go north pass two wooden pillars and when you see the third one with a big rock on it, use Tremor. It will fall down and blocks the lava. Go north then turn east. Walk across the lava river which is now dried up. Go south and you will see a burning rock. Use Douse and push it into the lava. Jump across it then go west. Go north and enter the next room.

 

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Here, use Douse on the rock and push it so you can go south. In the next room, go north-east and all the way around the lava. Go south and follow along the east wall and you will be in the last room.

Here, use Douse on the rock. You see something shining. Go there and use Scoop. You will get a Star Dust. Use Retreat to leave.

Exit Taopo Swamp. Go back to Yallam and give the materials you have: Tear Stones and Star Dust to the blacksmith to make some items.