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The Den of Trials is a location in Tri Force Heroes,[1] added through the Version 2.0.0 update.[2] It is designated as the 9th Area of the Drablands and contains 40 floors based on the previous Areas. At the bottom of the Den of Trials rests the Fierce Deity Armor.

Themes and Navigation[]

To access the Den of Trials, Link must complete nine Levels and/or Drablands Challenges, then return to Hytopia, where The Great Tripini tells the young hero about the newly-discovered Area and the powerful Outfit said to be found within.[3][4] Though the Den of Trials cannot be unlocked or selected through Download Play, the Links can still access the Den if the "host" Link selects it. However, the other Links will not be able to obtain the Fierce Deity Armor in this mode.

The Den of Trials is divided into portions called Zones, with each portioned Zone being based on the Woodlands, Riverside, Volcano, Ice Cavern, Fortress, The Dunes, The Ruins and the Sky Realm respectively. Each Zone contains five Floors and is accessible from a central hub area with eight Triforce Gateways. The Floors contain Enemies that must all be defeated in order to activate the Triforce Gateway to advance to the next Floor.[5] According to The Great Tripini, all of the Fairies that accompany the Links flee in fear of the Den of Trials, leaving them with only one to start with.[6] However, by reaching the "safe room" on the fifth Floor of a Zone, the Links can obtain another Fairy trapped in a Treasure Chest after collecting the Materials from that Zone and Saving their progress. Each safe room also contains a Squiddy from which supplementary Hearts and Rupees can be retrieved before descending further. When a Zone is completed, its corresponding Triforce Gateway in the hub area becomes activated. If the entire Den of Trials is completed in a single session, beginning from the first Floor, then the final safe room will contain eight Chests with more valuable Materials than the usual three.

A party cannot enter any Zones that has not been reached by the other participant Links, forcing them to begin from the lowest common Zone available.[7] The Den of Trials features several "dark" variants of common Enemies as well as new Enemies that were not present in the other Areas of the Drablands. The final Floor features a triumvirate of Shadow Links, equipped with powered up versions of the weapons available.

Forest Zone[]

Items Materials
TFH Bow Icon Bow TFH Blob Jelly or TFH Armos Spirit Icon or TFH Tektite Shell
TFH Boomerang Icon Boomerang TFH Sweet Shroom or TFH Blin Bling or TFH Gohma's Eye
TFH Fire Gloves Icon Fire Gloves
Floor Enemies
B1 Blobs
Buzz Blobs
B2 Rats
Crows
Skullropes
B3 Life Likes
Totem Dekus
B4 Gimos
Dark Blobs
Spear Moblins (Riding Totem Armos)
Dark Spear Moblin (Riding Dark Totem Armos)
B5 Squiddy

Flooded Zone[]

Items Materials
TFH Gripshot Icon Gripshot TFH Fresh Kelp or TFH Zora Scale Icon or TFH Hytopian Silk
TFH Water Rod Icon Water Rod TFH Aqua Crown or TFH Octorok Sucker or TFH Fairy Dust
TFH Bow Icon Bow
Floor Enemies
B6 Slaroks
Octoroks
B7 Buzz Blobs
Water Tektites
Tektites
Keeleon
B8 Poes
Ice Wizzrobes
Octoroks
B9 Octorok
Slarok
Dark Octoroks
Slarok (Riding Totem Armos)
Octorok (Riding Totem Armos)
Dark Octorok (Riding Dark Totem Armos)
B10 Squiddy

Scorching Zone[]

Items Materials
TFH Magic Hammer Icon Magic Hammer TFH Goron Ore or TFH Monster Guts or TFH Demon Fossil
TFH Gust Jar Icon Gust Jar TFH Rugged Horn or TFH Kodongo Tail or TFH Keese Wing
TFH Gripshot Icon Gripshot
Floor Enemies
B11 Red Hardhat Beetles
Fire Keese
B12 Hardhat Beetles
Fire Keeleons
Beamos
B13 Helmasaurs
Kodongos
Deadrock
Terrorpins
B14 Dark Spear Moblin
Dark Hardhat Beetles
Dark Hinoxes
Dark Sky Spear Soldier (Riding Dark Totem Armos)
B15 Squiddy

Frozen Zone[]

Items Materials
TFH Fire Gloves Icon Fire Gloves TFH Fluffy Fuzz or TFH Tiny Snowflake or TFH Serpent Fangs
TFH Boomerang Icon Boomerang TFH Crimson Shell or TFH Freezard Water or TFH Chill Stone
TFH Magic Hammer Icon Magic Hammer
Floor Enemies
B16 Ice Gimos
Freezards
B17 Ice Keese
Fire Keeleon
Hardhat Beetles
B18 Blue Sword Soldiers
Prankster Poes
B19 Ice Wizzrobes
Dark Wizzrobe
Dark Sky Spear Soldier (Riding Dark Totem Armos)
Bomb Soldier
B20 Squiddy

Fortified Zone[]

Items Materials
TFH Gust Jar Icon Gust Jar TFH Stiff Puff or TFH Silver Thread or TFH Royal Ring
TFH Bomb Icon Bomb TFH Antique Coin Icon or TFH Fancy Fabric or TFH Exquisite Lace
TFH Bow Icon Bow
Floor Enemies
B21 Spear Soldier (Riding Totem Armos)
Green Poe
Red Poe
Blue Poe
B22 Dark Keeleon
Mini-Margos
B23 Beamos
Fire Gimos
Ice Gimos
Spear Soldier (Riding Totem Armos)
Dark Hinoxes
B24 Dark Sky Sword Soldier
Dark Sky Shield Soldier
Dark Sky Spear Soldier
Dark Sky Spear Soldier (Riding Dark Totem Armos)
Dark Sky Ball and Chain Soldier
Dark Sky Sword Soldier (Riding Dark Totem Armos)
Dark Sky Spear Soldiers (Riding Dark Totem Armos)
B25 Squiddy

Desert Zone[]

Items Materials
TFH Gripshot Icon Gripshot TFH Palm Cone or TFH Ancient Fin Icon or TFH Vintage Linen
TFH Gust Jar Icon Gust Jar TFH Gibdo Bandage or TFH Stal Skull or TFH Sandy Ribbon
TFH Water Rod Icon Water Rod
Floor Enemies
B26 Karat Crabs
Leevers
B27 Hokkubokku
Vultures
Life Likes
B28 Skullropes
Gyorms
Morths
B29 Stalfos
Gibdos
Dark Stalfos (Riding Dark Totem Armos)
B30 Squiddy

Shadow Zone[]

Items Materials
TFH Boomerang Icon Boomerang TFH Carrumpkin or TFH Mystery Extract or TFH Spider Silk Lace
TFH Bow Icon Bow TFH Poe Soul or TFH Twisted Twig or TFH Lava Drop
TFH Fire Gloves Icon Fire Gloves
Floor Enemies
B31 Keese
Chasupa
Fire Keese
Ice Keese
B32 Poes
Prankster Poe
Green Poe
Red Poe
Blue Poe
B33 Hardhat Beetles
Dark Wizzrobes
B34 Gibdos
Dark Stalfos
ReDeads
B35 Squiddy

Baneful Zone[]

Items
TFH Bomb Icon Bomb TFH Bow Icon Bow
TFH Fire Gloves Icon Fire Gloves TFH Boomerang Icon Boomerang
TFH Water Rod Icon Water Rod
TFH Gust Jar Icon Gust Jar Materials
TFH Gripshot Icon Gripshot TFH Cucco Feathers or TFH Carmine Pearl or TFH Sky Dragon Tail
TFH Magic Hammer Icon Magic Hammer TFH Pretty Plume or TFH Mock Fairy or TFH Aurora Stone Icon
Materials Triforce piece
TFH Mystery Jade Icon Mystery Jade TFH Rainbow Coral Rainbow Coral
TFH Star Fragment Icon Star Fragment TFH Ice Rose Ice Rose
TFH Vibrant Brooch Vibrant Brooch TFH Crystal Skull Crystal Skull
TFH Sanctuary Mask Sanctuary Mask TFH Steel Mask Steel Mask
Floor Enemies
B36 Dark Blobs
Dark Hardhat Beetles
Dark Octoroks
Dark Keeleon
Cuccos
B37 Dark Stalfos (Riding Dark Totem Armos)
Dark Spear Moblin (Riding Dark Totem Armos)
Dark Hinoxes
B38 Dark Wizzrobes
Dark Sky Fire Chain Soldier
2x Dark Super Aeralfos
Squiddy
B39 Shadow Links
B40

Trivia[]

  • For each consecutive safe room that the Links reach, a new congratulatory message will scroll across the screen. These messages will accumulate and reappear at each safe room thereafter, eventually covering most of the screen. The messages for each consecutive safe room are as follows:
  1. No message
  2. "Well THAT was unexpected!"
  3. "You're unstoppable, snickerdoodle! ♥"
  4. "Oh!!"
  5. "Again? How?! Tell me, tell me!"
  6. "Unbelievable, dahling!"
  7. "My awe has been inspired!"
  8. "You're legendary, chum! Really!"
  • If the Links reach all eight safe rooms consecutively, they will also be greeted by a loud round of applause, followed by an audible cheer from Sir Combsly and the onscreen message "Good work, soldier!"

Nomenclature[]

TMC Forest Minish Artwork Names in other regions TMC Jabber Nut Sprite
LanguageName
JapanJapanese魔窟エリア (Makutsu Eria)[8]
魔窟 (Makutsu) Triforce piece
CanadaFrenchCACrypte[9]
FranceFrenchEUCrypte[10]
GermanyGermanMonsterhort[11]
ItalyItalianCovo ostile[12]
South KoreaKorean시련의 동굴 지역 (Silyeon-ui Dong-gul Jiyeog) Triforce piece[13]
시련의 동굴 (Silyeon-ui Dong-gul) Triforce piece[14]
SpainSpanishEUGrutas Triforce piece[15]
Grutas Sombrías Triforce piece
Latin AmericaSpanishLAGruta del desafío Triforce piece[16]
This table was generated using translation pages.
To request an addition, please contact a staff member with a reference.

Gallery[]

Forest Zone[]

Flooded Zone[]

Scorching Zone[]

Frozen Zone[]

Fortified Zone[]

Desert Zone[]

Shadow Zone[]

Baneful Zone[]

References

  1. Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 161
  2. "Ver. 2.0.0 (Released December 2, 2015)

    Den of Trials will be added."
    How to Update The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, Nintendo Support.
  3. "Oh, uh, hi there, little hero dude! Hey, have you heard? They've finished surveying a new, uh, Drablands area. You can, ah, go on a trip there, too. I hear it's called, the, ah... Yeah. The Den of Trials." — The Great Tripini (Tri Force Heroes)
  4. "Ol' Trip hears, uh, stuff. Like about a one-­of­-a­-kind outfit at the, um, bottom floor of the Den of Trials... That's mighty...ah...awesome, right?" — The Great Tripini (Tri Force Heroes)
  5. "­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Hey, it's the little hero! Hey. Yeah. Looks like this is the Den of Trials we've been, ah, hearing about... And, uh, it looks like there's some special rules in this place that, um, set it apart from other places.
    […]
    They say the Den of Trials has, ah, 40 underground floors. Like...whoa. Yeah. You grab the treasure in each of the zones, and that, um, that completes it. And then you get to go deeper down. From the topmost Forest Zone to the, uh, Baneful Zone at the bottom... Sounds like a long way to, ah, go. Oh, but, ah! If you can complete a zone, then you'll be able to restart from there. So don't, uh, stress, OK?
    " — The Great Tripini (Tri Force Heroes)
  6. "I hear all the, uh, fairies ran away in fear. Yeah. So you only start with, ah, just one! They say there are more, um, hidden away in...uh...oh yeah. In treasure chests in safe rooms." — The Great Tripini (Tri Force Heroes)
  7. "Where you can go depends on, ah, the allies you’ve brought with you, it seems. You can only take a trip to the zone just after the deepest one that all fellow heroes have completed. Oh Yeah. It looks like you haven’t completed any yet... That’s OK, dude. Everyone has to start, ah, somewhere. You’ll just have to start at the start. Yeah! That’ll be the, uh, Forest Zone. The Den of Trials is a confusing place. Is there, ah, anything else you wanna know about it?" — The Great Tripini (Tri Force Heroes)
  8. "エリア 魔窟エリア
    コース 魔窟
    " — Pick an Outfit (Tri Force Heroes)
  9. "Crypte" — Level Selection (Tri Force Heroes)
  10. "Crypte" — Level Selection (Tri Force Heroes)
  11. "Monsterhort" — Level Selection (Tri Force Heroes)
  12. "Covo ostile" — Level Selection (Tri Force Heroes)
  13. "시련의 동굴 지역" — Level Selection (Tri Force Heroes)
  14. "시련의 동굴" — Level Selection (Tri Force Heroes)
  15. "Región Grutas
    Recorrido Grutas Sombrías
    " — Pick an Outfit (Tri Force Heroes)
  16. "Gruta del desafío" — Level Selection (Tri Force Heroes)
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