Skyward Sword – Faron Woods Spoilers

If your being extremely careful to avoid the avalanche of Skyward Sword spoilers, its best to scroll on past this article…

• you’re encouraged to get a shield before you leave Skyloft

• the shield you can pick up is quite low quality, flammable and easy to penetrate

• the province of the forest is quite recognizable to those who have played Twilight Princess

• when you first hit the woods, you’ll be taught dowsing

• in the woods you’ll find a strange stone with an engraving

• you must hold your sword above your head, charge it up and strike the stone

• this opens up a new path for you, complete with steaming holes that require use of your sailcloth

• you’ll also find a mystical figure living in a cave

• the first Kikwi you meet will tell you to visit the Elder Kikwi

• the Elder tells you to find three other Kikwi

• after you do all this, you’ll gain entrance to the Sky Temple

• Fi doesn’t provide many clues while playing through a dungeon

• bugs actually play an important role in the economy of the game

• when battling Ghirahim, you can trick him by bringing your sword in one direction and then doing something unexpected with a slash in an entirely different direction

• when you fight off Ghirahim, you’ll get a Heart Container and a strange shard that fits into the base of the Goddess Statue