How to Get Suthon Ruins’ Boss Key in the Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

If you plan to reach the boss at the end of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom‘s Suthorn Ruins, you’ll need to unlock the door to its room with a Big Key. Unfortunately, the key’s hidden behind a puzzle that tests your skill with a tricky new ability.

How to get Suthorn Ruins’ Boss Key in Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

You can find the Big Key on the first of Suthorn Ruins in a room you can’t get to immediately. To get to this room, you’ll need to progress to the second floor of the dungeon and get past the big gate. Head down the ladder once you’ve opened the door and beaten the mid-boss.

You’ll find yourself in an area of the first floor cut off from the others. The first room is simple enough to navigate; just jump on the single moving platform once it’s close enough and ride it to the other side of the room. The second room is a bit more complex since you enter underneath a moving platform instead of next to it. Wait until the platform’s directly above you, then use Bind to connect yourself to it and hit “R” to follow the platform to the other side. 

Rinse and repeat until you’ve reached the ladder to the next room. You’ll see a set of bars in front of you with a giant chest, a statue, and a button on the other side. Preceding rooms have taught you to push buttons like this by putting statues on them. Unfortunately, this button’s on a raised platform, so you can’t just pick up the statue and put it on it.

Luckily, you’ve probably picked up the fact that anything you grab with Bind will move with you as you gain altitude, so all you need to do is get higher. You learned to use Echos as platforms during your escape from Hyrule Castle, so you already have everything you need to solve this puzzle.

Pack whatever object Echos you want into a staircase you can use to get high enough to reach the button. I did this by stacking a Table Echo on top of a Bed Echo. Once you’ve got your staircase, grab the Statue with Bind and carry the statue to the button. The bars will open once you let the statue drop, so head over the chest and claim your prize.

Hyrule opens up after you’ve beaten Suthorn Ruins, and it’s waiting for you to set out and explore it. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, check out some of our guides on how to complete side quests, gather ingredients for Smoothies, and heal the rifts ripping into the land.