Route briefing
- Prerequisite
- Obtain the midgame traversal tools needed to enter the swamp route.
- Objective
- Cross Mushroom Swamp, Swamphell, Lost Woods, and Forest Valley to reach the Factory.
- Progression acquisitions
- Shortcuts between Lost Woods and Train Station.
- Major encounter
- Swamp and forest navigation; no named boss is identified.
- Reward
- Access to the Factory.
- Optional / missable
- Open the shortcuts now to reduce later backtracking.
Numbered route
- Proceed from Mushroom Swamp into Swamphell.
- Leave currently inaccessible Swamphell passages for the later return.
- Navigate the Lost Woods and establish shortcuts between the Lost Woods and Train Station.
- Continue through Forest Valley to reach the Factory.
Detailed walkthrough notes
Proceed toward:
Mushroom Swamp
The progression through this region broadly follows:
Mushroom Swamp → Swamphell → Lost Woods → Forest Valley
Swamphell
Explore Swamphell.
Some passages cannot yet be completed and will become relevant later.
Don't assume you are missing an item simply because a route appears inaccessible.
Lost Woods
Navigate through the Lost Woods.
Look for opportunities to establish shortcuts between:
Lost Woods ↔ Train Station
Opening these routes now will reduce backtracking later.
Forest Valley
Continue through Forest Valley.
Eventually you will reach your next major dungeon: