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The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Hints

How do I open the locked door here?

  • 1 of 6: This cannot be done until you have opened the stone slabs in this same room.
  • 2 of 6: Once you have opened the slabs, head into the two new rooms -- they are platforms above the floor you were just on, the First Basement.
  • 3 of 6: See the statue blowing air in each of those rooms?
  • 4 of 6: When you move close to them, you will be shown two windmills -- the air is pushing one of them, and not the other.
  • 5 of 6: Move the statues in each room to power the other windmill, and a key will drop into the room below on the First Basement.
  • 6 of 6: Drop down and grab it, then come back to the Second Basement the original way, and you can unlock the door.