How to wall-climb in Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

There are a lot of locations in Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom which, at first glance, seem almost impossible to get to. Even if you enter Swordfighter Mode, you simply can’t jump high enough, even with the help of Echoes. 

Thankfully, there are a few tricks that let you scale the walls, allowing you to access usually out-of-reach areas. 

How to wall-climb in Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

If you’ve found an area that can’t be reached using Tables or Beds, you may have to delve deeper into your Echo collection to make the climb. There is one Echo which comes out on top in terms of climbing abilities, but let’s take a look at some alternatives before moving on to the winning Echo:

• Water Block

  • Obtained after defeating Lord Jabu Jabu, the Water Block can be useful as it allows you to swim up narrow spaces for limited distances.

• Platboom

  • Obtained in a secret dungeon behind Gerudo Town, the Platboom Echo allows you to stand on top of it as it raises up a limited distance.

Using Crawltula to wall–climb in Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

Crawltula is a relatively easy Echo to learn as you first come across this monster in Suthorn Forest. To find it, start at Lueberry’s House and travel north. 

After you’ve learned the Crawltula Echo, you can start your wall-climbing adventures, but there is a specific way to do it. Here are the steps you’ll need to follow:

1. Select Crawltula as your active Echo
2. Summon Crawltula and then immediately press X to bind yourself to it
3. Press and hold R to reverse-bind and let Crawltula lead the way up the wall
4. Let go of R and press X again to let go when you’re where you want to be

This can be a little dicey because Crawltula can sometimes have a mind of its own and go off in random directions. But even if you get there in a roundabout way, you will eventually get to where you want to be. 

This method can also be used to travel across ceilings in dungeons or buildings, which is really useful if there’s something on the floor that you want to avoid.

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