Second Quest
For The Legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
Once Ganon is beaten and the ending is over, the game starts again as the Second Quest. The overworld looks almost the same, but caves, secrets, and labyrinth entrances move, and all nine labyrinths have new rooms.
How to start it
Press Start when the ending is over to go on to the Second Quest with the same file. A new file registered under the name ZELDA starts in the Second Quest from the first screen.
Link starts with three hearts. Items, rupees, keys, Triforce pieces, and every room cleared in the First Quest start over.
Labyrinth entrances
| First Quest | Second Quest | |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Screen 55 17 rooms | Screen 55 14 rooms |
| Level 2 | Screen 60 18 rooms | Screen 60 11 rooms |
| Level 3 | Screen 116 18 rooms | Screen 52 20 rooms |
| Level 4 | Screen 69 20 rooms | Screen 69 18 rooms |
| Level 5 | Screen 11 23 rooms | Screen 27 30 rooms |
| Level 6 | Screen 34 25 rooms | Screen 48 22 rooms |
| Level 7 | Screen 66 33 rooms | Screen 25 35 rooms |
| Level 8 | Screen 109 25 rooms | Screen 108 27 rooms |
| Level 9 | Screen 5 57 rooms | Screen 0 46 rooms |
Levels 1, 2, and 4 keep their entrances. Level 5 keeps its number on screen 11, but the Second Quest draws a pond there with no way in, so the way in is the boulder on screen 27.
The recorder
In the First Quest the recorder opens Level 7 on screen 66. In the Second Quest it does nothing there and shows a stairway on these ten screens instead.
- Screen 6: Take one of two
- Screen 41: Shop
- Screen 43: Secret cave
- Screen 48: Level 6
- Screen 58: Take one of two
- Screen 60: Level 2
- Screen 88: Secret cave
- Screen 96: Money making game
- Screen 110: Secret cave
- Screen 114: Door repair