Mercury Lighthouse

From Golden Sun Universe

Mercury Lighthouse is the first of the Elemental Lighthouses to be visited. It is found in Golden Sun, and it is here where the party first meets Mia. After Isaac uses Psynergy to move a statue that blocks the entrance, Mia nods her thanks and enters the lighthouse, where she is stopped by a Lizard Man. The party defeats this monster, and Mia moves on. It is only after moving another statue that blocks her way that Mia joins with the party. She brings with her Fizz. a Mercury Djinn, and the Ply Psynergy which, besides healing, is used in the lighthouse as a utility Psynergy.

At the top of Mercury Lighthouse, the party encounters Saturos and Menardi's party, and there is a battle between Isaac's group and Saturos. The antagonists succeed in lighting the beacon, and they depart for Venus Lighthouse with their hostages Jenna and Kraden in tow. The lighting of Mercury Lighthouse does have a beneficial effect, however. The Water of Hermes begins to flow from a fountain outside the lighthouse. This water has a potent healing effect, and this frees Mia to join the party for their quest, as well as providing the cure for Tret's curse.

While in the Lighthouse, Mia receives 4 PP after every round in battle.

[edit] Walkthrough

Upon entering the Lighthouse, you will see Mia standing at the door, talking about Alex and how the entrance is blocked by a statue. After using Move on the statue, she will open the door and dash in.

All the dungeons before now are rather trivial in comparison to the Lighthouse. All of the lighthouses tend to be complex, though. The first obstacle in your (and Mia's) way is a Lizard man. You must fight and defeat him. Mia nods her thanks and runs ahead again. Pass through the door after her, and then through two more rooms until you are standing at the foot of a staircase; go up it. Again, you will see Mia's course blocked by an obstacle she can't move. After using Move on another statue, she will finally admit she can't go through this on her own and join you.

After passing through another empty room, you will come across a room with pipes carrying water running around the floor. Most of these have breaks in the line, which can be repaired by pushing a loose pipe. This is the first thing you need to do; once that is done, follow the maze and use the stairs to pass under pipes until you end up on the far right wall. Head north, and then take a longer staircase under four pipes at the north wall. You'll come out near where you started, but in a position to push the pipe back out; this will enable you to walk through the room without getting pushed every which way by water jets. Go down the same path again, this time stopping to grab the now-available treasure chest. Now, keep going until you return to the broken segment, travel left and then south. Walk down the stairs, under one pipe, and then back up. This should lead you to a doorway on the south wall, in the left corner.

Move south along the right wall, jumping over two pits, and keep going until you hit the southernmost wall. Travel left from here. You will see a statue on one side of a hole, and a button on the other. Move the statue onto the button to open the door. Once this is done, slide down the wall, go through the doorway facing north, climb the ladder and enter the next room. In here, just walk around and slide off the wall into the hole. You will land in the first room, but on a platform in the middle of the water. Jump the northern wall, towards a statue. Use Ply on the statue, and now every time you reach a platform in the middle of the water, you will be able to walk across the water for 3 jumps. Go through the right door and into the next room. In here, jump onto the platform in the water and move right all three jumps. Go onto the land and pass through another southern door.

In here is a treasure chest; at least by first impression. In actuality, it's a Mimic, a monster that looks like a chest. Mimic knows Sleep, so be careful of your party's status. They can be challenging, but often drop good things, so it's worthwhile. Once it has been defeated (or ignored), pass through the waterfall on the right by pushing up against it. You should pass through, into a room with a treasure chest. Use the platform's jumps to move three space out and reach the platform. It contains Psynergy armor, a good equipment for Isaac and Garet. Jump back across and return to the second room, after the statue. Go through the center door, near the staircase that took you up, but now use the 3 jumps to get to new areas. Move 3 spaces right, then down to the next platform to recharge. Go 3 spaces right again, once more landing on a space to recharge. Head north 4 spaces, landing on yet another recharging platform. 3 more north will take you to an area with many platforms, some recharging and others not. Move two to the left until you are on a non-recharging platform, then jump down one to stand on a recharger. Go left 3 spaces onto a normal platform, then jump over two to reach solid land and collect a treasure chest. Use the nearest recharging platform to move back to the starting platforms. Retrace the route to reach the northern corner. This time, head one to the left and 3 up to reach a safe spot. Use the nearest recharger to jump all the way across the shore on the left side, and then travel south until you reach that recharger. Go south 4 spots, and then through the door. Go on one recharger platform in the new room, but jump ahead to the next safe area, and through another door.

In this room, there should be three waterfalls, oriented opposite the way the mimic's room was. Press up against the center waterfall to go to another room. Nothing you can do in here yet, so just go into the one door you can enter on the right. In here are three pipe segments out of place; push the northernmost horizontal one into place, then the southernmost horizontal pipe, and finally the vertical pipe. This will fill the previous room with water, and cause the recharger platforms there to activate, enabling you to cross to the right door. Move three spaces left, then north to reach the staircase here. Next room is empty except another staircase, so just climb away. In this third room is a button, and an area limiting the movement of a statue, but no statue. The button locks a door that blocks your way, so you're going to have to find that statue. Head up the staircase on the opposite side. Here are several pipes, and they are all sealing the statue in the center. You won't be able to reach it, so you can't directly push it, and it's much too far away to use Psynergy on. However, the water jets from the pipes might just allow you to push the statue into the hole in the floor. Move all the way north in the room and then right, going under all the pipes and coming up on the other side. Push the segment as far left as it will go, which will slide the statue one square to the left. Go back to the left side and push the pipe segment to its original position to slide the statue down two spots, in front of the last water jet. Return to the right side of the room, and push the pipe segment back to left again. Now, push the horizontal pipe segment south as far as it will go. Return to the left side of the room one last time to push the vertical pipe segment to the right, which is now blocked by the horizontal one. This activates the final water jet and pushes the statue through the hole.

Go back down stairs and move the statue onto the button. Pass through the newly unlocked door into a room with several movable statues against the wall. Push the second from the right wall to reveal a door leading to a treasure chest (which contains a nut). Grab it, and go back. Jump across the broken floor, moving south, climb down the ladder, go right a few feet, up the next ladder, and then after going as far north as possible Move one last statue to reveal the doorway. In the next room, push a horizontal pipe segment to activate a water jet. This pushes the whole wall away, revealing yet another door. In this room are several waterfalls. Enter the fourth from the right, and you'll find the Mercury Djinni Sleet, which you must fight. If it runs away, just exit the room and come back; he'll reappear and you can challenge him again. This will make the second Mercury Djinn you have, the first being Fizz which Mia came with. Go back out and move left until you see a door in the south wall. Enter, and move to the next staircase in this empty room. The next room is essentially the same, except there are a few holes in the ground which you must jump over. Going into the door in this room is leads to another waterfall room; the hidden door here is on the one farthest right.

The next room is simple, and contains one jump and a statue which must be Moved one left. Behind it is a staircase, leading to another empty room. The door at the end of this room leads to a rainbow chamber; It's recommended to save now, since many things are about to happen. Use Ply on the statue here, and the waterfall will reverse direction. During a cutscene, you will ascend to the sky on it.

By the time your party arrives, Saturos and Menardi have already lit the Mercury Lighthouse's beacon. A rather lengthy cutscene ensues where the two parties taunt each other. Menardi takes Felix, Jenna, and Kraden away, and Saturos starts a fight.

[edit] Enemies

Bestiary of Mercury Lighthouse
Monster Name	HP	ATK	DEF	AGI	EXP	Coins	Drops
Cuttle	80	96	22	36	27	49	Sleep Bomb
Ghoul	99	93	20	16	34	42	Antidote
Gnome	85	73	15	38	29	40	Oil Drop
Harpy	105	104	25	46	38	53	Elixir
Lizard Man	129	106	31	30	42	52	Nut
Mauler	109	99	27	24	37	45	Nut
Ooze	72	72	19	30	26	40	Herb
Siren	116	107	27	54	45	56	Crystal Powder
Mimic (unique)	468	120	33	51	164	178	Water of Life
Mercury Djinni (Sleet) (unique)	290	107	24	58	130	151	N/A
Saturos (boss)	1200	113	35	51	331	800	Psy Crystal

[edit] Collectibles

Sleet: Behind one of the waterfalls among the wall of waterfalls in one hallway later on in the dungeon, right after the room with the chest with the nut. Run against each fall by pressing B.

Nut: In a chest in a room behind a statue that can be moved aside.
Psy Crystal: In a chest in a room with a water-and-pipe puzzle, on the right side of the area.
Psynergy Armor: In a chest in a room hidden behind a waterfall in the room where you fight the mimic.
Sleep Bomb: In a chest in the large watery room with many magic tiles that allow you to hop across the water.

Dungeons in Golden Sun
Sol Sanctum • Goma Cave • Kolima Forest • Tret Tree • Bilibin Cave • Mercury Lighthouse • Fuchin Falls Cave • Mogall Forest • Altin Peak • Lamakan Desert • Vale Cave • Vault Cave • Altmiller Cave • Gondowan Cave • Lunpa Fortress • Suhalla Desert • Suhalla Gate • Babi Lighthouse • Tunnel Ruins • Venus Lighthouse • Crossbone Isle
Dungeons in Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Kandorean Temple • Shrine of the Sea God • Dehkan Plateau • Yampi Desert • Alhafran Cave • Air's Rock • Madra Catacombs • Gondowan Cliffs • Kibombo Mountains • Gabomba Statue • Gabomba Catacombs • Lemurian Ship • Taopo Swamp • Aqua Rock • Tundaria Tower • Gaia Rock • Izumo Ruins • Ankohl Ruins • Shaman Village Cave • Jupiter Lighthouse • Magma Rock • Mars Lighthouse • Yampi Desert Cave • Treasure Isle • Islet Cave • Anemos Inner Sanctum