Passaj Mountain Climb

The Passaj Mountain Climb is a dungeon-style location in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn.

Description
The name specifically refers to the location in lower-central Angara that must be climbed up to reach the mountain town of Passaj at its top. The location is a source of the mineral Zol, which is mined by the people of Passaj. Passaj's miners take advantage of Zol's wind-related properties to float Zol up the mountain on naturally occurring updrafts.

The Mountain Climb also forms an integral part of Passaj's defenses. The citizens of Passaj have used the advantage their heights give them in fending off multiple attacks from the expansionist country of Kaocho. However, a recent attack resulted in one of the ladder's being cut, limiting the ability to scale the peak.

After awakening the Alchemy Forge upon the first visit to Passaj, a Zol-based elevator will be activated, allowing for quick travel up and down the Mountain. According to Baghi in Passaj, the elevator had never before been activated in his lifetime.

First Visit
The door on the right leads to a room we have no use for right now! To get that chest that you see on the climb up here you need to Move the rock column to the right once you use it to jump past. This way you can use a drop that is up above to reach it. You could also use the upper exit to reset the rock column, but getting it on the way is easier. Open this chest for some Leather Boots and use Growth on the vine here to get back up.

Head up the path and use whirlwind on the flower to bridge the gap and enter the northern door. In here are some floating boxes and another gap to the right. Move through the northern door to find an area with holes shooting out wind gusts. Use the rock column to block the air gusts and move east. Here just run past the next air gust and push the floating box out of your way to continue.

In this room you'll learn that these floating boxes are called Zol, and that this is actually a mine.

The Venus Djinn is protected by wind spurts... for now. So move to the left and pop the Zol box into the air to cross over it and exit the room. Move through this next uneventful corridor and in this next room push the box to the right and climb up the ladders here. Dodge the wind spurts and drop down the right slope. Push the box down and then to the right again. This will make it float, so move to the right and use it to get the Blow Mace from the chest.

Continue through the door to go back to the room where the Venus Djinn is. Go down the slope, dodge the wind, and go grab him. He won't go down without a fight, but you'll soon have the Venus Djinn Bark on your side. Continue up the ladders to get back outside.

Follow this linear path until you can drop down a slope. Drop down the first one and then use growth on the vine. Now you can drop down the second slope and work your way up to the vine. Keep heading up the stairs to come to the town of Passaj.

Later Visit
Use the lift to head to Passaj. Head out the south exit and follow the path down the mountain. Find the way to the cave under the wooden bridge.

Now with Cold Snap we can actually do something here. Push the first block up, right, and up to set it in place. Now push the second one up, then freeze the puddle. Push it left and then down. Now you need to turn the ice back into a puddle using fireball. Now push it north to unlock the door.

In here you can find the summon tablet Flora, which requires 1 Venus and 2 Jupiter Djinn. Now return to Passaj.

Collectibles
Leather Boots: found in a chest near the entrance. Blow Mace: found in a chest in the interior portion of Passaj Mountain Climb. Bark: found in the interior portion of Passaj Mountain Climb, near the upper exit. Flora: found in a cave near the upper portion of the Mountain. Requires Cold Snap to access.