Vault Cave

Vault Cave is a cavernous area located underneath the town of Vault in Angara, and is an optional dungeon in Golden Sun. It contains a treasure named the Vambrace, and a Mimic as well, but the real prize is the Venus Djinni Sap. However, this Djinni must be driven onto the elevated "island" cave exit in northeastern Vault by ringing the town's bell, so that there can be a Djinni waiting for you when you go through the Vault Cave dungeon and emerge out of that exit.

Walkthrough
Before you attempt Vault Cave it is important that you ring the bell in town. Inside, you can see a treasure chest, which is actually a mimic. Ignore or engage it, then move on down the left path. In the next room, head right and go through another door downstairs. On this level, you will have to Move a flaming pillar onto a button with a flame on it. This will open a locked door and allow you to progress. Pass through and in here, you will see many puddles on the floor to Frost, as well as a leafy area that needs to have Whirlwind used on it. After clearing the leaves, enter and open the chest to get the Vambrace. Go back out, climb down the ladder, and Frost the puddles. Climb back up, walk to the left and jump across the pillars, then enter the door. Go right, ignoring the door in front of you, then south. Go through that door, and in this room just walk a few steps over and up some stairs. Press a button on the wall to drain the water here, then go back down. Head south and you'll find a set of stairs that descend even deeper. Go through these, and then through the next door.

This will lead you to a puzzle area with more flaming pillars. There are also water drops falling from the ceiling; if these hit the flame, it will go out and moving it onto the button will have no effect. Exit the room if this happens and start the puzzle again. First, move the unlit pillar out of the way by pushing it forward twice. Next, slide the lit one a single space forward; wait until a drop falls on the right side of it, then quickly slide it two pushes to the right. Move it one more to the right and then two north. Move it two left now, and wait for a drop to fall on the left side of it. Once this happens, quickly slide it two to the left, just like before. Push it south once, then around the edge of the boundary just like on the right side. When you stop, it should be resting two spaces away from where the unlit one started. Wait until the drop falls on the right side of it and quickly push it two to the right. Finally, slide it on to the button and go through the newly unlocked door.

This will return you through the door you ignored earlier. The route you took to go down before is now flooded. Walk left and go up the stairs, then south through to the next room. In here, climb down the ladder and go through the door that all the water passed through. Jump across, climb up a ladder and walk right. Go up these stairs and out the door.

Now, you are back in Vault. Go up the stairs and collect Sap, the Djinni you just worked so hard for. Walk back into the door and use Retreat to end up back at the entrance of the cave. You may want to now return to Vale and finish up some loose ends there.

Collectibles
Vambrace: In a chest in a small room behind a bush that can be Whirlwinded.