Gato Grottoes

Gato Grottoes
Legend of Mana artwork
First appearance	Legend of Mana (1999)
Latest appearance	Legend of Mana (2021)
Transforms from	Flame
Ruler	Matilda
Background music	Cliff Town Gato

Gato Grottoes is a Land in Legend of Mana. It is created by placing the Flame artifact onto the world map.

Background

A town that is quite literally carved into the contours of a mountain range's precipice, Gato Grottoes is said to be protected by divine winds, and is the site where the hallowed Temple of Healing is situated. Dedicated to the Spirits of Air and Flame, the Temple of Healing is helmed by an ancient lineage of priests.

History

Legend of Mana

“A town protected by divine winds. It is always windy on the dangerous precipices. The temple of healing there is dedicated to the Spirits of Air and Fire.”

—In-game Encyclopedia

Quests

• Two Torches
• In Search of Faeries
• Star-Crossed Lovers
• Heaven's Gate
• The Flame of Hope
• The Seven Wisdoms
• Niccolo's Business Unusual: Part 2
• The Blessed Elixir

Enemies

• Howler
• Moldy Goo
• Needlebeak
• Rattler Boa
• Shadow Zero
• Skeleton
• Slime
• Wooding

• Spriggan (boss) | (Two Torches)

Shop

• Weapons
• Materials (talk to the student in the Village of Gato)

Items

NB: See mini-map in gallery for tile numbers

• Wad of Wool
• Blackened Bat
• Flaming Quill
• Angry Eye
• Holy Water
• Vampire Fang

Non-player characters

• Nuns
• Sproutlings
• Student
• Cancun Bird
• Niccolo (during Niccolo's Business Unusual: Part 2)
• Rubens (before The Flame of Hope)
• Inspector Boyd (during The Flame of Hope)
• Sandra (during The Flame of Hope)
• Matilda (between Two Torches and Heaven's Gate)
• Daena (after Two Torches (if not killed later in Star Crossed Lovers))
• Escad (during Two Torches, Star-Crossed Lovers and Heaven's Gate)

Sub-locations

NB: See mini-map in gallery for tile numbers

• Village of Gato - (tile 1)
• Pathways - (tile 3)
  • Cliff Terrace - (tile 4)
  • Temple of Healing - (tiles 5-6)
• Pathway of Ascetism - (tile 17)
  • Gato Caves - (tile 16)

Trivia

• Alongside Mekiv Caverns, Tower of Leires, Ulkan Mines and a completed Lucemia, Gato Grottoes doesn't have a constant map animation.
• Gato is the only city to have a dungeon inside it.
• On the other hand, Bejeweled City was at one point a dungeon on it's entirety.

Gallery

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  Gato Grottoes land creation

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  Gato Grottoes sprite

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  The Prayer Hall

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  The Dreamweaving Room

	Randi --"Whoa! What's a Rabite doing in a place like this?"
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