Secret of Mana: Visiting Gaia's Navel

Visiting Gaia's Navel is a Quest in Secret of Mana (SOM).

Description

The Mana Sword needs to be reforged and the dwarves should have a skilled enough blacksmith. Randi needs to make his way to Gaia's Navel and into the Dwarf Village.

Walkthrough

With the Spear in hand and the Water Seed sealed, it is time to make your way to Gaia's Navel.
Head out of the Water Palace and start making your way back to Pandora.
Continue South along the path to the South.
This will take you past the road to Neko's Inn.
Deal with the Lullabuds and Rabites in the area.
If you walked to the Water Palace, then Kid Goblins will ambush and kidnap Randi.
This will introduce Primm who will rescue Randi.
After that, head to the East and follow the road back to Pandora.
Go to the split in the paths and head South to reach Pandora.
Follow the path South and over to the East.
There are a few Rabites and Lullabuds.
Go down the stairs to the South and follow the road to the West.
On this path you will find a Mushboom.
On the other side of the next bridge is another Mushboom.
Use the Sword to cut through the plants in your way.
Go to the East across the next bridge on your path.
Fight on through the Lullabuds and Mushbooms.
Follow the road to the South to make your way to Pandora.

You can stop in Pandora to get a little better armor.
You can head South and over to the West to start along the path toward Gaia's Navel.
Out of Pandora to the West and follow the road to that way.
As the road turns to the North, you will encounter a Mushboom, Buzz Bee, and Lullabud.
Follow the road to the Northwest, then cut across the field to the North.
From there, follow the road to the East after that.
Go across the bridge, where you will find another pair of Mushbooms and a Buzz Bee.
Follow the road to the North after that, and then over to the West.
Fight through the Lullabud and Rabites.
Head over to the West through enemies, to reach another junction in the road.
If you head to the West at the junction, this will lead you to Kippo Village.
Head to the North after that and turn to the North.
This will lead you to the outer portion of Gaia's Navel.
Head over to the East and follow the path around, you will encounter Mushboom.
Head across the bridge to the to the North.
On the other side is a Buzz Bee waiting to attack you.
As you approach the water, you will encounter 2 more Lullabuds.
Go across the running water to the West.
From there, continue down to the South from there, dealing with the Mushboom there.
Go down the stairs there to the South.
Continue along the path to the East then North.
Go up into the water and follow it to the West.
Head through the water to the West, where you will encounter a Buzz Bee.
Go down the stairs to the South after dealing with the Bee.
Follow the path over to the East and fight through the Buzz Bees.
Go to the North and into the water.
Head to the top left waterfall and go inside the Waterfall and get inside the caves.

Inside the cave, you will encounter 2 Blats and just after that, a Green Drop and a Kid Goblin.
Take out the Blats and the Kid Goblin, it can be difficult to deal with the Green Drop.
Head North and into the doorway there.
In there, you can head Northward, fighting the Kid Goblins to reach the next set of stairs above you.
In this room, you will find another set of Blats.
Go over to the left and up the stairs nearby.
Go around the small pool of water to the left then down the other sides on the far side.
Be mindful of the Kid Goblin by the pool.
Go into the upper left doorway.
This leads to a hallway with numerous Kid Goblins.
Take them on individually.
Hit the skull in the very back of this room.
It will cause the water to flood out of the pool in the previous room.
Head to the South and back into the previous room.
Go over to the right and then go through the bottom right doorway.
This will bring you through a hallway.
On the far side, you will need to battle through 2 Kid Goblins and a Mushboom.
Go down the stairs South of you.
From there, go over to the right and take on the Blats
From there, go South through another long hallway.
On the far side of the hallway is another Kid Goblin.
Head along the hallway to the left, down, and over to the right.
Be mindful of the Kid Goblin and the Green Drop.
Go across the land bridge and then turn to the North.
Defeat the Blat and then go around to the right and down the nearby stairs.
Go over to the right at the bottom of the stairs and up the stairs on the right-hand side of this room.
This leads to a small, previously inaccessible portion where you can see a Kid Goblin asleep under another switch.
Hit the switch, defeat the goblin and head back down the stairs.
Go over to the left where you can see the stone landed from above.
Go up the stairs on the left in the middle.
Head upwards to reach the doorway that will take you into the Dwarf Village.