Actually, you can start Plant Pond, get dungeon item and with it, skip to IW L7 and continue playing. After all, as you can see, one dungeon's item is what is required for the next dungeon, not the medal. Only thing is, you can't get the Medal of War without the update.
Oh ok. I got the item just now from Plant Pond, but I have a small request of you for this quest:
We need more hidden money!!! (and/or cheaper masks)
The HappyMaskSalesMan's place is just WAY too expensive for the lack of money available. I had found a few spots with money, but not a whole lot of them. I actually already had used them all up on other things anyways (some potions, lens, and shield... I think). I'm having to start from 30 rupees and get up to 750 without anymore hidden money areas. I've pushed rocks and looked at many other places as well.



