# The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Guide Unofficial walkthrough for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake on Nintendo Switch 2. Updated 2026-11-09. Interactive version: https://streamwidgetshop.com/gaming-guides/legend-of-zelda/oot-remake Steps tagged [checked] were confirmed against real playthrough footage of the remake. ## Walkthrough ### Kokiri Forest (Child Link) Link wakes up, buys a shield, finds a sword in the Training Grounds and gets past Mido to the Great Deku Tree. #### Objective: Get a sword and shield (reward: Kokiri Sword, Deku Shield) 1. Climb down from your tree house and talk to Saria at the bottom. She says the Great Deku Tree wants to see you, but Mido blocks the tunnel until you carry a sword and a shield. [checked] 2. Find the Training Grounds sign by the straw dummies and press A to enter the small tunnel. Crawl through, climb the ladder, beat the small plant enemy and open the chest on the far ledge for the Kokiri Sword. [checked] 3. Collect at least 40 Rupees, then buy the Deku Shield from the shop in the hollow trunk. Rupees lie on the river stepping stones, in the grass and in two chests in a house along the path. A Kokiri in the shop teaches the shield: hold ZL to raise it, and keep it away from fire, which burns it. [checked] #### Objective: Get past Mido to the Great Deku Tree (reward: Deku Sticks) 4. Take the sword and shield to the tunnel at the end of the village. Mido grumbles about your missing fairy, then steps aside once he sees you are armed. [checked] 5. In the dark tunnel past Mido, slash the red Deku Baba for Deku Sticks. The counter goes from 0 to 3 of 10, and more Babas on the way refill it. [checked] 6. Walk the open path to the clearing. The Great Deku Tree (title card: The Forest Guardian) asks Link about his nightmares and sends him inside. Walk into the tree to start the dungeon. [checked] ### Inside the Deku Tree (Child Link) First dungeon: climb through the tree, get the Fairy Slingshot and lift the curse on the Great Deku Tree. #### Objective: Find the Fairy Slingshot (reward: Dungeon Map, Fairy Slingshot) 1. Cut the Deku Babas inside the entrance (each refills your sticks) and climb to the 2F ledge. Open the big chest by the vines for the Dungeon Map, which splits the tree into five floors: 3F, 2F, 1F, B1 and B2. [checked] 2. Open the barred gate and the stone door on 2F. A Deku Scrub in the side room only gives a hint about rolling when you land from a high jump. Cut the Deku Baba beside it, then go through the next door. [checked] 3. Take the wooden walkway to the chest on the platform. The floating platform is now a plank bridge that crumbles under you, so keep moving. The chest holds the Fairy Slingshot. [checked] 4. Hold ZR to aim the Slingshot at the eye switch above the stone gate. A ladder lowers in front of the gate. Climb it to carry on. [checked] #### Objective: Work down to the basement 5. At the vine wall, shoot the Skulltula with a seed and finish it with the sword. Open the chest at the foot of the wall, then climb the vines up to 3F. [checked] 6. On 3F follow the corridor and beat the Skulltula that drops in front of you. Then cross the log walkway, jumping the gaps, and fall into the pool on B1. [checked] 7. On B1, climb out of the water and step on the floor switch in front of the web. It lights the pedestal torch, and the flame burns the web that hides a chest. The chest holds three Deku Sticks. [checked] 8. A Deku Scrub on B1 begs for mercy, leaves a green Rupee and says the Scrub triplets ahead must be hit in the order two, three, one. Remember it, then shoot the eye switch above the stone door to open it. [checked] 9. In the water room, use the Dive prompt to hit the underwater switch. Then step onto the round stone platform and ride it past the thorny log to the far ledge. [checked] 10. Beat the Skulltula, push the stone block along its path and head to the torch corridor. Light a Deku Stick and touch both pedestal torches to open the barred gate. A defeated enemy further on drops Deku Seeds, raising your Slingshot ammo to 27 of 30. [checked] 11. At the vine wall, shoot the glowing spot high on it with a seed, then climb the vines to the ledge and carry on toward the exit. [checked] 12. Light a Deku Stick at the pair of pedestal torches and walk to the huge floor web. Burn it and fall through into the water on B2, then swim to the next room. [checked] 13. In the B2 room three Business Scrubs pop out of leaf plants. Raise your shield (ZL) to bounce each nut back at them in this order: the middle Scrub, then the right one, then the left one (two, three, one, counting left to right). Taking several hits ends in a Game Over and restarts you in the B2 water. Afterwards talk to the last Scrub for a hint about Gohma's eye, then take the door. [checked] #### Objective: Defeat the dungeon boss (reward: Heart Container, Kokiri's Emerald) 14. Gohma: seed her eye to stun, slash, repeat. Take the Heart Container. [checked] 15. Listen to the Great Deku Tree and take the Kokiri Emerald. [checked] ### Hyrule Field to Castle Town (Child Link) Leave the forest with the Fairy Ocarina and cross Hyrule Field to the drawbridge of Castle Town. #### Objective: Cross Hyrule Field to Castle Town (reward: Fairy Ocarina) 1. After the Deku Tree, head for the exit gate by the training area. The Kokiri guard lets you through, and Saria gives you the Fairy Ocarina as you cross the bridge. [checked] 2. Cross Hyrule Field heading north and follow the dirt road toward the castle on the horizon. The Threads of Time tab on the map screen lists your current goal, which for now is to head to Hyrule Castle. [checked] ### Hyrule Castle Town and Castle (Child Link) Meet Malon for a Weird Egg, wake Talon with the Wake-Up Cucco, sneak through the castle grounds, meet Zelda and learn Zelda's Lullaby, then set out for Death Mountain. #### Objective: Reach the castle gate 1. Run across the lowered drawbridge into Castle Town, then take the road north toward the castle. Kaepora Gaebora calls from a tree that the princess is inside, but the guard at the front gate turns you away. You need another way in. [checked] #### Objective: Weird Egg from Malon (reward: Weird Egg) 2. Malon sits on the low wall of the castle road near the front gate, so it is easy to walk past her. Talk to her and she gives you a Weird Egg. Threads of Time then asks you to wake her father at the castle. [checked] #### Objective: Find Talon in the castle grounds 3. Take the path on the left of the gate road. Climb the vines up the rock face, cross the grassy slope above the gate, then climb the vines on the round tower and use the ladder inside to reach the grounds. [checked] 4. Inside the grounds, follow the stone path through the hedge garden, then climb the vine wall at its far end. Cross the stone terrace and walk down the steps into the moat. [checked] 5. Swim along the moat under the stone arch (B dashes, hold A to dive) and climb out onto the ledge by the crates. Talon is asleep there. He only mumbles about Malon waiting at the gate, and ocarina notes do nothing yet. [checked] #### Objective: Wake Talon with the Wake-Up Cucco (reward: Wake-Up Cucco) 6. The Weird Egg sits in your item ring and turns into the Wake-Up Cucco on its own, so use the wait to explore town. A woman near the temple says it is open to everyone but warns you not to cause trouble inside. [checked] #### Side quest (Bottle): Potion Shop bug errand, reward: Empty Bottle - Take the Potion Shop bug errand in Castle Town to earn an empty bottle. [checked] #### Side quest (Minigame): Castle Town shooting gallery, reward: Bigger Deku Seed Bag - Score a perfect run in the Castle Town shooting gallery to win a bigger seed bag. [checked] 7. Return to Talon by the same route: the vines up the rock and tower, the ladder, the hedge garden, the vine wall and the moat swim. [checked] 8. Next to Talon, open your item ring, pick the Wake-Up Cucco and press ZR. The Cucco lands on his head and wakes him. He introduces himself as the owner of Lon Lon Ranch, then hurries off, grumbling that Malon will give him an earful. [checked] #### Objective: Sneak through the castle grounds 9. Grab the big crate stack with A and push it along the ledge into the stair gap. Climb on top of it and hop up to the low arched drain in the wall, then crawl in. [checked] 10. Follow the dark drain to the ladder and climb up into a stone yard. Smash the pot under the barred window for a heart, then take the stairs up. [checked] 11. Cross the yard from cover to cover, using the stairs and the wooden bridge, and push the crate beside the planter to climb over it. If a guard spots you, Link is dumped back at the ladder. Try again once the guard has moved on. [checked] 12. The way on is the storeroom at the far end of the yard. Wait until the patrolling guard turns away, cross the wooden walkway, slip past the barrels and out the far door into Zelda's flower courtyard. Getting caught also sends you back to the ladder. [checked] #### Objective: Meet Princess Zelda (reward: Zelda's Letter) 13. Talk to Zelda at the courtyard window. [checked] 14. Zelda gives you Zelda's Letter. Keep it, because it opens the Death Mountain trail gate. [checked] #### Objective: Learn Zelda's Lullaby (reward: Zelda's Lullaby) 15. Impa teaches you Zelda's Lullaby. Watch the song staff, then play it back with Y, X, A, Y, X, A. [checked] #### Objective: Set out for Death Mountain 16. Impa escorts you out to the Hyrule Field road and points at Death Mountain, home of the Gorons and the Spiritual Stone of Fire. She says her homeland Kakariko Village lies at its foot. A New Event pop-up starts the Spiritual Stone of Fire thread. [checked] #### Side quest (Song): Malon's Friend: Epona's Song, reward: Epona's Song - Visit Lon Lon Ranch during the day. Talk to Malon in the main pen and play along on the ocarina to learn Epona's Song. [checked] #### Side quest (Heart Piece): Lon Lon Ranch shed, reward: Piece of Heart - Heart piece: go to the old shed in the far corner. Shove the boxes to clear a path behind the broken railings and crawl through the small hole. [checked] #### Side quest (Bottle): Lon Lon Milk, reward: Lon Lon Milk - Bottle: play Epona's Song next to a cow while holding an empty bottle to fill it with Lon Lon Milk. [checked] ### Kakariko Village (Child Link) Walk to Kakariko and show Zelda's Letter at the Death Mountain gate. The Cucco Lady, Gold Skulltulas, Sun's Song, Hylian Shield and Dampe's dig are side quests. #### Objective: Reach Kakariko Village 1. Head northeast from Hyrule Field toward Kakariko Village. Follow the river (you can swim it) under a stone bridge and past the windmill until the village title card appears. Walk in through the gate: the guard, the builders and a woman by the windmill only chat. [checked] #### Side quest (Bottle): Cucco Lady's runaway Cuccos, reward: Empty Bottle, Piece of Heart - Round up the Cucco Lady's seven runaway Cuccos and put them in her pen for an empty bottle. The first four are on open ground: by the building site, near the entrance, on the path up Death Mountain and behind a crate you roll into. [checked] - Cuccos five to seven need carrying and gliding. Fly one toward the Skulltula house for the white bird, toss two over the fence near the windmill, and carry one to the blue-roof house where the stuck man gives a Heart Piece. [checked] #### Side quest (Gold Skulltula): Kakariko Gold Skulltulas, reward: Gold Skulltula Tokens - Gold Skulltulas: roll into the tree near the entrance, check the unfinished building and the Skulltula house wall, shoot the one on the watchtower ladder with the Slingshot, then check the wall near the Death Mountain exit. #### Side quest (Song): Sun's Song in the Graveyard, reward: Sun's Song - Sun's Song: at the Triforce plate, draw out the two Poes at the pillar, stand on the mark and play Zelda's Lullaby. Cross the tomb past the Keese and ReDeads and learn the tune at the plaque. [checked] #### Side quest (Equipment): Free Hylian Shield in the Graveyard, reward: Hylian Shield - Hylian Shield, free: after dark enter the Graveyard, go up to the back and pull the right gravestone. Drop into the hole, avoid the ReDead's stare and open the chest. [checked] #### Side quest (Minigame): Dampe's night dig, reward: Piece of Heart - Dampe's night dig game gives a Heart Piece as the top prize, and the remake version runs a bit faster. [checked] #### Objective: Get past the Death Mountain gate 2. When you are ready, climb the stone steps at the north end of the village to the Death Mountain gate. The guard says the trail is closed until you show royal authorization, so show him Zelda's Letter and he lets you through. He warns that eruptions throw debris and suggests something sturdier than a wooden shield: the Castle Town Bazaar sells one, and he will send word ahead for a hero discount. [checked] ### Death Mountain Trail and Goron City (first visit) (Child Link) Climb the trail to Goron City, open Darunia's door with Zelda's Lullaby, then take the secret tunnel to the Lost Woods. #### Objective: Climb Death Mountain Trail 1. Go through the gate and climb the trail. A save icon appears and Threads of Time shows an Event Update for the Spiritual Stone of Fire. [checked] 2. Red Tektites hop along the lower trail, so lock on with ZL and cut them down. A Goron on the path says Dodongo Cavern is dodgy right now. Another, by the fenced overlook, says a rock blocks the cavern and only a Goron's strength can lift the Bomb Flower beside it. [checked] 3. Keep climbing to the cave at the top. A signboard on a side path warns that Dodongo Cavern allows no entry without permission. The tunnel ahead leads into Goron City, where the first Goron asks what a kid is doing here. [checked] #### Objective: Visit Darunia 4. A Goron tells you Darunia opens his door only for a messenger of someone important, with proof of who sent them. Stand on the Triforce rug in front of the sealed door and play Zelda's Lullaby (Y, X, A, Y, X, A). The door opens. [checked] 5. Darunia says he heard the royal family's song but is in no mood to help: he rants about a rock shortage that has left the Gorons hungry, and tells you to get out. Leave his room. Saria's Song cheers him up, so go and learn it first. [checked] #### Objective: Find the secret tunnel to the Lost Woods 6. Light a Deku Stick on a torch, then touch the flame to the Bomb Flower plant beside the cracked wall near the sitting Goron. The wall blows open and a dark tunnel leads out to the Lost Woods. [checked] ### Lost Woods and Saria's Song (Child Link) Find Saria in the Sacred Grove and learn the song Darunia needs. #### Objective: Find Saria in the Sacred Grove 1. Step through the tunnel into the Lost Woods. Kaepora Gaebora greets you from a branch and says the forest connects many areas across Hyrule. [checked] 2. From the Goron City entrance the route is a chain of hollow-log tunnels, with a small map in the corner of the screen. Walk toward the louder music at every fork. Some side paths lead to Goron City and Zora Domain but you cannot use them yet, and in the footage the walk took about two minutes before the Sacred Grove title card appeared. [checked] 3. At the entrance to the Sacred Grove a Wolfos jumps you. Block with ZL, then slash with your sword right after its claw swing, since Navi says it leaves itself wide open to a counterattack. The purple barrier behind it disappears once it is down. [checked] 4. Climb the long mossy corridor and its stairs toward the grove. Red flower-headed Mad Scrubs burst out of the ground along the way, so cut them down as they come. [checked] #### Objective: Learn Saria's Song (reward: Saria's Song) 5. Saria waits on a stump at the top and asks about the Great Deku Tree's request. She plays Saria's Song on her ocarina and asks you to try it: play R, A, Y, R, A, Y (Down, Right, Left, Down, Right, Left in the old N64 names). You learn the song. [checked] #### Side quest (Heart Piece): Skull Kid Heart Pieces, reward: Piece of Heart x2 - Heart pieces: win the Skull Kids' third flute test, and stand on the small log on the left after entering the woods and play Saria's Song for the Skull Kid. [checked] #### Side quest (Upgrade): Deku Seed Bag upgrade, reward: Bigger Deku Seed Bag - Hit the gong near the first tree hole three times for the bigger Deku Seed Bag. [checked] #### Side quest (Upgrade): Deku Stick Bag from a Business Scrub, reward: Bigger Deku Stick Bag - Buy the bigger Deku Stick Bag from a Business Scrub for 40 Rupees. [checked] #### Objective: Return to Goron City 6. Walk back through the tunnels to Goron City. The game saves as you arrive. On the way out Kaepora Gaebora says songs like Saria's matter all over Hyrule. [checked] ### Goron City (Child Link) Cheer up Darunia, get the Goron Bracelet and blast open the Dodongo Cavern entrance. #### Objective: Cheer up Darunia (reward: Goron Bracelet) 1. Back in Goron City, go to Darunia's room. He snaps at you, so take out the ocarina and play Saria's Song, R, A, Y, R, A, Y. It cheers him up and he dances. He says the Spiritual Stone of Fire is the Goron Ruby, the tribe's most prized possession, and he will only help if you defeat the beast in Dodongo Cavern. [checked] 2. Darunia gives you the Goron Bracelet, which lets you pick up Bomb Flowers. An Event Update pops up for the Spiritual Stone of Fire. [checked] #### Side quest (Heart Piece): Goron City's smiling pot, reward: Piece of Heart - Piece of Heart: carry a Bomb Flower to the big smiling pot and throw it in. In the footage a Piece of Heart and two blue Rupees pop out beside the pot. [checked] #### Objective: Blow open Dodongo Cavern 3. Head out of the city. A Bomb Flower blasts open a cracked wall on the way, and rope bridges lead to the exit cave. The Goron guard there warns that this is no place for a kid. [checked] 4. On Death Mountain Trail it is now dark. At the fenced overlook, lift the Bomb Flower with the Goron Bracelet and throw it at the boulder blocking Dodongo Cavern. The boulder blows apart and a Goron kid cheers that the entrance is open. [checked] #### Side quest (Heart Piece): Ledge above Dodongo Cavern, reward: Piece of Heart - Heart piece: after throwing the flower, jump off the short fence and land on the ledge above the cavern entrance. 5. Walk into the opened cave. A lava tunnel leads to the first chamber of Dodongo Cavern. [checked] ### Dodongo Cavern (Child Link) Bomb through the lava caves, take down King Dodongo, get the Goron Ruby from Darunia, then visit the Great Fairy on the summit for Din's Fire. The castle fairy and the Bigger Bomb Bag are side quests. #### Objective: Fight through the lava caves (reward: Dungeon Map, Compass) 1. Bring the Goron Bracelet, because Bomb Flowers grow all through the cavern. Just inside, lift one with A and throw it with ZR at the cracked rock ahead, then follow the lava path to the first chamber and its wooden walkway. [checked] 2. In the main lava hall, ride the platforms to the central Beamos platform. 3. A small side chamber holds a chest with the Dungeon Map. A Baby Dodongo attacks in the narrow tunnel nearby, so cut it down. [checked] 4. Carry a Bomb Flower to the next cracked wall and blow it open. Push the spiked stone block onto the wooden platform to open the door ahead, then clear the Keese in the hall. [checked] 5. Beyond the door a Lizalfos waits on a platform beside the lava. Lock on, block its slashes and strike when it lands. It hits hard, and it left Link on one heart in the footage. [checked] #### Side quest (Shop): Business Scrub in the lava hall, reward: 10 Deku Seeds or 5 Deku Sticks - A Business Scrub ambushes you. Knock it down and it gives up, apologises and sells 10 Deku seeds or five Deku sticks. [checked] 6. Light a stick and ignite the three torches on the right wall, then step on the switch they open. In the blue stone room, Dodongo faces are hard to hurt head-on, so get behind one. 7. In the staircase room, stun the Armos, bomb the left wall and climb the ladder to the chest holding the Compass. Then drop a Bomb Flower into the gap between the two rows of flowers to lower the stairs. [checked] #### Objective: Get the Bomb Bag (reward: Bomb Bag) 8. Climb the chain-link nets to 2F. Shoot the Fire Keese with the Fairy Slingshot, shift the blocking statue, hit the switch at the top of the ladder and cross the high bridge. A Lizalfos attacks in the room sealed by purple bars. [checked] 9. Cross the stone platforms over the lava, then shoot the diamond-shaped eye above the next door to open it. The large chest beyond holds the Bomb Bag. [checked] #### Side quest (Equipment): Cracked wall behind the stairs, reward: 2 Business Scrub Seeds - Bomb the cracked wall at the foot of the stairs and open the chest behind it for 2 Business Scrub Seeds. The menu says they can summon Business Scrubs. [checked] #### Objective: Open the skull mouth 10. Drop bombs through both bridge openings so both skull eyes light up and the mouth opens. Go in. [checked] 11. Inside, take the right passage and upper walkway. Use the block loop to hold the switch, bomb the dark floor patch, restock bombs from the chest and drop through the hole. #### Side quest (Gold Skulltula): Dark side cave Gold Skulltula, reward: Gold Skulltula Token - In a dark side cave on 1F a Gold Skulltula shows on the wall, and Navi's lock-on ring marks it. The Collection menu token count goes from 4 to 5 between here and the boss. [checked] #### Objective: Defeat the dungeon boss (reward: Goron Ruby, Heart Container) 12. Bomb King Dodongo's open mouth, then slash his head. [checked] 13. The blue light drops you outside on Death Mountain Trail. Darunia calls you his sworn brother and gives you the Goron Ruby, the Spiritual Stone of Fire. The boss does not drop it. [checked] #### Side quest (Upgrade): Rolling Goron on the trail, reward: Bigger Bomb Bag - After the dungeon, stop the rolling Goron on the trail with a bomb to win the Bigger Bomb Bag. [checked] #### Objective: Great Fairy on the Death Mountain summit (reward: Din's Fire) 14. Darunia says Ganondorf's lackeys came through Goron City first, offering to deal with the Dodongos in return for the Spiritual Stone. He sends you to meet the Great Fairy at the mountain's summit, who could help against Ganondorf. [checked] 15. Head back out to Death Mountain Trail and keep climbing straight up the mountain to the summit. The Great Fairy sits in a fountain at the top: toss Rupees in and she blesses you with Din's power. [checked] #### Side quest (Great Fairy): Great Fairy behind Hyrule Castle, reward: Improved spin attack - A second Great Fairy waits behind Hyrule Castle. Walk the castle road to the front gate and talk to the guard, who opens it for 10 Rupees. [checked] - Follow the flowered path beyond the gate to a cracked boulder in the rock wall and blow it open with a bomb. [checked] - Inside the fountain, stand on the Triforce mark and play Zelda's Lullaby (Y, X, A, Y, X, A). When she asks for an offering, choose Make an offering and toss in 50 Rupees. [checked] - The Great Fairy of Power appears and makes your spin attack stronger: You got the gift of improved spin. Hold Y and release to spin. She asks you to seek her 4 remaining sisters. [checked] ### Zora River and Zora Domain (Child Link) Meet Impa, follow the river to Zora Domain, win the Silver Scale, show King Zora Ruto's Letter and carry a fish to Jabu-Jabu. #### Objective: Head upstream to Zora River 1. Right after the Great Fairy gives you the improved spin, Impa meets you in the castle area by the Great Fairy fountain. She says the Zora guard the Spiritual Stone of Water, far upstream at the source of Hyrule Field's river. Threads of Time lists the new goal: head upstream along the river. [checked] 2. Run through Hyrule Castle Town and out into Hyrule Field, then follow the river upstream to a cave in the cliff with a Zora River sign. Skeletons rise from the field after dark, so keep running. [checked] 3. Follow the path up the river. Throw a bomb at the rock that blocks the way, then cross the little stone bridge. [checked] #### Side quest (Heart Piece): Cucco gliding up the river, reward: Piece of Heart x2 - Cucco gliding up the river reaches two Heart Pieces. [checked] #### Side quest (Shop): Bean Seller, reward: Magic Bean - The Bean Seller sits by a lattice fence further up the river. Buy a Magic Bean and plant it in the patch of soft soil beside him, where a sprout pops up at once. [checked] #### Objective: Open the way into Zora Domain 4. Keep climbing the river path. An Octorok pops up in the water and spits rocks, so hold your shield up. Further on a Blue Tektite hops on the ledge by the waterfall, and Navi warns it is hard to fight on the water's surface. [checked] 5. At the top of the path, step onto the Triforce stone and play Zelda's Lullaby (Y, X, A, Y, X, A), as Kaepora Gaebora hinted at the river's start. The waterfall parts and a stair appears. Walk up it. [checked] 6. Walk into Zora Domain. A Zora near the entrance points out the mosaic of Lord Jabu-Jabu, the guardian deity, on the wall. [checked] #### Side quest (Shop): Zora Shop fish, reward: Fish (30 Rupees) - The Shop Owner says the shop just stocked locally caught fish. A Fish costs 30 Rupees and goes in an empty bottle. [checked] #### Objective: Win the Silver Scale (reward: Silver Scale) 7. Talk to the diving host in the waterfall chamber and say yes to the diving game. Grab all 5 underwater Rupees before the 40 second timer runs out and the host gives you the Silver Scale. Link finished with about 9.9 seconds left. [checked] #### Objective: Show King Zora Ruto's Letter (reward: Ruto's Letter bottle) 8. Dive through the tunnel at the end of the pool to come out in Lake Hylia. Hold A to dive deep with the Silver Scale and pick up the bottle holding Ruto's Letter. [checked] 9. Climb the stairs to the throne room and talk to King Zora De Bon the XVI. He says Ruto is not home and may be underwater. Pick the bottle with the letter from the Items screen and use it on him: he reads Ruto's note, is shocked that she is inside Lord Jabu-Jabu's belly, keeps the letter and moves off the throne so you can pass. [checked] #### Side quest (Heart Piece): Zora Domain torch chain, reward: Piece of Heart - Heart piece: light the torch chain from the throne room to the water. One remake guide says a Deku Stick works, another says you need Din's Fire. #### Objective: Take a fish to Jabu-Jabu 10. Go through the torch-lit passage behind the throne to a mossy pond. Dive in with the empty bottle and catch a fish: You collected a fish in a bottle. [checked] 11. Carry on to Zora Fountain. Walk to the basin in front of Jabu-Jabu's mouth and release the fish with ZR. Jabu-Jabu opens up and swallows you. [checked] ### Lord Jabu-Jabu's Belly (Child Link) Carry Princess Ruto through a living dungeon, get the Boomerang, beat Barinade and receive the Zora Sapphire. #### Objective: Find Princess Ruto 1. You wake inside the belly. Open the item ring, pick the Fairy Slingshot and shoot a seed at the barred door ahead to open it. A jellyfish lurks in the water beyond, and Navi warns of an ambush. [checked] 2. In the next chamber you meet Ruto, who says she will not leave until she finds what she came for. When she walks off, step to the ring-shaped hole in the floor of this room and drop down to B1. [checked] 3. On B1 Ruto gives in and lets you accompany her. Press A to pick her up. An Event Update for Spiritual Stone of Water appears. [checked] #### Objective: Carry Ruto to the Boomerang (reward: Dungeon Map, Boomerang) 4. Carry Ruto along the blue stone path on B1. She calls out to shoo you away when you put her on the ledge, so leave her there and explore the rest of B1 alone. [checked] 5. Along the blue stone path a chest holds the Dungeon Map. The pause menu gains B1, 1F and 2F floor maps, with the way back to Zora Fountain marked. [checked] #### Side quest (Gold Skulltula): B1 vine wall Gold Skulltula, reward: Gold Skulltula Token - Climb the vine wall on B1 to a small chamber with a pot. A Gold Skulltula clings to the wall. Defeat it and take the token: You've collected 8 tokens so far. [checked] 6. Pick Ruto back up and carry her through the barred gate toward 1F. Jellyfish float in the dark, so shoot them with seeds from a distance. [checked] 7. On 1F park Ruto and shoot the stinging creatures around the round clearing, then open the chest: You found the Boomerang. Hold ZR and release to throw it at far-off foes or out-of-reach items. [checked] #### Objective: Get past the tentacles 8. Tentacles hang across several tunnels. Throw the Boomerang at the glowing tip of a tentacle, then carry Ruto through. Rupees and hearts drop around them. [checked] 9. Navi calls out a Stinger in the water near the next door. Cut it down with the sword and keep going with Ruto. [checked] #### Side quest (Gold Skulltula): Hole room Gold Skulltulas, reward: 2 Gold Skulltula Tokens - Drop into the second hole in the hole room for two Gold Skulltulas. #### Objective: Find Ruto's stone and beat Big Octo 10. Carry Ruto back down the hole to the ring-shaped pad on B1, then throw her up to the high ledge. She finds her blue stone there, a gift from her mother. [checked] 11. Ruto thanks you and asks to be taken home, then a huge pink bulb drops and the Big Octo rises. Fight it in the shallow orange water: its weak spot is its rump, so run around behind it and hit it with the Boomerang. It bursts into purple smoke when beaten. [checked] #### Objective: Climb to the boss door 12. Step on the purple ring pad to ride up to 2F. You are on your own here, with no Ruto to carry. Shoot or dodge the jellyfish by the doors, cross the bridge of woven roots and climb the vine wall at the far end. [checked] 13. In the last room throw the Boomerang at the glowing orange knot in the wall to turn the barred door open. Hop onto the blue stone ledge and take the door to the red boss door. [checked] #### Side quest (Gold Skulltula): Last room Gold Skulltula, reward: Gold Skulltula Token - Before the boss door, grab the Gold Skulltula on the vine in the last room with the Boomerang. #### Objective: Defeat the dungeon boss (reward: Heart Container, Zora Sapphire) 14. Beat Bioelectric Anemone Barinade. [checked] 15. Ruto entrusts you with the Zora Sapphire. [checked] ### Temple of Time (Child Link) After the Zora Sapphire, return to Hyrule Castle (Kaepora Gaebora gives a lift), see Zelda flee, find the Ocarina of Time, learn the Song of Time and pull the Master Sword. #### Objective: Return to Hyrule Castle 1. Threads of Time now says Zelda awaits Link at Hyrule Castle. Leave Zora Fountain past the sign that says offerings must be placed before Lord Jabu-Jabu and take the tunnel into Zora Domain. [checked] 2. You can stop at the throne room first, where King Zora only thanks you for returning Ruto. Then jump into the big pool, hold A to dive and swim through the tiled tunnel to surface in Lake Hylia. [checked] 3. Follow the shore path past the lakeside house and across the rope bridge to Kaepora Gaebora. Pick Yes, please! when he offers a lift to Hyrule Castle, and he flies you to Hyrule Field. [checked] 4. Go to the Castle Town drawbridge. [checked] #### Objective: Find the Ocarina of Time (reward: Ocarina of Time, Song of Time) 5. Once you have control, search the moat bank beside the drawbridge for what Zelda threw. Dive in (hold A) where a blue glow shows on the bed and pick up the Ocarina of Time. [checked] 6. Zelda's voice plays over a memory scene. She leaves you the ocarina and a melody that opens the Door of Time, and you play it back on the staff: A, L, R, A, L, R. Threads of Time then names the Ocarina of Time and sets the goal Head to the Temple of Time. [checked] #### Objective: Open the Door of Time 7. Cross the lowered drawbridge into Castle Town and run across the market past the fountain. Climb the steps in the north east corner to the Temple of Time doors. [checked] 8. Walk through the Temple of Time doors and down the red carpet. The game saves as the area title shows. [checked] 9. At the great door, press A to check the stone: it opens only to the tune of time. Open the ocarina, pick the Song of Time in the songbook and play A, L, R, A, L, R. Time warps, the three stones fly into the alcoves above the Door of Time and it opens. [checked] #### Objective: Draw the Master Sword (reward: Master Sword) 10. Reach the Master Sword. [checked] 11. A long cutscene ends the child era. [checked] ### Sacred Realm and Kakariko Return (Adult Link) You wake as adult Link in the Chamber of Sages, meet Rauru and Sheik, then pick up the Light Medallion, Hookshot and Song of Storms. Epona's races are optional. #### Objective: Wake in the Chamber of Sages (reward: Light Medallion) 1. Wake up somewhere new. [checked] 2. Receive the Light Medallion. [checked] #### Objective: Meet Sheik 3. Someone meets you in the Temple of Time. [checked] 4. Leave the ruined Castle Town for Hyrule Field. [checked] #### Objective: Get the Hookshot in Kakariko (reward: Hookshot) 5. Head for Kakariko Village at the foot of Death Mountain. Sheik says the tool that clears the way to the Forest Temple is hidden there, so ask around. New Event pop-ups start Awakening the Five Sages and Forest Temple Mysteries. [checked] 6. In the Graveyard, pull back the flowered gravestone nearest the bean plant and drop into the hole to meet Dampe. 7. Race Dampe's ghost through the tunnels. He drops fire traps and follows the same path every time, so use ZL targeting to peek around corners. Open the chest at the end for the Hookshot. #### Objective: Learn the Song of Storms (reward: Song of Storms) 8. In Kakariko Village, go into the windmill and learn the Song of Storms from the music box man. You need it later to drain the village well as child Link. #### Side quest (Minigame): Epona's races at Lon Lon Ranch, reward: Epona - Finish the Lon Lon Ranch Epona quest to get Epona. It lets you jump the broken bridge in Gerudo Valley later without the Longshot. ### Forest Temple (Adult Link) Sneak through the adult Lost Woods, meet Sheik, and clear the haunted Forest Temple with the Fairy Bow. #### Objective: Reach the Forest Temple (reward: Minuet of Forest) 1. From Kokiri Forest enter the Lost Woods and take right, left, right to reach Mido. Play Saria's Song and he steps aside. 2. Sneak past the Moblins in the hedge corridors using targeting, or Hookshot them from a corner before they charge. At the top, Sheik teaches the Minuet of Forest. Then Hookshot the branch above the platform to enter the temple. #### Objective: Clear the courtyard and main hall (reward: Small Keys 1 to 3, Dungeon Map) 3. Courtyard: beat the two Wolfos, climb the vines, and Hookshot to the small chest on the other tree for Small Key 1. #### Side quest (Gold Skulltula): Courtyard Gold Skulltula, reward: Gold Skulltula Token - A Gold Skulltula sits on the vined trunk in the courtyard. 4. Main hall: block the Blue Bubble's flame with your shield and cut it down. In the locked Stalfos room, fight one skeleton at a time and counter after each swing for Small Key 2. 5. Back in the Poe hall, play the Song of Time on the blue block in the northwest nook. Clear the next room, kill the Blue Bubble for the Map, then hit the switch on the far balcony to drain the courtyard well. 6. Climb down into the drained well and follow the tunnel to the chest holding Small Key 3. #### Objective: Get the Fairy Bow (reward: Fairy Bow) 7. Open the west locked door. Pull the large block along the painted arrows, push the colored blocks into place, and get through the twisted corridor, watching for Wallmasters. Spend a key, drop into the Stalfos arena, beat the pair, and take the Fairy Bow. #### Objective: Beat the Poe Sisters (reward: Compass, Boss Key) 8. Picture hallways: shoot each Poe painting with the bow while the ghost is not near it. Beat Joelle for Small Key 4 and Beth for the Compass. 9. Return to the twisted corridor and shoot the grey eye above its entrance to straighten it. In the end room open the big chest for the Boss Key. Shoot the eye again later to twist it back. 10. Drop through the hole to the room below, beat the Wallmaster and Floormasters for Small Key 5, then return up the twisted route. 11. Rotating platform room: shoot an arrow through the brazier flame to melt the iced eye and open the way. In the checkerboard room, cross to the floor switch while the ceiling drops, and stay clear of the shadows of the hanging Skulltulas. 12. Amy's room: shoot her painting, push four falling blocks into her portrait before the timer runs out, and beat Amy. Back in the main hall, shoot the real Meg, the copy that spins an extra time. Four hits light the last torch and bring the elevator. #### Objective: Defeat the dungeon boss (reward: Heart Container, Forest Medallion) 13. Ride the elevator down. Push the stone slabs to rotate the room and step on all three floor switches in turn to open the boss door. Use the Boss Key, then wait in the center of the arena. 14. None ### Death Mountain and Fire Temple (Adult Link) Get the Goron Tunic from a small Goron, enter the Crater, and free the caged Gorons for keys through the Fire Temple, taking the Megaton Hammer and Boss Key on the way to the boss. #### Objective: Get the Goron Tunic (reward: Goron Tunic) 1. Climb Death Mountain Trail to Goron City, empty except for one small Goron rolling around. Drop a bomb in its path to stop it, then talk to it to get the Goron Tunic. #### Objective: Enter Death Mountain Crater (reward: Bolero of Fire) 2. Equip the tunic, enter the chamber at the bottom of the city, and pull the big statue to the middle. A hidden passage opens straight into Death Mountain Crater. 3. At the Crater, Hookshot the post across the broken bridge and cross it. Sheik teaches the Bolero of Fire, a warp back to the Crater. #### Objective: Free the caged Gorons (reward: Small Keys, Compass) 4. Fire Temple entrance: go in, take the left doorway, and free the first Goron by hitting the switch across the platforms. His chest gives a Small Key. 5. Lava hall: follow the left wall to free the next Goron. Bomb the cracked wall past the locked door for another key. A blue block nearby lowers with the Song of Time to an upper room, which you can skip. 6. Ride the lava jet up, then beat the Torch Slugs and bomb the crystal switch to enter the rolling boulder maze. Free the Gorons behind the cell switch and in the left recess. Their keys open the way to the map room. 7. Shoot the eye switch to open the map room. Outrun the wall of fire across the metal walkway. In the upper maze, bomb the cracked floor to free another Goron, then hit the ledge switch to open the next cell and take the key. 8. Fire maze: grab the compass, step on the floor switch to drop the fire barrier, and bomb the false door. Beat the first Flare Dancer by pulling it out of its flames with the Hookshot and slashing it. #### Objective: Get the Megaton Hammer (reward: Megaton Hammer) 9. Bomb the crystal switch, kill the Fire Keese, step on the floor switch and sprint up the narrow stairs to the Megaton Hammer chest. #### Objective: Find the Boss Key (reward: Boss Key) 10. With the Hammer, smash face blocks to descend, set a crate on the blue switch to hold a path, and hit the rusty switches. Use the Song of Time on the blue block for the last key and free that Goron. 11. Climb back out and hammer the big face block toward Darunia's room to make a platform to the boss door. Smash the totem blocking a locked door near the entrance, then beat the Like Like and the second Flare Dancer. The Boss Key chest is nearby. #### Objective: Defeat the dungeon boss (reward: Heart Container, Fire Medallion) 12. None [checked] ### Ice Cavern and Zora Domain (Adult Link) Cross frozen Zora Fountain, collect Blue Fire and the Iron Boots in the Ice Cavern, then thaw King Zora for the Zora Tunic. #### Objective: Reach the Ice Cavern 1. Bring at least one empty bottle (two is easier) and the Hookshot. Warp to the Temple of Time with the Prelude of Light, then travel up Zora River to Zora Domain, which is now frozen. 2. Walk behind King Zora into Zora Fountain and hop the floating ice to the cave on the far side. That is the Ice Cavern. #### Objective: Cross the Ice Cavern (reward: Dungeon Map, Compass, Blue Fire) 3. Slash the dark icicles and watch for ones that fall. Hit each of the four Freezards during its breath pause to kill them all and open the next door. 4. Propeller room: collect five Silver Rupees to unlock the exit. #### Side quest (Gold Skulltula): Icicle Rupee Gold Skulltula, reward: Gold Skulltula Token - Hookshot the Gold Skulltula above the icicle-covered rupee. 5. In the Blue Fire room, fill your bottle at the cauldron. Melt the red ice around the large chest for the Dungeon Map, refill, and return. 6. Take the east passage and melt the red ice blocks for the Compass. Refill at the torch before leaving. #### Side quest (Heart Piece): Ice Cavern Piece of Heart, reward: Piece of Heart (may have moved) - Melt the red ice in this passage for a Heart Piece. RPGSite says the remake moved this piece, so it may not be here. 7. Sliding ice block room: push the block to each ledge to reach five more Silver Rupees. One needs Blue Fire on red ice. This opens the south door. #### Objective: Get the Iron Boots (reward: Iron Boots, Serenade of Water) 8. Final room: melt the last red ice and strike the White Wolfos while it recovers. Open the chest for the Iron Boots; Sheik then teaches the Serenade of Water. #### Objective: Thaw King Zora (reward: Zora Tunic) 9. Leave with a bottle full of Blue Fire. Back in Zora Domain, pour it on the red ice around King Zora. When he thaws, talk to him to receive the Zora Tunic. ### Water Temple (Adult Link) Drain Lake Hylia's temple level by level with Zelda's Lullaby, snag the Longshot after Dark Link, and beat the tentacled boss. #### Objective: Enter the Water Temple 1. Put the Iron Boots on a D-pad shortcut. The remake makes swapping boots quick, and some solid walls are now lattice so you can see into the next room. [checked] 2. Warp to Lake Hylia with the Serenade of Water. Walk to the middle of the empty lake bed, equip the Iron Boots to sink, and Hookshot the crystal switch above the doorway to open the entrance. #### Objective: Lower the water level by level (reward: Small Keys, Dungeon Map, Compass) 3. Low water first: remove the boots to float up, sink again in the main chamber, and follow the east passage to Ruto's shaft. Beat the Spikes and take the Map from the top side room. Play Zelda's Lullaby on the Triforce plaque outside to drop the water one level. 4. Keys 1 and 2: shoot an arrow through the lit torch to light the two unlit ones, then beat three Shell Blades (hit them when the shell opens) for the first key. Push the large block into the water, sink through the passage, and cross the spout to a chest for the second key. 5. Raise the water to the middle level at the next plaque. Under the floating platform, drop down for the third key. Bomb the cracked wall near Ruto's room for the fourth key, and open the compass chest past the spikes. 6. Play the Lullaby at the third plaque for high water. In the west rooms ride the falling platforms and work the dragon head crystal switches to raise and lower them. #### Objective: Defeat Dark Link for the Longshot (reward: Longshot) 7. None #### Objective: Find the Boss Key (reward: Boss Key) 8. River of whirlpools: swim without the Iron Boots, or you will get pulled in. Shoot the far eye switch, then Longshot to the chest for key 5. #### Side quest (Gold Skulltula): Whirlpool room Gold Skulltula, reward: Gold Skulltula Token - Longshot the Gold Skulltula in the whirlpool room. 9. Key 6: sink at the east passage, raise and lower the water to reach the tower again, and open the chest after pushing the block you pulled earlier. For the Boss Key, work through the northern rooms, bomb walls, cross spouts, and open the ornate chest. #### Objective: Defeat the dungeon boss (reward: Heart Container, Water Medallion) 10. Return to high water, climb the slick slope timing the blade traps, and unlock the boss door. 11. None ### Kakariko and Bottom of the Well (Child Trip) (Adult Link) Kakariko burns and Sheik teaches the Nocturne of Shadow. As child Link, take the Lens of Truth from the well, and make sure you have Din's Fire before you turn adult again. #### Objective: Learn the Nocturne of Shadow (reward: Nocturne of Shadow) 1. None 2. The well is a child Link task. Play the Prelude of Light to reach the Temple of Time and return the Master Sword to become child Link. #### Objective: Get the Lens of Truth (reward: Lens of Truth) 3. Go into the windmill as child Link and play the Song of Storms to drain the well. 4. Crawl through the hole, climb down, and talk to the skeleton by the wall. The wall beside him is fake, so walk through it into the main room. 5. Stand on the Triforce mark in the main room and play Zelda's Lullaby to lower the water everywhere in the dungeon. 6. None 7. Open the chest that appears for the Lens of Truth. It reveals hidden walls, floors and enemies but drains magic, so switch it off between uses. #### Side quest (Equipment): Compass and Dungeon Map, reward: Compass, Dungeon Map - Use the Lens to find hidden doorways to the Compass chest and keys behind false walls. Drop through the central trapdoor to a Redead and the Dungeon Map, and freeze Redeads with Sun's Song. [checked] 8. Collect the Silver Rupees over the poison pond to open the exit, or climb out the ladder. The Lens is the only required prize here. #### Objective: Become adult Link again 9. Make sure you already have Din's Fire from the Death Mountain summit Great Fairy, because the Shadow Temple needs it. Then return to the Temple of Time and pull the Master Sword to be adult again. ### Shadow Temple (Adult Link) Light the way in with Din's Fire, nab the Hover Boots from Dead Hand, and use the Lens of Truth through a maze of hidden walls to reach the boss. #### Objective: Open the Shadow Temple 1. Bring the Nocturne of Shadow, Din's Fire, the Lens of Truth, the Longshot and plenty of magic. Play the Nocturne to warp to the Graveyard. 2. In the lower Graveyard passage stand among the unlit torches and cast Din's Fire to open the temple door. #### Objective: Get the Hover Boots (reward: Hover Boots) 3. Entrance: Longshot across the first gap to the face on the wall and go through. Use the Lens to find hidden faces, false walls and doorways until you reach the Dead Hand room. 4. None #### Objective: Work through the temple halls (reward: Dungeon Map, Compass, Small Keys) 5. Map and statue room: grab the Map after the Redead. In the bird statue room, use the Lens to find the true skull and turn the statue's beak toward it, since a wrong skull drops you back to the start. Then cross the pit with the Hover Boots. 6. Beamos hall: bomb the Beamos at the end, use the Lens to spot the side doorways, and take the right path. Use Sun's Song on the Gibdos for the Compass. In the scythe room, roll under the blades for five Silver Rupees and Small Key 1. 7. Guillotine corridors: wait for each blade, then cross the hidden platforms with the Lens and Hover Boots. In the spike room push the Lens-revealed red block under the slabs and climb to the switch for Small Key 2. 8. Blue skull room: drop a bomb into the giant skull for Small Key 3. Then ride the fan halls with the Iron Boots on to resist the wind, using the Hover Boots on the gaps while the fan pauses. 9. Bomb the skull pile by the room entrance, kill the Gibdos, and use the Lens to find the invisible chest with Small Key 4. #### Objective: Cross the ghost ship (reward: Boss Key) 10. Ghost ship: push the block under the ladder and climb up. Play Zelda's Lullaby on the Triforce mark on deck so the ship sails, beat the Stalfos, and jump to the far platform before it sinks. 11. Invisible wall maze: use the Lens to walk it, then burn the spiked wooden walls with Din's Fire to open the Boss Key chest. The invisible Floormaster in another room guards Small Key 5. 12. Shoot the Bomb Flower beside the bird statue with an arrow so it falls and forms a bridge. Unlock the last door and cross the hidden platforms with the Hover Boots to the boss hole. #### Objective: Defeat the dungeon boss (reward: Heart Container, Shadow Medallion) 13. None ### Gerudo Valley and Fortress (Adult Link) Cross the valley, get arrested on purpose, free the four carpenters, and walk away with the Gerudo Membership Card. #### Objective: Cross Gerudo Valley 1. Leave Hyrule Field by the west entrance into Gerudo Valley. Cross the broken bridge by jumping it on Epona or using the Longshot on the wooden pieces. #### Objective: Free the four carpenters 2. Past the carpenters' tent, guards arrest you on sight. You can stun a patrol with arrows from cover, but getting caught moves the story, so let it happen. 3. Break out of your cell: aim the Longshot at the timber above the window and pull yourself up. Drop from the window toward the roof on the left and take the doorway there. 4. Hide behind crates with your shield held up while patrols pass. Use the Longshot on a roof beam to get past the stone wall and back outside. 5. Free the first three carpenters: Ichiro, Jiro and Sabooro. Talk to each in his cell, beat the Gerudo guard who appears, and take the Small Key she drops. 6. Free the fourth carpenter, Shiro, the same way, using the high route above the guards. A cell that is already empty on a later pass means that carpenter is free. #### Objective: Get the Gerudo Membership Card (reward: Gerudo Membership Card) 7. Once all four are free, a Gerudo hands you the Gerudo Membership Card so the fortress guards leave you alone. #### Side quest (Equipment): Gerudo Training Ground, reward: Ice Arrows - Speak to the white-clad Gerudo by day to enter the Training Ground and win Ice Arrows. #### Side quest (Minigame): Horseback archery range, reward: Piece of Heart, bigger quiver - The horseback archery range gives a Piece of Heart at 1000 points and a bigger quiver at 1500. #### Objective: Leave through the fortress gate 8. Climb to the guard above the big stone gate at the north of the fortress. She opens it and explains the two trials of the desert. ### Desert Colossus and Spirit Temple (Adult Link) Cross the Haunted Wasteland, scout the Spirit Temple as adult, clear its child half for the Silver Gauntlets, then return as adult for the Mirror Shield and beat the boss. #### Objective: Cross the Haunted Wasteland 1. Haunted Wasteland: Longshot over the river of sand and follow the flags. At the stone structure, read the sign, put on the Lens of Truth, and chase the ghost guide (the Poe) while dodging Leevers. #### Objective: Reach Desert Colossus 2. At Desert Colossus, stand on stone to dodge Leevers. #### Side quest (Great Fairy): Great Fairy behind the cracked rock, reward: Nayru's Love - The cracked rock to the north hides the Great Fairy for Nayru's Love. #### Objective: Scout the Spirit Temple as adult (reward: Requiem of Spirit) 3. Walk into the Spirit Temple as adult, then leave. Sheik drops in, says you must come back as child first, and teaches the Requiem of Spirit. 4. Play the Prelude of Light, return the Master Sword to become child Link, then warp back to the Colossus with the Requiem. #### Objective: Clear the child half (reward: Silver Gauntlets) 5. Child half: talk to Nabooru and crawl through the hole she points you to. Beat the Keese, bomb the Armos twice, and take the left door. Hit the crystal switch behind the fence with the Boomerang, burn the Anubis, clear the Wallmaster room for Silver Rupees, and light the torches with a Deku Stick for Small Key 1. 6. Fight through the Lizalfos room, bomb the boulder to let sunlight in, push the Armos onto the blue switch, and use Din's Fire in the main room to reveal the Map chest. Push the sun-face block into the beam for Small Key 2. 7. None #### Objective: Clear the adult half (reward: Mirror Shield) 8. Return to the Temple of Time with the Prelude and become adult. Warp back to the Colossus with the Requiem and enter the front door. 9. Adult half, first rooms: use the Silver Gauntlets to push the grey block, bomb the Beamos, and Longshot the roof crystal. Left room: kill the Wolfos and play Zelda's Lullaby on the Triforce for the Compass. Right room: dodge boulders for Silver Rupees and a key, and use the Lens on the Floormaster. 10. Statue hand: use the Hover Boots to reach the left hand, play Zelda's Lullaby, and Longshot the chest on the other hand for a key. Then smash the rusty switch with the Hammer to open a shortcut elevator back to the entrance. 11. Mirror Shield: burn the Anubis with Fire Arrows or Din's Fire, send the right Armos onto the switch, and beat the second Iron Knuckle. The Mirror Shield is in the chest on the hand outside. #### Objective: Reach the boss door (reward: Boss Key) 12. Reflect sunlight with the Mirror Shield at the wall sun face for another key. In the Torch Slug room, hammer the false door, shoot the eye switch, and take the Boss Key from the chest below. 13. None #### Objective: Defeat the dungeon boss (reward: Heart Container, Spirit Medallion) 14. None ### Ganon's Castle (Adult Link) With six Sages awake, get the Light Arrows, cross the rainbow bridge, clear the six trials for the Golden Gauntlets and to drop the barrier, then climb Ganon's Tower for the Boss Key. #### Objective: Get the Light Arrows (reward: Light Arrows) 1. None #### Side quest (Equipment): Fire Arrows at Lake Hylia, reward: Fire Arrows - Before the castle, grab Fire Arrows at Lake Hylia: shoot the rising sun over the lake at dawn, and the arrows land on the island. They light torches in the trials, but Din's Fire does the same job. #### Objective: Cross the rainbow bridge 2. None #### Objective: Clear the six trials (reward: Golden Gauntlets) 3. Shadow trial (do this first): light the torches with Fire Arrows or Din's Fire to raise timed platforms, use the Lens to find the hidden path, and hit the floor switch with the Hammer. The big chest holds the Golden Gauntlets. Shoot the orb with a Light Arrow. 4. Forest trial: light the ring of torches with Din's Fire and the torch above the doorway with a Fire Arrow or Din's Fire. In the fan room use Iron Boots, Hover Boots and the Longshot to collect the Silver Rupees. Light Arrow the orb. 5. Water trial: kill both Freezards to unlock the door, then bottle Blue Fire and melt the red ice. In the timed room (about two minutes) push blocks into the hole, climb, melt ice, and smash the rusty switch. Light Arrow the orb. 6. Fire trial: wear the Goron Tunic and Hover Boots. Lift pillars with the Golden Gauntlets, gather the Silver Rupees, and Longshot to the exit. Light Arrow the orb. 7. Light trial: lift the huge pillar, beat the Keese (use the Lens), and open the central chest for a key. Play Zelda's Lullaby on the Triforce for a second key. Grab five Silver Rupees fast, then go through the false wall to the real orb. 8. Spirit trial: bomb the Beamos, send a Bombchu through the bars to the crystal, burn the cobwebs, and bounce a Mirror Shield beam onto the sun to the right of the entrance. The wrong sun summons a Wallmaster. Light Arrow the last orb. #### Objective: Climb Ganon's Tower (reward: Boss Key) 9. With the barrier down, climb Ganon's Tower. Beat the Dinolfos pair and then two Stalfos for the Boss Key. Wake the Iron Knuckles one at a time, restock on arrows and magic, and open the big door. ### Ganondorf and the Final Battle (Adult Link) Duel Ganondorf in his tower, flee the collapse with Zelda, and finish the beast Ganon with the Master Sword. #### Objective: Duel Ganondorf 1. None 2. Stay near the outer wall as the floor breaks up. Reflect his energy balls with sword swings back and forth until one stuns him. 3. While he is stunned, shoot a Light Arrow, run onto the central platform and slash him, then retreat before his ground slam. Repeat until he falls. A charged spin attack also returns his dark energy orbs. #### Objective: Escape the collapsing tower 4. None #### Objective: Defeat Ganon (reward: Triforce reunited) 5. None 6. Fight Ganon with the Hammer or Biggoron's Sword. Get behind it by baiting a swing and circling, then hit its glowing tail. A Light Arrow to the face can stun it. 7. Lure Ganon toward the rubble piles to refill arrows, magic and hearts. Move away after each hit, since it turns fast. 8. None 9. None ## Ocarina songs (Switch 2 buttons) | Song | Buttons | Where | |---|---|---| | Zelda's Lullaby | Y X A Y X A | Taught by Impa after the child meeting with Zelda at Hyrule Castle. | | Epona's Song | X Y A X Y A | Malon teaches it as a child at Lon Lon Ranch. | | Saria's Song | R A Y R A Y | Saria teaches it as a child at the far end of the Sacred Grove, playing it first and then asking you to try. | | Sun's Song | A R X A R X | Wall inscription at the end of the Royal Family's Tomb in the Graveyard, opened with Zelda's Lullaby. | | Song of Time | A L R A L R | Zelda's memory scene after you find the Ocarina of Time in the moat by the Castle Town drawbridge. You play it back yourself, then play it in front of the Door of Time. | | Song of Storms | L R X L R X | Taught by the windmill musician in Kakariko as an adult. | | Minuet of Forest | L X Y A Y A | Sheik teaches it to adult Link in Sacred Grove before the Forest Temple. | | Bolero of Fire | R L R L A R A R | Sheik teaches it in Death Mountain Crater, past the broken bridge on the Goron City route. | | Serenade of Water | L R A A Y | Sheik teaches it inside Ice Cavern once you have the Iron Boots. | | Requiem of Spirit | L R L A R L | Sheik teaches it at Desert Colossus after your first adult trip into the Spirit Temple. | | Nocturne of Shadow | Y A A L Y A R | Sheik teaches it in Kakariko during the burning village event, after the Forest, Fire and Water Temples. | | Prelude of Light | X A X A Y X | Sheik teaches it in the Temple of Time after you clear the Forest Temple. | ## All 36 Heart Pieces 1. Hyrule Castle Town: At night, lead the right white dog (Richard) back to its owner's house in the Back Alley. 2. Hyrule Castle Town: Play the Treasure Chest Shop at night and clear every room. Lens of Truth helps with the keys. 3. Hyrule Castle Town: Pay for Bombchu Bowling and win when the prize on display is a Piece of Heart. The prize rotates. 4. Lon Lon Ranch: Shove the crates in the southwest storage building aside and crawl through the corner passage. 5. Kakariko Village: Reach Impa's cow enclosure roof. As a child, ride Kaepora Gaebora there and drop onto the awning. As an adult, use the Hookshot route. 6. Kakariko Village: Windmill ledge. As an adult, jump from the spinning structure to the high ledge. As a child, grab it with the Boomerang. 7. Kakariko Village: Hookshot onto the roof from the Potion Shop back doorway and talk to the man sitting on it. 8. Kakariko Village: Hand in 50 Gold Skulltula tokens at the House of Skulltula. 9. Kakariko Graveyard: Pull the movable grave, beat the ReDead below, then play Sun's Song on the platform for a chest. 10. Kakariko Graveyard: Meet Dampe during his evening rounds and pay him to dig. He is next to a dirt patch when it works. 11. Kakariko Graveyard: Beat Dampe's race in a minute or less. The first win gives the Hookshot, so go again. 12. Kakariko Graveyard: Plant a bean as a child, then ride it as an adult to the high shelf and smash the crate. 13. Goron City: Light the torches around the spinning pot, then toss a bomb or bomb flower into it. In the footage a Piece of Heart and two blue Rupees pop out beside the pot. 14. Death Mountain Crater: Climb down the wall recess near the upper entrance, grab it, and climb out before the heat gets you. 15. Death Mountain Trail: Plant a bean outside Dodongo Cavern as a child, then ride it as an adult to the shelf over the entrance. 16. Death Mountain Crater: Use the bean you planted near the warp point and step off over the central rock spire. 17. Zora River: Glide with a Cucco to the ledge, then hop to the middle pillar. Boomerang also reaches it as a child. 18. Zora River: Use a Cucco to glide across to the ledge by the waterfall. Adults can use Hover Boots instead. 19. Zora River: Stand on the log facing the frogs and play Song of Storms. 20. Zora River: Grow all five frogs with your other songs, then repeat their quick note pattern. 21. Zora Domain: Carry fire to every torch in the Domain, including the pair behind the waterfall. A chest appears. 22. Zora Fountain: Hop across the floating ice to the piece above the water. 23. Zora Fountain: Sink with the Iron Boots to the fountain floor. You need enough breath time down there. 24. Ice Cavern: Melt the red ice in the Compass room's side room with bottled Blue Fire. RPGSite says the remake removed this piece and moved it to a Business Scrub in Death Mountain Crater (100 Rupees), so it may not be here. Check in game. 25. Hyrule Field: Bomb the middle of the fenced square near Lake Hylia, stun the Business Scrub in the hole, and buy the piece for 10 Rupees. 26. Lake Hylia: Pay to fish and land a big one. Guides disagree on the size bar (10 lb in one, 55 cm in another), so aim for the biggest fish you can. 27. Lake Hylia: Reach the lab roof with the lab bean, or the Scarecrow's Song plus Hookshot, then climb the ladder. 28. Lake Hylia: Dive to the bottom of the lab tank with no Iron Boots (Golden Scale needed) and talk to the scientist. 29. Hyrule Field: Bomb beside the lone tree northwest of Lon Lon Ranch, then dive in the grotto pool with the Iron Boots. 30. Lost Woods: Take the left tunnel at the start and play Saria's Song for the lone Skull Kid. 31. Lost Woods: Repeat the pair of Skull Kids' tune correctly three times with the ocarina. 32. Gerudo Valley: Go behind the waterfall to the alcove. A ladder from the river works, or glide there as a child. 33. Gerudo Valley: Glide with a Cucco onto the narrow crate shelf and break the crate. Adults can use the Longshot. 34. Gerudo Fortress: Score 1,000 or more in horseback archery. 35. Gerudo Fortress: Reach the highest roof with the Longshot or the scarecrow and open the chest across the gap. 36. Desert Colossus: Plant a bean near the Spirit Temple as a child, ride it as an adult, and step off above the stone arch. ## FAQ **How do you play Zelda's Lullaby in the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2?** Press Y X A Y X A on the Switch 2 controller. Taught by Impa after the child meeting with Zelda at Hyrule Castle. **How do you play Epona's Song in the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2?** Press X Y A X Y A on the Switch 2 controller. Malon teaches it as a child at Lon Lon Ranch. **How do you play Saria's Song in the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2?** Press R A Y R A Y on the Switch 2 controller. Saria teaches it as a child at the far end of the Sacred Grove, playing it first and then asking you to try. **How do you play Sun's Song in the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2?** Press A R X A R X on the Switch 2 controller. Wall inscription at the end of the Royal Family's Tomb in the Graveyard, opened with Zelda's Lullaby. **How do you play Song of Time in the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2?** Press A L R A L R on the Switch 2 controller. Zelda's memory scene after you find the Ocarina of Time in the moat by the Castle Town drawbridge. You play it back yourself, then play it in front of the Door of Time. **How do you play Song of Storms in the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2?** Press L R X L R X on the Switch 2 controller. Taught by the windmill musician in Kakariko as an adult. **How do you play Minuet of Forest in the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2?** Press L X Y A Y A on the Switch 2 controller. Sheik teaches it to adult Link in Sacred Grove before the Forest Temple. **How do you play Bolero of Fire in the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2?** Press R L R L A R A R on the Switch 2 controller. Sheik teaches it in Death Mountain Crater, past the broken bridge on the Goron City route. **How do you play Serenade of Water in the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2?** Press L R A A Y on the Switch 2 controller. Sheik teaches it inside Ice Cavern once you have the Iron Boots. **How do you play Requiem of Spirit in the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2?** Press L R L A R L on the Switch 2 controller. Sheik teaches it at Desert Colossus after your first adult trip into the Spirit Temple. **How do you play Nocturne of Shadow in the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2?** Press Y A A L Y A R on the Switch 2 controller. Sheik teaches it in Kakariko during the burning village event, after the Forest, Fire and Water Temples. **How do you play Prelude of Light in the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2?** Press X A X A Y X on the Switch 2 controller. Sheik teaches it in the Temple of Time after you clear the Forest Temple. **How many Heart Pieces are in the Ocarina of Time remake?** 36 Heart Pieces. Four make one Heart Container. This guide lists every one by area, with how to get it. **How many Gold Skulltulas are in the Ocarina of Time remake?** 100 Gold Skulltulas. Rewards from the House of Skulltula: 10: Adult's Wallet (holds 500 Rupees in the remake per RPGSite and Final Boss); 20: Echo Gem, a remake item that signals nearby Gold Skulltulas (replaces the Stone of Agony); 30: Giant's Wallet (holds 1,000 Rupees in the remake); 40: 20 Bombchus (remake guides; the original gave 10); 50: Piece of Heart; 100: Gold Rupee worth 200 Rupees, repeatable each time you re-enter the house. **What are the Ocarina of Time remake controls on Switch 2?** ZL targets, ZR uses an item, L and R quick-select items, minus opens the map, plus opens the menu. A is the action button (hold to dash), B jumps, X puts away, Y attacks, the right stick turns the camera (press to reset). The D-pad plays the ocarina and talks to Navi. **What are the Threads of Time in the Ocarina of Time remake?** Threads of Time is a tab on the map screen that tracks your current story goals. This guide is ordered by the same threads, so each step matches what the game shows you. 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