Shadow Temple Walkthrough

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Walkthrough overview

• Kokiri ForestFind the Kokiri Sword, buy the Deku Shield for 40 rupees and get past Mido to the Great Deku Tree.
• The Great Deku TreeFairy Slingshot, Dungeon Map, Compass, four Gold Skulltulas, Gohma and the Kokiri Emerald.
• Leaving Kokiri ForestSay goodbye to Mido and Saria, get the Fairy Ocarina, meet Kaepora Gaebora and cross Hyrule Field.
• Hyrule Castle TownGold Skulltula, Bazaar, Shooting Gallery seed bag, Potion Shop bottle and the Temple of Time.
• Hyrule CastleGet the Weird Egg, wake Talon, sneak in, meet Zelda, learn Zelda’s Lullaby and collect Zelda’s Letter.
• Kakariko VillageCucco Lady’s bottle, House of Skulltula, Adult’s Wallet and the rooftop Heart Piece.
• GraveyardDampé’s Grave-Diggin’ Tour Heart Piece, Sharp and Flat, the Royal Family’s Tomb and the Sun’s Song.
• Lon Lon RanchTalon’s cucco game, Lon Lon Milk, Epona’s Song, a Heart Piece and Gold Skulltula.
• Gerudo ValleyTwo Heart Pieces, Lon Lon milk from Miss Moo with Epona’s Song, and a Gold Skulltula token.
• Lake HyliaLakeside Laboratory, the scarecrow quest, a Gold Skulltula and the fishing Heart Piece.
• Lost Woods and Sacred GroveRichard’s Heart Piece, Happy Mask Shop, Skull Kid, Saria’s Song, Gold Skulltulas 16 to 19 and the Business Scrubs.
• Death Mountain Trail and Goron CityClimb to Goron City, win over Darunia with Saria’s Song and take the Goron Bracelet before Dodongo Cavern.
• Dodongo CavernDungeon Map, Compass, Bomb Bag, four Gold Skulltulas, King Dodongo and the Goron Ruby.
• Death Mountain Summit and CraterGoron City Heart Piece and Bigger Bomb Bag, Din’s Fire and magic meter, crater Heart Piece, Echo Gem.
• Bombchu Bowling and the Great Fairy of PowerWin the Bombchus, Biggest Bomb Bag and Heart Piece, then get the enhanced Spin Attack.
• Zora River and Zora DomainHeart Pieces, a Gold Skulltula, the Silver Scale, Ruto’s bottle in Lake Hylia and King Zora’s request.
• Lord Jabu-Jabu’s BellyFarore’s Wind, the Boomerang, Ruto, Barinade, the Heart Container and the Spiritual Stone of Water for child Link.
• Errands Before the Temple of TimeThe child errands before the Temple of Time in the Ocarina of Time Remake.
• Temple of TimeFind the Ocarina of Time, open the Door of Time, draw the Master Sword and earn the Light Medallion.
• Ingo Ranch and EponaIngo’s two horse races, winning Epona and teaching Bonooru the Scarecrow Song.
• Kakariko Village and the HookshotDampé’s race, the Hookshot, Song of Storms and Heart Pieces #17 to #19.
• Sacred Grove as an AdultGet past Mido with Saria’s Song, cross the Moblin maze, beat the Great Moblin.
• Forest TempleSmall keys, Fairy Bow, four Poe Sisters, Phantom Ganon, Heart Container and Forest Medallion.
• Poes, the Hall of Fallen Foes and Lake HyliaBigger Quiver, Prelude of Light, Big Poes, Golden Scale and three Heart Pieces.
• Goron City as an AdultHeart Pieces, a Gold Skulltula, the Goron Tunic from the small Goron.
• Fire TempleFree all nine Gorons, find the Megaton Hammer and Boss Key, beat Volvagia and earn the Fire Medallion.
• Double Magic and Death MountainCrater Great Fairy Fountain, doubled magic, Gold Skulltulas 60 to 62 and a Business Scrub Seed as adult Link.
• Ice CavernBlue Fire, Iron Boots, Serenade of Water, the Zora Tunic and two Heart Pieces.
• The Biggoron Sword RouteBuy the Giant’s Knife, trade from the Pocket Egg to Cojiro, and finish every step up to the Biggoron Sword.
• Water TempleTriforce doors, small keys, Longshot, Dark Link, Morpha, the Water Medallion and Gold Skulltulas 68 to 73.
• Kakariko Village and the Nocturne of ShadowLearn the Nocturne of Shadow and find two Gold Skulltulas and two Heart Pieces.
• Bottom of the WellLenses of Truth, Dungeon Map, Compass, both small keys, Dead Hand and Gold Skulltulas 76 to 78.
• Treasure Box Shop and the Way to the Shadow TempleWin the Piece of Heart with the Lenses of Truth, then warp to the Shadow Temple via the Nocturne.
• Shadow TempleFloors B1 to B4, Hover Boots, Bongo Bongo, Heart Container and the Shadow Medallion from Impa.
• Gerudo FortressRescue all four carpenters, win the Gerudo Pass, find Gold Skulltulas 84 and 85.
• Mirage Desert and Evil Desert ColossusPhantom Guide, Requiem of Spirit, five Gold Skulltulas, three Heart Pieces, Biggest Quiver, Nayru’s Love.
• Spirit TempleChild and adult routes, Silver Gauntlets, Mirror Shield, Boss Key, Iron Knuckle Nabooru, Twinrova.
• Gerudo Proving GroundsPay 30 rupees, solve every room, and claim the Ice Arrow and a Business Scrub Seed.
• Last Heart Pieces and Gold SkulltulasTokens 96 to 100, Heart Pieces 33 to 35, the Rich Man reward and Light Arrow.
• Ganondorf’s CastleClear the six barriers, get the Golden Gauntlets and the Great Fairy of Courage’s gift.
• Ganondorf and GanonTower climb, Boss Key, Ganondorf boss fight, the escape with Zelda and the Ganon boss fight.

The Shadow Temple sits behind the Graveyard and you need the Lenses of Truth from the first room to the last. Light the entrance with Din’s Fire, find the Dungeon Map and win the Hover Boots from the mini-boss in the mist on B1. Work down through B2 and B3 with the Hammer and the Longshot, ride the ghost ship on B4 with Zelda’s Lullaby, take the Boss Key and face Bongo Bongo. Impa gives you the Shadow Medallion afterwards.

Shadow Temple entrance and floor B1

Reach the Shadow Temple

Play the Nocturne of Shadow and answer the warp prompt to land in the Graveyard. Follow the dark stone path to the end, where the “Shadow Temple” title card appears at the gate. Link mutters that the place feels creepy. A gravestone beside the door says those who lack the eyes of truth are not granted the way forward, so keep the Lenses of Truth handy.

Light the entrance with Din’s Fire

Step onto the round floor inside the door and cast Din’s Fire from the Items tab. A dome of fire spreads out and lights the torches around the floor. Then walk on through the doorway. Din’s Fire costs magic, so check your meter before you go deeper.

B1 corridors and pot rooms

The first rooms on B1 are dark corridors lined with pots and a few barred doors. Smash the pots for Rupees and hearts. Navi warns that some of them are really monsters called Flying Pots. One flies straight at you and hurts as much as a real pot would. Further on, a carved stone face looks down a corridor. Switch to the Longshot, aim at the face and fire to pull yourself across. Then follow the passage to a Sheikah eye door.

The skull statues in the corridors beyond speak when you check them. One says that only the one who has obtained the eyes of truth shall see what lies hidden in the darkness, and another speaks of the bloodstained, dark history of the temple. Neither changes anything. Open the door with the eye symbol and go on into the room full of pots and torches.

Dead Hand and the Hover Boots

Into the mist

Leave the map room through the next Sheikah eye door and walk the corridors until a purple barred gate stands in your way. The Lenses of Truth show it is not solid, so you can walk through. Beyond lies a foggy graveyard where pale hands reach up out of the ground between dead trees. Draw your sword before you walk into the middle.

Floor B2

The winged statue

Go back out through the eye door and keep going until you reach a room with a winged stone statue between two skull posts. Check it and it recites a riddle: the tip of its beak seeks the skull of truth, and should it find falsehood, darkness shall fall. Open the next eye door and take the stairs down to floor B2, labelled “B2” in the corner of the screen.

Hammer and Longshot

B2 is a maze of dark stone corridors with chains and wooden planks. Equip the Megaton Hammer and smash whatever the Hit prompt points at to clear the wooden planks in the way. When you see a round target on a wall, switch to the Longshot, aim at it and fire to pull yourself across the gap. Use the sword on the enemies you meet.

Down to B3

Use the small key on the wooden door past the Compass room, then fight through the next eye door room and the spiked corridors. Pots along the way hold Rupees, and a skull-shaped enemy attacks near the end. The last corridor leads down to B3.

Floor B3

Business Scrub on B3

Pass the glowing purple gate on B3 and step into the dark chamber on the far side. A Business Scrub there says you got him and offers to sell you something as an apology. Its list shows a Green Potion, a Magic Jar and a Business Scrub Seed. The seed costs 30 rupees and summons another Business Scrub later. Buy something or tell him you will see him later.

Chain halls and the tablet

Walk through the web-covered hall and work past the chain gates, picking up a Bomb where you need one. In the barred hall Navi senses a fairy\’s thoughts lingering; say yes and she reads a short note about windy places. A stone tablet says only one with the eyes of truth can find the stone umbrella that shields against a rain of blades, so use the Lenses of Truth in the barred hall.

The Sheikah block

A corridor leads to a heavy stone block carved with a Sheikah symbol. Grab it, push it along the floor until it falls into place and climb over it. A second block in the next room sits against a wall beside a glowing switch. Beat the red-glowing enemy there before you push on.

The round skull room

Past the stone hall, where the Longshot helps against the red-glowing enemy, a round chamber holds a huge stone skull with torches on both sides. A tablet says a dark orb must be cast into a black skull. Climb the stairs to the circular balcony, where bats attack, and take a Bomb from a pot. Throw it from the balcony, then drop down to the round stone floor below and pick up the small key lying there: “You found a small key!”

Creature of Darkness quest

Before you go on, open the Map tab. It lists floors B1 to B4, so you can see which floor you are on and where you have been. The key you just found opens a locked door in the halls ahead.

The hidden path of the wind

Open the next eye door and walk through the graveyard. A stone tablet at the end reads “Lighten your steps and seek the hidden path of the wind.” Keep the Lenses of Truth up and float across the gap to a chest on the far side. It holds a Business Scrub Seed: “You can use this to summon a Business Scrub.”

The undead room

Return across the path and open the next Sheikah eye door. Inside the root-covered room with orange light, undead figures shuffle across the floor. Play the Sun’s Song on the Ocarina and golden light stops them where they stand. Walk past them and smash the cracked stones beside the carved doorway with the Hammer.

Floor B4 and the Scarecrow

Push the block

The wooden walkway is open to a night sky and a long drop. Push the carved block along it, then step around it. Beyond, a wooden cage hangs above the planks. Play your Scarecrow Song on the Ocarina: “You played your Scarecrow Song!” A Scarecrow appears on top of the cage and calls “Come on!”

Restock in Goron City

Set Farore’s Wind and leave

This is a good place to leave for supplies. Cast Farore’s Wind on the walkway and choose “Replace warp point”. Then play the Bolero of Fire and answer “Warp to the Death Mountain Crater?” The Goron City shop sells a Red Potion for 30 rupees. To come back, cast Farore’s Wind again, choose “Warp” and answer “Warp to the following place: Shadow Temple?”

The ghost ship

Zelda’s Lullaby on the ship

You arrive on a mist-covered deck at the edge of a bottomless pit. A skeletal ship with iron cages and a hanging bell sits in the fog. Stand on the Triforce marker on the planks and play Zelda’s Lullaby. The box reads “You played Zelda’s Lullaby!” and the ship starts to sail. Navi says “It’s moving…” when the planks shift under you.

Deck fights and the bridge

Fight the red-shielded skeletons on the planks with the sword. Cross to the stone archway, then follow the dark ship bridge across the pit. Navi remarks that the ship must be old.

Fire Arrow on the web

Past the bridge, a spider web fills a doorway. Equip the Fairy Bow, draw it and release to shoot a Fire Arrow at the web, which burns away. The Fire Arrow tip says it uses magic power to shoot and burn things.

Fights in the B4 halls

The pillared halls beyond hold several enemies, among them one with a green glow and a pink cloud. Use the sword and Bombs, and expect a chained door in the torch room. Past the sunlit gate room, the chest on the pad holds a small key: “You found a small key!”

Large Magic Jar

Walk back out and defeat the red enemy in front of the next gate. A chest at the wall nearby holds a large magic jar: “A large portion of your magic power will now be refilled!” That refills what you spent on Din’s Fire and Fire Arrows. Then open the eye door and carry on into the round platform rooms.

The chained door

Follow the stone passage to a golden skull door held by crossed chains and open it with the Boss Key. Behind it, green fog fills a round chamber.

Bongo Bongo boss fight

Phase one: the hands

The hands slam down across the arena in turn. Run in circles to avoid them and shoot arrows at a hand as it comes down. The shadow of a hand on the floor shows where it will land, so keep out of it. Save some arrows for the eye.

Phase two: the eye

With the hands down, Bongo Bongo shows its eye at the centre of its body. Hold up the Lenses of Truth and shoot the glowing eye to stun it. It bursts open with a purple flash and the boss staggers. Run in and slash the eye while it is open, then roll away when the hands rise again. Repeat until the body collapses.

Impa and the Shadow Medallion

The Sage of Shadow

The warp takes you to the Sage of Shadow’s chamber, where Impa appears on her pad and greets you: “It’s been awhile. Greetings, brave one.” She thanks you for slaying the beast and says Her Highness is safe and will make herself known soon. Navi realises Impa is the Sage of Shadow, and Impa admits she failed to stop Ganondorf seven years ago. She asks you to protect the princess.

Chapter checklist

Next, head west to Gerudo Fortress, where a carpenter is waiting in a cell.