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Fire Temple (Master Quest) Walkthrough

Ocarina of Time Master Quest Walkthrough12 chapters
Walkthrough overview
CoversThe Bolero of Fire, the walk to the entrance, every Master Quest room of the Fire Temple in route order, Volvagia and the Fire Medallion
DungeonFire Temple (adult dungeon, Master Quest version). Mini-bosses: Iron Knuckle and Flare Dancer. Boss: Volvagia.
You needGoron Tunic, Hookshot, Fairy Bow, Bombs, Din’s Fire with a full magic meter (you cast it constantly), the Song of Time and the Scarecrow’s Song. The Megaton Hammer is found inside.
RewardsMegaton Hammer, Dungeon Map, Compass, Boss Key, five Small Keys, five Gold Skulltulas, Heart Container, Fire Medallion
DifferencesDin’s Fire and the Hookshot do most of the work, the Hammer arrives within the first rooms, an Iron Knuckle guards it, and only five Small Keys are hidden here instead of eight.

The Master Quest Fire Temple keeps the lava and the imprisoned Gorons but reorders everything. You light torches with Din’s Fire, defeat an Iron Knuckle and a Flare Dancer to win the Megaton Hammer early, then climb a tower of lava rooms and spiral chambers collecting five Small Keys, the Boss Key and five Gold Skulltulas. Volvagia waits at the top, and defeating him gives the Heart Container and the Fire Medallion.

Link on a stone walkway in the lava room, with torches burning on the ledges
Link standing on a stone block above the lava in the Fire Temple
Link receives the Megaton Hammer, with the full name box on screen
A Heart Container floats above the arena with its message box on screen
Link raises the Fire Medallion overhead beside the You received the Fire Medallion message

Getting there

The Bolero of Fire

Wear the Goron Tunic and cross the Crater bridge. Sheik meets you on the way and teaches the Bolero of Fire (C-Down, A, C-Down, A, C-Right, C-Down, C-Right, C-Down). Play it back to confirm it; it later warps you straight to the Crater.

Sheik with a harp beside Link as the Play the Bolero of Fire prompt shows the note staff
Link plays the Ocarina to confirm the Bolero of Fire, with the Play using A and C prompt on screen
Link with the Ocarina after learning the Bolero of Fire, with the learned song box

The temple door

After Sheik leaves, follow the plank bridge to the carved Goron face and go through the dark tunnel and its stone stairs. The Fire Temple title appears as you step inside.

Link walks the wooden plank bridge over the lava toward the dark tunnel, a fairy ahead
Link runs down the stone-walled tunnel into the Fire Temple with a fairy ahead
Link at the foot of the stone stairs as the Fire Temple title appears on screen

Entrance hall and Darunia

The burning stairs

A wall of flame blocks the big staircase. Hop onto the side railing, jump back onto the steps above the fire and walk to the top. Stand between the torches there and cast Din’s Fire to light them, then cast it again by the tiki statues on the far wall to open the door to Darunia.

Link climbs the stone staircase with flames rising around him in the entrance hall
Link climbs the stone steps toward the torches and the door in the entrance hall
Link stands between two lit torches at the top of the entrance hall stairs
Link faces the carved wall where fire burns in the statue alcoves

Darunia and the first Gorons

Darunia talks to you through the doorway, explains that the revived dragon is the cause of the trouble and asks you to rescue his people while he heads for the boss. His chamber holds the boss door, but you cannot reach it yet. Cross the pillars on your right to the ledge with the crates.

Darunia speaks through the doorway, warning that his people will be fed to the dragon
Darunia speaks through the doorway, saying he will go ahead to seal the evil dragon
Link hops across stone pillars over the lava room in the Fire Temple
Link on the stone ledge in the Fire Temple, with wooden crates on the upper platform

Small Key 1: torches and an arrow

Hookshot to the ledge beside the Hookshot target and smash the crates; one hides a torch. Jump down to the platform between two other torches, cast Din’s Fire to light them and walk to the lit torch in the target. The flames burn out quickly, so work fast.

Link beside two wooden crates on a stone ledge above the lava
Link stands beside a green rupee on the floor after breaking a crate
Link walks up to the lit torch set in a stone target block in the Fire Temple
Link stands beside the lit torch on its stone target block

Pull out the bow and shoot an arrow through a lit torch so that it ignites the last torch across the room. A gate opens beside that torch. Walk over the lava in the Goron Tunic and open the chest inside for Small Key 1. If the shot is hard, run across the lava, climb up and cast Din’s Fire again by the last torch.

Link draws the Fairy Bow toward a burning torch in a lava chamber of the Fire Temple
Lit torches glow on ledges across the lava room of the Fire Temple
Link beside a wooden chest in a stone room, with the Open prompt showing
Link holds up the Small Key, with the You found a Small Key message box fully shown

Stalfos, Iron Knuckle and the Megaton Hammer

Stalfos room

Back in the hall, use the key on the locked door beside the stairs. A Keese and two Stalfos attack; beat them and the next door unlocks. Standing on the sun symbol and playing the Sun’s Song here conjures a healing fairy if you need one.

Link locks on to a Stalfos with another Stalfos behind him in the stone hall
Link stands over a defeated Stalfos on the floor of the stone hall
Link stands on the sun-symbol floor tile in a stone chamber of the Fire Temple
Link plays the Ocarina in a green light beam, with the note staff on screen

Iron Knuckle

Floor tiles fly at you as you enter the next room, so raise your shield until they stop. The suit of armor in the middle is an Iron Knuckle, and in Master Quest each of its blows takes away a huge amount of health. Lock on, wait for its weapon to land on the floor and strike once or twice, then back off. Jars around the room hold fairies and items.

An Iron Knuckle stands in the tile room as a message warns Link about its ax attack
Link raises his shield toward an Iron Knuckle swinging its ax in the tile room
Link slashes his sword at a red Iron Knuckle in the tile room of the Fire Temple

Mini-boss: Flare Dancer

The door that opens leads to the Flare Dancer. When it stops spinning, throw a Bomb or fire the Hookshot to strip off its flames, then chase the little body and cut it down; repeat until it falls. The chest it leaves behind holds the Megaton Hammer, which you wield with both hands.

Link holds a Bomb overhead beside a pillar in a stone room
Link slashes the small red Flare Dancer body after its flames have been stripped
Link receives the Megaton Hammer, with the complete name box on screen

The first Goron and the Dungeon Map

Leave through the south door and strike the rusted switch by the cell with the Hammer. The Goron inside runs out and tells you to help Darunia. Open the chest in his cell for the Dungeon Map, then return to the entrance hall.

The freed Goron tells Link that Big Brother Darunia asked him to rescue him
Link holds the Dungeon Map, its description box on screen

Central lava room

Into the lava room

Climb the stairs to the upper level and smash the stone blocks sealing the northwest door with the Hammer. You enter the big lava room, which you will cross several times with the Goron Tunic on. Platforms and fire walls divide it, and torches here raise Hookshot targets all over the room.

Link walks through a stone-framed doorway toward the lava area
Link walks along a stone path toward the big lava room of the Fire Temple
Link crosses a long rope bridge over the lava in the Fire Temple

Goron and Gold Skulltula in the north cell

Take the lower door on the north side of the room and pound the rusted switch to free the Goron in the cell. Inside the cell waits a Gold Skulltula; slash it to take its token.

Link stands in the cell passage beside the Goron, the cell bars lifted
The freed Goron asks Link whether he is free to go, text box fully shown
Link holds up a Gold Skulltula token, with the message that he destroyed the Skulltula

Opening the barred door

Look for a platform on the north side near the west wall that shakes and then shoots you upward. It lands you in a small alcove with a torch. Light it with Din’s Fire, then shoot an arrow through the flame to the torch near the barred door far below. The door unlocks.

Link stands on a stone platform in the lava room
Link on a ledge beside the lava, facing the torch alcove
An arrow flies through the flame of a torch in the Fire Temple
Link draws the bow toward a burning torch with an arrow nocked

Boss Key

Hookshot the target above the door to reach the upper doorway. Floor tiles attack as you walk in, so shield yourself, then Hookshot across the room to the large chest. It holds the Boss Key. Use the torch on the other side to light your way out through the flame wall.

Link walks the green-tiled room with torches burning ahead
Link beside a burning torch on wooden crates in the green-tiled room
Link opens a large golden chest in the green-tiled room
The Boss Key floats above the You got the Boss Key message box

Small Key 2: the hidden Goron

Cross the lava platforms to the fire wall at the south end. Hookshot the torch beyond it and cast Din’s Fire to light it, which makes Hookshot targets appear. Bomb the wall behind the torch to reveal a door. Inside, cast Din’s Fire between the two wall torches to open the Goron’s cell, and open the chest beside him for Small Key 2.

Link stands in the Goron tunnel facing the barred cell with a Goron inside
Link stands beside a chest in the dark stone corridor
The Small Key is shown with the You found a Small Key message box fully typed

The geyser block and the climb

Go to the locked door at the end of the bridge and use the key. Slide down the plank into the caged chamber, climb the grate and jump to the pillars in the middle. A block rises on a column of lava from time to time; jump onto it just as it is lifted, not before, and it carries you through the ceiling. Take the door in the room above.

Link stands before an open door in the stone wall after using the key
Link climbs a chain-link grate beside a stone wall
Link stands on a chain-link grate walkway in a stone room
Link steps through a stone doorway at the top of the climb

Climb the ledges on the left until you reach a huge unlit torch. Light it with Din’s Fire so that a Hookshot target appears over the pit. Cross, kill the Lizalfos that drops onto the grate, climb the grate (or Hookshot to it) and go through the door at the top.

Link standing beside the unlit goblet-shaped torch on a stone ledge
Link standing near a stone pillar where the torch is now burning
Link facing a Lizalfos that has dropped beside a chain-link grate
Link stepping through a wooden door in a green-tiled corridor

The Lizalfos maze

Cage and crates

The boulders of the original are gone; this brick maze is full of Lizalfos instead. Fight them as they come. A caged alcove holds crates: charge a spin attack to cut the bars, then smash the crates for rupees and other pickups.

Link fighting Lizalfos in the brick maze of the Master Quest Fire Temple
Link spin-attacking the bars of a cage in the brick maze

Crystal switch and gates

Near the southwest corner is a gate and, behind it, a crystal switch. Shoot it with an arrow, which passes through the bars, then jump across the maze tops. Bomb the walls that sound hollow when you slash them; they hide switches and side rooms.

Link walks the brick corridor, a torch burning on the floor ahead
Link standing beside a barred gate in a brick corridor

Small Key 3

Pick up a small crate and carry it to the blue switch behind a bombed false wall. Drop it on the switch to open the door, step on the switch inside to free the Goron and open the chest for Small Key 3.

Link holding a small crate overhead beside barred bars on a blue pad
A small crate sitting on the blue switch beside an open doorway
Link standing beside the freed Goron in a stone chamber
Link stands at a stone door with the Open prompt showing

Compass

A rusted switch in the maze, struck with the Hammer, raises Hookshot targets. Pull yourself to the upper level, bomb the cracked floor and drop down into the room below. Break the crates to find the second rusted switch, hit it and open the chest for the Compass.

Link dropping down through a mesh floor into the room below
Link carrying the Megaton Hammer past a green rupee in the maze
Link raises his shield in front of a chest with light streaming out

The tower and the spiral room

Song of Time block

Back on top of the maze, stand where Navi turns green and play the Song of Time to make a blue block. Climb the Hookshot target pillar, jump to the block and Hookshot onward until you reach an elevator platform that carries you up a floor.

Link playing the Song of Time on the ocarina in a blue-tinted vision
A blue time block glowing in front of a carved stone wall
Link standing on a grey stone block raised by the Song of Time

Take the door, then Hookshot the stone face on the wall to unbar the door above. Torch Slugs live here: smash one with the Hammer to put out its flame, then finish it with the sword. Climb the grates to the top.

A glowing Hookshot target on a carved stone face, with a What's that? message
Link slashing a Torch Slug while it burns on a red floor patch
Link climbing up a chain-link grate in the fire temple

Gold Skulltula under the flame block

The top is a spiral chamber with a pit in the middle. A block ringed by fire hides a Gold Skulltula. Hammer the rusted switch behind it to raise a Hookshot target, then step on the ordinary floor switch to put the fire out for a moment. Hookshot to the new target, run to the block and push it aside; Hookshot the Skulltula before the flames return.

A block wrapped in fire in the spiral chamber, with Link nearby
Link beside a stone pedestal near the flames of the spiral chamber
Link facing a sandstone block in the spiral room, the Grab prompt showing

Cage hall and the second key door

Go back to the locked door you passed in the maze and open it with Small Key 3. Beyond is a hall of metal platforms over lava. Hookshot to the crate on the right but do not smash it. Take the small crate from below, jump down and drop it onto the pressure switch.

Link standing before a chained wooden door with a keyhole in the stone hall
Link standing on a stone platform with a wooden crate, surrounded by lava
Link crossing a metal grate walkway above the red lava

Hookshot back up and stand between the two lit torches. Draw the bow, look at the unlit torch near the ceiling and shoot an arrow through a flame to light it. The door opens; follow the corridor on to the next area.

Link beside a carved face block with a lit torch burning above it
Link drawing the Fairy Bow toward an unlit torch near the ceiling
An arrow flying through the flame of a torch near the ceiling

Boss door and the pillar

You arrive in a C-shaped chamber with fire walls and time blocks. Jump across to the central platform and hit the face block with the Hammer so the pillar sinks. Once it is down you can drop into the hole it left and reach the boss door. If you are collecting everything, finish the remaining rooms first, because they all start from this chamber.

Link beside a stone face block in the C-shaped chamber
Link standing on a stone block in front of a pillared alcove
Link walking across the stone floor of the C-shaped chamber

Gold Skulltula in the tunnel

On the east platform of the chamber, play the Song of Time where Navi turns green to make a time block and jump over the flame wall to the doorway beyond. A Lizalfos fights you in the torch-lit tunnel; defeat it and take the Gold Skulltula in there.

Link standing before a grey stone time block in the corridor
Link fighting a Lizalfos in the torch-lit tunnel
Link holding up a Gold Skulltula token with the message box that names it

Play the Song of Time again in the corridor outside to put a block over the fire wall and cross back, then enter the next door off the chamber.

Link playing the Song of Time in the fire corridor, with the confirmation message shown
A blue time block rising in the corridor, with a door on the left wall

Bomb wall and Gold Skulltula

Hookshot to the target across the flames, hammer the rusted switch and ride the target block over the fire. In the alcove below, bomb the false back wall to uncover another Gold Skulltula.

Link beside a sun-carved stone block with flames burning behind him
Link running along a corridor past a wall of fire toward the alcove

Small Key 4

Walk the fire corridor past the burning pillars and into the room beyond. Hammer the red floor switch; Small Key 4 appears out in the open. Pick it up and walk to the locked door ahead.

Link walking the fire corridor past a wall of flames
Link beside a bomb in the room where fire burns behind a carved stone block
Link holding up a Small Key with the You found a Small Key message box

Unlock the door, sprint through the green-tiled room and Hookshot the glyph on the wall to open the way. Climb the grate up to the large circular room.

Link climbing a chain-link grate in the green-tiled passage
Link facing a chained wooden door in the green-tiled room

The octagon room and the last key

This round room has Hookshot targets, a diamond switch and a chest ringed by flames. A button in the moat on the southwest side puts the fire out for a few seconds. Plan your route: call Pierre the scarecrow by playing the Scarecrow’s Song above the button, ride him in with the Hookshot and run to the chest. It holds Small Key 5.

Link standing beside the scarecrow Pierre in a stone room
Link next to a closed chest on a platform, flames rising behind it
A Small Key floating above the floor under the You found a Small Key message box

Hammer the face block down, drop into the hole and unlock the only door in the room with your key. A Stalfos ambushes you at once. After the first, pound the second face block to build a stairway; another Stalfos attacks on the way down. Refill with the pink fairy if your hearts are low.

Link with a shield fighting a Stalfos in a sandstone room
A long stone stairway with carved steps climbing through a dungeon hall
Link facing a second Stalfos with a shield while a Navi sprite hovers nearby

Fifth Gold Skulltula

When you reach the bottom, Navi points at a stone face on the wall. Hookshot it to open the door, then Hookshot the Gold Skulltula clinging to the wall of the next room.

Link with shield facing a carved stone face set into the dungeon wall
Link stepping through a newly opened doorway in a stone wall
A Gold Skulltula clinging to a dungeon wall as Link aims the Hookshot

Down to the boss

Hammer the last face block and fall back into the C-shaped chamber. Drop into the hole left by the central pillar, cross the lava platform to the chained boss door and open it with the Boss Key.

Link standing on a carved stone block surrounded by red lava
Chained boss door with a golden lock at the end of a red-lit hall
Volvagia title card over the boss dragon swooping through a red chamber

Boss: Volvagia

The arena

The fight takes place on a round platform ringed by lava and pocked with holes. If you fall in, you can climb back up the edge. Volvagia pops out of the holes and flies laps; his fire does a lot of damage in Master Quest, so keep your health topped up.

Volvagia title card over the boss dragon swooping through a red chamber
Volvagia rising out of a hole in the lava arena beside Link
Link standing on the round lava arena pocked with holes

Hammer his head

When Volvagia pokes his head out of a hole and leans over the edge, run over and smash it with the Megaton Hammer to stun him, then slash it with the sword. If you miss the swing he bites or breathes fire.

Link striking Volvagia head with the Megaton Hammer, sparks flying
Link beside Volvagia head as it jolts under a sword hit near the lava edge

Flying phase

He also flies up to the ceiling and bumps it, dropping burning rocks at the spot where you stood; run to the opposite side and watch the shadows on the floor. When he flies around breathing fire, stand next to the hole he came out of or hang from the platform edge until he passes. Arrows hit him while he flies.

Volvagia coiled through a red sky with a burning rock tumbling beside him
Link drawing a bow with an arrow flying toward Volvagia in the air
Link on the lava arena with burning rocks scattered across the floor

Fake holes and defeat

As he weakens, he lingers and fakes you out. Two holes in a row show nothing, and the third is the real one, so wait near the middle and run to the last. After a few more hits he screams, rises in flames and falls to pieces.

Link standing among several lava-rimmed holes on the arena floor
Volvagia lunging out of a lava hole on the arena while Link stands nearby
Volvagia curling in flames as he is defeated

Rewards

A Heart Container floats up from the arena; grab it before stepping into the blue light.

A blue warp light glowing on the arena floor beside Link
A Heart Container floating in the air with the You got a Heart Container message box

In the Chamber of Sages, Darunia thanks you as his Sworn Brother and gives you the Fire Medallion. See Medallions and Spiritual Stones for the set.

Link standing in the Chamber of Sages beside the ringed medallion pedestals on blue water
Link raising the Fire Medallion overhead beside the You received the Fire Medallion message

How Master Quest changes the Fire Temple

FeatureOriginalMaster Quest
Small KeysEightFive, from a chest or lying in the open
Megaton HammerAfter a long climb and the first Flare DancerAfter the first rooms, behind an Iron Knuckle and a Flare Dancer
Main toolsHookshot, Bombs, HammerDin’s Fire, bow through torches, Hookshot, Hammer, Song of Time
Gold SkulltulasFiveFive, in new places
EnemiesTorch Slugs, Like-Likes, Flare DancersPlus Stalfos, Lizalfos and an Iron Knuckle
BossVolvagiaSame fight, same rewards

The layout and the order of rooms are completely different, so a memorized original route will not help; follow the rooms above. For the original, see the Fire Temple walkthrough.

Chapter checklist

TypeItemWhere
SongBolero of FireSheik, Death Mountain Crater
Small KeyKey 1Chest behind the torch-and-arrow gate
Key itemMegaton HammerChest after the Flare Dancer
Dungeon itemDungeon MapChest in the first Goron’s cell
Gold SkulltulaNorth cellCell of the Goron freed with the rusted switch
Dungeon itemBoss KeyLarge chest across the tile room
Small KeyKey 2Chest in the Goron cell behind the bombed wall
Small KeyKey 3Chest in the Goron cell of the Lizalfos maze
Dungeon itemCompassChest under the cracked maze floor
Gold SkulltulaSpiral roomUnder the flame-ringed block
Gold SkulltulaTime-block tunnelGuarded by a Lizalfos
Gold SkulltulaLower alcoveBehind a bombable wall
Small KeyKey 4On the floor after the red switch
Small KeyKey 5Chest in the octagon room, via the scarecrow
Gold SkulltulaFinal roomWall, behind the stone-face door
Boss rewardHeart ContainerVolvagia
MedallionFire MedallionDarunia, Chamber of Sages

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