Goron Temple Walkthrough

Phantom Hourglass 100% Completion Walkthrough19 chapters

Walkthrough overview

• Temple of FireEvery key, the Boomerang, the Boss Key, how to beat Blaaz, the Heart Container, Leaf and Astrid’s Power Gem.
• Temple of WindGet the bombs, the Boss Key, beat Cyclok, free Neri and take the Heart Container.
• Molida Island and the Temple of CourageBeat the Giant Eye Plant, light Molida’s statues, get the Bow, defeat Crayk and awaken the Spirit of Courage.
• The Ghost ShipFind the ship with the Spirits, free the Cubus sisters, win their volley game, get the Ghost Key and Heart Container.
• Goron TempleTeam up with Gongoron, get the Bombchus and the Boss Key, beat Dongorongo and take the Crimsonine.
• Temple of IceLever order, three small keys, Grappling Hook, Boss Key, Gleeok fight, Heart Container and Azurine.
• Mutoh’s TempleGet the Hammer, find both small keys and the Boss Key, beat Eox and collect the Aquanine.
• Mercay Island and the First Sea ChartGet Oshus’s Sword, solve the lever passage, rescue Linebeck and find the first sea chart.
• Temple of the Ocean KingTake the Phantom Hourglass, sneak past Phantoms, carry three Force Gems and find the Northwestern Sea Chart.
• Temple of the Ocean KingPhantom Eyes, the hourglass crest door, the Salvage Arm, treasure salvage and the Sun Key.
• Zauz and the Temple of the Ocean KingPure Metals, Triforce door, crystal puzzles and the Southeastern Sea Chart.
• Temple of the Ocean KingGold Phantoms, the B11 bridges, three Force Gems on B12 and the Northeastern Sea Chart.
• The Phantom Sword and BellumPhantom Hourglass walkthrough for the Phantom Sword, the last Temple of the Ocean King descent, Bellum.
• Isle of Ember and AstridFirst voyage, Beedle’s Shop Ship, Kayo’s torches, freeing Astrid and the volcano path to the Temple of Fire.
• Cannon Island, the Ghost Ship Chase and Molida IslandBuy the Cannon from Eddo, chase the Ghost Ship, then reach Molida Island and take the Shovel.
• Northwestern Sea and the Isle of GustThe fog route, Bannan Island fishing, Zauz, the Cyclone Slate, Golden Frogs and the way to the Temple of Wind.
• Goron Island and GongoronSail the Southeastern Sea, beat the Massive Eye, pass Biggoron’s quiz, find Gongoron and reach the Goron Temple.
• Isle of Frost and the Yook MysteryCannon the ice, Anouki Estates, find the Yook among six villagers and fight through the Great Ice Field.
• Isle of the Dead and the Isle of RuinsDig spot, Phantom Corridor path, Regal Necklace, King’s Key, Max and the door symbol.

The Goron Temple is the fifth dungeon and the one that gives you Bombchus. Gongoron is trapped in the lower floors, so you free him, then play as Link and as Gongoron in turn to open one another’s paths through spikes, quicksand and switches. Take the Bombchus on B1, use them to reach the Boss Key on B2, and finish Dongorongo with Gongoron’s charge and a Bombchu to the mouth. The prize is a Heart Container, two more minutes of sand and the Pure Metal Crimsonine.

Goron Temple entrance and 1F

Enter the temple

Leave the north maze of Goron Island by the stone doorway on the coast and walk into the temple. Gongoron ran inside ahead of you and got caught, so your goal is to find him. This is a sandy dungeon: the floor is full of stone blocks, spike traps, quicksand and Beamos statues that fire at you when you step in front of them. Quicksand swallows and hurts Link, so stay out of it and let Bombchus cross it instead.

Push Armos and statues onto the switches

The 1F rooms are a series of block puzzles. Push the statues and arrow blocks onto the floor switches to lower the spikes in your way, and shoot the Beamos eyes with arrows if one blocks a corridor. Where a stone Armos stands in a room, throw a bomb at it to stop it from moving, then push it onto the nearest switch. Work east and then north; each solved room opens the next door.

The 1F chests

A chest at the end of the pillared hall holds a red Rupee, worth 20, and opens after you hit the eye switch with an arrow. Another chest appears in the north-east corner for only a few seconds when you hit the switch in the quicksand to the north (a bomb thrown from the bridge does it), so run to it at once. Inside is a treasure map, which marks the sunken treasure on your Southeastern Sea Chart: you can salvage it as soon as you own the Salvage Arm (see the treasure maps list, number 15).

Bomb your way down to B1

Bomb the cracked wall that hides a short dead end, then place a bomb between two columns of the pillared hall to open a hidden door. Go north, then take the stairs down. A sign on the wall tells you that you have reached B1.

Goron Temple B1: free Gongoron and get the Bombchus

Open the way with both characters

As Gongoron, roll through the boulder room and defeat the Rock ChuChus that hide inside the boulders; this lowers the spikes that block Link. As Link, then shoot the Like Likes from a distance (arrows or bombs) so that they cannot swallow you. Step on the floor switch in the south, switch to Gongoron and roll fast across the gap to land on the identical switch beyond it. With both of you standing on a switch, a chest appears for Link.

The chest contains the Bombchus and the Bombchu Bag, and you can carry up to ten Bombchus in it. Select them on the Items screen, tap where the Bombchu should start and draw its path on the lower screen with the stylus; it follows the line, can pass through small holes and over quicksand, and sets off crystal switches that your sword cannot reach.

Goron Temple B2 and B3: Bombchu puzzles

B2: the north crystal switches

Defeat the Like Like in the first room of B2, then smash the rocks; some hide Rock ChuChus, so bomb those. Stand to the left of the north crystal switch and draw a Bombchu through the holes in the wall to the second switch. At the same moment slash the switch beside you, because both must be hit together to lower the spikes in the west. Go west and down the stairs to B3.

B3: quicksand, Armos and a red Rupee

Avoid the quicksand on B3 and defeat the Miniblins to make a chest appear. It holds a red Rupee. In the north-west corner slash the red switch to lower the red blocks, then send a Bombchu through the hole and around the bend to the crystal switch behind the blue blocks. When the Bombchu is past the red blocks, slash the switch next to you to lower the spikes in the north.

Around the bend, bomb the four Armos that circle a patch of quicksand and push each one onto one of the four floor switches. This lowers the spikes to the east. Follow that path to the stairs back up to B2.

Phase 1: knock him over, then use a Bombchu

Dongorongo is a giant armoured lizard on the far side of a sandpit, and you cannot reach him alone. Gongoron agrees to trip him from one side while Link attacks from the other, so play as Gongoron and roll along the sand toward the boss. He spits fireballs and sometimes charges at Gongoron; dodge the charge so that he smashes into the wall and is dazed, then roll round to his side to tip him onto his back. Eye Slugs crawl after Link while you play as Gongoron, so switch back to Link when Ciela shouts a warning and kill them.

While he lies on his back, switch to Link, equip a Bombchu and draw its path across the sand to his open mouth. Do this three times. The third hit knocks him senseless, and Gongoron runs off to fetch the Pure Metal.

Phase 2: bomb his mouth and slash the blue jewel

Dongorongo gets up again for the last phase. Dodge his fireballs and the small Eye Slugs, and keep Link moving. When he inhales, throw a bomb into his mouth to stun him, then run behind him and slash the blue jewel on his back until he stands up again. Repeat this a few times until he falls. See the boss guide for all bosses at a glance.

Goron village after the temple

Salvage map in the entrance maze

Walk back through the north maze. Now that you own Bombchus, a small hole in a maze wall near the entrance leads to a switch. Draw a Bombchu through the hole to the switch, and a timed chest appears in the north-east. It holds a treasure map, number 16, that marks a ship part at sea.

Talk to the Goron chief

Go to the chief’s home in the village. He thanks you for the help and gives you a big red Rupee, worth 200. A letter from Gongoron is sent to you later and contains a Courage Gem.

Leave Goron Island

Walk to the dock, where Linebeck is waiting. He wants to look for the other Pure Metals, so board the ship and open the sea chart. The Isle of Frost, where the next dungeon is, lies in the Southeastern Sea. Dee Ess Island also has Gongoron’s Goron Game, but its Bombchu Bag prize waits until you have cleared the Temple of Ice (see the mini-games page).

Chapter checklist

With the Crimsonine in your bag, sail for the Southeastern Sea to the Isle of Frost, where a Yook is hiding among the Anouki.