Dodongo Cavern 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.

Dodongo Cavern is a lava-filled cave under Death Mountain Trail. The Goron Bracelet is what makes it playable, since bomb flowers open cracked walls almost everywhere. You take the Dungeon Map, deal with Baby Dodongos and Dodongos, win the Compass and your first token, then climb to the second floor for the Bomb Bag. Three more tokens, two Business Scrub Seeds, King Dodongo and the Goron Ruby follow.

Entrance and first lava hall

Goron statue hint

The Dodongo Cavern title card appears over a wide hall of lava with a round stone pedestal in the middle. Just inside stands a Goron statue. Read it for a hint: the long-dead Dodongo here will serve as a guide to the hidden path. Keep that in mind, because the skull that fills the centre of the cavern matters later. The cave has no small keys and no Boss Key, so the Dungeon Map and Compass are the only dungeon items to find.

Bomb flowers and the blue rupee chest

Cross the wooden planks laid over the lava to the stone rim on the far side. A bomb flower grows here: press Pick Up to lift it, carry it along the rim and press Throw before it goes off in your hands. Blast the cracked wall in the dark passage ahead. Behind it is a small chest. Open it for a blue rupee, worth five.

Baby Dodongos and the Lizalfos door

Baby Dodongos

Further along the rim, a tunnel is patrolled by Baby Dodongos. Open the item menu and equip the Fairy Slingshot first. Navi warns that when one is injured, the gas in its belly explodes, so stay clear after you strike. She adds that once it sees its prey, meaning you, it hurls itself straight ahead, so sidestep the rush. A green rupee drops from the fight.

Statue door

The tunnel ends at a room with a barred green-stone door flanked by two small statues, and a horned stone statue stands on the floor. Press Grab and push it onto the square pedestal in front of the door. The door then opens onto the next chamber.

Red rupee chest

When the second Lizalfos falls, the purple flames fade and a chest glows on the stone pedestal in front of the far door. Open it for a red rupee, worth twenty. Leave through the door and follow the lava rim back to the cave passages.

Business Scrub and the Dodongos

Business Scrub shop

In a side cave, a Business Scrub hides among the plants. Hit it and it gives in, apologizing for attacking you. It then offers five Deku Nuts or five Deku Sticks. Buy whichever you are short of, or choose See you later to leave.

Dodongos

In the next cave the floor turns blue and a Dodongo lumbers toward you. Navi warns that their face scales are as hard as rock, so they are hard to hurt head-on, and suggests getting behind one. Pull a bomb flower from the ground and throw it at the Dodongo: it glows red and blows up. Finish any survivor with your sword, and pick up the rupees they leave behind.

Torch room

Light a Deku Stick on a wall torch and carry the flame to the unlit torches in this room, pressing Swing to wave it. Move quickly, because the stick burns up and you have to light a new one. When the last torch is burning, the barred door beside them lets you through. The passage leads back toward the lava hall.

Compass and the first Gold Skulltula

Lava rim to the green door

Save at the stone pad, then follow the lava rim around the hall to a stone platform in front of a green-stone door. Press Open and go through. In the passage beyond, throw a bomb flower at the cracked wall to blast it open and step into a room of stone statues.

Second floor and the Bomb Bag

Stone tower room

Go through the green-stone door on the second floor into a hall with a stone tower and a ladder. More Armos wake here and glow red, so throw bomb flowers at them from a distance. A green rupee waits in the corners. Climb the tower’s ladder to a wooden platform with a stone slab and a closed door.

Chained stairs over lava

Open the door and step out onto stone stairs hung from chains above the lava. Fire Keese keep dive-bombing, so shoot them with the slingshot as you climb. The chains hold your weight, so keep climbing until you reach solid floor at the far end.

Fire and the eye switch

A cave runs beside a river of lava. At one point a flame blocks the path, and an eye switch glows above it. Aim the slingshot and shoot the eye to put the fire out. Walk on along the lava rim to the arena beyond, where a purple barrier seals the door.

Lava platform arena

The arena is a ring of round stone platforms in lava, and Lizalfos guard it. Shoot them with seeds from range, lock on and strike with the sword when one lands next to you. Jump between the platforms carefully, since a missed landing drops you into the lava.

Bomb Bag

Leave the arena through the green-stone door and the cave beyond. A fire blocks the way, so shoot Deku Seeds into the eye switch in the rock face to put it out. A chest on a stone pad stands in front of a cracked wall. Open it to receive the Bomb Bag. It is made from a Dodongo’s stomach, holds 20 bombs and comes fully stocked. Press Take out on the item menu to use a bomb, and you can now blast walls anywhere.

Back down and the skull

Chain stairs and the sign

Climb the stone stairs hung on chains that rise out of the lava toward the skull. A small side cave holds a chest with a blue rupee. Further on, a carved sign says that when the colossal, long-dead Dodongo sees red, a new path will open. The huge skull overhead is that Dodongo, and one of its eyes glows red as you pass.

Skull bridge

Walk out along the chain-hung stone path that runs over the Dodongo skull. Fire pits flare under it and the skull’s mouth opens as you cross. Follow it down to the ledge in front of the skull’s mouth, where a green-stone door with a Triforce-style mark stands on the first floor. Press Open to enter.

Stone block puzzle

The next rooms are cages of carved stone blocks. Press Grab to take hold of a block and push it along the wooden pallets. Slide the last block onto the floor switch in the middle of the room, and the green door with the leaf mark opens. The cracked wall in the first block room hides Gold Skulltula #24, described below.

To the boss door

Beyond the green door is a dark cave. Pick up the bombs you find on the cave floor, blast the rubble at the end of the cave with a bomb and follow the winding path to the edge of a lava lake. The rim leads to the boss arena, where King Dodongo waits. Check that your bomb count is full before you go in.

Darunia and the Goron Ruby

Chapter checklist

With the Goron Ruby in hand and two Spiritual Stones gathered, head back up Death Mountain Trail. Darunia mentions a Great Fairy at the summit, and the next chapter climbs there, with a Heart Piece and a bigger Bomb Bag waiting in Goron City on the way.