Hyrule Castle Walkthrough

Ocarina of Time Remake 100% Completion Walkthrough41 chapters

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.

This chapter takes you from the road above Hyrule Castle Town to Princess Zelda. You help Malon by waking her sleeping father, Talon, then use the garden routes and a drain to get past the guards. Inside, Zelda explains the Triforce and the Door of Time, hands over Zelda’s Letter, and Impa teaches you Zelda’s Lullaby before she shows you the way to Kakariko Village.

Hyrule Castle approach and Malon

Weird Egg

Malon hands you a Weird Egg to help wake Talon, and the box reads “You got a weird egg!” You can feel something moving inside it, and she tells you it will hatch if you hold on to it for a while. The cucco inside crows loudly enough to wake the soundest sleeper. Open the Items screen to read its description, then keep walking. The egg hatches by itself.

Try the castle gate

Walk up to the main gate and speak to the guard. He refuses to let a stranger in, and he lectures you about Princess Zelda and the prophecies she sees in her dreams. There is no way through here. Turn around, go back down the path past Malon, and look for a way around the outside of the walls instead.

Castle gardens and Talon

Climb the walls to the rampart

Just beyond Malon, a vine-covered rock face rises beside the path. Climb it, hop across the rock shelf at the top, and scramble up the leafy tree that leans over the cliff. From the tree, drop to the vines on the castle tower and climb those too. Follow the narrow stone rampart to a square hatch in the floor, then climb down the ladder inside it.

You land in a small tower room full of pots. Smash them for rupees, then leave through the doorway at the far end. The way out brings you into the castle gardens, on a paved path that runs along a low wall with hedges and flower beds on the far side. Follow it until the hedges close in around a stone planter.

Wake-Up Cucco

While you walk through the hedge maze, the Weird Egg hatches into a cucco that perches above Link and crows. Navi says its crow could wake even the heaviest sleeper. The Items screen now lists it as the Wake-Up Cucco, replacing the egg. You do not have to use it. The bird follows you, so bring it to Talon.

Follow the channel to Talon

Climb the ivy wall at the edge of the lawn and cross the vine arbor at the top. Walk on past the wooden portcullis and along the paved courtyard beside the water channel. Hug the stone ledge while you edge around the pool, then run down the dirt path along the channel. It ends at a walled dead end where a man in blue overalls lies asleep on the paving stones.

Drain, grounds and cellar

Push the crate to the drain

Several wooden crates sit in this dead end. Press A to grab one and push it along the path until it stands against the wall under the water spout. Climb onto the crate and then up to the ledge, where a low arched drain opening sits in the wall. Press A to enter it and crawl through the dark tunnel. At the far end, climb the ladder and pull yourself out.

Sneak past the guards

You come out on the castle grounds, where soldiers patrol the flagged courtyards. Cross the wooden walkway, run up the wide stairs and keep to the balustrade on the left. Guards pace the open paths, so wait until one turns away before you cross each stretch, and use the flower beds as cover. Head for the shaded doorway at the far side.

Beyond that doorway, you enter the castle cellar through a dim passage with barrels and shelves. A guard stands at the back of the room, so crouch behind the long counter and wait for his back to turn before you move. Leave by the far passage, then follow the vaulted corridor straight toward the bright archway at its end. The game saves as you step through.

Princess Zelda

Hear about the Triforce

Keep pressing A through the cutscene. Zelda tells the royal family’s secret legend: the Triforce grants the wish of whoever touches it, so the goddesses had a sage seal it in the Sacred Realm behind the Door of Time in the Temple of Time. The royal family built Hyrule Castle to guard the temple. To open the door you need three Spiritual Stones, of which the Kokiri Emerald is one, plus the Ocarina of Time.

When she finishes, a menu lets you ask about the legend (the Triforce, the Temple of Time and the Door of Time) or about opening the door (the Spiritual Stones and the Ocarina of Time). Every topic is optional, and you can return to the menu later. Choose I’m all set to move on. The remaining stones are the Spiritual Stone of Fire and the Spiritual Stone of Water, which certain peoples in each region protect.

Zelda’s Letter

Before you leave, Zelda remembers to give you something and says, “Here you are. This should aid you.” It is Zelda’s Letter, written in her own hand and signed. You can read its description under Items. The quest Three Spiritual Stones begins shortly afterward.

Zelda’s Lullaby

Impa teaches you a song she once played to put Zelda to sleep. Take out your ocarina and listen to the demonstration, then repeat it: Y, X, A, Y, X, A. The box reads “You played Zelda’s Lullaby!” Impa explains that the song has been passed down in the royal family, so playing it proves you are tied to them. It opens things later; the Ocarina Songs page lists every melody.

Leaving the castle

Ask Zelda anything

Impa tells you to finish your business and speak to her when you are ready. Zelda is still in the courtyard, and you can ask her questions through the topic menu: the legend of Hyrule, what you need to open the door, and more. Nothing here is required. When you are done, talk to Impa again to leave with her.

Impa’s farewell

Impa escorts you out to the front of the castle and shows you Hyrule from the road in front of it. She points to Death Mountain in the distance and tells you that Kakariko Village lies at its foot, and that the Sheikah live there. Before you climb the mountain, she suggests, talk to the villagers, who should have useful things to say. She reminds you that Zelda’s Lullaby proves your tie to the royal family, then wishes you well and leaves you to set off on your own.

Chapter checklist

With the letter in your pack, follow the road out of the castle into Hyrule Field and head to the village at the foot of Death Mountain, covered in Kakariko Village.