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Ingo Ranch and Epona 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.
CoversHyrule Field at night, Ingo Ranch, the scarecrow field by Lake Hylia
LinkAdult
You needOcarina of Time with the Sun’s Song and Epona’s Song, at least 20 rupees
RewardsEpona Epona (your horse), Scarecrow Song; no Heart Pieces, Heart Containers or Gold Skulltula tokens

You cross Hyrule Field at night to Ingo Ranch, flip the sky to day with the Sun’s Song, listen to Malon’s worries and pay Ingo 20 rupees for a ride. Epona’s Song brings Epona to you, you beat Ingo in two races, and the second one wins you the horse. You then jump the locked ranch wall on Epona and ride to the scarecrow field to teach Bonooru the Scarecrow Song.

Link riding Epona down the track past the bunting during the second race
The straw scarecrow Bonooru standing in the fenced field at the foot of the rocky cliffs

Hyrule Field to Ingo Ranch

Cross Hyrule Field at night

Leave Hyrule Castle Town through the broken gate and step out onto Hyrule Field. The Hyrule Field banner appears and the world is dark, with the map in the corner showing the whole region. Follow the path across the open ground, hold Dash to dive through any water, and fight off the skeletal creatures and purple monsters that rise from the grass, because there is nothing to collect on this stretch. Ahead you will see the lit gate of a ranch.

Link on a bridge at night as the Hyrule Field banner appears, the map shown in the corner
Link walking the dark path across Hyrule Field toward the lit ranch houses
Link on the dark path as a skeletal creature rises beside him, the lit ranch gate ahead

Enter Ingo Ranch

The Ingo Ranch banner appears as you pass under the gate and its colored pennants. Follow the yard past the lit doors and the wooden stairs of the ranch house if you like, then come back out and walk along the dark path between the buildings and the paddock fence until you reach the side of a brick stable.

Link at the lit ranch house as the Ingo Ranch name appears across the bottom of the screen
Link climbing the wooden stairs inside the Ingo Ranch house
Link walking the dark path past the bunting and brick walls of the ranch

Malon and the Sun’s Song

Play the Sun’s Song to bring the day

Beside the stable wall, open the songbook and play the Sun’s Song. The ocarina scene shows the notes and “You played the Sun’s Song!” appears. Night gives way to daylight. Link then hears a muttered line, “So many worries…”, coming from the brick stable door nearby.

Link playing the Sun's Song in golden light with the You played the Sun's Song box shown
Link beside the brick stable wall in daylight after playing the Sun's Song
Malon

Talk to Malon in the stable

Walk through the brick stable door and talk to Malon. She apologizes and explains that since Ganondorf arrived, Ingo has taken out loan after loan to expand the ranch and plans to sell the horses to pay Ganondorf. She tells you Epona, the fastest horse the ranch has, is about to be sold. She wishes someone would whisk Epona away, then says she is mostly kidding. Remember that hint.

Link stepping through the brick stable doorway as Malon's muttered line appears
Malon speaking to Link inside the dim stable about Ingo taking out loan after loan
Malon explaining that Epona is the fastest horse on the ranch, with Link listening in the stable
Malon wishing someone would whisk Epona away, shown in the dim stable with Link beside her

Ingo, Epona and the horse race

Ingo

Pay Ingo 20 rupees to ride

Go out to the ranch gate and talk to Ingo. He introduces himself as the boss of the ranch now, since Talon “got the boot,” and brags that his donations to Lord Ganondorf will make him master of the whole area. When he asks, “Do you wanna pay 20 rupees to ride a horse?”, say yes. You can also accept his riding explanation, which covers urging a horse to speed up and warns that horses will not jump things diagonally.

Link walking up to Ingo at the ranch gate under the bunting
Ingo at the ranch gate boasting that Lord Ganondorf donations will make him the boss of the area
Ingo asking Link if he wants to pay 20 rupees to ride a horse, with the price in red
Ingo at the ranch gate offering Link a horse-riding explanation
Epona

Call Epona with Epona’s Song

Walk out into the paddock, open the songbook and play Epona’s Song. “You played Epona’s Song!” appears and Epona trots across the grass to you. Press the button shown to mount. You are riding the horse Ingo wants to sell, not one of his rentals, and the prompts at the bottom show Whoa!, Go! and Dismount.

Link playing Epona's Song on the ocarina in the paddock, with the box reading You played Epona's Song!
Link riding Epona out of the paddock beside the ranch arch

Learn to ride

Ride around the paddock to get a feel for Epona. Hold the Go! button to build speed, and watch the row of carrots at the bottom of the screen, which drains as you spur her on. Aim straight at a low fence and she leaps it. Approaching fences at an angle makes her refuse, as Ingo warned. Ride up beside Ingo when you are ready.

Link riding Epona across the paddock beside Ingo on his grey horse, with the Whoa Go Dismount prompts
Link riding Epona along the curved paddock fence with the row of carrots shown at the bottom
Link riding Epona across the paddock past a fence, the carrot row draining at the bottom of the screen

First race with Ingo

Ingo is surprised that the wild horse lets you ride and proposes a race. You ride one lap around the track and whoever loses pays the winner 20 rupees. Accept and line up beside him at the gate. When the READY… call ends, hold Go! and keep Epona on the dirt track. “FINISHED!” appears when you cross the line first, and Ingo hops about yelping in pain, wondering why you are not the one getting thrown.

Ingo on the ranch gate telling Link the rules of a lap around the track, whoever loses pays
Link on Epona lined up beside Ingo at the ranch gate before the first race
Link riding Epona down the dirt track as the FINISHED banner appears over the ranch
Ingo stamping and shouting AGGGHHH beside the brown horse after losing the first race

Second race wins Epona

Ingo refuses to give up and offers a rematch: lose again and you still pay in rupees, but if you win, he says, “That horse is yours!” and points at Epona. Accept and line up. After the “READY…” call, run the same lap and finish first. “FINISHED!” appears again. Ingo falls apart, wailing that the horse only listens to Malon and that he needed the money to pay off his debts, and Epona is yours.

Ingo pointing at Epona outside the ranch gate and saying That horse is yours
Link and Ingo lined up on horseback at the ranch gate as the READY call appears
Link riding Epona along the track as the FINISHED banner shows for the second race
Ingo with his hands on his head in the ranch yard complaining the horse only listens to Malon
Ingo bent over in the yard saying he needed the profits from selling the horse to pay off his debts

Escape the ranch

Ingo keeps his word but locks the gate, telling you that you can never leave the ranch. Do not argue. Ride Epona at the closed gate to clear it, then follow the fence around the track toward the high palisade at the edge of the paddock. A short scene shows Malon watching Ingo while you leave, and you come out in open grass outside the ranch with the horse that is now yours.

The closed white ranch gate with carved faces, Ingo telling Link he can never leave the ranch
Link riding Epona across the dirt beside the ranch fence after the gate is locked
Malon with a worried expression in the ruined field as Ingo crouches nearby
Link galloping Epona over the grass outside the ranch, below the wooden palisade and rock wall

Bonooru and the Scarecrow Song

Ride to the scarecrow field

Epona runs across Hyrule Field as fast as you spur her. Ride over the hills and through a grove of trees toward the scarecrow field on the Lake Hylia side, checking the map in the corner as you go. Dismount at the fenced patch of dark earth where the scarecrow stands.

Link riding Epona across Hyrule Field with the Hooray, Epona! line on screen
Link riding Epona along a dirt path between rock cliffs with the map showing in the corner
Link on foot beside the fenced patch of dark earth where the scarecrow stands, with the Talk prompt shown
Bonooru

Scarecrow Song

Talk to Bonooru the scarecrow. He remembers you from when you were a kid and says he is the brilliant scarecrow who never forgets a song once he hears it. He asks you to play that song for him. Open the note pad and play the tune you taught him as a child. “This is the song you taught Bonooru the scarecrow, an original, one-of-a-kind melody” appears.

The scarecrow Bonooru in the field asking Link if he is the kid who shared that one song
Link playing the ocarina in the field as the note staff fills with notes for the scarecrow
Bonooru standing in the field with the caption that says this is the song he was taught

Bonooru cheers that this is the one and thanks you, then calls out that he wants to join you. This is the Scarecrow Song. You have no use for it yet, but it pairs with the Hookshot later.

Bonooru the scarecrow in the field cheering that this is the one
Bonooru the scarecrow beside Link in the field, saying he wants to join in

Chapter checklist

CollectibleTypeWhere
Epona EponaHorseWon by beating Ingo in the second race at Ingo Ranch
Scarecrow SongSongTaught to Bonooru in the scarecrow field by Lake Hylia

With Epona and the Scarecrow Song in hand, ride on to Kakariko Village and the Hookshot.

Link standing by the fenced scarecrow patch at dusk before heading onward
Link on a dirt path at dusk with a village with a red banner on the cliff ahead

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