Water Temple Master Quest - Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Ocarina of Time Master Quest Walkthrough12 chapters

Inside the Great Deku Tree (Master Quest)Dungeon Map, Slingshot, Compass, Gold Skulltulas, Queen Gohma, Heart Container and Kokiri’s Emerald.
Dodongo’s Cavern (Master Quest)Every room in order, Dungeon Map, Compass, Bomb Bag, silver rupees, Gold Skulltulas, King Dodongo and the Goron’s Ruby.
Inside Jabu-Jabu’s Belly (Master Quest)Cow switches, Map, Compass, Boomerang, Big Octo, Barinade, Heart Container and Zora’s Sapphire.
Forest Temple (Master Quest)Six Small Keys, Boss Key, Fairy Bow, the four Poe Sisters, five Gold Skulltulas and Phantom Ganon.
Fire Temple (Master Quest)Five Small Keys, Din’s Fire puzzles, Iron Knuckle, Megaton Hammer, Boss Key, five Gold Skulltulas and Volvagia.
Water Temple (Master Quest)Early Longshot, Map, Compass, both Small Keys, Dark Link, Boss Key and Morpha.
Shadow Temple (Master Quest)Hover Boots, map, compass, Boss Key, Gold Skulltulas, Bongo Bongo and the Shadow Medallion.
Spirit Temple (Master Quest)Every chest, 7 Small Keys, Silver Gauntlets, Mirror Shield, Boss Key, Skulltulas and Twinrova.
Bottom of the Well (Master Quest)Map, Compass, two Small Keys, Dead Hand, the Lens of Truth and all three Gold Skulltulas.
Ice Cavern (Master Quest)Blue Fire, Song of Time blocks, Stalfos, Iron Boots, Serenade of Water.
Gerudo Training Ground (Master Quest)The remixed rooms in order, Small Keys, Silver Rupee puzzles and the Ice Arrows.
Ganon’s Castle (Master Quest)Light Arrows, the rainbow bridge, all six remixed trials, Golden Gauntlets, Double Defense, the tower.

Covers	the Lake Hylia entrance, Ruto, the early Longshot, Dungeon Map and Compass, the water-level songs, the Small Keys, Dark Link, the Boss Key, Morpha and the Water Medallion
Dungeon	Water Temple, Master Quest version (adult Link only): Dark Link as the mini-boss, Morpha as the boss
You need	Adult Link, Iron Boots, Zora Tunic, Hookshot, Din’s Fire, Fairy Bow, Zelda’s Lullaby, Song of Time, Sun’s Song and Song of Storms; the Megaton Hammer makes Dark Link easy
Rewards	Longshot, Dungeon Map, Compass, 2 Small Keys, Boss Key, a Gold Skulltula token, Heart Container, Water Medallion
Differences	The Longshot, Map and Compass come in the first minutes, most chests are revealed by Hookshotting wall panels, and Din’s Fire opens many doors; see the comparison below

The Master Quest Water Temple is shorter and more direct than the original. You collect the Longshot almost at once, light torches with Din’s Fire to open doors, change the water level at the Triforce marks with Zelda’s Lullaby, fight Dark Link on a fog-covered pond and finish with Morpha. This chapter follows one efficient route from the lake floor to the Water Medallion.

Entering the temple

Dive to the lake floor

Wear the Zora Tunic, equip the Iron Boots and sink to the bottom of Lake Hylia, where the temple’s entrance waits. Take the boots off to float into the central chamber, then put them back on to sink to the bottom level on the right wall of the room.

Link sinking down a grated shaft toward the temple entrance under Lake Hylia

Link swimming down the passage toward the Water Temple entrance

Princess Ruto

Follow the passage at the bottom to find Princess Ruto, who greets you as her fiancee and tells you the temple holds places where the water level can be changed. She floats off ahead of you. Swap back to your regular boots and carry on.

Princess Ruto floating ahead of Link in the temple entrance room

The early Longshot

Open the Longshot chest

Swim through the first flooded rooms to the small chamber with the chest, aiming the Hookshot at the wall panel to make the chest accessible. It holds the Longshot, an upgraded Hookshot with twice the reach. Wall panels like this are how Master Quest hides most of its treasure, so use the Hookshot or Longshot on every panel you see.

Link beside the closed chest in a flooded chamber where the Longshot is kept

The Longshot with its item box, an upgraded Hookshot that extends twice as far

The first Triforce mark: lower the water

Return to the central chamber and surface. A Triforce mark is set into the wall; stand in front of it and play Zelda’s Lullaby to lower the temple’s water and open its lowest floor.

Link playing the ocarina in front of the Triforce crest with the Play prompt on screen

Link playing Zelda's Lullaby notes at the Triforce crest in the Water Temple

Dungeon Map and Compass

Din’s Fire and the Stalfos: Dungeon Map

Before dropping down, stand in the middle of the chamber and cast Din’s Fire to light the torches around it. This unlocks a barred door behind you. Go in and defeat the Stalfos, then Hookshot the wall panel to reveal the chest with the Dungeon Map.

A torch set alight by Din's Fire in the Water Temple room

Link battling several Stalfos in the room behind the barred door

Lizalfos and the Compass

Drop to the bottom level and use Din’s Fire on the torches there. Beyond the door, defeat the Lizalfos and then Hookshot the wall panel. The chest that appears holds the Compass.

Link fighting a red lizard enemy in the lower-level room beyond the door

Link opening the chest on the lower level that holds the Compass

The central pillar

Reaching the middle level

Back in the main room, Hookshot one of the two pillars to pull yourself up to the middle level, where a wall is already blown open. Cross the cube-shaped Longshot targets in the next rooms and keep aiming at anything that glints.

Link standing on a cube target in the middle level of the temple

Link aiming the Longshot at a wall, its dotted aim line visible

Song of Time and Din’s Fire in the pillar

Enter the pillar through the south doorway and climb to its top level with the Longshot. Play the Song of Time where Navi turns green to make a block appear in the middle of the shaft, jump onto it and cast Din’s Fire to light the torches. This unlocks the chamber at the bottom of the pillar.

Link playing the Song of Time with the notes on screen

A stone block rising into the middle of the shaft after the Song of Time

Raise the water

From the south-west side of the platform, Longshot across to the nearby platform with a second Triforce mark and play Zelda’s Lullaby to raise the water to its top level. Put on the Iron Boots whenever you need to sink in the flooded passages.

Link having just played Zelda's Lullaby beside a stone wall, its name in the box

Link playing the Lullaby notes at a Triforce crest as violet light swirls

Small Key 1

The stone room with the hidden switch

Sink to the bottom of the pillar in the Iron Boots and follow the passage to a room of stone walls and crates. Two silver switches are here: ignore the obvious one and look in the corner between two half-high walls for the hidden one, then hit it. Take the boots off, swim into the room it opens and Longshot the paneled wall to reveal the chest. It holds a Small Key.

The Small Key Link with its item box in the stone room

Link beside the chest in the stone room that holds the Small Key

Crate corridors and the Gold Skulltula

Continue through the flooded crate corridors and the sand-floored tower halls, switching boots as the water requires and Longshotting the ceiling and wall targets. Smash crates for rupees as you go; you will also pass a bookshelf shaft and a torch room.

Link walking down a flooded corridor lined with wooden crates

Link standing on a crate in the flooded corridor

In a small crate room off the sand-coloured tower, Longshot the wall target and climb onto the teal block to reach a Gold Skulltula on the wall. A ghost-like enemy haunts the crates nearby, so deal with it first.

Link in the crate room with a lizard enemy beside a chest and crates

Link standing on a Longshot target block in the crate room

The locked door

Walk the corridor with spinning blade traps to the locked door and open it with the Small Key. Cross the wooden bridge over the pool into the water room with the waterfall, then Longshot the silver block targets in turn to climb through it and cross the block room beyond.

Link walking a corridor lined with spinning blade traps toward a chained door

Link walking a stone walkway beside the water in the Water Temple

Stalfos, dragon statues and fairies

The Stalfos trio

In the next large room, hit the silver switch from the platform’s edge with the Longshot, drop onto the moving platform and chain Longshot shots across the targets, using a wall panel to raise the topmost one. Jump down into the room with the dragon-head statues and defeat the Stalfos; their defeat raises the statues.

Longshot target rings on the walls of a block room in the Water Temple

Link standing on a silver block pillar in the water-filled room

Songs for fairies

Longshot to the statue on your right and look for the spots where Navi turns green. The Sun’s Song at one and the Song of Storms at another call fairies, and more hide in the pots on the far ledge. If you use them up, leave the room and come back to bring them back; stock a bottle before Dark Link.

Link playing an ocarina tune in the statue room with a fairy glowing nearby

Link playing a song with its notes shown as blue light swirls around him

Mini-boss: Dark Link

The foggy pond

Step through the barred door into a misty room with a lone dead tree on an island. Walk across the water to the far side and back toward the island: Dark Link rises out of the pond and attacks. He mirrors your moves and blocks most sword attacks.

A lone dead tree on an island in the misty pond room

Dark Link rising out of the pond beside Link in the misty room

The Megaton Hammer is the easiest weapon because he cannot guard against it well. Din’s Fire also gets through his defences, so keep some magic. When he falls, the fog lifts and the room turns ordinary.

Link striking Dark Link with the Master Sword in the water arena

Link and Dark Link trading blows with sparks flying in the arena

The river and the Boss Key

Hookshot the panel and swim

Go through the door in the plain room and Longshot the wall panel to open the grate in the floor. Drop to the river below and swim it, steering around the whirlpools, then Longshot up to the doorway at its end. Water corridors with crates and sand floors follow; wear the Iron Boots where the water is deep.

Link standing in the teal room facing a pool with two urns

Link swimming down a water corridor past stone crates

The underwater alcove

Put on the Iron Boots and Longshot into the small underwater room beside the dragon-head statue. Remove the boots and swim up to the alcove, where another wall panel waits. Cast Din’s Fire to light the torches there, which unlocks the door to the Boss Key room.

Link aiming the Longshot at a ring target on a wall of the underwater room

Link beside a wooden crate and a green rupee, with a waterfall falling beside him

Boss Key

In the torch room, hit the silver switch to raise the water platform, climb onto it and cast Din’s Fire at the torches to lift the gate. Beyond it is a large chest containing the Boss Key.

Link in the torch room with fire blazing along the walls

Link riding the raised platform in the torch room

Back to the boss door

Stalfos and the second Small Key

Leave by the passage and sink in the Iron Boots to head back toward the central chamber. In the library rooms on the way, fight the Stalfos and shoot the bookshelves with arrows. A later Stalfos fight in a side hall leaves you with a second Small Key.

Link fighting a Stalfos in a library room with barred gates

Link's sword striking a Stalfos in a side hall

Use that key on the golden locked door. Beyond is a hall with a crystal switch; hit it with the Longshot to open the path. Clear the pack of spiked enemies in the next room, using Bombs if they swarm you.

Link facing an ornate locked door in a hall with the Open prompt showing

Link surrounded by spiky green enemies in a stone room

The dragon head statue

Longshot up through the ceiling-target rooms to the exit of the central room. Step on the switch to unlock the gate, take the boots off and swim up to the surface. Longshot to the dragon head statue and go through the door behind it.

Link aiming the Longshot at a ring target on a wall

Link swimming upward with air bubbles rising around him

Shoot the switch above the boss door to raise a Longshot target, then Longshot over to the door and enter. Keep your hearts full: Morpha waits beyond.

Link aiming the Longshot at a target above a chained boss door

Link beside a golden locked door and a ring target on a pillar

How Master Quest changes the Water Temple

The original dungeon, described in the standard Water Temple chapter, hides the Longshot behind Dark Link and needs six Small Keys. The Master Quest version hands you the Longshot first and needs only two keys.

Aspect	Original	Master Quest
Longshot	Chest after Dark Link	Chest in the first flooded rooms
Map and Compass	Spike room and geyser room	Din’s Fire torch rooms with Stalfos and Lizalfos
Small Keys	6	2
Chests	Appear after combat or switches	Revealed by hitting wall panels with the Hookshot or Longshot
Dark Link	Before the Longshot	Before the river; Megaton Hammer recommended

Chapter checklist

Type	Item	Where
Key item	Longshot	Chest in the first flooded rooms
Dungeon item	Dungeon Map	Stalfos room unlocked by Din’s Fire in the central chamber
Dungeon item	Compass	Lizalfos room on the bottom level
Small Key	Small Key 1	Chest in the stone room under the central pillar
Gold Skulltula	Token	Wall of a small crate room in the sand tower
Small Key	Small Key 2	Stalfos fight after the Boss Key
Dungeon item	Boss Key	Chest behind the gate raised by Din’s Fire
Boss reward	Heart Container	Morpha
Dungeon reward	Water Medallion	Ruto, Chamber of the Sages

Water Temple (Master Quest) Walkthrough

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