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Lakebed Temple (Dungeon 3) Walkthrough

Twilight Princess 100% Completion Walkthrough23 chapters
Walkthrough overview
CoversLakebed Temple from the Lake Hylia entrance to Morpheel
DungeonLakebed Temple (Dungeon 3): bring the Zora Armor, Iron Boots, Water Bombs and Bomb Arrows; mini-boss Deku Toad, boss Morpheel
RewardsClawshot, Dungeon Map, Compass, Big Key, 3 Small Keys, 2 Heart Pieces, Heart Container, third Fused Shadow

The Lakebed Temple is a water dungeon built around one big hall whose staircase and water levels change as you pull handles and open water gates. You find the Clawshot after a Deku Toad fight, use it to reach the Compass, a Heart Piece and the Big Key, then drop into Morpheel’s pit. Wear the Zora Armor throughout so you never run out of air. Keep Water Bombs and Bomb Arrows ready, and carry the Iron Boots. Plan on a lot of bomb use: nearly every chest here refills bombs or arrows. The dungeon holds three Small Keys, the Dungeon Map, the Compass, the Big Key, two Pieces of Heart and a handful of Rupee and stamp chests. Reach it through the Water Bomb geyser described in Lake Hylia side quests. The Hero’s Bow must be in your inventory for Bomb Arrows.

Link in the Zora Armor swimming through the coral-filled flooded passage at the start of the Lakebed Temple
The You got the Clawshot message as Link holds the Clawshot up beside the chest
The You got a Heart Container message as Link holds up the Heart Container after Morpheel

Entrance hall and the first stalactite rooms

Entrance chambers

Swim north from the entrance. Shell Blades (clams) sit near the bottom and Baris (electric jellyfish) float in the water; swim around them. Chu Chus drop from the ceiling here, and a defeated Red Chu leaves Red Chu Jelly, which works as a red potion. If you carry any empty bottle, fill one now. A pair of chests hold arrows and Water Bombs; open both.

Link swimming in Zora Armor past coral in a dark green underwater tunnel
Link slashing a Shell Blade beside glowing coral on the lakebed floor

Run to the north end of the room, jump off the ledge and grab the handle that hangs from the ceiling to open the gate in front of the door. Just beyond the gate waits a rare Blue Chu; kill it and scoop its Blue Chu Jelly into an empty bottle, which acts as a Blue Potion and refills every heart. Go through the door.

Link running up the stone stairs past torches in the lakebed temple
Link hanging from the yellow ceiling handle beside the barred gate door
Link hanging from the yellow ceiling handle in the round stone chamber
Helmasaur

Stalactite room and the first Helmasaur

Stalactites hang from the ceiling here. Equip Bomb Arrows and shoot every one so they fall and become small platforms. Regular bombs make better Bomb Arrows than Water Bombs, so save the Water Bombs for jobs only they can do. Go down the ramp, hop onto the stalactite on the right, and climb the platforms up to meet a Helmasaur. Its shield cannot be removed yet, so hit its unprotected back. Keep climbing; a chest on the platforms near the door holds more Water Bombs. Leave through the door.

Midna hanging near a stalactite as she talks to Link in a stone cave
Link aiming a Bomb Arrow up at a stalactite in the lakebed temple
Link attacking a spotted Helmasaur on the stone walkway
Link holding up the Water Bombs he got from the chest, with the full message box shown

A Lizalfos waits on the bridge of the next room. Ordinary sword work defeats it. Take the door at the north end to reach the main hall.

Link facing a Lizalfos on the stone bridge before the north door
Link walking down the ornate hall toward the double door to the north

The main hall: Ooccoo and the Dungeon Map

Spin the staircase

This hall is the hub for the dungeon, so remember its layout. Descend the long stairs, then run around the room to the left to the south end, where a chest holds arrows. Look at the middle of the room from there and jump to the ceiling handle: the huge staircase swings its bottom toward you if you are on the lower floor and its top toward you if you are upstairs. Any similar handle in this hall does the same. Climb the stairs to the upper floor.

Link holding up the arrows he got from the chest, with the full message box shown
Golden handle hanging from the ceiling above Link in the middle of the big hall
Link climbing the long staircase toward the upper floor of the Lakebed Temple hall
Ooccoo

Ooccoo

Run east along the upper level. The door at the east end is locked, but the path beside it leads to a jar with Ooccoo inside. She can warp you out of the dungeon and back.

Ooccoo standing by the wall as Link is told she can warp him out
Ooccoo beside Link with the reunion message box fully shown
Dungeon Map

Dungeon Map

Go to the west side of the upper floor, face the middle of the room and jump to the next handle to turn the staircase. Climb down and turn left to the chest holding the Dungeon Map. Then take the lower door at the east end. Check the Dungeon Maps, Compasses and Keys page for the list across the whole game.

Link beneath the golden handle at the top of the staircase in the Lakebed Temple hall
Link holding up the dungeon map from the chest, with the full message box shown

East wing: first Small Key and the water gates

Second stalactite room: Small Key 1

Cross the bridge, avoiding the Helmasaur, and enter the next room. Two more stalactites hang here; bring them down with Bomb Arrows. Run down the ramp on the north side to the lower level.

Link walking down a red-walled corridor toward a barred gate in the Lakebed Temple
Link running across a mossy ledge beside a stone wall in the Lakebed Temple
Bomb Arrow bursting against a rock wall in the Lakebed Temple

Climb the vines on the center pillar to another platform, then jump to the platform in the northeast. A geyser below sometimes lifts a fallen stalactite: hop on when it peaks and jump across. Open the chest for Small Key 1, return to the first side of the room, climb the vines, and go back west through the door and across the bridge to the main hall. The room has more to do later, once you own the Clawshot.

Link standing on the center pillar platform in the Lakebed Temple
Link holding up Small Key 1 with its item message in the Lakebed Temple

Locked door and the vine room

You do not need to turn the staircase. Climb up, run around the upper floor to the east end and use Small Key 1 on the locked door. Beat the Helmasaur and go through the next door.

Link climbing the stone staircase to the upper floor of the Lakebed Temple
Link attacking in a fire-lit stone corridor in the Lakebed Temple
Link standing at the locked gate at the east end of the Lakebed Temple

Turn right for a chest with Water Bombs, then take the other path to two more stalactites; shoot them with Bomb Arrows. Climb the vines to the higher ledge and jump to the handle you see; it opens the gate nearby. Bomb the boulder beyond with a bomb or a Bomb Arrow.

Link holding up the Water Bombs he just received, with the full message box
Link aiming his bow at a high target handle above a vine-covered wall
Link climbing up a wall covered in pink and green vines
Link on a vine-covered wall below a yellow Clawshot handle

Before going on, turn south through the nearby door into a room of platforms: jump across, defeat the Lizalfos and leave by the south-east door. Defeat the enemies there and open the chest for Small Key 2.

Link standing by a central pillar on the spinning platform floor of the hall
Link on a raised stone platform in the platform room with pots behind him
Link fighting an enemy in a stone hall beside a green rupee
Link holding up the Small Key he got from the chest, with the full message box

Return to the previous room and go east through the opening you blasted. In the next room a Chu Worm hides in its bubble and cannot be hit by the sword: pop the bubble with a Bomb Arrow, then slash it. Use Small Key 2 on the locked door here.

Link standing before the locked door that needs Small Key 2
Chu Worm sealed inside a bubble in a Lakebed Temple chamber
Bomb Arrow exploding on the bubble around the Chu Worm

First water gate

Inside, turn left, jump to the vines and climb to the circular ramp. Fight the Tektite on the way up. At the top a chest holds more Water Bombs; a larger chest ahead is out of reach for now (see the optional stamp below). Climb one of the ladders on the west side of the arch and jump to the handle to open the east floodgate. Water now pours down the ramp.

Link climbing the pink and green vines beside the circular ramp
Link holding up Water Bombs from the chest at the top of the circular ramp, with the full message box shown
Link climbing a ladder toward the ceiling handle at the top of the ramp
Link hanging from the ceiling handle that opens the east floodgate

Second water gate

Walk back down; the current turns the ramp into a slide. The room below is now flooded and the middle platform is reachable. Jump to the hanging handle from the platform to open a second gate, sending water further through the dungeon. The water flows out through the left door to a waterwheel, where a Fairy and another Blue Chu can be found if you want them. To continue, take the right door, follow the path and go back west over the bridge to the main hall. The flooding raises the water level in the hall.

Water pouring down past the hanging yellow handle in the Lakebed Temple hall
Link running up the wet stone ramp as water flows down it in Lakebed Temple
Link standing on the middle platform in the flooded room of Lakebed Temple
Link on the spinning central platform beside a pillar in the Lakebed Temple hall

Deku Toad mini-boss and the Clawshot

Spinning platforms and Small Key 3

The central platform now spins. Return to the east corridor on the hall’s lower floor (drop off the ledge by the entrance rather than turning the staircase) and cross the bridge. The water now flows and the gears turn. Jump to the first moving platform and let it carry you to the door at the north end.

Link pressed against the ornate north door at the end of a Lakebed Temple corridor
Link on an octagonal platform under a hanging chain in the Lakebed Temple gear room

Around the corner a chest holds Small Key 3. A second door in this room leads to a blockade you cannot pass yet. Go back to the room with the platforms, ride a platform to the east door and unlock it with Small Key 3.

Link walking toward a barred ornate door in a Lakebed Temple cavern
Link walking down a narrow rocky corridor in Lakebed Temple
Link receiving a small key from a chest in Lakebed Temple
Iron Boots

Iron Boots corridor

Dive into the water and swim along the passage. Currents shoot from the side; with the Iron Boots on, walk against the current for a chest of Water Bombs and with it for a chest holding a Red Rupee (20). A boulder lies on the floor ahead: blow it up with a Water Bomb. Swim on to the surface.

Link holding up the Red Rupee from a chest, with the 20 Rupees message box shown
Link beside an open chest in an underwater passage of Lakebed Temple
Link facing a brown boulder in an underwater passage of Lakebed Temple
Link swimming through a coral gate in Lakebed Temple underwater passage

Deku Toad

The entrance closes behind you and small Toados drop from the ceiling; defeat them with the sword, then switch to first-person view and look up. The Deku Toad drops from the ceiling. It spawns more Toados, so clear them with sword swings or a spin attack. When it jumps up for a belly flop you can see its shadow falling: step out of the way. It lands stunned with its tongue out, so run over and slash the tongue until it recovers.

The Deku Toad's head rising out of the cave wall in the lakebed arena
Link facing the Deku Toad as it bursts up from the arena floor in a spray of water
Link standing beside the Deku Toad with its mouth open and sword drawn
Link slashing at the Deku Toad's long tongue stretched across the arena floor
The shadow of the Deku Toad falling toward Link during its belly flop attack
The Deku Toad with its mouth open and tongue out as Link stands nearby

When it recovers it sticks its tongue out at you. Equip Bomb Arrows and fire one into its mouth (a thrown bomb also works); it swallows it and crashes down again. Hit the tongue again. Repeat the sequence, clearing newly spawned Toados each time, until it is defeated.

The Deku Toad with its mouth wide open in the arena as Link attacks from below
The Deku Toad with its mouth open and a red target marker above its head
The Deku Toad lying spread out on the arena floor after taking damage
Clawshot

Clawshot

Open the chest that appears for the Clawshot. It works like a Hookshot: it grapples targets, enemies and objects and pulls small items to you, and in this version you can hang from a target and lower yourself on the chain. Walk to the south end of the room and hook the target on the ceiling, which opens the gate. Go through the door and straight ahead to the platform room.

Link holding up the Clawshot beside its name box in the chest room
Link raising the Clawshot chain in the cave near the platform room

Using the Clawshot: Heart Piece and Compass

Back to the main hall

In the next room, Clawshot a Helmasaur’s shell, pull it off, and throw it or hit it with the sword; this is now the fastest kill. Leave through the south door, hook the target on the left wall to reach a higher ledge, hook the target on the ceiling near the door, cross the bridge and return to the main hall.

Link aiming the Clawshot at a round target in the cave wall
Link aiming the Clawshot at a yellow target on a carved stone wall
Piece of Heart

Chandelier Heart Piece #27

The water level is higher. Climb the stairs and look up at the big chandelier. Four red targets sit above it; hook any one, then release to land on the chandelier. Open the chest in the center for Piece of Heart #27. Return to the stairs.

Link hanging from the chandelier after hooking one of the red targets above it
Link hanging from the chandelier chain above a rocky ledge in Lakebed Temple

Flow the water west

Drop to the lower floor and Clawshot the vines on the north wall to cross the barrier. At the west end there is no handle, but there is a target: hook it and the staircase turns, sending the water down the steps and through the lower west door. Follow the water through, and with the big waterwheel now moving, cross the bridge to the next room.

Clawshot aimed at a target above the vine-covered wall in Lakebed Temple
Link climbing the vine wall beside the iron railing in Lakebed Temple

Hanging platforms and the vine climb

Two platforms hang from the ceiling, like the spinning ones on the other side. Jump to the stationary platform; a chest with Water Bombs sits on the platform to the right under a target. Hook the target, lower yourself and open it.

Link standing on a round platform hanging from a chain
Link on a round platform beside another platform hanging from a chain
Link aiming the Clawshot toward a round platform hanging over a gap

Hook the vines on the pillar at the north end, move to the safe platform, hook the vines on the pillar to the west, then the vines on the north-west wall, and go through the door.

Link aiming the Clawshot at a yellow target among vines on a stone wall
Link under a vine-covered wall with a round red Clawshot target above
Link swimming beside vines on a waterfall wall

Stalactite geyser

Shoot the stalactite above a water geyser so it drops onto the geyser. Climb on the platform when it settles and the geyser lifts you; jump to the ledge and then west. The door in the west wall is on a high ledge: hook the target above it.

Link running toward a jet of water rising from a geyser on a stone ledge
Link beside the geyser's spray as he jumps toward the next ledge
Link on the stone floor facing the barred door set high in the west wall
Link walking along the curved ledge beside a torch and a thin waterfall

Compass

A Chu Worm waits in the next room; pull it out of its bubble with the Clawshot and slash it. Hook the vines on the ceiling at the north end, drop, then swim to the south end and climb the vines. A spiral ramp winds up the room like the one in the east wing, with gaps in the floor: hook the targets across each gap and climb the long ramp, wearing the Iron Boots where the current pushes you down.

Link walking up the long curving ramp with water flowing down it
Link climbing a ladder beside a yellow Clawshot target in the ramp room
Link aiming the Clawshot at a target across a gap in the ramp room

At the top, open the first chest for more Water Bombs. A second chest sits ahead; hook the target for it (careful positioning is needed to clear the corner) and open it for the Compass. Jump to the handle to open the west floodgate and slide down the ramp. Swim to the middle platform and pull the handle there for another gate. Surface at the east end, hook the vines on the ceiling to cross the barrier and take the south door.

Link beside a closed purple treasure chest in Lakebed Temple
Link holding up the Compass with the item message box in Lakebed Temple

Getting the Big Key

Waterwheel and geared rooms

Follow the water south to a small pond and sink in the Iron Boots: an underwater chest holds a Red Rupee. Resurface, head east under the waterwheel, open the door and enter the big inner room with the hanging platforms. Jump to the south-east corner and leave through the door to the outer corridor; a small chest on the right holds a Red Rupee, and a target on the far side opens a gate. Return through the door.

Link walking toward a small chest along a curved stone walkway in Lakebed Temple
Link holding up a Red Rupee with the 20 Rupees message box

Optional: hook the north-east corner for a chest with another Red Rupee, climb the pillar vines, go to the north-west door and east past the waterwheel (now turning) for a chest of ordinary bombs. Back inside, hook the vines on the north-west pillar and then the pillar below, retracing the room in reverse. The door you need is on the west side. Looking up at the rotating gear, hook one of its targets and let it carry you to the door.

Link hanging from the ceiling gear target above the rotating platform
Link approaching the carved door on the west side of the room
Big Key

Underwater passage to the Big Key

This room is an underwater maze, so move carefully. Jump in, sink to the floor and find the opening at the north end that leads west. On the other side swim up one level and south to a boulder on your right. A water-bomb fish here turns into a lit Water Bomb when you strike it; use that, or one of your own, to break the boulder.

Link facing a golden boulder that blocks a passage in the underwater maze
A water-bomb fish bursting beside the boulder as Link attacks in the underwater maze
A water-bomb fish blasting a hole in a boulder in the underwater maze

Swim through to the west side, surface and open the chest for Water Bombs. Sink again, equip the Iron Boots and walk to the south-west corner, where a second boulder needs a Water Bomb. Swim through, surface and take the south door.

The item message reading you got water bombs, with the bomb fish icon
Link walking past the open treasure chest on the rocky shore

Pull out and slay the Chu Worm with the Clawshot. A target hangs on the ceiling: hook it and a hole opens in the floor. Lower yourself through the hole and stay attached. On the platform below, open the chest for the Big Key. Drop into the water and go back through the maze (straight ahead through the hole slightly up and right, north to the end, then down and east) to the door that returns you to the gear room.

Link aiming the Clawshot at a target on the cave ceiling in Lakebed Temple
A hole opened in the floor of Lakebed Temple, with a stone rim and a platform below
Link hanging from the Clawshot as he lowers himself through the hole
Link receiving the Big Key, with the message about the dungeon boss on screen
Link on the rotating platform in Lakebed Temple after opening the chest

Second Heart Piece and the boss door

Back to the main hall

Hook the target above, drop onto a platform to the east, hook the second rotating platform and drop onto the one that held the chest. Clawshot the vines and leave by the east door, then cross the bridge to the main hall; the water has risen again. The boss door is in the middle of the hall. Before you go, collect the last Piece of Heart and the stamps below.

The red Hookshot target on a rotating gear in the Lakebed Temple
Link hanging from the red ceiling target in the Lakebed Temple
Link hanging from a ceiling platform above a stone platform in the Lakebed Temple
Link aiming the Clawshot at a large rotating gear in the Lakebed Temple
Link aiming the Clawshot at a red target on the large gear in the Lakebed Temple
Link standing before the grated east door of the Lakebed Temple
Piece of Heart

Heart Piece #28: the bridge and switch

Clawshot the vines to cross the barrier, go to the east side of the lower floor and jump to the lever. The staircase turns and water flows east to the lower level. Take the door.

Link on the stone bridge beside the staircase with a yellow handle in the Lakebed Temple
Link beside a grated gate at the end of a corridor in the Lakebed Temple

Cross the bridge and enter the door ahead. With the water high a bridge extends south: jump to the middle and cross. Defeat the Tektites on the south side, then stand on the floor switch to open the gate. While you are still on the switch, hook the target on the far wall and open the chest for Piece of Heart #28. The gate closes behind you, so hook the ceiling target to escape and go back to the Central Chamber.

Link slashing an enemy in a stone hall with hanging platforms overhead
Link walking toward an ornate gate with a red target above it in Lakebed Temple
Link hanging from a ceiling target with the Clawshot in a Lakebed Temple corridor
Link with his sword drawn beside the stone gate in Lakebed Temple
Link holding up a Piece of Heart next to the chest in Lakebed Temple

Two more chests are worth the detour while you are here. In the east wing, climb the long spiral ramp back to the top (mostly in Iron Boots against the current, with Clawshot hops where gaps appear) and use the target behind the chest that you could not reach earlier to open it for the Miiverse stamp of the Hylian letter Y. Back in the Central Chamber, drop into the water: just below the level of the locked boss door is a circular platform you can walk on in the Iron Boots, and its chest holds the stamp of the Hylian letter K. The Iron Boots matter here, so wear them.

Morpheel

Boss: Morpheel

Boss door

Surface at the middle platform and open the locked door with the Big Key. Two large pots in the next room hold hearts and a fairy. When you are ready, drop down the hole.

Link in a room with a large pot and a chest in Lakebed Temple
Link diving underwater down the pit toward Morpheel arena

Phase one: the eye on the tentacle

You land in a small pool. Equip the Iron Boots and sink to the floor. Morpheel’s eye appears in one of its tentacles, which wander around the sea bed. Wearing the boots, lock on to the eye and Clawshot it out of its tentacle, then slash it with the sword while it is exposed. Tentacles lash out at you; slash a tentacle as it comes and it retreats, but if one catches you, it drags you into Morpheel’s mouth for a full heart of damage. Bomb fish drift in; step away before they blow up. Repeat until the first phase ends.

Link entering Morpheel arena with the boss name shown on screen
Morpheel tentacles wrap around the arena while Link fights below
Link approaching Morpheel among thick tentacles on the sea floor

Phase two: the eye on the head

Morpheel then rises completely and swims around the room. Its eye now sits above its head. Take the boots off and swim after it, staying above and behind it, never in front of its mouth. Lock on to the eye, Clawshot to it and slash it. Keep hooking and slashing until it dies. If it turns toward you, put on the boots and sink to the floor.

Morpheel rising from the lakebed floor, its head towering over Link
Link striking Morpheel glowing eye with his sword underwater
Link swimming above Morpheel exposed eye in Lakebed Temple

After the last hit Morpheel flutters into the wall; the hole drains the whole room and its remains form the Fused Shadow. Take the Heart Container and the third Fused Shadow, then talk to Midna to leave. Your next stop is the scene with Zelda and the Master Sword in the next chapter.

Midna appearing beside a glowing heart after Morpheel is defeated
Midna in shadow form speaking to Link inside Lakebed Temple
Link holding a Heart Container with the item message box
Light beam rising through Lakebed Temple as Link leaves

Chapter checklist

TypeNameWhere
MapDungeon Map Dungeon MapChest in the main hall after rotating the staircase
Ooccoo OoccooOoccoo OoccooPot at the top of the main hall
Small Key Small KeySmall Key 1Chest on the north-east platform of the second stalactite room (opens the east door of the main hall’s upper floor)
Small Key Small KeySmall Key 2Chest in the south-east room off the platform room (opens the Chu Worm room door)
Small Key Small KeySmall Key 3Chest around the corner past the north door of the gear room (opens the Iron Boots corridor)
Mini-boss rewardClawshot ClawshotDeku Toad’s chest
Heart Piece#27 ChandelierChest on the main hall chandelier
Compass CompassCompass CompassChest at the top of the west tower’s spiral ramp (Clawshot target)
Big Key Big KeyBig Key Big KeyChest below the ceiling-target hole in the south room past the water maze
Heart Piece#28 Bridge and switchChest behind the gate, east of the main hall
Chu JellyRed Chu, Blue ChuEntrance room; Blue Chu beyond the first gate; waterwheel room
Rupees RupeesRed Rupee chests x4 or moreUnderwater corridor (current side), pond under the waterwheel, outer corridor, gear room corner
StampsHylian letters Y and KFar chest on the east spiral ramp (Clawshot); platform below the boss door in the central chamber (Iron Boots)
Boss rewardHeart Container and Fused ShadowAfter Morpheel

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