Welcome to our 100% Walkthrough of Zelda Ocarina of Time Remake. This is the full route from Link waking up in Kokiri Forest to the last blow on Ganon, with every collectible, upgrade and side quest picked up along the way.
The walkthrough is split into 24 chapters. Chapters 1 to 11 cover the child era up to the Master Sword, and chapters 12 to 24 cover the adult era, including two trips back in time for the things only a child can reach. A few chapters are clean-up chapters: when a new item like Bombs, the Boomerang or the Megaton Hammer opens up things you walked past earlier, we go back for them straight away instead of leaving them for the end.
By the end you will have all 36 Heart Pieces and 8 Heart Containers for the full 20 hearts, all 100 Gold Skulltula tokens, all 5 bottles, the 6 Great Fairy gifts, all 13 songs, every bag, quiver and wallet upgrade, every mask, the Biggoron Sword, Epona, etc.
If you know the original, a few of the remake’s smaller changes are worth having in your head before you start. Link has a real jump button now (Y), so the old auto-jump is gone and a jump attack is jump then attack. Holding A after a roll makes him sprint, with no stamina to worry about, and the camera is free on the right stick. Even as a child you can strafe behind the Hylian Shield. The Iron Boots and the Lens of Truth sit on the D-pad, so no more menu trips in the Water Temple. The Stone of Agony is gone, and the Echo Gem flashes when a Gold Skulltula is near. Grotto entrances are now small rings of cracked stones or propeller plants that the Song of Storms opens, and you can hum a song into the microphone instead of playing it. Every quest is logged as a Thread of Time, and the world map counts the Heart Pieces and spiders you have found in each area. The remake also moved a few collectibles and changed a few rules.
With that said, let us begin.
Kokiri Sword & Deku Shield
Link wakes up in his house in Kokiri Forest, only to be greeted outside by Saria. Drop down and talk to her to learn that the Great Deku Tree is looking for you.
However, before heading to the Great Deku Tree, you will first have to get a sword and a shield, otherwise the annoying Mido will block the way.
First, the sword. Head to the southwest of Kokiri Forest to find a small tunnel you can crawl through (just press A next to it). Make sure you pick up the blue rupee on your right as soon as you come out the other side. These are worth 5 rupees, and you will need 40 for the Deku Shield soon.
In the area on the other side of the tunnel, avoid the boulder and make your way around anticlockwise (you can find a second blue rupee in the next corner on your right) and climb the ladder on the other side. Then, from here, jump to the chest containing the Kokiri Sword.
Now you need to find the Deku Shield. This can be purchased from the shop in Kokiri Forest for 40 rupees, so first you will need to find some more rupees. Also, on your way out of the tunnel, if you talk to the NPC next to the training dummies you can go over the basics of combat.
Now for the rupees: there are a few easy ones you can pick up. First, from the training dummies, stick to the right as you head back towards the hill and cross the wooden bridge to find a blue rupee at the end.
From there, jump down to the rock sticking out of the water to collect the blue rupee, and then dive into the water by holding A to find another one.
You can find another blue rupee under the water next to the shop.
Next, head into the building in the northwest and open the chests inside to get another 16 rupees.
You should now have more than enough for the Deku Shield, but if you want a few more green rupees, you can find some rocks to pick up and throw, as well as some bushes and pots you can destroy for some extra.
Anyway, once you are ready, head to the shop on the other side of the water and purchase the Deku Shield for 40 rupees. You can also purchase Deku nuts and Deku sticks here, but you will get them naturally very soon.
Once you're ready, head to the eastern exit and talk to Mido. Now that you have a sword and shield, he will let you past so you can make your way to the Great Deku Tree. As you go through the next tunnel, defeat the plant enemies and pick up any Deku sticks they drop, as they will come in handy soon.
The Great Deku Tree dungeon
Once you come out the other side of the short tunnel with your first enemies, you will reach the Great Deku Tree. After talking to him, head inside to start the first dungeon of the game.
In the first room, defeat the plant enemies to get some more Deku sticks and hit the bushes to pick up a few more rupees. Then, climb up the vines and continue on this path until you see a large chest on your left. Open it to get the Dungeon Map. This will allow you to see the layout of the dungeon by pressing the - button.
Next, stay on this floor, since you won't be able to climb the vines yet: there are enemies on them and you don't have a way to get rid of them yet. So continue past the chest, jump over the gap and interact with the stone door to open it. In the next room you will encounter a new enemy. To defeat it, simply hold ZL to bring up your shield and lock on to it, then wait until it fires a seed at you. The shield will bounce it back and get it to come out of its hole, then hit it a few times with your sword. It will give up and open the door to continue. Head through and open the large chest to find the Fairy Slingshot.
You now have a way of defeating enemies at a distance. You can scroll through your items by holding the R button. Before heading out, use the slingshot to defeat the skulltula on the vines to the right, then climb up and open the small chest for 3 Deku nuts. You can use these to stun enemies.
After that, use the slingshot to hit the eye above the door where you entered to bring down the ladder, allowing you to leave.
Now head back to the chest where you got the map and use the slingshot to defeat all 3 skulltulas on the vines above the chest, allowing you to climb up them. At the top, head right to find a door on your left. You want to go through it, but be careful, since a large skulltula will attack you as you get close. To defeat it, get close to it to make it spin, then wait until it slows down and strike its back with your sword. With the Kokiri Sword you will have to do this twice.
In the room behind the skulltula, you will see a large chest on the other side of the gap and an alcove on your left. First, you want to go to the alcove. To do this, press the switch on your right as soon as you enter to temporarily raise the platforms to cross the gap. Use them to get to the alcove on the left, just watch out for the giant skulltula that drops down from the ceiling. In the alcove you will find your first Gold Skulltula (1/100). Just hit it with your sword (or slingshot) and then collect the gold token.
Next, use the platforms to cross to the large chest to find the Compass. This will reveal the chests of the dungeon on your map. As a small bonus, you can also hit the grass behind the chest, crawl through the tunnel and climb the vines to find a chest with 3 Deku nuts in it.
Now, head back to the central circular room and continue climbing clockwise until you reach the top and a dead end (just watch out for the giant skulltulas falling from above). Once you reach the very top you will be overlooking the large web below you in the first room. From here, jump so that you land on it and break through it, taking you down to the area below.
As soon as you land in the water at the bottom, climb out, turn around and shoot the Gold Skulltula (2/100) on the vines, then climb up the vines and pick up the token.
In this same room, follow the water to the north to find another Gold Skulltula (3/100). Shoot it with your slingshot and then jump to the token from the platform in the water.
Next, stand on the switch just to the right of the previous Gold Skulltula to ignite the torch and burn away the web. Open the chest to get some more Deku sticks. Then bring out a stick (ZR while you have it equipped in the top right) and ignite it by getting it to touch the lit torch. Then, jump across the platforms and use the lit stick to burn away the web blocking the southern door. Make sure you press B afterwards to put away the stick so you don't consume it, since if it burns for too long it will get destroyed.
In the next room, bounce a nut back at the scrub and then hit it to learn that the correct order is "two...three...one". You will need this later. Then shoot the eye above the door to continue.
The next room will have a giant roller with spikes on it blocking the path. To get past it, look for a switch underwater on your left. Dive down and hit it to drain the water. This will allow you to jump onto the moving platform, go under the roller and reach the exit door on the other side.
After going through the door, defeat the giant skulltula and grab the block with A, then push/pull it to the right and use it to climb up to the upper area. Here, defeat the plants, light a Deku stick with the torch in the middle and light the other 3 torches to open the door.
In the next room, look out for the new Gohma Larva enemies that drop down from the ceiling. Defeat them and then burn away the web on the left by using a stick and the lit torch. On the other side you can find another Gold Skulltula (4/100) behind a giant skulltula.
Return to where the Gohma Larvas fell from the ceiling, burn away the web blocking the door to the east and then go through it. On the other side, push the block off the edge (make sure you do this before dropping down or you will have to walk all the way around again).
Now, jump down to the area below (where the block landed) and light a stick with the torch. Then, climb up the block and, with the lit stick, roll over the web to burn it away. Then drop down to the area below.
At the bottom, dive underwater and collect the hearts if you need health, then in the next room you will see 3 scrubs. Remember the order the other scrub mentioned? Now it's time to use that info. You will have to hit the scrubs in the correct order by bouncing back their nuts with your shield. The correct order is: Middle, Right, Left. After doing it correctly, one will jump out of its hole. Hit it and the door to the boss will open.
Queen Gohma boss
Once you enter the boss room, look up at the boss on the ceiling to start the battle.
Defeating the boss is simple: just wait until she leaves her eye uncovered and shoot it with the slingshot, then hit it with your sword. Do this 3 times and the fight is over. Sometimes she will climb to the roof and drop eggs with Larvas, but if you are quick enough and shoot her eye while she is on the ceiling, you can skip this part altogether.
After the boss, pick up the Heart Container to get a full extra heart and leave via the blue light.
Leaving Kokiri Forest
After chatting with the Great Deku Tree, learning a bit about what is going on and getting the first Spiritual Stone (Kokiri Emerald), return to Kokiri Forest and leave via the western exit (talk to the NPC and he will let you past). Here, Saria will stop you and give you the Fairy Ocarina. After that you will reach Hyrule Field.
