Welcome to Part 2 of our 100% Walkthrough of Zelda Ocarina of Time Remake. With the Great Deku Tree behind you, Link finally leaves Kokiri Forest. This part takes you across Hyrule Field, into Hyrule Castle Town and up to Hyrule Castle itself, where Zelda is waiting.
Along the way, you pick up three more Gold Skulltulas, grab your first Empty Bottle from the Potion Shop (new in the remake, so you no longer have to wait for the Cucco Lady), win the biggest Deku Seed Bag at the Shooting Gallery and clear out the guard room pots for a handful of rupees.
Hyrule Field
After leaving Kokiri Forest, you will arrive at Hyrule Field. This is the open-world area in the middle of the map that connects most of the other locations. It is also the only location where you will be able to ride Epona, your horse (once you get her later). For now, walk forward and you will be interrupted by Keopora Gaebora, the owl, who will tell you to seek out Princess Zelda and explain that you can check your progress and quests in the Threads of Time menu (new to the remake). Luckily, unlike in the classic game, the owl will have nothing more to say.
After talking to the owl, head into the open field and go left to find a lone tree on top of the small hill. Go up to it and roll into it, and a Gold Skulltula (5/100) will drop out.
For now, you will be leaving Hyrule Field, since there isn't really much more you can do yet. You will of course be returning here quite often once you get more equipment and items. So for now, head to the gate of Hyrule Castle Town and go through it. Quick note: unlike in the classic game, the drawbridge never raises, and you can no longer get the rupees by climbing up the chains.
Hyrule Castle Town
As soon as you enter the town, head through the door on your right. Inside, smash the pots to get anywhere between 20 and 30 rupees. The good thing is that they will respawn after some time, so it's recommended to quickly check every time you come through the gate. Also in this room, roll into the shaking wooden box at the back to find another Gold Skulltula (6/100).
Next, head into town and enter the Potion Shop on the right. Inside, talk to the shopkeeper, who will complain about a bug in the shop. He will give you your first Empty Bottle (1/5). Equip it with the R button and then catch the bug with it. The shopkeeper will then fill your bottle with a red potion that you can consume whenever you like with ZR. Afterwards, you can use the empty bottle again to catch or fill it with whatever you like.
Next, head into the Shooting Gallery, the building with the target on it to the northwest of the central fountain. Pay the 10 rupees to take part and beat the minigame by hitting the targets with your slingshot and reaching 10 points. If you do, you will get the first Deku-Seed Bag Upgrade (1/2). This will allow you to carry 40 seeds.
After getting the upgrade, you can continue to play for rupees, and it's actually an OK place to farm early in the game. You pay 10 to play and get 20 as a prize on normal difficulty and 30 on expert.
There are also a few shops around town, but you don't really need anything right now and you will be coming back a lot later. So for now, head out of town through the northern exit to reach Hyrule Castle.
Hyrule Castle
As soon as you enter the new area, the owl will talk to you. After that, talk to the young girl behind the horse carriage on your right. This is Malon, and she will tell you that her dad has probably fallen asleep somewhere and give you a Strange Egg that will eventually hatch into a Cucco that you can use to wake him up.
Next, climb up the vines behind Malon to reach the top of the gate. Here, climb down the ladder to get to the path on the other side. Once you reach the corner that heads up to the left, make sure you climb onto the left wall as soon as you can, so that the guard in the middle of the path doesn't see you and take you back to the start of the area.
You will then be in an area with guards and bushes. If a guard sees you, you will be taken back to the start. To avoid them, simply go through the middle of the bushes and then take the second-to-last left. Then continue right to the end.
From here, look right to see some vines you can climb. Before climbing them, head to the tree on the right and roll into it to find another Gold Skulltula (7/100). At this point, it's likely that the Strange Egg has hatched and you have received the Wake-Up Cucco. If not, it will soon.
Now, turn around and climb the vines you walked past just before the tree. Then, once you reach the next area, hop into the water on your left and swim under the bridge to avoid the guards. Swim to the end and get out of the water. Then go left to find Malon's dad sleeping. Equip the Wake-Up Cucco with R and use it to wake him up.
Once Talon leaves, push the two boxes off the side so that one is stacked on top of the other. Then climb onto them and jump to the small tunnel in the wall with water coming out. After that, you will reach a courtyard with a guard. To avoid him, simply climb on the boxes to reach the path above him.
After that, you will go through two more areas with guards patrolling. Just wait until they are both looking the other way and run past. You can also use Deku Nuts to stun them.
After avoiding the guards, you will finally reach Princess Zelda. After the long scene with her, you will learn Zelda's Lullaby (Song 1/13) and get Zelda's Letter, which you will need to advance the story. Then Impa will escort you back out to Hyrule Field.
