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Kokiri Forest
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Kokiri Forest

Start your adventure in Kokiri Forest in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Get the Kokiri Sword and Deku Shield to enter the Great Deku Tree.

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Start your adventure in Kokiri Forest in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Get the Kokiri Sword and Deku Shield to enter the Great Deku Tree.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After a cutscene (a non-interactive cinematic the game plays automatically) (a non-interactive story sequence), you will wake up. Exit your house and speak with Saria.
  2. 2
    Explore Kokiri Forest and head to Mido, who is blocking the path to the Great Deku Tree. He will not let you pass without a Sword and Shield.
  3. 3
    Locate the Forest Training Center to the left of your house. Enter the narrow crouch-hole at the back by pressing A to crouch.
  4. 4
    Navigate the obstacle course within the Training Center, avoiding rolling rocks, to find a chest containing the Kokiri Sword. Equip it from the Gear screen.
  5. 5
    To obtain the shield, you need 40 Rupees. Gather Rupees by:
  6. 6
    Slashing bushes in the Training Center (1 Rupee each).
  7. 7
    Backflipping twice near two rocks in the Training Center for 6 Rupees.
  8. 8
    Tossing rocks in front of Mido's house.
  9. 9
    Finding 5 Rupees behind Mido's house and 12 Rupees in chests inside.
  10. 10
    Collecting a Blue Rupee (worth 5 Rupees) at the end of the walkways above Saria's house.
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    Hopping across stones near the shop without falling to get 5 Rupees.
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    Purchase the Deku Shield for 40 Rupees at the local shop. Equip it.
  13. 13
    Return to Mido. He will now allow you to pass.
  14. 14
    Encounter Deku Babas; slash them to obtain Deku Sticks, which deal more damage than your sword initially.
  15. 15
    Proceed to the Great Deku Tree and speak with him. Agree to break the curse by entering his mouth.

Inside the Deku Tree

  1. Enter the dungeon. Climb the vine-like surfaces to reach a ledge.
  2. Go clockwise to a chest containing the Dungeon Map.
  3. Head through the southwestern door. To defeat the Deku Scrub, L-Target it and hold your shield up to deflect its shot back.
  4. Go through the newly opened door.
  5. Climb the vine wall to a ledge with a chest containing the Fairy Slingshot.
  6. Shoot the ladder above the doorway with your Slingshot to drop it. Return to the Dungeon Map chest area.
  7. Shoot the Skulltulas on the wall with your Slingshot to kill them.
  8. Climb to the higher level. Go to the west door.
  9. Light a Deku Stick with a nearby torch and use it to light another unlit torch, opening the door.
  10. Step on the switch and cross to the ledge on the left. Avoid the Skulltula.
  11. Kill Gold Skulltula #1 on the wall. Open the chest for a Recovery Heart.
  12. Return to the switch, step on it again, and cross to the opposite ledge. Open the chest for the Compass.
  13. Exit this area. Defeat a Skulltula to get a clear shot down below. Leap over the edge into the webbing to break it, accessing basement rooms.
  14. In the central basement room, kill Gold Skulltula #2 on the vines.
  15. Examine the grates in the water to find Gold Skulltula #3. Grab both tokens.
  16. Use the shallow water to climb onto a higher ledge. Step on the switch to light a torch and burn cobwebs covering a chest with another Recovery Heart.
  17. Light a Deku Stick from a brazier and use the shallow water to reach the southeast corner. Burn the cobwebs blocking a door and go through.
  18. Defeat the Deku Scrub. Shoot the eye switch above the door with your Slingshot to unlock it.
  19. In the next room, leap into the water. Under the rotating spikes on the left, dive to trigger a switch.
  20. This lowers the water level, allowing you to safely pass under the rotating spikes with the center platform.
  21. Defeat the Skulltula on the other end. Pull the block into its slot to reach the ledge with the door.
  22. Light the torches in the room with a Deku Stick to open the next door.
  23. In the large room, note the rocks in the northwest corner for later. Burn the web to the east with a Deku Stick.
Tips
  • Deku Sticks deal more damage than your sword initially.
  • You can deflect Deku Scrub shots back at them with your shield.
  • Falling damage can often be avoided.
  • Kokiri Sword
  • Deku Shield
  • Fairy Slingshot
  • Dungeon Map
  • Compass
  • Recovery Hearts
  • Deku Sticks
  • Gold Skulltula Tokens (3)

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