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Spirit Temple Master Quest
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Spirit Temple Master Quest

Complete walkthrough for the Spirit Temple Master Quest in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Includes steps for both Child and Adult Link, item locations, and boss strategies.

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Complete walkthrough for the Spirit Temple Master Quest in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Includes steps for both Child and Adult Link, item locations, and boss strategies.

Walkthrough
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    Adult Link - Initial Entry: Upon entering the Spirit Temple as Adult Link, the path left is blocked by a water stream. Open the chest in the center for Bombchu, then use them to destroy nearby rocks, revealing an eye switch. This drops a chest with a Small Key. A crouch hole is to the right, but unusable as Adult Link. The rocks at the base of the stairs can be destroyed with the Megaton Hammer, but are not essential now. Leave the temple and learn the Requiem of Spirit from Sheik.
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    Child Link - First Section: Return to the temple as Child Link. Speak to Nabooru by the crouch hole and agree to help her. Crawl through the hole. On the other side, defeat the Torch Slugs with Jump Attacks. Enter the top-right door to find the Dungeon Map in a chest. Return to the previous room and enter the top-left door.
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    Child Link - Grave Stone Puzzle: Defeat the Gibdo. Pull the left grave stone to reveal a switch. Send a Bombchu through the grate on the other side of the pit to destroy rocks and reveal an eye switch. Hit it to create ice platforms. Kill the remaining Gibdos to open the door.
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    Child Link - Stalfos Encounter: You will be ambushed by a Stalfos. Use your Hylian Shield's defensive pose to block its jump attacks and defeat it. Enter the next door.
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    Child Link - Bridge and Small Key: Clear the room of Keese. Pull the grave stone left of the entrance to reveal a switch that lowers a bridge. Kill the other enemies, then use Din's Fire to defeat the Anubis. A chest containing a Small Key will appear. Return to the center room.
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    Child Link - Like Like and Wall Crack: Use a Bombchu to crawl through the crouch hole. Note the rusted switch. Proceed past the locked door into a narrow shaft. Hit the crystal switch to drop a Like Like and open grates. Climb up, defeat the Lizalfos and Skulltula. Find a crack in the wall and destroy it with a Bombchu. This shines light onto a sun pattern, dropping a chest onto a high ledge (note for later). Proceed through the locked door.
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    Child Link - Compass and Frozen Switch: Hop down and hit the eye switch on the statue's right leg to spawn a chest with the Compass. Beware of Floormasters and Wallmasters. Melt the frozen eye switch above the doorway with Din's Fire, then activate it to open the door. Proceed down the corridor to a pit. Hit the eye switch in the pit's walls to drop a chest with a Small Key. Return to the previous room.
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    Child Link - Time Block Puzzle: Climb back up to the ledge by the first door. Leap to the time block, grab the crate on top, and hop back. Go over the railing onto the ledge, climb the stairs, and play the Song of Time to spawn another time block. Take the crate across, drop onto the statue's hand, and place the crate on the blue pressure switch to open the upper door. Head through.
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    Child Link - Iron Knuckle and Silver Gauntlets: Pass the fire-breathing statue and enter the next door. Activate the crystal switch to extinguish floor fires. Pull the sun-marked block into the light ray to unlock another door. Enter and defeat the Iron Knuckle using Jump Attacks. Open the door behind its throne to exit outside. The owl will give tips for the boss. Open the chest for the Silver Gauntlets.
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    Adult Link - Return and Preparation: A cutscene shows Nabooru captured. Warp to the Temple of Time, advance time to become Adult Link again, and return to the Desert Colossus.
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    Adult Link - Central Chamber Revisited: As you re-enter the Spirit Temple as Adult Link, deploy a Bombchu on the ceiling rock above the chest area (or shoot a switch in the corner to drop Bombchu). Hookshot the target above and push the blocks to return to the central chamber.
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    Adult Link - Torch Puzzle: Light the three torches (two near the statue, one on a high ledge) with Fire Arrows to open doors. Enter the lower-right door and Hookshot to the chest on the high ledge to get a Small Key. Hit the crystal switch.
Tips
  • The Hylian Shield as Child Link makes you impervious to Stalfos jump attacks when in a defensive pose.
  • Bombchu can pass through grates and certain obstacles, useful for puzzles.
  • Din's Fire can melt frozen switches and damage enemies like Anubis.
  • The Kokiri Sword is less effective against the Iron Knuckle than the Master Sword.
  • Remember to advance time at the Temple of Time to return as Adult Link.
  • Silver Gauntlets
  • Dungeon Map
  • Compass
  • Small Keys (multiple)
  • Bombchu

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