Rank Zelda OOT temples in terms of hardness for you

For me I would say the temples go something like this from easiest to hardest.

5) Shadow temple

4) Fire temple

3) Forest temple

2) Spirit temple

1) Water temple

What about you??

In a short while ill average all the results out and see what is the top 5 easiest to hardest temple according to all you guys.

^ I'm assuming you mean hardest to easiest there, Olympian!

Okay, easiest to hardest...from what I can remember, in the original Ocarina of Time:

5. Spirit Temple
4. Shadow Temple
3. Fire Temple
2. Forest Temple
1. Water Temple

In Master Quest:

5. Shadow Temple
4. Water Temple (funnily enough, it's actually possible to skip a great portion of the temple)
3. Fire Temple
2. Forest Temple
1. Spirit Temple

5. Fire Temple - It's pretty straightforward, easy miniboss and easy boss.

4. Shadow Temple - It might get somewhat confusing, but it's really nothing too difficult.

3. Water Temple - Honestly, it's not hard at all. As long as you know your way, everything will be fine. Dark Link makes it 3, and not 4.

2. Spirit Temple - Three Iron Knuckles as minibosses, confusing puzzles and unexpected enemies like those flying pots. Plus Twinrova is fairly deadly if you don't protect yourself correctly from the magical blasts.

1. Forest Temple - Granted, it's not too "difficult" persay, but goddamn you can lose your way in there. Wallmasters will drop down to take you to the entrance of the temple, poes appear in paintings, corridors become f***ed up. That sort of thing. Also, I had trouble with Phantom Ganon in the past because of his painting travelling.

5. Shadow Temple. (I've played it waaaay too much)

4. Water Temple. (Once you figure it out, there's hardly anything there to stop you)

3. Spirit Temple. (When you get here, you're beefed up pretty much. Harder to die, and when you know the temple it's not very hard)

2. Forest Temple. (Requires time and can be confusing)

1. Fire Temple. (The one I've played the least, it just gets frustrating sometimes with all the fire traps and levels to scale)


None is even remotley hard anymore though...

First time through, the list would look more like...

5. Fire Temple.

4. Shadow Temple.

3. Spirit Temple.

2. Forest Temple.

1. Water Temple.

I rank my list from (1. hardest - 5. easiest).

1. Water Temple (I seem to be missing a key and continue to revisit past rooms but still can't find it. It is like a freaking labyrinth.)
2. Spirit Temple (no comment here)
3. Forest Temple (Its a maze, just like the water temple, but at least its not as hard to find your path as the water one.)
4. Shadow Temple (no comment)
5. Fire Temple (don't remember much about this temple, since its been a long time since I did it. But it was really no sweat.)

Easiest to Hardest:

- Fire Temple
- Forest Temple
- Water Temple
- Spirit Temple
- Shadow Temple

Heh, I hated Shadow Temple as a wee lad I was stuck for a while, the Lens of Truth hath failed me. =p

Am I the only person in the world who found the Shadow Temple much harder than the Water Temple? Why did so many people have problems with the Water Temple? It was just long.

The Spirit Temple was a breeze. Maybe because it was broken up with the different ages, but it was just way easier than any other dungeon.

5. Spirit Temple
4. Fire Temple
3. Water Temple
2. Forest Temple
1. Shadow Temple

5. Fire Temple. Pretty straightforward. However I have gotten frustrated here..
4. Water Temple. Nothing really "comes at you" here. And it's not all too difficult to find your way around.
3. Spirit Temple. Not many annoying enemies here. Everything's pretty straightforward.
2. Shadow Temple. The invisibility factor made some puzzles really tough to figure out. And I always wanted to get outta there quickly.
1. Forest Temple. Easiest to get lost in. Phantom Gannon really messed me about until I got the hang of playing "tennis" with him.. -______-

hardest temple was: shadow-bloody hell can i get lost and trapped in the thing

2nd hardest: Forest temple- phantom ganon is only 2nd to the real
plus those accursed wallmasters get me every bloody time

3rd: water temple,i just cant hit that accursed bubble wahahahahahhahaha

4th: spirit temple, oh come on once you get the mirror shield its a breeze

5th: fire temple, dont look down hommie lol, and volvagia is fun to fight XD especially if you hang off the edge to avoid the fallin rocks& fire wahahahahahahahaha!

I can't believe how many people find the Forest Temple hard .. I really thought Phantom Ganon was the easiest boss, well besides Volvagia.

Is it the boss battle that everyone finds hard?

I thought Bongo Bongo was hard haha.

Originally Posted by FlowOfTime

I can't believe how many people find the Forest Temple hard .. I really thought Phantom Ganon was the easiest boss, well besides Volvagia.

Is it the boss battle that everyone finds hard?

I thought Bongo Bongo was hard haha.

I've sometimes gotten lost in the Forest Temple, but other than that, it's pretty easy. Phantom Ganon isn't difficult, but fun.

Bongo Bongo? How was he challenging? He's probably my favorite boss in OoT now that I think of it since he makes you bounce all over the place and it's just fun.

5. Forest Temple
4. Fire Temple
3. Spirit Temple
2. Shadow Temple
1. Water Temple

The forest and fire temples weren't that hard for me. I watched various members of my family play through these two, so I had basic knowledge of what to do throughout each. The Sprit Temple was difficult only because I kept losing my shield as Kid Link. Stupid fire bats. The Shadow Temple... well lets just say I was suffering from temporary game stupidity while playing through that. I fell into bottomless pits, got crushed by falling spikes... Link didn't have a very good day. And the Water Temple. Oh god. I MISSED A KEY. And I had the strategy guide!

I fail, and I know it.

Originally Posted by Majrin Twil

Bongo Bongo? How was he challenging? He's probably my favorite boss in OoT now that I think of it since he makes you bounce all over the place and it's just fun.

Well when I first played it was, I mean, all the bosses now are easy because we've played them so much but when I first played OoT I definitely had the most difficulty with Bongo Bongo haha.

bongo bongo himself is never hard for me,its his sutff temple that drives me nuts lol

the worst boss is dark link in the water temple,
i think morpheel should be considered a really annoyin mini boss,while dark link sohuld be counted as the true boss.

I agree. I'm fine with Morpheel being the boss of the Water Temple and Dark Link being the mini boss. If it was reversed, it'd still be good.

From hardest to easiest:

Water Temple
Forest Temple
Spirit Temple / Shadow Temple / Fire Temple

couldn't decide on which was harder; Spirit, Fire, or Shadow. I think I'm gonna have to replay it again soon to figure this one out. Though I know I STILL have problems with the Water Temple -_- . I end up having to backtrack to find that one lone key that somehow I miss, even though I've played through the temple many times. I remember DarkLink gave me such a horrible time (before I figured out the better way to beat him quickly with no hassle, of course), plus the bigboss of the level was difficult at first too. Just all together hardness >.>

Forest Temple is hard probably because I just can't remember what I'm doing. Different doors, ghosts to find, etc. I just end up getting lost half of the time, not to mention its the first big dungeon of the game; and the first time through playing the game was murder -_- Couldn't figure out what I was doing (sure was exciting to finally be adult link though! :p )

Fire Temple was pretty easy if I can remember right. For some reason, we had a problem with the Shadow Temple when we played through for the first time, though I'm not sure why. It's one of the easiest, imo. Spirit Temple I never had a problem with either.

This is tough because I can beat the game in like, 3 days now, so nothing seems too hard for me. Not that I'm so amazing or anything, I've just played it so many times haha. Okay, let me try and think...Oh, and I'm assuming we're talking about the difficulty of figuring out the temples, not the actual boss fights.

I suppose the hardest was the Water Temple. It's actually not as convoluted as it's made out to be, but it seems that way when just one thing becomes impossible to find.

After that would be Shadow Temple.

Then, Forest Temple.

Fire Temple.

And finally, Spirit Temple.

I'm basing it off of how straight forward it was for me. Spirit Temple was more complex than the Fire or Forest Temple, but I don't remember ever getting significantly stuck on it.

Anyway this seems about right to me, but if I were to replay it I might find that maybe the orders a little off. I dunno. Whatever.

As for bosses, none were hard. Except for when I first played it, which is when I was 2nd grade. At 7, everything was hard. >:O But let's not talk about that lol.

The only annoying that that stands out in my mind was Phantom Ganondorf, only in regards to making sure you shoot the right Ganondorf that comes out of the paintings.

Tough to pick really,but here's my little list~

5.Shadow Temple [found it pretty damn easy,wasn't that scary,and the boss was easy to beat too]
4.Forest Temple [the only thing hard about this temple is the blasted wallmasters.i HATE those things]
3.Spirit Temple [puzzles weren't that hard,the boss was a bit challenging though,haha]
2.Fire Temple [its hard to find my way around,especially that room with the rolling stones and the aerial view]
1.Water Temple [confusing as heck,always need to backtrack,and the water level changing thing,i hated that temple..]

5 - spirit temple : the shortest and simplest one

4 - shadow temple : despite the invisible walls and floors...

3 - fire temple : annoyning flame pillars and fake doors.

2 - forest temple : the confusing rooms and quantity of keys makes the temple worth of being considered a challenge.

1 - water temple : The temple's mechanics are unforgiving... the whole structure and requirement of modfying the water levels are the cause of it's Complicateness.

for me there all = in easyness i mean after beating it sooo many times its just a joke i have maps of them memorized the water tepmle gives me greaf though