Official N64 Zelda Help Thread

Water Temple -

The General Idea is to explore the rooms for which ever floor you are on.

When you start the Temple at the highest floor, you will see that the East Room is the only reachable room. There isn't much to do there at the start, so instead of going there, go into the water and put on your Iron Boots to Drop to the lowest floor. Enter the East Room with the two badge torches at its entrance.

well i just realized i forgot to mention, i have already been halfway through the whole place. ive already lowered the water and raised it a couple of times. im jut in an area where i cant lower the water. im not just now entering the temple. but i havnt battled dark link yet. if any of this helps you understand where im at. but im tryin everything you all have told me. any thing else? or should i just start over in the master quest and give that a go?

Take a look at the Walkthrough here: http://www.zeldauniverse.net/content/view/69/65/1/12/

With the Water Temple, it's engineered so that not only is it mind-boggling, but if you do a couple of steps incorrectly, you have to do a lot of back-tracking. The website listed above is a good one, BTW. I used the same one to get through Ocarina the first time.

I don't use walkthroughs (pride stuff), so I rather ask about the thing I need help with other people. If I'd use a walkthrough, I know I'd have to peek in other sections too.

Anyway, when I first played OoT few years ago, I remember that there was a hole in the ground near the tree by the Hyrule Castle, where there was a Golden Skulltula. And now, there's no hole! I used tons of bombs, and there's no hole on sight! I know it was there, plus my joypad rumbles, so there's no mistake about it. Does anyone know if there's a trick to open the hole?

Only the Song of Storms will open that hole. Nothing else will work, that's just the way it is.

Ugh, I thought I had to use bombs. Thanks.

but im tellin ya i have gone in every door and every corridor and tunnel and opening humanly ( or virtually ) possible. i saw on youtbe a video of a guy just skipping half of the temple by putting hover boots and bombing himself backwards to the stage area where you are supposed to use the long shot( main rooom) now he said you could only do that in master quest. are there any other secrets like that. i have searched but it seems like people here know alot more than i do. ( and i really appreciate the help) and i did use that walkthrough(tried) and it didnt help theres not one spot to where i can lower water . keep the replys comin. thanks

Im playing through Ocarina Of Time again, and theres something I want to see. Im pretty sure theres a secret Grotto in Lon Lon Ranch - I remember bombing a random area of grass in there and finding it a long time ago. Does anyone else know of this? ive forgotten the exact location of it.

Originally Posted by stuck_in_OoT

but im tellin ya i have gone in every door and every corridor and tunnel and opening humanly ( or virtually ) possible. i saw on youtbe a video of a guy just skipping half of the temple by putting hover boots and bombing himself backwards to the stage area where you are supposed to use the long shot( main rooom) now he said you could only do that in master quest. are there any other secrets like that. i have searched but it seems like people here know alot more than i do. ( and i really appreciate the help) and i did use that walkthrough(tried) and it didnt help theres not one spot to where i can lower water . keep the replys comin. thanks

Okay it seems like you can't find a place to lower the water. Since you played the beginning part, met Ruto, and played through half the temple, this means you know how to lower it when the water is at its highest level.

It sounds like you are stuck at when the water is at the middle level.

Well instead of lowering the water at this point, you should raise it to its highest level first. That way, it will be easy to lower it completely with the first method (where Ruto swam up). At the start of the Temple, jump into the water with your normal Boots and swim to the West Door. Go inside and explore, there should be a way to end up at the highest floor where the Triforce Symbol is. That is where you raise the water to its highest level. I don't remember the details, but I doubt it will be hard to get there.

ok so its at the highest level and so now i go to where i saw ruto?

Hmm...the chamber where you first meet Ruto has three floors, are you aware of this? The middle floor you need to bomb to gain access to the room, and it holds a key.

I just started MM (Gamecube) And a friend told me about someone name ??? Where might I find him?

Originally Posted by Feels Like Hate

Im playing through Ocarina Of Time again, and theres something I want to see. Im pretty sure theres a secret Grotto in Lon Lon Ranch - I remember bombing a random area of grass in there and finding it a long time ago. Does anyone else know of this? ive forgotten the exact location of it.

You know what. I completely forgot about where that hole was as well. I've only done it once. I know there is already an uncovered hole you just walk to, but the bombable hole's location just doesn't seem to come to mind. I would guess it's in one of the areas where the Lon Lon Ranch perimeter changes from Fence to Wall. I'm talking about the outskirts perimeter where the Tower with the Piece of Heart stands. That border changes from Wall to Fence to Wall as you go around the Ranch.

Originally Posted by stuck_in_OoT

ok so its at the highest level and so now i go to where i saw ruto?

Like I said before, now that the water is at the highest level, you are allowed to lower it completely. Do this at the spot where Ruto swam up. Before doing that, explore the East Room on the highest floor just to see if you can do anything interesting there. If not, then proceed. If you wish to get to the room where Dark Link is waiting, the water must be at the highest level of the main room and you must have 3 Keys (at least, in the N64 version. GC might be 2 Keys, but I'm not sure). You must go to the West Door of the main room to reach him. I hope you know what I mean by East and West: When you first enter the temple, you are facing North.

Originally Posted by Pezdude

I just started MM (Gamecube) And a friend told me about someone name ??? Where might I find him?

check the bathroom in the stock pot inn.. he pops up at night

Originally Posted by Mad Scrub

check the bathroom in the stock pot inn.. he pops up at night

Yeah.

Trade the Moon's Tear to the Deku Merchant by the entrance to West Clock Town for a Land Title Deed. Then at night, go to the bathroom in the Stock Pot Inn and give him the Deed. You'll be rewarded with a heart piece.

thank you ill keep ya up to date on how its goin and ill try it now

Originally Posted by Master Jaken

You don't, in theory, HELP the grandma... you have to listen to one of her stories without falling asleep (seriously). You need to buy the All-Night Mask to do that, which becomes available in the Curiosity Shop on the second night (but ONLY if you don't stop Sakon from stealing the old lady in North Clock Town's Bombs). It costs alot, you'll need a wallet upgrade to get the money to buy it. Once you have it, put it on and talk to the grandma. Listen to a story, and then she'll ask you if you liked it. I think you should say no, and if you do, you get a piece of heart. If you don't, listen again, and say yes. You will have cleared up the Grandma in your bomber's notebook.

Oh, and the Curiosity Shop? To get a happy sticker on that, you need to do the Kafei and Anju quest, which is VERY complicated. I can't explain all of that. You'll need to consult a walkthough.

Wait, I thought you buy the All-Night Mask on the third night. And it only works if you do save the old lady. That's what I did.

Yeah, Master Jaken was confuses, I guess...

At the end of OoT how it has the orange-ish screen with link and zelda looking at each other in the courtyard of Hyrule castle, does anything happen after that? i sat there for a while and heard a few ocarina songs (not really songs, i dont know scales maybe?) and thats it, so yea has anyone sat through it all?