Zora's Domain - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Guide - IGN (2024)

Follow the river outside Kakariko Village to find the entrance to Zora's River. After talking to Kaepora Gaebora, use bombs to blow up the rocks obstructing your path.

Gold Skulltula: Roll into the tree to the left of the boulders to knock down a Gold Skulltula when it's night time.

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The Bean Salesman

You'll find a chicken and a bean-chomping glutton who sells Magic Beans for 10 rupees initially. The price goes up incrementally with every purchase until it caps at 100 rupees a pop. These magic beans can be planted in the soil and later blossom into magic platforms that take you to hidden and out of reach places. Right now, the only place you should worry about planting a bean is in the Graveyard at Kakariko. Buy two more beans for two Heart Pieces later on in the game.

River Heart Pieces

There are two Heart Pieces to grab while en route to Zora's Domain. They are attainable only with the help of the lone cucco near the Magic Bean Salesman. Grab the cucco and jump to the other side of the river. Walk until you hit a wall, then make a short jump across the water to the left. Keep going higher by jumping across the small gap to the left. Take a right after the gap and keep walking. You'll see the heart piece sitting on a platform off to the right.

Use the cucoo to flutter you over to the high platform in front of you, but when you're about to hit the ledge, toss the cucoo in order to make Link grab onto the ledge and pull himself up. Then make a daring leap toward the heart piece and Link will just barely latch on to the edge. Hoist him up to obtain this Heart Piece.

Retrieve your cucco friend. If you can't find him, exit and re-enter the area; he will return to his original location. With chicken in hand, work your way up along the river, watching out for Octoroks. When you get to the large waterfall, walk up as high as you can and look around. You should spot a Heart Piece on a ledge protruding from a wall. Jump and hover to it to receive another Heart Piece.

Gold Skulltula: During the night, there is a Gold Skulltula located on a ladder near the water below where you found the last Heart Piece (If it's daytime, just play the Sun's Song). Kill it to receive a Golden Skull Token.

Climb the ladder and walk up to the Triforce icon in front of the waterfall. Play Zelda's Lullaby to make the waters part and reveal the entrance to Zora's Domain.

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Zora's Domain

Walk along the path and take the first left up to King Zora’s chamber. Go through the entrance to the left and talk to the Zora near the edge of the waterfall. This Zora will ask you if you want to play a diving game for 20 rupees -- don't worry, though, you'll get your rupees back.

Accept his offer and dive down the waterfall and collect every rupee before time is up. Swim over a rupee and press and hold 'A' to dive down to get it. Once you collect the rupees, go back up and talk to the Zora and he will reward you with the Silver Scale, a piece of gear that allows you to dive much deeper into the water.

Heart Piece: From King Zora's chamber, light a Deku Stick on fire and ignite the torch at the bottom of the stairs. Put that Deku Stick away, and light a new one. Quickly, keep running along the path, taking a left at each fork in the road. With out stopping, light the torch in front of the Zora Shop, and then head across the shallow water to the torch near the circle of rocks. From there, walk along the wall to the alcove behind the waterfall and light the two torches. If you were fast enough, a chest will appear containing a Heart Piece. This may take a few tries.

Lake Hylia

Go to the area where you dove for the rupees. If you look around you will see an underwater tunnel that leads to Lake Hylia. Dive down and enter it. Once you're in the lake, grab the Bottle that you see underwater nearby, inside of which is a letter from the missing Princess Ruto.

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But first, there are a few parts of Lake Hylia you may want to explore.

Towards the east side of the lake, there is a hut devoted entirely to satisfying your fishing needs. Fishing costs 20 rupees. If you catch a real lunker (10 pounds) and have the fisherman weigh it, you will receive a Heart Piece. The lunker hangs out around the curved log in the center of the pond. He will probably take several attempts to catch.

Scarecrow's Song: There are also two scarecrows near the fishing hut. One in particular, named Bonooru, promises to remember any song you play to him. This becomes the Scarecrow's Song, and is very helpful later on in the game. The song must be eight notes long and cannot feature one repeating note. Try to make it something easy to remember, like A-X-A-X-A-X-A-X, or R-R-L-L-R-R-L-L, and be sure to write it down in your 3DS Game Notes. If you do forget the song, talk to Bonooru and he will play it for you.

Gold Skulltula: At night, there is a Gold Skulltula climbing on the side of the Professor's Laboratory facing the lake. From the very start of the rope bridge, kill the Skulltula with your Slingshot. Carefully climb up onto the side of the bridge and jump to collect the Golden Skull Token.

Now take the tunnel back to Zora's Domain.

Zora's Fountain

Back in Zora's domain, show the letter to King Zora by standing on the platform and pulling out the bottle. He’ll, very slowly, move out of the way to give you access to Zora's Fountain, home of Lord Jabu-Jabu.

Really, really, really slowly.

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Farore's Wind

Before entering Jabu-Jabu, swim around behind him until you find a piece of land with a tree and a Gossip Stone on it. Place a bomb next to the boulder to reveal a hidden fairy fountain. After playing Zelda's Lullaby, the fairy will give you Farore's Wind, an item that lets you create return points in dungeons.

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Gold Skulltula: Roll into the tree outside the fairy fountain, to knock down a Gold Skulltula. Kill it to receive a Golden Skull Token.

Before you can enter Jabu-Jabu you’ll need to snatch up a fish in a bottle. You can find fish in the shallow waters of the lower levels of Zora's Domain, and can capture them with an empty Bottle. Release the helpless flopping fish in front of Jabu-Jabu, to coax him into opening his mouth and sucking you in.

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