The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Fire Temple

Goron City
Make your way to Goron City. You should find that it is deserted, except for one small, rolling Goron. Use your bombs to stop him. The Goron tells you his name. It is Link. He is Darunia's son. He explains that Ganondorf has captured all the Gorons and has imprisoned them in the Fire Temple. Darunia's son also reveals that his father is a descendant of an old Goron hero who killed Volvagia using a "legendary hammer." Darunia's son gives you a Fire Tunic to protect you from the intense heat of the temple and tells you of a secret passage to the temple from his father's room. The Goron shop is also available now.

Death Mountain Crater
Move the statue centered on the wall in Darunia's room to reveal a passage to the Death Mountain Crater. Look around. You should see a bridge. Use your hookshot to get to it. Sheik will appear at this time to teach you the "Bolero of Fire", the melody that will lead you to the Fire Temple.


 * The Bolero of Fire

Darunia
Once you enter the temple just go straight and climb the stairs. Watch for the fire keese. Go through the unlocked door. You will see Darunia straight ahead. He tells you a short story about how Ganondorf locked up all the Gorons to feed to the Great Dragon. He goes to fight the dragon even though he doesn't have the "legendary hammer".

Freeing the Gorons
After talking to him go to your left and step on the switch to free the Goron. After you talk to him get the key. Then leave this room back to the first room. Now go through the locked door. In this next room cross the bridge to the other side. After crossing the bridge, go to your right and cross the wooden plank and go straight. There is a funny looking wall. Bomb it and then enter to find another Goron. Retrieve another small key from the chest. Now go to the other side of the bridge. There you will find another Goron. Talk to him and get another key. Now go back on the bridge and unlock the door. Jump across the small lava river and climb the fence to the top. Kill the enemies and push the block onto the fire that is burning below. When the block falls down wait for it to go up and then back down. Then jump onto it and it will take you to the second floor.

There is a trapped Goron here. Ignore him for now because you can't do anything at this moment. Go to your left and climb the ledges on the side. You will see a diamond but don't bother hitting it yet. Push the block down and then jump down and pull it as far that it can go. Make your way around it and then jump on it towards the fence. Climb up the fence. There is a fire preventing you to climb any higher. Go to the level right above the diamond and drop a bomb. Quickly climb up the fence. When the bomb goes off, it should trigger the diamond switch and make the fire go away for a limited time. Enter the door at the top.

There are two Gorons in this next room. There are boulders rolling around this room. First turn left and stay along the wall to find the first one. Free him and take the key. Keep going around the perimeter of this room and you will find the second Goron. Get that key also. Then keep going around the perimeter until you find the locked door. Go through it. In the next room do not fall down. If you do you are at the beginning. Cross the large crater to the other side. Once you step on the grate fire starts forming behind you and forces you to go forward. Cross until you are at the other side. Now that you are on the other side. Jump onto the small fence and get the dungeon map. Then enter the door near where you jumped onto the fence to get the map. You are back in the room where you need to be, be careful to not fall down. Once again, go into the room with the large grate. Do the same thing except this time go to the other side and climb up. Enter the door. You are now once again in the room with the rolling boulders, but now you are on the top floor. Try not to fall. Jump to the platform with a crack in the ground. Defeat the fire slug and use a bomb and blow up the crack. Then jump down and you are in the room where you once saw a Goron but couldn't reach him. Free the Goron and get the key. Go back from where you just dropped down. Now climb back up. Once you are at the top jump to the platform that has a switch. Step on it. Go to the gate that just opened. Free the Goron and get the key. If you fall, the Goron will leave but the key will still be there. Go back through the door that brought you in the upper platform room. (The one with the fire crate) There is a door that is parallel to the chest that had the map. Jump from fence to platform and open the locked door.

Be careful in this room. If you go close to the walls fire appears. You'll get use to it after a while. There are some fake doors in this room, so before trying to open a door use a bomb on the door. (Only in this room) Go through the maze and enter the unlocked door and get the Compass. Then go back into the big room. Carefully search this room for the locked door. Go into the locked door. Just go by the Goron for now and straight to the other door. You are now on the other side of the large room. Step on the switch and then run towards the other door. Be careful for the fire walls are everywhere. This may take you a few tries to get the correct path down. Don't go in the door yet. Use a bomb first because the first one is fake. Then go into the real door. In this room avoid the Like Like. He will suck you in and take your shield and tunic. If he does, simply kill him and get your items back. The sub-boss will appear next. The Fire Dancer is not difficult to defeat but he may be hard at times. When he is spinning around in one spot, throw or place a bomb next to him. After it explodes, run and attack him with your sword. The spin attack works best as it has more power than just your sword alone. The timing may be difficult to get right. Repeat this until he is defeated. Enter the elevator in the middle of the room. It will take you to the top floor.

The Megaton Hammer
Once you are up there, climb the fence. Then throw a bomb at the diamond and once it blows the flames are gone, so climb up. This could be difficult at times. You have to time it right. This next room is in the shape of a semi-doughnut. Climb the stairs and hit the switch. Above, there is a treasure chest that was surrounded by fire, but now that fire is out because of the switch. Run, quickly, up to the treasure and open it. You have to hurry or the fire will go back on. DO NOT FALL!! You get the Megaton Hammer. Go back down the stairs and look for a block with a smiley face on it. (It's by the switch) Smash it with the hammer and fall down. Hit the statue with the hammer. Enter the door behind it. Watch out for the keese in this room. Hit the switch, which looks like a stone column or statue with the hammer. This makes the floor turn into a stairway. Grab a small box and put it on a switch at the bottom of the staircase. Hammer the rusted switch and the door will unlock. Play the Song of Time while still across from the blue block. It now serves as a platform in the gap between the two sides of the room. Jump down onto the blue block and then onto the other side of the room. Pound the rusted switch down with your hammer. This will open the gate that holds a Goron. Jump down to where the Goron is and go and talk to him. Get the key and then leave from the same way you came in this room. You should be able to get up by using the blue block. Exit this room and now go down the small stairs. Hit the block at the bottom and jump all the way down to the room where you saw Darunia. Exit this room so you are once again in the first room of the whole temple.

There is a statue to the right of the stairs when you are first walking into the temple. Use you hammer to eliminate the statue. Enter the locked door. If for some reason you do not have a key you have to go back through this guide and find the one you missed. In this next room simply kill all the enemies to make the next door unlock. There are bombs in the chest if you want them. Enter the next room. There is another rusted switch in this room. Hit it with the hammer and free the last Goron and get the boss key. Go back to the room where you met Darunia and hop from platform to platform until you get to the door. Open the door to enter into the boss room.

Boss: Volvagia
The boss of the Fire Temple is - Subterranean Lava Dragon: VOLVAGIA. This boss can be really hard to beat at times. After the short scene with Volvagia flying around, he will go back in the ground. He will stick his head out of the ground. Run up and hit him with the hammer. After a couple of times he will come out and fly around and shoot fire at you. If you Z-target him and shoot an arrow and hit him, he will go underground. He will also start throwing rocks at you while in the air. Instead of shooting him with an arrow and moving about to try to avoid the rocks, it is easiest to just weather the storm by slowly walking off the platform. This will leave you hanging off the side but you will not be hurt while doing this. When Volvagia goes back down a hole, you can get back on the platform and start looking for his head to come up again.

As you start beating him, he will only stick his head out there for a couple of seconds. He tries to trick you by blowing fire out of one hole and coming out of another. If you keep far enough to the side of the platform, you should be able to keep all the holes in view and thus see which hole he is coming out of. He may take a couple of tries to beat. If for some reason you cannot defeat him, then go down all the way to Kakariko Village and fill a couple of bottles up with red potion. After you defeat him get the heart piece and leave.

Aftermath
With Volvagia gone and the Gorons freed, the fiery cloud orbiting Death Mountain will return to normal. You will be transported to the Chamber of the Sages where Darunia will appear and speak to you. He reveals he is the Sage of Fire and the guardian of the Fire Temple. He will then give you the fire medallion which, contains his power.

After this, you will again be transported back to the Fire Temple. The bridge back to the rest of the world is still out so you either have to figure out how to get back across or you can play one of the Ocarina Songs to transport out.

Double your Magic Power
Near the entrance to Goron City from the Crater, you should find a cave blocked by two boulders. Destroy them with the Megaton Hammer. The cave turns out to be a Great Fairy's Fountain. The fairy inside will double you magic power.