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".

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 jump on the roof of the templelike structure in front of you. Hit the block in the middle with the hammer. You will fall down with the block and land in the middle of the lavapool between the 2 doors in the room where you met Darunia. Exit this room through the normal door 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 jump straight through over the block in the middle to the boss 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, stock up on fairies in the room outside the bosses dungeon. There are two fairies in bottles on a platform to the far right. Use your hookshot to get there. 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 will have to cross with the hookshot 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.