Many years ago, a wealthy family in Kakariko Village was cursed for their greed and turned into Skulltula monsters. In order to break the curse, Link must destroy all one hundred of the Gold Skulltulas scattered about Hyrule and collect the Gold Skulltula Tokens that they drop as proof of his deed. When a certain number of Gold Skulltulas have been destroyed, a family member will return to human form and reward Link for his trouble.
Quest Rewards
As you defeat Gold Skulltulas, each family member released from the curse will reward Link. These rewards are:
| # Defeated | Reward |
|---|---|
| 10 | Adult's Wallet: Holds up to 200 rupees. |
| 20 | Stone of Agony: Rumbles when you run over secret holes. |
| 30 | Giant's Wallet: Holds up to 500 rupees. |
| 40 | Ten Bombchus: A rare type of bomb runs along the ground, and crawls up walls and ceilings. |
| 50 | Heart Piece: One-fourth of a Heart Container. |
| 100 | Huge Rupee: A huge, golden rupee worth 200 rupees. Each time you visit the man, he will give you another one, so therefore it is a limitless supply of rupees. |
Hunting Tips
Gold Skulltulas are scattered throughout the game world and can be found as both young and adult Link. Most often, Gold Skulltulas can be found at night, either clinging to walls or hiding in soft patches of soil. Here are some tips for hunting them:
Hunt at night
Many Gold Skulltulas don't appear during the daytime. You should play the Sun Song on your ocarina to change the time of day before beginning your search.
Use your ears
Gold Skulltulas make a distinct "shuffling" sound every few seconds when they move around. The sound can alert you to the presence of a nearby Skulltula, although it is difficult to use to pinpoint the creature's exact location.
Check your map
After you have defeated all the Gold Skulltulas in an area, a Gold Skulltula icon will appear next to the name of your current location on the map screen. If you don't see it, then there are still more Gold Skulltulas to find in the area.
Check common hiding spots
A Gold Skulltula resides in every patch of soft soil in Hyrule except for the one next to the bean selling man in Zora's River. To evict the Skulltula from its burrow, release a captured bug nearby.
To capture bugs look for rocks on the ground. Pick up these rocks to release the bugs underneath and then quickly capture one with a bottle.
Gold Skulltulas can also be found inside crates and trees. Roll into either one to dislodge a Skulltula.
If on a wall or far away, Gold Skulltulas can only be reached with certain items, namely the Boomerang and Hookshot. When hunting, be sure you have both items.
Cheating
- Unlimited Gold Skulltulas
Once you have the boomerang and The Song of Storms you have the possibility of reaching 100 or more Gold Skulltulas. In some versions of the game, this glitch is difficult or impossible to do.
Do the following as many times as you like:
- Go to Hyrule Castle; inside the Castle's walls there's a tree.
- Play the Song Of Storms in the vicinity of the tree and a hole will appear; jump inside the hole to find a Gold Skulltula.
- Kill the Gold Skulltula.
- Select the coin it leaves behind with the Z targeting system.
- Position yourself close to the portal that takes you out of the hole.
- Use the boomerang; after the boomerang has caught the coin, back flip into the portal that brings you back up to the tree.
- If you have done this correctly you will find that your Gold Skulltula count has gone up, but if you return to the grotto in the hole you will find another Gold Skulltula there.
Gold Skulltula Locations
Kokiri Forest
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1. Child, nighttime At night, a Gold Skulltula can be found on the back of the Know-It-All Brothers' house. Use your sword to kill it and then backflip or jump attack into the token. |
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2. Child Next to the Kokiri Shop is a small patch of soil. Drop a bottle of bugs on top of it to find a Skulltula. |
| 3. Adult, nighttime On the back of the House of Twins, use the Hookshot to kill a Skulltula and claim its token. |
The Lost Woods
4. Child
Take two left turns to the area with the bridge leaving Kokiri Forest. Use a bottle of bugs on the soil there to find a Skulltula.
5. Child
Turn right, left, right, left, left to find another patch of soil in a room with a lone tree and two Deku Scrubs. Use bugs to find the Skulltula.
6. Adult, nighttime
As a child, plant a Magic Bean at the soil patch in #5. As an adult, ride the plant to the nearby ledge and kill the Skulltula.
Sacred Forest Meadow
7. Adult, nighttime
Climb the lone ladder at the end of the maze, turn around, and look on the left wall for a Skulltula.
Inside the Great Deku Tree
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8. Child In the room with the Compass, activate the rising platforms and then jump over to the left alcove. |
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9. Child In the first basement is a Skulltula clinging to the vines that allow you to return to the first floor. Shoot the Skulltula with the Slingshot and then climb up to reach the token. |
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10. Child In the first basement, a Skulltula is climbing on a nearby grate. Use the Slingshot to kill it, then leap from the nearby ledge to claim the token. |
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11. Child Return to the Deku Tree after you receive bombs. In the basement room with three Gohma Larvae, burn the web and destroy a bombable wall. In the next room is a Skulltula. Use your boomerang to get the token. |
Hyrule Field
12. Child/Adult
At the corner between Hyrule Castle and Kakariko Village is a single tree. Place a Bomb at its base to reveal a secret grotto. Inside, destroy the Skulltula on the wall and use your boomerang to retrieve the token.
13. Child/Adult
Near the entrance to Gerudo Valley is a circle of rocks. Destroy the boulder in the center and place a Bomb there to reveal a grotto. Use either Din's Fire or a Fire Arrow to burn down the webs and find a Skulltula.
Hyrule Castle Town Market
14. Child
In the Market, enter the guardhouse next to the drawbridge. Roll into the lone crate next to the soldier to find a Skulltula.
Hyrule Castle
15. Child
Enter the main Hyrule Castle area from the Market. Ahead is a lone tree with three rocks at its base. Roll into it to dislodge a Skulltula.
16. Child
Enter the main Hyrule Castle area and make your way to the small moat. In the nearby corner is a lone tree. Stand beneath it and play the Song of Storms to reveal a grotto. Use Bombs to destroy the walls until you find a Skulltula.
Note: This Gold Skulltula location can be abused to get an infinite number of Gold Skulltula Tokens. See Glitches for more details.
Ganon's Castle (Exterior)
17. Adult
Look to the right of Ganon's Castle and behind the remains of a ruined gate to find a Skulltula.
Lon Lon Ranch
18. Child
Next to the ranch house is a lone tree. Roll into it to dislodge a Skulltula.
19. Child, nighttime
On the far side of the horse corral is a feeding shelter for the horses. Look on the back of it to find a Skulltula.
20. Child, nighttime
A Skulltula resides on an upper window of the ranch house. Kill it and retrieve its token with your boomerang.
21. Child, nighttime
To the right of the silo at the back of the ranch is a Skulltula high on a rock wall. Use your boomerang to retrieve the token.
Kakariko Village
22. Child, nighttime
The large tree near the entrance to Kakariko has a Skulltula in its branches. Roll into it to dislodge it.
23. Child, nighttime
You will find a Skulltula lurking on the side of the House of Skulltula.
24. Child, nighttime
Look on the center pile of bricks of the building currently under construction to spot another Skulltula.
25. Child, nighttime
The house to the left of the gate leading to Death Mountain has a Skulltula on its side.
26. Child, nighttime
Use your Slingshot to kill a Skulltula on the ladder of the tall lookout tower, then climb up to grab the token.
27. Adult, nighttime
This Skulltula is on the roof of Impa's house. To get there, stand in front of the door of that house and Hookshot over to the roof of the House of Skulltula. Then, Hookshot onto the roof of Impa's house. This is
easier with the Longshot, but it can be done without.
Graveyard
28. Child, nighttime
In the Kakariko Graveyard, look on the right wall near the Royal Family's Tomb. Kill the Skulltula there and retrieve the token with the Boomerang.
29. Child
On the left side of the Graveyard is another soft soil patch. Use a Bottle of
Bugs to evict the Skulltula from its burrow.
Death Mountain Trail
30. Child
After clearing the boulder blocking the entrance to Dodongo Cavern, you will
see a patch of soft soil. Use a Bottle of Bugs to find a Skulltula.
31. Child/Adult
Before you reach Dodongo Cavern is a suspicious wall on the right side of the trail. Destroy it with a Bomb and kill the Skulltula inside, then climb the wall to claim the token.
32. Adult, nighttime
Go to the spot where you used to a Bomb Flower to unblock Dodongo Cavern, and look for a red rock. Destroy it with the Megaton Hammer to uncover a Skulltula.
33. Adult, nighttime
Go to the climbable wall near the summit of Death Mountain. At the base of the wall is another red rock concealing a Skulltula.
Goron City
34. Child
On the top floor of Goron City is a passage that leads to a room full of rocks. Use Bombs to make your way to the far end, where you will find two treasure chests, a Gossip Stone, and a crate. Roll into the crate to find a Skulltula.
35. Adult, nighttime
This Skulltula resides on the back of the pedestal in the center of Goron City where the Spiritual Stone of Fire once rested. Stand on one of the nearby ropes so that you can see the Skulltula and Hookshot it. Be careful not to hit the wooden platform instead.
Death Mountain Crater
36. Child
After beating Dodongo's Cavern, make your way to the summit of Death Mountain. Enter the crater by the entrance at the summit and roll into the nearby crate to find a Skulltula.
37. Child
Use the Bolero of Fire to warp to Death Mountain Crater. Drop a Bottle of Bugs on the nearby patch soil to force out a Skulltula.
Dodongo's Cavern
38. Child
From the main entrance, enter the room to the southeast, a jagged corridor with Baby Dodongos. Use Bombs to destroy the weak wall in the corridor (or lure a Baby Dodongo there and kill it). In the next room is a Skulltula, protected by Keese.
39. Child
From the main entrance, enter the room to the northwest with the large staircase. Climb up the staircase and look for a Skulltula on a vine wall near the exit. Kill it with the Slingshot, then climb up to claim the token.
40. Child
After entering the giant Dodongo skull, turn right to enter a room with several low walls. Destroy the fake wall at the far end of this room to find a Skulltula behind an Armos.
41. Child/Adult
After activating the pillar elevator, exit and then reenter the dungeon and ride it to the second floor. Make your way around the second floor until you reach the room with the staircase, which should now be in its original position. Jump from the path so that you land on the staircase and can access the Skulltula in the alcove. Alternatively, return as an adult and simply use the Longshot to obtain the token.
42. Adult
Enter this dungeon as an adult, after having learned the Scarecrow's Song. Go to the corridor before your first Lizalfos battle as a child. There is an alcove here that will attract Navi when you look at it. Play the Scarecrow's Song to make Pierre appear, and then Hookshot him to find the Skulltula.
Zora's River
43. Child, nighttime
At the start of the river, where you met the owl and have to blow up the boulders in the way, roll into the tree at the left to knock out a Skulltula. Kill it with your sword and grab the token.
44. Child, nighttime
At the top of the river, drop down into the shallow water and walk to the ladder. The Skulltula is on the ladder. Kill it with the Slingshot or Boomerang, then climb up to collect the token.
45. Adult, nighttime
As you enter Zora's River, venture up to where the bean seller used to be and cross the river. Walk down the pathway about 60 feet, and then look high up on the south wall. Take the Skulltula down with your hookshot.
46. Adult, nighttime
As you approach the curve that leads to the entrance to Zora's Domain, use your hookshot to take down this Gold Skulltula, which hides high up on the outer wall.
Zora's Domain
47. Adult, nighttime
Walk up to where King Zora's throne is, and then take a left and go down the hallway where the Zora Diving Game was. Approach the ledge, and look left. Use your hookshot to bring down this Gold Skulltula.
Zora's Fountain
48. Child, nighttime
Roll into the tree near the Great Fairy's Fountain for another Gold Skulltula.
49. Child, nighttime
Climb up on the log that is to the right of Lord Jabu-Jabu. You will see a Gold Skulltula on the wall. Take the token with your Boomerang.
50. Adult, nighttime
Lift up the silver boulder near the entrance to the Great Fairy's Fountain with your Silver Gauntlets. Drop down into this hole, and be wary of four invisible Skulltula that hang from the ceiling. Avoid them, or use your Lens of Truth and shoot them down. Climb up the rough wall behind them. On your right is a Big Skulltulla, and on your left is the Gold Skulltula. Use your Longshot to obtain the token.
Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly
51. Child
After you meet Princess Ruto and she allows you to carry her, venture into the door on her left. Carry her into the water in the center of the room, and throw her onto the ledge opposite from which you came. Immediately take out your slingshot and shoot the Gold Skulltula that is on vine covered wall to your right. To obtain the token, raise the water level, quickly swim towards the vines, and climb up.
52. Child
This Gold Skulltula is on the wall near the entrance to Bigocto's Chamber. (Right after you drop through the hole where the Green Tentacle used to be). This particular Skulltula is closer to Bigocto's door than the other. Use your boomerang to obtain the token.
53. Child
This Gold Skulltula is on the wall near the entrance to Bigocto's Chamber. (Right after you drop through the hole where the Green Tentacle used to be). This particular Skulltula is further away from Bigocto's door than the other one. Use your boomerang to obtain the token.
54. Child
As you enter the chamber right before you face Barinade, walk forwards until you hit the wall, and then turn to your right and slightly behind you. Up this vine-covered wall is a Gold Skulltula. Take it out with your slingshot, and climb up to receive the token.
Lake Hylia
55. Child
Drop some bugs into the patch of soft soil next to the Lakeside Laboratory to unearth a Gold Skulltula.
56. Child, nighttime
Walk behind the Lakeside Laboratory and onto the bridge. As soon as you get on the bridge, look left at the Lakeside Laboratory wall to spot a Gold Skulltula. Use your boomerang to claim the token.
57. Child, nighttime
On the secluded island in the middle of Lake Hylia, with the two pillars (where Link acquires the Fire Arrow as an adult), lies a Gold Skulltula on one of the columns. Use your boomerang to obtain the token.
58. Adult, nighttime
Use your longshot to pull yourself to the top of the dead tree on the island with the warp pad. Up here lies a Gold Skulltula. Obtain the token by using your longshot.
59. Adult, nighttime, Iron Boots, Zora Tunic
Inside the Lake Hylia lab is a pool the alchemist draws water from for experiments. At the bottom of the pool is a crate. Sink down into the pool with the Iron Boots and do a rolling attack to break the crate to expose the Gold Skultula. Finish it off with your Hookshot and collect the token.
Forest Temple
60. Adult
At the entrance of the Forest Temple, look for climbable vines to the right. Climb up and you should see the Skulltula. Kill it with the Hookshot.
61. Adult
On the right-hand wall before the path to the Stalfos room with the key in the main room is a Skulltula. Kill it with the Hookshot.
62. Adult
In the east courtyard, there is a Skulltula on one of the walls. Find a chest up on a ledge near the well. ling onto with the Hookshot and you'll see a Skulltula clinging to the wall. Kill it with your Hookshot.
63. Adult
In the west courtyard is a Skulltula on a high wall. Once you get up on the ledge
with the Big Deku Baba, hop onto the pillar with two hearts to find it. Kill it with the Hookshot
64. Adult
In the room with the rotating walls, adust the walls and you'll find a room with the Skulltula on the wall. Kill it and get its token with the Hookshot.
Fire Temple
65. Adult
In the first room you unlock with the long bridge, go over to your left and you
should find a door with a Time Block above it. Play the Song of Time to move the
block down to you. Climb up to find a door. Inside are Floor Tiles, a Like-Like,
and a Gold Skulltula.
66. Adult
Within the boulder maze is a bombable wall. Hit it and it will sound strange.
Bomb it to reveal another Gold Skulltula.
67. Adult
Once you reach the second floor of the boulder maze, you'll see a platform from
above in a corner. Go to the platform near it by the door you used to get up
here and play the Scarecrow's Song. Hookshot onto Pierre when he appears. Then,
look to your right and you'll see an elevator. Hookshot onto it and it will bring you to the top floor. Go through the door. Inside this room is a Skulltula.
68. Adult
Climb up above where the last Gold Skullula was to find another door. Go into this next room and on the ledge you'll see another Gold Skulltula on the wall. Kill it with your Hookshot.
69. Adult
Once you enter the room after the one with all the Fire Keese and Torch Slugs,
you'll find more Floor Tiles, another Like-Like, and a Gold Skulltula.
Ice Cavern
70. Adult
In the room where you find the Compass, this Gold Skulltula hangs in a small alcove on the wall. Use the Hookshot to obtain the token.
71. Adult
There is a Gold Skulltulla behind some icicles in the room where you collect Silver Rupees.
72. Adult
In the room with the movable ice blocks, this Skulltula is on a nearby wall. Use the Hookshot to obtain the token.
Water Temple
73. Adult, Iron Boots, Zora Tunic
Drain all the water in the temple and head south into a corridor. Once you reach the end of the corridor, use the Spin Attack to hit the crystal switch. Take out the Skulltula on the other side.
74. Adult, Iron Boots, Zora Tunic
After dropping down into the underground river, hop into the water (with the Iron Boots on), and look at the left wall for a Skulltulla.
75. Adult
Go inside the pillar at the center of the temple, then climb up to the second floor. A Gold Skulltulla is on the wall that can be killed with the Longshot.
76. Adult
On the top floor is a room with moving platforms. Look to the right to find a Gold Skulltulla (you have to have the Longshot to collect the token).
77. Adult
Just before you find the Boss Key, there will be a corridor with rolling rocks. At the source of one of the rocks is a Skulltula on the wall.
Bottom of the Well
78. Child
From the large room in the center of the dungeon, take the northeast door. Make your way to a room with a Like-Like and a Gold Skulltulla on the wall. Use the Boomerang to get the token.
79. Child
Find a small key and use the Lens of Truth to unlock the left room in the center area, where a Gold Skulltulla is crawling on the wall. Use the Boomerang to get the token.
80. Child
Find a small key and use the Lens of Truth to unlock the right room in the center area. Use the Lens of Truth to find the safe path around the outside of the pit, then kill the Gold Skulltula and snatch the token with the Boomerang.
Shadow Temple
81. Adult
One is on the wall in the room with invisible spinning blades after you fight a Stalfos.
82. Adult
In the room with the falling spikes, push the block to stop the spikes, then look in the cage to your left.
83. Adult
The room with the large skull that's top is on fire has a Gold Skulltulla on the wall behind that skull.
84. Adult
Stand on the platform next to the boat and play the Scarecrow's Song. Longshot the scarecrow and destroy the Gold Skulltulla that is on the wall with your Longshot.
85. Adult
- After riding the boat, there will be a room with three rotating skulls. There is a Gold Skulltula behind one of them.
Gerudo Valley
86. Child, nighttime
As you enter Gerudo Valley from Hyrule Field, follow the path up to the small wooden bridge near the little waterfall. At the mouth of the waterfall is a Gold Skulltula. Use your boomerang to obtain the token.
87. Child
At the valley's edge, grab the cucco to the left of the large bridge, and drop down into the valley below. Fly towards the wall in front of you, and land near the Gerudo and her cow. Take out a bottle of bugs, and evict a Gold Skulltula from its patch of soft soil next to the cow.
88. Adult, nighttime
Behind the carpenters tent lies a Gold Skulltula on the rock wall. Use your hookshot to obtain the token.
89. Adult, nighttime
On the underside of the rock arch in front of the Carpenter's Tent lies another Gold Skulltula. Claim the token with your hookshot.
Gerudo's Fortress
90. Adult, nighttime
Go to the Horseback Archery Range. As you enter, take a left and walk all the way town to the target at the end. A Gold Skulltula is scuttling about on the front of the target. Use your hookshot to claim the token.
91. Adult, nighttime
Go to top of Gerudo's Fortress. A gap lies between you and a chest containing a heart piece. On the rock wall inside of this gap lies a Gold Skulltula. Claim the token with your hookshot.
Haunted Wasteland
92. Adult
Cross the River of Sand and follow the flags up to the stone building where the Ghost Guide waits. Drop down into the basement of the building. On the wall in front of you lies a Gold Skulltula.
Desert Colossus
93. Child
Warp to the Desert Colossus with the song of Requiem of Spirit and run to the entrance of the Spirit Temple from the warp pad. Find the soft soil insert next to the entrance of the Spirit Temple and plant a bug in it. A Gold Skulltula will pop out of cover. Dispatch it with your sword to collect a token.
94. Adult, nighttime
You must first warp to the Desert Colossus using the Requiem of Spirit song. Then move quickly to the flat rock near the dried-up Fairy Fountain pool from the warp pad. On back of the crown of the palm tree near the dried-up pool lurks a Gold Skulltula. Finish off with longshot in between fighting off attacking enemies.
95. Adult, nighttime, plant bean as child first
Warp to the Desert Colossus with the song of Requiem of Spirit and run to the entrance of the Spirit Temple from the warp pad. Ride magic bean platform to stone arch near entrance of Spirit Temple. Hang on as it is quite a wild ride. You will have to jockey around to face the correct way to time your jump rightly from the bean platform to the arch. Dispatch critter with your sword and collect an easy token.
Spirit Temple
96. Child
Go through the small hole at the beginning, and go through the door on the right. There is a Gold Skulltulla on the fence in this room.
97. Child
After you battle some Lizalfos, there is a climbable wall that leads to the second floor. When you reach the top, turn around to find a Gold Skulltulla.
98. Child
In the room leading to the first Iron Knuckle battle is a Gold Skulltulla on the wall.
99. Adult
In the room with the Silver Rupees and boulders, play the Song of Time near the blue block to make a Gold Skulltulla appear.
100. Adult
Play the Scarecrow's Song at the top of the staircase (the one you went down as a kid) in the statue room. Longshot onto the scarecrow and kill the Gold Skulltulla beside him with the Longshot.