Select controller:A place of treasures and worship, the Spirit Temple was built buy the Gerudo to honor a great sand goddess. However, the Evil King Ganondorf has converted it into his hideout.
Crossing the Haunted Wasteland
Now that you are able to enter the Haunted Wastleland, be very careful on how you go about crossing it. A sandstorm always blows about the wasteland, blurring everything. The River of Sand nearby will swallow you up if you even touch it. You will se a half-buried crate in the distance near several flags. Use the longshot to hook onto it and cross the River of Sand. You can also use your hover boots to cross. Now follow the flags. To your left is the path to the Carpet Merchant, who sells 10 Bombchus for 200 Rupees. You need the hover boots in order to reach him. Keep a close eye on the flags, because it is hard to see them in the sandstorm.
Once you reach a strange rock with steps and a plaque, walk up to the plaque and activate the Lens of Truth. a Poe will appear that will guide you to the entrance to Desert Collossus. It won't guide you back, though. Watch its movement carefully and follow it, because it moves frequently in several instances. Eventually a new enemy called a Leever will appear in groups that will attack. They can only travel in one direction which makes them easy to dodge. When you finally reach multiple flags, you have reached the entrance to Desert Colossus.
Desert Colossus
The sandstorm will finally subside and you'll be in the desert. if you wander around, you'll see a dried up oasis. Step up onto the rock nearby and play the Song of Storms to refill it. Then you'll find out it isn't an oasis; its a Fairy Fountain! Collect them and heal from them if you wish. Desert Colossus is filled with Leevers and Guay, so watch your step. You'll see a large temple ahead an owl perched above. Kaporea Gaebora, perhaps? Enter inside this place, which is more formally known as the Spirit Temple.
As you enter, two bewitched jars will fly at you. Don't get injured by them. You'll see two paths, one a crawlspace, the other blocked by a large grey block presently unmovable, two Armos, and two snake statues with inscriptions on them. The left one says that you must return with the pure heart of a child to enter the left path. The right one says you must acquire the temple's silver treasure to enter the right path. Since you can't do anything at the moment, leave the temple.
The Last Song
As Link walks outside into the desert, Sheik suddenly appears and teaches him the song that he can be played to return to the desert as a child, the Requiem of Spirit. This is the last song you will learn in your quest.
The Requiem of Spirit:
Just as soon as appearing, Sheik will disappear into the blowing sand, the strange owl following. Warp to the Temple of Time and return the Master Sword to its pedestal. Now, play the Requiem of Spirit to return to Desert Colossus.
Spirit Temple (Young Link)
Enter the Spirit Temple again and walk up to the stairs. Turn to your left to see a Gerudo woman. She is Nabooru. She will have a small conversation about Ganondorf, then ask for your help. She overheard Ganondorf wants the Silver Gauntlets of the temple, but she wants to get them before he does, so she asks you to surprise Ganondorf and retrieve the gauntlets. She will move out of the way so that you can go through the crawlspace.
Entrance to the Past
The first room is swarming with enemies. Kill each one you come across to the make the door to your left open. Enter into the next room.
Bridge the Gap
Here you will encounter a Stalfos for the first time as a child. Killing it will be harder with the weaker weapons Link carries as a kid, so be careful. After the Stalfos is gone, Kill the Green Bubble with the Fairy Slingshot. With both enemies gone, you can now focus on getting over to the other side of the room. There is a switch on the other side of the gap in the floor, but you can't hit it directly because a raised bridge blocks it. There are two ways two activate it. You can aim the slingshot between the grates in the bridge so a Deku Seed hits the switch, or rely on a technique you used in Jabu-Jabu's Belly and eguip the boomerang, then throw it so that it goes around the bridge to hit the switch. Once the switch is activated, the bridge will lower and take you to the next room.
The Anubis
This room is filled with Anubis, mummy-like monsters. You can use Din's Fire to wipe out most of them, or trigger a fire trap with a switch and lure them to their doom. Get rid of them all and the Beamos to move on.
Unlocking Danger
In the next room, several enemies are waiting to greet you, the most dangerous a Wallmaster. Watch out for it and the Keese. Collect the five silver rupees in the room, and a bridge will lower to the other side, but it will also release more Keese and Fire Keese. Light up the two torches and then get the small key from the treasure chest. Go through the door when you're done here.
You will be back in the first room. Crawl through the hole you haven't gone through yet, and unlock the door. In the next room, kill the Skullwaltulas and then climb the wall.
Bombchu Demolition
Two Lizalfos and Skullwaltula await you. Kill them all. Hit the diamond on the nearby ledge to make a chest drop down. Open it to get 10 Bombchu. Look around the room and you will see a boulder on one of the walls. Sunlight is trying to get through. Use a Bombchu to eliminate the boulder. Sun will shine through onto the sun switch in the middle of the room. Exit through the door that opens up.
The Main Room
This is the biggest room of the temple. You will do plently of things here. There is a statue right in front of you. Push it until it falls and lands on the switch below. This will open a door. Drop down below and run over to the two torches near the spirit statue. Light them to reveal a chest and open it to get the Dungeon Map. Climb back up to where you jumped from and go up the stairs and through the door.
Three Tricky Puzzles
This room has several traps and a few puzzles to solve before you can move on. Get all of the silver rupees in this room to light up one of the torches and open the way back out. Then, use a Deku Stick to light up the rest of them to find a chest with a small key. There are three blocks in this room you can block the spike traps with to make this easier. Now, look around for a moment and you will see that light is shining into the room from a hole in the wall. Push the block with a sun switch on it under the sunlight. This will open another door. Then go through the door that is now shown and use your key to open it.
Mini-Boss: Iron Knuckle
In this room you will find an armored figure sitting on a throne. He appears to be asleep. However, after gettting attacked, it comes alive! This behemoth is the mini-boss: the Iron Knuckle. It is easy to take him down, but he has a lethal axe for a weapon. However, if you keep your distance, you can avoid damage. If you obtained Nayru's Love, this is the perfect time to use it.
To defeat the Iron Knucle, use a simple method of hit and run. Move up close to him and the monster will try to hit you with his axe. Back off and then hit him before he can get his axe ready to attack again. After you strike him several times, his chestplate will tumble off. Without it, he is vulnerable to the Slingshot, but the now that the added weight of the armor is gone, the Iron Knuckle is going to charge after you. Do as you did before, and he will go down with a thud. If you're struggling, throw bombs and bombchu's his way, they are just as effective at killing him.
The Silver Gauntlets
Go through the door that is now open and head outside. You'll find yourself on the left hand of the spirit statue outside of the temple. As soon as you emerge, you'll be greeted by Kaporea Gaebora for the last time. He commends your efforts of time-traveling and tells you about two witches hiding out in the temple. He then flies off. Over to the left is a chest. Open it to get the Silver Gauntlets. Unfortunately, they're too big, so you can use them yet. You should go talk to Nabooru but...
Nabooru's Capture
Right after Link gets the gauntlets, he hears a scream from below. As he looks down, he sees Nabooru being subdued by black magic, caused by the two witches of the Spirit Temple. Nabooru warns Link to make his escape, and is captured by the witches, who return to the temple.
Now it is time to tackle the other half of this temple. Play the Prelude of Light to go back to the Temple of Time. Get the Master Sword and play the Requiem of Spirit to go back to the Spirit Temple. Now, you'll enter it as an adult.