The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Dodongo's Cavern

Calming Darunia's Anger

From the target practice area, you turn left and head back to Goron City. There you go directly to Darunia, take out your ocarina and play Saria's Song. The song lifts his mood, and he begins to dance. After he finishes dancing, he tells you more of Ganondorf. Then he gives you the Goron's Bracelet. You can now pick up Bomb Flowers that are growing on the ground. You then leave Goron City, returning to Death Mountain Trail.

Opening Dodongo's Cavern

Outside Goron City, you bear right at the circle of rocks. There you see a lone Goron sitting by a lone Bomb Flower. Looking carefully around, you notice that Dodongo's Cavern is directly below. You pick up the Bomb Flower. Then you throw it over the ledge. With proper timing, the bomb destroys the boulder in front of the cavern. Dodongo's Cavern awaits.

Dodongo's Cavern

Right when you get in look to your left and go poick up the bomb flower. Use it on the odd looking wall that willl reaveal the main room. Go forward and you will a platform that moves up and down and then a platform with a beamos on it. Wait for the platform to go up and jump on it and on to the next platform. Then avoid the beamo and go to your left and do the same with this platform. Use a bomb flower to destroy the beamos. Then use the bomb flowers to destory all the odd shaped walls until you find the dungeon map. Then go back to the middle platform and go right instead of left to the other side. Kill the Beamos you see on this side. Then use a bomb flower to bomb the odd shaped wall. Go in that room and you will find yourself in a hallway. Just avoid the dodongo larva. You will see a switch at the end of the hall. You can step on it and the door will unlock but when you get off ot shuts again. Move one of the statues onto the switch so it stays open. The next room has a pair of Lizalfos. Use your sword to beat them. This could be hard at times. Afterwords the doors unlock, so go through. Kill the dodongo's first. Then take out a deku stick and light it with the already lit torch. Light up the other three torches to open the door. You are in the center room again but you are in an area where you couldn't reach before. Step on the switch and a door will unlock. Hop over the middle again and go through the door. This next room is filled with bomb flowers. Don't worry about them for now. Take one of the bomb flowers and blast the odd shaped wall, and enter the next room. There will be four statues surrounding the middle. Hit each with your sword until one comes alive. Kill him then climb up and get the compass. Then go back to the room with all the bomb flowers. There is a gap between the bomb flowers where there is a missing one. Pick up the one thats seperate from the others or just pick up anyone and place it where there is a gap, and they all should explode revealing staris to the next level. Climb up and go around to the top and enter the next room.

In this room there are some fire kees flying around. Be very careful that they dont burn your kokiri shield. IO would equip the hyrule right now. Kill them but don't touch any of the statues except the one that is in front of the ladder. Pull that statue out and climb up and press the switch. You are in the main room again but on the second floor. Run across the bridge but try not to get hit by the fire kees. Enter into the next room. Jump down but watch it because there are spikes moving around on the floor. You will probably get hit a few times her. Look for the ladder and climb up it. Then jump to the platform with the treasure chest. Open the chest to get rupees. Then pick up the bomb flower and through it at the odd shaped wall that is by the top of the ladder. You have to time it perfectly. Honestly, this is the hardest part of the dungeon for me. In the next room there are three platforms, but one is on fire. Use your slingshot to shoot the eye and jump accross into the next room. In the next room you have to fight the Lizalfo's again. They are a little tougher now. In the next room there are four platforms but the middle twon are on fire. Once again shoot up at the eye to make the first fire go away. Then turn left and shoot the other eye to make the second one go away. Then enter into the next room. In the next room you finally get the bomb bag. Now you can hold bombs with you. Enter the next room and press the switch, and you will see that one of the platforms in the main room now goes to the second floor also. If you have lost your deku shield go accross the other bridge and bomb the odd shaped wall to get a new one. Otherwise it is only 20 rupees. Then go back to where there are two gaps in the one long bridge. Drop a bomb through each gap. They will land in the giant dead dodongo's eyes and blow up to make an entrance to the room. Jump down and enter this room.

Kill the fire kees in the next room. There is a little square in the middle of the room where you can fall in to press a switch, but when you leave the switch will close. So go left into the next room. There are a few fire kees in this room also. Go through the room until you get to the exit of the room, but before that hit the pots in this room to get a fiary. I would request that you catch it in a bottle because you might need it for the boss. Go through the tunnel and push the block until it falls to the lower platform. Then push and pull it untill falls on to the switch. Then enter into the next room. Open the chest for bombs, then bomb the odd shaped floor and jump down.

Right away you should be able to see the boss, KING DODONGO. What you have to do is throw a bomb in his mouth before he shoots fire at you. After you throw a bomb in his mouth it will blow up and he will be stunned. Run up and hit him with your sword. Then he will roll around the room. Stand as close as you can to the lava pit without falling in. If you fall in quickly get out. He shouldn't hit you. When he stops rolling he will try shooting file at you threw his mouth. Throw another bomb in his mouth. Do this about four to five times and you will defeat him. Get the piece of heart and leave.

Jubilation

When you exit Dodongo's Cavern, Darunia meets you with great joy. He happily gives you the Spiritual Stone of Fire, but also reminds you that a Great Fairy lives at the summit of Death Mountain. The other Dodongos then attempt to give you a hug, at which point you run for your life.

To the Summit

As you head up the mountain, you come to fork. Bearing right would lead you to Goron City. You bear left and move farther up the mountain. A few boulders block your way, but they are easily taken care of by a few bombs. Once you get past these boulders, you hear a cow mooing! You can use another bomb to destroy the boulder atop the ridge. Drop down in the hole to find a cow and a treasure chest with rupees. Continuing farther up the mountain, your Hylian Shield comes in handy as fiery rocks rain straight down on you from above. Finally you reach a shear rock wall. Climb it, but watch out for the skullwalltula. At each platform, clear out the skullwalltula from above you. Finally you reach the top where you find the owl. After he speaks to you, you bomb the wall to the left of him. Entering reveals a fountain, but no fairy. When you play Zelda's Lullaby, however, the Great Fairy appears and gives you the Spin Attack ability.

Back to Kakariko

After exiting the cave, you speak to the owl, who is nice enough to carry you to Kakariko Village. He deposits you on the Impa's rooftop. Don't be too quick to drop down. Turn toward the windmill and drop down carefully at the back corner of the house. You should land on a wooden awning of sorts. There is a hole in the wall behind you. Go in and collect the Heart Piece next to the cow in the cage.

Gathering Cuccos

If it's night, play the Sun Song. Under the awning is a pen without any cuccos in it. Next to this pen is a woman. Her posture shows that she is in distress. She tells you that her Cuccos are missing and asks that you gather them and put them in the pen. There are seven cuccos scattered around the village.

You notice that there are two or three cuccos seemingly out of reach. One is next to the House of Skulltula. You can use your Fairy Slingshot to send the bird flying down to the ground where you can get to him. Another bird is up on the high ground by the windmill, and another is on the ground behind a large fence. Using an available cucco, glide from the raised land in front of the windmill over to the fence by the red building. You should land on the fence. Drop down, turn around and throw your cucco back to where you can get it. Then grab the cucco below and throw him over. Next, climb the ladder up to the high ground around the windmill and grab the cucco there. Gather all the cuccos now. There's one by the Hyrule Field entrance, one by the graveyard entrance and one by the Death mountain entrance. Finally, there's one in a box by the carpenters' house. You need a bomb.

Once you've gathered them all, she happily gives you an empty bottle for your use.

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