The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Inside the Deku Tree: Difference between revisions

In the great entrance, you are greeted by {{im/oot|Enemies|Deku Babas|jpg}}. Unlike the withered ones you faced before, these Deku Babas are full of energy and will lunge at you. When you kill Deku Babas, be aware that sometimes they will regenerate. For every normal Deku Baba you kill, you can get a {{im/oot|Item|Deku Nut}}, an item that stuns enemies. Withered Deku Babas that do not lunge at you will yield {{im/oot|Item|Deku Sticks}}; you can also "stun" a normal Deku Baba after it lunges at you and chop it at the stem to get the sticks. Take note that the ones that regenerate and look blackened are the ones that are the {{im/oot|Enemies|withered Deku Babas}}. Deku Sticks will prove very useful throughout this dungeon.  

When you have defeated the Deku Babas, take note of the plants growing on the ground. You can chop these with your sword to get {{im/oot|Pickups|rupees}}, {{im/oot|Item|Deku Nuts}}, and—most importantly—{{im/oot|Pickups|hearts}}!

   

Do not climb the vines behind the map, as there are spiders called {{im/oot|Enemies|Skullwalltula}} that will knock you off if they face towards you. Instead, go forward, continuing your journey up. You'll come across a door you'll need to enter. Inside is a {{im/oot|Enemy|Deku Scrub}}, a type of hostile merchant. It is the mini-boss of this dungeon. You must use your shield to deflect its nuts back into the creature. When you hit him, he will try to run away—chase him. When caught, he offers advice and will unlock the door ahead.

On the left, there are vines you can climb to reach a chest containing a {{im/oot|Pickups|Recovery Heart}}. Use it if you need it.

 

Now, in order to get ammunition for your slingshot, chop the plants at the bottom of the main floor, the room you got the slingshot in, or any other grass outside of the dungeon until they drop {{im/oot|Pickups|Deku Seeds}}, hard seeds that hurt when they hit someone. You can buy them if you want from the shop in [[../The Beginning#Kokiri Shop|Kokiri Forest]]. Right now, you can carry up to 30 of them, but that limit can later be increased.

An alternate method for this room is to jump down from the door, ignoring the floating platform, and climbing up the vines to the slingshot chest. Then you can use the platform to quickly get back to the door, saving time and ammo.

After activating the switch and platforms in the room with the compass, jump to the enclave to the left. Watch out for the Skulltula that drops from the ceiling. Inside the enclave is the {{im/oot|Enemy|Gold Skulltula|png|18px}}.

Remember where you couldn't proceed to climb before because of the {{im/oot|Enemies|Skullwalltulas}} blocking your way? Now you have a way to attack them! Target all three of them with your {{im/oot|Item|Fairy Slingshot}}, then make your way up the vines and head right. You can ignore the {{im/oot|Enemies|Big Skulltulas}} for now. Enter the lone door.

Jump on the button near the lit torch to bring up three platforms. Quickly but carefully, jump across the platforms to the opposite end of the room.  If you fall off the platforms during the jumping sequence, you'll have to start over—there isn't enough time to make a single mistake. Watch out for the {{im/oot|Enemy|Deku Baba|jpg}} in the pit and at the opposite end of the room, as well as the {{im/oot|Enemy|Skulltula}} guarding the side nook. Open the chest at the other end to find the {{im/oot|Item|Compass}}, ''which reveals the locations of all unopened treasure chests and the dungeon boss.''

On your way out, you may choose to begin a sidequest. In the nook to the left of the room as you entered, there is a {{im/oot|Enemy|Gold Skulltula}}. Read the sidebar for more information.  

[[File:oot_lantarn.jpg|thumb|left|Light the torch with a {{im/oot|Item|Deku Stick|png|18px}}.]]

To leave the room, equip a {{im/oot|Item|Deku Stick}} and light it on fire with the lit torch. Carry the flaming stick to the unlit torch. Once the torch has been lit, the door will become unlocked. Be careful that your Deku Stick does not burn away. If you want to save a Deku Stick from burning after it has been lit, simply swing your sword, or stand still until the action button says "Put away".  

At the top of the Great Deku Tree, in the main hall, go to one of the three openings in the spiderweb. {{im/oot|Enemies|Big Skulltulas}} will plunge down from the ceiling, but they are easy to defeat. The spider will turn to reveal its soft belly, at this point strike it with your sword to kill it.  

Peer over the edge back to the first floor. You need to jump towards the first floor log that is sticking out to fall to the giant spider web directly beneath the heart in the center of the room. If you do this correctly you will fall through the giant spiderweb you saw on the first floor.  If you do not land in (or near) the center of the spiderweb, you will only bounce off instead of falling through.  Climb to the top and try again!

{{OoT Skulltula|title=2 More Gold Skulltulas!|width=200px|contents=On the vine to get back to the top level, there is a {{im/oot|Enemy|Gold Skulltula|png|18px}}. Kill it with your {{im/oot|Item|Fairy Slingshot|png|18px}} and then climb to get its token.

Next to the watergate, there is another {{im/oot|Enemy|Gold Skulltula|png|18px}}. Again, kill it with your {{im/oot|Item|Fairy Slingshot|png|18px}}. You'll have to jump from one of the button switch ledges to get its token.