OOT Remake Walkthrough

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Follow this recommended main-story route for the 2026 Switch 2 remake. Each chapter names the next objective and the item that opens the following stage. Several adult dungeons allow other orders; the sequence below is a route, rather than a claim that every step is locked.

1. Kokiri Forest and the Deku Tree

• Find the Kokiri Sword in the forest training area and equip a Deku Shield before passing Mido. Enter the Great Deku Tree, collect the Fairy Slingshot and work down through the webbed interior.
• Defeat Queen Gohma and take the Kokiri Emerald. Leave the forest for Hyrule Field; Saria gives you the Fairy Ocarina. Next destination: Castle Town and Princess Zelda.

2. How to enter Hyrule Castle

• Talk to Malon beside the horse and cart on the castle road to receive the Weird Egg. Once it becomes the Wake-up Cucco, climb the vines and follow the route past the guards toward the moat.
• Cross to Talon and use the Cucco to wake him. Move the crates into position, enter the courtyard route and pass the patrols to reach Zelda. The meeting gives you Zelda’s Letter, and Impa teaches Zelda’s Lullaby.

3. Goron City and Dodongo’s Cavern

• Learn Saria’s Song in the Lost Woods, then travel through Kakariko to Goron City. Play the song for Darunia to obtain the Goron Bracelet, which lets you lift Bomb Flowers and open the cavern.
• Inside, obtain the Bomb Bag and use explosives to progress to King Dodongo. Defeat him for the Goron Ruby. Keep the Bomb Bag for the route toward Zora’s Domain.

4. Zora’s Domain and Jabu-Jabu

• Reach Zora’s Domain, win the diving game for the Silver Scale and recover the bottle containing Ruto’s letter from Lake Hylia. Show the letter to King Zora to reach the fountain.
• Offer a bottled fish to Jabu-Jabu, then escort Ruto through the dungeon. Obtain the Boomerang, use it against the internal obstacles and defeat Barinade to receive Zora’s Sapphire.

5. The Ocarina of Time and Master Sword

• Return toward Hyrule Castle after collecting the three Spiritual Stones. Retrieve the Ocarina of Time following the escape scene, then visit the Temple of Time and play the Song of Time.
• Draw the Master Sword beyond the Door of Time to become adult Link. Before seeking the Forest Temple, visit the Kakariko graveyard and complete Dampé’s race for the Hookshot.

6. Forest Temple: where to get the bow

• Use the Hookshot to enter the Forest Temple from the Sacred Forest Meadow. Collect small keys, obtain the Fairy Bow and track the Poe Sisters so the central route opens.
• Defeat Phantom Ganon for the Forest Medallion. This is the main-story answer to when you get the bow. The dedicated Forest Temple page covers its dungeon and boss.

7. Fire Temple

• Prepare the Goron Tunic and reach the Fire Temple through the crater. Free the imprisoned Gorons while collecting the keys that unlock the tower route.
• Obtain the Megaton Hammer and use it on the heavy blocks and switches that regular weapons cannot clear. Return to the central pillar and boss route, then use the hammer during Volvagia’s exposed-head openings. The reward is the Fire Medallion.

8. Ice Cavern and King Zora

• Carry an empty bottle into the frozen Zora area. Follow the ice platforms to the cavern, collect Blue Fire in the bottle and use it to melt pink ice blocking passages and chests.
• Complete the ice-block route and defeat the White Wolfos for the Iron Boots. Learn the Serenade of Water from Sheik. Bring Blue Fire back to King Zora to free him and receive the Zora Tunic before underwater exploration.

9. Water Temple

• Bring the Iron Boots and Zora Tunic to Lake Hylia. Inside the temple, track the water-level switches and the small keys, then obtain the Longshot after the Dark Link route.
• Use the upgraded Hookshot to finish the remaining crossings and reach Morpha. Defeating Morpha awards the Water Medallion. Open the Water Temple page for its water-level and equipment notes.

10. Bottom of the Well

• Learn the Song of Storms from the windmill musician as an adult, return to child Link and play it at the windmill to drain Kakariko’s well. Enter the exposed shaft.
• Use Zelda’s Lullaby on the marked tile to open the lower route. Defeat Dead Hand to obtain the Lens of Truth, then use it to recognize hidden paths. This chapter prepares the Shadow Temple; it does not award a Sage Medallion.

11. Shadow Temple

• Return as adult Link and use the Nocturne of Shadow to reach the entrance. Din’s Fire opens the torch-sealed door. The Lens of Truth reveals the deceptive walls and floors.
• Collect the Hover Boots, progress through the dungeon and defeat Bongo Bongo for the Shadow Medallion. The dedicated Shadow Temple page covers its equipment and boss.

12. Gerudo Fortress and Spirit Temple

• Rescue the carpenters in Gerudo Fortress for access through Gerudo territory. Cross the Haunted Wasteland and learn the Requiem of Spirit at the Desert Colossus.
• Complete the child route for the Silver Gauntlets, then return as adult Link to access the other half. Obtain the Mirror Shield and use reflected elemental attacks against Twinrova to earn the Spirit Medallion. The Gerudo Training Ground is an optional Ice Arrow detour.

13. Ganon’s Castle and the ending

• After awakening the temple Sages, return to the Temple of Time for the Light Arrows and the final story revelation. Enter the castle and clear its barrier trials, using the Golden Gauntlets where required.
• Climb the tower, defeat Ganondorf, escape with Zelda and finish the final battle against Ganon. For completion work afterward, use the collectible guides and checklist rather than treating the main-story route as a full location list.