Bottom of the Well Walkthrough Ocarina of Time

A grim child-only dungeon full of fake walls, hidden pits and things the Kakariko villagers wanted kept underground. Without the Lens of Truth you feel your way along walls looking for false ones.

Age: Child
Dungeon: Mini-dungeon
Main item: Lens of Truth
Miniboss: Dead Hand
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Bottom of the Well screenshot — The flooded corridors under the well. Select to enlarge.

At a glance

Location: Under the well in the middle of Kakariko Village.
How to get in: Learn the Song of Storms from the man in the windmill as an adult, return to childhood and play it inside the windmill. The well drains, and child Link can climb down.
Bring: Song of Storms Zelda’s Lullaby Sun’s Song Fairy Slingshot Bombs
Main item: Lens of Truth
Reward: Lens of Truth, needed for the Shadow Temple
Gold Skulltulas: 3

Bottom of the Well route, step by step

Crawl in and walk straight through the fake wall near the entrance.
Play Zelda’s Lullaby at the Triforce symbol to drain the central water.
The Compass is in a cell in the central room behind a fake wall.
Drop through a pit in the middle room for the basement, where the Dungeon Map is; freeze ReDeads with the Sun’s Song.
Collect keys from behind fake walls and locked cells around the central room.
Reach Dead Hand’s room, beat him and open the chest for the Lens of Truth.

Key chests

Contents	Where
Lens of Truth	Dead Hand’s room
Dungeon Map	Basement, reached by dropping through a pit
Compass	Cell behind a fake wall in the central room

Bottom of the Well map

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Bottom of the Well dungeon map — Dungeon map. Select to enlarge.

Screenshots

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Bottom of the Well: The Kakariko well — The Kakariko well

Enemies in Bottom of the Well

ReDead

Gibdo

Floormaster Wallmaster model

Wallmaster Big Skulltula model

Big Skulltula Skulltula model

Skulltula

Skullwalltula Keese model

Keese

Green Bubble Like Like model

Like Like

Gold Skulltula

Tips

If a wall looks out of place, walk into it: many are illusions.
The Sun’s Song freezes ReDeads so you can walk past or attack.
Let Dead Hand’s hands grab you to make him come close, then wriggle free and hit his head.

Miniboss: Dead Hand

Let one of the hands grab you so Dead Hand comes over, wriggle free, then slash his head when he bends down. Repeat.

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FAQ

How do you drain the Kakariko well?

Learn the Song of Storms from the man in the windmill as an adult, then go back to childhood and play it inside the windmill.

Where is the Lens of Truth?

In the chest in Dead Hand’s room at the far end of the dungeon.

Do you need the Bottom of the Well?

Yes: the Lens of Truth from here is needed for the Shadow Temple and the Haunted Wasteland.

Sources & picture credits

Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against Zeldapedia and walkthrough guides. Screenshots, models and artwork © Nintendo; local copies archived from Zeldapedia file pages (listed on the image gallery).