Fire Temple Walkthrough Ocarina of Time

The Gorons have been locked in cells inside the volcano as food for Volvagia. Each freed Goron hands over a key, and the temple climbs from lava bridges up through boulder mazes and walls of fire to the top.

Age: Adult
Dungeon: Adult temple 2
Main item: Megaton Hammer
Boss: Volvagia
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Fire Temple screenshot — The Fire Temple’s entrance hall. Select to enlarge.

At a glance

Location: Inside Death Mountain Crater, reached through Goron City.
How to get in: Wear the Goron Tunic (stop Darunia’s son rolling around Goron City with a Bomb). Push the statue in Darunia’s room, Hookshot across the broken bridge in the crater, learn the Bolero of Fire from Sheik and enter.
Bring: Goron Tunic Hookshot Bombs Fairy Bow
Main item: Megaton Hammer
Reward: Fire Medallion (Darunia, Sage of Fire) + Heart Container
Gold Skulltulas: 5

Fire Temple route, step by step

Follow Darunia’s directions, take the side doors first and free caged Gorons for Small Keys.
Bomb the fake walls, cross the lava bridges and grates, and hit the crystal switches to turn off the fire walls.
In the rolling-boulder maze, shoot the eye switch with an arrow; the Dungeon Map is in the room beyond the barred door.
In the flame-wall maze, avoid the fake doors; the Compass is near the maze.
Beat the Flare Dancer, ride up, hit the crystal switch and race to the top for the Megaton Hammer.
Smash the stone statues and rusted switches with the Hammer, and knock the pillar down into the lava of the first room to make a step to the boss door.
Hammer through the floor, beat the second Flare Dancer and free the last Goron; the Boss Key is in his cell.

Key chests

Contents	Where
Megaton Hammer	Top of the temple, after the first Flare Dancer
Dungeon Map	Room past the barred door in the boulder maze
Compass	Near the flame-wall maze
Boss Key	The last Goron’s cell, after the second Flare Dancer

Fire Temple map

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Fire Temple dungeon map — Dungeon map. Select to enlarge.

Screenshots

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Fire Temple: Artwork of the boss door chamber — Artwork of the boss door chamber

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Fire Temple: Volvagia’s title card — Volvagia’s title card

Enemies in Fire Temple

Fire Keese Red Bubble model

Red Bubble Torch Slug model

Torch Slug Like Like model

Like Like

Flying Tile Door Mimic model

Door Mimic Lizalfos model

Lizalfos

Stalfos

Gold Skulltula

Tips

Without the Goron Tunic a heat timer runs in the crater and the temple; you can also buy one in the Goron Shop for 200 Rupees.
Every Goron you free gives a Small Key or a hint.
The Great Fairy in Death Mountain Crater (smash the rocks with the Hammer) doubles the magic meter.
Volvagia can’t be hurt in the air for long: wait at the hole it is about to come out of.

Boss: Volvagia

Title: Subterranean Lava Dragon
Weak to: Its head, with the Megaton Hammer

Volvagia bursts out of one of the lava pits around the arena. Wait by the pit that starts to glow and smash its head with the Megaton Hammer the moment it surfaces, then follow up with the sword. When it flies, shoot it with arrows and hang off the platform edge to dodge the falling rocks.

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FAQ

Where do you get the Goron Tunic?

Stop the rolling Goron in Goron City with a Bomb as an adult; he is Darunia’s son and gives you the tunic. The Goron Shop also sells it for 200 Rupees.

Where is the Megaton Hammer?

At the very top of the Fire Temple, after the first Flare Dancer.

How do you beat Volvagia?

Hit its head with the Megaton Hammer as it pops out of a lava pit, then slash it. Shoot it with arrows when it flies.

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).