Inside the Deku Tree Walkthrough Ocarina of Time

The first dungeon is the hollow trunk of the dying Great Deku Tree, three floors of vines and ledges above two basements full of webs. It teaches the basics: Z-targeting, reflecting Deku Nuts with the shield and carrying fire on a Deku Stick.

Age: Child
Dungeon: Child dungeon 1
Main item: Fairy Slingshot
Boss: Queen Gohma
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Inside the Deku Tree screenshot — The entrance hall inside the Great Deku Tree. Select to enlarge.

At a glance

Location: The Great Deku Tree’s meadow at the far end of Kokiri Forest, past Mido.
How to get in: Equip the Kokiri Sword and the Deku Shield so Mido lets you pass, then talk to the Great Deku Tree and walk into his open mouth.
Bring: Kokiri Sword Deku Shield Deku Stick Deku Nut
Main item: Fairy Slingshot
Reward: Kokiri’s Emerald (Spiritual Stone of the Forest) + Heart Container
Gold Skulltulas: 4

Inside the Deku Tree route, step by step

Clear the Deku Babas in the lobby, then climb the vines and ledges to the second floor; the Dungeon Map is in a chest on a ledge of the main room.
Go through the second-floor side door, reflect the Deku Scrub’s nuts back at it with the shield, and open the chest in the next room for the Fairy Slingshot.
Back in the main room, shoot down the ladder, climb to the third floor and cross the platforms to the Compass chest.
From the top floor, jump onto the big web covering the hole in the lobby floor; the drop breaks it and lands you in the basement water.
Light a Deku Stick on a burning torch and use it to burn the webs and light the unlit torches in the basement.
Push the block, climb on, pass the Gohma Larvae and burn the next web to drop to the lowest level.
Hit the three Deku Scrubs in the order 2, 3, 1 (middle, right, left); the last one opens the way to Queen Gohma.

Key chests

Contents	Where
Fairy Slingshot	Second-floor side room, past the Deku Scrub
Dungeon Map	Ledge on the second floor of the main room
Compass	Far end of the third floor

Inside the Deku Tree map

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Inside the Deku Tree dungeon map — Dungeon map. Select to enlarge.

Enemies in Inside the Deku Tree

Deku Baba

Big Deku Baba Deku Scrub model

Deku Scrub Skulltula model

Skulltula

Big Skulltula Skullwalltula model

Skullwalltula Gold Skulltula model

Gold Skulltula Gohma Larva model

Gohma Larva Keese model

Keese

Spiketrap

Tips

Mido only moves once you have both the Kokiri Sword and the Deku Shield equipped; the shield costs 40 Rupees in the Kokiri Shop.
Deku Babas drop Deku Sticks and Deku Nuts, so restock on the way in.
A lit Deku Stick burns out after a few seconds; walk straight to the web or torch.
Queen Gohma climbs onto the ceiling: shoot her eye with the Slingshot to knock her down before her eggs hatch.

Boss: Queen Gohma

Title: Parasitic Armored Arachnid
Weak to: Her eye, when it glows red

Wait for her eye to turn red, then stun her with a Slingshot shot or a Deku Nut and slash the eye while she is down; a jump attack with a Deku Stick does heavy damage. When she climbs onto the ceiling, shoot her eye to bring her down, and clear the larvae that hatch from her eggs.

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FAQ

How do you get past Mido?

Equip both the Kokiri Sword (in the training-area crawlspace, past the rolling boulder) and the Deku Shield (Kokiri Shop, 40 Rupees). Mido then steps aside.

How do you get to Gohma?

Drop through the web in the lobby floor, work through the basement with a lit Deku Stick, then defeat the three Deku Scrubs in the order 2, 3, 1.

What do you get for beating the Deku Tree?

A Heart Container and the Kokiri’s Emerald, the first Spiritual Stone. Saria gives you the Fairy Ocarina on the way out of the forest.

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).