Spirit Temple Walkthrough Ocarina of Time
The only temple you play at both ages. Child Link squeezes through the left half to find the Silver Gauntlets for Nabooru; adult Link uses them to push into the right half and find the Mirror Shield.
- Age
- Child & adult
- Dungeon
- Adult temple 5
- Main item
Silver Gauntlets- Boss
- Twinrova
- Prev / next
- Shadow Temple · Gerudo Training Ground
At a glance
- Location
- The Desert Colossus, across the Haunted Wasteland beyond Gerudo’s Fortress.
- How to get in
- Get Gerudo’s Card, cross the Haunted Wasteland as an adult (Hover Boots or Longshot, then the Lens of Truth), step into the temple and back out: Sheik teaches the Requiem of Spirit. Return to childhood and warp to the Colossus.
- Main item
- Silver Gauntlets
- Reward
- Spirit Medallion (Nabooru, Sage of Spirit) + Heart Container
- Gold Skulltulas
- 5
Requiem of Spirit
Fairy Slingshot
Boomerang
Bombs
Longshot
Fairy BowSpirit Temple route, step by step
- Child: talk to Nabooru, then crawl into the left wing past the Armos and Anubis and collect the Silver Rupees.
- Child: in the great statue room, push the block onto the switch and light the torches; the Dungeon Map chest appears.
- Child: beat the Iron Knuckle and step out onto the statue’s hand for the Silver Gauntlets. Nabooru is captured by Twinrova.
- Adult: push the silver block at the entrance and work up the right wing; the Compass is up the left side.
- Adult: solve the sun-switch and mirror puzzles, beat an Iron Knuckle and take the Mirror Shield from the statue’s other hand.
- Adult: reflect sunlight with the Mirror Shield to open the way to the Boss Key.
- Adult: shine light onto the statue’s face, Longshot up, defeat the Iron Knuckle (Nabooru under a spell) and go through to Twinrova.
Key chests
| Contents | Where |
|---|---|
| Silver Gauntlets | Statue’s left hand, child half (outside, over the Colossus) |
 Mirror Shield | Statue’s right hand, adult half |
 Dungeon Map | Great statue room, after the torches are lit |
 Compass | Adult side, up the left of the temple |
 Boss Key | Reached by reflecting light with the Mirror Shield |
Spirit Temple map
Screenshots
Enemies in Spirit Temple
Tips
- The Hylian Shield is safer than the Deku Shield against Anubis fire in the child half.
- Iron Knuckles break pillars and floors: hit, step back, hit again. Bombs work well.
- The Great Fairy at the Desert Colossus grants Nayru’s Love: bomb the cracked wall between the palm trees.
- Twinrova’s second phase needs three blasts of the same element absorbed in a row.
Boss: Twinrova
- Title
- Sorceress Sisters
- Weak to
- Their own spells, reflected
First Koume (fire) and Kotake (ice) float on either side: reflect each sister’s beam with the Mirror Shield into the other. When they merge into Twinrova, absorb three blasts of the same element with the shield, then fire the stored energy back at her and slash her while she is down.
FAQ
How do you get the Requiem of Spirit?
Cross the Haunted Wasteland as an adult, enter the Spirit Temple and leave again: Sheik appears outside and teaches it.
Why do you need to be a child in the Spirit Temple?
Only child Link fits through the crawlspace to the Silver Gauntlets, which adult Link needs to push the silver blocks in the other half.
How do you beat Twinrova?
Reflect each witch’s spell into her sister, then absorb three same-colour blasts with the Mirror Shield and fire them back.
Sources & picture credits
- Spirit Temple (Zeldapedia)
- Silver Gauntlets (Zeldapedia)
- Twinrova (Zeldapedia)
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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).