Ocarina of Time Walkthrough Order: Child & Adult Route

Child Link

1. Kokiri Forest Find the Kokiri Sword in the training area and buy the Deku Shield, then show both to Mido.
2. Spiritual Stone 1 Inside the Deku Tree: the Fairy Slingshot, Queen Gohma and the Kokiri’s Emerald. Saria gives you the Fairy Ocarina on the way out.
3. Hyrule Castle Malon gives you the Weird Egg. Wake Talon with the Cucco, sneak through the castle garden and meet Zelda; Impa teaches Zelda’s Lullaby.
4. Kakariko & Death Mountain Show Zelda’s Letter to the guard at the Death Mountain gate. Learn Saria’s Song in the Sacred Forest Meadow and Epona’s Song at Lon Lon Ranch.
5. Spiritual Stone 2 Darunia gives you the Goron’s Bracelet. Dodongo’s Cavern: the Bomb Bag and King Dodongo, for the Goron’s Ruby.
6. Zora’s Domain Win the Silver Scale in the diving game, dive for Ruto’s Letter in Lake Hylia and show it to King Zora.
7. Spiritual Stone 3 Inside Jabu-Jabu’s Belly: the Boomerang, Barinade and the Zora’s Sapphire.
8. The Door of Time Ganondorf chases Zelda from the castle; pick up the Ocarina of Time, learn the Song of Time and open the Door of Time. Drawing the Master Sword seals Link away for seven years.

Adult Link

1. Hookshot Rauru gives you the Light Medallion. In Kakariko Graveyard, win Dampé’s race for the Hookshot; at Lon Lon Ranch, win Epona from Ingo.
2. Forest Medallion Sheik teaches the Minuet of Forest. Forest Temple: the Fairy Bow and Phantom Ganon. Sheik then teaches the Prelude of Light.
3. Fire Medallion Get the Goron Tunic, learn the Bolero of Fire and clear the Fire Temple for the Megaton Hammer.
4. Ice Cavern The Ice Cavern behind frozen Zora’s Fountain holds the Iron Boots; Sheik teaches the Serenade of Water. Thaw King Zora with Blue Fire for the Zora Tunic.
5. Water Medallion Water Temple: the Longshot, Dark Link and Morpha. Lake Hylia refills: shoot the sun for the Fire Arrows.
6. Song of Storms Learn the Song of Storms in the windmill. Back in Kakariko, Sheik teaches the Nocturne of Shadow.
7. Lens of Truth Return to childhood and play the Song of Storms in the windmill to drain the well. Bottom of the Well: the Lens of Truth.
8. Shadow Medallion Shadow Temple: the Hover Boots and Bongo Bongo.
9. Gerudo’s Card Cross Gerudo Valley, free the four carpenters in Gerudo’s Fortress for Gerudo’s Card and cross the Haunted Wasteland.
10. Spirit Medallion Sheik teaches the Requiem of Spirit. Spirit Temple as a child for the Silver Gauntlets, then as an adult for the Mirror Shield and Twinrova.

The end

1. Light Arrows In the Temple of Time, Zelda reveals herself and gives you the Light Arrows.
2. Optional Gerudo Training Ground for the Ice Arrows, Biggoron’s Sword and the Great Fairy’s Double Defense.
3. Ganon’s Castle Ganon’s Castle: six trials, Ganon’s Tower, Ganondorf and finally Ganon.

What to bring into each dungeon

Dungeon	How to get in	Bring
Inside the Deku TreeChild	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.	Kokiri Sword Deku Shield Deku Stick Deku Nut
Dodongo’s CavernChild	Play Zelda’s Lullaby at Darunia’s door in Goron City and Saria’s Song for him to get the Goron’s Bracelet.	Goron’s Bracelet Fairy Slingshot Deku Shield Deku Stick
Inside Jabu-Jabu’s BellyChild	Dive for Ruto’s Letter in Lake Hylia and show it to King Zora so he moves aside.	Bottle Fish Fairy Slingshot Deku Nut
Forest TempleAdult	Fight past the Moblins in the Sacred Forest Meadow.	Hookshot Bombs Master Sword
Fire TempleAdult	Wear the Goron Tunic (stop Darunia’s son rolling around Goron City with a Bomb).	Goron Tunic Hookshot Bombs Fairy Bow
Ice CavernAdult	As an adult, walk through the frozen Zora’s Domain to Zora’s Fountain and hop across the ice floes to the cave.	Bottle Hookshot Fairy Bow
Water TempleAdult	Wear the Zora Tunic and Iron Boots, sink to the bottom of Lake Hylia and Hookshot the target above the barred entrance.	Zora Tunic Iron Boots Hookshot Fairy Bow Zelda’s Lullaby
Bottom of the WellChild	Learn the Song of Storms from the man in the windmill as an adult, return to childhood and play it inside the windmill.	Song of Storms Zelda’s Lullaby Sun’s Song Fairy Slingshot Bombs
Shadow TempleAdult	Sheik teaches the Nocturne of Shadow in Kakariko.	Din’s Fire Lens of Truth Hookshot Bombs Iron Boots
Spirit TempleChild & adult	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.	Requiem of Spirit Fairy Slingshot Boomerang Bombs Longshot Fairy Bow
Gerudo Training GroundAdult	Once you hold Gerudo’s Card, pay the Gerudo at the door 10 Rupees to enter.	Gerudo’s Card Hookshot Fairy Bow Megaton Hammer Lens of Truth Iron Boots
Ganon’s CastleAdult	With all six Medallions, the Sages build a rainbow bridge across the lava.	Light Arrows Fire Arrows Mirror Shield Longshot Hover Boots Lens of Truth Megaton Hammer Bottle Bombchu