Death Mountain Trail & Goron City

1. Go through Kakariko's open gate and start up the trail. Red Tektites hop along the path; time your strikes for the moment they land.

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2. Partway up, a huge boulder seals a cave entrance. That's Dodongo's Cavern, and you can't do anything about it yet.

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3. Bomb Flowers sprout along the trail. They're useful explosives, but you aren't strong enough to pull them up yet.

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4. Where the trail forks, the wide path toward the summit is blocked by rocks. Take the other branch to the cave opening that leads into Goron City.

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5. Tip

   Come back once you have Bombs or the strength to carry Bomb Flowers; the summit path will open up then.

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1. Goron City is a huge cavern carved into the mountain, with several floors circling a central pit. Most of the Gorons are weak with hunger.

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2. Talk to them. They explain that their food comes from Dodongo's Cavern, and that Ganondorf sealed it with a boulder because they refused to hand over the Spiritual Stone of Fire, the Goron's Ruby.

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3. A Goron near the bottom floor tells you their leader, Darunia, has shut himself in his room to wait for a messenger from the royal family.

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4. Darunia's door is on the lowest floor. A mat with the royal family's Triforce symbol lies in front of it.

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1. Stand on the mat and play Zelda's Lullaby. The door slides open.

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2. Darunia is in a foul mood. He dismisses you as a royal messenger and insists his troubles are a Goron problem.

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3. Take out your ocarina and play Saria's Song. The tune gets to him, and he can't help breaking into a dance.

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4. In a much better mood, Darunia tells you the Dodongos have overrun the cavern and asks you to clear them out. Do it, and he'll consider giving you the Goron's Ruby.

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5. You get

   Darunia gives you the Goron's Bracelet, which lets you pull up and carry Bomb Flowers.

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1. Head back out to Death Mountain Trail and go to the ledge above the cavern entrance, where a Goron sits next to a Bomb Flower.

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2. Pull up the Bomb Flower and toss it over the low fence so it drops onto the boulder below. The blast clears the way into the cavern.

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3. Collectible

   Piece of Heart: a Piece of Heart sits on the ledge directly above the cavern entrance. Backflip over the low fence near that Bomb Flower to drop onto it.

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4. Collectible

   Gold Skulltula: with the boulder gone, a patch of soft soil is exposed by the cavern entrance. Drop a bug from a Bottle on it to make one appear.

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5. Go down to the cavern entrance and head inside.

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1. Tip

   You can light a Deku Stick on the torches in Darunia's room and carry the flame to the torches on the city's lower floors. Lighting them starts the giant urn in the center of the city spinning.

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2. Tip

   Use fire to set off the Bomb Flowers on the lowest floor and blow open the entrance to the Goron Shop.

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3. Tip

   On a middle floor, blasting the boulders blocking a tunnel opens a shortcut to the Lost Woods.

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4. Collectible

   Piece of Heart: once the urn is spinning, drop a Bomb or a lit Bomb Flower into it from the floor above. The prize depends on which face it stops on, and the happy face gives a Piece of Heart.

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5. Tip

   After Dodongo's Cavern, a Goron rolls nonstop around the city's top floor. Stop him by setting a Bomb in his path, and he rewards you with a bigger Bomb Bag.

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6. Collectible

   Gold Skulltula: a cracked wall on the trail between Kakariko and the cavern hides one. Come back with Bombs to blow it open.

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7. Watch out

   Before you enter Dodongo's Cavern, equip the Hylian Shield. Fire inside can burn the Deku Shield away.

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Every Gold Skulltula and Piece of Heart you can grab around here as child Link. Checking one off here also checks it off in the full trackers.

Gold Skulltulas (3)

• Soft Soil by Dodongo's Cavern GS-026

  Once the boulder sealing Dodongo's Cavern has been blown away, release bugs from a bottle onto the soft soil in front of the entrance. Slash the Skulltula that appears.

  Child LinkBugs (Bottle)

• Cracked Wall on the Lower Trail GS-027

  On the lower trail before Dodongo's Cavern, bomb the odd-looking wall on the right (an adult can also break it with the Megaton Hammer). Kill the Skulltula behind it, then climb the wall to grab the token.

  Either ageBombs

• Crate in the Boulder Maze GS-030

  On the top floor, bomb a route through the room packed with boulders until you reach its far end. Roll into the crate against the back wall to release the Skulltula, then defeat it.

  Child LinkBombs

Pieces of Heart (2)

• Ledge Above Dodongo's Cavern HP-17

  The piece rests on the rock ledge directly over the entrance to Dodongo's Cavern. Drop onto it from the trail above, near the Bomb Flower, or plant a Magic Bean in front of the cavern as a child and ride the platform as an adult.

  Either age

• Spinning Pot HP-18

  Light every torch on the city's lowest floor to set the big urn in the center spinning. From a floor above, drop a bomb or Bomb Flower into it; if it stops on the smiling face, the piece pops out.

  Child LinkBombs or Goron's BraceletDeku Stick or Din's Fire