Items to find: Deku Shield, Kokiri Sword, Deku Sticks, Rupees (40)
First talk to Saria, Link's best friend. Moving around Kokiri Forest, you will find that your passage to the Deku Tree is being blocked by a young boy named Mido. He says that it's too dangerous ahead, and only someone who has some weapons will be able to make it across. Fine then! From Link's house, go up the hill and turn left towards some fences. Either go around or climb over it, and make your way to the wall. Enter it; inside is a maze like area with a boulder rolling around. Carefully make your way to the other side to discover a treasure chest. Open it to find the Kokiri Sword! Backtrack outside.
Exploring the forest, you'll find...what looks like...a man having "sexual relations" with a rock. When none of your family members is watching, talk to him for some laughs. Go to Mido's house. Inside are several chests, each containing Rupees. There are also some in the grass nearby. Collect at least 40 of these shiny gems and then go skipping to the shop, not literally, mind. It's the red building in the middle of the lake. Looking in the their inventory, you'll find the Kokiri Shield. Buy it and then equip both the Sword and Shield (pause menu). Before going to Mido, I'd explore the rest of the village for items. If you're new to the game I'd also make a trip to the Training Center to get the ups and downs of the game. Don't forget to talk to all the people and explore around, especially if you're new to the game!
Now you're ready! Talk to Mido and he'll let you pass to the great Deku Tree. In the path behind him, destroy all of the Deku Babas and get the Deku Sticks they drop. When you tet to the Deku Tree, he will talk to you about how Ganondorf's evil cohorts are destroying him from the inside-out. He'll ask you to go inside, then open up to reveal a hole. Walk inside...
Items to find: Map, Compass, Fairy Slingshot, Kokiri Emerald
Go forward and climb the ladder on your left. Follow the path and you'll soon find a Treasure Chest, open it to find the Map. Keep going, jump over the hole, and into the next room. The door will lock behind you. Deflect the nut back at the enemy in the middle with your shield, it will fly away and start running around the room. Z target it and it will give you a tip, and the room will be unlocked. Jump on the platform, then towards the chest. The platform will fall, destroying your exit. Pick up the Fairy Slingshot in the chest, then turn around, aim up, and hit the ladder hanging on the wall; it will fall and let you exit.
Go near the vines and use your Slingshot to get rid of any would-be- enemies. Climb to the top, then keep on running until you hit another room. You must stand on the switch to activate the platforms. Jump across them to the other side, this is where the Compass is! To un-lock the exit you'll have to light the un-lit torch by using your Deku Stick. Light it on fire via the lit torch, then touch it to the un-lit torch. Simple, yes?
Before you entered you should have noticed that every few feet a Giant Skulltula would drop. Well, find one, then kill it by piercing it's underbelly. See the ledge behind it? Jump off and aim at the spiderweb below. If you hit the sides you'll just bounce off...climb up and try again. However, if you hit it dead-center it will tear and you'll fall into a water room.
You can only stand on two platforms, the third is too high to reach. A switch is on the second platform; hit it and the nearby torch will light. Get out your Deku Stick and light it using the torch. Now, jump to the 1st platform...you're probably wondering how, since when you jump you land in the water and go under, extinguishing the flames. Well, part of the seafloor is high enough that you can walk on it. On the first platform is a spiderweb on the wall, let the Deku Stick with the flame touch it and...BOOM! No more spiderweb and one door to go through.
Another Deku Bush Guy...you could hurt him then talk to him to get rid of him like the last one, but it's not necessary. Above the door out of here is an eyeball; hit it with your Slingshot and the door will open.
Another problem...a platform will carry you across some water, but a giant log with spikes on it will push anyone who is on the platform clean off. Well, jump in the water and look for the switch; it's under the log. Get right over it and then dive (hold the A button). The switch will lower the water and the platform. Hurry! It won't last long...
Kill the giant Skulltula, then push/pull the block as far as it will go. Now climb up it (push against it while pushing up to get the option to appear) and out the door. Kill the next Giant Skulltula, then run forward and light your Deku Stick on the torch, then use it to light the other two torches. Go through the un-locked door. Ok, do the same thing, except now you have to burn some spiderwebs. One will lead to a dead-end with a Deku Baba, while the other will lead to a short tunnel. Go through the short-tunnel, obviously.
Another spiderweb, but this time it's on the floor. There are several torches, but they are too high for you to reach. As you have already noticed, this is the third platform of the water room. Push (not pull) the crate over the edge and it will form a platform for you to jump from/to the second platform, the one with the torch. Now all you have to do is go over there, light the stick, then run and jump back to the spiderweb! To actually burn it you'll need to swing the stick.
You will now face three Deku Bush Guys at once...You have to hit them in a certain order to open the door, like that one Deku Bush Guy said a while ago. First the one in the middle, to the right, then the left (from your perspective when you enter the room). Boss room!
Look up to start the fight. Check the Boss Section for details on this...Collect the Heart Container and enter the blue light once she is dead.
The Deku Tree will tell you the legend of the Triforce - what it is, what it does, and where it came from. Before dying, it will hand over the Kokiri Emerald.
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