Majora’s Mask optimal equipment guide

Clock Town 

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• Deku Nuts: Two rooms after becoming a Deku Scrub, in a chest. Link
• Magic Meter: Rescue the Stray Fairy in Laundry Pool (day) or East Clock Town (night) and take it to the Great Fairy in North Clock Town. Link
• Adult Wallet: Deposit 200 Rupees in the bank in West Clock Town. You can work on this throughout the three days (or do it later). Link
• D1 Play the first part of the game at the Deku Scrub Playground in North Clock Town (needed for Piece of Heart #4). Link
• Moon’s Tear: Observatory, look at the Skull Kid (needed for Piece of Heart #1 and Piece of Heart #3). Link
• Town Land Title Deed: South Clock Town, trade it for the Moon’s Tear (needed for Piece of Heart #1 and Piece of Heart #3). Link
• Piece of Heart #1: Above the entrance to the Clock Tower. Link
• Clock Town Map: Purchase from Tingle in North Clock Town (5 Rupees). Link
• Woodfall Map: Purchase from Tingle in North Clock Town (40 Rupees). Link
• Bomb Bag: Purchase from the Bomb Shop in West Clock Town (50 Rupees). Link
• Bombs: Together with the Bomb Bag. Link
• Bombchus: Purchase from the Bomb Shop in West Clock Town (40 Rupees). Link
• DN1 3PM-​12AM Piece of Heart #2: Play the Postman’s game while he has a break in his office. This is much easier with the Bunny Hood (the time will always be shown), which you’ll get in the next cycle. You’ll get a reminder then. Link
• N 12AM-​6AM Piece of Heart #3: Give the Town Land Title Deed to the hand at the Stock Pot Inn after midnight. Link
• D2 Play the second part of the game at the Deku Scrub Playground in North Clock Town (needed for Piece of Heart #4). Link
• D3 Piece of Heart #4: Play the final part of the game at the Deku Scrub Playground. Link
• Ocarina of Time: Mandatory. Link
• Song of Time: Mandatory. Link
• Song of Healing: Mandatory. Link
• Deku Mask: Mandatory. Link

Gearing up for the Woodfall Temple 

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Getting items

• You may now use the Song of Double Time and the Song of Inverted Time whenever you wish to slow down and skip time (speak to a Scarecrow if you don’t know or don’t remember). Link
• Slash the Owl Statue in Clock Town. Link
• Great Fairy’s Mask: Rescue the Stray Fairy in Clock Town and take it to the Great Fairy. Link
• Bomber’s Notebook: Play hide-​and-​seek with the five kids again, as a human. Link
• Piece of Heart #5: Swordsman’s School in West Clock Town. Link
• Piece of Heart #6: In a tree by the playground in North Clock Town. Link
• DN12 10AM–8PM Kafei’s Mask: In the Mayor’s Residence in East Clock Town. Link
• Already now it’s possible to do much of the Anju and Kafei quest and obtain the Keaton Mask and Piece of Heart #38, as well as either Bottle #6 or the Postman’s Hat and Piece of Heart #37 (or all three of them, if you do it twice). However, in the interest of preserving this touching questline until you can actually complete it properly (i.e., obtain the Couple’s Mask), it will be deferred until later in the game. Link
• Get the Town Land Title Deed again (needed for Piece of Heart #7). Link
• Piece of Heart #7: In the Observatory, look for the flying Deku Scrub (who traded you the Town Land Title Deed). Exit Clock Town and find the hole it entered. Purchase it from him for 100 Rupees. Link
• N1 12:30AM Blast Mask: Attack the robber in North Clock Town. Link
• N12 12AM-​6AM Kamaro’s Mask: Leave Clock Town to the north and play the Song of Healing for the man on the mushroom. Link
• Piece of Heart #8: North Termina Field, drop down a hole by the ramp down from Clock Town and kill the two Dodongos in the cave. Link
• N12 Piece of Heart #9: West Clock Town, use the Kamaro’s Mask and dance for the Rosa Sisters. Link
• Big Bomb Bag: Purchase it from the Bomb Shop in West Clock Town after getting the Blast Mask (90 Rupees). Link
• N12 Bremen Mask: Laundry Pool, talk to Guru-​Guru. Link
• D Piece of Heart #10: Southwestern Termina Field, in the grass outside the entrance to Milk Road, drop down into the hole by the butterflies and kill the Peahat. Link
• Deku Sticks: If the above Peahat didn’t drop any, stun any Deku Baba with a Deku Nut and kill it. Link
• Slash the Owl Statue in Milk Road. Link
• Romani Ranch Map: Purchase from Tingle in Milk Road (20 Rupees). Link
• Great Bay Map: Purchase from Tingle in Milk Road (40 Rupees). Link
• DN3 6AM-​8PM Bunny Hood: Romani Ranch, in the Cucco Shack. Use the Bremen Mask to make all of the 10 chickens follow you and grow up. Link
• DN3 6AM–8PM Piece of Heart #11: Romani Ranch, Doggy Racetrack. Win at least 150 Rupees without losing. This can be done in one race by betting 50 Rupees and winning, or betting 80 Rupees and getting 2nd place. It’s much easier after getting the Mask of Truth (you’ll get a reminder then). With the Mask of Truth, you can speak to the dogs, and the dogs that say “Ruff” (as opposed to “Rrr-​Ruff” or “Hoo-​whine”) have a good chance of winning. If the golden dog says “Ruff” it’s guaranteed to finish 1st or 2nd (mostly 1st), and the black dog always loses no matter what it says. Link
• Piece of Heart #12: On the road between Termina Field and Southern Swamp, climb to the top of the tree. Link
• Snowhead Map: Purchase from Tingle on the road between Termina Field and Southern Swamp (40 Rupees). Link
• Slash the Owl Statue in Southern Swamp. Link
• Swamp Land Title Deed: Outside the Swamp Tourist Center. Trade it for the Town Land Title Deed (needed for Piece of Heart #13). Link
• Piece of Heart #13: On the roof of the Swamp Tourist Center. Link
• You’ll get Piece of Heart #48 after depositing 5000 Rupees in the bank. You’ll be able to check this off at the end of the guide. Link
• Play the Song of Time to return to the first day. Link

Heading for Woodfall

• Now that you have the Bunny Hood it’s easier to get Piece of Heart #2 since the clock will always be visible when playing the Postman’s game. Link
• Bottle #1: Mandatory. Link
• Pictograph Box: Talk to Koume in the Swamp Tourist Center after saving her. Link
• Piece of Heart #14: Through the left-​hand door as you enter the Deku Palace, at the end of the maze. Link
• Magic Beans: Mandatory. Purchase two extra for the Swamp Spider House (required for the Mask of Truth). Link
• Sonata of Awakening: Mandatory. Link
• Piece of Heart #15: Take a picture of the Deku King and show to the man in the Swamp Tourist Center. Link
• Song of Soaring: Check the stone below the owl when you meet it. Link
• Piece of Heart #16: In a chest northeast in the Woodfall area. Link
• Slash the Owl Statue in Woodfall. Link
• Piece of Heart #17: Play the Sonata of Awakening as Deku Link for the stones in four holes in Termina Field: 1) Between the entrances to Milk Road and Southern Swamp (by the wall), 2) right outside the Observatory (in the corner), 3) just outside the exit from North Clock Town, and 4) just north of the exit from West Clock Town, below a boulder. Link

Woodfall Temple 

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• Stray Fairy #1: Use the Great Fairy’s Mask at the entrance. Link
• Stray Fairy #2: In a chest at the right side of the first room. Link
• Stray Fairy #3: In the room with the large wooden flower, kill the Deku Baba down to the left. Link
• Stray Fairy #4: In the room with the large wooden flower, in the pots in the southeast corner. Link
• Stray Fairy #5: In the room to the east of the wooden flower room, shoot the beehive. Link
• Dungeon Map: Two rooms east of the wooden flower room. Link
• Stray Fairy #6: In the room where you have to push the central block (west of the wooden flower room), kill the Skulltula. Link
• Stray Fairy #7: Same room as Stray Fairy #6, shoot the beehives above the walkways. Link
• Compass: In the room south of where you have to push the central block. Link
• Stray Fairy #8: In the dark room with the Black Boes, kill all the enemies. Link
• Stray Fairy #9: In a bubble on the top floor of the main room. Link
• Hero’s Bow: Mandatory. Link
• Quiver: Together with the Hero’s Bow. Link
• Stray Fairy #10: In the wooden flower room, step on the switch in the northwest corner. Link
• Stray Fairy #11: In the room where you have to push the central block, in a bubble in the water. Swim and dive to get it. Link
• Stray Fairies #12–#14: In the alcoves in the room before the boss. Link
• Stray Fairy #15: In a pillar of fire in the room before the boss. Shoot the bubble and use the Great Fairy’s Mask. Link
• Heart Container: After defeating the boss. Link

Gearing up for the Snowhead Temple 

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Finishing up in the the Swamp

• Oath to Order: Mandatory. Link
• Spin Attack Upgrade: Return all the Stray Fairies to the Fairy’s Fountain in Woodfall (launch from where you launched to Woodfall Temple). Link
• Mask of Scents: After leaving the Deku Palace, go right across the lily pads and enter the cave. Link
• Piece of Heart #18: Play the archery game in the Swamp Tourist Center. Link
• Mask of Truth: Complete the Swamp Spider House. You need two Magic Beans. For the Skulltulas that are moving up and down on the walls, kill them when they have reached the bottom, otherwise you might not be able to get the tokens. (You can also complete this after getting the Hookshot later in the game.) Link
• Now that you have the Mask of Truth you can more easily get Piece of Heart #11. Link
• Play the Song of Time to return to the first day. Link

Heading for Snowhead

• DN1 6AM-​10PM Play the first part of Honey and Darling’s game in East Clock Town (needed for Piece of Heart #23). Link
• DN 6AM-​10PM Large Quiver: Town Shooting Gallery in East Clock Town, set a new high score (at least 40 points). Link
• DN 6AM-​10PM Piece of Heart #19: Town Shooting Gallery in East Clock Town, get a perfect score (50 points). Link
• Get the Swamp Land Title Deed again (needed for Piece of Heart #21). Link
• Largest Quiver: Swamp Shooting Gallery, set a new high score (at least 2,120 points). Link
• Piece of Heart #20: Swamp Shooting Gallery, get a perfect score (at least 2,180 points). Link
• Slash the Owl Statue in Mountain Village. Link
• Lens of Truth: Mandatory. Link
• Goron Mask: Mandatory. Link
• Biggest Bomb Bag: Purchase it from the Deku Scrub in Goron Village as Goron Link (200 Rupees). Link
• Mountain Land Title Deed: Talk to the Deku Scrub in Goron Village as Deku Link and trade it for the Swamp Land Title Deed (needed for Piece of Heart #21). Link
• Piece of Heart #21: Launch from the Deku Flower you just acquired in Goron Village. Link
• Goron Lullaby: Mandatory. Link
• Don Gero’s Mask: In the Goron Shrine, light all the torches and smash the spinning decorations. Take the Rock Sirloin to the freezing Goron in Mountain Village. Link
• DN 6AM-​10PM Piece of Heart #22: Play the Treasure Chest Game in East Clock Town as a Goron. Link
• DN2 6AM-​10PM Play the second part of Honey and Darling’s game (needed for Piece of Heart #23). Link
• DN3 6AM-​10PM Piece of Heart #23: Play the final part of Honey and Darling’s game. Link
• Slash the Owl Statue at Snowhead. Link

Snowhead Temple 

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• Try to complete the temple on day/​night 1, it’ll save you some time in the next section. Link
• Stray Fairy #1: In the bridge room to the right after the dungeon entrance, in the center column. Link
• Stray Fairy #2: In the same room as Stray Fairy #1, below the northern ledge. Link
• Dungeon Map: In the room upstairs from the first bridge you have to jump across. Link
• Stray Fairy #3: In the same room as the Dungeon Map (upstairs from the first bridge room). Link
• In the room with the two blocks stacked on top of each other, push/​pull the blocks all the way to the other side of the room, revealing a chest with Stray Fairy #9 which you’ll get later. Link
• Compass: In the room to the left of the dungeon entrance. Link
• Stray Fairy #4: In the same room as the Compass (to the left of the dungeon entrance), blow up the crate on top of the pillar by the stairs up. Link
• Stray Fairy #5: Upstairs from the room with the Compass (in the room where you have to shoot icicles in the ceiling), in a hidden alcove revealed with the Lens of Truth. Link
• Stray Fairy #6: In the switch puzzle room (through the locked door from Stray Fairy #5), in the ceiling (use the Lens of Truth). Link
• Fire Arrows: Mandatory. Link
• Stray Fairy #7: After leaving the miniboss room, go straight to get to the room upstairs from the first bridge room. Use the Lens of Truth to climb the platforms. Link
• Stray Fairy #8: In the room where you got the Compass (left of the dungeon entrance), step on a switch covered by ice and push the block around to get to the chest. Link
• Stray Fairy #9: After Stray Fairy #8, push the block around some more to get to the next room. Jump across the double blocks (which you moved into place earlier if you followed this guide) and open the chest. Link
• Stray Fairy #10: At the bottom floor of the central room, step on a switch in the lava. Link
• Stray Fairy #11: From Stray Fairy #10, enter the west door, launch upwards and kill all the enemies. Link
• Stray Fairy #12: In the room with all the Eenos, use the Lens of Truth to find a hole in the wall near some icicles. Link
• Stray Fairies #13–#14: In the room with the two Dinolfos (adjacent to Stray Fairy #12). They drop the fairies when killed. Link
• Stray Fairy #15: When you’re at the top of the central column, use the Lens of Truth to find a hole below to the northwest. Link
• Heart Container: After defeating the boss. Link

Gearing up for the Great Bay Temple 

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Finishing up in the the mountain

• Double Magic Meter: Return all the Stray Fairies to the Fairy’s Fountain at Snowhead. Link
• If it’s not day/​night 1 anymore, play the Song of Time and defeat Goht again. Link
• DN1 Razor Sword: Order it in Mountain Village (100 Rupees). While waiting for it, do the next items on the list. Link
• Bottle #2 (with Gold Dust, which you’ll need for the Gilded Sword): Open up the Goron Racetrack and win the race. Link
• Powder Kegs: Return to the Goron who gave you the first Powder Keg to be able to purchase and carry Powder Kegs anytime. Link
• DN2 Gilded Sword: Retrieve your Razor Sword on day/​night 2, give the Gold Dust to the blacksmith and get the Gilded Sword at sunrise on day 3. Link
• If you want, you can get Piece of Heart #44 now, but it requires you to pick up the Zora Mask, which might feel better story-​wise if you wait. But if you want to get it just after “naturally” getting the Zora Mask, you have to defeat Goht again just for this Heart Piece. The Heart Piece is covered by the guide after the Great Bay Temple, when you have to defeat Goht again anyway for Piece of Heart #43. Link
• Play the Song of Time to return to the first day. Link

Romani Ranch and Ikana Graveyard

• Purchase a Powder Keg from the Bomb Shop in West Clock Town (50 Rupees, needed for getting into Romani Ranch). Link
• D1 Epona’s Song: Talk to Romani at Romani Ranch. Play her game, and agree to help her afterwards. Link
• Garo’s Mask: Race and defeat the Gorman Brothers. Link
• Stone Mask: On the road to Ikana, use the Lens of Truth by the stone circle and give the guard a Red Potion. Link
• Captain’s Hat: Ikana Graveyard, play the Sonata of Awakening by Captain Keeta (the huge, sleeping skeleton) and attack/​defeat him before he runs away from you. Slow him down with arrows and kill all the Stalchildren that appear (use the Bunny Hood or turn into Goron Link for added speed). Link
• N1 Song of Storms: Ikana Graveyard, talk to the skeletons with the Captain’s Hat. Jump down into the grave, light the torches, and defeat the Iron Knuckle. Link
• N1 2:30AM Bottle #3: Romani Ranch, defeat the ghosts that appear at 2:30AM (also needed for Romani’s Mask). Link
• D2 Romani’s Mask: Talk to Cremia in the barn after saving the ranch. Talk to her again at 6PM on day 2 while she leaves. Defend the carriage from the Gorman Brothers. Link
• N2 Piece of Heart #24: Ikana Graveyard, get the skeletons to open the grave. Use the Lens of Truth inside the grave. Link
• N3 Bottle #4: Ikana Graveyard, get the skeletons to open the grave. Play Dampé’s game. Link
• Play the Song of Time to return to the first day. Link

Great Bay and Pirates’ Fortress

• Make a Scarecrow’s Song (e.g. in the Trading Post in Clock Town). Link
• N1 12:30AM Continue with the guide below for now, but make sure to be in North Clock Town before 12:30AM on the first night to attack the robber and save the lady (needed for the All-​Night Mask). Link
• DN1 Giant Wallet: Complete the Oceanside Spider House before the dawn of day 2 and talk to the man by the exit. Be sure to pick up Piece of Heart #25 inside. Link
• Piece of Heart #25: Inside the Oceanside Spider House, speak to the six Stalfos and shoot the masks in the correct order. Link
• Zora Mask: Mandatory. Link
• Slash the Owl Statue by the Marine Research Lab. Link
• Stone Tower Map: Purchase from Tingle by the Marine Research Lab (20 Rupees). Link
• If you haven’t already you can get Piece of Heart #44 now that you have the Zora Mask, but it requires you to defeat Goht again. The Heart Piece is covered later, when you have to defeat Goht again for Piece of Heart #43 anyway. Link
• Warp to Southern Swamp and purchase a Magic Bean from the Business Scrub (needed for Piece of Heart #31). Link
• Piece of Heart #26: Termina Field, blow up the boulder by the entrance to the Great Bay. Shoot the beehives and sink down. Link
• Piece of Heart #27: Great Bay, by the waterfall, dive down and kill the Like Like. Link
• Piece of Heart #28: Catch four fish (e.g. by the waterfall) and dump them into the small tank at the Marine Lab. Link
• Piece of Heart #29: Pirates’ Fortress, step on a switch and roll down as Goron Link to reach it in time. Link
• Hookshot: Mandatory. Link
• To save a little time, take a picture of a Gerudo while you’re in Pirates’ Fortress for the next part of the story so you don’t have to go back. Link
• Piece of Heart #30: Kill all the sea snakes at Pinnacle Rock. Link
• New Wave Bossa Nova: Mandatory. Link
• N 10PM-​5AM Circus Leader’s Mask: Play for the Zora in the Milk Bar in East Clock Town. Link
• Piece of Heart #31: Hookshot along the platforms to the northeast of the Marine Research Lab. Plant a Magic Bean, make it grow with the Song of Storms, and play the Scarecrow’s Song on the next ledge. Link
• Piece of Heart #32: Go south from the Snowhead Owl Statue, and use the Lens of Truth to find the hidden platforms. Play the Scarecrow’s Song to get it. Link
• Bottle #5: Waterfall Rapids, challenge the beaver to a race. Win both races. Link
• Piece of Heart #33: Waterfall Rapids, challenge the beaver to a race after getting Bottle #5. Win both races. Link
• N3 All-​Night Mask: Purchase it from the Curiosity Shop after rescuing the old lady in North Clock Town on the first night (500 Rupees). Link
• Play the Song of Time to return to the first day. Link

Anju and Kafei – Bottle

• D12 8AM–6PM Piece of Heart #34: Talk to Granny in the Stock Pot Inn while wearing the All-​Night Mask and choose the short story. Answer correctly at the end. Link
• D1 2PM Anju and Kafei: Enter the Stock Pot Inn at 2PM and talk to Anju while wearing Kafei’s Mask after the Postman has been there. Link
• D1 11:30PM Anju and Kafei: Speak to Anju in the Kitchen of the Stock Pot Inn to get Kafei’s Mail. Put the mail in any mailbox. Link
• D2 3PM Anju and Kafei: Go to the Laundry Pool and sneak into Kafei’s house when he gets the mail from the Postman. Speak to him to get the Pendant of Memories and give it to Anju. Link
• D12 8AM–6PM Piece of Heart #35: Talk to Granny in the Stock Pot Inn while wearing the All-​Night Mask and choose the long story. Answer “I dunno” at the end. Link
• D3 1PM Anju and Kafei: Get the express mail from the man in Kafei’s house after 1PM. Link
• D3 1PM Keaton Mask: From the man in Kafei’s house after 1PM. Link
• D3 7PM Anju and Kafei: Enter Ikana Valley and wait for the thief with Kafei until 7 PM (wear the Stone Mask to make absolutely sure you’re not seen). Link
• N3 Bottle #6: Give the express mail (which you got together with the Keaton Mask) to Madame Aroma while wearing Kafei’s Mask. Link
• N3 around 4:30AM Couple’s Mask: From Anju and Kafei in the Stock Pot Inn, second floor, first door on the right. Link
• Play the Song of Time to return to the first day. Link

Anju and Kafei – Postman’s Hat

• DN 10AM–8PM Piece of Heart #36: Talk to the Mayor while wearing the Couple’s Mask. Link
• Postman’s Hat: Redo the Kafei quest, but instead of delivering the express mail to Madame Aroma, give it to the postman, and follow him as he delivers it. Talk to him before he leaves the town to get the mask. Link
• Piece of Heart #37: Check the mailboxes in Clock Town with the Postman’s Hat. Link
• Piece of Heart #38: Wear the Keaton Mask and cut the moving bushes in North Clock Town (or other places with circles of moving bushes). Answer all questions correctly. Link
• Play the Song of Time to return to the first day. Link

Zora Hall

• Get the Mountain Land Title Deed again (needed for Piece of Heart #39). Link
• Slash the Owl Statue outside Zora Hall. Link
• Ocean Land Title Deed: Talk to the Deku Scrub in Zora Hall and trade it for the Mountain Land Title Deed (needed for Piece of Heart #39 and Piece of Heart #40). Link
• Piece of Heart #39: Launch from the Deku Flower you just acquired in Zora Hall. Link
• Piece of Heart #40: Ikana Valley, near the bandit hideout from Anju and Kafei’s quest. Give the Ocean Land Title Deed to the Deku Scrub, and use the flower. Link
• Piece of Heart #41: Jam with the band in Zora Hall (check the drummer’s diary, play with the bass player as Zora Link, and then play the whole thing for the pianist as normal Link). Link

Great Bay Temple 

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• Stray Fairy #1: Light the four torches in the first room. Link
• Stray Fairy #2: Below the entrance platform in the second room. Link
• Stray Fairy #3: Kill the Skulltula to the southeast in the second room. Link
• Stray Fairy #4: In the giant circular room with the rotating paddle (the third room), in a barrel on the left. Link
• Stray Fairy #5: Same room as Stray Fairy #4, in a pot on the bottom. Link
• Dungeon Map: From the central, circular room with the rotating paddle, swim through the topmost corridor and Hookshot to the chest. Link
• Stray Fairy #6: In the pots on the platform opposite the Dungeon Map. Link
• Stray Fairy #7: After Stray Fairy #6, swim through the corridor and kill all enemies in the next room. Link
• Compass: In the room after Stray Fairy #7 (after the Dungeon Map, swim through the corridor and go through the next door), Hookshot to the chest. Link
• Stray Fairy #8: In the Compass room, shoot the pot in the speeding current by the Dexihands. Link
• Ice Arrows: Mandatory. Link
• After defeating Gekko and he turns into a frog, speak to him with Don Gero’s Mask (needed for Piece of Heart #43). Link
• Stray Fairy #9: After the defeating Gekko and returning to the central, circular room, go north from the top floor. In the next room, make an ice platform below the northwestern hole in the ceiling and Hookshot up. Link
• Stray Fairy #10: After reversing the water flow, in the room where you have to freeze the waterfall to stop the water wheel, step onto the northeast elevator, turn south and Hookshot to the torch. Link
• Stray Fairy #11: In the same room as Stray Fairy #10, after freezing the waterfall to stop the water wheel, step onto the water wheel and Hookshot to the chest in the alcove to the north. Link
• Stray Fairy #12: In the room after Stray Fairy #11, dive down below one of the seesaws and smash the barrel. Link
• Stray Fairy #13: In the same room as Stray Fairy #12, after the green switch, go along the green pipe and jump down into the caged area. Hookshot to the chest. Link
• Stray Fairy #14: In the room before the boss (south of the circular room), in a bubble below the center platform. Link
• Stray Fairy #15: In the same room as Stray Fairy #14, in the corridor back to the central room. Link
• Heart Container: After defeating the boss. Link

Gearing up for the Stone Tower Temple 

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Finishing up in the Great Bay

• Double defense: Return all the Stray Fairies to the Fairy’s Fountain in the Great Bay Area (just outside Zora Hall). Link
• Piece of Heart #42: Play the Fisherman’s Jumping Game in the Great Bay area. Link

Springtime in the mountains (again)

• Piece of Heart #43: Assuming you talked to the frog in the Great Bay Temple, wear Don Gero’s Mask while talking to the frogs in Laundry Pool in Clock Town, on a log in the Southern Swamp, and in the Woodfall Temple after defeating Gekko. Then defeat Goht and talk to the whole Frog Choir in Mountain Village. Link
• Piece of Heart #44: After defeating Goht, open the sunken chest between Mountain Village and Goron Village. Link

Heading for the Stone Tower

• Feel free to play the Song of Time to return to the first day whenever you need. Link
• Slash the Owl Statue in Ikana Canyon. Link
• Gibdo Mask: Mandatory. Link
• Piece of Heart #45: Play the Poe game in one of the houses in Ikana Canyon. Link
• For the Beneath the Well mini-​dungeon you’ll need a bottle of fish, a bottle of milk (bomb a hole in the hollow log south of Clock Town and play Epona’s Song for the cows), 10 Deku Nuts (kill the Deku Baba and Mini Baba between the Swamp Tourist Center and the Magic Hags’ Potion Shop), 5 Magic Beans (50 Rupees from the Business Scrub in Southern Swamp), and 10 bombs (cut grass or purchase). Shortly after the dungeon you’ll also need a Powder Keg (50 Rupees). Link
• Mirror Shield: Mandatory. Link
• Piece of Heart #46: After emerging at the roof of the Ancient Castle of Ikana, shoot the switch and use the Deku Flowers to get it. Link
• Elegy of Emptiness: Mandatory. Link
• Slash the Owl Statue at the top of the Stone Tower. Link

Stone Tower Temple 

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Normal

• Stray Fairy #1: Shoot the golden eye straight ahead as you enter. Link
• Stray Fairy #2: In the lava room with the Armos statues, Hookshot up to the right. Link
• Dungeon Map: In the lava room with the Armos statues, remove the Sun Block. Link
• In the first room with water, let the Dexihand throw you and hit/​bomb the crystal (needed for Stray Fairy #9). Link
• In the big water room, step on the switch at the bottom (needed for Stray Fairy #12). Link
• Compass: At the top of the big water room, opposite the locked door. Link
• Stray Fairies #3–#4: After exiting the big water room through a locked door at the top, shine light on the different Sun Switches and Sun Blocks. Link
• Stray Fairy #5: In the lava room after Stray Fairies #3–#4, in a chest to the left. Link
• Stray Fairy #6: In the same room as Stray Fairy #5, step on the switches in the lava as Goron Link. Link
• Light Arrows: Mandatory. Link
• Stray Fairy #7: In the corridor after getting the Light Arrows, bomb the crystal below the grate. Link
• Stray Fairy #8: After defeating the Eyegore in the corridor after Stray Fairy #7. Link
• Stray Fairy #9: Go to the room with the Dexihand (the first room with water) and shoot the Sun Block with a Light Arrow to get to the chest (assuming you hit the switch on the other side of the room earlier). Link

Inverted

• Stray Fairy #10: In the entrance area, shoot the Sun Switch in the “pit” in the ceiling (on the wall facing the entrance) if you haven’t already, and open the chest. Link
• Stray Fairy #11: In the next room (with several vents in the floor), shoot the frozen eye with a Fire Arrow. Link
• Stray Fairy #12: In the “big water room”, which is now a big vent room, fly to the top and make a clone on the switch (assuming you stepped on the switch at the bottom of the water earlier). Link
• In the big vent room, shoot a Light Arrow at the Sun Switch on the side of the platform with Stray Fairy #12 (needed for Stray Fairy #15). Link
• Stray Fairy #13: After defeating the Wizzrobe. Link
• Step on the switch by the Death Armos in the entrance area (needed for Stray Fairy #14). Link
• Revert the temple to normal for Stray Fairy #14 and Stray Fairy #15, then invert it again. Link
• Stray Fairy #14: In the chest in the entrance area (assuming you stepped on the switch by the Death Armos earlier). Link
• Stray Fairy #15: In the big water room, dive down to the chest on the platform (assuming you hit the Sun Switch in the inverted version of this room). Link
• Giant’s Mask: Mandatory. Link
• Heart Container: After defeating the boss. Link

The final showdown 

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• Great Fairy’s Sword: Return all the Stray Fairies to the Fairy’s Fountain in Ikana Canyon. Link
• Piece of Heart #47: Defeat all the bosses in the secret shrine in Ikana Canyon. Link
• Piece of Heart #48: Save up 5000 Rupees in the bank. Link
• On the Moon, remember to give away all your masks to the kids (needed for Fierce Deity’s Mask). Link
• Pieces of Heart #49–#52: The Moon, one in each of the kids’ rooms. Link
• Fierce Deity’s Mask: Talk to the kid under the tree after you have finished all the other rooms and given away all your masks. Link