Ocarina of Time Remake Goron City: Death Mountain Guide

Goron City is the Gorons’ home inside Death Mountain, halfway between Kakariko Village and the volcano’s summit. In the Ocarina of Time remake for Nintendo Switch 2 you come here twice as a child, for the Goron Bracelet and the Spiritual Stone of Fire, and again as an adult on the way to the Fire Temple. This page covers how to get to Death Mountain, what to do in Goron City in each era, the shop, the side errands and a short list of the collectibles on the mountain. The step-by-step dungeon routes are in the Dodongo Cavern and Fire Temple chapters.

How do you get to Death Mountain and Goron City?

1. Go through the gate at the top of Kakariko Village. Climb the village stairs to the soldier guarding the mountain gate. As a child you need Zelda’s Letter: equip it and show it to him, and he opens the way onto Death Mountain Trail.
2. Follow the red trail uphill. Hopping enemies come at you on the slope. Where the path meets a rock face, climb the net and keep going.
3. Pass the sealed cave. A huge round boulder blocks a cave mouth, with a sign saying Dodongo Cavern is off limits. A Goron here explains that the Gorons’ favourite rocks to eat come from that cave, and with it blocked everyone is going hungry. You cannot move the boulder yet.
4. Walk on to the city. A signpost points the way. Just before the entrance, a Goron is looking after a single Bomb Flower in a fenced patch. You cannot pull it up without the Goron Bracelet.

Other ways in. Once the tunnel between the Lost Woods and Goron City is open, it is the quickest route from the forest. As an adult, the Bolero of Fire warps you straight to Death Mountain Crater, and you can use it as a child too after switching ages at the Temple of Time. After the summit Great Fairy, the owl Kaepora Gaebora offers child Link a ride from the summit down to the rooftops of Kakariko Village. The map shows Death Mountain Trail, Goron City and the crater.

What do you do in Goron City as a child?

The Gorons are hungry and gloomy. Their leader, Darunia, has shut himself in his room on the lowest level, taking with him the red stone that used to light the city: the Spiritual Stone of Fire.

1. Open Darunia’s door. Stand on the Triforce mark on the carpet in front of the red door and play Zelda’s Lullaby. Darunia calls you in, then tells you he has no time for a kid. Threads of Time adds the search for the Spiritual Stone of Fire.
2. Find the right song. The Sun’s Song only makes him say he almost wants to dance. He wants Saria’s Song.
3. Open the tunnel to the Lost Woods. Light a Deku Stick at a torch, carry the flame to the Bomb Flowers by the blocked tunnel and touch the stick to one. Walk through the woods to the Sacred Grove and learn Saria’s Song (see Lost Woods).
4. Play Saria’s Song for Darunia. He dances until he is out of breath, agrees to listen and asks you to defeat the beast in Dodongo Cavern. In return he promises the Goron Ruby and hands you the Goron Bracelet, which lets you pick up Bomb Flowers.
5. Blast the boulder. Leave by the tunnel that passes Medigoron’s nook and comes out on the trail. Carry the Bomb Flower from the fenced patch to the boulder over Dodongo Cavern and step back. The Dodongo Cavern chapter takes it from there.
6. Collect the Goron Ruby. After the boss, Darunia gives you the Spiritual Stone of Fire and sends you to the Great Fairy on the summit. Threads of Time adds this as a new event.

What can you do in Goron City after Dodongo Cavern?

Come back before heading to the summit. Bring bombs.

• The big pot with a face (Piece of Heart). In one of the city’s caves stands a huge clay pot carved with a face. Stand on the stone ledge in front of it and throw lit bombs into it. When its face changes to a wide grin, a Piece of Heart drops at its foot along with two blue rupees. Show on map
• The rolling Goron (bigger Bomb Bag). A wooden sign in a tunnel promises something great to anyone who can stop a Goron’s wild rolling. Throw a lit bomb so it goes off as he passes. When he stops, he gives you a Bomb Bag that holds 30 bombs. On your first visit you have no bombs to stop him with. Show on map
• The boulder tunnel (Gold Skulltula). In a passage lined with huge rocks, bomb the cracked wall to open a side cave. A chest holds a blue rupee, and the crate past it hides a Gold Skulltula. Show on map
• A bed. One of the city’s beds lets you sleep until morning or until night.

What does the Goron Shop sell?

On your first visit the shop is sealed. Its door is a cracked wall with a Bomb Flower beside it: light a Deku Stick and set the flower off to get in. The shopkeeper explains that he blocked the door because he is short of bombs. Until Dodongo Cavern is cleared, the bombs on his shelves are reserves and not for sale. When you come back afterwards, he has restocked.

You do not need to buy the tunic. Adult Link gets one free in Goron City, and the 600-rupee price needs the Giant’s Wallet. See tunics, boots and shields.

What is on Death Mountain Trail and the summit?

• A hidden cow. On the way up from Goron City to the summit, a cracked round boulder sits on a ledge beside a climbing net. Bomb it to find a grotto with a cow. Play Epona’s Song while carrying an empty bottle and she gives you Lon Lon Milk.
• Falling rocks. On the last stretch to the summit the volcano throws out burning rocks. Keep moving and pause under overhangs.
• The summit Great Fairy. Near the owl at the top, bomb the cracked entrance, play Zelda’s Lullaby on the Triforce mark and offer 25 rupees. She unlocks the magic meter and gives you Din’s Fire. See Great Fairy Fountains.
• The crater as a child. A passage from the summit leads into Death Mountain Crater. The heat hurts, so be quick: a Gold Skulltula, a Piece of Heart at the bottom of a net and a Business Scrub selling a Piece of Heart are all near the entrance.
• The ride down. Talk to Kaepora Gaebora at the summit and he flies you to Kakariko’s rooftops, right next to another Piece of Heart.
• Biggoron. As an adult, the giant Goron on the summit is the last stop of the Biggoron Sword trade.

Navi also finds a Fairy’s Thought by the trail wall at night.

What changes in Goron City as an adult?

The city is dark and almost empty: the Gorons have been taken to the Fire Temple. Threads of Time records this as the Disaster in Goron City.

1. Get the Goron Tunic. A small Goron rolls around the upper walkway. Stop him with a bomb and talk until he gives you the tunic. His father went to the Fire Temple and has not come back. Show on map
2. Open the way to the crater. Go down to Darunia’s room and push the large statue at the back aside. The passage behind it leads into Death Mountain Crater.
3. Cross to the temple. Wear the tunic in the crater’s heat. Hookshot across the broken bridge and Sheik teaches you the Bolero of Fire. The Fire Temple walkthrough continues from here.

Other adult errands on the mountain:

• Medigoron’s knife. As a child, the giant Goron in the tunnel says he is busy making something great that will take a few years. As an adult he sells the Giant’s Knife for 200 rupees. It is strong but breaks easily, and it is not the Biggoron Sword.
• The crater Great Fairy. With the Hookshot and Megaton Hammer, her fountain in the crater doubles your magic for a 200-rupee offering.
• Magic Bean plants. Beans planted as a child by the trail sign near the rope bridge and on the crater’s lava rim carry adult Link to two Pieces of Heart. See Magic Beans.

What collectibles are on Death Mountain?

Every location, with map links, is on the Pieces of Heart checklist and the Gold Skulltula checklist. Two of the trail spiders are behind dark boulders that only the Megaton Hammer can break, and are said to appear only at night.

What should you read next?

• Dodongo Cavern walkthrough: the child route through Goron City and the second dungeon
• Fire Temple walkthrough: the adult route from the Goron Tunic to Volvagia
• Items and upgrades: every Bomb Bag size
• Biggoron Sword: the trading quest that ends on the summit
• Walkthrough hub: the main story order