Ocarina of Time Great Fairy Fountains: All 6 Locations

There are six Great Fairy Fountains in Ocarina of Time. Each is sealed behind a rock or a wall, and each works the same way inside: stand on the Triforce mark in front of the pool and play Zelda’s Lullaby. Together they give you magic, three spells, a doubled magic meter and doubled defense.

Where is each Great Fairy Fountain, and what does it give?

All six need Zelda’s Lullaby, and the three spells need the magic meter from fountain 1 before you can cast them.

How do you reach the three child fountains?

1. Death Mountain summit: magic. You need Bombs, so go after Dodongo’s Cavern. From the flag near the Goron City entrance, take the path uphill and bomb the boulders in the way. Further on, rocks rain down from the volcano; crouch under the Hylian Shield until they stop. Shoot the Skulltulas off the climbing wall and go up. At the top an owl sits by a sign, and the wall to its left breaks with a Bomb. The owl will fly you down afterwards.

2. Hyrule Castle: Din’s Fire. Enter the castle grounds, climb the vines and get past the gate. Follow the road to where it branches; the right-hand path ends at a sign reading “Dead End” and a boulder. Bomb the boulder and crawl through the hole behind it.

3. Zora’s Fountain: Farore’s Wind. Go past King Zora to the water where Jabu-Jabu floats. Swim to the small island with a tree in the corner of the fountain and set a Bomb by the boulder against its back wall.

How do you reach the three adult fountains?

4. Death Mountain Crater: double magic. You need the Megaton Hammer from the Fire Temple. Enter the crater through Darunia’s room in Goron City, or warp in with the Bolero of Fire and cross back over the broken bridge with the Hookshot. Two boulders block a cave in the crater wall; Bombs do nothing to them, but the hammer breaks both.

5. Desert Colossus: Nayru’s Love. Cross the Haunted Wasteland to the Colossus. As you come in, look along the wall to the right for two palm trees close together. The cracked wall between them breaks with a Bomb. You can also do this as a child after learning the Requiem of Spirit.

6. Outside Ganon’s Castle: double defense. Clear the Shadow Barrier inside Ganon’s Castle to get the Golden Gauntlets, then leave the castle. Follow the path outside to a dead end with a huge dark pillar and lift it.

What does each power do?

In what order should you visit them?

1. Summit and Hyrule Castle right after Dodongo’s Cavern. Both only need Bombs, and you get magic and Din’s Fire before the third dungeon.
2. Zora’s Fountain while you are there for Jabu-Jabu. It is a short swim from where you enter Jabu-Jabu’s Belly.
3. The crater after the Fire Temple. A doubled meter helps in every temple that follows.
4. The Colossus when you first cross the desert, before the Spirit Temple.
5. Ganon’s Castle last, on your way back in to face Ganondorf.

What should you read next?

• Ocarina songs: how to play Zelda’s Lullaby and the warp songs
• Items and upgrades: everything else that raises your limits
• Bosses: the fights where double defense and Nayru’s Love pay off
• Pieces of Heart checklist: the other way to survive longer
• Walkthrough hub: when each area opens