Ocarina of Time Remake Kokiri Forest: Sword, Shop and Mido

Kokiri Forest is Link’s home village and the place where Ocarina of Time begins. The Kokiri live here in tree houses under the protection of the Great Deku Tree, each with a fairy of their own, and they never grow up. This page covers Kokiri Forest in the Switch 2 remake: how the village is laid out, what to do first as a child, what the Kokiri Shop sells, what changes after the Great Deku Tree and when you return as an adult, and the Gold Skulltulas hidden here.

How do you get around Kokiri Forest?

The village is small, but it has three ways out and a handful of houses worth entering:

• To the Great Deku Tree. A path on the far side of the village from the exit, guarded by Mido until you have a sword and a shield. Deku Babas wait along it.
• To Hyrule Field. The tunnel marked Forest Exit on the west side. A Kokiri stands in it and lets nobody leave until you have cleared the Great Deku Tree.
• To the Lost Woods. Past the ladder to the tree houses, climb the ivy wall and go through the hollow log. See the Lost Woods guide.
• Houses with signs. Link’s House, Saria’s House, the House of the Know-It-All Brothers, the House of the Twins, the Kokiri Shop and the large tree house signed “Mansion of the Great Mido, Boss of the Kokiri”. The Forest Training Ground is up a flight of steps.

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What should you do first in Kokiri Forest?

Navi wakes Link with a summons from the Great Deku Tree. Saria meets you outside and sends you on, but Mido stands in the path and says only someone with a sword and a shield may pass. This order gets both and collects the help the other Kokiri offer on the way:

1. Collect rupees. The shield costs 40 rupees. Rupees lie on the stepping stones in the pond, in pots by the House of the Twins and in the corner of the shop. The chests in Mido’s house hold three blue rupees and a green one, 16 in all. Use the jump button on the pond stones; the remake no longer jumps for you.
2. Help the Kokiri. Mido’s younger follower has been told to clear the grass in Saria’s yard; cut it and he thanks you with a small reward. Another Kokiri is struggling with a yard full of rocks. Lift and throw them all, tell him you cleaned up, and he gives you a blue rupee.
3. Learn the basics. A girl on a rooftop teaches targeting by calling Navi over. The House of the Know-It-All Brothers explains the system screen, the map and the forest’s three tools: Deku Nuts, Deku Sticks and the Deku Shield. Inside the House of the Twins a Kokiri sings a song about rupee colors (green 1, blue 5, red 20, purple 50). A sign also teaches the roll attack: roll into a tree while running to shake it.
4. Train with the Kokiri swordsman. At the Forest Training Ground he teaches moving while targeting, the side jump and the backflip. Then he tells you a sword is hidden on the other side of the nearby tunnel.
5. Get the Kokiri Sword. Crawl through the opening by the warning sign. The area beyond is a Kokiri trial: a big boulder rolls around a high central platform. Follow behind it to the ladder, climb up and jump across to the chest. Bring the sword back to the swordsman and he teaches the jump attack, which deals double damage.
6. Buy the Deku Shield. See the next section. A girl in the shop then has you practice raising it.
7. Go back to Mido. With the sword and the shield he grumbles but steps aside. Cut down the Deku Babas on the path for Deku Sticks and Deku Nuts, then go on to the Great Deku Tree. The dungeon itself is in the Great Deku Tree walkthrough.

The training moves are covered in more detail in the beginner tips.

What does the Kokiri Shop sell?

The shop sells things from the forest, and its stock depends on the story. On your first visit the Shop Owner apologizes for the empty shelves: Mido is blocking the path, so nothing new can come in.

The Deku Shield is made of wood and burns up if it catches fire. If you lose it, even later in the game, come back here and buy another; the tunics, boots and shields page lists the alternatives.

What changes after the Great Deku Tree?

When you come back out with the Kokiri Emerald, Mido and Saria are waiting in the village and ask what happened. The other Kokiri cannot believe the Great Deku Tree is gone, and the Shop Owner tells you to stock up because there is new inventory.

Leave by the Forest Exit. The Kokiri guarding the tunnel cannot believe the Great Deku Tree is gone, but since it was the Great Deku Tree’s last request, he lets you go and makes you promise to come straight home if anything happens. Past the tunnel, Saria waits among the roots and gives you the Fairy Ocarina. The road on leads to Hyrule Field and the Hyrule Castle chapter.

Once you have met Zelda, day and night also pass inside Kokiri Forest, and the night-only Gold Skulltula appears. You come back as a child to enter the Lost Woods on the way to Saria’s Song.

What changes in Kokiri Forest as an adult?

Seven years later the forest is dark and overgrown. Coming in from Hyrule Field, you find Deku Babas snapping at you along the paths, and a Kokiri calls for help. The Kokiri have not grown at all, so they do not recognize adult Link. One says monsters were never here before; another says Mido went into the Lost Woods and has not come back. Head for the Lost Woods log as described above; Mido is waiting inside, and Saria’s Song gets you past him.

• Gold Skulltula. At night, a Gold Skulltula crawls high on the back of the House of the Twins. Shoot it with the Hookshot.
• After the Forest Temple. Clear the Forest Temple and you meet the Deku Tree Sprout where the Great Deku Tree stood. It tells Link he is a Hylian, not a Kokiri: his mother fled a war, reached the forest badly wounded and left her baby in the Great Deku Tree’s care. Mido is at the Lost Woods tunnel and has a message for Link.
• Link’s House. After the Forest Temple, a green-glowing bed here is one way into the Hall of Fallen Foes, and the owl statues for your first clear of each trial appear on the shelf.

What can you collect in Kokiri Forest?

Kokiri Forest has no Pieces of Heart. Full steps are on the linked checklists.

What should you read next?

• Great Deku Tree walkthrough: the first dungeon, Gohma and the Kokiri Emerald
• Lost Woods: the route to the Sacred Grove, the Skull Kid and getting past Mido as an adult
• Characters: Saria, Mido, the Great Deku Tree and the Kokiri
• Gold Skulltulas checklist: all 100 tokens
• Walkthrough hub: the main story order