Ocarina of Time Side Quests and Minigames: All Rewards
Every Ocarina of Time side quest and minigame: where it is, what it costs, who can play, and which ones give Pieces of Heart, bottles or bigger bags.
Almost every optional reward in Ocarina of Time sits behind a minigame or a short side quest. This page lists them all by era, with the location, the cost, what you need, and the prize, then sorts them by what they give so you can go straight to the Piece of Heart, bottle or bigger bag you are after.
Which minigames can you play as a child?
| Game | Where | When and cost | What you need | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shooting Gallery | Castle Town Market | Day | Fairy Slingshot | Bigger Deku Seed bag for hitting all ten targets |
| Bombchu Bowling | Castle Town Market | After Dodongo’s Cavern; 30 Rupees | A Bomb Bag | Prizes rotate: Piece of Heart, bigger Bomb Bag, Bombchus, Bombs, a Purple Rupee |
| Treasure Chest Shop | Castle Town Market | Night | Lens of Truth to be sure | Piece of Heart in the sixth room |
| Lost dog | Market, then the Back Alley | Night | — | Piece of Heart |
| Fishing Pond | Lake Hylia | 20 Rupees | — | Piece of Heart for a fish of about 10 pounds |
| Dampé’s digging tour | Kakariko Graveyard | 18:00–21:00; 10 Rupees a dig | — | Piece of Heart, at random |
| Cucco round-up | Kakariko Village | Day | — | An empty bottle |
| Super Cucco game | Lon Lon Ranch | After Talon is home | — | A bottle of Lon Lon Milk |
| Diving game | Zora’s Domain, top of the waterfall | 20 Rupees | — | Silver Scale for collecting the five Rupees in time |
| Frogs | Zora’s River | — | Ocarina and the child songs | Two Pieces of Heart, plus a Purple Rupee per song |
| Skull Kids’ memory game | Lost Woods, first right | — | Ocarina | Piece of Heart after three rounds |
| Skull Kid on the stump | Lost Woods, first left | — | Saria’s Song | Piece of Heart |
| Target in the woods | Lost Woods | — | Fairy Slingshot | Bigger Deku Seed bag for three bullseyes in a row |
| Forest Stage | Lost Woods, hidden hole | — | Skull Mask, Mask of Truth | Deku Stick limit 30, Deku Nut limit 30 |
| Rolling Goron | Goron City | — | Bombs | Bigger Bomb Bag for stopping him |
| Mask trading | Castle Town Market | Day | Zelda’s Letter shown in Kakariko | Mask of Truth |
The mask chain has its own page: all masks and the Mask of Truth.
Which minigames can you play as an adult?
| Game | Where | When and cost | What you need | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shooting Gallery | Kakariko Village | Day | Fairy Bow | Bigger quiver (40 arrows) |
| Dampé’s race | Kakariko Graveyard, under his grave | — | — | Hookshot the first time; Piece of Heart for finishing under 1:00 |
| Fishing Pond | Lake Hylia | 20 Rupees | Water back in the lake, or the Scarecrow’s Song and Hookshot | Golden Scale for a big enough fish |
| Ingo’s races | Lon Lon Ranch | Day; 10 Rupees to ride, 50 a race | Epona’s Song | Epona |
| Malon’s obstacle course | Lon Lon Ranch | After you win Epona | Epona | A cow in Link’s house for two laps under 50 seconds |
| Horseback Archery | Behind Gerudo’s Fortress | Day; 20 Rupees | Gerudo’s Membership Card, Epona, Bow | Piece of Heart at 1,000 points; biggest quiver (50) at 1,500 |
| Big Poe hunt | Hyrule Field, sold in the old guardhouse at the Market gate | — | Epona, Bow, an empty bottle | 50 Rupees each; an empty bottle for all ten |
| Trading quest | Starts in Kakariko Village | — | Epona or the Longshot | Biggoron’s Sword |
| Gerudo Training Ground | Gerudo’s Fortress | 10 Rupees | Membership Card | Ice Arrows. See the walkthrough |
How do the trickier games work?
Treasure Chest Shop. Each of the first five rooms has two chests, one with a key and one with a few Rupees. Pick the Rupees and the run ends. With the Lens of Truth you can see the contents and walk straight to the sixth room. The Lens comes from the Bottom of the Well.
Bombchu Bowling. You get ten Bombchus to hit three targets, each further away than the last, past a sliding blade and wandering Cuccos. The prize is shown after you pay and changes each game, so keep playing until the Piece of Heart and the Bomb Bag have both come up.
Fishing. Rent the rod, target a fish, cast, and reel in while pulling the stick the way the fish turns. Only one fish can be kept at a time; show the pond owner a new record to get the prize. The fish are bigger in the adult era.
The frogs. Stand on the log on Zora’s River and take out the ocarina. Zelda’s Lullaby, Epona’s Song, Saria’s Song, the Sun’s Song and the Song of Time each make one frog grow and pay a Purple Rupee. The Song of Storms gives a Piece of Heart. After the five songs the frogs start a game: play the note for whichever frog has a butterfly over it, and you get a second piece. The ocarina songs guide has every song.
Big Poes. Ride Epona across Hyrule Field with the Bow ready. A Big Poe appears and flees; shoot it, then catch the flame it leaves in an empty bottle. The collector in the old guardhouse by the Market drawbridge pays 50 Rupees and 100 points for each, and hands over a bottle at 1,000 points.
The Running Man. As a child he buys the Bunny Hood. As an adult he waits in the carpenters’ tent in Gerudo Valley and challenges you to a race to the Kokiri Forest bridge. He is said to finish one second ahead of you however fast you go, and no prize is known.
Which side quests give what?
| Reward | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Pieces of Heart (9 from games) | Bombchu Bowling, Treasure Chest Shop, child fishing, Dampé’s tour, Dampé’s race, Skull Kids’ memory game, frogs ×2, Horseback Archery. All 36 are on the Pieces of Heart checklist |
| Bottles | Cucco round-up, Super Cucco game, Big Poe hunt. The fourth is covered in the bottles guide |
| Deku Seed bag (30 → 40 → 50) | Market Shooting Gallery and the Lost Woods target, in either order |
| Quiver (30 → 40 → 50) | Kakariko Shooting Gallery, then Horseback Archery at 1,500 points |
| Bomb Bag (20 → 30 → 40) | Rolling Goron in Goron City and Bombchu Bowling, in either order |
| Deku Sticks and Deku Nuts | Forest Stage with the Skull Mask and the Mask of Truth |
| Scales | Silver Scale from the Zora diving game; Golden Scale from adult fishing |
| Wallets | 10 and 30 Gold Skulltula tokens. See the Gold Skulltulas checklist |
| Swords and steeds | Biggoron’s Sword, Epona |
| Magic and defense | The six Great Fairy Fountains |
What should you read next?
- Pieces of Heart checklist: all 36, including the nine from games
- Items and upgrades: every bag, quiver and scale in one table
- Magic Beans: the other long child-to-adult side quest
- Bosses: what the extra hearts and arrows are for
- Walkthrough hub: the main story order
FAQ
Which minigames give Pieces of Heart?
Which side quests give capacity upgrades?
Which minigames are only available at night?
What can you miss by becoming an adult?
How do you win the Treasure Chest Shop every time?
Related Articles
weapons
BotW Blizzard Rod: Attack, Durability and Locations
Blizzard Rod in Breath of the Wild: attack 10, durability 32; 14 fixed spots (1 in treasure chests, 12 carried by monsters, and 1 lying in the world).
weapons
BotW Boat Oar: Attack, Durability and Locations
Boat Oar in Breath of the Wild: attack 14, durability 8; 10 fixed spots, all lying in the world.
weapons
BotW Boko Bat: Attack, Durability and Locations
Boko Bat in Breath of the Wild: attack 6, durability 8; 32 fixed spots (23 carried by monsters and 9 lying in the world).
Was this helpful?
Thanks for the feedback!