walkthrough to beat Ocarina of Time?

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plasmabeam 04/10/23 11:17:35 AM #1:	Your FIRST Playthrough: Did you need a guide/walkthrough to beat OoT? Yes, I needed help No, I beat OoT without any outside help (even tips from friends) Your FIRST Playthrough: Did you need a guide/walkthrough to beat OoT? - Results (71 votes) Yes, I needed help 64.79% (46 votes) 46 No, I beat OoT without any outside help (even tips from friends) 35.21% (25 votes) 25 Playing the 3DS remake right now, and I'm wondering if anyone beat OoT back in the late '90s without a guide or outside hints. As a kid, I couldn't navigate the Lost Woods to unlock Saria's Song (the in-game "follow the music" hint didn't click with me). After struggling with that for a day, I caved and went to Toys R Us to buy the official Nintendo player's guide. Not gonna lie, I kept that player's guide handy at all times--which is a bummer, because I wish I had experienced OoT without checking a walkthrough every five minutes. --- ~Jacksonville Jaguars~ <cite>plasmabeam posted [p:972750477] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote> Your FIRST Playthrough: Did you need a guide/walkthrough to beat OoT? Yes, I needed help No, I beat OoT without any outside help (even tips from friends) Vote View Results Your FIRST Playthrough: Did you need a guide/walkthrough to beat OoT? - Results (71 votes) Yes, I needed help 64.79% (46 votes) 46 No, I beat OoT without any outside help (even tips from friends) 35.21% (25 votes) 25 Show Voting Form function poll_vote() { var vote_option = $("input[name='poll_vote']:checked").val(); if(!vote_option) return; $.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: '/ajax/forum_poll_vote', data: { option: vote_option, board: '8', topic: '80407984', message: '0', key: 'ab6591dc' }, success: function(response) { if(response.error) { alert(response.error); } else { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").html(response.html).show(); } } }); } function view_results_legacy() { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").show(); } function hide_results_legacy() { $("#poll_results").hide(); $("#poll_vote").show(); } Playing the 3DS remake right now, and I'm wondering if anyone beat OoT back in the late '90s without a guide or outside hints. As a kid, I couldn't navigate the Lost Woods to unlock Saria's Song (the in-game "follow the music" hint didn't click with me). After struggling with that for a day, I caved and went to Toys R Us to buy the official Nintendo player's guide. Not gonna lie, I kept that player's guide handy at all times--which is a bummer, because I wish I had experienced OoT without checking a walkthrough every five minutes. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sorozone 04/10/23 11:19:11 AM #2:	To beat? No. 100% Yeaah. --- https://m.twitch.tv/sorozone/profile <cite>Sorozone posted [p:972750511] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>To beat? No.100% Yeaah.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
foolm0r0n 04/10/23 11:22:25 AM #3:	Spirit Temple yes --- _foolmo_ he says listen to my story this maybe are last chance <cite>foolm0r0n posted [p:972750591] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Spirit Temple yes</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
andylt 04/10/23 11:26:17 AM #4:	I used a guide for everything when I was a kid, so yeah --- Very very slowly becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado. <cite>andylt posted [p:972750678] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>I used a guide for everything when I was a kid, so yeah</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Reg 04/10/23 11:30:24 AM #5:	Sorozone posted... To beat? No. 100% Yeaah. <cite>Reg posted [p:972750752] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Sorozone posted... </cite><quote>To beat? No.100% Yeaah.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LightningStrikes 04/10/23 11:33:26 AM #6:	andylt posted... I used a guide for everything when I was a kid, so yeah --- I just decided to change this sig. Blaaaaaaargh azuarc <cite>LightningStrikes posted [p:972750799] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>andylt posted... </cite><quote>I used a guide for everything when I was a kid, so yeah</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aecioo 04/10/23 11:36:12 AM #7:	andylt posted... I used a guide for everything when I was a kid, so yeah This. My parents got me the game and the official guide at the same time, so of course I used it Did I need it? No idea --- http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcb35gGx0t1qailr4o1_500.gif http://www.megavideo.com/?v=57N0YAEJ <cite>Aecioo posted [p:972750845] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>andylt posted... </cite><quote>I used a guide for everything when I was a kid, so yeah</quote>This. My parents got me the game and the official guide at the same time, so of course I used itDid I need it? No idea</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fiop 04/10/23 11:39:18 AM #8:	...I think I didn't need a guide. I was an adult when I first played through it. Don't completely remember. I do at least I remember figuring out the Water Temple, but dunno if there was something else I looked up. --- "so is my word...It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." - Isaiah 55:11 <cite>Fiop posted [p:972750903] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>...I think I didn't need a guide. I was an adult when I first played through it. Don't completely remember. I do at least I remember figuring out the Water Temple, but dunno if there was something else I looked up.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LightningStrikes 04/10/23 11:47:45 AM #9:	You know what I didnt use a guide for when I played it for the first time though? Ocarina of Time 3D. --- I just decided to change this sig. Blaaaaaaargh azuarc <cite>LightningStrikes posted [p:972751068] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>You know what I didnt use a guide for when I played it for the first time though?Ocarina of Time 3D.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ctesjbuvf 04/10/23 11:51:09 AM #10:	Probably yeah, at least for getting all stuff. --- Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to azuarc, the winner of the Game of the Decade II guru contest. <cite>ctesjbuvf posted [p:972751139] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Probably yeah, at least for getting all stuff.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
junk_funk 04/10/23 2:00:49 PM #11:	Sorozone posted... To beat? No. 100% Yeaah. --- Give 'em hell Ukraine. <cite>junk_funk posted [p:972753539] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Sorozone posted... </cite><quote>To beat? No.100% Yeaah.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SeabassDebeste 04/10/23 2:03:21 PM #12:	yes --- yet all azuarc of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness <cite>SeabassDebeste posted [p:972753592] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>yes</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ctesjbuvf 04/10/23 2:33:08 PM #13:	Actually it's more likely my dad just helped me figure out where to go if I couldn't, but I guess that counts as tips from friends. Don't think he'd be able to remember if he used a guide or not lol. We definitely did for collecting stuff though. --- Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to azuarc, the winner of the Game of the Decade II guru contest. <cite>ctesjbuvf posted [p:972754197] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Actually it's more likely my dad just helped me figure out where to go if I couldn't, but I guess that counts as tips from friends. Don't think he'd be able to remember if he used a guide or not lol. We definitely did for collecting stuff though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SomeKindOfJoke 04/10/23 2:44:38 PM #14:	Aecioo posted... This. My parents got me the game and the official guide at the same time, so of course I used it Did I need it? No idea --- What is this, some kind of joke?! Go, then. There are other worlds than these. <cite>SomeKindOfJoke posted [p:972754434] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Aecioo posted... </cite><quote>This. My parents got me the game and the official guide at the same time, so of course I used itDid I need it? No idea</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Isquen 04/10/23 3:01:36 PM #15:	I think it was my proudest gaming moment that I basically 99%'d the game (we had a busted rumble pack so the last piece of heart using Song of Storms in Hyrule Castle grounds was the only one missing.) Not without some hiccups though. On first playthrough, I got stuck for an embarrassingly long time in the Forest Temple by missing a ladder in an alcove in the block pushing small 3d maze room. I did NOT get stuck in the Water Temple itself, strangely, but did wipe a few times to Dark Link. After I was done the game was the school talk of "if you jump such and such a way in the pit under Ganon's Castle you can find the Light Temple/Triforce but only before you finish the Spirit Temple" or somesuch. It was decades ago. --- [Rock and Stone] <o/ <cite>Isquen posted [p:972754749] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>I think it was my proudest gaming moment that I basically 99%'d the game (we had a busted rumble pack so the last piece of heart using Song of Storms in Hyrule Castle grounds was the only one missing.)Not without some hiccups though. On first playthrough, I got stuck for an embarrassingly long time in the Forest Temple by missing a ladder in an alcove in the block pushing small 3d maze room. I did NOT get stuck in the Water Temple itself, strangely, but did wipe a few times to Dark Link.After I was done the game was the school talk of "if you jump such and such a way in the pit under Ganon's Castle you can find the Light Temple/Triforce but only before you finish the Spirit Temple" or somesuch. It was decades ago.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Esuriat 04/10/23 3:50:36 PM #16:	I definitely beat the game without a guide, but getting 100% was slightly guide assisted. I think I missed a deku nut capacity upgrade and I hadn't realized placing bugs on the soft soil did anything. --- Essy <cite>Esuriat posted [p:972755676] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>I definitely beat the game without a guide, but getting 100% was slightly guide assisted. I think I missed a deku nut capacity upgrade and I hadn't realized placing bugs on the soft soil did anything.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mega_Mana 04/10/23 4:27:29 PM #17:	Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I don't remember my first playthrough at all, but I do remember looking up guides on Water Temple and Shadow Temple in later playthroughs, discounting ancillary bits like Hyrule Field poe hunting and skulltula locations. --- "In my headcanon, some staffer saw Trump pull out his phone and start typing so they just Terry Tate Office Linebacker'd him out of his shoes." - FFD <cite>Mega_Mana posted [p:972756347] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I don't remember my first playthrough at all, but I do remember looking up guides on Water Temple and Shadow Temple in later playthroughs, discounting ancillary bits like Hyrule Field poe hunting and skulltula locations.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrSmartGuy 04/10/23 4:29:14 PM #18:	I've never beaten OoT, so --- Xbox GT/PSN name/Nintendo ID: TatteredUniform http://www.scuffletown.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/tRBE1.gif <cite>MrSmartGuy posted [p:972756378] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>I've never beaten OoT, so</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Uglyface2 04/10/23 5:24:24 PM #19:	I never beat Ocarina of Time. I bought it on both the N64 and the 3DS (hated the motion controls on the 3DS so I aborted that attempt right away). <cite>Uglyface2 posted [p:972757391] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>I never beat Ocarina of Time. I bought it on both the N64 and the 3DS (hated the motion controls on the 3DS so I aborted that attempt right away).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kenri 04/10/23 5:30:55 PM #20:	I don't think I ever beat it as a kid, which is when I used guides for almost everything. I did finally beat it as an older teenager though and I remember at least needing a guide to beat the Water Temple. It was for a stupid reason, too: I forgot those blue blocks could be removed with an ocarina song (Zelda's Lullaby IIRC) so I got stuck in a room where you need to do that to proceed. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. <cite>Kenri posted [p:972757515] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>I don't think I ever beat it as a kid, which is when I used guides for almost everything. I did finally beat it as an older teenager though and I remember at least needing a guide to beat the Water Temple. It was for a stupid reason, too: I forgot those blue blocks could be removed with an ocarina song (Zelda's Lullaby IIRC) so I got stuck in a room where you need to do that to proceed.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ctesjbuvf 04/10/23 5:32:40 PM #21:	Uglyface2 posted... (hated the motion controls on the 3DS so I aborted that attempt right away). You're not required to use those I'm pretty sure. --- Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to azuarc, the winner of the Game of the Decade II guru contest. <cite>ctesjbuvf posted [p:972757539] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Uglyface2 posted... </cite><quote>(hated the motion controls on the 3DS so I aborted that attempt right away).</quote>You're not required to use those I'm pretty sure.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pjbasis 04/10/23 5:52:00 PM #22:	I played the first half of the game with another friend who actually owned it first so I guess not. But I did the rest myself I believe. I had a lot more patience though. --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png <cite>pjbasis posted [p:972757876] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>I played the first half of the game with another friend who actually owned it first so I guess not. But I did the rest myself I believe. I had a lot more patience though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vlado 04/11/23 3:18:53 AM #23:	Managed to not use a guide, although I got stuck for a while at a place where you need a fire arrow, and I never got the fire arrow in my playthrough. Fortunately, there's a torch nearby that you can shoot a normal arrow through and pass that way, even if it was a bit difficult to do. --- Blitzball fan? Try Captain Tsubasa II (in English) for NES! *Best game reviews: http://betweenlifeandgames.com* <cite>Vlado posted [p:972766400] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Managed to not use a guide, although I got stuck for a while at a place where you need a fire arrow, and I never got the fire arrow in my playthrough. Fortunately, there's a torch nearby that you can shoot a normal arrow through and pass that way, even if it was a bit difficult to do.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChichiriMuyo 04/11/23 5:56:27 AM #24:	grizzled soldier No guide. No need. I did my time in OG LoZ. I went through war while you went through diapers... /grizzled soldier --- "If you ever feel good about yourself, just look on the Internet." - Ryan Reynolds <cite>ChichiriMuyo posted [p:972767308] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>grizzled soldier No guide. No need. I did my time in OG LoZ. I went through war while you went through diapers... /grizzled soldier</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
azuarc 04/11/23 9:51:04 AM #25:	Isquen posted... I got stuck for an embarrassingly long time in the Forest Temple by missing a ladder in an alcove in the block pushing small 3d maze room. I hated that ladder! This is where I got stuck, and then my friend came over and we played it together for a while. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. <cite>azuarc posted [p:972769758] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Isquen posted... </cite><quote>I got stuck for an embarrassingly long time in the Forest Temple by missing a ladder in an alcove in the block pushing small 3d maze room.</quote>I hated that ladder!This is where I got stuck, and then my friend came over and we played it together for a while.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Isquen 04/11/23 10:02:50 AM #26:	ChichiriMuyo posted... grizzled soldier No guide. No need. I did my time in OG LoZ. I went through war while you went through diapers... /grizzled soldier I mean, likewise, but back in the 80s the map of the overworld was literally everywhere even without buying guides. --- [Rock and Stone] <o/ <cite>Isquen posted [p:972769913] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>ChichiriMuyo posted... </cite><quote>grizzled soldier No guide. No need. I did my time in OG LoZ. I went through war while you went through diapers... /grizzled soldier</quote>I mean, likewise, but back in the 80s the map of the overworld was literally everywhere even without buying guides. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Isquen 04/11/23 10:09:25 AM #27:	And now that I slept on it other stuff I forget that was a thing that I didn't get first playthrough so it's probably not 99% but ANYWAY Scarecrow Song Hylian loach Lots of Song of Storm grottos in the middle of fields that had no consequence One key in Gerudo Training Grounds (still got ice arrows, though, the invisible ceiling was mean.) The Deku... stick? Seed? Nut? upgrade from wearing masks in the Lost Woods Deku scrub stage grotto. I still forget this one is even a thing unless a randomizer goes to it. --- [Rock and Stone] <o/ <cite>Isquen posted [p:972769993] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>And now that I slept on it other stuff I forget that was a thing that I didn't get first playthrough so it's probably not 99% but ANYWAYScarecrow SongHylian loach Lots of Song of Storm grottos in the middle of fields that had no consequenceOne key in Gerudo Training Grounds (still got ice arrows, though, the invisible ceiling was mean.)The Deku... stick? Seed? Nut? upgrade from wearing masks in the Lost Woods Deku scrub stage grotto. I still forget this one is even a thing unless a randomizer goes to it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Leonhart4 04/11/23 11:11:23 AM #28:	I'm sure I used one because I owned the Versus Guide, but I dunno if I'd say I needed it. --- https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq https://imgur.com/89Z5jrB <cite>Leonhart4 posted [p:972770957] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>I'm sure I used one because I owned the Versus Guide, but I dunno if I'd say I needed it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HanOfTheNekos 04/11/23 11:33:00 AM #29:	I manned the guide while my older brother played the game. Wouldn't say we NEEDED it but we used it. --- "Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic <cite>HanOfTheNekos posted [p:972771367] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>I manned the guide while my older brother played the game.Wouldn't say we NEEDED it but we used it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
plasmabeam 04/11/23 9:11:19 PM #30:	Vlado posted... Managed to not use a guide, although I got stuck for a while at a place where you need a fire arrow, and I never got the fire arrow in my playthrough. Fortunately, there's a torch nearby that you can shoot a normal arrow through and pass that way, even if it was a bit difficult to do. Wait... You can beat OoT without Fire Arrows? This is news to me. --- ~Jacksonville Jaguars~ <cite>plasmabeam posted [p:972782761] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Vlado posted... </cite><quote>Managed to not use a guide, although I got stuck for a while at a place where you need a fire arrow, and I never got the fire arrow in my playthrough. Fortunately, there's a torch nearby that you can shoot a normal arrow through and pass that way, even if it was a bit difficult to do.</quote>Wait... You can beat OoT without Fire Arrows? This is news to me.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MoogleKupo141 04/11/23 9:25:46 PM #31:	plasmabeam posted... Wait... You can beat OoT without Fire Arrows? This is news to me. zelda wiki says you can get by without them in the normal game, but theyre required in the Master Quest in the base game anything necessary to progress can be handled with arrows through torches or dins fire --- For your Azuarc* .* At least Kupo has class and doesn't MESSAGE the people -Dr Pizza <cite>MoogleKupo141 posted [p:972782975] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>plasmabeam posted... </cite><quote>Wait... You can beat OoT without Fire Arrows? This is news to me.</quote>zelda wiki says you can get by without them in the normal game, but theyre required in the Master Questin the base game anything necessary to progress can be handled with arrows through torches or dins fire </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Esuriat 04/11/23 10:14:32 PM #32:	Probably the most abstract solution with shooting arrows through torches is when you burn the webs blocking the light in the Spirit Trial in Ganon's Castle. Normally you use a fire arrow, but there's a torch in the previous room that is just barely in line to hit the webs. I didn't realize that was a thing until I had a randomizer seed force me to do it. --- Essy <cite>Esuriat posted [p:972783845] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Probably the most abstract solution with shooting arrows through torches is when you burn the webs blocking the light in the Spirit Trial in Ganon's Castle. Normally you use a fire arrow, but there's a torch in the previous room that is just barely in line to hit the webs. I didn't realize that was a thing until I had a randomizer seed force me to do it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DanKirby 04/11/23 10:18:33 PM #33:	We used a guide that was in some video game magazine. It had a few pieces of bad info, like claiming that the Fire Arrows were in Death Mountain somewhere (I think). I had to look up their true location after I got stuck at one point in the final dungeon. (edit) Yeah, that one. ^ --- (>'.')> "The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes <cite>DanKirby posted [p:972783915] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>We used a guide that was in some video game magazine. It had a few pieces of bad info, like claiming that the Fire Arrows were in Death Mountain somewhere (I think). I had to look up their true location after I got stuck at one point in the final dungeon.(edit) Yeah, that one. ^</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlueCrystalTear 04/11/23 10:20:23 PM #34:	Stupid kid me kept getting caught by the Hyrule Castle guards. Stupid kid me kept getting tentacles to the face inside Jabu-Jabu. Stupid kid me definitely couldn't have figured out the Water Temple. OoT is one of my favorite games ever because it taught me how to game. --- Come check out my movie watchthrough topic: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80167031 <cite>BlueCrystalTear posted [p:972783944] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Stupid kid me kept getting caught by the Hyrule Castle guards.Stupid kid me kept getting tentacles to the face inside Jabu-Jabu.Stupid kid me definitely couldn't have figured out the Water Temple.OoT is one of my favorite games ever because it taught me how to game.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeydude15 04/11/23 10:30:59 PM #35:	Didn't need a guide but pretty sure got told some stuff from friends because i know for a fact my dumb kid self wouldn't have figured out the fire arrows. --- Yawn <cite>hockeydude15 posted [p:972784111] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>Didn't need a guide but pretty sure got told some stuff from friends because i know for a fact my dumb kid self wouldn't have figured out the fire arrows.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FL81 04/12/23 1:12:07 AM #36:	I'll be honest with you all, I've never actually beaten a Zelda game, even with guides. --- https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif <cite>FL81 posted [p:972786646] in Did you ne... [t:80407984]...</cite> <quote>I'll be honest with you all, I've never actually beaten a Zelda game, even with guides.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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