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Forest Temple (Ocarina of Time)

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Forest Temple
Artwork of the temple's entrance in the Sacred Forest Meadow
Artwork of the temple's entrance in the Sacred Forest Meadow
Location(s) Sacred Forest Meadow
Game(s) Ocarina of Time (1998)
Main Item Fairy Bow
Mini-boss(es) Poe Sisters
Boss(es) Phantom Ganon
"I'm in the Forest Temple! The forest spirits were calling for help, so I went to check it out... But it's full of evil monsters! Help me, Link!"
— Saria

The Forest Temple (森の神殿, Mori no Shinden) is the first of five main temples through which the player must progress during The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in which the main character, Link, is an adult.

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[edit] Story

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

When Link awakens from his seven-year sleep as an adult and aquires the Light Medallion from Rauru, the mysterious Sheik tells Link that he must now awaken the remaining five sages, the first of which can be found in a temple in the forest. Sheik tells Link that he requires a special item to be able to enter the temple, and is advised to go to Kakariko Village. Link finds the grave of Dampé the gravekeeper in the Graveyard. Entering Dampé's grave, Link meets Dampé's ghost, who asks Link to race him. After being able to keep up with him, Dampé presents Link with the Hookshot.

Hookshot in hand, Link travels into Kokiri Forest only to discover that it has been overrun by monsters. He presses on to the Lost Woods, but Mido blocks his path, saying that he promised Saria he wouldn't let anybody pass. Link manages to convince Mido to let him pass, however, by playing "Saria's Song". Link continues until he reaches the Sacred Forest Meadow and takes down several Moblins on his way to where he last saw Saria. However, Saria is nowhere to be found. Instead, Link is greeted by Sheik, who teaches him the "Minuet of Forest" before departing in a flash of blinding light. Link the uses his newly acquired Hookshot to grapple onto a tree branch overhead, allowing him to enter the Forest Temple.

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[edit] Dungeon

A map of the Forest Temple

The Forest Temple is a large labyrinth with many complex puzzles and Small Keys found in abstruse places. It is also the home of the four Poe Sisters, who have sealed the way to the boss's lair by stealing the colored flame from four golden Torches. In order to return the flame, Link must first find the Fairy Bow, the dungeon's main item. Once he has it, he can duel each Poe Sister, returning the flame each had stolen to its respective torch upon their defeat. Link can then solve a final puzzle to gain access to the boss lair, where Phantom Ganon resides.

[edit] Sage

Saria

[edit] Items

[edit] Enemies

[edit] Mini-bosses

[edit] Boss

[edit] Theory

Theory warning: This section contains theoretical information based on the viewpoints or research of one or several other users. It has not been officially verified by Nintendo and its factual accuracy is disputed.

Unlike the other four temples in the game, the Forest Temple does not seem to have a recurring statue found throughout the dungeon. There is the totem pole, dragon, raven and snake statues found within the Fire Temple, Water Temple, Shadow Temple and Spirit Temple, respectively. These statues could indeed represent some sort of temple guardian, but if that is true, the Forest Temple is left without any representation. Despite the lack of statues, however, Link does come across several paintings of the Poe Sisters, the temple's mini-bosses. Seeing as the Poe Sisters act as guardians of the Forest Temple in their own right, this could indeed make them the Forest Temple's complement to the other temples.

Theory warning: Theories end here.

[edit] Gallery

The entrance to the Forest Temple

The twisted hallway

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