Zelda Ocarina of Time Sacred Grove

The Sacred Grove in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (previously known as the Sacred Forest Meadow in the original game) is a subsection of the Lost Woods. This area is where you'll learn Saria's Song and ultimately, take on the Forest Temple and its boss later in the game. To help you navigate this area and make sure you don't miss out on anything important, here's my Zelda Ocarina of Time Sacred Grove guide.

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Zelda Ocarina of Time Sacred Grove

The Sacred Grove is a brief albeit important area in Ocarina of Time, as this is where Link learns Saria's Song as a child, and completes the Forest Temple later as an adult. Below, you'll find an overview of what objectives you'll be completing here, as well as the locations of any key collectibles in the area.

• Child timeline
• Adult timeline
• Gold Skulltula locations

Child timeline

As Child Link, you'll need to learn Saria's Song in the Sacred Grove. To do this, you want to make your way to the Lost Woods (after meeting Zelda).

Once you arrive in the Lost Woods and have been greeted by Kaepora Gaebora, follow the directions below:

1. Go right.
2. Go left.
3. Go right.
4. Go left.
5. Go straight ahead.
6. Go left.
7. Go right, and you should arrive in the area pictured below.

After navigating the maze that is the Lost Woods and finally arriving in the Sacred Grove, you'll find the gate in front of you is locked. Approach it and a Wolfos enemy will spawn; you can quickly take care of this guy by waiting for him to attack, then going in for your own attack while he is standing with his back turned to you.

After defeating the Wolfos, the locked gate will now open. Enter it and go through the maze-like area ahead, but prepare to deal with plenty of Mad Scrub enemies. Your Fairy Slingshot will be useful here!

Once you reach the stairs on the opposite side of the maze, head up them while continuing to clear out the Mad Scrubs here. Atop the staircase, you'll see Saria playing her Ocarina while sat on a tree stump. Approach her and before long, she'll teach you Saria's Song!

You can now play Saria's Song whenever you please, but perhaps most importantly, it can be used to claim a Heart Piece from the Skull Kid in Lost Woods and receive Goron's Bracelet from Darunia in Goron City.

Adult timeline

As Adult Link, you need to complete the following objectives in the Sacred Grove:

• Complete the 'Forest Temple' dungeon.
• Defeat Phantom Ganon.

It's also worth noting that during the Adult Link timeline, you'll need to play Saria's Song to Mido while travelling through the Lost Woods for him to let you pass.

Then once you reach the Sacred Grove itself, huge Moblins will spawn in the maze in area (rather than the Mad Scrubs you'll have faced earlier). To get past them, you want to wait for them to walk past you so that their back is turned to you, then attack them from behind. By attacking their unshielded backs, you'll be able to take them out with a single hit!

Alternatively, you can use Hookshot on their backs to temporarily stun the foes, allowing you to then approach and hit them from behind.

After the first set of Moblins and as you go up the stairs leading to where you first learnt Saria's Song, you'll run into a Great Moblin. He'll begin to slam his club into the ground, which causes the soil directly in front of it to raise and damage you on contact.

To get past this fellow, dodge out of the way of the dirt trails his club creates once it contacts the ground. Then once you're close to him, wait for him to hit the floor on either side of the staircase, then run past him via whichever side he is not attacking.

Once you're behind the Great Moblin, you'll find his back is unshielded like the other Moblins. Attack him from behind and that's him taken care of! Now, you can go about entering the Forest Temple (after a brief cutscene that sees you learning the Minuet of the Forest song, that is).

Gold Skulltula locations

There is just one Gold Skulltula to collect in Sacred Grove. As Adult Link and at night, you'll spot this Gold Skulltula on the wall above the maze section in the area.

For what it's worth, there are no upgrades or Heart Pieces to collect from this area, which means that's all for the Sacred Grove!

For more on Ocarina of Time, take a look at where to find all Empty Bottles, where to find all chickens in Kakariko Village, and all upgrade locations if you fancy the ability to carry more Bombs, Rupees, and more.