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Ice Cavern

Ocarina of Time N64 Ice Cavern Title Card

Ice Cavern is a dungeon in Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64 with 12 rooms. It has 4 chests, 3 Gold Skulltulas, and 1 Piece of Heart.

CategoryDungeons
Rooms12
Map ScreenOcarina of Time N64 Ice Cavern Map Screen
EnglishIce Cavern
FrançaisCaverne Polaire
DeutschEishöhle
日本語氷の洞窟

Map

Seen from above, north up. The pins mark chests, Gold Skulltulas, Pieces of Heart, people, shops, enemies, and exits, and each one links to its page. The buttons show or hide each kind; + and - zoom in and out, and a zoomed map can be dragged. The pins of the Master Quest maps are where things are in Master Quest.

Ocarina of Time N64 Ice Cavern 1 MapIron BootsDungeon MapCompassGold SkulltulaGold SkulltulaGold SkulltulaPiece of HeartZora's Fountain

Master Quest

Ocarina of Time N64 Ice Cavern Master Quest MapIron BootsCompassDungeon MapGold SkulltulaGold SkulltulaGold SkulltulaPiece of HeartZora's Fountain

Chests (4)

ItemRoom
Bombchu3
Iron Boots7
Dungeon Map9
Compass11

Gold Skulltula, Piece of Heart

Gold Skulltulas and Pieces of Heart lying in the open or hidden in the walls, by room. Pieces of Heart in chests are in the chest list.

RoomGold SkulltulaPiece of Heart
31
51
1111

Found here

Characters here

Story

What happens in Ice Cavern in the main story, with the lines from its cutscenes. All the steps in order are on the quests page.

Step 22 (Adult Link)

The Zoras are frozen and the lake has dried up. Find the boots in the ice cave and clear the temple under the lake.

We meet again, Link...

If you came here to meet the Zoras, you wasted your time... This is all there is...

With one exception, the Zoras are now sealed under this thick ice sheet...

I managed to rescue the Zora princess from under the ice, but... she left to head for the Water Temple...

This ice is created by an evil curse... The monster in the Water Temple is the source of the curse.

Unless you shut off the source, this ice will never melt....

If you have courage enough to confront the danger and save the Zoras, I will teach you the melody that leads to the temple.

Time passes, people move.... Like a river's flow, it never ends...

A childish mind will turn to noble ambition... Young love will become deep affection... The clear water's surface reflects growth...

Now listen to the Serenade of Water to reflect upon yourself....

You have learned the Serenade of Water!

Link... I'll see you again...

These lines in the text section

Enemies here

Getting around

Leads toZora's Fountain

Master Quest

Ice Cavern is one of the places Master Quest changed. What changes in Master Quest

In the official guides

Ice Cavern, ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ 完全攻略ガイドブック
Ice Cavern
ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ 完全攻略ガイドブック (NTT出版, 1999), p. 99
Ice Cavern, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Official Nintendo Player's Guide
Ice Cavern
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Official Nintendo Player's Guide (Nintendo of America, 1998), p. 79
Ice Cavern, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Ice Cavern
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Prima Publishing, 1998), p. 74
Ice Cavern, Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Ice Cavern
Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 67

Reached by hopping west from ice floe to ice floe, starting where Jabu-Jabu used to lie.

wenn er von dem Platz aus, an dem sich vor Jahren noch der große Fisch Jabu-Jabu befand, von Eisscholle zu Eisscholle in westlicher Richtung hüpft.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 66, Translated by 101Leafy

In room A the way on only opens once Link collects all five silver rupees; a big spinning ice scythe in the middle makes it harder and can do heavy damage.

In diesem Raum geht es für den Helden nur voran, wenn es ihm gelingt, alle fünf silbernen Rubine einzusammeln.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 67, Translated by 101Leafy

Map with rooms 1 to 13 and letters A to D: the dungeon map at B, the Iron Boots at D, the large ice block in C, blue fire spots, a heart piece by room 8 and three Gold Skulltula marks.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 67, Translated by 101Leafy

In room C Link pushes the ice block around to collect the silver rupees that open the door; one is sealed in red ice and needs blue fire. Pushing the block into a chasm makes it reappear at its start, and following the path on the map takes Link to the door.

Link verschiebt den Eisblock und sammelt auf diese Weise die Rubine Stück für Stück ein.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 68, Translated by 101Leafy

Blue fire carried in a bottle melts the ice that holds a Piece of Heart.

Link füllt etwas davon in seine Flaschen und befreit so manches aus eiskalter Gefangenschaft - darunter auch ein weiteres Herzteil!

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 102, Translated by 101Leafy