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Hyrule Castle

Ocarina of Time N64 Hyrule Castle Title Card

Hyrule Castle is a place in Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64 with 4 rooms. It has 1 Gold Skulltula.

Category	Towns and Villages
Rooms	4
Map Screen
English	Hyrule Castle
Français	Château d'Hyrule
Deutsch	Schloß Hyrule
日本語	ハイラル城

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 grotto maps come last, numbered as in the Grottos table.

Hyrule Castle Town Great Fairy's Fountain

Grotto 1

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.

Room	Gold Skulltula	Piece of Heart
0	1

Found here

Characters here

Story

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

Step 6 (Young Link)

A girl from the ranch gives Link an egg. The chicken that hatches wakes her father, and Link climbs into the castle grounds.

Step 7 (Young Link)

Meet the princess in the courtyard. She tells Link of her dream and gives him a letter, and her guardian teaches him the royal family's song and leads him out.

The three goddesses hid the Triforce containing the power of the gods somewhere in Hyrule.

The power to grant the wish of the one who holds the Triforce in his hands.

If someone with a righteous heart makes a wish, it will lead Hyrule to a golden age of prosperity....

If someone with an evil mind has his wish granted, the world will be consumed by evil...That is what has been told....

So, the ancient Sages built the Temple of Time to protect the Triforce from evil ones.

I am Impa of the Sheikahs. I am responsible for protecting Princess Zelda. Everything is exactly as the Princess foretold.

You are a courageous boy... You are heading out on a big, new adventure, aren't you?

My role in the Princess's dream was to teach a melody to the one from the forest.

This is an ancient melody passed down by the Royal Family.

I have played this song for Princess Zelda as a lullaby ever since she was a baby...

There is mysterious power in these notes.

Now listen carefully...

You've learned Zelda's Lullaby!

If the castle soldiers find you, there will be trouble. Let me lead you out of the castle.

These lines in the text section

Side story (Young Link)

Blow open the rock at the end of the path by the castle moat and play the royal lullaby for the Great Fairy of Magic.

Welcome Link! I am the Great Fairy of Magic!

I will give you a magic spell. Please take it.

You got Din's Fire! Its fireball engulfs everything! It's attack magic you can use with C.

You can use Din's Fire not only to attack but also to burn things!

When battle has made you weary, please come back to see me.

These lines in the text section

Grottos (1)

Holes in the ground in Hyrule Castle and what is down each one. Some lie open, some open when Link plays the Song of Storms on the spot, and some only show after an explosion there.

Map	Opens	Inside
1	Song of Storms	Skullwalltula Gold Skulltula Gossip Stone

Getting around

Leads to	Hyrule Castle Town, Great Fairy's Fountain
Reached from	Inside Ganon's Castle

In the official guides

Hyrule Castle, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Official Nintendo Player's Guide — Hyrule Castle
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Official Nintendo Player's Guide (Nintendo of America, 1998), p. 36

Hyrule Castle, Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Hyrule Castle
Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 30

The castle entrance is guarded and Link cannot get past; he climbs the vines on the wall where Malon stands to go around the gate.

An diesen Ranken muß Link emporklettern.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 30, Translated by 101Leafy

Inside, Link must move so the guards posted everywhere do not see him; if spotted, he is put back in front of the gate.

Im Inneren muß sich Link so bewegen, daß ihn die überall postierten Wachen nicht sehen.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 30, Translated by 101Leafy

With Talon gone, Link pushes the two crates so he can jump to the castle wall and crawl through a narrow gap inside.

Nun kann der Held die Kisten verschieben.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 31, Translated by 101Leafy

The castle gardens can only be passed by day; five sections are each watched by two soldiers, and Link waits until he is out of their sight.

Den Helden erwarten fünf Parkabschnitte, die von Soldaten bewacht werden. Link wartet jeweils geschickt ab, bis er aus dem Blickwinkel der beiden Wächter verschwunden ist

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 31, Translated by 101Leafy

Seven years on, the once cheerful town lies in dark shadow and zombies fill the streets.

Die vormals so fröhliche Stadt ist in düstere Schatten getaucht, grausame Zombies bevölkern die Straßen.

Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo of Europe, 1998), p. 54, Translated by 101Leafy