Ocarina Secrets
All these secrets are out of the Prima Strategy Guide.
The Mask of Truth
To get the Mask of Truth, you must sell the first four masks that appear to the appropriate buyer.
1. The Guard at the Death Mountain Trail entranve wants a popular mask for his son.
Show him the Keaton Mask, and he'll pay you a little extra for it.
2. The lone Skull Kid in the Lost Woods worries that his face is too nice.
The Skull Mask will work wonders for his self-esteem, but be prepared to lost money on this deal.
3. During the day, a young boy tries to take Dampe's place on the Heart-Pounding Gravedigging Tour, but he's too cute to scare anyone.
He'll pay you the exact amount for the Spooky Mask.
4. The Bunny Hood is hard to place unless you've run into the Marathon Runner around Hyrule Field.
This guy longs to run like a rabbit, and will find this item too good to pass up.
Make sure you have an emmpty Giant's Wallet before you sell this to him.
His payment fills any wallet you possess.
Return to the Happy Mask Shop after selling the Bunny Hood and you may borrow the Mask of Truth. Wear it to talk to the similarly decorated Gossip Stones throughout the Kingdom of Hyrule and learn the latest gossip and valuable secrets.
Note
Three other masks also appear--A Gerudo Mask, a Zora Mask and a Goron Mask.
You can't sell these, but wearing them elicits interesting responses from certain people....
The Secret of the Biggoron's Sword
As an adult, Link gets the opportunity to buy a Giant's Knife from Medigoron in Goron City.
For 200 Rupees, you can buy this very fragile two-handed sword, guaranteed to break soon after you equip it the first time.
Biggoron, who waits near the entrance to Death Mountain Crater, will warn you anout his brother's shop, and insist that he is the brother with the true swordmaking skills.
But if you present him with the broken sword you bought from his brother, he won't offer to fix it.
There's another way to get one of Biggoron's well-crafted swords, however.
In Kakariko Village, the Cucco Lady will give you one of her new Pocket Cuccos.
If you make it happy by using it to wake up people, such as the perpetually sleeping Talon, she'll be so delighted she'll give you another bird to take care of.
This starts a long cycle of trading and errand-running that ends with Biggoron's Sword in your inventory. Here's how it goes:
1. Get the Pocket Cucco from the Cucco Lady and use it to wake Talon up. Then return it to get Cojiro, the crowless rooster.
2. Use Cojiro to wake the Carpenter Boss's son, sleeping in the Lost Woods next to the lone Skull Kid's tree.
He'll give you a delicate Odd Mushroom to take vack to the "Hag in the (secret) Potion Shop."
You have a limited amount of time to do this, so make sure you have Epona at the ready to race you back to Kakariko.
3. Give the Odd Mushroom to the crone who runs a Potion Shop/Laboratory in the house behind the former Market Potion Shop and she'll whip up an Odd Potion.
Hurry this back to the boy in the Lost Woods before he becomes a monster!
4. No matter how fast you run, when you arrive back at the Lost Woods, you'll find the boy gone and a Kokiri girl in his place.
Show her the Odd Potion and she'll confiscate it and give you a Poacher's Saw in return.
5. Return the Poacher's Saw to the boy's father, the Carpenter Boss, now fixing the bridge in the Gerudo Valley, and he'll give you his Broken Goron's Sword.
6. Take the Broken Goron's Sword to Biggoron and he'll offer to fix it (finally), after you get him the special Eye Drops he needs to clar his eyes after Death Mountain's recent eruption.
He'll hand you a Prescription to take back to King Zora in Zora's Domain.
7. King Zora will give you the main ingredient for the Eye Drops (an Eyeball Frog) and request that you hurry over to Lake Hylia, where the Scientist will fill the Prescription.
Again, you have a strict time limit, so have Epona ready.
8. Once the Scientist gets over his disappointment at not being able to fry the frog's eyes up for dinner, he'll create the World's Finest Eye Drops for Biggoron.
These, too, are highly perishable and you have another time limit within which to deliver them to Biggoron.
Bothe Epona and the Magic Bean leaf near the entrance to the Dodongo's Cavern will ensure that you arrive on time.
9. Finally, you retutn to Biggoron, Eye Drops in hand. He's so delighted by your perseverance, he promises to get that sword to you in three days.
Using the Ocarina and the "Sun's Song" here will work, or let three days and nights pass normally before you approach Biggoron for the finished product.
You wouldn't want him to think you're impatient, would you?
Biggoron's Sword is a nice, heavy addition to your arsenal. It delivers more damage than the Master Sword, which makes it good against some of the stronger monsters and Bosses you'll meet during the second part of the game.
The downside is this weapon requires Link to use both hands to hold it, leaving him with no way to use his shield.
If you don't use the shield much, you'll have no problem, except when you must reflect attacks.
Tip
You can't warp to the locations you must deliver these items to, so make sure that you've won Epona and are skilled at riding her before attempting these races!
The Stone of Agony and Those Hidden Holes
After you collect 20 Gold Skulltula Tokens, return to the House of Skulltula in Kakariko Village to receive the Stone of Agony.
This Rumble Pak-shaped stone will vibrate whenver you near a Hidden Hole.
To uncover the hole, you must do one of the three things--pound the ground with the Megaton Hammer, bomb the location, or play the "Song of Storms"
Many holes wait to be found in this game, but you'll usually spot the best using the Stone of Agony.
In fact, many Hidden Holes are indistinguishable without it.
There are 14 kinds of Hidden Holes.
The most common contain a Gossip Stone and a small Treasure Chest holding Rupees or Bombs.
You'll also find plenty of holes where Business Scrubs sell Green and Red Potions or refills of Bombs, Deku Nuts, and the like.
There are 10 areas where the Stone of Agony will reveal something unique, special, or just plain valuable.
+ Next to a single tree in Hyrule Field in-between Gerudo Valley and Hyrule Castle, you'll find a hole where a Piece of Heart sits at the bottom of a pool of water.
Dive down with the Gold Scale, or just use your Iron Boots, to grab it.
+ Next to the tree near the moat around Hyrule Castle you'll find a hole with three bomb-able walls.
Behind one lies a Gossip Stone surrounded by clay jugs.
The other two walls cover two regular Skullwalltulas and one Gold Skulltula!
+ Defeat two Wolfos in the hole outside the entrance to the Sacred Forest Meadow and you'll receive a Purple Rupee.
+ A ring of stones just outside the entrance to the Gerudo Valley hides a hole where Din's Fire reveals a cow, a Gossip Stone, and a Gold Skulltula.
+ Between the four fences outside Lake Hylia is a hole where a single Business Scrub will sell you a Piece of Heart for 10 Rupees.
What a bargain!
+ If you can defeat the two ReDead in a hole in the middle of the courtyard in Kakariko Village, you'll receive a Huge Rupee.
+ In the hole hidden by a tree across the bridge leading to Kakoriko Village is a Big Skulltula and a Gold Skulltula!
+ On a ledge along the Gerudo River you'll find a hole filled with Rupees--but you must dive for them.
+ The ring of stones outside Goron City hides a Gold Ruppee in a small Treasure Chest.
+ A boulder disguises a hole in the Lost Woods.
There a Business Scrub sells a Deku Nuts upgrade for 40 rupees.
Note
You must have a Rumble Pak for the Stone of Agony features to activate--yet another reason to play this game with one!
Note
The stone of Agony is but one way to find Hidden Holes and other secret areas.
Lifting stray boulders with the Silver Gauntlets and blowing up others often will uncover a hole.
Expect to find the best stuff in the holes the Stone of Agony reveals, however.
The rest contain Business Scrubs and boxes of Bombs and Rupees.
The Scarecrow's Song
Pierre and Bonooru are the scarecrows in the cornfields of Lake Hylia.
Pierre wants to travel the land, and Bonooru has an excellent memory.
As a child, if you play your Ocarina for Pierre, he'll dance around in joy.
Play the same tune for Bonooru, and he'll promise to rememmber it.
When you come back as an adult, Bonooru will prompt you to play that catchy tune again.
Remember it correctly and you'll learn the "Scarecrow's Song"!
This tune is one of your own composition, and doesn't appear on the game's subscreens.
Its magic, however, is unparalleled, and important for reaching some well-hidden secret areas.
When you replay your song to Bonooru as an adult, he'll prompt you to play it in certain areas; the wandering Pierre will come and help.
Navi will point out some of these areas by turning green with excitement.
If it looks like you might need only a Hookshot or Longshot target, play the "Scarecrow's Song" and Pierre might spring up.
Try calling on Pierre in the following locations:
+ Want to go fishing but you can't reach the island because there's no water in Lake Hylia?
Navi's green shine will show you a place where Pierre can help you up.
+ Try calling Pierre in the Baby Dodongo Room in Dodongo Cavern.
You'll discover a new ledge and a Gold Skulltula.
+ Pierre will help you reach the top of the East Tower in the Fire Temple.
Just look for the inverted pyramid in the room with the Boulder Maze and play your Ocarina.
+ If you need a few extra hearts before facing Bongo Bongo in the Shadow Temple, play the "Song of Time" to provide a step up to the broken statue with the Single Recovery Heart; then play the "Scarecrow's Song" and Longshot over to the Recovery Heart platform.
How to Find the Four Bottles and Those 10 Big Poes
If you plan to carry potions or other small objects, you'll need a bottle to put them in.
There are four glass Bottles to be found in the Kingdom of Hyrule, and you'll have to work for all of them.
Bottle 1: Find the Super Cuccos
Talon holds the first bottle, but will give it to you filled with Lon Lon Milk if you can pick out his three Super Cuccos from a flock of regular ones.
You have 30 seconds to do it.
Just toss the loose Cuccos into the corner between the table and the stairs and clear the main floor.
When Talon tosses those three Super Cuccos into the ring, the regular Cuccos will disappear, and the ring will be empty.
Now it's easy to spot the Super Cuccos.
Bottle 2: Corral the Cuccos>
In Kakariko Village, there is a woman who can't corral her Cuccos because of her allergies.
If you can find and return all seven of her pets, she'll give you a bottle as a reward.
Bottle 3: Princess Ruto's Letter in a Bottle
To enter Jabu-Jabu's belly and obtain the Spiritual Stone of Water, you must find this letter in a bottle at the bottom of Lake Hylia.
Finding it isn't the problem: Reaching it is!
You first must win the Silver Scale in the Diving Game at the top of the waterfall in Zora's Domain.
Then dive through the portal to the lake. It should be in sight--and in reach--once you exit.
Bottle 4: Collect 10 "Special" Poes!
As an adult, you'll find a Poe collector in the room off the main gate of Hyrule Castle.
He'll ask you to find and capture Poes for him in return for Rupees and points in his Poe Collectors Club.
If you bring him the Poes you find in the Graveyard or around Hyrule Field, he'll pay you 10 Rupees and colmplain that he wanted a special type of Poe.
These "Special" Poes are found only while riding around Hyrule Field on horseback.
You must brush up on your horseback archery skills, as well, if you hope to catch them.
Those Poes lie in 10 locations.
If you catch all 10, not only will you earn 50 Rupees per Poe, but you'll win a bottle at the end.
The Forest Stage
This game's secret lies in the masks you wear.
Wear no mask, and the tribe of Deku won't even lift their faces to notice you.
Wear the wrong mask (that is, one they don't like), and they'll shoo you from their lair with a shower of Deku Nuts.
The right mask will bring you gifts of Rupees or important inventory upgrades.
+ Keaton Mask: Don't like it one bit!
+ Skull Mask: Love you! Win one Deku Stick Upgrade.
+ Spooky Mask: Like you. Win Rupees.
+ Bunny Hood: Like you. Win Rupees.
+ Goron Mask: Like you. Win Rupees.
+ Zora Mask: Don't like it one bit!
+ Gerudo Mask: Don't like it one bit!
+ Mask of Truth: Love you! Win one Deku Nut Upgrade.
The Bug-Catching Song
If you feed all of the members of the Frog Chorus in Zora's River with your Ocarina songs and make them grow big, they'll challenge you to a Bug-Catching Game.
To help the frogs eat their fill, press the appropriate button when the butterfly appears above each frogs's head.
The result is a song you must play very quickly to receive your prize--a Piece of Heart.
Button Assignments
Green Frog: A Button
Blue Frog: Left C Button
Yellow Frog: Down C Button
White Frog: Up C Button
Pink Frog: Right C Button
The song itself is: A-Left-Right-Down-Left-Right-Down-A-Down-A-Down-Right-Left-A
