Inside the Great Deku Tree

1. Enter the Main Chamber and Ascend to 2F

When you enter from the eastern edge of Kokiri Forest after passing Mido with your Kokiri Sword and Deku Shield equipped, step into the vertical main chamber featuring a large central floor web on 1F. Climb the entry ladder and follow the spiraling wooden walkways upward, cutting down any snapping Deku Baba or Withered Deku Baba with your sword or striking them with Deku Nuts. Continue along the 2F walkway until you spot a large chest adjacent to a vine wall covered in Skulltulas, and open it to claim the Dungeon Map.

Tip: Slicing down Deku Babas replenishes your stock of Deku Sticks and Deku Nuts.

2. Claim the Fairy Slingshot in the 2F Side Room

Pass through the wooden door on 2F into a side chamber where a wooden bridge over a pit collapses as you step on it (it replaces the original's floating platform). Cross quickly before it gives way, climb the vine wall ahead to open the chest holding the Fairy Slingshot, and look above the exit door to shoot the eye switch with your new weapon to reopen your path. Before climbing back down, use the Fairy Slingshot to shoot down any Walltulas blocking the vines, or wait to strike swinging Big Skulltulas on their soft white underbellies when they turn around.

Tip: Stun Big Skulltulas from afar using the Slingshot or Deku Nuts before moving in for a sword strike.

3. Solve the 3F Compass Room and Grab the First Token

Head back out and ascend the spiraling path to the 3F upper ledge, entering the side room to find a timed floating platform and torch puzzle. Step on the central floor switch to activate the platforms, jump across them in time to open the chest containing the Compass, and leap to the left side alcove to claim a Gold Skulltula Token. When igniting torches using Deku Sticks, remember to light them quickly, and break jars or cut plants around the room if you run low on supplies.

Tip: Listen to Navi throughout the dungeon, as she points out interactive switches and enemy weak points.

4. Plunge Through the Central Web to B1

Return to the 3F perimeter, clear out any Gohma Larvae dropping from ceiling eggs with Kokiri Sword slashes, and look down at the massive web stretched across the 1F floor. Leap straight from this highest 3F perimeter point directly onto the center of the web to snap through it, plunging into the flooded B1 chamber below. Check the vines near the ceiling right after breaking the web to grab a Gold Skulltula Token, and collect another Gold Skulltula Token clinging to the wooden grate above the water.

Tip: Gohma Larvae can be slain instantly by striking their dropped eggs before they hatch.

5. Clear the B1 Basement Puzzles

In the B1 basement, hit the underwater switch, dodge the revolving spiked roller, and solve the movable stone block puzzle to reach the torch-lighting web mechanics. Carry fire with a Deku Stick to burn away the web barrier covering the north alcove to collect a Gold Skulltula Token, then burn the remaining web covering the crawlspace. Before crawling through, raise your Deku Shield to bounce nuts back at spitting Deku Scrubs, then run up to speak with them as they flee.

Tip: Jars and plants scattered around B1 will replenish any depleted Deku Sticks and Deku Nuts.

6. Crawl into the B2 basement chambers leading toward the final boss doors, where t

warning: Deflecting the nuts back at the triplets out of order will reset the puzzle entirely, forcing you to restart the sequence.

7. Slay Queen Gohma in the Boss Chamber

Step inside the closed circular chamber and look up at the ceiling to trigger Parasitic Armored Arachnid – Queen Gohma dropping down into battle. Whenever her large single eye shifts color to red or when she pauses, shoot it with your Fairy Slingshot to stun her, then relentlessly slash her with the Kokiri Sword; if she climbs to the ceiling, shoot her exposed eye before she drops Gohma Larva eggs to stagger her to the floor. Collect the full Heart Container after her defeat, then step into the blue warp point to return to Kokiri Forest and receive the Spiritual Stone of the Forest (Kokiri's Emerald) to complete the quest to break the tree's curse.

Tip: Strike Queen Gohma's eye immediately as she prepares eggs on the ceiling to prevent Gohma Larvae from overwhelming you.

The short version

What matters

• Deflect projectiles back at the Deku Scrub triplets in the order of Middle (2), Right (3), Left (1) to unlock the B2 boss door.
• Leap strictly from the 3F high ledge onto the 1F center web to break into the B1 basement.
• Stun Queen Gohma by shooting her single eye with the Fairy Slingshot when it turns red, then slash her with your Kokiri Sword.

Common mistakes

• Dropping onto the ground-floor web from 2F or 1F, which inflicts fall damage without breaking the web; you must jump from 3F.
• Reflecting nuts at the Deku Scrub triplets out of sequence, which resets the entire encounter.
• Letting Deku Sticks burn down while carrying fire; running out will force you to scavenge jars and plants for refills.