Forest Temple is one of the major dungeons of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake. It features a variety of puzzles, secret areas, enemies and the Poe Sisters. In order to explore each area and discover all secrets, you should have equipment such as the Hookshot and Fairy Bow. This guide will help you explore the whole Forest Temple dungeon with its five Gold Skulltulas, Small Keys, Dungeon Map, Compass, Boss Key and other items. We’ll also show you how to defeat Phantom Ganon and complete the dungeon.
All Collectables & Walkthrough In Forest Temple
Gold Skulltula #1
Immediately upon entering the Forest Temple, search for a vine wall near the moss-covered tunnel. Climb the vine wall and look near the top of it, where you will be able to find the Gold Skulltula. Use the Hookshot on the token to obtain your first Gold Skulltula.
Small Key #1
Proceed past the wooden door to move onto the next passage where you will encounter a Skulltula that needs to be dispatched using your sword. Proceed until you reach the main hall where there are four colored torches and a stone pedestal in the middle.
Gold Skulltula #2
In the same room, head to the upper landing by taking the stairs from the main room. Search at the top of the wall for another Gold Skulltula and use your Hookshot to get the token.
Small Key #2
Use the green glass door to enter the room and find a few Stalfos inside. Destroy them by defending against their moves using your shield whenever they give you an opportunity. After destroying all the monsters, you’ll see a chest in the middle of the room, which will give you the second Small Key.
Dungeon Map
Exit from the room through the other door, and then make your way along the green-lit corridor till you come to a blue-sealed door. Unlock it by playing the Song of Time, and head to the courtyard. You will find a second-floor balcony by climbing up the vines there. Then, follow the stone ledge and locate a round well below it. Make your way down and jump in the water in order to access an underwater passage that leads to B1.
Go through the passage until you get to a small room with a chest in it. Beat the guard and take the Small Key from the chest. Climb up the ladder back to the courtyard. Now, proceed to the flower-covered place and find the alcove with the arch there. Open the chest in order to take the Dungeon Map.
Go Through Green Door
Back into the main hall by entering the green glass door. Press the switch on the floor in the barred hallway and walk past the checkered room. Move up the red carpeted staircase and use a Small Key to open the chain-covered door. Keep going through the red carpeted hallway and kill the enemies in your path. You’ll finally come across a room with a ladder leading up to the stone chamber in the first floor.
Small Key #3
After ascending the ladder, you will find yourself in a room with many stone blocks which can be pushed and pulled to open a pathway. Continue advancing until you come across another ladder. Climb to the third level and kill the blue-flame enemy found inside the dark room. Afterward, you will follow the hallway until you come across a chained door. Use the small key to open this door and then move along the red carpeted hallway. Be cautious of Wallmasters in this section. If you see a hand shadow on the floor, move away before it catches you.
Go Through Red Door
Walk down the staircase after following the red carpet path to find an octagon-shaped room on the second floor. There will be some Stalfos monsters present in this arena that you need to defeat. All you have to do is block their attacks and hit them when they open up an opening for attack. A chest will appear on the raised platform of this room.
Block Puzzle
Open up the chest in order to get the Fairy Bow. This bow is needed for switching faraway switches, defeating the Poe Sisters and solving many puzzles in the temple. Having obtained the bow, return to the red passage on the third level. Go past the grate door and the green glass door to come to the red room.
Get The Bow
Fairy Bow is in your inventory after the previous room. In the next step, find the big chest located in the red room. Open it to get the Boss Key. After getting the Boss Key, jump down through the hole in the floor to enter the pool room on the first floor. Fight off the flying enemies in the water using the Fairy Bow and proceed further through the room covered with vines.
Red Poe & Small Key #4
In the ivy room, locate a Gold Skulltula near the ceiling level of the wall. Kill it using an arrow and then grab the token using your Hookshot. Proceed to the purple room and make your way into a stone room with a chest inside. Open the chest to get your fourth Small Key. Move through the carved door that lies ahead and use the ladder in the hallway. Keep following the corridor until you reach a carved window.
Purple Rupee Chest
Peering out the engraved window, shoot an arrow with the Fairy Bow towards the switch located on the other side. The switch will release the chest containing a Purple Rupee that has the value of 50 Rupees. After collecting the Rupee, head back to the top levels by using the ladder at the end of the corridor.
Boss Key
The Boss Key can be found inside the huge chest that lies within the little red room located on the third floor. If you have not taken it yet, go back to that place and take it, because it is needed for unlocking the Forest Temple boss’ door.
Gold Skulltula #3
Back to the third floor, take the red hallway and search for the eye switch that is situated on top of a closed door. Shoot the eye switch using your Fairy Bow in order to proceed. Take the red carpet to the point where you find a staircase with paintings all around it.
Shoot the painting to summon the Red Poe Sister. Defeat the enemy by protecting yourself from her spins using the shield and attack whenever she is not defending herself. Another thing you can do is to shoot arrows whenever she goes out of your range. Defeating the enemy will make a chest visible near the torches; take your fifth Small Key from it.
Small Key #5
The fifth Small Key is inside the chest that appears after defeating the Red Poe Sister. Make sure you collect it before leaving the room.
Shoot The Eye Again
Open the door with the key you have just obtained and head back to the green arena. Unlock the chained door using your Small Key and go into the new room and continue to walk up the stairs covered in blue carpeting. You will find yourself in the next corridor, which is decorated with a painting. Shoot the painting with your Fairy Bow to make the Blue Poe Sister appear.
Blue Poe & Compass
Conquer the Blue Poe Sister again using the same tactics. Stop all her attacks and use your bow to fire arrows at her when she reveals herself. Upon defeating her, you will find a chest in the room. Open the chest to obtain the compass, which will be useful in finding treasure chests in the forest temple.
Shoot The Frozen Eye
Make your way up the stairs and ladders until you arrive at the blue hallway located on the third floor. Unlock the door using the Small Key and move ahead. Soon, you will see a frozen eye switch that is situated above a closed door. Use a torch to ignite an arrow and fire it at the frozen eye.
Pass through the tunnel and listen to the fairy thoughts if offered by Navi. Now, make your way back to the tiled pool and swim across the water. Get out of the water close to the checkered hallway and take the chest that contains the arrows from beside the iron railings.
Gold Skulltula #4
Return to the room covered with ivy and search for another Gold Skulltula. This Gold Skulltula is located high up on the ivy-covered wall. Kill it using your Fairy Bow and pick up the token dropped by the Skulltula using the Hookshot.
Green Poe
Continue to the vine room and shoot the painting using your Fairy Bow. This will summon the Green Poe Sister. Go inside the green fog room and begin pushing the blocks covered in slime. Push and pull the blocks until the images of the blocks make up an entire picture on the floor. When you complete the puzzle, the Green Poe Sister will appear. Beat her by shooting arrows and slashing her with your sword.
Purple Poe
Go towards the blue portal linked to the main hall. Seek out the last Poe painting and fire it using the Fairy Bow. The Purple Poe Sister will show up and divide into four clones. Hold your shield ready to defend from the magic attacks and find the genuine Poe holding a lantern.
Fire at her using your Fairy Bow to stun her and rush in to slash her using your sword. In the last battle, you need to use the Spin Attack to group the clones and reveal the genuine Poe. As soon as all four Poe Sisters are killed, the colored torches will be ignited in the main hall.
Gold Skulltula #5
Head back to the courtyard using the red carpeted hallway starting from the main hall. Head upstairs to the third level and make your way through the stone hallway. Descend the blue staircase and swim across the green water pool. Move the stone block and use it to reach the ledge above the courtyard.
Use the Scarecrow’s Song while standing on the ledge, and a scarecrow appears on the opposite platform of the gap. Get pulled to the platform using the Hookshot. There is one more Gold Skulltula token at the scarecrow’s platform. Collect it to complete your fifth Gold Skulltula in this section.
Rotating Room Puzzle
Go back to the main chamber and get on the platform in the centre. Since the four Poe Sisters have been beaten, the lift will take you to B2 level. Go to the circular chamber and locate the first round window there. Use Din’s Fire near the window to reveal the door next to it. Kill the big Skulltula in the corridor and go into the dusty chamber.
Use Din’s Fire again to burn the web preventing you from entering and locate the Gold Skulltula behind it. Use your Hookshot to retrieve the token. Go to the red room that is accessible from the hub and open the chest in it to receive more arrows.
Proceed along the passage to locate a circular window containing a flame behind which is a diamond. Capture the diamond using the Hookshot. Change to the Fairy Bow and use an arrow on the torch flame to activate the frozen eye switch.
The flames would then melt the ice to allow access to the door. Proceed further along the corridor to find a golden door. Open the golden door using the Boss Key. Ensure that you are equipped with a sufficient number of hearts and arrows before proceeding to the boss arena. You will now find yourself in a gallery of pictures.
Boss Fight
The Forest Temple boss is Phantom Ganon. At first, he appears as a rider on a black horse before transforming into a dark, armoured creature.
Phase 1: Shoot Phantom Ganon in the Paintings
In the first part, Phantom Ganon will travel across the pictures in the room. You must look at all the frames and identify the one in which he starts moving towards you. Use your Fairy Bow to shoot him from the frame. Continue doing this until he stops travelling in the frames and moves into the arena.
Phase 2: Reflect His Magic Attacks
Phantom Ganon will begin throwing magical green orbs at you once he touches the ground. Attack these orbs using your sword in order to throw them back at Phantom Ganon. With proper timing, the attack will hit him and stun him for a moment. Run towards him and attack with your sword while he is stunned.
Keep repeating this process until he dies and finishes this boss battle. Once you have defeated Phantom Ganon, Ganondorf will show up in a dark location and talk to Link. He tells you that Phantom Ganon was just an illusion and then disappears. A Heart Container will spawn in front of you. Pick it up in order to raise your health level. Finally, enter the blue light in order to leave this room.
