Death Mountain



Death Mountain is a tall, fiery mountain located in Hyrule, and featured in several Zelda games.

Ocarina of Time
In Ocarina of Time, this mountain is home to the Gorons, a peaceful race of people who eat rocks and are exceptionally good at forging blades. Death Mountain is also home to the Fire Temple, where Adult Link fights Volvagia, a ferocious dragon, and Dodongo's Cavern, where Young Link faces the giant King Dodongo. The entrance to the mountain trail starts at a gate in Kakariko Village. Anyone wishing to travel it will need the Royal Family's permission to get past the guard that is standing there. On top of this menacing mass of red earth lives a Great Fairy who bestows Link with magical power in OoT, and inside the mountain there is yet another fairy who grants Link a magical upgrade. Death Mountain is home to many a Tektite.

Four Swords Adventures
Death Mountain is also the third level in Four Swords Adventures. It consists of three stages: Death Mountain Foothills, The Mountain Path, and Tower of Flames.

Twilight Princess
Death Mountain features once again in Twilight Princess, and is again home to the Goron tribe. This time, instead of bomb- and sword-making rock people, they are sumo-wrestling rock people who don't require oxygen to survive. The path leading up the mountain has many steam jets that will knock you over if you don't have the Iron Boots. Also, rolling Gorons will prevent entrance by hurling themselves towards Link. The entrance to the Goron Mines is located on Death Mountain, as well as a hot spring hot spring that can restore hearts by just touching the water or drinking it from a bottle before it cools, and a shop. When Link first reaches the summit, he narrowly avoids being crushed by an enormous Molten Shard of falling lava. The mountain can be seen from Hyrule Castle.

Trivia
In Majora's Mask, there is a purple mountain which can be seen from the Southern Swamp. It is where Woodfall Temple is located, however some assume that this is the Terminan counterpart of Death Mountain.