Talk:Shadow Temple

I agree it is the scariest temple.

i also agree it has all of the dead enemies.and it has a opressive arua

Should it be noted that perhaps the Bottom of the Well is a smaller part of the Shadow Temple?

Shadow temple is the scariest Temple in the game. But i like it alot. Plus i love fighting the Dead Hand! : ) !

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The Iron boots strategy

Should it also be noted that in many of the areas where you can use the iron boots to resist the fans, there are often wooden beams on the ceiling that can be used as hookshot/longshot targets, making using the iron boots even more practical in the shadow temple? --Magnus orion 22:31, 13 March 2008 (EDT)

Should it be added the mini boss is the Dead Hand? ZeldaGirl96 17:28, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

I think it should be and I will do thatGaradex 11:14, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Order

Sorry, but, going in correct order, do you go to the Shadow or Spirit Temple first?

I've completed the game both ways, but i think the logical order is Shadow first. Because the whole time i was in the spirit temple, Navi kepy saying "we must go to shadow temple!!" OH and when you post a comment don't forget the ~~~~ ,without the spaces, at the end so we know who you are ;]. Onyx 18:11, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes, you go to the Shadow Temple first. You don't HAVE to...but I did...(Oh my God..."we must go to shadow temple!!". I wanted to just relax and mutalate the cuccos but NO! "we must go to shadow temple!!" ugh....I my least favorite line in the whole game....)

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Question

I've got a question about the article. I've played this game and beaten it more times than I can count, but every time I play this Temple, I have never found any "torture equipment" as stated in the article. This may be a mistake, or just to add the creepiness of an already creepy Temple. Jacob 21:58, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

You know the room where you get the Boss Key, where those spiked, wooden walls close in on you? They might be talking about stuff like that. --Felicia's Champion 22:34, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

I always assumed they were talking about the blood-splattered room with the manacles and the crucafix in it... Nook 15:10, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Could it be... maybe... the guillotines? Snakeboss14 00:40, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Correct... The huge, open room with all the invisible platforms... No one ever noticed you have to time your jumps through the guillotines, the device of choice to execute those during France's Reign of Terror?

Gallery error

One of the pictures in the gallery is captioned "The statue of two reapers with revolving scythes, able to be seen only with the Lens of Truth." However, this particular reaper statue is clearly visible without the Lens. The invisible reaper statue is in the room with the Like-Like, found later in the temple. Rootbeer277 21:48, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

I edited it. Just click on edit to change it. - AtrumLevis  (My Talk Page) (My Contributions) 22:58, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I changed the file itself to say "Sometimes only able..." So now when the image is used the info will be correct, Thanks for pointing that out and feel free to change other mistakes or point them out as you see them. Axiomist (talk) 03:30, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

4th or 5th temple?

As a kid, I always did the Shadow temple last, but I think you could do it before the Spirit Temple, so that made me wonder which one is officially first? I seem to recall the Shadow Medallion being last in the circle of Medallions, but I don't know. Any thoughts or answers? --Oboromaru 00:15, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I always did the Shadow Temple before Spirit, but it really doesn't matter. I'd use the Hover boots to get across the Haunted Wasteland, but you could always use the hookshot. I use to have 2 or 3 different guide books to OoT and in one it'd have it be Shadow > Spirit and I think others had it Spirit > Shadow. So in the end, they're interchangeable in my opinion. Jo the Marten^(Shriek) ಠ_ಠ 01:06, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Well...the story has prompts to go to the Shadow Temple, so we go by that in ranking them in sequence. Ph for example has no prompts for its last 3 dungeons. Axiomist (talk) 01:16, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Reference to Greek Mythology?

A painting in the Shadow Temple calls the boat that we see in the Shadow Dungeon a "ferry to the other side". That, combined by the fact that it's a boat in an underworld environment suggests to me that the boat is an obvious allusion to the ferry Charon uses to cross the river Styx in Greek mythology. Zeldapedia seems to agree. Thoughts? Dekler 15:02, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, definitely. Feel free to add it to the Trivia section, I'd say :)— Hylian King ^[*] 16:02, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

The allusion is obvious, however there are missing elements, such as water under the boat (the magic water of Styx Lake), Charon himself (there are the two Stalfos instead), Charon's oar, and the need of money to start the boat. And Charon's boat isn't supposed to sink. So we may say that the allusion is loosely based. Gomess 512 (talk) 00:59, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Wind Element?

I am curious, does anyone think that Wind could possibly be considered an element for the Shadow Temple? There are the giant fans in the one section, and there are many bottomless pits lying around the dungeon. --RedWyrm13 21:07, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm afraid not. Because the temple is not obviously and explicitly wind-themed, it should not be labeled as a "wind" dungeon.User:Justin ZW/sig 21:18, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

A wooden sign

There are wooden signs in Shadow Temple, and I think no other temple has that feature. But one of them says "Only one with the eye of truth will find the stone umbrella that protects against the rain of blades." The "stone umbrella" is a Gerudo block. If the Gerudo blocks are placed by Gerudos in the temples, then the information on the sign is fresh. So who made that sign? The only person who went in the temple is Impa, as far as we know. The situation is similar with the two snake tablets in the first room of the Spirit Temple, but we may expect to find Gerudo blocks there anyway. However, this is not an important issue, but I thought it should be mentioned.Gomess 512 (talk) 00:59, 18 March 2014 (UTC)