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{{Term/Store|Inside the Deku Tree||Series, OoT, OoT3D}} is the first {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon|link}} of {{OoT}}.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 149}}</ref> It is the first {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon}} in the game. Its {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon}} {{Term|OoT3D|Item}} is the {{Term|OoT3D|Fairy Slingshot|link}} and its boss is {{Term|OoT3D|Gohma|link}}.

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==Features and Overview==

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The {{Term|OoT3D|Great Deku Tree|link}} is located inside his {{Term|OoT3D|Great Deku Tree's Meadow|link|display=Meadow}} in {{Term|OoT3D|Kokiri Forest|link}}. The entrance to the {{Term|OoT3D|Great Deku Tree's Meadow}} is blocked by {{Term|OoT3D|Mido|link}}, who refuses entry to anyone without both a {{Term|OoT3D|Sword|link}} and {{Term|OoT3D|Shield|link}}. Once {{Term|OoT3D|Link|link}} equips both the {{Term|OoT3D|Kokiri Sword|link}} and {{Term|OoT3D|Deku Shield|link}}, {{Term|OoT3D|Mido}} will begrudgingly allow him to visit the {{Term|OoT3D|Great Deku Tree}}. Inside the {{Term|OoT3D|Great Deku Tree's Meadow}}, the {{Term|OoT3D|Great Deku Tree}} explains that he has been cursed and requires {{Term|OoT3D|Link}}'s help to break his curse.<ref>{{Cite|Link... Welcome... Listen carefully to what I, the {{Color|OoT3D Red|Deku Tree}}, am about to tell thee... Thy slumber these past moons must have been restless and full of nightmares... As the servants of evil gain strength, a vile climate pervades the land and causes nightmares to those sensitive to it... Verily, thou hast felt it... Link... The time has come to test thy courage...|Great Deku Tree|OoT3D}}<br/>{{Cite|I have been {{Color|OoT3D Red|cursed}}... I need thee to break the curse with thy wisdom and courage. Dost thou have courage enough to undertake this task?|Great Deku Tree|OoT3D}}</ref> If {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} agrees to help, the {{Term|OoT3D|Great Deku Tree}} opens his mouth, granting {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} passage inside.<ref>{{Cite|[{{Color|OoT3D Green|Yes}}] Then enter, brave Link, and thou too, Navi... Navi the fairy... Thou must aid Link... And, Link... When {{Color|OoT3D Light Blue|Navi}} speaks, use {{Icon|OoT3D Navi}} to listen well to her words of wisdom...|Great Deku Tree|OoT3D}}</ref>{{Note|If {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} denies this request, the {{Term|OoT3D|Great Deku Tree}} will tell him to return to the {{Term|OoT3D|Kokiri Forest}} to practice combat before returning.<ref>{{Cite|[{{Color|OoT3D Green|No}}] Perhaps thou dost not yet have confidence in thy abilities... Return to the Kokiri Forest to learn the skills of combat... When thou art ready, return here and speak with me by using {{Icon|OoT3D L}}...|Great Deku Tree|OoT3D}}</ref>}}

[[File:OoT3D Inside the Deku Tree Interior.png|thumb|right|240px|The {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon}}'s entrance from {{OoT3D|-}}]]

The {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon|link}} is designed to teach {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} how to navigate in three-dimensional space and how basic {{Plural|OoT3D|Object|link}} like {{Plural|OoT3D|Door|link}},<ref>{{Cite|You can open a {{Color|OoT3D White|door}} by standing in front of it and pressing {{Icon|OoT3D A}}. Pay attention to what the Action Icon says. That's the {{Color|OoT3D White|A Button icon}} on the upper screen!|Navi|OoT3D}}</ref> {{Plural|OoT3D|Ladder|link}} and {{Plural|OoT3D|Vine|link}},<ref>{{Cite|Look at this wall! The vines growing on it give it a rough surface... Maybe you can climb it, Link!|Navi|OoT3D}}</ref> {{Plural|OoT3D|Switch|link}}, and {{Plural|OoT3D|Block|link}} function.<ref>{{Cite|Stand next to this {{Color|OoT3D White|block}} and grab hold of it with {{Icon|OoT3D A}}. While holding {{Icon|OoT3D A}}, you can push or pull it. If you stand next to the {{Color|OoT3D White|block}} and press {{Icon|OoT3D A}} while pressing {{Icon|OoT3D Circle Pad}} toward the {{Color|OoT3D White|block}}, you can climb on top of it. Pay attention to what the {{Color|OoT3D White|Action Icon}} says!|Navi|OoT3D}}</ref> As {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} enters the {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon}}, the camera shifts to focus on a {{Term|OoT3D|Ladder}}, giving a hint for where {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} must go first.

Most of the {{Plural|OoT3D|Enemy|link}} within the {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon}} are stationary and will not move around, teaching {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} how to move around {{Plural|OoT3D|Enemy}} in combat. Some {{Plural|OoT3D|Enemy}} cling to the ceiling and will drop down onto {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} if he approaches their positions, encouraging {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} to be aware of his surroundings. {{Term|OoT3D|Inside the Deku Tree}} is a forgiving {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon}} as a large number of {{Plural|OoT3D|Heart|link}} can be found floating in various parts of it, as well as inside many of its {{Plural|OoT3D|Treasure Chest|link}}. Several patches of {{Term|OoT3D|Grass|link}} grow within the {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon}} and provide {{Plural|OoT3D|Heart}} as well as {{Plural|OoT3D|Rupee|link}} and {{Plural|OoT3D|Deku Seed|link}} when cut. These patches of {{Term|OoT3D|Grass}} typically regrow after being cut, allowing {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} to retrieve an infinite stock of supplies.

The vertical design of the {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon}} challenges {{Term|OoT3D|Link}}'s spatial awareness and is also the key to entering the depths of the {{Term|OoT3D|Inside the Deku Tree|display=Deku Tree}}. The first room of the {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon}} is a large, three-story chamber that branches into various rooms. In the center of the first room there is a large {{Term|OoT3D|Web}} covering a pit leading to the depths of the {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon}}, though it cannot be bypassed from the first floor. The second floor holds the {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon}}'s primary {{Term|OoT3D|Item|link}}, the {{Term|OoT3D|Fairy Slingshot|link}}, which gives greater freedom to manipulate {{Plural|OoT3D|Puzzle}} and fight {{Plural|OoT3D|Enemy}} from a safe distance. {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} is taught how to carry {{Term|OoT3D|Fire|link}} from one {{Term|OoT3D|Torch|link}} to another with {{Plural|OoT3D|Deku Stick|link}} and to temporarily manipulate rooms with timed {{Plural|OoT3D|Floor Switch|link}} while ascending the {{Term|OoT3D|Inside the Deku Tree|display=Deku Tree}}. A cowardly {{Term|OoT3D|Deku Scrub}} can also be found on the second floor, who in return for his freedom teaches {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} how to safely land after jumping from high elevations.<ref>{{Cite|Ow-ow-ow! Forgive me, master! If I give you a tip, will you let me go? When you jump off a high cliff, if you hold {{Icon|OoT3D Circle Pad}} forward, you will roll on the ground when you land and won't get hurt from the fall. I can't guarantee it will work, though, if the cliff is really, really high, heh heh! Well, try it if you are feeling bold! Wah ha hah!|Deku Scrub|OoT3D}}</ref> From the third floor, {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} is able to jump down onto the {{Term|OoT3D|Web}} and break it with the force of {{Term|OoT3D|Gravity|link}} to land in a pool of water in the bottom first floor.

 

A {{Term|OoT3D|Floor Switch}} on the bottom first floor activates a nearby {{Term|OoT3D|Torch}}, which in turn burns the {{Term|OoT3D|Web}} covering it and teaches {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} about the flammability of {{Plural|OoT3D|Web}}. To advance further, {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} must combine this and the knowledge gained on the third floor and carry {{Term|OoT3D|Fire}} to burn the {{Term|OoT3D|Web}} covering a nearby {{Term|OoT3D|Door}}. A second cowardly {{Term|OoT3D|Deku Scrub}} is found after this, who teaches {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} the secret to advancing beyond a group of {{Plural|OoT3D|Deku Scrub}} by defeating them in the proper order.<ref>{{Cite|Please forgive me, master! I'll never do it again! If you spare me, I'll teach you something cool. You will never beat my brothers up ahead unless you punish them in the proper order. The order is...<br/>{{Color|OoT3D Red|2 3 1<br/>Twenty-three is number one!}} Do you think I'm a traitor?|Deku Scrub|OoT3D}}</ref> Another room along this path tests {{Term|OoT3D|Link}}'s ability to pass under a {{Term|OoT3D|Spiketrap|link}}, which can be done by either {{Term|OoT3D|Swimming|link}} and {{Term|OoT3D|Diving|link}} to press an underwater {{Term|OoT3D|Floor Switch}} that lowers the room's water level, or by crouching and holding his {{Term|OoT3D|Deku Shield}} to pass underneath the {{Term|OoT3D|Spiketrap}}. A room along this path features a {{Term|OoT3D|Cracked Wall|link}}, which can only be destroyed with {{Plural|OoT3D|Bomb|link}}, which are obtained in {{Term|OoT3D|Dodongo's Cavern|link}}. At the end of this path is another {{Term|OoT3D|Web}} covering a pit to the bottom second floor where a group of three {{Plural|OoT3D|Deku Scrub}} guard the {{Term|OoT3D|Door}} to the {{Term|OoT3D|Boss|link}}, {{Term|OoT3D|Gohma|link}}. By stunning the middle one first, the right one second, and the left one first, {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} will defeat them and gain entry. Out of frustration, one of the {{Plural|OoT3D|Deku Scrub}} reveals {{Term|OoT3D|Gohma}}'s weakness before disappearing.<ref>{{Cite|How did you know our secret? How irritating! It's so annoying that I'm going to reveal the secret of Queen Gohma to you! In order to administer the coup de grâce to Queen Gohma, strike with your sword {{Color|OoT3D Red|while she's stunned}}. Oh, Queenie... Sorry about that!|Deku Scrub|OoT3D}}</ref>

[[File:OoT3D Gohma Ceiling.png|thumb|right|240px|{{Term|OoT3D|Gohma}} clinging to the ceiling from {{OoT3D|-}}]]

The {{Term|OoT3D|Boss Arena|link}} is a large room with four pillars. When {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} enters, {{Term|OoT3D|Gohma}} can be heard walking along its ceiling. By making eye contact with the {{Term|OoT3D|Boss}}, {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} will begin the fight with her. Upon her defeat, {{Term|OoT3D|Gohma}} will leave behind a {{Term|OoT3D|Heart Container|link}} that increases {{Term|OoT3D|Link}}'s {{Term|OoT3D|Life Gauge|link}} and a {{Term|OoT3D|Warp Point|link}} will appear to take {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} back to the {{Term|OoT3D|Great Deku Tree's Meadow}}. With the curse broken, the {{Term|OoT3D|Great Deku Tree}} congratulates him and shares more information about the origin of his curse.<ref>{{Cite|Well done, Link...|Great Deku Tree|OoT3D}}<br/>{{Cite|Thou has verily demonstrated they courage... I knew that thou wouldst be able to carry out my wishes...|Great Deku Tree|OoT3D}}<br/>{{Cite|Now I have yet more to tell thee, wouldst thou listen...|Great Deku Tree|OoT3D}}</ref>

 

According to the {{Term|OoT3D|Great Deku Tree}}, he was cursed by an evil sorcerer named {{Term|OoT3D|Ganondorf|link}} who is looking for the entrance to the {{Term|OoT3D|Sacred Realm|link}} that houses the divine {{Term|OoT3D|Triforce|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Now...listen carefully... A {{Color|OoT3D Red|wicked man of the desert}} cast this dreadful curse upon me...|Great Deku Tree|OoT3D}}<br/>{{Cite|This evil man ceaselessly uses his vile, sorcerous powers in his search for the Sacred Realm that is connected to Hyrule... For it is in that Sacred Realm that one will find the divine relic, the {{Color|OoT3D Red|Triforce}}, which contains the essence of the gods...|Great Deku Tree|OoT3D}}</ref> Because he refused to give one of the keys to the {{Term|OoT3D|Sacred Realm}}, a curse was placed on the {{Term|OoT3D|Great Deku Tree}} to drain his power and ultimately kill him.<ref>{{Cite|Thou must never allow the desert man in black armor to lay his hands on the sacred Triforce... Thou must never suffer that man, with his evil heart, to enter the Sacred Realm of legend... That evil man who cast the death curse upon me and sapped my power... Because of that curse, my end is nigh... Though your valiant efforts to break the curse were successful, I was doomed before you started... Yes, I will pass away soon... But do not grieve for me... I have been able to tell you of these important matters... This is Hyrule's final hope...|Great Deku Tree|OoT3D}}</ref> After giving {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} the {{Term|OoT3D|Spiritual Stone of the Forest|link}}, one of the keys to the {{Term|OoT3D|Sacred Realm}}, the {{Term|OoT3D|Great Deku Tree}} tells him to travel to {{Term|OoT3D|Hyrule Castle|link}} and meet with its {{Term|OoT3D|Princess Zelda|link|display=Princess}}.<ref>{{Cite|Link... Go now to Hyrule Castle... There thou wilt surely meet the {{Color|OoT3D Red|Princess of Destiny}}... Take {{Color|OoT3D Red|this stone}} with thee, the stone that man wanted so much that he cast the curse upon me...|Great Deku Tree|OoT3D}}</ref> With his duty to protect the {{Term|OoT3D|Triforce}} completed, he passes away.

 

 

The design of the {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon}} is altered slightly in {{MQ}}. It features a different array of {{Plural|OoT3D|Monster|link}} such as {{Plural|OoT3D|Big Deku Baba|link}} and {{Plural|OoT3D|Keese|link}}. Different {{Plural|OoT3D|Puzzle}} can be found within, though they largely follow the same concepts such as carrying {{Plural|OoT3D|Fire}}. Unlike in the normal mode, {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} must carry {{Term|OoT3D|Fire}} through one room into another to activate two {{Plural|OoT3D|Torch}} as well as under the {{Term|OoT3D|Spiketrap}} without the use of the underwater {{Term|OoT3D|Floor Switch}} to light a {{Term|OoT3D|Torch}} across the pool of water. The cowardly {{Plural|OoT3D|Deku Scrub}} can no longer be found, though the three guarding the {{Term|OoT3D|Boss Arena}} remain. The locations of {{Plural|OoT3D|Gold Skulltula|link}} and the contents of {{Plural|OoT3D|Treasure Chest}} have also been changed. In order to fully explore the {{Term|OoT3D|Dungeon}}, {{Term|OoT3D|Link}} must have {{Plural|OoT3D|Bombchu|link}}, the {{Term|OoT3D|Boomerang}}, and the "{{Term|OoT3D|Song of Time|link}}".

 

A {{Term|OoT3D|Business Scrub|link}} appears near the lowest pit selling {{Plural|OoT3D|Deku Shield|link}} to replace {{Term|OoT3D|Link}}'s if his is burned by the {{Plural|OoT3D|Keese}}. However, these cost 10 {{Plural|OoT3D|Rupee}} more than those in the {{Term|OoT3D|Kokiri Shop|link}}.

{{Hatnote|The directions listed apply for {{OoT3D|-}}{{'}}s {{MQ|-}}. In all versions of {{MQ|-}} prior to {{OoT3D|-}}, east and west are reversed from the directions listed here.}}

{{Hatnote|The directions listed apply for {{OoT3D|-}}{{'}}s {{MQ|-}}. In all versions of {{MQ|-}} prior to {{OoT3D|-}}, east and west are reversed from the directions listed here.}}

File:1 Deku34 Large.jpg|An {{Term|OoT3D|Eyeball Switch}} {{Term|OoT3D|Inside the Deku Tree}} from {{OoT|-}}

File:1 Deku17 Large.jpg|Activating a {{Term|OoT3D|Floor Switch}} {{Term|OoT3D|Inside the Deku Tree}} from {{OoT|-}}

File:OoT3D Link Climbing Vines.jpg|{{Term|OoT3D|Link}} climbing {{Plural|OoT3D|Vine}} {{Term|OoT3D|Inside the Deku Tree}}<br/>{{Small|{{3D Image}}}}