Inside the Deku Tree

Inside the Deku Tree is the first Dungeon of Ocarina of Time.^[1]^{[note 1]} It is the interior of the giant guardian of the Kokiri Forest. When it contracts a mysterious disease, Link must venture inside to destroy the Tree's scourge and to break Ganondorf's curse.^[3]^[4] It is infested with parasitic creatures, the main one being Queen Gohma. This dungeon contains the Fairy Slingshot.

Entrance to the Tree

The Deku Tree is found east of Kokiri Forest. To reach there, however, Link must show Mido, who is blocking the way, the Deku Shield and Kokiri Sword.^[5] After that, Link approaches the dying deity, who talks to him about his situation, and enters.

Themes and Navigation

The Great Deku Tree contains five floors, of which three are over the surface and two are underground. The first three floors resemble a central circling room that, with the exception of the first floor, have branched rooms where Link can find various goods. The two basements are only accessible when Link jumps from a very high spot to the center of the first floor's entrance; most of the puzzles in these basements require Link to kill any enemy or destroy thick webs through the use of fire. The final puzzle appears in the form of three Deku Scrubs which must be defeated in the correct order (second in line, third in line, and first in line) to face the boss, Gohma.^[6]^[7] There is no mini-boss in this dungeon, although there are two individual Deku Scrubs in the dungeon, as well as the aforementioned group at the end.

To obtain all the Golden Skull Tokens, Link must return to the dungeon after getting Bombs and the Boomerang.

In the Master Quest version of the game, besides the obvious change in the puzzles and Gold Skulltula locations, Gohma Larvae now appear all over the dungeon, along with Keese and some Big Deku Babas. There is a Business Scrub that sells a Deku Shield, and the Deku Scrub that reveals the code for accessing the boss's room is missing and has been replaced with a Mad Scrub. The slingshot and compass locations have been switched.

Areas

Business Scrub's Shop

Master Quest only

Item	Deku Shield
Price	50 Rupees

Item	Price
Deku Shield	50 Rupees

Enemies

↑ Five respawn indefinitely.
↑ Four do not reappear.
↑ Four do not reappear.

Master Quest

↑ One does not reappear.
↑ Five respawn indefinitely.
↑ Three do not reappear. These Deku Scrubs will not be defeated unless Link defeats them in the inverse order of Ocarina of Time's normal mode: 1, 3, 2. Despite the mirroring in Ocarina of Time 3D's Master Quest, the leftmost Deku Scrub is counted as "1".
↑ 17 do not reappear.
↑ Four do not reappear.
↑ One does not reappear.
↑ Two do not reappear.

Bosses

Gohma ×1

Gohma ×1

Treasure Chests

Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Dungeon Map
Coordinates
Notes	Between the Vines near the top of the spiral ramp in the first room
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Fairy Slingshot
Coordinates
Notes	Atop the far ledge in 2F's southwestern room
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Recovery Heart
Coordinates
Notes	Atop a ledge accessible by Vines in 2F's southwestern room
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Compass
Coordinates
Notes	Atop a ledge in 3F's western room
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Recovery Heart
Coordinates
Notes	Atop the ledge along the south wall in 3F's western room
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Recovery Heart
Coordinates
Notes	Behind the Web near the Torch in B1's northeastern room

Treasure Chest	Contents	Notes
Treasure Chest	Dungeon Map	Between the Vines near the top of the spiral ramp in the first room
Treasure Chest	Fairy Slingshot	Atop the far ledge in 2F's southwestern room
Treasure Chest	Recovery Heart	Atop a ledge accessible by Vines in 2F's southwestern room
Treasure Chest	Compass	Atop a ledge in 3F's western room
Treasure Chest	Recovery Heart	Atop the ledge along the south wall in 3F's western room
Treasure Chest	Recovery Heart	Behind the Web near the Torch in B1's northeastern room

Master Quest

Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Dungeon Map
Coordinates
Notes	Between the Vines near the top of the spiral ramp in the first room
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Blue Rupee
Coordinates
Notes	Appears atop a ledge after lighting the Torch in the center of 3F's eastern room
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Fairy Slingshot
Coordinates
Notes	Appears atop a ledge in 3F's eastern room after all of the Enemies have been defeated
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Compass
Coordinates
Notes	Atop the far ledge in 2F's southeastern room
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Blue Rupee
Coordinates
Notes	Appears in B1's northwestern room after pressing the Floor Switch behind the Web
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Recovery Heart
Coordinates
Notes	Beside the entrance in B1's south-central room

Treasure Chest	Contents	Notes
Treasure Chest	Dungeon Map	Between the Vines near the top of the spiral ramp in the first room
Treasure Chest	Blue Rupee	Appears atop a ledge after lighting the Torch in the center of 3F's eastern room
Treasure Chest	Fairy Slingshot	Appears atop a ledge in 3F's eastern room after all of the Enemies have been defeated
Treasure Chest	Compass	Atop the far ledge in 2F's southeastern room
Treasure Chest	Blue Rupee	Appears in B1's northwestern room after pressing the Floor Switch behind the Web
Treasure Chest	Recovery Heart	Beside the entrance in B1's south-central room

Golden Skull Tokens

Gold Skulltula
Location	On the wall behind the small Treasure Chest in 3F's western room
Gold Skulltula
Location	Clinging to the Vines connecting B1 and 1F
Gold Skulltula
Location	On the bars in B1's northeastern room
Gold Skulltula
Location	On the wall in B1's northwestern room Requires Bombs and the Boomerang

Gold Skulltula	Location
	On the wall behind the small Treasure Chest in 3F's western room
	Clinging to the Vines connecting B1 and 1F
	On the bars in B1's northeastern room
	On the wall in B1's northwestern room Requires Bombs and the Boomerang

Master Quest

Gold Skulltula
Location	Inside the Wooden Box beside the Vines near the top of the spiral ramp in the first room
Gold Skulltula
Location	Behind the Bomb Rocks in 2F's southeastern room Requires Bombchus and the Boomerang
Gold Skulltula
Location	High on the wall in B1's northeastern room Requires the Boomerang
Gold Skulltula
Location	On the ceiling in B1's middle-northeastern room Requires the Boomerang and the "Song of Time"

Gold Skulltula	Location
	Inside the Wooden Box beside the Vines near the top of the spiral ramp in the first room
	Behind the Bomb Rocks in 2F's southeastern room Requires Bombchus and the Boomerang
	High on the wall in B1's northeastern room Requires the Boomerang
	On the ceiling in B1's middle-northeastern room Requires the Boomerang and the "Song of Time"

Trivia

The sealed room in B1 of the Dungeon containing the final Gold Skulltula does not appear on the Map until it is visited, even after Link collects the Dungeon Map. This issue was fixed in Ocarina of Time 3D.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language	Names	Meanings
Japanese	デクの樹サマの中 (Deku no Ki-sama no Naka) ^(OoT)^[10]	Inside the Great Deku Tree
Chinese^SI	德库树的里面 (Dékù shù de lǐmiàn) ^(OoT)^[11]	Inside the Dékù Tree
Italian	Interno dell'Albero Deku ^{(OoT \| OoT3D)}^[8]^[9]	Inside the Deku Tree
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Gallery

An Eye Switch Inside the Deku Tree from Ocarina of Time
Activating a Floor Switch Inside the Deku Tree from Ocarina of Time
Link climbing Vines Inside the Deku Tree
This image can be viewed in 3D on a Nintendo 3DS system.
Map of the basements of the Inside the Deku Tree from Ocarina of Time 3D

Notes

↑ Inside the Deku Tree was referred to as Inside the Great Deku Tree in the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D—Prima Official Game Guide by Prima Games.^[2] However, since this term contradicts the name given in Encyclopedia, it is not considered Canon.

References

↑ Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 149
↑ The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D—Prima Official Game Guide (eGuide), Prima Games, pg. 23
↑ "I have been cursed... I need you to break the curse with your wisdom and courage. Dost thou have courage enough to undertake this task?" — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time)
↑ "Now...listen carefully... A wicked man of the desert cast this dreadful curse upon me..." — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time)
↑ "Eh, what's that?! Oh, you have a Deku Shield... And what's THAT?! Is that the Kokiri Sword?! GOOD GRIEF!" — Mido (Ocarina of Time 3D)
↑ "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... 2 3 1 Twenty-three is number one! Do you think I'm a traitor?" — Deku Scrub (Ocarina of Time)
↑ "How did you know our secret?! How irritating!" — Deku Scrub (Ocarina of Time)
↑ Enciclopedia di Hyrule, Magazzini Salani, pg. 149
↑ "Interno dell'Albero Deku" — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, Italian localization)
↑ Nintendo Official Guidebook—The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Shogakukan, pg. 155
↑ "德库树的里面" — N/A (Ocarina of Time, iQue version)