Goron Temple

The Goron Temple is a Dungeon in Phantom Hourglass.^[1]

Entrance to the Temple

The Temple is located in the northwest section of Goron Island and is where the Goron treasure, the Pure Metal Crimsonine, is enshrined. Link cannot access the Temple until he becomes an official member of the Goron tribe by completing a quiz made by the island's chief, Biggoron. The chief's son Gongoron refuses to accept Link as one of their kind, and leads the young hero on a chase around the island, through the North Maze, and into the Goron Temple, where Gongoron accidentally becomes trapped.

Themes and Navigation

A Bombchu navigating over Quicksand to strike a Switch

The Temple has a rocky theme with bodies of Quicksand, into which Link will instantly sink and take damage as a result, as well as traps such as Floor Spikes and Beamos. As the young hero explores the Temple, he finds Gongoron trapped in the east side of floor B1. The chief's son asks Link for help and explains how to switch control between the two of them by tapping an icon on the lower screen.^[2]^[3] This begins a puzzle where the two characters unlock pathways for one another by defeating Enemies and pressing Floor Switches. At some point, they stand on two Floor Switches at the same time, producing a Treasure Chest containing a Bombchu and the Bombchu Bag. Link can then collect more Bombchus by defeating Enemies, breaking Pots or Rocks, or striking Item Flowers. Bombchus become useful for solving further puzzles, as they can travel over Quicksand and through small openings. Eventually, Link and Gongoron reach the Boss room, where the two are separated by a river of Quicksand but work together to defeat the monster Dongorongo. Gongoron reunites with Link in the room ahead and presents him with the Crimsonine, one of the three Pure Metals needed to forge the Phantom Sword.^[4]

It is optional whether this Temple is completed before or after completion of the Temple of Ice and/or Mutoh's Temple.

Enemies and Traps

Treasure Chests

Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Treasure Map #15
Notes	Hit a Shock Switch surrounded by Quicksand in the north of floor 1F. The Treasure Chest appears in the northeast corner for several seconds.
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Red Rupee
Notes	Stand in the center of floor 1F and fire an Arrow into an Eyeball Switch to the east.
Treasure Chest	Big Chest
Contents	Bombchu
Notes	On floor B1, stand on two Floor Switches simultaneously with Link and Gongoron. This Chest also contains a Bombchu Bag, which allows for the collection of more Bombchus.^[5]
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Treasure
Notes	Defeat the five Eye Slugs in the southwest section of floor B1.
Treasure Chest	Treasure Chest
Contents	Red Rupee
Notes	Defeat all the Miniblins on the west side of floor B3.
Treasure Chest	Big Chest
Contents	Boss Key
Notes	Use Bombchus to strike the two Shock Switches in the Quicksand pit in the northwest section of floor B2.

Treasure Chest	Contents	Notes
Treasure Chest	Treasure Map #15	Hit a Shock Switch surrounded by Quicksand in the north of floor 1F. The Treasure Chest appears in the northeast corner for several seconds.
Treasure Chest	Red Rupee	Stand in the center of floor 1F and fire an Arrow into an Eyeball Switch to the east.
Big Chest	Bombchu	On floor B1, stand on two Floor Switches simultaneously with Link and Gongoron. This Chest also contains a Bombchu Bag, which allows for the collection of more Bombchus.^[5]
Treasure Chest	Treasure	Defeat the five Eye Slugs in the southwest section of floor B1.
Treasure Chest	Red Rupee	Defeat all the Miniblins on the west side of floor B3.
Big Chest	Boss Key	Use Bombchus to strike the two Shock Switches in the Quicksand pit in the northwest section of floor B2.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language	Names
Japanese	ゴロンの神殿 (Goron no Shinden)^[7]
French^EUEuropean	Temple Goron^[9]
French^CACanadian	Temple Goron
German	Goronentempel^[8]
Italian	Santuario Goron^[10]
Korean	고론의 신전 (Golon-ui Sinjeon)^[11]
Spanish^{LALatin American}	Templo Goron^[6]
Spanish^EUEuropean	Templo Goron
This table was generated from Zelda Wiki's translation data.

Gallery

The first floor of the Temple
The first Basement floor of the Temple
The second Basement floor of the Temple
The third Basement floor of the Temple
The cave sub area of the first floor of the temple
The fourth Basement floor of the Temple
The Boss room
The room where the Crimsonine is held
Gongoron completes a puzzle
The Crimsonine on a pedestal at the end of the dungeon

References

↑ Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 156
↑ Monsters grabbed me and threw me in here! Please, Brother! Please help me get out! — Gongoron (Phantom Hourglass)
↑ Now let me show you how to switch between me and Goro-LinkAppears in-game as the player's chosen name.! When you want to call on me, just tap my icon on the lower screen. — Gongoron (Phantom Hourglass)
↑ And so I present to you the Goron pure metal, Brother! — Gongoron (Phantom Hourglass)
↑ You got the Bombchu bag, LinkAppears in-game as the player's chosen name.! — Ciela (Phantom Hourglass)
↑ Templo Goron — N/A (Phantom Hourglass)
↑ ゴロンの神殿 — N/A (Phantom Hourglass)
↑ Goronentempel — N/A (Phantom Hourglass)
↑ Temple Goron — N/A (Phantom Hourglass)
↑ Santuario Goron — N/A (Phantom Hourglass)
↑ 고론의 신전 — N/A (Phantom Hourglass, Korean version)