Kokiri Forest

The Kokiri Forest, also known as the Deep Forest, is a recurring location in The Legend of Zelda series.

Names in the American English canon

Name	Kokiri Forest
Appearance(s)	Ocarina of Time^[1] Ocarina of Time 3D^[1]
Name	Deep Forest
Appearance(s)	Ocarina of Time^[2] Ocarina of Time 3D^[2]
Name	No name is given
Appearance(s)	^{[name references needed]}

Names in the American English canon
Name	Appearance(s)
Kokiri Forest	Ocarina of Time^[1] Ocarina of Time 3D^[1]
Deep Forest	Ocarina of Time^[2] Ocarina of Time 3D^[2]
No name is given	^{[name references needed]}

For terminology in other regions, see § Nomenclature below.

Features and Overview

Ocarina of Time

The Kokiri Forest is located on the eastern section of Hyrule within the Lost Woods, with Hyrule Field to the west and Zora's Fountain to the north. It serves as the home of the Kokiri tribe as well as its guardian spirit, the Great Deku Tree.^[3] The Kokiri Forest is known to be the source of life, maintaining the order of the world and deterring outsiders from ever entering the so-called forbidden forest.^[4]^[5] The Forest serves as Link's hometown.

The village and Forest region comprises the central part of the Lost Woods. It is located in the southeastern region of Hyrule and it is accessed through the Lost Woods by crossing a small bridge. It is said that no Kokiri can ever leave the woods, or they will die.^[6] The Kokiri Forest itself is a pleasant village filled with tree-houses. There is a Training Center in the northern section of the Forest, where it is said the Kokiri Sword lies hidden. There is also a Shop which sells Deku Shields, among other things.

The Kokiri Forest is actually home to the Great Deku Tree's meadow and is a safe haven, compared to the rest of the Lost Woods. The entrance into the Lost Woods is found on a cliff overlooking the Kokiri Forest village. It is also through the Lost Woods that the Sacred Forest Meadow can ultimately be reached.

It is in this small village that young Link starts his adventure in Ocarina of Time. After venturing inside the Great Deku Tree to save him from Queen Gohma, the Great Deku Tree withers and dies. Seven years later, upon retrieving the Master Sword from its Pedestal, Link must return to the once-peaceful village to find the Forest overrun by monsters such as Deku Babas, Mad Scrubs and Skulltulas, among others. In fear of the monsters, all of the Kokiri decide to take refuge inside their homes. They mention that ever since the Great Deku Tree died, monsters have begun to appear all over the Forest.^[7] Link then goes to the Forest Temple to defeat Phantom Ganon in order to break the curse on the temple and awaken Saria as the Sage of the Forest. By doing so, the Deku Tree Sprout is born and the Kokiri Forest returns to normal.

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Ocarina of Time (Himekawa)

Non-Canon Information

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Trivia

One aspect that makes the Kokiri Forest (as well as the Lost Woods) unique is the strange particles that float in the air. If Link stays still for a certain length of time, these particles will join together in a single file and move through the air in a fashion similar to Moldorm. When Link moves, however, they burst into individual particles again.
Every time Link successfully hops across the slabs in the pond by the shop or across the islets near the Twins' house, he will gain 5 Rupees.
If Link chops down the sign near the pond while facing the water, the sign fragments will fall into the water, making a splashing sound, and float. This behavior received special mention in an interview, and is likely an Easter Egg, as to program the splashing and floating, the developers would have had to take extra time to program.
The Kokiri Forest exists as the Faron Woods in Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword,^[8] and as the Forest Haven in The Wind Waker.^[9]

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language	Names	Meanings
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland English^BRBritish	Kokiri Forest ^{(OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D)}^[10]
Japan Japanese	コキリの森 (Kokiri no Mori) ^{(OoTOcarina of Time \| OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D)}^[11]^[12] コキリの森(もり) (Kokiri no Mori) ^{(OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D)}^[13]	Same as English. Same as English.
The People's Republic of China Chinese^SISimplified	科克里森林 (Kē kè lǐ sēnlín) ^{(OoTOcarina of Time)}^[14]
Canada French^CACanadian	Forêt Kokiri ^{(OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D)}^[15]	Same as English.
The French Republic French^EUEuropean	Forêt Kokiri ^{(OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D)}^[16]	Same as English.
The Federal Republic of Germany German	Kokiri-Wald ^{(OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D)}^[17]
The Italian Republic Italian	Foresta dei Kokiri ^{(OoTOcarina of Time \| OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D)}^[18]^[19]	Kokiri's Forest
Latin America Spanish^{LALatin American}	Bosque Kokiri ^{(OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D)}^[20]
The Kingdom of Spain Spanish^EUEuropean	Bosque Kokiri ^{(OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D)}^[21]
This table was generated from Zelda Wiki's translation data.

Gallery

Ocarina of Time
A pond within Kokiri Forest
Ocarina of Time 3D
Promotional screenshot of Kokiri Forest
Ocarina of Time 3D
Saria's and Link's House

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 109 ^{(OoTOcarina of Time | OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D)}
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When evil rules all, an awakening voice from the Sacred Realm will call those destined to be Sages, who dwell in the five temples. One in a deep forest... One on a high mountain... One under a vast lake... One within the house of the dead... One inside a goddess of the sand... Together with the Hero of Time, the awakened ones will bind the evil and return the light of peace to the world... This is the legend of the temples passed down by my people, the Sheikah. — Sheik (Ocarina of Time)
When evil rules all, an awakening voice from the Sacred Realm will call those destined to be Sages who dwell in the five temples. One in a deep forest... One on a high mountain... One under a vast lake... One within the house of the dead... One inside a goddess of the sand... This is the legend of the temples passed down by my people, the Sheikah. — Sheik (Ocarina of Time 3D)
↑ In the vast, deep forest of Hyrule... Long have I served as the guardian spirit... I am known as the Deku Tree... — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time 3D)
The children of the forest, the Kokiri, live here with me. Each Kokiri has his or her own guardian fairy. — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time 3D)
↑ Oh, Navi the fairy... Listen to my words, the words of the Deku Tree...
Dost thou sense it? The climate of evil descending upon this realm... Malevolent forces even now are mustering to attack our land of Hyrule... For so long, the Kokiri Forest, the source of life, has stood as a barrier, deterring outsiders and maintaining the order of the world...
But...before this tremendous evil, even my power is as nothing... It seems the time has come for the boy without a fairy to begin his journey... The youth whose destiny it is to lead Hyrule to the path of justice and truth...
Navi...go now! Find our young friend and guide him to me... I do not have much time left. Fly, Navi, fly! The fate of the forest, nay, the world, depends upon thee! — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time 3D)
↑ Some time ago, before the king of Hyrule unified this country, there was a fierce war in our world. One day, to escape from the fires of the war, a Hylian mother and her baby boy entered this forbidden forest. The mother was gravely injured... Her only choice was to entrust the child to the Deku Tree, the guardian spirit of the forest. The Deku Tree could sense that this was a child of destiny whose fate would affect the entire world, so he took him into the forest. After the mother passed away, the baby was raised as a Kokiri. And now, finally, the day of destiny has come! — Deku Tree Sprout (Ocarina of Time 3D)
↑ We Kokiri will die if we leave the forest! You're not going to try to leave the forest, are you?! — Kokiri (Ocarina of Time 3D)
↑ Since the Great Deku Tree withered...more meanies have been appearing in the forest. I'm scared! — Kokiri (Ocarina of Time 3D)
↑ Kokiri Forest: Called "Faron Woods" in Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess. The Kokiri crest can be seen in the Forest Temple in Twilight Princess. (Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 58)
↑ To adapt to a world composed mostly of water, the Kokiri became the Koroks. Knowing this, it can be extrapolated that the Great Deku Tree is the same Great Deku Tree from the Era of the Hero of Time, and that the Kokiri Forest has become Forest Haven. (Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 59)
↑ Kokiri Forest — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, British English version)
↑ コキリの森 — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, Japanese version)
↑ Nintendo Official Guidebook—The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Shogakukan, pg. 155
↑ この　コキリの森(もり)は　命(いのち)の源(みなもと)…
人(ひと)の侵入(しんにゅう)を　こばむことで
外(そと)の世界(せかい)をも　守(まも)ってきた… — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time 3D, Japanese version)
↑ Ocarina of Time manual, iQue version, pg. 8
↑ Forêt Kokiri — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, Canadian French version)
↑ Forêt Kokiri — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, European French version)
↑ Kokiri-Wald — Sign (Ocarina of Time 3D, German version)
↑ Foresta dei Kokiri — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, Italian version)
↑ Enciclopedia di Hyrule, Magazzini Salani, pg. 109
↑ Bosque Kokiri — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, Latin American Spanish version)
↑ Bosque Kokiri — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, European Spanish version)

Regions in Ocarina of Time
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[E_109-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 109 ^{(OoTOcarina of Time | OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D)}

[OoT_Sheik-2] 2.0 ^2.1 When evil rules all, an awakening voice from the Sacred Realm will call those destined to be Sages, who dwell in the five temples. One in a deep forest... One on a high mountain... One under a vast lake... One within the house of the dead... One inside a goddess of the sand... Together with the Hero of Time, the awakened ones will bind the evil and return the light of peace to the world... This is the legend of the temples passed down by my people, the Sheikah. — Sheik (Ocarina of Time)
When evil rules all, an awakening voice from the Sacred Realm will call those destined to be Sages who dwell in the five temples. One in a deep forest... One on a high mountain... One under a vast lake... One within the house of the dead... One inside a goddess of the sand... This is the legend of the temples passed down by my people, the Sheikah. — Sheik (Ocarina of Time 3D)

[OoT_Great_Deku_Tree-3] In the vast, deep forest of Hyrule... Long have I served as the guardian spirit... I am known as the Deku Tree... — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time 3D)
The children of the forest, the Kokiri, live here with me. Each Kokiri has his or her own guardian fairy. — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time 3D)

[OoT_Great_Deku_Tree_2-4] Oh, Navi the fairy... Listen to my words, the words of the Deku Tree...
Dost thou sense it? The climate of evil descending upon this realm... Malevolent forces even now are mustering to attack our land of Hyrule... For so long, the Kokiri Forest, the source of life, has stood as a barrier, deterring outsiders and maintaining the order of the world...
But...before this tremendous evil, even my power is as nothing... It seems the time has come for the boy without a fairy to begin his journey... The youth whose destiny it is to lead Hyrule to the path of justice and truth...
Navi...go now! Find our young friend and guide him to me... I do not have much time left. Fly, Navi, fly! The fate of the forest, nay, the world, depends upon thee! — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time 3D)

[OoT_Deku_Tree_Sprout-5] Some time ago, before the king of Hyrule unified this country, there was a fierce war in our world. One day, to escape from the fires of the war, a Hylian mother and her baby boy entered this forbidden forest. The mother was gravely injured... Her only choice was to entrust the child to the Deku Tree, the guardian spirit of the forest. The Deku Tree could sense that this was a child of destiny whose fate would affect the entire world, so he took him into the forest. After the mother passed away, the baby was raised as a Kokiri. And now, finally, the day of destiny has come! — Deku Tree Sprout (Ocarina of Time 3D)

[OoT_Kokiri-6] We Kokiri will die if we leave the forest! You're not going to try to leave the forest, are you?! — Kokiri (Ocarina of Time 3D)

[OoT_Kokiri_2-7] Since the Great Deku Tree withered...more meanies have been appearing in the forest. I'm scared! — Kokiri (Ocarina of Time 3D)

[E_58-8] Kokiri Forest: Called "Faron Woods" in Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess. The Kokiri crest can be seen in the Forest Temple in Twilight Princess. (Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 58)

[E_59-9] To adapt to a world composed mostly of water, the Kokiri became the Koroks. Knowing this, it can be extrapolated that the Great Deku Tree is the same Great Deku Tree from the Era of the Hero of Time, and that the Kokiri Forest has become Forest Haven. (Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 59)

[nomenclature-ref-1-10] Kokiri Forest — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, British English version)

[nomenclature-ref-2-11] コキリの森 — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, Japanese version)

[nomenclature-ref-3-12] Nintendo Official Guidebook—The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Shogakukan, pg. 155

[nomenclature-ref-4-13] この　コキリの森(もり)は　命(いのち)の源(みなもと)…
人(ひと)の侵入(しんにゅう)を　こばむことで
外(そと)の世界(せかい)をも　守(まも)ってきた… — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time 3D, Japanese version)

[nomenclature-ref-5-14] Ocarina of Time manual, iQue version, pg. 8

[nomenclature-ref-6-15] Forêt Kokiri — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, Canadian French version)

[nomenclature-ref-7-16] Forêt Kokiri — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, European French version)

[nomenclature-ref-8-17] Kokiri-Wald — Sign (Ocarina of Time 3D, German version)

[nomenclature-ref-9-18] Foresta dei Kokiri — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, Italian version)

[nomenclature-ref-10-19] Enciclopedia di Hyrule, Magazzini Salani, pg. 109

[nomenclature-ref-11-20] Bosque Kokiri — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, Latin American Spanish version)

[nomenclature-ref-12-21] Bosque Kokiri — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, European Spanish version)

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