Zora's Domain (Ocarina of Time)

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Zora's Domain
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The main cavern in Link's childhood

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Zora's Domain is a location in Ocarina of Time, the primary home of the Zora.

Ocarina of Time

In Ocarina of Time, Zora's Domain is the home to all the Zora. When Link goes there as a child, he can get the Silver Scale by playing the Diving Game for 20 Rupees, where he can attempt to dive to the bottom of the waterfall and retrieve the five Blue Rupees the owner threw. If Link is successful, the Silver Scale will be his prize. Also, there is a torch puzzle that Link can attempt in order to get a Piece of Heart.

Seven years later, Zora's Domain has entirely frozen over, with most Zoras seemingly-permanently trapped under the ice, with only three exceptions - Ruto was apparently rescued and resuscitated by Sheik, while King Zora is trapped in Red Ice, which also blocks the Zora Shop. Red ice can be melted with bottled Blue Fire from the Ice Cavern in Zora's Fountain, opening the Zora Shop - where the shopkeeper is apparently unharmed after being trapped for an extended time - and freeing King Zora. Expressing his gratitude to Link for saving his life, King Zora gives him a Zora Tunic. While the Domain never unfreezes in the course of the game, Ruto reassures Link that "Zora's Domain and its people will eventually return to their original state" after awakening as the Sage of Water.

As part of the Biggoron's Sword Trading Sequence, Link can take the prescription to the unfrozen King Zora and get an Eyeball Frog to take to the Lake Scientist to make the World's Finest Eye Drops for Biggoron.

King Zora's Chamber

Main article: King Zora's Chamber


Zora Shop

Main article: Zora Shop (Ocarina of Time)

Diving Game

Main article: Diving Game

Piece of Heart

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To get a Piece of Heart, while Link is a child, he must lit the five unlit braziers in the Domain:

  1. As a child, run up to the King Zora's Chamber and light a Deku Stick, then run down the stairs and light the large brazier at the corner. This one will stay lit.
  2. Get out a new Deku Stick so you have the most time and run down the ramp.
  3. Next to the shop is another brazier, continue on into the water.
  4. In the northern corner is a brazier next to a circle of stones. Light it and then quickly head to the waterfall.
  5. The final two braziers are behind the waterfall. Stay close to the edge, run inside and light them to make a large chest appear.

Gold Skulltula

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As an adult, there is a night-only Gold Skulltula near the top of the frozen waterfall. Go through King Zora's Chamber and walk right up to the edge. Turn to the left and defeat the Skulltula.

Fairy Fountain

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Right when you enter Zora's Domain, jump off the ledge to the left to land in the water or on top of the ice. Stand on the small island here and play the Song of Storms, causing a small hole to appear. Drop down to find the Fairy Fountain.