Fire Temple
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| Location(s) | Death Mountain Crater |
| Game(s) | Ocarina of Time |
| Main Item | Megaton Hammer |
| Mini-boss(es) | Flare Dancer |
| Boss(es) | Subterranean Lava Dragon: Volvagia |
| Theme Music | Fire Temple Theme |
The Fire Temple is the second dungeon as Adult Link in Ocarina of Time. It is located deep within the Death Mountain Crater and is only accessible to humans by use of the Goron Tunic. Being in an active volcano, the temple is filled with many lava pits including the boss room. In the boss room is a giant rock platform where the battle takes place.
The Fire Temple is often considered to be, surprisingly, one of the most straightforward dungeons in the game, particularly for adult Link. It is relatively linear and the puzzles are quite simplistic.
The temple is home to an ancient dragon, Volvagia, who is known to destroy entire villages and even eat creatures and humans. Defeated by an ancient hero with the Megaton Hammer, he was resurrected by the evil Ganon. The only real defense against the dragon is the Megaton Hammer, found after defeating the Flare Dancer.
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Master Quest
Compared to earlier dungeons, the Fire Temple is very tricky in the Master Quest version of Ocarina of Time. Honoring the name of the dungeon, the first rooms require Din's Fire to light several torches. The element of difficulty in this dungeon comes not from dangerous enemies (which are mostly absent), but from the wide range of tricky puzzles. Additionally, most make use of the Hookshot. Some invisible walls and time blocks are found in the dungeon. Also, some switches need the Spin Attack to be activated and there's only a few Gorons now. Most doors are blocked with iron bars, and the Big Key and Megaton Hammer come very early. New enemies include several Stalfos, Lizalfos (found in the boulder room) and even an Ironknuckle.
Minor Enemies and Traps
Keese
Fire Keese
Torch Slugs
Like Likes
Red Bubbles
Gold Skulltulas
Floor Tiles
Boulders
False doors
Flame walls
Pillar flamethrowers.
Trivia
- In the original version of Ocarina of Time, the Fire Temple's music included a group of men chanting in deep voices. This was removed from later versions of the game by Nintendo due to the fact that it contained Muslim chants. The word Allah can clearly be heard at one point. Another piece of Arabic that was deciphered was "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah." It was replaced by a MIDI Synthesizer in the remake for later versions.
- The first room of the Fire Temple resembles the first room of the Spirit Temple.
- This is the dungeon with the highest number of floors in the game: Five in total. The first dungeon technically has five too, but two are underground.
- It is unknown how Darunia could enter the boss's lair without having the proper key to open the door. It's possible that he had a copy of the Boss Key, but in that case, he should have left the door open so that Link could enter without looking first for the other key. It is probably just something the developers did as it was an easy way to advance the story.
- It is strongly believed by Team Beta Triforce that the Fire Temple was Turtle Rock in early beta.
Gallery
 Link obtaining the Megaton Hammer. |
See Also
| Dungeons in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
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| Dungeons |
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Inside the Deku Tree · Dodongo's Cavern · Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly · Ice Cavern · Kakariko Well · Ganon's Tower |
| Temples |
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Light Temple* · Forest Temple · Fire Temple · Water Temple · Shadow Temple · Spirit Temple *Not an explorable dungeon |
