IGN’s Zelda Ocarina of Time remake walkthrough sends Link into Dodongo Cavern with one immediate priority: reopen the dungeon and keep moving. The guide says the remake has been fully rebuilt after 28 years, and it also flags new differences in Hyrule as players push through a familiar dungeon with changed details.
Link does that by using a Bomb Flower from above to hit a cracked wall at the far end of the entrance chamber. Once the true entrance opens, the room turns into a fast puzzle box: a large skull hangs over the chamber, a plaque points to the hidden path, and the shallow lava keeps burning away at him if he falls in.
Dodongo Cavern and the skull clue
The plaque reads, “May this colossal and long-dead Dodongo serve as a guide to the hidden path,” and the guide treats that line as a practical clue, not decoration. The skull marks the room’s logic: the cavern’s route is hidden in plain sight, and Link has to read the chamber before he can clear it.
A Beamos watches the central platform with a rotating eye and fires a laser if Link wanders into its line of sight. A Bomb Flower can destroy A Beamos, which turns the first stretch of the dungeon into a simple tradeoff between movement and timing instead of brute force.
Bomb Flowers in the side rooms
A Treasure Chest in the southern alcove holds a Blue Rupee, while A Treasure Chest in the northern alcove holds the Dungeon Map. The eastern side of the room adds a cleaner route forward: one doorway is inaccessible, but two cracked walls can be bombed to open up the room’s next steps.
Bombing the northern alcove on the eastern side reveals a Sheikah Stone. Bombing the southern alcove on the eastern side opens a new doorway, which is where the dungeon shifts from setup to pressure.
Baby Dodongos and the next turn
Baby Dodongos appear in the hallway after the new doorway, skittering forward and lunging at Link. Slashing Baby Dodongos makes them explode after a short moment, so the guide pushes players to keep moving instead of lingering in the corridor.
A high alcove in that hallway stays out of reach for later, and three more Baby Dodongos appear near the end of the passage. The remake keeps the broad structure of Dodongo Cavern intact, but the guide’s warning about new differences means Link’s route is less about memorizing the old dungeon than about watching for what has changed while he hunts the Spiritual Stone of Fire.
