Travel north to Mountain Village after Woodfall Temple. Follow Darmani with the Lens of Truth, obtain the Goron Mask and learn the complete Goron Lullaby before climbing to Snowhead.
Goron Village and Tingles Map
From the Mountain Village follow the eastern path over the icy bridges towards Goron Village. Snowwolfos patrol between the islands, but can easily be avoided or defeated with the sword. In this area, Tingle is floating on his balloon again. Shoot it down and buy the card from Snowhead if it’s still missing. The Mountain Village, Goron village and the later path to the temple become much clearer on the map.
In the Goron village itself, the main building is initially locked. The Goron above the entrance can open the gate, later we as Goron Link do this ourselves with a Goron masher. To the right of the village, a narrow path leads to a seemingly bottomless abyss. Kaepora Gaebora sits here and explains to Link that the path to the cave opposite is invisible, but still exists. Jump from platform to platform and orientate yourself on the springs that Kaepora Gaebora lets land on the invisible surfaces. You don’t have to be able to see the platforms yet; the springs mark the safe course with sufficient precision.
On the other side you enter a small shrine. Defeat or bypass the invisible Skulltulas and open the large Treasure Chest. Inside is the Lens of Truth. This item consumes magic while in use, revealing invisible platforms, walls, enemies, and ghosts. Therefore, only use it briefly. On the way back you can now see the previously invisible platforms directly and get back to the Goron village without any detours.
Darmani III. and the Goron Mask
Activates the Lens of Truth at the shrine exit. Nearby you will see the ghost of a Goron: Darmani III., once the great hero of his people. Speak to him and follow him. Darmani moves back across the icy islands towards the Mountain Village and keeps waiting until Link has caught up. Without the Lens of Truth he can only be seen as a faint shadow, so it switches on briefly as soon as you lose his track.
In the Mountain Village, Darmani leads you across the frozen pond to a high rock face. With the Lens of Truth a long ladder appears there. Climb up, changing sideways at the marked points, and enter the Goron Tomb at the top. Speak to Darmani inside. He explains that he tried to break the curse of Snowhead, but died in the snowstorm and was unable to save his people. Play the Song of Healing in front of him. Darmani finds peace and his powers are sealed in the Goron Mask.
Put on the Goron Mask. Link now transforms into Goron Link and can smash heavy rocks with his fists, perform powerful stomps, and curl into a ball. Hold down A long enough while rolling and build up speed; As soon as the spikes appear, the scroll consumes magic, but in return reaches its maximum speed and can jump over larger chasms. Water, on the other hand, is dangerous for Goron Link: He sinks immediately and drowns after a short time, which is why you should switch back to normal Link in deep water.
Hot Spring Water
In the Goron Tomb, read the inscription on the tombstone if you want an introduction to Darmani’s abilities. Then stand behind the large gravestone as Goron Link and pull it back. Hot water begins to bubble out from under the stone. Fill a free bottle with Hot Spring Water.
The water cools down to normal spring water after a short time. For the next steps you should therefore proceed without major detours. A practical additional access to hot spring water is on the way between the Mountain Village and the Goron village: On one of the icy islands there is another spring under a block of ice or an icy opening. As soon as you have thawed it with hot spring water, you will have access to a refill option that is much closer.
Giant bomb bag and Mountain Title Deed
Return to the Goron Village and look for the Deku Merchant on the elevated south side of the village. Speak him as first Goron Link to. Since we already have the large bomb bag with space for 30 bombs, he sells us for 200 Rupees the Giant bomb bag. It is the final bomb bag upgrade and increases the capacity to 40 bombs. If you don’t have the money, teleport briefly to the bank Clock Town, raises the needed Rupees and returns via the owl statue of the Mountain Village.
Then transform into Deku Link and speak to the same dealer again. Show him the Swamp Title Deed. He wants to leave the snowy mountains and exchanges his location for the Mountain Title Deed. His Deku Flower remains behind. Climb in, fly to the ledge above the dealer and collect another Piece of Heart. This completes the third stage of the document exchange transaction; We will need the Mountain Title Deed later in the Zora Hall.
Goron Shrine and the Elder’s Son
Now go to the large entrance to the Goron Shrine. As Goron Link you can open the gate yourself: Stand in the designated spot in front of the entrance, jump up briefly and perform a Goron Stomp. Enter the shrine and work your way up the spiral ramps. The little Goron’s incessant crying can already be heard in the entrance area.
The village elder’s son sits in the top room. Address him as Goron Link. The child thinks you are Darmani and cries for his father. This conversation is important because the village elder will only teach you the first part of the lullaby if Link already knows that his son is asking for him. Then leave the shrine and look for the elder.
Be Location depends on the current day in the Nintendo 64 version. On first day he is in a large snowball near the Goron village, on second day further west on the way through the Twin Islands and on last day finally in the Mountain Village near the owl statue. Watch out for unusually large snowballs; Tatl also reacts when you find the right one. Smash the snowball as Goron Link and you will discover the Elder, who is completely frozen.
3D Difference: In Majora’s Mask 3D the Location no longer migrates over the days. The village elder stays in the same place in the Twin Islands area for all three days.
Intro and Goron Lullaby
Retrieve hot spring water from the Goron Tomb or the exposed spring on the Twin Islands and pour it over the frozen village elder. Then speak to him twice as Goron Link. As soon as he hears about his son crying, he tries to remember the old lullaby. He’s no longer able to do this completely, but Link learns the intro to the Goronian lullaby.
Return to the Goron Shrine and stand before the Elder’s Son. As Goron Link, bring out the ocarina, which turns into Goron drums, and play the intro. The child recognizes his father’s melody and continues singing the missing part. This will allow Link to learn the full Goron Lullaby. Play it all the way through and the little Goron falls asleep; The other Gorons in the shrine also gradually fall into a deep sleep. The song is needed immediately to access the Snowhead Temple.
Don Gero’s Mask
After the Goron baby falls asleep, torches burn again in his room. Take a Deku Staff, light it there and run through the Goron Shrine to light all the extinguished torches. You have to work quickly so that the stick doesn’t burn down beforehand. Once all the torches burn at the same time, the large chandelier in the center of the shrine begins to rotate.
Climb to the upper level and transform into Goron Link. Take a run up on the ramp, roll over the edge at maximum speed and hit the large jugs on the rotating chandelier one after the other. If you miss one, return to the ramp and try again. In one of the jars is a large rock fillet. As soon as it falls, pick it up as a Goron Link and carry it outside the shrine.
Bring the rock fillet back to the Mountain Village. Above the forge or on a high ledge sits the freezing Goron, who we saw on our first visit. Stand under him and throw the rock fillet onto the platform. The hungry Goron devours the meal and, in gratitude, gives you Don Gero’s Mask. Link can use it to address frogs and later bring the Mountain Village’s frog choir back together. The associated Piece of Heart can only be fully retrieved after the Gekko in Great Bay Temple has also been defeated; But we’re already taking Don Gero’s mask with us.
Piece of Heart in treasure chest game
Goron Mask is in Clock Town another one Piece of Heart accessible. Teleport briefly to South Clock Town and go to the treasure chest game in East Clock Town. Sets the Goron Mask even before paying and register for the game as a Goron link. The reward depends on Link’s form; only as a goron there is one Piece of Heart in the target chest.
After the start, a labyrinth of moving walls appears. Goron Link is wide and comparatively slow when running normally, but of course you can’t play with the Bunny Hood at the same time. So stay calm, note which corridor is currently open and work your way to the chest at the opposite end. If you reach it within the time limit, you will get the next Piece of Heart.
shooting gallery in Clock Town – giant quiver and Piece of Heart
Since we already received the Great Quiver from the swamp shooting gallery in the last chapter, the same city visit is ideal for the second arrow improvement. Go to the shooting gallery in East Clock Town during the day. Red and blue Octoroks appear here. Only hit the red targets; Hits on blue Octoroks cost valuable time.
First, beat the existing record. Since you already have the 40-arrow quiver, it becomes the Giant quiver upgraded, the overall 50 arrows summarizes. Then play again and achieve a perfect round with all 50 hits. In return you get another one Piece of Heart. This completes both quiver upgrades.
Love Couple’s Game Center – Piece of Heart
If you have started a fresh three-day cycle and have enough time, you can now also completely complete the game center of the lovers in East Clock Town. All the items needed are now available. The mini-game changes every day: on the first day you use Bombchus, on the second you use bombs and on the third you use the Hero’s Bow. Win once on all three days of the same cycle and exceed the specified performance.
After the third victory, the two owners acknowledge that Link has fully mastered their games and gift him a Piece of Heart. Since the three achievements must occur within the same three-day cycle, the slowed time provided by the Inverted Song of Time is helpful.
Four Gossip Stones – Piece of Heart
The Goron Lullaby also opens a Side Quest in the Plains of Termina. There are four underground caves around Clock Town, each containing several small Gossip Stones and one large. The entrances are located in different areas of the plain: southeast or near the observatory, south towards the swamps, north in front of the north gate and west or northwest in the grassy areas. One of the entrances is under a large rock, which Goron Link can easily destroy with his fists.
Enter each of the four caves, transform into Goron Link and play the Goron Lullaby in front of the large Gossip Stone. The stone takes on the color of the melody. Once all four large stones have been activated with the same melody, you will receive another Piece of Heart. This find is particularly useful now because we are traveling between Clock Town and the mountains anyway and have all the requirements.
The path to the Snowhead
Teleport back to the Mountain Village and take the northwest path that leads behind the freezing Goron towards Snowhead. Transform into Goron Link. There are several wide chasms with short wooden ramps in front of you. Start the Goron roll in time and build up speed until the spikes appear. Drive straight over the ramps and do not make any hectic directional corrections during the jump. The green magic jars along the track refill your magic bar and allow for a continuous high-speed roll.
At the end you will reach the area of the Snowhead. Immediately activate the owl statue. In front of you, a narrow path leads across a deep gorge to the temple, but a huge snowstorm keeps blowing Link back. Pull out the Lens of Truth. With his help, the cause becomes visible: a huge Goron sits invisibly in the middle of the path and creates the storm with his breath alone.
Transform into Goron Link, take out the drums and play the Goron Lullaby. The giant Goron gets tired, falls asleep and falls into the ravine. The snowstorm disappears and the path is clear. Run across the narrow passage, roll or climb up the last stretch and enter the Snowhead Temple.
