Begin the first three-day cycle in Clock Town as Deku Link. Restore the Great Fairy, find the five Bombers and recover the Moon’s Tear. At midnight on the final night, climb the Clock Tower and retrieve the Ocarina of Time from Skull Kid.
Buy the Clock Town Map and Restore the Great Fairy
First collect some Rupees from tufts of grass and boxes on the square. Then go to North Clock Town. Tingle is located there. On the very first visit he is still standing on the floor; later he floats above the city on his red balloon. Buy the card from Clock Town for 5 Rupees. Maps remain permanently intact even after traveling through time and make orientation much easier.
At the top left in North Clock Town lies the source of Great Fairy magic. However, inside you will only find a swarm of little fairies. The Skull Kid has smashed the Great Fairy and a single stray fairy is missing.
During the day, this fairy floats over the water at the Laundry Pool. As Deku, jump over the water and touch her. At night, however, she is in East Clock Town and floats so high that you have to use a Deku Flower.
Bring the Stray Fairy back to the source. The Great Fairy of Magic reassembles and gives Deku Link magical energy. From now on you can use B to shoot Deku Bubbles.
You can find an overview of all the later fairies on our page about the Stray Fairies.
3D Difference: This first visit works virtually identically in Majora’s Mask 3D. The Stray Fairy is also at the Laundry Pool during the day and in East Clock Town at night. The bubbles are easier to target in the 3DS version.
The bombers and their secret code
Go back to North Clock Town and use a Deku Bubble to shoot down the large balloon that little Jim is aiming at. He is the leader of the bombers and challenges Link to a game of hide-and-seek. You have to find all five boys before time runs out.
There are two bombers in North Clock Town, one in West Clock Town and two in East Clock Town. One of the boys in East Clock Town is up on a roof and has to be chased down first. Use Deku flowers and short distances between the districts instead of running after each boy for a long time.
If you have caught all five, Jim will reveal the randomly generated five-digit secret code of the bombers. Write down the order. The code remains the same throughout the entire game and will be needed several times later.
As Deku, Link is not yet accepted as a full member. We only get the Bombers’ Notebook after the transformation back.
To the observatory
Go to East Clock Town to the boy guarding the entrance to the secret passage and enter the secret code. Follow the underground passage. As Deku, jump over the water and stay away from the Skulltula. In the next room another balloon blocks the way to the ladder. Destroy him with a Deku Bubble.
At the top you reach the Astral Observatory. Talk to the old astronomer and look through the telescope towards the clock tower. You see the Skull Kid at the top of the tower – and shortly afterwards a glittering stone falls from the moon.
Leave the observatory through the door and collect the Moon’s Tear outside.
Trade the Moon’s Tear for the Land Title Deed
Return to South Clock Town. Next to the clock tower, a Deku dealer regularly lands in the yellow Deku flower. Speak to him as Deku Link and show him the Moon’s Tear.
He exchanges it for his Land Title Deed and clears the Deku flower. The certificate is later the first object of the Title Deed Trading Quest, but within this first cycle we are particularly interested in the now free flower.
Climb in, let yourself be thrown up and slide onto the canopy of the clock tower. There is the first Piece of Heart of the solution.
This Piece of Heart can be reached in the first three-day cycle and should therefore not be postponed to a later visit.
Deku Playground – Second Piece of Heart
Before we wait for midnight on the third day, we complete the first three-day mini-game series. Right next to the Fairy Spring in North Clock Town, behind the fence is the Deku Playground. Use the nearby Deku Flower to get over the fence and jump into the hole.
The game costs 10 Rupees each. As Deku Link, you have to fly from flower to flower or between the moving platforms and collect all the Rupees without falling to the ground. The arrangement changes on each of the three days and becomes increasingly difficult.
Win once on the first day and return on the second day. Also win second day and finally complete the last variant on third day. If you complete all three games within the same time cycle, you will receive another Piece of Heart on the third day.
This means that we use the waiting time of the first cycle sensibly and do not have to plan another three days for this Piece of Heart later.
Midnight of the last day
On the third day, the atmosphere in Clock Town changes noticeably. The moon is now dangerously close. Be in South Clock Tower at the clock tower around midnight at the latest.
At 12:00 a.m. on the last night the carnival fireworks begin and the door to the top of the clock tower opens. Use the Deku Flower, fly onto the platform and go up the stairs.
The Skull Kid is standing there with Majora’s mask. Tael tries to give Tatl a clue before the Skull Kid stops him. We can’t win the fight yet – our only goal is the ocarina.
Target the Skull Kid and hit him with a Deku Bubble. The Ocarina of Time falls to the ground. Pick it up immediately.
Link remembers Princess Zelda and how she taught him the Song of Time. As Deku, the ocarina becomes Deku pipes, but the melody still works.
Plays the Song of Time. Just before the moon destroys Termina, Link travels back to the morning of the first day.
N64 Note: The Song of Time resets the world to the first day at 6:00 a.m. while saving the game. Rupees in Link’s wallet, ammunition, bottle contents and many time-dependent events are lost; Masks, important items, songs, Pieces of Heart and deposited Rupees are retained.
3D Difference: In Majora’s Mask 3D the Song of Time no longer saves automatically. Instead, permanent storage is done at owl statues and additional storage statues.
Return to Day One and Obtain the Deku Mask
After traveling through time, Link is back in front of the clock tower. Go in immediately and talk to the owner of the Happy Mask Shop. Although you have returned the ocarina, Majora’s mask is still with the Skull Kid. The dealer is correspondingly unenthusiastic, but still fulfills his part of the agreement.
He teaches Link the Song of Healing.
Plays the melody and the curse is lifted by Link. The Deku form is sealed in the Deku Mask. From now on you can switch between normal Link and Deku Link at any time.
With the normal form, the guards will now let you out of Clock Town. Before we head south, however, we will do everything that is reasonably possible in and immediately around Clock Town.
A complete overview of the masks can be found on our page about the masks in Majora’s Mask.
Inverted Song of Time and Song of Double Time
Now visit one of the scarecrows – either in the observatory or in the shop in West Clock Town. Since you know the Song of Time, it tells you two extremely useful variants.
Play the Song of Time backwards and you get the Inverted Song of Time. It slows down the passage of time significantly and should almost always be activated for long temples or side quests.
On the other hand, if each of the three original notes is played twice in a row, the Song of Double Time results. On Nintendo 64, Link jumps to the beginning of the next night or day.
3D Difference: The Inverted Song of Time slows time to about a third of the normal pace on Nintendo 64, and only to about half in Majora’s Mask 3D. The Song of Double Time has been significantly improved: instead of only being able to jump to 6:00 a.m. or 6:00 p.m., you can choose any full hour in the 3DS version.
Great Fairy’s Mask
Get the Stray Fairy from Clock Town again. During the day she is back at the Laundry Pool, at night she is in East Clock Town. This time, bring it to North Clock Town as a normal link to the Great Fairy of Magic.
As a thank you you will receive the Great Fairy’s Mask.
In temples, her hair begins to shimmer when a Stray Fairy is in the same room. Free-floating fairies are also automatically attracted. Since each of the four major temples contains 15 Stray Fairies, this mask is now part of our standard equipment.
The first visit as Deku brings the magic bar; the second visit as a human wearing the Great Fairy’s Mask.
Bombers’ Notebook
Go to the bombers’ secret passage in East Clock Town and enter the already known secret code. As a normal link, Jim will then recognize you as a full member of the Bombers.
You will receive the Bombers’ Notebook.
This records important people, their schedules and completed side quests. This book is particularly crucial for Majora’s Mask because many events only take place during a short time frame.
3D Difference: The notebook has been significantly expanded in Majora’s Mask 3D. It shows active tasks, rumors and completed events more clearly and can remind you of appointments.
Piece of Heart in the tree of North Clock Town
While you’re in North Clock Town, we’ll get another Piece of Heart. As a normal link, climb onto the stone blocks next to the slide and work your way up to the higher platform from there. Then jump into the branches of the large tree.
There is the third Piece of Heart of this chapter.
Unlike Deku Link, normal Link can easily reach the corresponding jumps. Bunny Hood are not absolutely necessary for this.
Sword Training – Fourth Piece of Heart
Go to the sword school in West Clock Town. Choose the expert course for 10 Rupees.
A total of ten logs appear. For every properly executed jump attack, Link gets three points. You need the perfect score of 30 points.
Targets any tribe with Z and only performs jump attacks. If you hit all ten correctly, you get another Piece of Heart.
This Piece of Heart is available immediately after the transformation back and will therefore not be postponed to a later city tour.
Kafei’s Mask
On the first or second day, go to the mayor’s residence in East Clock Town during the day. In the entrance area, take the right door and talk to Madame Aroma.
Her son Kafei has disappeared and she asks Link to look for him. As an identification mark she gives you Kafei’s Mask.
We cannot fully complete the actual story about Kafei and Anju at this point. For this we will later need access to Ikana Canyon, among other things. But we can and should collect the mask itself now.
You can find the complete later process on our page for Kafei’s Quest.
Postman – fifth Piece of Heart
The postman trains on the first day after his delivery round or at certain times on the second day in the post office in West Clock Town. Talk to him and take his sense of time test.
After starting you have to press A again exactly after 10.00 seconds. The clock display disappears after a short time, so you have to estimate the rest.
If you hit exactly ten seconds, you get a Piece of Heart.
This game will be much easier later with the Bunny Hood because the clock will then remain visible. Since we’re getting the bunny ears in this chapter, you can either try this Piece of Heart immediately or wait until the third day of the same cycle.
First night – Bremen mask
Go to the Laundry Pool on the first night. The musician Guru-Guru sits there. Talk to him and listen to his story in full.
As a reminder of his former group of musicians, he gives Link the Bremen Mask.
With the mask on, hold down B and Link will start marching. Small animals follow him. We need this ability on the third day for another important mask.
First Night – Blast Mask
Head to North Clock Town shortly before midnight. At exactly 12:00 a.m. the old lady from the bomb shop shows up with her delivery of goods. The thief Sakon runs towards her, snatches the bag from her and tries to escape.
Run after him and hit him once with the sword. Don’t use an explosive weapon if you have one later, because the stolen bag contains bombs.
Sakon drops the loot and flees. The old lady thanks Link with the Blast Mask.
With this mask you can blow yourself up like a bomb. Normally, Link loses health; If you hold the shield up at the same time, the recoil can be avoided.
Preventing the raid also changes the bomb shop’s inventory the next day.
Kamaro’s mask and sixth Piece of Heart
After midnight we leave Clock Town briefly through the north gate. In the northern plains of Termina there is a stone circle on a large mushroom-shaped rock. The ghost Kamaro dances there at night.
Jump on the rock and play the Song of Healing in front of it. Kamaro can finally move on and leaves behind his Kamaro’s Mask.
Return to West Clock Town that same night. The two Rosa sisters practice their dance steps there. Put on Kamaro’s mask, stand in front of her and perform the dance.
The two adopt the new movements and, out of gratitude, give you another Piece of Heart.
Second Day – Bomb Bag and Large Bomb Bag
If you haven’t already done so, you can first buy the normal bomb bag in the bomb shop in West Clock Town. It holds 20 bombs.
Since we prevented the robbery on the first night, the bomb shop is also offering the Large Bomb Bag for 90 Rupees on the second day. It increases the capacity to 30 bombs.
We will get the later giant bomb bag with space for 40 bombs at a later date. You can find an overview of all upgrades on our page Upgrade the bags.
Bank – Adult Wallet
Rupees, which Link carries in his wallet when traveling through time, disappear. That’s why you should use the bench regularly from now on.
On Nintendo 64, the bank is located in West Clock Town. Deposits a total of 200 Rupees. In return, the banker gives you the Large Exchange, with which Link can carry up to 200 Rupees.
The account balance is maintained across time travel. Additional rewards await later for larger deposits.
3D Difference: In Majora’s Mask 3D the bench was moved to the clock tower in South Clock Town. However, the reward for a total of 200 Rupees deposited is still the wallet upgrade.
toilet paper – seventh Piece of Heart
For this Piece of Heart we need some paper item. The easiest way is to briefly repeat the route to the observatory: Enter the bomber code, look through the telescope at the Skull Kid and collect the Moon’s Tear again. Exchange it for the certificate at the Deku dealer in South Clock Town.
Go to the inn in East Clock Town at night. After midnight, a hand appears in the toilet on the ground floor or below the stairs, desperately asking for paper.
Give her the certificate.
As a thank you you will receive a Piece of Heart.
The certificate is therefore lost in this cycle. This is not a problem, because it is a time-dependent item and can be obtained again after the next return to the first day anyway. We will carry out the actual document exchange transaction later in the designated route.
Third Day – Bunny Hood
On the third day, the worker has removed the large rock on the Milk Road enough so that you can reach the Romani Ranch without a powder keg.
Go all the way to the back of the chicken coop and talk to Grog. He regrets that his ten chicks will probably never grow into adult chickens because of the approaching moon.
Put on the Bremen Mask and start marching. Run across the entire area and collect all ten chicks. Once they follow Link together, one by one they grow into full-grown chickens.
Grog is happy to have at least experienced this wish and gives Link the Bunny Hood.
They significantly increase Link’s running speed and extend his jumping distance. This makes many mini-games and time-critical side quests much more enjoyable.
Important: The actual Romani Ranch quest cannot be meaningfully completed on the third day. We’ll need a powder keg later to remove the rock on the first day.
Postman game with Bunny Hood
If you haven’t picked up the Piece of Heart from the postman yet, now is the most convenient opportunity. Put on the Bunny Hood and start the ten-second test.
With the Bunny Hood, the time display remains visible, so you can stop exactly at 10.00 seconds. Then take the Piece of Heart with you.
Activate Owl Statue
Before you leave Clock Town, hit the owl statue in South Clock Town with your sword. She spreads her wings and is therefore permanently activated.
Later we can use it as a teleportation point with the Song of Soaring.
On Nintendo 64, an activated Owl Statue can also be used as a temporary save point. The corresponding saving is more comparable to a bookmark: After loading, the cache is removed again. Permanent storage takes place via the Song of Time.
3D Difference: In Majora’s Mask 3D, Owl and Save Statues are the regular permanent save points. The Song of Time no longer saves there automatically.
Heading into the swamps
This completes everything that can reasonably be completed before the first big trip. Link now has the Ocarina of Time, Deku Mask, Great Fairy’s Mask, Blast Mask, Bremen Mask, Kamaro’s Mask, Bunny Hood and Kafei’s Mask. We also received the Bomber’s Notebook, the Large Bomb Bag and the first stock wallet upgrade and have already collected a significant portion of the Pieces of Heart in Clock Town.
Before you leave, deposit any excess Rupees into the bank and then play the Song of Time if you want to start a whole new three-day cycle again. Immediately afterwards, play the Inverted Song of Time so that time passes more slowly during the upcoming section.
Exit Clock Town through the south gate.
We continue with the Southern Swamp.