Death Mountain Crater

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The Death Mountain Crater is a recurring location in The Legend of Zelda series.[1][2][name references needed] The Death Mountain Crater goes unnamed in Breath of the Wild.

Features and Overview

Ocarina of Time

Death Mountain Crater is the heart of Death Mountain. The Crater is accessible from the top of Death Mountain, or through an ancient Goron pathway from Darunia's room in Goron City.

The heat of the crater is too intense to be in for very long unless the Goron Tunic is being worn.[3] Without this tunic, Link only has a limited amount of time to stay in the crater, otherwise he will burst into flames and die as soon as the timer runs out.[4] The amount of time Link can remain in the crater is dependent upon how many Heart Containers Link possesses. Also as a child link, the bridge to Fire Temple is blocked by three gray rocks, that he cannot destroy with bombs alone.

After Link receives the Goron Tunic from Darunia's son and enters Death Mountain Crater for the first time, Sheik will appear in front of him and teach Link the Bolero of Fire, which allows him to immediately transport back to the crater's Triforce Warp at any given time. The Bolero of Fire is needed to access the middle portion of the crater as young Link.

The Great Fairy of Wisdom also resides in the Great Fairy's Fountain on the western portion of the volcanic area, but its entrance is blocked by giant Boulders that can only be removed with the Megaton Hammer. Once Link enters the fountain, he meets the Great Fairy within it who doubles his Magic Meter.

Breath of the Wild



The Death Mountain Crater contains Divine Beast Vah Rudania and several streams of lava pooling into the center of the Crater. After Link defeats Fireblight Ganon, Divine Beast Vah Rudania climbs out of it.

Tears of the Kingdom

Related Quests


The Lava in the Crater has solidified into large streams of volcanic rock following the end of Death Mountain's eruption.[5] During the Upheaval, the Death Mountain Chasm formed inside the Crater,[6] with a haze of Gloom rising from the Death Mountain Depths.[7]

Areas

Enemies

Bosses
  1. Appears during the "Yunobo of Goron City" Main Quest.

Trivia

Nomenclature

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LanguageNamesMeanings
Japan
Japanese
デスマウンテン火口 (Desu Maunten Kakō) (OoT)[9]Same as English.
The Italian Republic
Italian
Cratere del Monte Morte (OoT3D)[8]Death Mountain crater
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References

  1. "Death Mountain Crater" — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D)
  2. "Rising from the Death Mountain Crater
    Moragia
    " — Game Screen (Tears of the Kingdom)
  3. "Death Mountain Summit / Entrance to the crater ahead / Beware of intense heat!" — Sign (Ocarina of Time)
  4. "Link, it's so hot in here! We can't stay here for long!" — Navi (Ocarina of Time)
  5. "After the eruption at Death Mountain stopped, the lava stopped flowing all over Eldin." — Yunobo's Diary (Tears of the Kingdom)
  6. "Chasms
    The Upheaval created chasms throughout Hyrule that reach far down to the Depths.
    " — Tips and Tricks (Tears of the Kingdom)
  7. "Something called the Upheaval happened, and Hyrule Castle is floating in the air!

    Princess Zelda and Link have gone missing, and Purah has sent out search parties. I'd like to go lend a hand...

    But lately there has been a strange red haze coming from Death Mountain.
    " — Yunobo's Diary (Tears of the Kingdom)
  8. "Cratere del Monte Morte" — N/A (Ocarina of Time 3D, Italian localization)
  9. Nintendo Official Guidebook—The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Shogakukan, pg. 155