Three days. One falling moon. Trapped in the cursed land of Termina, Link relives the same 72 hours over and over — wearing the souls of the fallen as masks — to free four Giants and stop the Skull Kid before the moon falls.
Termina runs on a 72-hour loop. Start here: what the cycle keeps and wipes, the Bombers' Notebook timetable of who to help and when, then every mask, song, item and collectible behind the route.
Reset: Play the Song of Time to rewind to dawn on the First Day. This also saves your game.
Defeating a temple boss is permanent across resets (the Giant stays freed), but the region's curse only lifts within a cycle you've cleared it in — so collect a region's time-sensitive pickups in the same loop you beat its temple.
| Deku MaskTransformation | Deku | Happy Mask Salesman, after the Song of HealingHop on water, launch from flower pads, fire bubbles. |
| Goron MaskTransformation | Goron | Song of Healing for Darmani's spirit, Goron GraveyardRoll at speed, punch, ground-pound, survive lava. |
| Zora MaskTransformation | Zora | Song of Healing for the dying Mikau, Great Bay CoastSwim fast, dive, throw fin boomerangs, raise an electric shield. |
| Fierce Deity's MaskTransformation | Boss only | Trade all 20 ordinary masks to the Moon ChildrenBecome the towering Fierce Deity and fire sword beams — usable on bosses. |
| Hero's BowWeapon | Woodfall TempleShoot eye-switches and distant enemies; base for the three elemental arrows. | |
| Fire ArrowsWeapon | Snowhead TempleMelt ice and light frozen torches. | |
| Ice ArrowsWeapon | Great Bay TempleFreeze water and enemies into solid platforms. | |
| Light ArrowsWeapon | Stone Tower TempleFlip Stone Tower, pierce Gomess's cloak, and stagger Majora. | |
| HookshotItem | Pirates' Fortress, Great BayGrapple to targets and pull across gaps — opens far Heart Pieces. | |
| Lens of TruthItem | Hidden grotto near the Southern SwampReveals invisible platforms, walls, and Shiro (drains magic). | |
| Powder KegItem | Pass the Goron's big-bomb test (Mountain Village)Giant bombs that blow open the boulder to the Bomb Shop and Romani Ranch gate. | |
| Pictograph BoxItem | Swamp Tourist CenterPhotograph people and places for several side quests and Heart Pieces. | |
| Great Fairy's SwordUpgrade | Reunite the Great Fairy's stray fairies (Ikana)The strongest two-handed blade — far above the forged Gilded Sword. | |
| Gilded SwordUpgrade | Give the Razor Sword + a Gold Dust to the Mountain SmithyA permanent, unbreakable sword upgrade that survives resets. |
Four pieces make one Heart Container (bosses give a full container too). Many are gated behind a specific transformation, song, or mask, and several are tied to timed Bombers'-Notebook events — so plan which cycle you collect them in.
| Post Office timing game | Clock Town Post Office | Stop the Postman's counter at exactly 10 seconds (Bunny Hood helps) Clock Town |
| Clock Tower ledge | South Clock Town, upper ledge | Give the Business Scrub the Moon's Tear, then launch from its Deku Flower Clock Town |
| Bank reward | West Clock Town bank | Deposit a running total of 5000 Rupees Clock Town |
| Stock Pot Inn toilet hand | Stock Pot Inn restroom | Reach the inn at night and give the hand a piece of paper Clock Town |
| Deku platform jump | North Clock Town, near the slide | As Deku Link, hop to the nearby tree Clock Town |
| Swordsman's School | West Clock Town swordsman's school | Score a perfect 30 in the Expert Course Clock Town |
| Deku Scrub Playground | North Clock Town playground | As Deku Link, win the float game all three days Clock Town |
| Honey & Darling's game | West Clock Town Honey & Darling shop | Win the minigame on three consecutive days Clock Town |
| Town Shooting Gallery | East Clock Town shooting gallery | Score a perfect 50 with the Hero's Bow Clock Town |
| Treasure-hunting game | East Clock Town Treasure Chest Shop | Win the game as Goron Link Clock Town |
| Rosa Sisters' dance | West Clock Town at night | Wear Kamaro's Mask and dance for the Rosa Sisters Clock Town |
| Grandma's long story | Stock Pot Inn (Grandma's room) | Wear the All-Night Mask through her Carnival tale Clock Town |
| Grandma's second story | Stock Pot Inn (Grandma's room) | Wear the All-Night Mask through her hide-and-seek tale Clock Town |
| Postman's postbox | A Clock Town postbox | Wear the Postman's Hat and check a postbox Clock Town |
| Couple's Mask reward | Mayor's residence, East Clock Town | Complete the Anju & Kafei quest, then wear the Couple's Mask in the office Clock Town |
| Keaton's quiz | Hidden grass circle, Termina Field | As Deku Link sink into the grass, wear the Keaton Mask, answer all five questions Termina Field |
| Peahat hole | Termina Field (Milk Road hole) | As Deku Link, drop in and defeat the Peahat Termina Field |
| Dodongo hole | Northwest Termina Field hidden hole | Defeat the two Dodongos inside Termina Field |
| Business Scrub cave | Cave near the Astral Observatory path | As Deku Link, haggle the Business Scrub down and pay 100 Rupees Termina Field |
| Gossip Stone match | Four holes with Gossip Stones, Termina Field | Play a learned area song until all four stones glow the same colour Termina Field |
| Beehive over water | West Termina Field near Great Bay | Blast the boulder, destroy the beehives, then dive as Zora to grab it Termina Field |
| Doggy Racetrack | Romani Ranch dog racetrack | Pick a winning dog (Mask of Truth helps) and earn 150 Rupees Romani Ranch |
| Southern Swamp vine tree | Swamp path near Tingle | As Deku Link, climb the vines by the tree Woodfall |
| Tourist Center roof | Roof of the Swamp Tourist Center | Advance the Title Deed chain, then float from a flower onto the roof Woodfall |
| Swamp Shooting Gallery | Southern Swamp shooting gallery | Score 2000+ with the Hero's Bow Woodfall |
| Pictograph contest | Swamp Tourist Center | Photograph the Deku King and show Koume Woodfall |
| Boat-cruise targets | Swamp Tourist Center boat cruise | After Woodfall, shoot the targets 20 times while sparing Koume Woodfall |
| Deku Palace garden | Deku Palace inner garden | As Deku Link reach the far end of the western monkey garden Woodfall |
| Woodfall flower chain | Outside Woodfall Temple | As Deku Link, float flower-to-flower around the rim and open the chest Woodfall |
| Mountain Village ledge | Goron/Mountain Village ledge | Advance the Title Deed chain, then float from a Deku Flower to the ledge Snowhead |
| Don Gero's frog choir | Mountain Village pond | As Goron, get Don Gero's Mask and gather all five frogs after spring returns Snowhead |
| Mountain river bottom | River between Mountain & Goron Village | After defeating Goht, dive to the riverbed as Zora Snowhead |
| Scarecrow platform | Path to Snowhead | Use the Scarecrow's Song and Hookshot to reach the high scarecrow Snowhead |
| Giant fish aquarium | Marine Research Laboratory, Great Bay | Bring four bottled fish to feed the tank until the big fish spits it out Great Bay |
| Zora Cape waterfall | Easternmost Zora Cape | As Zora, defeat the Like Like at the waterfall base Great Bay |
| Zora Hall piano duet | Zora Hall | As Zora, learn the bassist's part and play with the band Great Bay |
| Lulu's room ledge | Zora Hall, above Lulu's room | Complete the Title Deed chain, then float up as Deku Link Great Bay |
| Pirates' Fortress cell | Pirates' Fortress | As Goron hit the switch and roll into the closing cell Great Bay |
| Pinnacle Rock seahorse | Pinnacle Rock, Great Bay | Photograph a pirate for the Seahorse, then as Zora beat the Deep Pythons Great Bay |
| Magic bean platform | Northeast Great Bay Coast | Plant and water a Magic Bean, ride it up, then Hookshot across Great Bay |
| Beaver Brothers race | Cave behind Zora Cape's waterfall | As Zora, beat both beavers' time on the second race Great Bay |
| Fisherman's jumping game | Great Bay Coast | After defeating Gyorg, Hookshot ring-to-ring and score 20+ Great Bay |
| Oceanside Skulltula reward | Oceanside Spider House | Shoot the masks in the order the Stalchildren's clues give Great Bay |
| Sakon's Hideout flower | Ikana Canyon | Complete the final Title Deed chain, then float up as Deku Link Ikana |
| Graveyard Iron Knuckle | Ikana Graveyard (Night 3 grave) | Use the Captain's Hat and Lens of Truth, then defeat the Iron Knuckle Ikana |
| Beneath the Graveyard | Ikana Graveyard dig site | Use the Captain's Hat to command Stalchildren to dig Ikana |
| Spirit House (Poe Sisters) | Ikana Canyon Spirit House | Defeat the Poe Sisters with Ice Arrows without dropping below three hearts Ikana |
| Ikana Castle roof | Ancient Castle of Ikana | Shoot the crystal switch and float via Deku Flowers to the chest Ikana |
| Secret Shrine | Hidden grotto in Ikana | Clear the four hidden mini-boss rooms for the chest Ikana |
| Moon Deku trial | The Moon — Deku child's room | Trade masks to the Deku-mask child and clear his platforming trial Moon |
| Moon Goron trial | The Moon — Goron child's room | Trade masks to the Goron-mask child and clear his rolling trial Moon |
| Moon Zora trial | The Moon — Zora child's room | Trade masks to the Zora-mask child and clear his trial Moon |
Twenty-four masks in all: four transformations (Deku, Goron, Zora, Fierce Deity) and twenty ordinary masks, most won from the souls and schedules of Termina's people. The twenty ordinary masks are the price of the Fierce Deity's Mask on the Moon.
| Deku Mask | From the Happy Mask Salesman after you recover the Ocarina and learn the Song of Healing. | Become Deku Link — skip across water, launch from flower pads, fire bubbles. |
| Goron Mask | Play the Song of Healing for Darmani's spirit at his grave in the Goron Graveyard. | Become Goron Link — roll at speed, punch, ground-pound, and shrug off lava. |
| Zora Mask | Play the Song of Healing for the dying Zora Mikau on Great Bay Coast. | Become Zora Link — swim fast, dive, throw fin boomerangs, raise an electric shield. |
| Postman's Hat | During the Anju & Kafei quest, hand the Postman the Special Delivery to Mama. | Loot Clock Town's postboxes (and a Heart Piece). |
| All-Night Mask | Buy from the Curiosity Shop late in the Anju & Kafei chain. | Stay awake through the Old Lady's long bedtime stories. |
| Blast Mask | Stop Sakon robbing the Old Lady in North Clock Town on the first night. | Detonate a bomb blast on command without spending bombs (hurts you up close). |
| Stone Mask | Use the Lens of Truth to find the invisible soldier Shiro on the road to Ikana and give him a potion. | Turn invisible to most enemies, who simply ignore you. |
| Great Fairy's Mask | Return the first Stray Fairy to the Great Fairy in North Clock Town. | Draws nearby Stray Fairies toward you — eases collecting them in temples. |
| Keaton Mask | Given during the Curiosity Shop / Kafei chain. | Summons Keaton's rupee quiz from certain bushes; advances the Anju & Kafei quest. |
| Bremen Mask | Talk to Guru-Guru at the Laundry Pool at night. | March a line of baby Cuccos to raise them into adults. |
| Bunny Hood | Raise all the chicks at the Cucco Shack with the Bremen Mask; Grog gives the hood. | Greatly increases your running speed. |
| Don Gero's Mask | As Goron Link, give Rock Sirloin to the hungry Goron in the Mountain Village. | Reunites the frog choir; gathering all five frogs earns a Heart Piece. |
| Mask of Scents | After rescuing the Deku Princess, win the Deku Butler's underground race. | Sniff out hidden items and magic mushrooms. |
| Romani's Mask | Defend Romani Ranch from the aliens (Day 1 night), then escort Cremia's milk wagon (Day 2 night). | Proves Milk Bar membership — opens the Latte Milk Bar. |
| Circus Leader's Mask | Wearing Romani's Mask, play the Ballad of the Wind Fish for Toto in the Milk Bar in all four forms. | Calms Gorman; used in the Gorman troupe storyline. |
| Kamaro's Mask | Play the Song of Healing for the ghost dancer Kamaro in northern Termina Field at night. | Perform Kamaro's dance — shown to the Rosa Sisters for a Heart Piece. |
| Gibdo Mask | Cure the cursed father in the Music Box House at the foot of Ikana with the Song of Healing. | Gibdos and ReDeads beg for food instead of attacking, and will talk. |
| Garo's Mask | As Goron Link, beat the Gorman Brothers in the Gorman Track horse race. | Summons Garo Masters for hints; needed to progress through Ikana Canyon. |
| Captain's Hat | Best Captain Keeta, the giant skeleton in the Ikana Graveyard. | Commands Stalchildren, who obey you and open the way. |
| Giant's Mask | In a chest revealed partway through the Twinmold boss arena, Stone Tower Temple. | Grows Link giant-sized to fight Twinmold (drains magic while worn). |
| Mask of Truth | Defeat every Gold Skulltula in the Swamp Spider House. | Read Gossip Stones and talk to animals for hints. |
| Kafei's Mask | From Madame Aroma at the Mayor's Residence when asked to find the missing Kafei. | Shown around town to gather clues — starts the Anju & Kafei quest. |
| Couple's Mask | Complete the Anju & Kafei quest and reunite them (the Pendant of Memories chain). | Shown to the Mayor to settle the evacuation argument for a Heart Piece. |
| Fierce Deity's Mask | Inside the Moon, give all 20 ordinary masks to the Moon Children to clear their trials. | Become the towering Fierce Deity, firing sword beams — usable against the bosses. |
Two cursed Spider Houses, 30 Gold Skulltula tokens each. Clear a house in a single visit to lift its curse for the reward.
| Swamp Spider House (30 tokens) | Mask of Truth (lifts the cursed man's curse) | Use the Deku Mask to float to high webs; Bombs and the Hero's Bow reach the hidden tokens Woodfall |
| Oceanside Spider House (30 tokens) | Giant's Wallet (5000-Rupee capacity) if cleared before the man closes up; otherwise a Gold Rupee | Needs the Hero's Bow and explosives; some tokens need the Hookshot and light puzzles Great Bay |
Reward: Couple's Mask — and the game's most moving sidequest · All three days Link
| Deku Shield | 30 R |
| Hero's Shield | 80 R |
| Bombs (5) | 25 R |
| Deku Nuts (5) | 15 R |
| Red Potion | 30 R |
| Bombs (5) | 25 R |
| Bombchu (10) | 40 R |
| Bigger Bomb Bag | 90 R |
| Stolen goods / Blue Potion | varies |
| All-Night Mask | 500 R |
| Bombs (5) | 25 R |
| Red Potion | 40 R |
| Rock Sirloin (Powder Keg) | — |
| Hero's Shield | 80 R |
| Red Potion | 30 R |
| Arrows (10) | 20 R |
Solve Follow the Skull Kid down the spiralling tunnel, crossing collapsing flower-lined platforms to the door where the curse takes hold.
Solve Meet the Happy Mask Salesman; he teaches the Song of Healing and gives you three days to recover the Ocarina.
Solve Explore the four quarters of Clock Town. The Clock Tower platform only opens at midnight on the Final Day, during the carnival countdown.
Solve At midnight on the Final Day, confront the Skull Kid. Hit him to knock the Ocarina free, then play the Song of Time to rewind to the First Day.
Solve In human form again, replay the Song of Healing to seal the curse into the Deku Mask — now you can transform at will.
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Solve Launch from the Deku Flowers to clear the poison pools and reach the side doors; light the torches to open the way.
Solve Spin into a Deku Flower, take off, and glide between platforms, popping distant eye-switches and enemies with bubble shots.
Solve Cross the spinning blades and open the big chest for the Hero's Bow, then shoot the eye-switches to advance.
Solve Carry flame on a Deku Stick or fire arrows to light each torch in sequence, raising platforms and unbarring doors.
Solve Stun the Snapper that Gekko rides, then slash Gekko when he leaps off.
Solve Shoot the eye-switch above the door to drop the bars, then take the Boss Key.
Bring a full quiver and a few bottled fairies; Deku Nuts can stun the small adds.
Top up before: Refill hearts and magic at a Fairy Fountain or with bottled fairies before the boss door.
Where to heal: Exit to the Woodfall Owl Statue and refill with the swamp's fairy fountain.
Easier tactic: Fire an arrow the instant he drops his guard to chant or dance — it both stuns him and cancels the bugs he summons.
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Solve Goron-punch the ice cylinders off the core pillar so you can later Goron-roll up its ramp to the higher floors.
Solve Boost off a ramp with a Goron-roll to leap the gaps, or freeze the flow into ice platforms to cross.
Solve Clear the room's guardians and open the chest for the Fire Arrows, then thaw the nearby ice blocks.
Solve Fire-arrow or roll through the snowball-spawning slope to reach the stairs upward.
Solve Hit the teleporting Wizzrobe with an arrow each time it reappears until it falls.
Solve Light the frozen torches with Fire Arrows and hit the switch to raise the central column, linking the top floors.
Keep arrows and magic topped up — the Goron-roll spikes need magic, and you open with a Fire Arrow.
Top up before: Refill hearts and magic at a Fairy Fountain or with bottled fairies before the boss door.
Where to heal: Warp out to the Mountain Village fountain to refill magic and hearts.
Easier tactic: Grab the magic jars around the arena so your Goron spikes never run dry — a spiked roll knocks Goht down every time.
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Solve Stand on the middle platform and turn the spigot a quarter-turn to switch which coloured pipeline carries the water.
Solve As Zora Link, destroy the floating eyeballs orbiting Wart, then attack the exposed core to win the Ice Arrows.
Solve Freeze an Octorok's water spout into an ice block, climb to the spigot, and turn it so water runs the red line to the wheel.
Solve Fire Ice Arrows at the water jets to make platforms, then throw the green switch to send flow down the green pipes.
Solve With the wheel turning, ride the moving platforms and currents up the vertical shaft to the higher doors.
Solve Freeze the flowing water into a path of ice blocks to cross to the chest holding the Boss Key.
Bring a full quiver — you stun Gyorg from the platform with arrows before diving as Zora.
Top up before: Refill hearts and magic at a Fairy Fountain or with bottled fairies before the boss door.
Where to heal: Warp to the Great Bay Owl Statue and use the coast's fairy fountain.
Easier tactic: Never swim in open water while Gyorg is active — stun it from the platform first, then dive only to land the electric barrier.
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Solve Play the Elegy of Emptiness to drop Deku, Goron, Zora and Link statues onto separate floor switches at once, opening the barred doors.
Solve Shoot the glowing red sun emblem above the doorway with a Light Arrow to invert the whole temple — ceilings become floors.
Solve Navigate the flipped geometry, using Light Arrows on covered sun-switches to clear darkness and toggle sections.
Solve Light the room and scatter Gomess's bat swarm; only Light Arrows pierce his cloak to stun him, then finish with the sword.
Solve Shoot the Eyegore's eye to freeze it, then attack the body. Defeating it yields the Giant's Mask.
Solve Combine inversion flips and Elegy statues to reach the boss door, then enter the desert arena.
Stock magic to the brim — the Giant's Mask drains it constantly. Grab jars between grapples.
Top up before: Refill hearts and magic at a Fairy Fountain or with bottled fairies before the boss door.
Where to heal: Warp to the Stone Tower / Ikana Owl Statue to refill before re-entering.
Easier tactic: Focus one serpent at a time: grab its tail and slam it, ignoring the other until the first is gone.
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Solve On the Final Night, play the Oath to Order to summon the four Giants, who catch the moon and force the mask to abandon the Skull Kid.
Solve Speak to the four masked children to play their hide-and-seek mini-dungeons; trade all 20 ordinary masks for the Fierce Deity's Mask before facing the lone child.
If you have the Fierce Deity's Mask, bring full magic. Otherwise bring full arrows, bottled fairies, and the Zora and Goron masks.
Top up before: Refill hearts and magic at a Fairy Fountain or with bottled fairies before the boss door.
Where to heal: There is no healing mid-fight beyond bottled fairies — stock three before entering.
Easier tactic: Trade all 20 ordinary masks to the Moon Children for the Fierce Deity's Mask; its sword beams shred every one of Majora's three forms in seconds.
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