Lost Woods

Well, maybe back to the Forest for a little bit

After you leave the castle, you need to go grab a song from Saria that you’ll need to get into Dodongo’s Cavern. Go back to the Kokiri Forest and find Saria waiting for you in the Lost Woods.

Get to the Lost Woods

The Lost Woods entrance is in Kokiri Forest, to the left and up as you re-enter Kokiri Forest from Hyrule Field.

You should see the Lost Woods entrance to the left and up as you re-enter Kokiri Forest

Get through the Lost Woods

The path you take to get through the lost woods is as follows:

Right Left Right Left Center Left Right

Here is the correct path to get through the Lost Woods

Now you must fight a wolf. Using your charge attack is a good way to defeat the wolf. Hold the sword button and then release.

You must defeat this wolf

After you defeat the wolf, find your way past all of the monsters in the maze. Before you go up the stairs to Saria, you can turn around and climb a ladder, to access a Fairy Fountain.

You can fall into the hole in this pit to get to a Fairy Fountain

Get Saria’s Song

You can now climb the stairs, fight two more Deku Scrubs (use your shield), and get up to the Sacred Forest Meadow. Talk to Saria there and learn Saria’s Song.

Talk to Saria to get Saria’s Song

Go to Lon Lon Ranch

After you are finished, head back out of the Kokiri Forest, and towards Lon Lon Ranch. Lon Lon Ranch is right in the middle of Hyrule Field.

Ocarina of Time Switch 2 screenshots: Lost Woods

3 screenshots of Lost Woods from the Nintendo Switch 2 remake, taken from the September 8, 2026 Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct and the trailer that closed it. The remake is not out until November 5, 2026, so the walkthrough above is written from the N64 original. All Switch 2 screenshots and everything we know →

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From the trailer: the Wolfos guarding the way into the Sacred Forest Meadow, and young Link squaring up to it with the Deku Shield. Behind them the gate is sealed by a fence of glowing purple spikes, a magical barrier instead of the original’s plain gate. The Wolfos is far more animal than the old model: matted fur, yellow eyes, tongue out.
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From the trailer: Sheik, first look, playing the golden harp. Braided blonde hair under the head wrap, the red Sheikah eye on the chest, bandaged arms, and a dark forest full of drifting green light behind.
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Sheik teaching adult Link a song, Link answering on the Ocarina of Time. The firefly-lit forest setting points to the Minuet of Forest in the Sacred Forest Meadow.

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