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After meeting Princess Zelda at Hyrule Castle for the first time, you’ll be sent on a quest to find the Spiritual Stones of Fire and Water. The path to Zora’s River is currently blocked off, which means you must search for the Spiritual Stone of Fire at Death Mountain first. However, the people living at Death Mountain are currently all starving and their leader, Darunia, is in a deep depression. If you want to continue your quest you’ll need to cheer up and befriend the gorons through song. If you’re curious about how to do that, please consult the following guide on how to befriend the gorons in the Ocarina of Time Remake.
How to Befriend Darunia and the Gorons in the Ocarina of Time Remake
Before you’ll be able to enter Death Mountain and reach the Gorons, you’ll first need to present Zelda’s Letter to the guard standing watch by the western gate in Kakariko Village. Once you do, the gate will be open for the rest of the game and you’ll be able to enter the Death Mountain Trail whenever you want. The guard will also give you a small hint pointing you toward starting the Mask Trading Sequence in Hyrule Castle Town as you leave.
On the Death Mountain Trail you will encounter several tektites, weird jumping monster enemies which can be defeated with two slashes with your sword. You’ll also encounter several Gorons, friendly and helpful rock monsters who are the main inhabitants of Death Mountain.
Midway through the Death Mountain Trail, take a left turn and you’ll reach Goron City. The city is split into three floors which are all circular and lead to multiple other rooms. There isn’t much we can do in the city currently, so for, our goal is to head to the bottom floor to meet with big boss Darunia.
Sadly, Darunia has locked himself away in his room and won’t let anyone but a messenger from the Hyrule Royal Family enter. Luckily, you have a pretty good way of making yourself seem like one. Stand on Triforce symbol in front of Darunia’s door and play Zelda’s Lullaby, the door will open and you’ll be able to meet the boss of the gorons.
Darunia isn’t exactly in a talking mood though. All of the problems that the gorons have been facing for the past few days have put him into a depression. You’ll need to break him out of this funk if you want to progress. Fellow gorons will tell you that Darunia loves to dance, but none of the songs you currently have will be good enough for him: You’ll need to learn a new one.
Inside of Darunia’s room there is a lit torch. Equip a Deku Stick and light it on fire, then run to the nearby cracked looking wall that’s surrounded with bomb flowers. The flowers will explode and reveal a shop behind this door. While there’s nothing we need to buy now, we’re going to use the same method to reach the area we do need to reach.
Light your Deku Stick on fire again and this time begin lighting the torches around Goron City. You’ll need to do this as if you try to run all the way from Darunia’s room to your destination with a single it Deku Stick it will burn to ash before you make the full distance.
NOTE: Lighting all the torches on the bottom floor will cause the large pot in the center of the room to spin, however you won’t be able to make use of that until later so don’t worry about it now.
On the second floor of Goron City there will be another passageway which you can open by lighting the bomb flowers next to it with your Deku stick. This will open the way to the Lost Woods area of Kokiri Forest, which is where we’ll be finding the next ocarina song.
The Lost Woods is a gigantic maze, where nearly every room is intentionally identical to the last with multiple exits which look the same. Taking a wrong turn will send your straight back to the beginning of the area. To navigate the Lost Woods you’ll need to rely not on your map but rather several audio and visual cues. If you’re approaching the correct exit not only will the music grow louder, but a green music note effect will appear on screen. If you need any extra assistance, then please consult our Lost Woods map.
After following the correct path through the Lost Woods you’ll reach the Sacred Grove area. At the start of this area there will be a Wolfos enemy. This is likely the strongest enemy you fought so far as he takes nearly as many hits to kill as Gohma did. Either avoid his attacks by back flipping or blocking with your shield and strike him while he’s vulnerable. The pathway forward will open once this enemy has been defeated.
While the large stone walls of the Sacred Grove may trick you into thinking this area will be as much of a maze as the Lost Woods, it’s actually quite a straightforward path to the other side of the area. The only think you’ll need to worry about along the way are the Mad Scrubs enemies. These are a variant of Deku Scrubs which won’t talk to you, but are defeated with the same method as the normal versions.
After reaching the other side of the Sacred Grove, you’ll be reunited with your friend Saria. To make sure that you don’t feel lonely anymore, she’ll teach you Saria’s Song for your ocarina. This song will allow you to speak to Saria from anywhere in the world. More importantly for us though, it’s a very funky tune that can be used to help Darunia.
Backtrack all the way back to Daruna’s room in Goron City (You can take the shortcut through the Lost Woods to get there fast) and pull out your ocarina. Play Saria’s Song for him and watch the very amusing cutscene that follows. Darunia will thank you for the tune and become your friend. However, he will not give you the Spiritual Stone of Fire until after you have cleared the Dodongo Cavern dungeon.
He may not have given your the Spiritual Stone, but Darunia will gift you the Goron’s Bracelet. This item is automatically equipped at all times and will allow you to pick up and throw bomb flowers, a vital step for reaching the Dodongo Cavern dungeon.
