Gold Skulltula Guide

There are 100 gold skulltulas in Ocarina of Time. Here's a checklist of all 100 gold skulltulas in the game. The gold skulltulas are listed in the order that you'll find them in the game if you follow this walkthrough.

Gold Skulltula Prizes

Here is a list of the prizes that you can get for killing Gold Skulltulas. To get the prizes, go to the House of Skulltula in Kakariko Village and talk to the humans inside (if any).

  • 10 Gold Skulltulas - Adult Wallet (holds 200 rupees)
  • 20 Gold Skulltulas - In the 3DS version, you get the Shard of Agony, which makes a sound when you're near a secret. In the N64 version, you get the Stone of Agony, which makes the controller rumble when you're near a secret (the Rumble Pak accessory is required if using the original N64 controller). To reveal the secret, try putting a bomb on the ground or playing the Song of Storms.
  • 30 Gold Skulltulas - Giant's Wallet (holds 500 rupees). This is the biggest wallet in the game.
  • 40 Gold Skulltulas - Bombchus
  • 50 Gold Skulltulas - Piece of Heart
  • 100 Gold Skulltulas - 200 rupees from the father of the family in House of Skulltula, every time you leave and re-enter the house.

List of Gold Skulltula Locations

  1. (Child/Day or Night) Inside the Deku Tree - in an alcove with a chest in it, on floor 3F
  2. (Child/Day or Night) Inside the Deku Tree - on the vines that take you back to 1F (the gold skulltula is on floor B1)
  3. (Child/Day or Night) Inside the Deku Tree - on the bars in the central room of floor B1
  4. (Child/Day or Night) Hyrule Castle Town Market - in a box in the guardhouse
  5. (Child/Day or Night) Path to Hyrule Castle - roll attack the tree by the entrance of the path to Hyrule Castle
  6. (Child/Day or Night) Lon Lon Ranch - roll attack the tree near the entrance to the field
  7. (Child/Day or Night) Kakariko Village - roll attack the tree in town
  8. (Child/Night) Kakariko Village - on the back wall of the house nearest the Death Mountain Trail entrance
  9. (Child/Night) Kakariko Village - on the ladder up to the lookout tower (use slingshot)
  10. (Child/Night) Kakariko Village - below the window of the House of Skulltula (there are non-gold skulltulas inside)
  11. (Child/Night) Kakariko Village - on the pile of bricks on the plot of land that's under construction
  12. (Child/Day or Night) Kakariko Graveyard - drop a bug in the soft soil
  13. (Child/Day or Night) Death Mountain Trail - drop a bug in the soft soil by the entrance to Dodongo's Cavern
  14. (Child/Day or Night) Dodongo's Cavern - beyond the bombable wall in a room with baby dodongos, on floor 1F
  15. (Child/Day or Night) Dodongo's Cavern - at the top of the room with the stairs you bombed, on the vines (on floor 2F)
  16. (Child/Day or Night) Dodongo's Cavern - in the room accessible by pushing a block to a bombable wall, on floor 1F
  17. (Child/Day or Night) Death Mountain Crater - just inside the entrance in a crate
  18. (Child/Day or Night) Zora's River - roll attack the tree at the entrance to Zora's River
  19. (Child/Night) Zora's River - on the ladder at the base of the waterfall
  20. (Child/Day or Night) Lake Hylia - drop a bug in the soft soil in front of the Lakeside Laboratory
  21. (Child/Night) Lake Hylia - on a small square island near the middle of the lake
  22. (Child/Day or Night) Zora's Fountain - roll attack the tree by the bombable wall
  23. (Child/Day or Night) Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly - on some vines in a room with rising water, on floor B1
  24. (Child/Day or Night) Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly - in the room you reach by dropping down a hole, on a wall on floor B1
  25. (Child/Day or Night) Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly - not far from the last one, on a wall on floor B1
  26. (Child/Day or Night) Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly - on the vines leading up to a spiderweb wall, on floor 1F
  27. (Child/Night) Zora's Fountain - on the wall near the end of the log in the southeast area
  28. (Child/Night) Kakariko Graveyard - on the wall to the right of the second row of graves
  29. (Adult or Child/Night) Death Mountain Trail - bomb the wall just past the entrance to the trail
  30. (Child/Day or Night) Goron City - in a room reachable by bombing boulders, in a crate in the far right corner
  31. (Child/Night) Kokiri Forest - behind the Know-it-all-Brothers House
  32. (Child/Day or Night) Kokiri Forest - drop a bug in the soft soil next to the Kokiri shop.
  33. (Child/Day or Night) Inside the Deku Tree - in a room behind a bombable wall, on floor B1
  34. (Child/Day or Night) Lost Woods - in an area with two Business Scrubs, drop a bug in the soft soil
  35. (Child/Day or Night) Lost Woods - just beyond the area with the skull kid, drop a bug in the soft soil
  36. (Child/Night) Lake Hylia - on the back wall of the Lakeside Laboratory
  37. (Adult or Child/Night) Hyrule Field - bomb the circle of stones outside the path to Gerudo Valley
  38. (Child/Night) Gerudo Valley - on the water spout by the first bridge
  39. (Child/Day or Night) Gerudo Valley - drop a bug in the soft soil by the river below the second bridge
  40. (Child/Night) Lon Lon Ranch - on a window on the house next to the stable
  41. (Child/Night) Lon Lon Ranch - on the wall by the silo in the eastern part of the corral area
  42. (Child/Night) Lon Lon Ranch - behind the corral shed
  43. (Adult or Child/Day or Night) Hyrule Field - bomb the tree east of the entrance to Hyrule Castle Town to reveal a hole
  44. (Adult/Day or Night) Ice Cavern - in the room with the silver rupees, behind some icicles
  45. (Adult/Day or Night) Ice Cavern - in a room with falling icicles, the compass, and a piece of heart
  46. (Adult/Day or Night) Ice Cavern - in the block puzzle room
  47. (Adult/Day or Night) Lake Hylia - sink to the bottom of the lakeside laboratory with the iron boots and Zora's tunic, then roll attack the crate to find a gold skulltula
  48. (Adult/Night) Kokiri Forest - on top of the House of Twins
  49. (Adult/Night) Lost Woods - Plant a Magic Bean deep within the Lost Woods as a child. Then find the bean sprout as an adult and ride it to reach the Gold Skulltula.
  50. (Adult/Night) Sacred Forest Meadow - On the high wall above the maze. You have to be standing on top of a wall of the maze to reach it.
  51. (Adult/Day or Night) Forest Temple - on the vines in the first room, on floor 1F
  52. (Adult/Day or Night) Forest Temple - on the wall next to stairs in the central room, on floor 1F
  53. (Adult/Day or Night) Forest Temple - reached by using the hookshot on the front of a small chest on a ledge, in the East Courtyard, on floor 1F
  54. (Adult/Day or Night) Forest Temple - at the end of the stone walkway above the West Courtyard, on floor 1F
  55. (Adult/Day or Night) Forest Temple - in the room that can be rotated, on floor B2
  56. (Adult/Day or Night) Ganon's Castle - behind the arch near the edge of the lava pit
  57. (Adult/Day or Night) Goron City - On the back of the hanging platform on the top floor. Walk on the ropes to reach it.
  58. (Adult/Day or Night) Fire Temple - on a wall in a room with a Like Like and floating tiles, on floor 1F
  59. (Adult/Day or Night) Fire Temple - behind a bombable wall in the room with the rolling boulders, on floor 3F
  60. (Adult/Day or Night) Fire Temple - in the room reached by playing Scarecrow's Song in the boulder room, on floor 4F
  61. (Adult/Day or Night) Fire Temple - in the large circular room with 200 rupees in it, on floor 5F
  62. (Adult/Day or Night) Fire Temple - reached from the first room of the dungeon, in the rooms beyond the totem, on floor 1F
  63. (Adult/Night) Death Mountain - behind a rock in the area with eruptions
  64. (Adult/Night) Death Mountain - behind a rock on the ledge above Dodongo's Cavern
  65. (Adult/Day or Night) Water Temple - bomb the cracked floor on 1F, spin attack gate to reach it
  66. (Adult/Day or Night) Water Temple - in a corner of the vortex creek on 1F
  67. (Adult/Day or Night) Water Temple - on north wall of room with platforms that fall down waterfall, on 3F
  68. (Adult/Day or Night) Water Temple - on the wall behind where boulders come down on 1F
  69. (Adult/Day or Night) Water Temple - inside the tower, reached with the longshot on 3F
  70. (Adult/Night) Lake Hylia - on the tree atop the island of the Water Temple
  71. (Child/Day or Night) Under the Well - in a locked room reached from the center room on 1F
  72. (Child/Day or Night) Under the Well - in a locked room reached from the center room on 1F
  73. (Child/Day or Night) Under the Well - in a room with a Like Like on 1F
  74. (Adult/Day or Night) Shadow Temple - in a room with an invisible spinning blade on B4
  75. (Adult/Day or Night) Shadow Temple - in a cell in a room with falling spikes on B4
  76. (Adult/Day or Night) Shadow Temple - in a room with a single flaming skull on B4
  77. (Adult/Day or Night) Shadow Temple - in the room where the ghost ship is first seen on B4, reached with Scarecrow's song
  78. (Adult/Day or Night) Shadow Temple - in a room with three spinning flaming skulls on B4
  79. (Adult/Night) Gerudo Valley - behind the carpenter's tent
  80. (Adult/Night) Gerudo Valley - on the rock arch
  81. (Adult/Night) Gerudo Fortress - on a rock wall above the fortress
  82. (Adult/Night) Gerudo Fortress - on the far archery target in the archery range
  83. (Adult/Day or Night) Haunted Wasteland - inside the stone building
  84. (Child/Day or Night) Death Mountain Crater - play Bolero of Fire and drop a bug in the soft soil
  85. (Child/Day or Night) Hyrule Castle - Go to the area in front of Hyrule Castle where you woke up Talon the first time. Find the tree near the moat. Play the Song of Storms next to the tree to reveal a hole. Fall into the hole.
  86. (Child/Day or Night) Desert Colossus - drop a bug in the bean hole by the Spirit Temple entrance
  87. (Child/Day or Night) Spirit Temple - on a grating wall on 1F
  88. (Child/Day or Night) Spirit Temple - opposite a brick climbing wall on 1F
  89. (Child/Day or Night) Spirit Temple - above the door in the corridor just before Iron Knuckle
  90. (Adult/Night) Desert Colossus - on a tree by the empty pond
  91. (Adult/Night) Desert Colossus - on the second rocky mound reached with the beanstalk
  92. (Adult/Day or Night) Spirit Temple - in a niche in rolling boulder room, 1F
  93. (Adult/Day or Night) Spirit Temple - in the big statue room on 3F, reached by playing Scarecrow's Song
  94. (Adult/Night) Kakariko Village - on the roof of Impa's house (next to the Cucco pen)
  95. (Adult/Day or Night) Dodongo's Cavern - Set off all the bombs to lower the stairs. Use the Longshot to kill the Gold Skulltula in the alcove above the stairs.
  96. (Adult/Day or Night) Dodongo's Cavern - In the room with the baby Dodongos, play Scarecrow's Song to reach a ledge with a Gold Skulltula
  97. (Adult/Night) Zora's River - In the west side of Zora's River, there is a place where a narrow part of the river goes between two tall walls. Go to the east side of those walls to find a ledge that goes between them. Climb onto that ledge, then climb the ladder at the end of the ledge. At night, there is a Gold Skulltula on a wall near that ladder.
  98. (Adult/Night) Zora's River - At night, stand in front of the waterfall that goes to Zora's Domain, and turn around so your back is to the waterfall. You will see a Gold Skulltula on the wall up ahead.
  99. (Adult/Night) Zora's Domain - to the left of the top of the frozen waterfall
  100. (Adult/Night) Zora's Fountain - Make sure it's night. Go over to the entrance to the Great Fairy fountain, where there is a grey stone. You can only lift it if you have the silver gauntlets, so lift it, then hammer the small rock that was below it and drop into the hole. Turn on the Lens of Truth to see some hidden regular skulltulas. Kill them and go up the slope to the top, where the hundredth gold skulltula is waiting!