Inside the Deku Tree

Template:Dungeon The Great Deku Tree is the giant guardian of the Kokiri Forest. When it contracts a mysterious disease, Link must venture inside to destroy the tree's scourge and to break Ganondorf's curse, making it the game's first dungeon.^[1]^[2] It is infested with parasitic creatures, the main one being Queen Gohma. This dungeon contains the Fairy Slingshot.

Entrance to the Tree

The Great Deku Tree is found east of Kokiri Forest. To reach there, however, Link must show Mido (who is blocking the way) the Deku Shield and Kokiri Sword.^[3] After that, Link approaches the dying deity, who talks to him about his situation, and enters.

Themes and Navigation

The Great Deku Tree contains five floors, of which three are over the surface and two are underground. The first three floors resemble a central circling room that, with the exception of the first floor, have branched rooms where Link can find various goods. The two basements are only accessible when Link jumps from a very high spot to the center of the first floor's entrance; most of the puzzles in these basements require Link to kill any enemy or destroy thick webs through the use of fire. The final puzzle appears in the form of three Deku Scrubs which must be defeated in the correct order (second in line, third in line, and first in line) to face the boss, Gohma.^[4]^[5] There is no mini-boss in this dungeon, although there are two individual Deku Scrubs in the dungeon, as well as the aforementioned group at the end.

To obtain all the Gold Skulltula Tokens, Link must return to the dungeon after getting Bombs and the Boomerang.

Master Quest

In the Template:OoTMQ version of the game, besides the obvious change in the puzzles and Gold Skulltula locations, Gohma Larvae now appear all over the dungeon, along with Keese and some Big Deku Babas. There is a Business Scrub that sells a Deku Shield, and the Deku Scrub that reveals the code for accessing the boss's room is missing and has been replaced with a Mad Scrub. The slingshot and compass locations have been switched.

Minor Enemies and Traps

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Big Skulltula
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Deku Baba
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Deku Baba
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Deku Scrub
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Fire Keese Template:ExpGame
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Gold Skulltula
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Gohma Larva
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Keese Template:ExpGame
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Rolling Spike Trap
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Skulltula
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Skullwalltula
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Big Deku Baba Template:ExpGame
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Business Scrub Template:ExpGame
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Mad Scrub Template:ExpGame

Trivia

The sealed room in the basement of the dungeon containing the final Gold Skulltula does not appear on the map until it is visited, even after Link collects the Dungeon Map. This is the only time in the game a dungeon map does not show the entire dungeon. It was fixed in Ocarina of Time 3D.
Inside the Deku Tree and Dodongo's Cavern are the only dungeons in Ocarina of Time without their own music theme. The secret grotto theme is heard Inside the Deku Tree. (Dodongo's Cavern shares its theme with Gerudo's Fortress and the Royal Family's Tomb.)
Link can enter the Deku Tree's insides in Breath of the Wild, however, it acts as an inn and two general stores instead of a dungeon.

Gallery

An Eyeball Switch inside the Deku Tree.
Activating a Floor Switch inside the Deku Tree.
Dungeon Map of the Deku Tree.

References

↑ "I have been cursed... I need you to break the curse with your wisdom and courage. Dost thou have courage enough to undertake this task?" — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time)
↑ "Now...listen carefully... A wicked man of the desert cast this dreadful curse upon me..." — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time)
↑ "Eh, what's that?! Oh, you have a Deku Shield... And what's THAT?! Is that the Kokiri Sword?! GOOD GRIEF!!" — Mido (Ocarina of Time)
↑ "Please forgive me, master! I'll never do it again! If you spare me, I'll teach you something cool. You will never beat my brothers up ahead unless you punish them in the proper order.The order is... 2 3 1 Twenty-three is number one! Do you think I'm a traitor?" — Deku Scrub (Ocarina of Time)
↑ "How did you know our secret?! How irritating!" — Deku Scrub (Ocarina of Time)

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	Japanese	デクの樹サマの中 (Deku no Ki-sama no Naka)
	French^CA	Vénérable Arbre Mojo Template:ExpGame	Venerable Mojo Tree
	German	Im Deku-Baum	In the Deku Tree
	Italian	Interno dell'Albero Deku
	Spanish^LA	Gran Árbol Deku Template:ExpGame	Great Deku Tree