Chapter 13 · Child and Adult Link · Two-age dungeon
Spirit Temple Walkthrough
The Spirit Temple takes both ages: learn the Requiem of Spirit as Adult Link, return as Child Link to clear the left wing for the Silver Gauntlets, then come back as Adult Link to push the silver block, win the Mirror Shield, take the Boss Key and reflect Twinrova’s magic back at her.
The remake keeps the original two-age structure and puzzle order. The child half ends at an Iron Knuckle and a chest on the statue’s outside hand; the adult half uses sunlight, mirrors and the Mirror Shield to open the way to the top of the colossus. Twinrova is reported to be a little gentler than on N64, though that comes from one review.
What changed in the remake
- Single source Twinrova’s attacks were toned down compared with the original (attributed to RPG Site’s review); details of what changed are not given.
- Confirmed Dungeon order, two-age structure and key items (Silver Gauntlets, Mirror Shield) are unchanged; remake guides follow the same child-then-adult route.
- Confirmed The Lens of Truth is redesigned as goggles and can sit on a D-pad shortcut, which helps with the invisible Floormaster and hidden paths on the adult side.
- Confirmed Motion aiming for the Slingshot and bow (useful for the eye switches), plus a dedicated jump button.
Before you go
Reaching Desert Colossus as Adult Link means clearing Gerudo’s Fortress for the membership card, crossing the Haunted Wasteland and following the guide Poe with the Lens of Truth. Enter the temple’s lobby, step back outside, and Sheik teaches the Requiem of Spirit. Then return to the Temple of Time, put the Master Sword back, and warp to the colossus as Child Link.
Child Link needs the Boomerang, Fairy Slingshot, Bombs, Deku Sticks and Bombchus; Din’s Fire helps a lot against Anubis. Adult Link needs the Longshot, Lens of Truth, Megaton Hammer, Bombchus, Zelda’s Lullaby, the Song of Time and fire (Din’s Fire or Fire Arrows). Put the Lens of Truth and Longshot on D-pad slots so you can swap them mid-room.
Child Link route
- Talk to Nabooru beside the small crawlspace on the left, agree to fetch the gauntlets for her and crawl through.
- Clear the Keese, pass the Blade Trap, beat the Armos to open the doors and take the left door. After the Stalfos and Green Bubble, throw the Boomerang around the metal barrier to hit the crystal switch and turn it into a bridge.
- In the Anubis room, remember that Anubis mirrors your movement and dies to fire; use Din’s Fire or the room’s fire switch. Collect the silver rupees in the next room, light the two dark torches with a Deku Stick for a Small Key and return to unlock the next door.
- Climb the wall, deal with the two hidden Lizalfos upstairs, and send a Bombchu up the wall to blast the rock blocking the sunbeam. The beam opens the next door.
- In the giant statue hall, push the Armos onto the floor switch, light the central torches with a Deku Stick for the map, then take the sun-block room: bomb the Beamos, collect the silver rupees, light the torches for the second key and slide the sun-marked block into the light.
- Fight the Iron Knuckle: wake it from range, let it swing, back off and hit it during the recovery. Once its armour falls it gets faster.
- Go out behind the throne onto the colossus’s hand and open the chest for the Silver Gauntlets. As you leave, Nabooru is snatched by Twinrova.
Adult Link route
- Warp back as an adult. Turn right from the entrance stairs and push the large silver block into the gap, then Longshot the ceiling crystal at the junction after bombing the Beamos.
- Take the left door for the Compass (Zelda’s Lullaby on the Triforce mark) and the right door for a key: collect the silver rupees, use the Song of Time on the blue block and beat the Like Like.
- Unlock the remaining door, climb the brick wall and use the Lens of Truth to expose the invisible Floormaster. Turn the mirror to open the exit, avoiding the trap sun that summons a Wallmaster.
- In the statue hall, reach the statue’s hand, play Zelda’s Lullaby and Longshot to the key chest. Hammering the rusty switches creates an elevator shortcut to the entrance.
- Burn every Anubis in the next room, lure the far-right Armos onto the blue switch, defeat the Iron Knuckle upstairs and take the Mirror Shield from the chest on the statue’s other hand.
- Reflect sunlight onto the sun beside the Armos door for the third key, climb the wall with the Longshot, play Zelda’s Lullaby and, in the Torch Slug room, hammer the false door, shoot the eye switch and step on the floor switch to douse the fire around the Boss Key chest.
- Upstairs, rotate the mirrors so the beam reaches the giant wall mirror, then hold the reflected light on the statue’s face until it shatters. Longshot through, unlock the boss door, beat the final Iron Knuckle (it is Nabooru under Twinrova’s spell) and step onto the platform.
How to beat Twinrova
In the first phase, Koume (fire) and Kotake (ice) fly around the room on separate sides. Raise the Mirror Shield as one fires, and steer the beam into the other sister; fire hurts the ice witch and ice hurts the fire witch. A few hits each and they merge.
Merged Twinrova alternates elements. Catch three blasts of the same element in a row with the Mirror Shield; the shield then charges and you fire the stored energy back at her. When she drops to the floor, rush in with sword slashes. If an attack of the opposite element comes while you are charging, dodge it rather than blocking, or the charge resets. Take the Heart Container and the Spirit Medallion.
Common stuck points
Adult Link cannot move the entrance block: the Silver Gauntlets come only from the child route, so finish that half first.
A sun switch does nothing: some sun panels are traps that drop enemies. The real ones sit near doors or behind cracked rocks you need to bomb first.
Out of Bombchus: the child route needs at least one for the sunlight rock. Crystal switches inside can drop some, and Bombchu Bowling or the Castle Town shop restock you.
Frequently asked questions
Do you do the Spirit Temple as a child or adult?
Both. Adult Link learns the Requiem of Spirit, Child Link clears the first half for the Silver Gauntlets, then Adult Link finishes the temple.
Where are the Silver Gauntlets?
In a chest on the statue’s outside hand at the end of the child route, behind the Iron Knuckle’s throne room.
Where is the Mirror Shield?
On the colossus’s other outside hand, after the adult Iron Knuckle fight in the upper part of the temple.
How do you beat Twinrova?
Reflect each sister’s beam into the other, then in the merged phase absorb three attacks of one element with the Mirror Shield, fire it back and slash her when she falls.
Is the Spirit Temple different in the remake?
The route is the same. The only reported dungeon-specific change is that Twinrova’s attacks were softened, which comes from a single review.