There
are 100 Gold Skulltulas (aka Spiders of the Curse) scattered around the land of
Hyrule. Some of them only come out at
night, and a few are hidden in patches of soft soil. You will need to destroy them all and collect their spirits left
behind in tokens to break the curse placed on the Skulltula family in
Kakariko. You will be given a reward
every time you free a member of the family.
Every 10 tokens you collect (up to 50) will remove the curse from a
child, and all 100 are needed to free the parent. I have listed the rewards at the end so as not spoil the surprise
deliberately.
Kokiri Forest
Child
Link:
1.
Behind
the Know It All Brothers’ House. (Night)
2.
Use
a bottled bug on the patch of soft soil next to the shop, and one will pop out.
Adult
Link:
3.
High
up on the House of Twins, you need to use the hookshot. (Night)
Lost Woods
Child
Link:
4.
In
the area with the bridge leading to Hyrule Field, use a bottled bug on the
patch of soft soil.
5.
There
is another patch of soft soil in the area where the hole leading to the Forest
Stage is hidden in grass. (There are
two Business Scrubs and a big tree here.)
Adult
Link:
6.
In
the same area as no.5, ride the magic bean platform up to find a ledge with the
Gold Skulltula. (Night)
7.
In
the Sacred Forest Meadow, while walking on top of the walls of the maze, it’s
on a wall. You’ll need the hookshot.
(Night)
Hyrule Field
Any
Link:
8.
There
is a lonely tree near the stairs leading to Kakariko Village, in the corner by
the market wall. Roll into it.
Adult
Link:
9.
In
front of the entrance to Gerudo’s Valley, there is a large rock with a circle
of stones around it. Break the large
rock with the Megaton Hammer, then enter the newly revealed hole. Get rid of the cobwebs with Din’s Fire or
Fire Arrows. You’ll find the Gold Skulltula
behind the cow.
Hyrule Market
Child
Link:
10. Coming in from Hyrule Field, there is a door
near the guard. Go in to find a room
littered with pots, with some boxes and a guard. Roll into the boxes nearest the guard (next to the steps). A Gold Skulltula will pop out.
Hyrule Castle
Child
Link:
11. Entering the area from the market, roll into the tree in front of
you. One will fall down.
12. After coming out of the moat, near where you woke up Talon, there
is a tree in a corner. Play the Song of
Storms to open a hole. Once inside,
bomb the walls to find a Gold Skulltula.
*See
Tricks and Glitches section for a little glitch concerning this particular Gold
Skulltula!
Lon Lon Ranch
Child
Link:
13. As you enter the ranch, look up high on the wall of the house to
your left to see one on the window.
You’ll need to use the boomerang to get it. (Night)
14. Look on the fence to the right of the cow shack. (Night)
15. On the back of the wooden shelter in the horses’ fenced-off area.
(Night)
16. Roll into the tree.
Kakariko Village
Child
Link:
17. On the ladder of the tall view tower. (Night)
18. In the centre of the village there is a building under
construction (which becomes the shooting gallery as an adult). Look on the back of the bricks (where you
can climb up). (Night)
19. Outside on a wall of the house of Skulltula. (Night)
20. Roll into the tree you first see when coming into the village
from Hyrule Field. (Night)
21. On the side of a house by the entrance to Death Mountain - the
one where when you try and open the door you are told the son is out playing in
the graveyard. (Night)
22. In the Graveyard, on the wall near the grave of Sharp the
Elder. You’ll need the boomerang. (Night)
23. In the Graveyard, use a bottle of bugs on the patch of soft soil.
Adult
Link:
24. On a wall at the top of Impa’s house. (Night)
Death Mountain
Child
Link:
25. Coming from Kakariko Village, you’ll notice a bombable part of
the wall on the right. Shoot the Skulltula
and climb up the wall to get the token.
26. Use a bottled bug on the patch of soft soil outside of Dodongo’s
Cavern.
Adult Link:
27. On the last stretch before the climbable wall leading to the
summit (where rocks rain on you as a kid), a smashable boulder on the right
conceals one. (Night)
28. Go to the place where you threw the bomb flower to open Dodongo’s
Cavern as a child. Very near there is a
smashable rock hiding one. (Night)
Death Mountain Crater
Child
Link:
29. Coming in from the summit of Death Mountain, roll into the box.
30. Use a bottled bug on the patch of soft soil by the warp tile.
Goron City
Child
Link:
31. On the highest floor is a room filled with rocks that you can blow
away once you get bombs. Make your way
through this maze to get to two treasure chests and a gossip stone. In the corner here is a crate – roll into
it.
Adult
Link:
32. On the back of the suspended high central platform (where the
Goron’s Ruby used to be kept). You’ll
need the Hookshot.
Zora’s River
Child
Link:
33. In front of the entrance to Zora’s Domain, drop down to the
bottom of the big waterfall, and the Gold Skulltula will be on the ladder
leading up to a platform. (Night)
34. Roll into the (only) tree, by the entrance to Hyrule Field.
Adult
Link:
35. Get onto the tall mound leading to the first heart piece. Jump across to the platform (with a hole on
it) by the wall. A Gold Skulltula will
be on the right of the wall. You’ll
need the Hookshot. (Night)
36. After crossing the wooden bridge, look up high on the wall across
the river. You’ll need the
Hook/Longshot. If you only have the
Hookshot, you might need to stand on the fence to reach it. (Night)
Zora’s Domain
Adult
Link:
37. At the top of the waterfall, look around to find one on the
wall. Requires Hookshot.
Zora’s Fountain
Child
Link:
38. Climb onto the log in the water (to the right of Jabu-Jabu), and
find it on the wall opposite. Requires
Boomerang. (Night)
39. On the island with the entrance to the Great Fairy’s Fountain is
a tree. Roll into it.
Adult
Link:
40. On this same island is a grey boulder you can lift with the
silver gauntlets. Underneath is a hole
leading to a secret a passage with invisible Skulltulas. At the end of the passage is a ladder. At the top you will be at a great viewpoint,
with a Gold Skulltula on the wall!
(Night)
Lake Hylia
Child
Link:
41. On the tiny island where
you get the fire arrows. (Night)
42. Use a bottled bug on the patch of soft soil by the laboratory.
43. Stand on the bridge and find it on the back of the
laboratory. Requires the
Boomerang. (Night)
Adult
Link:
44. Inside the laboratory is a pool of water. Sink to the bottom with the iron boots and
roll into the crate.
45. Use the Longshot to get to the top of the big tree on top of the
Water Temple. It’s there at the
top. (Night)
Gerudo Valley
Child
Link:
46. While standing on the plank bridge, look to the right to see a
mini waterfall coming out of a hole.
The Gold Skulltula comes out by there.
(Night)
47. At the ledge at the bottom of the valley (by the waterfall with
the heart peace in it) there is a patch of soft soil by the Gerudo and the
cow. Use a bottle bug on it.
Adult
Link:
48. On the wall behind the carpenter’s tent. Requires Hookshot. (Night)
49. Look up high on a pillar by the entrance to Gerudo Fortress. (Night)
Gerudo Fortress
Adult
Link:
50. In the horseback archery area, there is one on the furthest tall
end target. Requires Longshot. (Night)
51. On the wall in the gap between the two topmost levels of the
fortress (one has a treasure chest with a piece of heart in it). (Night)
Haunted Wasteland
Adult
Link:
52. Once you reach the stone structure where the Poe guide is, enter
the hole in it and fall down. There’s
the Skulltula on the wall!
Desert Colossus
Child
Link:
53. Use a bottled bug on the patch of soft soil by the entrance to
the Spirit Temple.
Adult
Link:
54. On a big mound near the Great Fairy’s fountain – you need to ride
the magical bean platform and jump off it .
(Night)
55. On a palm tree by the oasis you can fill by playing the Song of
Storms. You need the Hookshot. (Night)
Ganon’s Castle
Adult
Link:
56. On the back of the collapsed bridge.
Deku Tree
Child
Link:
57. In the room where you push the switch to raise three platforms,
instead of going straight across to get the compass, go to the alcove on the
left – and watch out for the Skulltula that falls down! Behind the treasure chest is the Gold Skulltula.
58. After breaking the spider web in the first room, fall down to
land in some water. Look back up at the
vines to see the Gold Skulltula.
59. In the same room is a hole covered by bars. There’s a Gold Skulltula on there. You don’t need the Boomerang to get it, just
jump from the near by the platform and then press B to an extra-distance jump
slash.
60. In the room where you have to burn away a spider web to crawl
through a small room, there is a bombable wall with a Deku Baba guarding
it. Go through to find the Skulltula. Requires the Boomerang.
Dodongo’s Cavern
Child
Link:
61. In the hall to the right of the main room, there is a passage
with loads of Dodongo larvae that pop out of the ground, and at the end you
have to move a statue onto a switch.
There is a bombable wall on the right at the start of this passage. The Skulltula is in here. If you don’t have the bomb bag yet, you can
just kill a Dodongo Larva by the wall and it’ll blow up.
62. In the room where you had to blow up loads of bomb flowers to
lower a stone staircase, go up the ramps to find a door, then turn around and
look on the vines to find it.
63. After going through the Giant Dead Dodongo’s head, go through the
passage and climb the blocks… but before going through the next passage leading
back to the previous room, stop! Look at
the wall on the right to see it’s bombable!
Kill the Armos statue inside – the Gold Skulltula is behind it.
Adult
Link:
64. In the room where you had to blow up loads of bomb flowers to
lower a stone staircase, go up the ramps until you can see the Gold Skulltula
in the high alcove above the stone staircase, then use your Longshot to get it.
65. In the hall to the right of the main room, there is a passage
with loads of Dodongo larvae that pop out of the ground, and at the end you
have to move a statue onto a switch.
Near the beginning of the passage, stay on the left and when Navi turns
green play the Scarecrow’s Song, then use the Hookshot to get up. There it is!
Lord Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
Child
Link:
66. In the room with a switch that raises the water, it’s on the
vines on the right.
67. After falling down the hole that the green tentacle was guarding,
it’s on the wall. You need the
Boomerang (you needed it to kill the green tentacle first anyway).
68. In the same room, on a wall to the right of the first Gold Skulltula. Requires Boomerang.
69. In the room before the boss, it’s on the vines (on the left if
you have your back to the boss room door).
Forest Temple
Adult
Link:
70. In the first room, it’s high up on the vines near the chest with
a small key in it.
71. In the main room (with four torches and the elevator to the boss
door), it’s on the wall at the north end of the room – look to your right. Requires Hookshot.
72. In the room where you fall down a well to retrieve a key, there
is a Gold Skulltula on a wall on the island.
Use your Hookshot on the small treasure chest to get over to the island.
73. On the high ledges in the room similar to where you got the
previous Gold Skulltula, and which has a door leading to a room with a
Floormaster in it, either jump onto the odd shaped ledge to find the Skulltula
on the wall and use your hookshot, or come back with Longshot and get it from
the ground floor.
74. In the last room before the boss room, keep rotating the room
until you find an alcove with a Big Skulltula in it. Scan this alcove to find it and use your Hookshot.
Fire Temple
Adult
Link:
75. In the large lava room with the long bridge in it (turn right in
the first room), play the Song of Time near the large blue block on the left
when Navi turns green. The block will move
down so you can climb on it and enter the room above – the Gold Skulltula is in
here.
76. On the bottom floor of the boulder maze, listen out for the
scratching noise the Gold Skulltula makes.
Find the weak part of the wall (hit it with your sword and if it’s weird
you can blow it up) and blow it up. The
Gold Skulltula is behind it.
77. In the room before you get the boss key (it has spinning tiles
and a Like-Like in it) it’s on the wall behind the Like-Like.
78. On the upper part of the boulder maze, stand on the platform by
the door, and look up to a high platform on your right (with your back against
the door). Navi will fly over to it and
turn green. Play the Scarecrow’s Song
and use your Longshot to get up. Now
use your Longshot on another platform which will take you up a level. The Skulltula’s on a wall in the green room.
79. After doing this, go on further to be in a big spiralling room
with a large pit in the middle (falling down you’ll land on the bottom
floor). Near the entrance, look across
the pit to see the Skulltula on the wall.
Use your Longshot.
Ice Cavern
Adult
Link:
80. In the room with the giant spinning double ice blade, there are
some icicles on the side. Smash them and
use your Hookshot to get the Skulltula from the wall.
81. In the little area where you get the Heart Piece (branching off
from the room above), it’s on the opposite side of the room – look up on the
icicle pillar and use your Hookshot.
82. On the wall in the block puzzle room, use your Hookshot to get
it.
Water Temple
Adult
Link:
83. Inside the central pillar in the main room (you need to drain the
water to the bottom), it’s on the ceiling. You’ll need the Longshot first.
84. In the room with platforms coming down a waterfall, the Skulltula
is on the right-hand wall. You need the
Longshot to get it.
85. In the first underground river (with vortexes), look on the wall
above the second vortex. Wear the iron
boots and use the Hookshot.
86. Facing the entrance to the passage where you met Princess Ruto,
head left and go in that passage. Blow
up the crack in the floor then use your iron boots to get through the
passage. In the next room step on the
switch to raise the water, then use your Hookshot to get across to the next
platform. Facing the grate, either do a
lunge attack (Z and A) or a spin attack to hit the switch. Behind the grate is… a Gold Skulltula!
87. Before getting the boss key you have to sink beneath a
waterfall. Behind the waterfall is a Gold
Skulltula. Use your Hookshot.
Bottom of the Well
Child
Link:
88. In the room with the blood-stained floor, go through a locked
door to be in a room with a Deku-Baba in it.
The Gold Skulltula’s on the wall in there. Use your Boomerang to get it.
89. Leave the previous room and turn left, then go through that locked
door. Kill the Keese in this room, then
use your Lens of Truth to find the path across the room. Inside the next room is the Gold Skulltula.
90. In a cage with a Like-Like. (AAAAARRGHH!!!) To get in here, walk around the dried up river
(the path in the main room) until you reach a face tile with an invisible hole
under it. Crawl through the near by
tunnel. Go through the door there and
use the Lens of Truth to see the invisible holes in the floor. Make your way through this room to find
yourself in the cage.
Shadow Temple
Adult
Link:
91. In the huge, bottomless room with guillotines and a Stalfos that
appears on a platform. Kill him then
turn left – use the Lens of Truth to see the invisible platforms. Go across them to a door. In the next room collect silver rupees to
open a door with a Gold Skulltula in it.
92. In the room where you have to use a block as an umbrella from the
spikes, explore the jail-like cages. There’s
a Skulltula in one of them.
93. Before playing Zelda’s Lullaby to make the ship move, stand near
the front of it and look across to a platform.
Play the Scarecrow’s Song and use your Longshot to get over there and
get that Skulltula! You can reach it
with the Longshot without going onto the platform.
94. Behind the giant, rotating blue flaming skulls. You may need to blow the skulls up to get
it.
95. Behind the second set of giant flaming skulls, in one of the
rooms after the ship sinks.
Spirit Temple
Child
Link:
96. In the room where you have to push a Sun-block into the sunlight,
go through to the passage before the Iron Knuckle and turn around on the steps
to find the Skulltula above the door.
97. Crawl through the small hole at the beginning (where Nabooru was)
and then go through the right-hand door.
The Gold Skulltula is on the metal grate there. Use your Boomerang. Bonza sweethearth! (Aunt Boomerang anyone?
Toya Wilcox?)
98. After getting to the top of the climbable wall, turn around and
looked down. The Skulltula’s on the
wall. Use your Boomerang.
Adult
Link:
99. In the boulder room where you have to collect silver rupees, one
of the alcoves is blocked by a blue block.
Stand next to it and play the Song of Time to make it move. Behind it is the Gold Skulltula.
100.
In
the large room with the huge statue, go up the stairs and when Navi flies
across to a platform and turns green, play the Scarecrow’s Song. Use your Longshot to get across and get the
last Gold Skulltula!!
Rewards
10 Tokens –
Adult Wallet (holds 200 rupees)
20 Tokens –
Stone of Agony (vibrates Rumble Pak when near ‘secrets’)
30 Tokens –
Giant’s Wallet (holds 500 rupees)
40 Tokens –
Bombchus
50 Tokens –
Piece of Heart
100
Tokens – A Huge Rupee (worth 200) – re-enter house to get more rupees as many
time as you like
Remember to visit the Tricks and Glitches page for an interesting
glitch leading to infinite Gold Skulltulas…
All
finished!!! Woohoo!!!
If
you are having trouble finding any of the Skulltulas, please e-mail at thezeldaguru@hotmail.com. Remember to put ‘Gold Skulltulas’ or
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