There are 100 Gold Skulltulas in the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2, the same total as the original. Each one you kill drops a token, and the cursed family in Kakariko Village’s House of Skulltula pays out at 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 100 tokens. The 20-token reward is new: the Echo Gem, which points you toward the Skulltulas you haven’t found yet.
This checklist of Ocarina of Time Gold Skulltula locations combines the only full post-launch list, Nintendo Life’s guide (Ollie Reynolds), with the 11 area guides VGC (Andy Robinson) published on November 5. Where they disagree, we say so. Checked November 6, 2026, 09:30 UTC, the day after the Ocarina of Time Switch 2 launch.
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Quick answer
- Total: 100 Gold Skulltulas. By Nintendo Life’s list, 44 are in the ten dungeons (Ice Cavern and Bottom of the Well included) and 56 are out in the world.
- Rewards: Adult’s Wallet (10), Echo Gem (20), Giant’s Wallet (30), Bombchu (40), a Piece of Heart (50) and 200 Rupees every visit (100).
- Bring: Bottle Bugs for 10 soft-soil spots, the Boomerang or Hookshot for many night spawns, and the Scarecrow’s Song for one Skulltula each in Dodongo’s Cavern and the Forest, Fire, Shadow and Spirit Temples.
- Missable? No. Nintendo Life says every one can still be collected after you finish its dungeon.
The Great Deku Tree, the first dungeon, holds four Gold Skulltulas (#4-7). Image: Nintendo
Ocarina of Time Gold Skulltula rewards
Claim each reward at the House of Skulltula in Kakariko Village. Nintendo’s own pages for the remake (the US store page and the Japanese official site) don’t list the rewards, so this table follows Nintendo Life.
| Tokens | Reward | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Adult’s Wallet | The first wallet upgrade |
| 20 | Echo Gem | New in the remake: shines and vibrates near Gold Skulltulas |
| 30 | Giant’s Wallet | The second wallet upgrade |
| 40 | Bombchu | Nintendo Life suggests one for the Water Temple bomb wall (#83) |
| 50 | Piece of Heart | One of the 36 in our Ocarina of Time heart pieces list |
| 100 | Unlimited money | 200 Rupees (a Gold Rupee) on every visit |
Nintendo Life’s advice is to aim for 50, since that’s the heart piece. By the time you reach 100, endless Rupees don’t do much for you.
All 100 Ocarina of Time Gold Skulltula locations at a glance
The game doesn’t number Gold Skulltulas, so we number them by region. Many outdoor ones only appear at night.
| Area | Gold Skulltulas | Needs |
|---|---|---|
| Kokiri Forest | 3 | Bottle Bug, Hookshot |
| Inside the Deku Tree | 4 | Slingshot, Deku Stick |
| Lost Woods and Sacred Forest Grove | 4 | Bottle Bugs, Magic Beans, Hookshot |
| Forest Temple | 5 | Hookshot, Scarecrow’s Song |
| Hyrule Field | 3 | Bombs |
| Hyrule Castle Market, Hyrule Castle, Ganon’s Castle grounds | 4 | Song of Storms, Hookshot |
| Lon Lon Ranch | 3 (VGC) / 2 (Nintendo Life) | Boomerang |
| Kakariko Village and Graveyard | 8 | Slingshot, Hookshot, Boomerang, Bottle Bug |
| Bottom of the Well | 3 | Boomerang, Lens of Truth, Deku Stick |
| Shadow Temple | 5 | Lens of Truth, Longshot, Scarecrow’s Song |
| Death Mountain Trail, Goron City, Death Mountain Crater | 8 | Bombs, Megaton Hammer, Bottle Bugs |
| Dodongo’s Cavern | 5 | Bombs, Slingshot, Scarecrow’s Song |
| Fire Temple | 5 | Song of Time, Hookshot, Megaton Hammer |
| Zora’s River, Domain and Fountain | 8 | Boomerang, Hookshot, Silver Gauntlets |
| Jabu-Jabu’s Belly | 4 | Boomerang |
| Ice Cavern | 3 | Hookshot |
| Lake Hylia and Lakeside Laboratory | 5 | Bottle Bug, Longshot, Iron Boots |
| Water Temple | 5 | Iron Boots, Longshot, Bombs |
| Gerudo Valley, Fortress, Haunted Wasteland, Desert Colossus | 10 | Cucco, Bottle Bugs, Longshot, Magic Beans |
| Spirit Temple | 5 | Boomerang, Song of Time, Longshot |
Where the two guides differ: Nintendo Life lists four Zora’s Fountain Skulltulas, but two of its entries describe the same tree at the south end. VGC lists three for the Fountain and a third Lon Lon Ranch Skulltula that Nintendo Life leaves out. Count VGC’s Lon Lon Ranch one and drop the repeated tree, and the list still comes to 100.
Kokiri Forest, Deku Tree, Lost Woods and Forest Temple (#1-16)
- #1 Kokiri Shop soil: drop a Bottle Bug on the soft soil behind the shop.
- #2 House of the Twins (night): on the wall of the twins’ house in the south-east. Grab it with the Hookshot.
- #3 Far-west house (night): on the back wall of the building at the western edge of the village.
- #4 Deku Tree, Compass room: raise the platforms and go left. It’s on the wall.
- #5 Deku Tree, under the web: after you fall through the web in the central room, face the vines. It’s just above you (Slingshot).
- #6 Deku Tree, grating by a torch: jump-attack it or shoot it with the Slingshot.
- #7 Deku Tree, Gohma Larva room: burn the web on the left with a Deku Stick. It’s on the vines past the short tunnel.
- #8 Lost Woods, past the Skull Kid: go left, then left again in the Skull Kid’s clearing, and drop a bug on the soft soil.
- #9 Lost Woods, Business Scrub clearing: right, left, right, left, left takes you to two Business Scrubs. Drop a bug on the soil there.
- #10 Lost Woods, bean plant: plant a Magic Bean in that same soil as Young Link, then ride it as Adult Link.
- #11 Sacred Forest Grove: at the top of the maze, on a wall on the right side (Hookshot).
- #12 Forest Temple, first room: at the top of the vines on the right, where you fight the Wolfos (Hookshot).
- #13 Forest Temple, main chamber: on a north wall of the four-torch room (Hookshot).
- #14 Forest Temple, north-west room: on the south wall. VGC reaches it from the balcony you drop onto after taking the Boss Key.
- #15 Forest Temple, Scarecrow spot: in the north-east room with the stream, play the Scarecrow’s Song and Hookshot up to the ledge.
- #16 Forest Temple, rotating room: before the boss door, turn the room until you can reach the southern alcove with the green pots.
The Scarecrow’s Song comes from the scarecrows at Lake Hylia. VGC says you have to visit them as Young Link and again as Adult Link. Our Ocarina of Time songs guide has the Switch 2 button inputs for it and for the Song of Storms and the Song of Time.
Hyrule Field, Hyrule Castle and Lon Lon Ranch (#17-26)
- #17 Hyrule Field, tree west of Kokiri Forest: roll into the lone tree as Young Link.
- #18 Hyrule Field, adult tree: roll into the lone tree north-west of Kokiri Forest as Adult Link.
- #19 Hyrule Field, hole south of Lon Lon Ranch: bomb the cracked ground. Nintendo Life says to clear the normal Skulltula inside as a child first. Then come back as an adult and open the wooden box inside.
- #20 Market guard house: roll into the box that’s wobbling at the end of the room.
- #21 Hyrule Castle tree: on the path where you wake Talon, roll into the tree to the right of the vines by the moat.
- #22 Hyrule Castle, Song of Storms hole: play the Song of Storms by a lone tree near Talon’s spot and drop into the hole that opens.
- #23 Ganon’s Castle grounds (adult, night): head right as you enter from Castle Town. It’s high on the ruins (Hookshot).
- #24 Lon Lon Ranch, tree behind the buildings: take the left path into the garden at the back and roll into the thin tree.
- #25 Lon Lon Ranch, building wall (night): on the left-hand building as you enter. Use the Boomerang as a child or the Hookshot as an adult.
- #26 Lon Lon Ranch, ruined building (night): VGC puts it in the ruin beside the racetrack’s north-east corner and says to use the Boomerang. Nintendo Life doesn’t list this one.
Kakariko Village, Graveyard, Bottom of the Well and Shadow Temple (#27-42)
- #27 Construction site (night): walk around the building site in the middle of the village.
- #28 House of Skulltula (night): on the front of the house itself.
- #29 Tree by the entrance (night): roll into it.
- #30 Watchtower (night): on the ladder of the tower near the Death Mountain gate (Slingshot).
- #31 House by the Death Mountain Trail gate (night): on its side wall in the village’s top-west corner.
- #32 Cliff by Impa’s House (night): Hookshot up the vines to the left of Impa’s House, get onto the roof and Hookshot the Skulltula on the cliff.
- #33 Graveyard soil: on the left as you walk in. Drop a bug.
- #34 Behind Dampé’s hut (night): use the Boomerang.
- #35 Bottom of the Well, Like Like room: take the north-east passage down to the lower eastern room, beat the Like Like and use the Boomerang.
- #36 Bottom of the Well, first locked door: the Small Key is in a hidden alcove off the outer corridor (Lens of Truth). Open one of the two central doors.
- #37 Bottom of the Well, second locked door: the other key is in the coffin at the end of the western room. Burn it with a Deku Stick.
- #38 Shadow Temple, octagonal room: sitting on the floor.
- #39 Shadow Temple, eastern room: follow the Lens of Truth path to it.
- #40 Shadow Temple, fan corridor: look down between the platforms (Longshot).
- #41 Shadow Temple, falling spikes room: go round to the north edge (Longshot).
- #42 Shadow Temple, before the boat: play the Scarecrow’s Song by the elevator and Longshot up.
Kakariko Village: every token reward is paid out at the House of Skulltula here, and eight Skulltulas hide in the village and its graveyard. Image: Nintendo
Death Mountain, Dodongo’s Cavern and Fire Temple (#43-60)
- #43 Dodongo’s Cavern entrance soil: drop a bug on the patch in front of the cave.
- #44 Trail bomb wall: bomb the cracked wall on the trail near the Kakariko end.
- #45 Hammer rock near the summit: hop down from the summit, where you meet Biggoron, and smash the dark boulder on the left with the Megaton Hammer. Biggoron also starts the Biggoron’s Sword trading quest.
- #46 Hammer rock outside Goron City: same again, by the city entrance.
- #47 Goron City boulder room: bomb through the boulder room on the west side and roll into the crate at the back.
- #48 Goron City ceiling: head north from the entrance and turn around (Hookshot).
- #49 Crater crates: enter the Crater through the entrance to the right of the Fairy Cave. One of the two crates on the left hides it.
- #50 Fire Temple entrance soil: drop a bug.
- #51 Dodongo’s Cavern, east corridor: blow up the cracked wall with a Baby Dodongo or a bomb.
- #52 Dodongo’s Cavern, staircase room: at the top of the bomb staircase, behind the stairs. Nintendo Life uses the Slingshot on the grating and climbs up.
- #53 Dodongo’s Cavern, two-Dodongo room: across the ladder above the giant skull. It’s behind the central pillar.
- #54 Dodongo’s Cavern, inside the skull: VGC says to bomb a wall in the block-pushing room, where it hides behind a statue. Nintendo Life places it on the wall of a round room with Baby Dodongos and Armos.
- #55 Dodongo’s Cavern, Scarecrow balcony (adult): back in the #51 corridor, play the Scarecrow’s Song by the raised ledge and Hookshot up.
- #56 Fire Temple, first lava room: use the Song of Time on the blue block and follow the path. Watch for flying tiles.
- #57 Fire Temple, boulder room: bomb the cracked wall in the north-east.
- #58 Fire Temple, Scarecrow spot: at the top of the boulder room, where flames chase you, play the Scarecrow’s Song, Hookshot over and ride the elevator.
- #59 Fire Temple, Megaton Hammer room: on the wall of the fifth-floor room with the hammer (Hookshot).
- #60 Fire Temple, hammer blocks: smash into the first-floor north-west room and beat the Like Like.
Zora’s River, Zora’s Domain, Zora’s Fountain, Jabu-Jabu and Ice Cavern (#61-75)
- #61 Magic Bean seller soil: drop a bug on the patch next to the bean seller.
- #62 End of the river (night): on the side of a platform near the waterfall to Zora’s Domain (Boomerang).
- #63 Lower river (night): Nintendo Life has it high on the cliff near the bottom of the river (Hookshot). VGC’s list has a bean-plant ride from the starting soil instead.
- #64 Last bridge before Zora’s Domain (adult, night): high on the wall past the last bridge (Hookshot).
- #65 Frozen Zora’s Domain (adult): high up by the throne room, at the top of the frozen waterfall (Hookshot).
- #66 Fountain tree (child): roll into the tree at the south end.
- #67 Fountain cliff (child, night): climb the ruins south of Jabu-Jabu and throw the Boomerang.
- #68 Fountain silver rock (adult): lift the boulder in the south-east corner with the Silver Gauntlets and use the Lens of Truth on the path beyond.
- #69 Jabu-Jabu, water-level room: in the room where you stand on a switch to raise the water, climb the vines to the platform on the left. VGC’s first entry is above the vines opposite the chest in the Dungeon Map room.
- #70 Jabu-Jabu, Ruto’s drop room: on the north wall (Boomerang).
- #71 Jabu-Jabu, same room: on the ceiling of the north-west tunnel (Boomerang).
- #72 Jabu-Jabu, before the boss: near the top of the vine pillar (Boomerang, or Slingshot and climb).
- #73 Ice Cavern, spinning blade room: high on the wall (Hookshot).
- #74 Ice Cavern, Compass room: at the end of the eastern passage.
- #75 Ice Cavern, sliding block room: on the ceiling.
Lake Hylia and Water Temple (#76-85)
- #76 Laboratory soil: drop a bug on the patch outside the Lakeside Laboratory.
- #77 Laboratory wall (night): on the side of the lab near the bridge (Boomerang).
- #78 Southern crawl hole (child): crawl into the tunnel on the small ledge at the lake’s south-west tip.
- #79 Island tree (adult, night): after the Water Temple, Longshot to the top of the tree in the middle of the lake.
- #80 Laboratory tank: sink to the bottom with the Iron Boots and roll into the crate. Nintendo Life says to wear the Zora Tunic.
- #81 Water Temple, basement: Iron Boots down from the central chamber, then on to a small eastern room (Hookshot).
- #82 Water Temple, central pillar: climb inside it once you have the Longshot and shoot up to the very top.
- #83 Water Temple, east wall: with the water at level 2, bomb the wall in the blue-lit eastern room. Nintendo Life suggests a Bombchu.
- #84 Water Temple, whirlpool river: after Dark Link, walk the river with the Iron Boots. It’s halfway along (Hookshot underwater).
- #85 Water Temple, Boss Key room: in the tunnels the rolling boulders come from. Nintendo Life says it’s behind a small waterfall.
Lake Hylia has five Gold Skulltulas, two of them on and inside the Lakeside Laboratory. AI-generated illustration
Gerudo Valley, Gerudo Fortress, Desert Colossus and Spirit Temple (#86-100)
- #86 Cucco ledge soil: glide down with a Cucco from the valley entrance to the ledge where a Gerudo tends a cow, then drop a bug.
- #87 Under the first bridge (night): drop below the wooden bridge (Boomerang).
- #88 Behind the carpenters’ house (adult, night): on the wall behind it (Longshot). VGC calls the spot the first merchant tent.
- #89 Rocks south of the house (adult, night): on the rocks above (Longshot). VGC puts it under the nearby rock arch.
- #90 Horseback Archery target (night): on the big target at the far end of the range (Longshot).
- #91 Fortress wall (night): Nintendo Life says the top of the fortress, VGC an outer wall at the far east (Longshot).
- #92 Haunted Wasteland building: follow the flags to the stone structure, take the ladder down and look at the wall.
- #93 Colossus soil (child): drop a bug on the patch beside the Spirit Temple entrance.
- #94 Colossus bean plant: plant a bean in the same soil, then ride it as an adult to a platform.
- #95 Colossus cliff (night): on a wall near the temple, where the birds gather. Nintendo Life uses the Longshot at the area’s north end.
- #96 Spirit Temple, child crawlspace: take the right-hand door and look up at the grating (Boomerang).
- #97 Spirit Temple, statue room (child): behind the statue on the north-east side of the ground floor.
- #98 Spirit Temple, before the Iron Knuckle (child): turn back in the corridor and look up (Boomerang).
- #99 Spirit Temple, boulder room (adult): use the Song of Time on the block in one of the alcoves.
- #100 Spirit Temple, statue room (adult): play the Scarecrow’s Song and Longshot to the north-west platform.
How to find the last few: the Echo Gem
The Echo Gem replaces the N64’s Stone of Agony and the 3DS’s Shard of Agony. According to Nintendo Life, it now tracks Gold Skulltulas: it shines and vibrates when one is near, and the closer you get, the faster it pulses. You get it at 20 tokens, so it pays to clear the easy early ones first: Kokiri Forest, the Deku Tree, Kakariko at night and the soil patches. Nintendo Life says Bottle Bugs are easy to find around Lon Lon Ranch if you cut the grass and hedges. If you want harder fights between Skulltula runs, the Hall of Fallen Foes has timed boss rematches.
FAQ
How many Gold Skulltulas are in Ocarina of Time?
100, both in the Switch 2 remake and in the 1998 original, according to Nintendo Life. Every one drops a Gold Skulltula Token.
What do you get for 100 Gold Skulltulas in Ocarina of Time?
The House of Skulltula then gives you 200 Rupees (a Gold Rupee) on every visit. Nintendo Life calls it unlimited money.
Are any Gold Skulltulas missable?
No. Nintendo Life says you can go back to every area and dungeon. Even past the final point of no return, you can reload an earlier save.
Where is the House of Skulltula?
In Kakariko Village, the village on the way to Death Mountain. One of the night Skulltulas (#28) is on its front wall.
Sources: Nintendo Life, All Gold Skulltula Locations & Rewards In Zelda: Ocarina Of Time (Ollie Reynolds, Nov 5, 2026); VGC Gold Skulltula area guides by Andy Robinson, Nov 5, 2026: Lon Lon Ranch, Forest Temple, Dodongo’s Cavern, Goron City and Death Mountain Trail, Fire Temple, Zora’s River, Domain and Fountain, Jabu-Jabu’s Belly, Ice Cavern, Lake Hylia, Water Temple, Gerudo Valley, Fortress and Desert Colossus; Nintendo, Ocarina of Time store page.
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