The Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2 has 10 Soft Soil spots, and you can plant a Magic Bean in each one as Child Link. Beans come from the Bean Seller at Zora’s River, and buying all 10 costs 550 rupees. Each bean grows into a floating leaf platform by the time you are an adult, and most of those platforms lead to a Piece of Heart or a hidden Gold Skulltula. Checked Nov 11 UTC.
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Quick answer
- Where to buy beans: the Bean Seller at Zora’s River (Child Link only). The first bean is 10 rupees and the price rises by 10 each time, up to 100 rupees for the tenth, according to VGC’s Soft Soil guide.
- Total cost: 550 rupees for all 10 beans, so earn the money before you start planting.
- Where to plant: any of the 10 Soft Soil spots below, as a child. You cannot plant beans as an adult.
- Bonus: every Soft Soil spot also hides a Gold Skulltula. A bug released from a bottle forces it out, as VGC explains.
- Time-travel spots: Death Mountain Crater needs the Bolero of Fire, and Desert Colossus needs the Requiem of Spirit, learned as an adult first.
Soft Soil is the only place Child Link can plant a Magic Bean. AI-generated illustration
How Magic Beans and Soft Soil work
Soft Soil is a patch of fertile ground that only Child Link can use. You can do two things with it: plant a Magic Bean, or release a bug beside it to pull out the Gold Skulltula living there. The bean is the long-term payoff. When you return as an adult, each planted bean has grown into a floating leaf that carries you to a spot you could not otherwise reach.
This is the same system as the 1998 game, and the older Zelda wiki describes it the same way: soft soil appears only in the child era, and after seven years a planted bean grows into a leaf that reaches otherwise unreachable areas. The same wiki adds a trick that also applies to the original: playing the Song of Storms near a bean seedling as a child makes it release a group of fairies before returning to normal. The remake guides we read do not say whether the remake changed any of this, so treat the 1998 notes as the likely behavior rather than a confirmed remake fact.
All 10 Soft Soil locations in the Ocarina of Time remake
Locations and how to reach them are from VGC’s remake guide, cross-checked against GamesHorizon’s list of 10 spots. The “where the bean takes you” column comes from the Zelda Wiki entry for Magic Bean, which documents the original 1998 game. The layout is the same in the remake as far as the remake guides show, but verify a destination in your own game if it matters.
| # | Soft Soil spot | Where to find it | Where the bean takes you (1998 game) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zora’s River | Right next to the Bean Seller | A bridge beside Zora’s Waterfall |
| 2 | Kokiri Forest | Just behind the Kokiri shop | A small ledge with rupees |
| 3 | Lost Woods, Bridge Room | From the Lost Woods entrance turn left, pass the Skull Kid room, and look left | The bridge that joins Kokiri Forest and Hyrule Field |
| 4 | Lost Woods, Meadow Room | From the Zora’s Domain shortcut take the left exit, then turn left again; the Forest Stage grotto is here too | A ledge with a Gold Skulltula |
| 5 | Kakariko Graveyard | Upper left section, near the tree | A ledge with a crate hiding a Piece of Heart |
| 6 | Death Mountain Trail | Just outside the Dodongo’s Cavern entrance | A small hill with a Piece of Heart, plus a shortcut up the mountain |
| 7 | Death Mountain Crater | Warp in as a child with the Bolero of Fire (learned as an adult first) | A rock formation with a Piece of Heart |
| 8 | Lake Hylia | Next to the Lakeside Laboratory | The top of the laboratory, plus a route to the Fishing Pond |
| 9 | Gerudo Valley | Glide down from the bridge with a Cucco; the soil is near a Gerudo tending a cow | A Piece of Heart behind the waterfall |
| 10 | Desert Colossus | Warp in as a child with the Requiem of Spirit; it is just outside the Spirit Temple entrance | A sandy rock formation with a Gold Skulltula, and the top of the stone arch with a Piece of Heart |
The order above follows a sensible route, but it is not the order the game forces. The two warp spots (Death Mountain Crater and Desert Colossus) are the ones that need an extra step, so plan those last. A guide-by-guide tally of the Pieces of Heart these platforms reach is in our Ocarina of Time Heart Pieces list.
A bug from a bottle forces the Gold Skulltula out of Soft Soil. AI-generated illustration
What you need before you start
- 550 rupees to buy all 10 beans, or buy as many as you can afford and plant the cheaper ones first.
- A bug in a bottle for the Gold Skulltulas. See our Empty Bottle locations guide if you do not have one yet.
- The warp songs for the two time-travel spots. Our Ocarina of Time songs guide lists where to learn them.
- Time as an adult to collect the payoffs. Planting is a child-era job; the leaves only matter once you are an adult.
Best order to plant the beans
- Buy as many beans as you can afford at Zora’s River and plant the first one right there, since the soil is next to the seller.
- Plant at Kokiri Forest and both Lost Woods spots next, while you are still early in the game.
- Work through Kakariko Graveyard, Death Mountain Trail, Lake Hylia and Gerudo Valley as you reach those areas in the story.
- Finish with Death Mountain Crater and Desert Colossus once you can warp there as a child.
- Release a bug at each spot for the Gold Skulltula. You can do this even after a bean is planted, which the Zelda Wiki notes for the original game.
For the Skulltulas the bean spots hold, our Gold Skulltula locations guide covers all 100 tokens.
Where the sources disagree
- Rewards: GamesHorizon lists slightly different payoffs for some spots than the Zelda Wiki, for example a purple rupee chest and a shortcut at the Lost Woods Bridge Room spot, and 26 rupees at the Kokiri shop spot. Treat the 1998 wiki column as the baseline and the GamesHorizon notes as remake-specific extras you can look for.
- Bug costs: GamesHorizon says a bottled bug costs 50 rupees at a potion shop. VGC does not name a price. Check the shop in your own game.
Magic Beans in the Ocarina of Time remake: quick questions
How many Magic Beans are in the Ocarina of Time remake?
The Bean Seller sells up to 10, and there are 10 Soft Soil spots. VGC says he stops selling once the price reaches 100 rupees.
Can I plant Magic Beans as an adult?
No. VGC says beans can only be planted as Child Link; the grown leaf platforms are what you use as an adult.
What does the Song of Storms do near a planted bean?
According to the Zelda Wiki for the original game, it makes the seedling release fairies and then go back to normal. GamesHorizon says the same applies in the remake.
Sources: VGC: All Soft Soil locations (Nov 9, 2026); GamesHorizon: Soft Soil locations (Nov 9, 2026); Zelda Wiki: Magic Bean (original 1998 game). Checked Nov 11, 2026 UTC.
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