Great Deku Tree

Great Deku Tree: All 4 Gold Skulltula Locations

The Great Deku Tree has 4 Gold Skulltula tokens. This route collects them all in one trip, in the same order as the video, starting from the ground floor of the main room. Every step has a screenshot and a link to that exact moment in the video.

Skulltula 1: Past the raised platforms

On a rock wall, on a ledge to the left of the raised platforms

  1. Start on the ground floor of the main room. Run around the left side of the central hole to the vine wall, then climb to the top.

    Link running past the central hole toward a tall wall of vines.
    Watch this step at 0:05
  2. Follow the wooden ledges to the second vine wall, which has a treasure chest beside it. Climb it to reach the next level.

    Link running along a wooden ledge toward a second wall of vines with a chest at its base.
    Watch this step at 0:10
  3. Head for the stone doorway at the end of the path and go through.

    Link approaching a door framed by large moss-covered stones.
    Watch this step at 0:25
  4. Inside, jump onto the stone switch on the floor to your right. Pressing it raises the platforms ahead.

    Link jumping onto a square stone floor switch.
    Watch this step at 0:31
  5. Hop across the raised stone platforms. You don't need the chest on the far side for this route.

    Link running toward round stone platforms, with a chest in an alcove in the distance.
    Watch this step at 0:34
  6. From the second platform, look left for a gold glow on the rock wall. Jump across to that ledge and run to the token.

    A gold token glowing on a rock wall as Link runs toward it across a dark ledge.
    Watch this step at 0:36
  7. Collect the token. That's 1 of 4.

    Link celebrating under a floating gold skull, with the message: You defeated a Gold Skulltula and got a token.
    Watch this step at 0:39

Skulltula 2: Vines in the flooded basement

On the big vine wall rising out of the water at the bottom of the central hole

  1. Cross back over the platforms and leave through the stone door you came in by.

    Link walking back toward the stone door, with the floor switch to his left.
    Watch this step at 0:43
  2. Follow the walkway until it opens onto the central hole, then jump off the edge and drop down it.

    Link in mid-air after leaping off a wooden walkway, next to a jagged wooden barrier.
    Watch this step at 0:50
  3. You'll land in the water at the bottom. Swim to the large wall of vines.

    Link swimming across clear green water toward the edge of the pool.
    Watch this step at 1:00
  4. Climb up the vines. The token is partway up, so keep climbing until you reach it. That's 2 of 4.

    Link climbing a broad wall of vines with a gold token just above him.
    Watch this step at 1:02

Skulltula 3: On the bars

On the barred gate in the basement, past the torch

  1. Drop off the vines into the water, swim to the ledge on the right and climb out.

    Link on a rocky ledge overlooking the water, with a lit torch and a carved block ahead.
    Watch this step at 1:10
  2. Cross the ledge, jump back into the water and swim toward the torch and carved stone block. Climb onto the low rock ledge between them. You should now see a gold glow on the bars ahead.

    Link on a low ledge between a carved block and a torch, with a token glowing on bars beyond.
    Watch this step at 1:15
  3. Hop onto the round stump in the water in front of the bars.

    Link on a round stump in the water, facing a gold token on the barred gate.
    Watch this step at 1:18
  4. Jump from the stump toward the bars to grab the token. That's 3 of 4.

    Link at the bars with the message: You got a Gold Skulltula token. You've collected 3 tokens so far.
    Watch this step at 1:21

Skulltula 4: Beyond the crawl space

High on a small patch of vines, in the room past the crawl space

  1. You'll drop into the water after the last token. Swim back to the carved stone block, climb on top of it, then pull yourself up onto the high ledge.

    Link beside a large carved stone block at the water's edge.
    Watch this step at 1:24
  2. Run along the ledge past the webbed floor.

    Link running along a mossy path beside a web stretched across the floor.
    Watch this step at 1:28
  3. At the far end, look for a low opening framed by stones in the rock wall. Crawl through it and follow the tunnel to the next room.

    Link climbing over rocks toward a small stone-framed opening in the wall.
    Watch this step at 1:31
  4. Cross the stream, climb the rubble slope and pass the torch. Keep right and go through the archway, where you'll see vines on the far side.

    Link running toward a rock archway with vines visible through it.
    Watch this step at 1:38
  5. The token glows near the top of the vine patch. Climb up to it.

    Link approaching a small patch of vines with a gold token glowing near the top.
    Watch this step at 1:46
  6. Grab the token to finish the set. That's 4 of 4.

    Link on the vines with the message: You got a Gold Skulltula token. You've collected 4 tokens so far.
    Watch this step at 1:50

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