The Megaton Hammer is in the Fire Temple in the Ocarina of Time remake, in a chest on the fifth floor, just past the first Flare Dancer fight. In the chest’s room, hit the small switch up the ledge to lower the flames around the chest, then race up the thin inside route before they come back.
You need it, because the Boss Key and the boss arena are both locked behind things only the Hammer can break. Below is what to bring, the route floor by floor, and what to smash once you have it.
What to Bring
| Item | Why |
|---|---|
| Goron Tunic | Keeps you alive in the heat, from the rolling Goron in Goron City |
| Hookshot | Gets you over the bridge in Death Mountain Crater to the temple |
| Bombs | Open cracked walls and expose the Flare Dancer |
| Fairy Bow | Hits eye switches, Like Likes and the fire slugs |
| Song of Time | Moves the Time Blocks |
The Scarecrow’s Song is optional, but it opens a few extra chests and a Gold Skulltula on the way. Put the tunic on from the pause menu before you go in, as our quick swap guide explains. The temple is past the bridge in Death Mountain Crater: take the left doorway, drop down and follow the passage. Sheik teaches you the Bolero of Fire on the way, so you can warp back later.
The key thing to know: nine Gorons are locked up in this temple, and freeing them is how you earn the keys, so you cannot skip them.
The Route to the Hammer, Floor by Floor
First Floor
- Go up the stairs and through the west door. After Darunia’s cutscene, take the left platforms to the switch and locked door to free a Goron and get a Small Key.
- Go back to the first room and use the key on the east door. This opens a vast room with a rope bridge through the middle.
- Go north across the lava platforms for a Goron and another key. Then go all the way south and bomb the suspicious wall for a third Goron and key.
- Cross the rope bridge to the east and use a key on the locked door. Inside is a column of fire.
- Open the next locked door, climb the chain wall, and push the block onto the column of fire. Stand on the block and ride it up when the fire erupts.
Second Floor
Pass the fire slugs on the ledges (shoot them with an arrow, then use your sword) to reach a switch. Find the block around the corner, pull and push it to the wall opposite the switch, and climb up. Hit the switch from up there with an arrow, a bomb or the Hookshot. The fire moves, and you can climb to the third floor.
Third Floor
- Boulder maze. The south alcove has a chest with the Dungeon Map, which makes the rest much easier to read. Hit the switch in the room to the north-west for a Goron and a key.
- Flame wall room. Use the key on the locked door in the middle of the outer west wall. Shoot the eye on the right wall for the Compass. Run along the platforms as a wall of flame follows you, go up the steps at the far end, and push the block down.
- Above the maze. You are now on platforms over the boulders. Jump to the middle and bomb the floor for a Goron and key. Hit the switch in the south-west corner for one more of each.
- Fire maze. Go back to the flame wall room and through its west locked door. Invisible walls of flame fill this room, so stick to the outer walls and cut in only when a flame blocks you. The fake doors make the map useful here. Find the Goron in the north side room, then go through the inner locked door to the south.
- Drop the giant flame wall. Go through the door opposite to reach the pillar room. Drop one of the nearby blocks on the switch, which lowers the giant wall of flame. Spend your last key on the door behind it.
The Flare Dancer
Only a bomb hurts it at first. The blast exposes the tiny real boss underneath. Run the opposite way to where it is heading so you catch it, slash it with your sword, and repeat. When it falls, take the lift in the middle of the room up to the fourth floor.
Fourth and Fifth Floors
A switch here turns off a flame for a few moments. Stand above it and drop a bomb on it, or shoot it with an arrow, then run through. You arrive on the west side of the fifth floor.
Ignore the giant switch for now. Hit the small switch just up the ledge, which lowers the flames around the chest above. You have to race to it, and the thinner inside route is the quickest despite how it looks. Open the chest for the Megaton Hammer.
What to Smash With It
Hold R to pick the Hammer so it sits on ZR, then press ZR to swing. Here is what it does, in the order you need it:
| Where | What it does |
|---|---|
| Giant switch, by the fifth floor entrance | Knocks it down to the fourth floor |
| Blocks in front of a door | Smash the side of them to clear the way |
| Floor switch in the next room | Creates a set of stairs going down |
| Rock wall in the fire maze room | Opens a room with a Time Block and a Hammer switch, for a Goron and a key |
| Circular floor panel at the end of that cell | Sends you and the pillar down to the boss door |
| Blocks on the east side of the first room | Opens the way to the Boss Key |
| A second Flare Dancer | A ground slam replaces the bomb |
| The boss, Volvagia | Breaks its armor |
| Rocks in Death Mountain Crater | Opens the Great Fairy Fountain that doubles your magic |
Take the Hammer back to any Gold Skulltula that needed it as well: our Gold Skulltula guide notes it as one of the late items. Our 1998 guide to what comes after the Fire Temple covers the next stretch, and every remake guide is on our Zelda hub.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is the Megaton Hammer in the Ocarina of Time remake? In the Fire Temple, in a chest on the fifth floor, past the first Flare Dancer fight.
How do you reach the Megaton Hammer chest? Hit the small switch just up the ledge to lower the flames, then race up the thin inside route before they return.
How do you damage the Flare Dancer? Hit it with a bomb to expose the tiny real boss underneath, then catch it and use your sword.
Why can’t I get through the fire maze room? The walls of flame are invisible. Stick to the outer walls and cut in only when a flame blocks your way.
What does the giant switch do? With the Hammer, it knocks the switch down a floor and opens the way back down through the temple. Ignore it until you have the chest.
Can you skip the Megaton Hammer? No. The Boss Key and the way to Volvagia both need it.