Recover the Silver Gauntlets as a child, then return for the Mirror Shield and Twinrova.
Child: make a promise to Nabooru
Enter as child Link. Speak to Nabooru by the left crawlspace, say you dislike Ganondorf and agree to help. Crawl through, defeat the Keese and Armos, then take the left door.
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Child: lower the bridge
Defeat the Stalfos, then curve the Boomerang around the barrier into the crystal. Cross the lowered bridge and clear the Green Bubbles. Continue through the small passage to Anubis.
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Child: guide Anubis into fire
Hit the eye switch on the northwest pillar. Move across the room so Anubis mirrors your movement into the fire on the opposite pillar. Take the opened route.
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Child: collect the first key
Defeat the Keese and Wallmaster, then gather the five crystals, including the raised ones. Cross the lowered barrier and use a burning Deku Stick to light the torches. Take the key, return to the starting room, crawl through the central opening and unlock its door.
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Child: let the sunlight in
Shoot the spiders on the climbable wall and climb. Defeat the Lizalfos. Hit the crystal switch to get Bombchus, then send one up the wall toward the cracked patch where sunlight leaks in. Its explosion widens the opening and activates the sun emblem.
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Child: cross the statue chamber
In the giant-statue room, push the nearby Armos off the ledge onto its floor switch. Climb the stairs and continue. Lighting the two torches on the room's lower floor earns the optional map; the climbable wall beside the dropped Armos returns you upstairs.
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Child: move the sun into the beam
Clear the Beamos and gather the five crystals from the walls and central climb. Move the sun-marked block into the light to reveal the Small Key chest. Collect it and unlock the route to the Iron Knuckle.
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Child: collect the Silver Gauntlets
Wake the Iron Knuckle. Bait an axe swing, backflip clear and punish its recovery with the sword; pillars it breaks can release hearts. After winning, leave through the rear door and open the outdoor chest. Watch Nabooru's scene. Return to the Temple of Time, become adult Link and warp back.
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Adult: open the other wing
Push the giant block on the entrance's right side until it drops. Bomb the Beamos and Longshot the ceiling crystal. The left room offers a Compass after a Wolfos fight and Zelda's Lullaby. Take the right door for the required silver-rupee room.
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Adult: collect the boulder-room rupees
Use the Hover Boots for the floating rupee and check the alcoves. Move the Time Block with the Song of Time to reach the remaining rupee. Collect all five, enter the opened door, defeat the Like Like and take its key. Return and unlock the central route.
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Adult: direct the light
Pass the flying pots and Like Like, then climb the brick wall. Use the Lens to locate the invisible Floormaster; defeat it and its small hands. Rotate the mirror until its light strikes the sun that opens the exit. Avoid continuing to the sun that releases a Wallmaster.
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Adult: play in the statue’s hand
Longshot to the statue’s left wrist and play Zelda’s Lullaby on its marked hand. Use the northeast target to reach the hammer switch and open the lower shortcut. Then Longshot to the opposite wrist for the Small Key chest. Return to the southeast stairs.
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Adult: light the Anubis route
Unlock the upper route and clear the Beamos. In the three-Anubis room, play the Song of Time at the far symbol. Activate the fire switch and use the Time Block and corners to steer the enemies into flame. In the next room, bait the Armos onto the blue switch.
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Adult: win the Mirror Shield
Take the opened southern door and defeat the second Iron Knuckle with baited swings and counters. Outside, press the switch to reveal the chest and take the Mirror Shield. Return to the sunlit room; reflect light onto its sun and collect the key beyond it.
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Adult: secure the Boss Key
Return through the Anubis room and open its remaining locked door. Longshot high onto the moving climbing wall to pass it. Continue to the Triforce and play Zelda's Lullaby. In the next room, smash or bomb the false door hiding an eye switch, shoot the eye, Longshot to the new platform and step on its switch. Open the Boss Key chest.
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Adult: connect the two light beams
Climb to the upper mirror route. Drop to the reachable switch and strike it to open the raised door. Clear the Bubbles, break the cracked wall and defeat the Dinolfos. Rotate both mirrors so light travels through the opening and bars to the chained platform.
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Adult: lower the platform
Stand on the chained platform and use the Mirror Shield to illuminate the sun switch. As the platform lowers into the statue chamber, hold the beam on the giant statue's face until it crumbles. Longshot to the opening, use the Boss Key and defeat the final Iron Knuckle. Continue through the passage to Twinrova.
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Receive the Spirit Medallion
Win both phases of Twinrova, take the Heart Container and enter the warp. With all five temple sages awakened, return to the Temple of Time for the final revelation and the Light Arrows.
References: Respec · tested Switch 2 route
Twinrova
Reflect one sister’s elemental beam into the opposite sister with the Mirror Shield.
When fused, absorb three attacks of the same element; dodge the opposite element so it does not reset your charge. Cross and attack after the reflected blast stuns her.
Use the side platforms to keep hazards away from the centre. Dodge her later charge and watch the wand she actually fires, since she can change it at the last moment.
Track this chapter
Check steps as you complete them in the game. You can undo any check.
Sources and edition changes
Switch 2 edition · sources checked November 5, 2026
This guide follows the 2026 Nintendo Switch 2 remake. Routes were checked against edition-specific walkthroughs and Nintendo documentation. We have not personally completed a console playthrough.
The N64 guide and its saved progress remain separate. Checklist totals measure this guide, not the game's completion percentage. New features are documented where the available evidence supports them.
Changes to keep in mind
- The child sun-block puzzle awards its key through sunlight.
- The adult Anubis route uses a Time Block and fire switch.
- The upper mirror switch is reached directly; the N64 barred spin-attack instruction does not apply.
- Edition-specific guides checked on 5 November 2026. This is documentary verification; HyruleAtlas has not replayed these steps on a Switch 2 console.
- Silver Gauntlets are for adult Link. Keep the child and adult halves separate when following the checklist.
- Polygon · Johnny Yu · Spirit Temple DungeonEdition-specific guide ·
- Respec · tested Switch 2 routeEdition-specific guide ·
- G2A · remake boss mechanicsEdition-specific guide ·