Ocarina of Time Miscellaneous Glitches - Cucco-Diving Lens

OoT[misc]

Compatible Versions ? 1.0 1.1 1.2 GCN MQ 3DS

Details Discovered: Unknown Verified: Yes

Requirements

• This glitch can only be done as Child Link because...
• The Kakariko Well must still have water in it.
• A Cucco is needed.

Instructions

1. Grab any of the Cuccos roaming Kakariko Village.
2. Rough up the Cucco until it's nearly to the point of calling the swarm, but do not deliver the blow that would call the swarm.
3. Bring the roughed-up Cucco to the well and position it on the raised area surrounding it.
4. Position Link on the opposite side of the Cucco.
5. Perform a jumping slash attack and try to hit the Cucco.
6. If you didn't rough the Cucco up enough back in step 2, repeat steps 3 through 5 as often as needed.

Result

If done right, the Cucco will call the swarm while Link is over the water in the well. Since Link wasn't in the swimming state when the swarm was called, whenever Link is depicted in the swarm-calling cutscene, he'll be standing at the bottom of the well, underneath all of the water. Once Link can move again, all Link needs to do is swim toward the entrance of the dungeon in order to successfully enter the Bottom of the Well early.

This, in turn, also allows you to obtain the Lens of Truth as early as either having learned Zelda's Lullaby (non-MQ) or having obtained the Bomb Bag (MQ). Once you've broken into the dungeon early, simply do the dungeon as you normally would and you can obtain the Lens of Truth without having to learn, much less play, the Song of Storms. However, the Lens is unusable until Link gets a Magic Meter.

Additional equipment, namely Bombs and the Boomerang, is needed to complete the dungeon 100%, but this can also be attained prior to obtaining the Ocarina of Time through this method.

Notes

• Shooting a cucco with the slingshot will work too, as long as you are over the filled well when the cucco calls the swarm.
• If attempted on the 3DS remake, at the point the camera is supposed to cut back to Link in the swarm-calling cutscene, the game will assume you've fallen into a void, returning you to where you last entered the area with one less heart full.