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{{Item infobox
{{Item infobox
|image=[[File:Ocarina of Time artwork.jpg|200px]]
|image=[[File:Ocarina of Time TLoZ OoT artwork.png|200px]]<br>Artwork for ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''
|game=''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' (''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D|3D]]'')<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]'' (''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D|3D]]'')
|first_appearance=''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' (1998)
|latest_appearance=''[[Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition]]'' (2018)
|location=[[Hyrule Field]] (''Ocarina of Time'')<br>[[Clock Town]] (''Majora's Mask'')
|location=[[Hyrule Field]] (''Ocarina of Time'')<br>[[Clock Town]] (''Majora's Mask'')
|related=[[Fairy Ocarina]]<br>[[Ocarina]]
}}
}}
{{About|the item|the game bearing the item's title|[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]}}
{{about|the item|the game bearing the item's title|[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]}}
The '''Ocarina of Time''' is a dark blue {{wp|ocarina}} that appears in both ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]''. It is a sacred instrument with magical powers, which has been passed down for generations within the [[Royal Family of Hyrule]]. [[Link]] can perform various songs on the instrument, which provides unique effects such as transporting between areas, traveling through time, or shifting between day or night.
The '''Ocarina of Time''' is a dark blue {{wp|ocarina}} that appears in both ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]''. It is a sacred instrument with magical powers, which has been passed down for generations within the [[Royal Family of Hyrule]]. [[Link]] can perform various songs on the instrument, which provides unique effects such as transporting between areas, traveling through time, or shifting between day or night.


Being the main item of ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'', the Ocarina of Time is featured in the game's title. The Ocarina of Time and its eponymous game have reportedly increased the popularity of real-world ocarinas.{{citation needed}}
Being the main item of ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'', the Ocarina of Time is featured in the game's title. The Ocarina of Time is responsible for causing a resurgence of interest in real world ocarinas, increasing its sales dramatically. However, the interest was mostly focused on the ceramic models (from which the Ocarina of Time is based on) rather than other styles.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/15/business/compressed-data-can-you-play-feelings-on-the-ocarina.html Compressed Data; Can You Play 'Feelings' On the Ocarina? - NY Times]</ref>


==Usage==
==Usage==
The Ocarina of Time has an identical functionality in both ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' and ''The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask''.
The Ocarina of Time functions identically between ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' and ''The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask''.


From the [[Inventory]], the Ocarina of Time can be assigned to either {{button|N64|C-left}}, {{button|N64|C-right}}, or {{button|N64|C-down}}. Whenever the player presses the assigned button, the camera zooms into Link, who then takes out the Ocarina of Time. From a chart, the player can press any of the C-buttons and the A button, each of which correspond to the note of an actual ocarina. When the player presses a button, Link plays the note of that button, and an icon corresponding to the button appears on the chart, with its placement corresponding to its notation. Each song requires the player to enter a specific combination of buttons. The player can press B to exit from the menu. The buttons were reassigned in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] remakes.
From the [[Inventory]], the Ocarina of Time can be assigned to either {{button|N64|C-left}}, {{button|N64|C-right}}, or {{button|N64|C-down}}. Whenever the player presses the assigned button, the camera zooms into Link, who then takes out the Ocarina of Time. From a {{wp|pentatonic scale}}, the player can press any of the C-buttons and the A button, each of which correspond to the note of an actual ocarina. When the player presses a button, Link plays the note of that button, and an icon corresponding to the button appears on the chart, with its placement corresponding to its notation. Each song requires the player to enter a specific combination of buttons. The player can press B to exit from the menu. The buttons were reassigned in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] remakes.
 
In ''The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask'', when Link is under a different transformation, the Ocarina of Time also changes into a different instrument to suit the transformation. As a [[Deku Scrub]], the instrument transforms into the [[Deku Pipes]], as a [[Goron]] it turns into the [[Goron Drums]], and as a [[Zora]], it turns into the [[Zora Guitar]].


[[File:Link Playing Ocarina OoT screenshot.jpg|thumb|200px|Link playing the Ocarina just outside from [[Lon Lon Ranch]].]]
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There are a few optional features with the Ocarina of Time which were likely implemented to replicate the entire functionality of a real world ocarina. The Z and R buttons respectively change the pitch of a note between sharp and flat. Moving the Control Stick up or down respectively raises or lowers the tone of a note. Moving the Control stick left or right adds vibrato. In the Nintendo 3DS remakes, the buttons for adjusting the pitch and tone can be done from either the Circle Pad or the D-Pad.
There are a few optional features with the Ocarina of Time that can help produce a full scale. These were likely implemented to replicate the entire functionality of a real world ocarina. The Z and R buttons respectively change the pitch of a note between sharp and flat. Moving the Control Stick up or down respectively raises or lowers the tone of a note. Moving the Control stick left or right adds vibrato. In the Nintendo 3DS remakes, the buttons for adjusting the pitch and tone can be done from either the Circle Pad or the D-Pad.
 
==History==
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===''The Legend of Zelda'' series===
====''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''====
[[File:Ocarina of Time OoT obtain.png|thumb|250px|Link obtains the Ocarina of Time in the moat.]]
In its debut appearance, the Ocarina of Time is first mentioned by [[Princess Zelda]] to Link when they first meet in the [[Castle Courtyard]]. She trusts Link and tells him a story about the [[Sacred Realm]] and the [[Door of Time]], which requires the three [[Spiritual Stone]]s and the [[Royal Family]]'s sacred instrument, the Ocarina of Time, to open. Zelda further explains that [[Ganondorf]] is trying to steal the [[Triforce]] from the Sacred Realm and that she is using all her power to prevent Ganondorf from obtaining the Ocarina of Time.
 
Later, after Link obtains the other two Spiritual Stones, he returns outside of [[Hyrule Castle]], where he witnesses Zelda and [[Impa]] fleeing from Ganondorf. Zelda notices Link and throws the Ocarina of Time to him. However, Link did not catch the Ocarina, which fell into a moat beneath the drawbridge. After his first encounter with Ganondorf, Link must jump into the moat, swim above the Ocarina of Time, and then [[dive]] below to obtain it. The Ocarina of Time replaces the [[Fairy Ocarina]] for the rest of the game despite being functionally identical. Just after obtaining it, Link receives a telepathic message from Princess Zelda, who teaches him the [[Song of Time]].
 
With the Ocarina of Time and newly-learned song, Link returns into the [[Temple of Time]] and opens the Door of Time. However, by doing this, Link discovers that Ganondorf snuck behind him into the Secret Realm, where he stole the [[Triforce of Power]]. Seven years later, Link awakens as an adult, where he uses the Ocarina of Time more frequently, mostly to solve some puzzles. In the Temple of Time, Link meets [[Sheik]], who teaches the [[Prelude of Light]] to him, enabling him to warp back to the location. Throughout Link's adventure, Sheik teached various melodies to him, each enabling Link to warp close to a nearby [[temple]] that he has already visited.
 
In the ending, when Princess Zelda and Link are in the sky, she asks for him to return the Ocarina of Time. Being a [[Sage]], Zelda uses her power to send Link to his original timeline, by playing [[Zelda's Lullaby]].
 
===''Hyrule Warriors''===
In ''[[Hyrule Warriors]]'', the Ocarina of Time represents the icons of the Song of Time and [[Inverted Song of Time]] [[Item Card]]s in the [[Termina Map]] of [[Adventure Mode]], available via the [[Majora's Mask Pack]].


==Songs==
==Songs==
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[[File:Song of Time OoT.jpg|thumb|Link playing the Song of Time inside the Temple of Time from his Ocarina in ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''.]]
In both ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' and ''The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask'', Link can learn and perform 13 songs on the Ocarina of Time. Only a few of the songs appear in both games.
In both ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' and ''The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask'', Link can learn and perform 13 songs on the Ocarina of Time. Only a few of the songs appear in both games.


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===''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''===
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!colspan=3 align=center|''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''
!colspan=3 style="text-align:center"|''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (3D)''
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!style="background:#FFFFA9;|Name
!style="background-color:#c3f6c3;|Name
!class=unsortable style="background:#FFFFA9;|Button combination
!class=unsortable style="background-color:#c3f6c3;|Button combination
!class=unsortable style="background:#FFFFA9;|Description
!class=unsortable style="background-color:#c3f6c3;|Description
|-
|-
|[[Zelda's Lullaby]]
|[[Zelda's Lullaby]]
|{{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-right}} (N64)<br>{{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|Y}} (3DS)
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-right}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|Y}}
|A song that Link can use as evidence of being connected to the Royal Family, therefore allowing him to enter certain locations. There are a few cases where it also reveals a few hidden passages.
|A song that Link can use as evidence of being connected to the Royal Family, therefore allowing him to enter certain locations.<br>In some instances it also reveals a few hidden passages.
|-
|[[Saria's Song]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-left}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|X}}
|Allows Link to communicate to [[Saria]] from afar.
|-
|[[Epona's Song]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}}
|Allows Link to summon [[Epona]] in [[Hyrule Field]].
|-
|[[Song of Storms]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-up}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|A}}
|Causes it to start raining; if Link plays it again, the rain stops.
|-
|[[Sun's Song]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-up}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|A}}
|Changes daytime to nighttime and vice versa.
|-
|[[Scarecrow Song]]
|'''N64/3DS:'''<br>Any combination of eight notes.
|An optional song that summons the scarecrow [[Pierre]].
|-
|[[Song of Time]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-down}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|R}}
|A song that is required to open the [[Door of Time]] and to remove blocks bearing the door's symbol.
|-
|[[Prelude of Light]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-up}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|A}}
|Warps Link inside of the [[Temple of Time]].
|-
|[[Minuet of Forest]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}}
|Warps Link to the [[Sacred Forest Meadow]], which is just outside the [[Forest Temple]].
|-
|[[Bolero of Fire]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-down}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|R}}
|Warps Link to [[Death Mountain Crater]], which is just outside the [[Fire Temple]].
|-
|[[Serenade of Water]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-left}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|X}}
|Warps Link to [[Lake Hylia]], which is just outside the [[Water Temple]].
|-
|[[Requiem of Spirit]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|A}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|L}}
|Warps Link to [[Desert Colossus]], which is just outside the [[Spirit Temple]].
|-
|[[Nocturne of Shadow]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-down}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|R}}
|Warps Link to [[Graveyard]], which is just outside the [[Dark Palace|Shadow Temple]].
|}
 
===''The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask''===
In ''The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask'', some of the songs have a different effect while Link is under a specific transformation. For example, in most instances, the [[Sonata of Awakening]] can only be played by [[Deku Link]].
 
[[File:Inverted Song of Time MM.jpg|thumb|Link playing the Inverted Song of Time from his ocarina in ''The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask''.]]
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|[[Song of Time]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-down}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|R}}
|Returns Link back to the [[First Day]]. In the original Nintendo 64 version, this also saves his game.
|-
|[[Inverted Song of Time]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-right}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|Y}}
|This song slows down the time.
|-
|[[Song of Double Time]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-down}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|R}}
|Skips to nighttime if Link plays during the daytime and vice versa.
|-
|[[Song of Healing]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-down}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|R}}
|Heals tormented souls and traps them into a mask.
|-
|[[Song of Storms]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-up}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|A}}
|Same effect as in ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''.
|-
|[[Epona's Song]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}}
|Allows Link to summon Epona from the [[Termina Field]] and other related areas.
|-
|[[Song of Soaring]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-up}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|A}}
|Allows Link to between [[owl statue]]s that he has already activated.
|-
|[[Scarecrow's Song]]
|'''N64/3DS:'''<br>Any combination of eight notes
|Same effect as in ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''.
|-
|[[Sonata of Awakening]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|A}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|L}}
|Primarily used by [[Deku Link]], this song has the ability to awaken others in deep slumber. It also allows Link to enter the [[Woodfall Temple]].
|-
|[[Goron Lullaby]]
|style="white-space:nowrap"|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|A}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|L}}
|Primarily used by [[Goron Link]], this song causes its listeners to fall asleep. It also allows Link to enter the [[Snowhead Temple]].
|-
|[[New Wave Bossa Nova]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}}
|Restores [[Lulu]]'s singing voice and also summons the [[Great Turtle]], who takes Link to the [[Great Bay Temple]].
|-
|[[Elegy of Emptiness]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-left}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-up}} {{button|N64|C-left}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|X}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|A}} {{button|3DS|X}}
|Creates a statue of Link based on his current transformation.
|-
|[[Oath to Order]]
|'''N64:''' {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|A}} {{button|N64|C-down}} {{button|N64|C-right}} {{button|N64|C-up}}<br>'''3DS:''' {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|L}} {{button|3DS|R}} {{button|3DS|Y}} {{button|3DS|A}}
|Must be played during the [[Carnival of Time]] atop the [[Clock Tower]], which summons the [[Four Giant]]s who stop the [[Moon]] from crashing into [[Clock Town]].
|}
|}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
Ocarina of Time OoT artwork.jpg|''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' (Nintendo Player's Guide)
Ocarina of Time OoT3D artwork.jpg|''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D''
Link playing Ocarina of Time OoT artwork.png|Link playing the Ocarina of Time from ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''
Nintendo LINE Zelda Lullaby Illustration.jpg|Illustration of [[mariowiki:Kinopio-kun|Kinopio-kun]] demonstrating the [[Zelda's Lullaby]], from Nintendo Japan's LINE account
Nintendo LINE Saria Song Illustration.jpg|Illustration of Kinopio-kun demonstrating the [[Saria's Song]], from Nintendo Japan's LINE account
Nintendo LINE Epona Song Illustration.jpg|Illustration of Kinopio-kun demonstrating the [[Epona's Song]], from Nintendo Japan's LINE account
Nintendo LINE Sun Song Illustration.jpg|Illustration of Kinopio-kun demonstrating the [[Sun's Song]], from Nintendo Japan's LINE account
ZnDC2018 Artwork 1.png|''[[Zelda no Densetsu Concert 2018]]''
ZnDC2018 Artwork 2.png|''Zelda no Densetsu Concert 2018''
</gallery>
===Sprites===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Ocarina of Time OoT artwork.jpg|''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' artwork
Ocarina of Time OoT icon.png|Inventory icon from the original [[Nintendo 64]] games
Ocarina of Time OoT icon.png|Inventory icon from the original [[Nintendo 64]] games
Ocarina of Time OoT3D icon.png|Inventory icon from the [[Nintendo 3DS]] remakes
</gallery>
</gallery>


{{Stub}}
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=<span class="explain" title="とき">時</span>のオカリナ
|JapR=Toki no Okarina
|JapM=Ocarina of Time
|ChiS=时光之笛
|ChiSR=Shíguāng zhī Dí
|ChiSM=Ocarina of Time
|ChiT=時之笛
|ChiTR=Shí zhī Dí
|ChiTM=Ocarina of Time
}}
 
==References==
<references/>
{{OOT}}
{{SSBM}}
[[Category:Instruments]]
[[Category:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time items]]
[[Category:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time items]]
[[Category:The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask items]]
[[Category:The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask items]]
[[Category:Hyrule Warriors Item Cards]]

Latest revision as of 10:08, April 29, 2023

Ocarina of Time
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Artwork for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
First appearance The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
Latest appearance Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition (2018)
Location(s) Hyrule Field (Ocarina of Time)
Clock Town (Majora's Mask)
Related items
Fairy Ocarina
Ocarina
This article is about the item. For the game bearing the item's title, see The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

The Ocarina of Time is a dark blue ocarina that appears in both The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. It is a sacred instrument with magical powers, which has been passed down for generations within the Royal Family of Hyrule. Link can perform various songs on the instrument, which provides unique effects such as transporting between areas, traveling through time, or shifting between day or night.

Being the main item of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the Ocarina of Time is featured in the game's title. The Ocarina of Time is responsible for causing a resurgence of interest in real world ocarinas, increasing its sales dramatically. However, the interest was mostly focused on the ceramic models (from which the Ocarina of Time is based on) rather than other styles.[1]

Usage[edit]

The Ocarina of Time functions identically between The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

From the Inventory, the Ocarina of Time can be assigned to either Camera left Button, Camera right Button, or Camera down Button. Whenever the player presses the assigned button, the camera zooms into Link, who then takes out the Ocarina of Time. From a pentatonic scale, the player can press any of the C-buttons and the A button, each of which correspond to the note of an actual ocarina. When the player presses a button, Link plays the note of that button, and an icon corresponding to the button appears on the chart, with its placement corresponding to its notation. Each song requires the player to enter a specific combination of buttons. The player can press B to exit from the menu. The buttons were reassigned in the Nintendo 3DS remakes.

In The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, when Link is under a different transformation, the Ocarina of Time also changes into a different instrument to suit the transformation. As a Deku Scrub, the instrument transforms into the Deku Pipes, as a Goron it turns into the Goron Drums, and as a Zora, it turns into the Zora Guitar.

Main buttons
Button (N64) Button (3DS) Corresponding note
Camera up Button A Button D
Camera down Button R Button F (low)
Camera left Button X Button B
Camera right Button Y Button A
A Button L Button D (low)

There are a few optional features with the Ocarina of Time that can help produce a full scale. These were likely implemented to replicate the entire functionality of a real world ocarina. The Z and R buttons respectively change the pitch of a note between sharp and flat. Moving the Control Stick up or down respectively raises or lowers the tone of a note. Moving the Control stick left or right adds vibrato. In the Nintendo 3DS remakes, the buttons for adjusting the pitch and tone can be done from either the Circle Pad or the D-Pad.

History[edit]

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The Legend of Zelda series[edit]

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time[edit]

Link obtains the Ocarina of Time in the moat.

In its debut appearance, the Ocarina of Time is first mentioned by Princess Zelda to Link when they first meet in the Castle Courtyard. She trusts Link and tells him a story about the Sacred Realm and the Door of Time, which requires the three Spiritual Stones and the Royal Family's sacred instrument, the Ocarina of Time, to open. Zelda further explains that Ganondorf is trying to steal the Triforce from the Sacred Realm and that she is using all her power to prevent Ganondorf from obtaining the Ocarina of Time.

Later, after Link obtains the other two Spiritual Stones, he returns outside of Hyrule Castle, where he witnesses Zelda and Impa fleeing from Ganondorf. Zelda notices Link and throws the Ocarina of Time to him. However, Link did not catch the Ocarina, which fell into a moat beneath the drawbridge. After his first encounter with Ganondorf, Link must jump into the moat, swim above the Ocarina of Time, and then dive below to obtain it. The Ocarina of Time replaces the Fairy Ocarina for the rest of the game despite being functionally identical. Just after obtaining it, Link receives a telepathic message from Princess Zelda, who teaches him the Song of Time.

With the Ocarina of Time and newly-learned song, Link returns into the Temple of Time and opens the Door of Time. However, by doing this, Link discovers that Ganondorf snuck behind him into the Secret Realm, where he stole the Triforce of Power. Seven years later, Link awakens as an adult, where he uses the Ocarina of Time more frequently, mostly to solve some puzzles. In the Temple of Time, Link meets Sheik, who teaches the Prelude of Light to him, enabling him to warp back to the location. Throughout Link's adventure, Sheik teached various melodies to him, each enabling Link to warp close to a nearby temple that he has already visited.

In the ending, when Princess Zelda and Link are in the sky, she asks for him to return the Ocarina of Time. Being a Sage, Zelda uses her power to send Link to his original timeline, by playing Zelda's Lullaby.

Hyrule Warriors[edit]

In Hyrule Warriors, the Ocarina of Time represents the icons of the Song of Time and Inverted Song of Time Item Cards in the Termina Map of Adventure Mode, available via the Majora's Mask Pack.

Songs[edit]

Link playing the Song of Time inside the Temple of Time from his Ocarina in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

In both The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Link can learn and perform 13 songs on the Ocarina of Time. Only a few of the songs appear in both games.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time[edit]

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (3D)
Name Button combination Description
Zelda's Lullaby N64: Camera left Button Camera up Button Camera right Button Camera left Button Camera up Button Camera right Button
3DS: X Button A Button Y Button X Button A Button Y Button 		A song that Link can use as evidence of being connected to the Royal Family, therefore allowing him to enter certain locations.
In some instances it also reveals a few hidden passages.
Saria's Song N64: Camera down Button Camera right Button Camera left Button Camera down Button Camera right Button Camera left Button
3DS: R Button Y Button X Button R Button Y Button X Button 		Allows Link to communicate to Saria from afar.
Epona's Song N64: Camera up Button Camera left Button Camera right Button Camera up Button Camera left Button Camera right Button
3DS: A Button X Button Y Button A Button X Button Y Button 		Allows Link to summon Epona in Hyrule Field.
Song of Storms N64: A Button Camera down Button Camera up Button A Button Camera down Button Camera up Button
3DS: L Button R Button A Button L Button R Button A Button 		Causes it to start raining; if Link plays it again, the rain stops.
Sun's Song N64: Camera right Button Camera down Button Camera up Button Camera right Button Camera down Button Camera up Button
3DS: Y Button R Button A Button Y Button R Button A Button 		Changes daytime to nighttime and vice versa.
Scarecrow Song N64/3DS:
Any combination of eight notes. 		An optional song that summons the scarecrow Pierre.
Song of Time N64: Camera right Button A Button Camera down Button Camera right Button A Button Camera down Button
3DS: Y Button L Button R Button Y Button L Button R Button 		A song that is required to open the Door of Time and to remove blocks bearing the door's symbol.
Prelude of Light N64: Camera up Button Camera right Button Camera up Button Camera right Button Camera left Button Camera up Button
3DS: A Button Y Button A Button Y Button X Button A Button 		Warps Link inside of the Temple of Time.
Minuet of Forest N64: A Button Camera up Button Camera left Button Camera right Button Camera left Button Camera right Button
3DS: L Button A Button X Button Y Button X Button Y Button 		Warps Link to the Sacred Forest Meadow, which is just outside the Forest Temple.
Bolero of Fire N64: Camera down Button A Button Camera down Button A Button Camera right Button Camera down Button Camera right Button Camera down Button
3DS: R Button L Button R Button L Button Y Button R Button Y Button R Button 		Warps Link to Death Mountain Crater, which is just outside the Fire Temple.
Serenade of Water N64: A Button Camera down Button Camera right Button Camera right Button Camera left Button
3DS: L Button R Button Y Button Y Button X Button 		Warps Link to Lake Hylia, which is just outside the Water Temple.
Requiem of Spirit N64: A Button Camera down Button A Button Camera right Button Camera down Button A Button
3DS: L Button R Button L Button Y Button R Button L Button 		Warps Link to Desert Colossus, which is just outside the Spirit Temple.
Nocturne of Shadow N64: Camera left Button Camera right Button Camera right Button A Button Camera left Button Camera right Button Camera down Button
3DS: X Button Y Button Y Button L Button X Button Y Button R Button 		Warps Link to Graveyard, which is just outside the Shadow Temple.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask[edit]

In The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, some of the songs have a different effect while Link is under a specific transformation. For example, in most instances, the Sonata of Awakening can only be played by Deku Link.

Link playing the Inverted Song of Time from his ocarina in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
Name Button combintation Description
Song of Time N64: Camera right Button A Button Camera down Button Camera right Button A Button Camera down Button
3DS: Y Button L Button R Button Y Button L Button R Button 		Returns Link back to the First Day. In the original Nintendo 64 version, this also saves his game.
Inverted Song of Time N64: Camera down Button A Button Camera right Button Camera down Button A Button Camera right Button
3DS: R Button L Button Y Button R Button L Button Y Button 		This song slows down the time.
Song of Double Time N64: Camera right Button Camera right Button A Button A Button Camera down Button Camera down Button
3DS: Y Button Y Button L Button L Button R Button R Button 		Skips to nighttime if Link plays during the daytime and vice versa.
Song of Healing N64: Camera left Button Camera right Button Camera down Button Camera left Button Camera right Button Camera down Button
3DS: X Button Y Button R Button X Button Y Button R Button 		Heals tormented souls and traps them into a mask.
Song of Storms N64: A Button Camera down Button Camera up Button A Button Camera down Button Camera up Button
3DS: L Button R Button A Button L Button R Button A Button 		Same effect as in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Epona's Song N64: Camera up Button Camera left Button Camera right Button Camera up Button Camera left Button Camera right Button
3DS: A Button X Button Y Button A Button X Button Y Button 		Allows Link to summon Epona from the Termina Field and other related areas.
Song of Soaring N64: Camera down Button Camera left Button Camera up Button Camera down Button Camera left Button Camera up Button
3DS: R Button X Button A Button R Button X Button A Button 		Allows Link to between owl statues that he has already activated.
Scarecrow's Song N64/3DS:
Any combination of eight notes 		Same effect as in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Sonata of Awakening N64: Camera up Button Camera left Button Camera up Button Camera left Button A Button Camera right Button A Button
3DS: A Button X Button A Button X Button L Button Y Button L Button 		Primarily used by Deku Link, this song has the ability to awaken others in deep slumber. It also allows Link to enter the Woodfall Temple.
Goron Lullaby N64: A Button Camera right Button Camera left Button A Button Camera right Button Camera left Button Camera right Button A Button
3DS: L Button Y Button X Button L Button Y Button X Button Y Button L Button 		Primarily used by Goron Link, this song causes its listeners to fall asleep. It also allows Link to enter the Snowhead Temple.
New Wave Bossa Nova N64: Camera left Button Camera up Button Camera left Button Camera right Button Camera down Button Camera left Button Camera right Button
3DS: X Button A Button X Button Y Button R Button X Button Y Button 		Restores Lulu's singing voice and also summons the Great Turtle, who takes Link to the Great Bay Temple.
Elegy of Emptiness N64: Camera right Button Camera left Button Camera right Button Camera down Button Camera right Button Camera up Button Camera left Button
3DS: Y Button X Button Y Button R Button Y Button A Button X Button 		Creates a statue of Link based on his current transformation.
Oath to Order N64: Camera right Button Camera down Button A Button Camera down Button Camera right Button Camera up Button
3DS: Y Button R Button L Button R Button Y Button A Button 		Must be played during the Carnival of Time atop the Clock Tower, which summons the Four Giants who stop the Moon from crashing into Clock Town.

Gallery[edit]

Artwork[edit]

  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo Player's Guide)

  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

  • Link playing the Ocarina of Time from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

  • Illustration of Kinopio-kun demonstrating the Zelda's Lullaby, from Nintendo Japan's LINE account

  • Illustration of Kinopio-kun demonstrating the Saria's Song, from Nintendo Japan's LINE account

  • Illustration of Kinopio-kun demonstrating the Epona's Song, from Nintendo Japan's LINE account

  • Illustration of Kinopio-kun demonstrating the Sun's Song, from Nintendo Japan's LINE account

  • Zelda no Densetsu Concert 2018

Sprites[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 時のオカリナ
Toki no Okarina		 Ocarina of Time
Chinese (Simplified) 时光之笛
Shíguāng zhī Dí		 Ocarina of Time
Chinese (Traditional) 時之笛
Shí zhī Dí		 Ocarina of Time

References[edit]

  1. ^ Compressed Data; Can You Play 'Feelings' On the Ocarina? - NY Times
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (3D)
Characters
Protagonists Link • Navi • Princess Zelda • Sheik
Supporting Epona • Great Deku Tree • Great Fairy • Kaepora Gaebora • Malon • Pierre • Talon
Races Gerudo • Goron • Hylian • Kokiri • Sheikah • Zora
Six Sages Darunia • Impa • Nabooru • Princess Ruto • Rauru • Saria
Other Bazaar Owner • Bean Seller • Biggoron • Bombchu Shop Owner • Bombchu Bowling Alley Operator • Bonooru • Buyer • Carpenters • Carpet Merchant • Composer Brothers (Sharp and Flat) • Cucco Lady • Cursed Rich Man • Dampé • Dancing Couple • Death Mountain Trail Gatekeeper • Deku Tree Sprout • Fabulous Five Froggish Tenors • Fado • Fishing Hole Man • Granny • Graveyard Boy • Happy Mask Salesman • Hot Rodder Goron • Ingo • King Zora • Know-It-All Brothers • Lake Scientist • Link (Goron) • Lord Jabu-Jabu • Mamamu Yan • Master Craftsman's Son • Medicine Shop Owner • Medigoron • Mido • Phonograph Man • Poe Collector • Professor Shikashi • Running Man • Shooting Gallery Owner • Skull Kid • Soldiers • Treasure Chest Shop Owner • Twin Jugglers
Species Bug • Butterfly • Cow • Cucco • Fairy • Fish (Hyrule Bass, Hyrule Loach) • Horse (Gerudo Stallion)
Bosses Gohma • King Dodongo • Barinade • Phantom Ganon • Volvagia • Morpha • Twinrova (Koume and Kotake) • Bongo Bongo • Ganondorf • Ganon
Minibosses Bigocto • Dark Link • Dead Hand • Flare Dancer • Gerudo Thief • Iron Knuckle • Lizalfos • Meg • Stalfos • Wolfos
Enemies Anubis • Armos • Baby Dodongo • Bari • Beamos • Big Deku Baba • Big Poe • Big Skulltula • Biri • Bubble • Business Scrub • Dead Hand's Hands • Deku Baba • Deku Scrub • Dinolfos • Dodongo • Fire Keese • Floormaster • Freezzard • Gerudo guard • Gibdo • Gohma Egg • Gohma Larva • Gold Skulltula • Great Moblin • Guay • Ice Keese • Iron Knuckle • Keese • Leever • Like Like • Lizalfos • Mad Scrub • Moblin • Octorok • Parasitic Tentacle • Peahat Larva • Peahat • Poe • Poe of the graveyard • Poe sisters (Amy, Beth, Joelle) • ReDead • Shabom • Shell Blade • Skull Kid • Skulltula • Skullwalltula • Spike • Stalchild • Stalfos • Stinger • Tailpasaran • Tektite • Torch Slug • Wallmaster • Wolfos
Traps and obstacles Boulder • Brob • Door Mimic • Fire barrier • Fire Eye • Floor Spikes • Flying Pot • Flying Tile • Razor Trap • Rolling Pin • Scythe
Items Adult Wallet • Blue Fire • Blue Potion • Bomb Bag • Boss Key • Bug • Compass • Deku Seed Bullet Bag • Dungeon Map • Empty Bottle • Fairy • Fairy Ocarina • Fish • Gerudo Token • Giant's Wallet • Gold Skulltula Token • Golden Gauntlets • Golden Scale • Goron's Bracelet • Goron Tunic • Green Potion • Heart • Heart Container • Hover Boots • Iron Boots • Kokiri Boots • Kokiri Tunic • Letter in a Bottle • Magic Bean • Magic Jar • Masks (Gerudo Mask • Goron Mask • Keaton Mask • Mask of Truth • Skull Mask • Spooky Mask • Zora Mask) • Medallions • Milk • Ocarina of Time • Piece of Heart • Poe Soul • Quiver • Red Potion • Rupee • Silver Gauntlets • Silver Scale • Stone of Agony* / Shard of Agony** • Small Key • Spiritual Stones (Kokiri's Emerald, Goron's Ruby, Zora's Sapphire) • Trading items • Wallet • Weird Egg (hatches to Cucco) • Zora Tunic
Weapons Biggoron's Sword • Bomb • Bombchu • Boomerang • Deku Nut • Deku Seed • Deku Shield • Deku Stick • Din's Fire • Fairy Bow • Farore's Wind • Fairy Slingshot • Fire Arrow • Giant's Knife • Hookshot • Hylian Shield • Ice Arrow • Kokiri Sword • Lens of Truth • Light Arrow • Longshot • Master Sword • Megaton Hammer • Mirror Shield • Nayru's Love
Locations
Main Death Mountain • Ganon's Castle • Gerudo Valley • Hyrule Castle • Hyrule Castle Town • Hyrule Field • Kakariko Village • Kokiri Forest • Lake Hylia • Lon Lon Ranch • Lost Woods • Temple of Time • Zora's Domain
Dungeons Inside the Deku Tree • Dodongo's Cavern • Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly • Forest Temple • Fire Temple • Water Temple • Spirit Temple • Shadow Temple • Inside Ganon's Castle • Ganon's Tower
Mini-dungeons Castle Courtyard • Royal Family's Tomb • Dampé's Grave • Bottom of the Well • Ice Cavern • Thieves' Hideout • Gerudo Training Ground
Shops and games Bazaar • Bombchu Bowling Alley • Bombchu Shop • Fishing Hole • Ghost Shop • Goron Shop • Granny's Potion Shop • Happy Mask Shop • High-Dive Practice Spot • Horseback Archery Range • Kokiri Shop • Medicine Shop • Shooting Gallery • Treasure Chest Shop • Zora Shop
Other Back Alley • Chamber of Sages • Death Mountain Crater • Death Mountain Trail • Desert Colossus • Evil Realm • Forest Stage • Forest Training Center • Gerudo's Fortress • Goron City • Graveyard • Guard House • Haunted Wasteland • House of Skulltula • Kakariko Windmill • King Zora's Throne Room • Lakeside Laboratory • Link's House • Market • Sacred Forest Meadow • Sacred Realm • Sleepless Waterfall • Temple of Light • Zora's Fountain • Zora's River
Songs Zelda's Lullaby • Sun's Song • Saria's Song • Epona's Song • Song of Time • Song of Storms • Scarecrow's Song • Prelude of Light • Minuet of Forest • Bolero of Fire • Serenade of Water • Requiem of Spirit • Nocturne of Shadow
Other GameCube version • Master Quest • Gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Soundtrack (3DS)
* Exclusive to N64 version   ** Exclusive to 3DS version
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Playable characters and moves
Link Bow • Boomerang • Spin Attack • Bomb
Zelda Nayru's Love • Din's Fire • Farore's Wind • Transform
Sheik Needle Storm • Chain • Vanish • Transform
Ganondorf Warlock Punch • Gerudo Dragon • Dark Dive • Wizard's Foot
Young Link Fire Bow • Boomerang • Spin Attack • Bomb
Non-playable characters Dark Link • Four Giants • Like Like • Moon • Octorok • ReDead • Tingle • Turtle
Stages Great Bay • Majora's Mask (Trophy Tussle 3) • Temple • Underground Maze
General items Bunny Hood • Heart Container
Miscellaneous items Deku Shield • Hookshot • Hylian Shield • Kokiri Sword • Lon Lon Milk • Master Sword • Triforce
Trophies Goron • Marin • Majora's Mask • Ocarina of Time
Other Gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Staff
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