Woodfall Shortcut

The Woodfall Shortcut is a location from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. As its name implies, the Woodfall Shortcut is a quick route to Woodfall. Located just outside the Deku Palace, the shortcut is only accessible to Deku Scrubs due to the necessity of utilizing Deku Flowers during the trip.

When Link dons the Deku Mask, he can use the Deku Flower in the Deku Palace entry area to lift himself upward and into the shortcut. After traveling through a tunnel, Link emerges in the Southern Swamp, where he must use more Deku Flowers to fly to the cliffs just outside Woodfall. When Link arrives at these cliffs, he meets Kaepora Gaebora and finds a stone tablet with the "Song of Soaring" inscribed on it. The owl teaches Link about the Owl Statues scattered throughout Termina and flies away. With a new song learned, Link can complete the Woodfall Shortcut and enter Woodfall to gain access to Woodfall Temple and ultimately rescue the Deku Princess.