Dodongo's Cavern

Dodongo's Cavern (ドドンゴの洞窟, Dodongo no Dōkutsu) is home to Dodongos and other lizard-like beasts.

Location
Dodongo's Cavern is found a short way up Death Mountain. At first it is found blocked by a boulder. In The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, it appears the cave was mined out and destroyed.

Story
Dodongo's Cavern is the primary source of food - minerals and rocks - for the Goron race. Ganondorf sealed the entrance with a boulder in an attempt to weaken the Gorons and overpower them to gain control of the Spiritual Stone of Fire, the Goron's Ruby. The Gorons were deprived of their food, and their leader, Darunia, went into solitude, guarding the Spiritual Stone. Link travelled to Goron City and brought Darunia out of his stupor by playing Saria's Song for him, which he reacted to greatly. He entrusted Link with the Goron Bracelet, allowing him to lift bomb flowers and throw them. Link destroyed the boulder blocking the cavern, and journeyed into the darkness, destroying the creatures in Dodongo's Cavern all the way up to King Dodongo. Upon his return, Darunia proclaimed Link his sworn brother and presented to him the Spiritual Stone of Fire, the Goron's Ruby.

Dungeon
Upon entering, Link has to destroy a stone wall with bomb flowers. After this, he is treated to a view which encompasses a central stone platform, surrounded by 3 vertically-moving platforms on 3 sides, and a gigantic skull of what is presumably a Dodongo. After exploring for awhile, Link comes across 2 Lizalfos, which serve as the dungeon's miniboss. Exploring some more yields the map and compass. There are a few bomb flower puzzles in this area. Link gets to a point where he goes to the second floor of the dungeon, and through this way he finds the bomb bag with several bombs inside. He throws bombs into the eyes of the Dodongo's Skull, and it opens it's mouth to reveal a door. Link goes through to discover a final area, involving a few puzzles, and then through to fight the boss, King Dodongo.

Items
Map, Compass, Bomb Bag, Deku Shield (from a deku scrub.

Boss
King Dodongo: Gigantic version of the earlier enemy, King Dodongo can be attacked only when stunned. The way to do this is by throwing a bomb into his mouth when he inhales to expel fire. Then Link may attack with his sword. King Dodongo falls under Link's blade after 4 swings worth of damage, or 3 of Link's more powerful Jump Attacks. It is probable that King Dodongo is an offspring of the Dodongo's whose skull makes up part of the Temple.