Ice Cavern

The Ice Cavern is a mini-dungeon from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This cavern is located in Zora's Fountain. The dungeon acts as a prerequisite to the Water Temple.

Story
Link finds Zora's Domain frozen and the Zoras encased in thick ice, with King Zora encased in mysterious Red Ice. Link finds Lord Jabu-Jabu missing from the fountain and an opening across the water, with a path of ice blocks leading the way.

Inside, Link finds Blue Fire, an unnatural substance, indigenous to the cavern (it can also be bought at the Medicine Shop). Blue Fire melts Red Ice, so Link must use bottles to carry the fire and melt Red Ice throughout the cavern. He can also free the frozen King Zora and open the way to the Zora Shop with it.

Link finds the Iron Boots in the Cavern after defeating a White Wolfos. Sheik appears in the cavern and tells him about what happened to the Zora. After Ganondorf used the power of the Triforce of Power to wreak havoc on Hyrule, he conjured up the being Morpha, effectively cursing Zora's Domain. Almost all the Zora were sealed under the ice, but Sheik managed to rescue Princess Ruto from beneath the ice. Ruto afterwards headed to the Water Temple underneath Lake Hylia. Sheik teaches Link the "Serenade of Water" inside the cavern, the warping song of the Water Temple.

Dungeon
The Ice Cavern only has one floor. There are a few rooms that are connected by hallways, which are blocked by Red Ice walls. In most of the rooms is a Blue Fire. The main puzzles in this dungeon are the collection of Silver Rupees, which open barred doors. Sliding blocks are introduced in the North-center room and return in the "Water" section of Ganon's Tower. In the North-west corner room, the White Wolfos is fought and Link can go to a tutorial of what can be done while wearing the Iron Boots. The Southernmost room is optional, but it contains a Gold Skulltula, a Piece of Heart, and the Compass.

Items

 * Iron Boots

Enemies

 * Blade Trap
 * Freezard
 * Gold Skulltula
 * Ice Keese
 * Keese

Mini-boss

 * White Wolfos

Trivia

 * Collecting the 5 Silver Rupees is a reference to collecting the 5 Silver Stars in Super Mario 64/ Super Mario 64 DS.