# Gerudo Fortress guide and walkthrough for the Ocarina of Time Remake

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/gerudo-fortress-guide-and-walkthrough-for-the-ocarina-of-time-remake/
- Published: 2026-11-13T16:25:53+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T17:48:29+00:00
- Original publisher: GamesRadar+
- Original article: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/the-legend-of-zelda/zelda-ocarina-of-time-gerudo-fortress/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Rescue four carpenters to clear Gerudo Fortress.
- Avoid guards and defeat a Gerudo Thief at each cell.
- The Hookshot helps you escape if caught.

## Summary

The Gerudo Fortress section in *The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time* requires Link to sneak past guards and free four imprisoned carpenters. Completing it opens the way to the next part of the desert, where the Lenses of Truth are needed.

The carpenters can be rescued in any order, but each cell requires defeating a Gerudo Thief to obtain its key. Guards can send Link back to a northern cell if they spot him, and losing a thief fight has the same result. To escape, use the Hookshot on the ceiling mesh to reach an overlooking ledge, then drop down near one of two fortress entrances.

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