How to get the Hookshot in Ocarina of Time

Adult Link gets the Hookshot in Kakariko Village after opening the Door of Time. The tool is needed to reach the Forest Temple and solve other required puzzles, though the game’s clues to its location can be easy to miss.

Go to the graveyard and pull back Dampé’s gravestone near the soft soil patch to enter a cavern. Speak with his spirit and win a race through twisting tunnels to earn the Hookshot; keep moving fast and follow his purple fire markers. The cave exit leads to the windmill, where Link can also collect a Piece of Heart and learn the Song of Storms.