

The Hover Boots, the temple's treasure item, are known by all to be used to cross large gaps otherwise uncrossable. A little used strategy in the Shadow Temple is when Link comes across the active fans in a corridor, the Iron Boots can be used to resist their push.

Without being able to do either, the Shadow Temple cannot be finished. These are the two keys to finishing the Shadow Temple: being able to see through illusion and the adjusting of one's weight, from lighter than air to being heavy enough to walk on the ocean floor. There is also a Bomb Flower puzzle similar to those seen in Dodongo's Cavern. Link's goal is to go to the bottom of the temple, where Bongo Bongo is found because of the temple's mostly linear structure, its difficulty is based on the numerous enemies, silver Rupee collections, invisible obstacles and traps within. Many concealed Skulltulas hang in rooms and corridors within the temple's walls. It is also filled to the brim with invisible walls and passageways only visible using the Lens of Truth. The temple is filled with undead creatures, deadly twisted traps, and mind-bending puzzles everywhere all designed to trap anyone who enters the crypt. It has four descending floors, following a similar trait to the Bottom of the Well, and it looks like an enlarged catacomb. In comparison to other temples, the Shadow Temple guides Link through a straight route, except in some parts where the young hero has to deviate in order to find keys or an item. Consequently, some of the walls and floors are stained with blood, and torture equipment is located in several rooms. Because of the dark stain on Hyrule's history that it represents, it is taboo for the Royal Family to speak of the Shadow Temple. The Shadow Temple was historically a place used by the Sheikah to interrogate and torture enemies of the Royal Family of Hyrule.

Said song is taught to Link by Sheik after Bongo Bongo is freed from its imprisonment in Kakariko Village. The entrance is found in the back of the Kakariko Village Graveyard in a little alcove only accessible using the Nocturne of Shadow.
