Jabu Jabu's Belly: Walkthrough (Switch 2)
Follow the Switch 2 route through Jabu Jabu's Belly: Open the first door. Illustrated steps explain the actions, requirements and next objectives.
How do I complete this area?
Shoot the ceiling switch with the Slingshot. Reflect the Octorok’s shots with your shield, then follow the passage to Ruto.
Walkthrough · 1 / 12
Open the first door
Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
- Shoot the ceiling switch with the Slingshot. Reflect the Octorok’s shots with your shield, then follow the passage to Ruto.
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Carry Ruto through the rear door
Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
- Drop through the same hole as Ruto. Finish her conversation until you can lift her, then carry her through the nearby rear door. If separated, her position is shown on the map.
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Raise the water
Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
- From the raised mound, throw Ruto onto the opposite ledge. Step on the floor switch to raise the water and swim across. The eastern chest holds the dungeon map; pick Ruto up again before leaving.
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Return to the upper corridor
Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
- Shoot the next ceiling switch and carry Ruto onward. Put her down to reflect the Octorok’s shot. Shoot the lift’s ceiling switch, ride up together and cross the hole room toward its far door.
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Get the Boomerang
Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
- At the left branch, stand on the switch while carrying Ruto: Link alone is too light. Enter and defeat every flying Stinger with targeted Slingshot shots to reveal the Boomerang chest.
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Remove the red and blue tentacles
Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
- Return to the branching corridor. Leave Ruto on the switch by the right room and defeat its red tentacle with the Boomerang. Then enter the upper-left room and defeat the blue tentacle to clear the forward passage.
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Compass, then green tentacle
Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
- Take the newly opened passage and clear all bubbles in the right room to get the Compass. Enter the north-central room next and kill the green tentacle with the Boomerang.
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Drop to Big Octo
Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
- Carry Ruto back south and drop into the hole formerly blocked by the green tentacle. Continue to Big Octo: stun it from the front with the Boomerang, circle the central pillar and slash its exposed back.
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Walkthrough · 9 / 12
Ride up and freeze the platforms
Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
- After the fight, ride the central platform upward and take the southern passage. Hit the moving platforms to stop them briefly, then cross before they resume moving.
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Walkthrough · 10 / 12
Weight the switch and open the boss door
Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
- Throw and carry the stone block from the south onto the floor switch. In the next room, clear the jellyfish, climb the eastern vines and lock onto the ceiling switch with the Boomerang. Exit north.
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Defeat Barinade
Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
- Sever all ceiling tendrils with the Boomerang. Attack jellyfish only when their electricity stops; when the central body pauses, stun it and remove the remaining jellyfish. Finally stun its exposed airborne core and follow with sword attacks.
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Collect the heart and Sapphire
Jabu-Jabu’s Belly
- Pick up the Heart Container before entering the blue warp. Choose to return with Ruto; the fountain scene awards the Zora’s Sapphire. Collectibles left inside are separate from finishing this chapter.
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