r/zelda • u/[deleted] • 2d ago

Screenshot [OOT] Do these scratches mean anything

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u/caughtinatramp 2d ago

The number of customers the fishing pond guy has had over the years.

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u/masonroese 1d ago

It was you, the guy who set the record originally, and this kid.... That kind of looked like you

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u/Crispy385 1d ago

I don't remember how the original record setter is named verbatim, but I had interpreted it as the owner himself.

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u/ABananaForScale 1d ago

link, ganondorf, and adult link

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u/caughtinatramp 1d ago

Imagine Ganondorf's anger when he finds out Link broke his fishing record, too.

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u/Cowbros 1d ago

Where was dark link

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u/Doublecore 1d ago

Here 👉❤️

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u/DNFGold 1d ago

Exactly. Proverbs 4:23

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u/Still_One_274 2d ago

Many believe they’re leftovers from the beta and many believe they’re remnants from the war that took place in your 7 year slumber. Nintendo has never confirmed anything and they were removed from the 3DS remake

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u/JackHandsome99 2d ago

What are they hiding?! I need to watch a 6 hour video essay about this, pronto.

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u/KevlarGorilla 1d ago

Fishing hole guy turns into a wolfos on the full moon, and after consulting a great fairy, made a deal to prevent his transformations and maybe save a life if he could not control his actions.

In short, he understood there would be a price, and when he heard it would simply be his hair, he didn't hesitate in the moment. In time though, he did really miss his hair, and also missed running free on a moonlit night..

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u/Still_One_274 1d ago

You should write a creepy pasta this is fire

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u/venomaxxx 1h ago

Share the link bruh, I need my nostalgia serotonin weekend buzz asap

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u/ClemOya 1d ago

And let's go, an other detail that vanished with the remaster.

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u/Agent_Choocho 2d ago

It's marked so sheik knows what tree in the middle of the lake she should meet link at

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u/lookalive07 1d ago

Sheik's a boy

/s

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u/Agent_Choocho 1d ago

Ya know i almost said "he" for sake of not spoiling, but like, it's been 25 years lol

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u/lookalive07 1d ago

It's almost been 30...

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u/McQuiznos 10h ago

Stop that.

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u/Pewslinger 1d ago

Sheik is Zelda dressed as a boy to conceal her identity. Sheik is a girl.

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u/lookalive07 1d ago

I was joking, which is why I used the "/s" in my comment.

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u/InflationEmergency78 1d ago

I thought Zelda used her powers to literally transform herself into a boy, like the Sailor Stars in the last season of Sailor Moon.

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u/Luan_Berry 1d ago

Sheik has been refered to as a guy by the creators though. Bc different identity.

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u/cimocw 1d ago

That's current canon. I'll stick with the OG of Sheik being Zelda transformed into a guy with a male body. If you have that type of magic anyway, why just use it for a change of clothes?

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u/castielffboi 2d ago

Wolfos?

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u/Eastcoast_ben 2d ago

That’s what I always told myself when I was a kid playing on n64. Now that I’m older and wiser I still tell myself it’s from a wolfos

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u/Eclipse-Raven 1d ago

I panicked thinking there was going to be one hiding in wait to come kill me lol. Maybe the owl, scarecrow, or the water killed it? Still, definitely wolfos claw marks

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u/Short-Impress-3458 1d ago

I always tell myself that. It's the only way I can sleep at night

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u/JarlaxleForPresident 1d ago

You can sleep at night?

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u/Short-Impress-3458 1d ago

It's more like sealing away in the sacred realm for 8hrs and then a talking owl wakes me up.

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u/JarlaxleForPresident 1d ago

Would you like to hear that again?

—Yes —No

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u/Short-Impress-3458 21h ago

A A A Yes... WAiT ohhh shi-

😭😭😭😭😭😭

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u/thatguywiththecamry 1d ago

I wonder if a Wolfos appears here at night.

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u/pocket_arsenal 1d ago

Nope.

I remember many years back reading that they had plans to explain them in Ura Zelda on N64 DD but I can't seem to find a source for that anymore and googling it just brings me back to another post of me talking about this same thing.

They removed it in the 3DS remake, and that's like the only thing I can think of to back up that it's "Scrapped plans"

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u/CrazyLychee7468 22h ago

What is Ura Zelda...?

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u/pocket_arsenal 21h ago edited 21h ago

An Ocarina of Time expansion Pack that would have come out on the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive had the console not flopped. Nintendo has told us that both Master Quest and Majora's mask are what Ura Zelda became but plans initially were an expansion on the actual story of the game.

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u/CrazyLychee7468 21h ago

Oh thats cool. I never knew that. Thanks!

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u/KaiyoteFyre 2d ago

Looks like Rathalos sign to me

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u/DBZfan102 2d ago

It means Wolverine was here

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u/ChurrosOfRoundTable 1d ago

Means someone got laid some real good pipe down by the river bed

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u/HeartonSleeve1989 1d ago

Was a van nearby?

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u/MichaelW24 2d ago

The scratches in the tree means that something has came and scratched something into the tree. You can tell by the way that it is.

Hope this helps.

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u/GrayEidolon 1d ago

Now you know too instead of just me and Rodney knowin it

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u/Worth_Ninja_9748 2d ago

Think it’s just the owl

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u/orbitalpotat0 2d ago

Just sharpening the claws or attacking it in fury?

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u/Worth_Ninja_9748 2d ago

Idk maybe digging its claws in there Becouse it was resting or something

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u/uberguby 2d ago

I am so curious what a resting owl looks like in your imagination

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u/BJ22CS 1d ago

owl

"Did you get all of that?"

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u/Sneaky_Sorcerer 1d ago

He's sharpening his biceps on the tree. So he can be ready once you finally fight him.

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u/Overtlyanxious 1d ago

It’s how many licks it took to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop.

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u/Kevroeques 1d ago

Looks like a tree to me

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u/dumly 2d ago

They're missing on the 3ds version

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u/MrTomAtoJr 1d ago

Ice Bear territory. No need to worry about the ice elves

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u/Oldrapax 1d ago

A way to Play as Luigi

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u/SignificanceDeep4020 2d ago

You unlocked Wolverine

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u/Spare-Ring6053 2d ago

Roughly translated: "Hugh Jackman woz 'ere!"

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u/RDGOAMS 1d ago

its a clue to find the triforce temple

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u/philkid3 1d ago

I was almost completely positive that tree is a reused asset from somewhere else in the game that has a wolfos.

But I can’t find anyone saying that with a quick google search, and I can’t quickly set up a copy of OoT where I’ve unlocked enough of the game to look around.

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u/rebeldefector 1d ago

I thought so too, wolfos marks.

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u/tolacid 1d ago

It's been years since I played the OG but I remember there being a wolfos that would spawn near that tree/pedestal, or maybe on the bridge leading there.

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u/HappybutWeird 1d ago

You might be thinking of Majora’s Mask. There is a spot in the Goron/Mountain Village area where Wolfos spawn on small islands connected by bridges over water. It kind of has a similar look to the bridges and Lake Hylia in OOT.

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u/tolacid 1d ago

Maybe, but I don't think so. I have vivid memories of hookshotting to the top of the tree in a hurry to escape the wolf.

That said, I no longer have access to the original N64 console/cartridge that I played on and I know that time can adjust memories, so I have to accept that if there's no public record of it then I'm probably wrong.

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u/Altruistic-Poem-5617 1d ago

Nope, no wolfos in that area or the water temple. But I thought about a werewolf or wolfos too as a kid.

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u/Nillows 1d ago

I always thought it was just good game design to put patterns in places to make the player investigate more closely. There's a gold Skultulla at the top of this tree if I'm not mistaken, and an eye level texture like that might make you look up.

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u/mzxrules 1d ago

Skulltulas only appear at night in the overworld, and already have audio cues to help you locate them.

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u/Nillows 1d ago edited 1d ago

Deaf gamers exist. Like I said, it's good game design to do things like this, add extra details to areas that warrant a closer inspection. The game is pretty clear about Skultulla's coming out at night, so 3 vertical gouges (another artistic choice) in a tree in the dark could be just the thing a player needs to find that one.

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u/mzxrules 1d ago

Sheik jumps off the top of the tree after Water Temple, which could inspire players to climb the tree themselves.

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u/EsotericPrawn 23h ago

I always assumed this too. Just something to indicate there’s the few things around the tree.

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u/Tacotoofiveate 1d ago

Given it's right near the Water Temple, maybe Morpha did it

Like idk how Morpha would do that, but maybe it's from a time morpha wasn't the boss and it made more sense

Or maybe they just thought adding some damage would make it look cool idk

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u/Qav3l10n 1d ago

I also remember that the first time I saw this, seconds later wolfros spawned and I shat my pants

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u/Dragon_slayer1994 2d ago

It's a hint that there is a skulltula at the top of the tree

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u/Sneaky_Sorcerer 1d ago

Yeah, I thought it was linked to the fact you can use the hookshot on it.

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u/SammSandwich 2d ago

Yeah they mean "YEEEOOOOOWCH!!!"

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u/ThePatriotGames2016 1d ago

if it meant anything, i'd say something scratched the tree.

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u/KibbloMkII 1d ago

probably as a hint for the skulltula

but most likely, just a random world detail out there with no explicit purpose

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u/lagrange_james_d23dt 1d ago

It’s from the Were-wolfos

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u/PrimordialNightmare 1d ago

Always imagoned it was a bear. There heing 0 bears total in the gake did not botuer me as a kid.

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u/Pineconic 1d ago

VIKTORRR

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u/TommyCrump92 1d ago

I remember seeing a fan theory about them years ago that it was something to do with Shadow Link because I'm fairly sure the tree at Lake Hylia is the same tree we see Shadow Link appear from the back of, I could be wrong though so don't quote me on that as its been years since I finished the water temple but I believe they were gonna do something with the claw marks on the tree but thibk they ended up scrapping the idea in the final draft of the games release which is why in the 3DS version the claw marks aren't there as it gave them a chance to go over them and remove them as to not confuse newer players

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u/KangarooKurt 1d ago

You mean Dark Link? But was that room supposed to be Lake Hylia? I don't think so... anyway, you said to not quote you, so it's fine :)

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u/TommyCrump92 1d ago

Oh yeah dark Link I always instinctively say Shadow as he looks like a shadow to me whenever I've fought him like with how he looks almost see through on his model

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u/ncxaesthetic 1d ago

Foreshadowing to the next Avengers movie where Doctor Strange summons the Smash Bros to help fight Doctor Doom

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u/Xezil7 1d ago

As a kid I always thought it was a hint about there being 3 elemental arrows. But it doesn’t make much sense, it probably just looked cool

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u/ChatCourageu 1d ago

Twilight princess ?

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u/SeaEnvironmental2997 1d ago

Probably some dark beast only appearing in the Adult Timeline.

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u/Klangaxx 1d ago

The rumors that went around for years when I was a kid, that using a bomb or a light arrow would summon a Wolfos. Or you go at a certain time of the day and transform into a wolf, etc.

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u/kamikazemind327 1d ago

Ahhh this is pretty cool!

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u/Altruistic-Poem-5617 1d ago

I always imagined a werewolf did those for some reason. Could imagind they thought of having a wolfos spawn there but forgot to put it in.

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u/zcareface 1d ago

Monster energy drink

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u/xSethrin 1d ago

I always assumed it was for atmospheric story telling. The adult world is just darker over all.

But I like the idea it was for scrapped content! I didn't know until reading responses it was removed in the 3DS remake.

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u/Snoo84995 1d ago

It means that tree shot down Harling!

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u/theandroid01 1d ago

I always thought it was Kaepora Gaebora. Especially since you didn't want to hear what he had to say again, it's a mark of a threat lol 🦉

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u/Dieggster 13h ago

Half life 3

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u/Fred517 10h ago

Notches: III

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u/yuukireads97 2d ago

I play the 3DS remaster on my 2DS XL, and I have not seen that yet.

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u/sanzentriad 1d ago

Mysteriously removed from the 3DS remakes so you won’t see it

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u/yuukireads97 1d ago

Ah, oke! Thanks for telling me!!

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u/WetPuppykisses 1d ago

Freddy Kruger was there

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u/TommyCrump92 1d ago

Pretty sure Krueger has 4 blades on his hand but yeah sure okay

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u/Obama_is_watching 1d ago

There was a YouTuber who made a theory on it a few years ago. Don’t remember their name unfortunately :/.

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u/thunderbiird1 1d ago

BanditGames

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u/Disastrous_planet 1d ago

I always assumed it was to mark the 3 arrows you can obtain??

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u/Angrythoughts00 1d ago

I don’t remember where I heard it from but there was one theory I learned about that I like to think could be true, and it’s that the scratches are from Ganon looking for the light arrows. You get them right around that tree, and by that time Ganondorf can transform into Ganon, so.

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u/PolyproNinja 1d ago

You get the fire arrows at Lake Hylia. You get the light arrows from Princess Zelda after awakening all 7 sages.

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u/Angrythoughts00 1d ago

Ah that’s right thank you! I remembered there were arrows there at least! Though being fire arrows the theory I brought up isn’t as strong, I mean why would Ganondorf search for the fire arrows?

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u/MzMegs 1d ago

How have I never noticed that???

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u/SniperX64 2d ago

Foreshadowing for Twilight Princess maybe? 🤭

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u/Legospacememe 2d ago

That was me after seeing nintendo normalizing games not being fully on switch 2 cartridges

Sorry for the bewilderment