You can upgrade your Bomb Bag in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, allowing you to carry more bombs and make more enemies explode. While not required to beat the game, if you want to be able to fling bombs freely, you should definitely upgrade your Bomb Bags and max out their capacity.
Below, we explain where to find both Bomb Bag upgrades in the Ocarina of Time remake.
All Bomb Bag upgrades in Zelda Ocarina of Time
After unlocking the Bomb Bag in Dodongo Cavern, you’ll be able to hold 20 bombs off the bat. You can upgrade the bag twice to hold 10 extra bombs each, giving you a final total of 40 bombs.
The first Bomb Bag upgrade is in Goron City and the second is in Hyrule Castle Town in the famous Bombchu Bowling Alley. That being said, you can access both of these upgrades pretty early.
Both of these upgrades can only be obtained by young Link.
Bomb Bag upgrade #1 location in Zelda Ocarina of Time
This is likely the first place you’ll find a Bomb Bag upgrade.
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In Goron City, there’s a Goron on one of the middle floors rolling around. In the northeast area of the town, there’s a sign that says, “If you can stop my wild rolling here, you might just get something great!” When you see the rolling Goron turn the corner, place a bomb down in the middle of the pathway. He’ll hit it and blow up. Talk to him and he’ll give you a Bomb Bag upgrade.
Bomb Bag upgrade #2 location in Zelda Ocarina of Time
This is likely the second place you’ll go to upgrade your bombs.
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The Bombchu Bowling Alley is in Hyrule Castle Town, to the west of the fountain. It only opens for business after you clear Dodongo Cavern. It’s open both during the day and nighttime.
The Bombchu Bowling Alley Attendant will offer her minigame in exchange for 10 rupees. Take her up on her deal, and then place the bombchus so that they hit the yellow target. After you beat the minigame once, you’ll permanently unlock bombchus for your use. You’ll need to play and beat the game a second time to get a Bomb Bag upgrade. During the second playthrough, the rules will be the same, but there’ll be little wooden Cuccos running back and forth to try to block your bombs. You can also play a third time for a Piece of Heart.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is a little bit different than the original game, so if you need guides to help you through, we don’t blame you. We have walkthroughs for all the dungeons, from the Deku Tree to Ganondorf’s Castle. We also have guides for the sillier, in-between parts of the game, like when you have to find Richard (the dog) or Cuccos.
For those going for 100% completion, we also have guides on where to find every Piece of Heart, every Gold Skulltula token, and where to plant every Magic Bean.
