Uploaded May 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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This strat can be used in blackout bingos if "4 Unused Keys in Forest Temple" appears together with other goals like "Fairy Bow", "Map & Compass in Forest Temple", "Defeat Meg", etc.
Setup starting at 1:10

- It's required to beat the Stalfos below in order to fight the Bow room ones thus being able to leave that room again.

- I shot the eye switch in advance but you can also perform SoT block skip and go through the Map room to reach the area (you need to collect the keys, anyway).
Edit: It's probably faster and saves explosives if you just enter the room with the falling ceiling by going through the Amy puzzle room in reverse instead of the first hover.

- It takes one small key to reach the Beth room but you can fight Joelle to get an extra one so you'll still have 4 unused keys.

- If you hover too far back, you'll end up over a void but you can unlock the camera with a chu and turn around to prevent a crash.
29 chus and 10 bombs should be a safe amount for the whole temple.

- The first hover can be done with a normal sideflip hover (drop chu within the first three frames). If you drop it on the third frame (shown in the video), you can equip Hover Boots and still get enough distance to make it with 6 hovers.
Your height of the second hover is determined by the initial hover. I watch out for Link's feet being aligned with the ceiling for when to switch to bomb hovers (otherwise the chu will crawl along the wall). That's usually the case after 17 - 18 chu hovers.

My setup isn't very elaborate but maybe one of the pros could use some inspiration.