The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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  • Defeat Bongo Bongo without using the Lens of Truth and without any Healing with 3 Hearts only.

    1,226 (1,159) of 8,091 โ€“ 15.15%

    14.32% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    15.15% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Created by Altomar on: 31 May, 2017 18:10
    Last modified: 01 Jan, 2022 01:10


    Comments:
    Meikitamemo 1 Jun 2019 10:46
    Stun Bongo Bongo's hands and shoot in the middle when he charges! cannot use any kind of healing during the battle [Health drops included]
    30 Jul 2019 15:38
    BenGhazi edited this achievement.
    14 Sep 2019 18:37
    DrPixel edited this achievement.
    13 Mar 2020 10:21
    SporyTike edited this achievement.
    WolfferroW 2 Sep 2020 03:14
    Easy Strategy: Have 40 or more arrows, before the boss's room use Favore's Wind(FW) and save, if you fail, reset the game and use FW to teleport near the boss's room, don't forget that you can't use a lens of truth on the boss.
    WolfferroW 2 Sep 2020 03:15
    In battle, try to hit one hand without Hover Boots and when the other hand gets close, try to get out of her reach and then hit. At the end aim in the middle of them for the boss to appear and finish him off. Biggoron's sword is a great help.
    17 Feb 2021 03:36
    DanielARP edited this achievement.
    1 Jan 2022 01:10
    ZZKer edited this achievement.
    ZZKer 1 Jan 2022 01:10
    fixed a typo
    Baifomet 8 Oct 2023 04:48
    Not that complicated, guys. When it comes to charge you, just spam sword spinning attack and it will be down easily.
    PixelRoast 23 Dec 2023 19:21
    As soon as the intro cutscene ends, Z-target a hand and take a few seconds to back away until both hands are visible on your screen, drumming. Shoot the Z-targeted hand with an arrow and immediately switch Z-target to the other hand.

    If the 2nd hand (hopefully) prepares either a sideways slap, sideways chop, or downward slap, you can just fire an arrow at it. But if the 2nd hand prepares a fist, dodge it (I like to not break Z-target here), then as it regroups for it's next attack, fire the arrow.

    Now center your view as the hands line up to charge you and free aim your bow to shoot the invisible eye, or charge and time a spin attack. Get a feel for how late you can risk the stun. I usually fired two shots at the eye to be safe in case the first was a little off. Stunning the boss near to you rewards you with a chance to get in two jump attacks or about four regular hits before repeating the cycle but timing is tight.

    A master sword does 2 damage and a jump attack does 4 damage. Bongo Bongo has 32 HP, so unless you're getting in 8 damage per cycle, then you should expect five or more cycles. In shooting the hands, you'll probably have a few misses and if you're also shooting the charging eye, 4-5 rounds means you can easily burn through 20 arrows. Be careful with spamming arrows and running out, the hands drop magic or arrow loot when you shoot them. Try to quickly roll to the ammo if you're low and your bow isn't upgraded.
    sandro4912 9 Jun 2024 20:58
    I thought about farming biggoron sword because that guy always gave me trouble as a kid.

    Turns out it is extremely easy.

    Shoot both hands.

    Charge a jump slash.
    When the first are almost at you release it.
    hit the shit out of bongo bongo with the sword.

    Took me 3 of these cycle and done.
    MasterSwordUltima 11 Jul 2024 16:55
    Shoot one hand, back up, shoot the other, then keep rotating the analog stick and B for spin attacks. I used Biggoron's Sword and by luck timed it to hit enough times to get a 1 cycle. Pretty cool way to end this temple.
    sandro4912 12 Jul 2024 04:58
    I wrote Charge a jump lash above but I mean charge the spin.
    MoozipanCheese 15 Sep 2024 03:17
    My tips:

    As mentioned above, use Farore's Wind on the room before the boss and then save the game, so if you fail you can quickly reset and warp back by using Farore's Wind again.

    Make sure the Lens of Truth isn't in your c-button inventory slots; the Achievement didn't unlock for me the first time I succeeded and I think this is why, even though I didn't actually use it.

    Before jumping down to activate the boss, equip the Biggoron's Sword and do a jump attack. During the battle, use arrows on both his hands and shoot in between his hands after they pass you (don't aim up or down, just centre) to stun Bongo Bongo when he's closest to you. Now, the trick is to run up to him, crouch (don't lock on) and repeatedly stab; this is known as Power Crouch Stabbing and each stab will have the same damage as a jump attack. Doing this should allow you to two-cycle him.

    Took me a couple of attempts to get the 'feel' of the boss, but he's not so bad once you figure him out. At just three hearts, most of his attacks will kill you quickly. His grab attack will one-hit you.

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