Skyward Sword: Eldin Volcano

Sources reviewed: 2026-11-10

You are looking for a key that is five fragments, and for Mogma who saw Zelda taken into the Earth Temple.

This is the second surface region, after Faron. Mogma live in the stone and they are the ones who point at the Earth Temple. The key does not sit in one chest. It is five pieces scattered on the approach. Heat that requires the Fireshield Earrings is a later problem, at the summit and the Fire Sanctuary, not this first visit.

There is no boss on the slope. Scaldera is inside. If you are checking whether the volcano has “already erupted,” The ground changes with the story. Treat the path you see as the path for this visit, and use the Eldin region page for the two-dungeon layout.

Route and checkpoints

• Place the Ruby Tablet in Skyloft’s statue chamber, then enter the red beam to reach Eldin. Use nearby Bomb Flowers to break rock barriers and clear Pyrups.
• Follow the Mogma through the volcano route. Clear the Bokoblins in the underground settlement to earn the Digging Mitts, then dig through marked soil and use air geysers to climb.
• Near the Earth Temple door, enable key-piece dowsing. Search the marked soil around the entrance, the fallen tower, the slope boulder, the sand-slide ledges and the lava-cavern route.
• The five fragments form the temple key. Return to the entrance and unlock it; keep the Bomb Flower techniques in mind because the dungeon expands them into portable bombs.

These are the main progression checkpoints. For detailed room diagrams, use the Zelda Central chapter guide. Related collectible and boss pages below cover the optional rewards and combat details.

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