Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly
See Barinade for the boss fight in Jabu-Jabu.
──── Entering Jabu ────
Enter Jabu Jabu as Adult
Discovered by Kazooie
It is possible to megasidehop into the loading zone as an adult. This used to be extremely difficult, but new setups have been found that make it much easier.
- Get ISG and get in the corner I do in the video. Try not to take forever like I do.
- Do the backflip/sidehop/siderolls I do to get in position, then walk directly forward. You will lock onto the edge due to ISG.
- Pull out a chu and pause buffer to the first fast flash (9th flash). Sidehop shield to the right and hold shield. (Z+R+A+right). It is possible to use a bomb as well but the cue isn't as clear (2nd red frame of 2nd fast flash iirc).
- Aim the joystick to the upper right so Link is walking facing diagonally. The aiming should be near the edge where Link will be sidewalking. There is a very small range RIGHT at this edge where the chu behaves differently for some reason, but there is about a 10degree range where the chu will work correctly.
- Pull out a chu and pause buffer until the black frame immediately after the 8th flash (when it starts flashing quickly). At this frame, press and hold R, and hold right (holding right is for a cue on step 6). Note: You can aim while waiting for the chu as I do in the video.
- After dropping the chu, pause buffer advance four frames. At this frame, Link has just started shifting right. One visual for this is you can barely see a bit of shield on the left side of Link, but just look at the video. On this frame, release the analog stick and press A to roll.
- Advance a fair number of frame to the end of the roll. You want the second explosion frame, which is when the explosion is just of moderate size (see video). On this frame, hold shield if you aren't already, and sidehop left (R+A+left). Hold until you clip.
- If you did everything right, you should be in Jabu Jabu.
──── Dungeon strategies ────
Hit the Switch in the First Room
This switch can be hit in a number of ways, including with the Hookshot as Adult Link. Of particular note you can use a bomb, bombchu, or even just the Kokiri Sword.
with a bomb
with Kokiri Sword
By performing a 35-pause slash extension with the Kokiri Sword you can extend the sword's hitbox such that it reaches up to the switch. Setup shown below.
- Get in right corner targeting door
- 3 backflips
- Interrupted jumpslash
- Backflip
- Sidehop right
- Targeted triple slash (vertical slashes)
- Pause on 2nd frame of triple slash
- Pause 34 more times
Early blue switch (Big Octo Skip part 1)
This is the biggest sequence break for this dungeon. With it you can skip everything between getting the Boomerang and the last room before the boss. It skips killing the tentacles, Big Octo, and a few other rooms. There are two parts: getting over the gap in the room with the raising platform and getting through the door.
Megaflip method
A well angled megaflip from the left ledge will make it
Recently, there has been increasing use of a megaflip using one of the boxes in the elevator room. It can be seen here.
Biri megaflip method
A more difficult megaflip from a Biri can also make it over the gap. The area where you can start the megaflip from and still make it is small, and requires you to be as close to the ledge as possible. By luring the Biri, you can give yourself enough time to set up for a megaflip from it. Having ISG greatly helps position yourself near the ledge.
Biri hover method
Discovered by CHC
Using the Biri, you can hover up to the ledge after the miniboss, and then lower the platform like normal.
Blue switch box skip (Big Octo Skip part 2)
glitchless method
Discovered by Bloobiebla
This video goes over four setups for the trick. The final A press to open the door is frame perfect for all setups.
Original video (slower setup)
with bottle switch trick
The first method found. You need a bottle with a bug or fish to do this trick. Using ocarina items allows you to keep the item in the bottle.
Ocarina items method:
- Drop and re-catch bottle item
- Backflip onto the switch, pressing bottle then sword while in midair
- Wait about half a second then press B to stop playing the Ocarina
- Open the door quickly
Bottle switch trick:
- Drop and re-catch bottle item
- Backflip onto the switch, pressing bottle in midair
- Open the door quickly
with Ruto throw (obsolete)
Discovered by ?
This was the second method found, and significantly harder than the bottle switch trick. However, it can be done without a bottle, so it was used commonly until Method 1 was discovered.
Activate Switch Before Barinade from Below
with the boomerang
Discovered by ZFG
Original video - For this method, pull out the boomerang and aim as high as possible, and just a little left of the web. As soon as you release it, start sidehopping and when it starts coming back it should hit the switch.
with a bombchu
Line up against the wall beneath the switch and pull out a bombchu. Release it on the 5th flash and it should activate the switch.
[Video needed]
Big Octo Early
You can also use jelly hovering to reach Big Octo's room without killing the tentacles. He can be defeated with just a weapon, but a deku nut makes him much easier.
Fast Big Octo Fight
For getting behind Big Octo, the idea is to place Link somewhat behind that front left corner of the central platform. The cutscene of the boss spawning attempts to move him. Moving upleft after throwing Ruto just aligns the camera so that it is fast and easy to line up your backwalk and backflip to reach the correct spot.
For glitchless AMQ, the ideal place to store deku stick jumpslash damage is in the final tentacle room with the four biris. After killing everything, move towards the door and jumpslash at the last moment before the door opening cutscene takes over.
Ruto switch text skip
If you aim to jump at the left corner of the switch, then press down for 1 frame right as the jump begins, you'll get it. Other frame combos work too, but its very finicky, and you can easily lose time to missing the switch.
──── Boss key skips ────
These methods of entering Barinade's room are commonly referred to as "boss key skips" even though the child dungeons don't have boss keys.
Hover boots HESS boss key skip
setup by Demon
This HESS begins in the elevator room and clips into the pre-boss room to reach the boss load zone. See instructions in video. As shown in the second video, the switch from ESS left to ESS right requires less timing precision if you switch to ESS down instead.