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Deku Mask

The Deku Mask is earned through the opening story rather than a normal side quest. Skull Kid curses Link into Deku form before Clock Town. Recover the Ocarina of Time on the first Final Night, use the Song of Time, then speak with the Happy Mask Salesman inside the Clock Tower. His Song of Healing removes the curse and leaves the mask in your inventory.

Get the mask

The Deku Mask is earned through the opening story rather than a normal side quest. Skull Kid curses Link into Deku form before Clock Town. Recover the Ocarina of Time on the first Final Night, use the Song of Time, then speak with the Happy Mask Salesman inside the Clock Tower. His Song of Healing removes the curse and leaves the mask in your inventory.

Complete the interaction

Equip it to become Deku Link and remove it to return to human Link. The form can spin, blow a charged bubble using magic, and launch from Deku Flowers. Flower flight has a limited range, so inspect the next landing point before taking off. Deku Link can also hop across water briefly, but this does not replace the Zora form’s swimming or diving.

Use and rewards

The mask is essential for access and puzzles around Southern Swamp, Deku Palace and Woodfall. At the palace, use the flower route to reach the imprisoned monkey and learn the Sonata of Awakening. The Deku Princess is rescued after Odolwa; she does not teach the access song before the temple.

Route and edition notes

The original cursed appearance is therefore temporary, while the obtained mask is a permanent way to choose the form. This distinction matters when following opening-cycle instructions written for a new file. N64 and 3DS share the main story acquisition, but movement details differ between editions. The Deku Mask is one of the transformation masks you keep while handing the twenty ordinary masks to the Moon Children.

The Deku Mask item screen after the Song of Healing
The Deku Mask item screen after the Song of Healing
North Clock Town on the first day, with the clock tower ahead
North Clock Town on the first day, with the clock tower ahead

Questions

Where is Deku Mask?

After the first Song of Time reset, the Happy Mask Salesman teaches the Song of Healing and gives Link the Deku Mask.

What does it do?

Turns Link into a Deku Scrub: spin attack, bubble shot, Deku Flower flight, and hopping across water.

Did the 3DS change it?

No functional change in Majora's Mask 3D.

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Sources

Checked 2026-11-11.