HOOKSHOT
GITHUB Pirates' Fortress
Hookshot in Majora's Mask
The chest is in Aveil's room. Getting there is the puzzle. The bow and the beehive clear the guards from the chest room.
Through the fortress
Zelda Wiki places the Hookshot in Pirates' Fortress, in the chest in Aveil's room. The usual approach uses the Stone Mask or a careful walk so the pirates do not throw you out, and it uses Zora Link for the underwater doors. I am not going to number every barrel. The wiki's fortress page is the room map, and two pages agree on the chest. Once you have it, the Hookshot opens switches and pulls you to wood targets the same way it did in Ocarina of Time, including pieces of the Stone Tower and Great Bay.
After the leader-room conversation, shoot the hanging beehive through the barred window with the Hero's Bow. The bees drive the pirates out. Return around the passage and drop into the cleared leader's room, then open the large chest for the Hookshot. Prima Games and Zelda Dungeon independently describe this sequence; the hive is part of the route to the prize.
| Step | Status |
|---|---|
| Shoot the beehive to clear the leader's room | 2 independent guides |
| Open the chest in the cleared room | 2 independent guides |
What it is not
Majora's Mask does not add the Longshot. There is no Water Temple upgrade in this game. If a guide says to double the reach, it is talking about Ocarina of Time. The Nintendo 64 original and Nintendo 3DS remake use the Pirates' Fortress route. The 3DS Stone Mask is inside the fortress, so do not assume an N64 mask-location instruction applies to both versions.
Questions
Which room is the chest in?
Aveil's room in Pirates' Fortress, according to Zelda Wiki and the Fandom Hookshot page.
Is there a Longshot in Majora's Mask?
No. The Longshot is the Ocarina of Time upgrade. This game stops at the Hookshot.
Sources
| Source | Evidence status | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Prima Games — Pirates Fortress | 1 reference · shared publishers and mirrors count together | 2026-11-11 |
| Zelda Dungeon — Great Bay and Zora Cape | 1 reference · shared publishers and mirrors count together | 2026-11-11 |
| Zelda Wiki — Hookshot | 1 reference · shared publishers and mirrors count together | 2026-11-11 |
| Zelda Wiki — Pirates' Fortress | 1 reference · shared publishers and mirrors count together | 2026-11-11 |
| Zelda Fandom — Hookshot | 1 reference · shared publishers and mirrors count together | 2026-11-11 |