Play on Switch 2

Lon Lon Ranch Quests and Minigames

Five ranch jobs matter for Malon: the friendship quest, Ingo’s races, the timed jumps, Talon’s cucco game, and the song itself. Use the friendship guide for the song and horse, or the obstacle-course guide for the timed jumps. The other jobs are described below.

Ranch jobs at a glance
JobWhenFeePrizePage
Malon’s FriendChild, then adultSong is freeThe song, then EponaSteps
Ingo’s racesAdult20+20 Switch 2, or 10+50 on N64/3DSKeep EponaSection below
Obstacle courseAdult, after the ranch is restoredFreeA cow at Link’s houseTimes
Super CuccoChild, inside the house10, retry 5 (1 source)A bottle filled with Lon Lon Milk on the first winSection below
Epona’s SongChild, in the corralFreeCall Epona and milk cowsSection below
Wake TalonChild at the castle, adult in KakarikoFreeHe walks back to the ranchTalon

Ingo’s two races

This is the adult half of getting the horse, listed here so the index is complete. You pay to ride, play the song, mount up, then pay again to race. OoT Guide and IGN both say two wins, then a shut gate. The fee rows disagree by version on purpose: older pages say 10 then 50, remake pages say 20 then 20. Button-by-button riding lives on the friendship page, so the complete riding sequence stays together.

Super Cucco

Inside the ranch house, Talon runs a 30-second search for three special cuccos. Game8 prices the first try at 10 Rupees and a retry at 5. The first clear awards one bottle filled with Lon Lon Milk; after drinking it, keep the bottle. I only claim the first clear, because the write-up does not say the bottle returns on later wins. Waking him with a cucco, which is a different action, is explained with his locations on his own page.

Epona’s Song, as a list entry

The melody is free, taught in daylight in the corral, and it is the only ranch item with three published fingerings. Those fingerings are repeated on the friendship page so someone following the quest does not have to hop. Hyrule Warriors uses the melody as a cameo; that does not put Malon in that game. The appearance list is on which games she is in.

Lon Lon Milk icon from the Ocarina of Time remake
Lon Lon Milk, the cucco-game prize. Image: Zelda Wiki, Nintendo.
Lon Lon Ranch in the 2026 remake
The 2026 ranch, where every job on this list takes place. Image: Zelda Wiki, Nintendo.
Every quests entry from the public source list. References count documents; publishers count distinct source websites, not confirmations of every field.
Name Phase Reward Status
Malon's Friend child and adult Epona's Song; Epona; a milk bottle via Talon's game; a cow for beating the obstacle record 6 references · 4 publishers
Malon's Obstacle Course adult Cow delivered to Link's house in Kokiri Forest (free Lon Lon Milk) 4 references · 4 publishers
Epona's Song child Calls Epona; playing it near a cow with an empty bottle fills Lon Lon Milk 4 references · 2 publishers
Ingo's Horse Race adult Epona 5 references · 4 publishers
Talon's Super Cucco child a bottle filled with Lon Lon Milk; Talon jokes about Link marrying Malon 3 references · 3 publishers
Waking Talon child and adult Talon returns to the ranch; unlocks Malon's Friend progress 4 references · 3 publishers

Questions people ask

Which ranch jobs have their own page?

Malon’s Friend and the obstacle course. Epona’s Song, Ingo’s races, and Super Cucco stay as sections here with links to the relevant quest steps.

Is there a quest log on the original?

No. Threads of Time is a Switch 2 addition. Nintendo 64 and 3DS keep the same jobs without a log entry.

Sources

Review updated 2026-11-14; individual source access dates are listed below. A claim supported by two independent write-ups is marked by that count. A single write-up stays marked as one source.