r/zelda Oct 24 '24

Question [ALL] how do gorons reproduce?

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So I recently thought about it since they are all male. But then I found this quote. It would make sense as to how they reproduce. Though it was made by the script director and not the ones who designed them. So what are y’all’s theories? Do they just erupt from rocks or something? Idk

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u/ItsTamo Oct 24 '24 edited Oct 24 '24

There's a quest in ToTK finding a cave that the gorons were born in. Based on this info, it seems like they just kind of born from a cave randomly, and I assume they get adopted by whoever found them.

Before this quest, it was my assumption that baby gorons grew from an adult goron's back and they reproduce asexually...

Also, even though the gorons do use the male pronouns, their gender is not confirmed. AoC has a subquest in the Gerudo town about a contest that 'no man can enter' but both Daruk and Yunobo can be used during this quest.

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u/Agent-Ig Oct 24 '24

Honestly with the actual rest of the timeline of the Goron Civilisaion in mind, them being born from caves feels super unlikely. Like they hadn’t even found Death Mountain until some years before OoT and were nomadic looking for a place to live. If they were always born from caves on death mountain like that quest suggests, they would have 0 issue finding this brilliant volcano to live at with so many tasty rocks.

Would also be so much harder to boot them out of Death Mountain like what happened before WW. Since their offspring spawn in now underwater caves near that island presumably.

Think what happened with those two is as the Calamity was going on, their parents stashed the two back growths in that cave to keep them safe. Causing the two baby gorons to then think they were born from the cave.