100% (Grove 2 Skip)

General Information

  • Howling Stones
  • Ice Cave Block Puzzles
  • Day and Night cycles are crucial throughout and can make or break a run.
  • You must collect:
    • All Hearts (pieces and containers)
    • All Mirror Shards
    • All Fused Shadows
    • All 60 Poes
    • All Golden Bugs
    • All Equipment (shields, tunics, and swords, including the powered up Master Sword)
    • All Hidden Skills
    • All Portals
  • All Items. This means:
    • 4 Bottles
    • 3 Bomb Bags
    • Ancient Sky Book
    • Horse Call
    • Lantern
    • Fishing Rod & Coral Earring
    • Slingshot
    • Hawkeye
    • Ghost Lantern
    • All Dungeon Items
    • Medicine Scent
    • A Letter
    • Fishing Journal
    • Giant Bomb Bags
    • Giant Quiver
    • Giant Wallet
    • All 50 Stamps
  • Important Notes:
    • You only need to collect the fishing journal, you do not have to complete it.
    • Only the final scent is required.
    • You need at least one letter (just to get the icon on the collection screen).
    • Completing the Cave of Ordeals is not required, although it's practically necessary, as there is a stamp on floor 50. Technically, you do not have to talk to the final Great Fairy.
    • Getting every bomb type is not required.
    • The Wooden Sword and default Ordon Shield are not required, but at least one wooden shield is required upon game completion, meaning you must get another one if it burns.

This route is for the No Amiibo version of 100%. In No Amiibo, use of Amiibo of any kind is banned. That includes using the Wolf Link Amiibo to quickly load save files.

For the Amiibo version, the route is mostly the same. Ruleset and route differences are discussed in the Amiibo Route section at the end.

Runs should start with a blank file in slots 1, 2, and 3.

Ordon

  • Epona Cutscene
  • Ride to Ranch getting random rupees from grass (5 R)
  • Goats 1 (10 Goats)
  • Exit House
  • Store Forward and A to jump over ladder
  • Climb Vines to Eagle guy
  • Grab the blue rupee and deliver the crib (10 R)
  • Fishing Rod
  • Mail-box Jump onto roof
  • Grab the two yellow rupees on the roof (30 R)
  • To Dock (grab the rupees in the grass if necessary)
  • Catch Fish
  • Enter Shop
    • Milk Bottle (Bottle #1)
    • Slingshot (0 R)
  • Exit Shop
  • Wooden Sword
  • Store Forward and A to jump over ladder
  • Slingshot & sword tutorial

  • Ride Epona to Faron
  • Lantern
  • Small Key
  • HP #1 (3 1/5) (Torches)
  • Save Talo
  • Goats 2 (20 Goats)
  • Wooden Sword Cutscene

  • Castle Sewers
  • Castle Rooftops
  • Enter Ordon
  • Listen to people by the dock
  • Scare Eagle Guy
  • Ordon Shield
  • Ordon Sword
  • Ordon Spring Warp Portal
  • Enter Faron Twilight

Faron Twilight

  • South Faron Warp Portal
  • Faron Vessel
  • Kill First Two Bugs
  • Bugs In Coro's House (turn off sense to skip cutscene)
  • Kill Bug Before Tunnel
  • Kill Bug on Right Wall
  • Bugs In Main Tree Trunk
  • Burrowed Bugs
  • North Faron Warp Portal
  • Kill Last Two Bugs

Getting to Forest Temple

  • 1 frame Backflip for text skip (hug wall to walk around trigger)
  • Coro Small Key
  • Purple Mist with Monkey (Monkey Pushing)
  • Kill Bokoblin next to Trill
  • Refill lantern (rip off Trill)
  • Ending Blow (HS 1/7)
  • Enter Forest Temple

Forest Temple

  • Kill Spiders With Slingshot
  • Light Torches (Kill big spider) + Go Outside
  • Back To Torch Room
  • Enter East Door
  • Over Platforms and outside
  • Small Key Chest
  • Skip hanging skulltula
  • Save 2nd Monkey (check for rupees)
  • Back to Torch Room + Enter West Door
  • Early Boomerang
  • Ook
  • Gale Boomerang
  • Savewarp (0 poes, 1/5 HP, 0 stamps)

Getting To Eldin Vessel

  • Roll to Eldin
  • Don't skip Mailman (Get letter)
  • Enter Eldin Province
  • Kakariko Gorge Warp Portal


  • Warp to North Faron
  • Warp the bridge to Kakariko Gorge (store a jump attack to skip the Midna text)
  • Enter Kakariko Village
  • Kakariko Village Warp Portal
  • Eldin Vessel

Eldin Twilight

  • Climb tree and enter sanctuary
  • Light torches on wall
  • Basement Bugs
  • Hotel Bug
  • Dash Cancel across roofs
  • Abandoned House Bug (check for rupees)
  • Barnes Shop Bug
  • Bomb House Bugs

  • Enter Death Mountain Area
  • DMT Bug
  • Howling Stone #1 (UMDUMD)
  • Death Mountain Warp Portal
  • Quick Stream Cycle
  • Death Mountain Bugs
  • Vessel Complete

Getting To Goron Mines

  • Roll To DMT
  • Hit Goron Trigger
  • Faster Goron
  • Tame Epona
  • GB #1 (Kak Gorge Flower)
  • Ride to Ordon
  • Grab the orange rupee behind Rusl's house (100 R)
  • Iron Boots

  • Ride back to Eldin
  • GB #2 (Kak Gorge Bridge)
  • Stamp #3 (Kak Gorge Owl Statue)
  • King Bulblin 1
  • Climb DM (Grab three yellow rupees on the way) (130 R)
  • Wrestle Gor Coron with Iron Boots (Sidestep, slap optimal)
  • Enter Goron Mines

Goron Mines


Getting to Lanayru Vessel

  • GB #3 (Abandoned House)
  • Buy Barnes Bomb Bag (Bomb Bag #1) from Barnes (60 R)
  • Climb Upstairs
  • Roll/climb up to Talo on the watchtower
  • Target Minigame
  • HP #6 (6 1/5)
  • Blow up rock for later with Bomb arrows
  • Boomerang HP #7 (6 2/5)
  • Grab the silver rupee from the bell (260 R)

  • Enter Hyrule Field
  • Blow up rock for later
  • GB #4 (South Eldin Field)
  • GB #5 (South Bridge of Eldin)
  • LJA across gap
  • HP #8 (6 3/5)
  • Blow up rocks with bomb arrows
  • Bridge of Eldin Warp Portal
  • Ride to Lanayru Twilight (Dump bombs)
  • Store a jump attack to skip the Midna text

  • Warp to Death Mountain
  • Warp the meteor to Zora's Domain
  • Store jump attack to skip Midna Text
  • Rutela Cutscene
  • Store jump attack to skip Midna Text again
  • Drop down the waterfall to Lanayru Spring

Lanayru Twilight

  • Lanayru Vessel
  • Lake Hylia Warp Portal
  • Bug next to ladder

  • Warp to Zora's Domain
  • Bug on wall
  • Drop down waterfall
  • Lilypad Bug
  • Bug on cliff
  • Howling Stone #2 (DMDUMD)
  • Listen to Iza For Bug
  • Down the River
  • Castle Town Warp Portal
  • Dash Cancel through Castle Town
  • Castle Town bug

  • Warp to Lake Hylia
  • Howl at grass
  • Kargaroc Bugs
  • Last Small Bug
  • Boss Bug

Getting to Lakebed Temple

  • Roll to Fyer
  • Cannon (250 R)
  • Leave House
  • Ride to Golden Wolf
  • Shield Attack (HS 2/7)
  • Mailman Skip
  • Give Agitha 4 Golden Bugs (Big Wallet) (400 R)
    • Do not give Agitha both of the bugs from Kakariko Gorge


Lakebed Temple


  • SK chest near HP Alcove
  • Early Heart Piece for HP #10 (7 0/5)
  • Grab the yellow rupee from the pot (430 R)
  • Back to Main room
  • Stamp #4 (LJA under Boss Door)
  • Shortcut to East Wing
  • East Wing 2nd Floor Also triggers Gate Unloading for CitS
  • Grapple vines and blow up rock
  • Enter Spiral Slide room
  • Buffer a sidehop
  • Unlock Door
  • LJA across gap
  • Roll to the top
  • Stamp #5
  • Drop down to the bottom

Midna's Desperate Hour

Master Sword

  • Warp to North Faron
  • Kill puppets
  • Enter Sacred Grove (call Midna to turn bridges)
  • Howling Stone #3 (UDUDMU)
  • Chase Skull Kid
  • Master Sword Puzzle (LDUUURRDDDLU)
  • Master Sword

Getting to Arbiter's Grounds (First Cycle)

Note: This cycle has around a minute of leeway. As long as you get to Bulblin Camp before 5:00 AM (you'll be able to tell because it won't start to get brighter), then you'll be fine.

Daytime (through Iza 2)

  • Warp to Lake Hylia
  • Plumm Minigame (Need 10k points for the HP) (Go for the strawberries)
  • HP #12 (8 2/5)
  • GB #6 (near Iza)
  • Upper Zora's River Warp Portal
  • Blow Up Rocks (sets up Iza 1 Skip)
  • Savewarp (equip Zora Armor) (1 poe, 2/5 HP, 5 stamps)

  • Enter Fishing Pond
  • HP #13 (8 3/5)
  • Swim over to fishing hole
  • Empty Bottle (Bottle #2) (cast from the edge of the dock; you should see the bottle when you start reeling in)

  • Warp to Ordon Spring
  • Back Slice (HS 3/7)
  • Call Epona
  • Ride to Ordon Ranch
  • HP #14 (8 4/5) (Goats 3)
  • Epona slide into Barn and transform to wolf
  • Enter Grotto
  • Stamp #6 (Torches) (Grab some Rare Chu Jelly)
  • Exit Grotto

  • Warp to Castle Town
  • Skip Mailman
  • Enter Castle Town
  • Roll to South Hyrule Field
  • Back-Slice Slide Jump to the Stamp Chest (Stamp #7)
  • GB #7 (by the tree)
  • Back-Slice off western stairs
  • Roll to Golden Wolf
  • Helm Splitter (HS 4/7)
  • Drop down hole to the stamp chest (Stamp #8)
  • Fall into Lake Hylia
  • Iza 1 Skip for Iza Bomb Bag (Bomb Bag #2)

Nighttime Part 1 (to Desert)

  • Warp to Upper Zora's River
  • Iza 2 Giant Bomb Bags (410 R)
    • It should become night during Iza 2
  • Poe #2 in dock area

  • Warp to Lake Hylia
  • Poe #3
  • Stamp #9 (Under water chest)
  • Swim back to land
  • Blow up the rock
  • Enter Lake Hylia Cave
    • Right
    • Right
    • Poe #4
    • Left
    • Left
    • Stamp #10 (Torches)
    • Forward
    • Left
    • Forward: Purple rupee chest + Right (460 R)
    • Poe #5
    • Left: Purple rupee chest + Right (510 R)
    • Forward
    • Forward: Stamp #11 + Right
    • HP #15 (9 0/5) (Torches) + Poe #6
  • Exit Lake Hylia Cave (510 R)

  • Grotto (Stamp #12)
    • Kill the toadpolis with arrows (if you're low on arrows, use shield attack instead)
  • Howling Stone #4 (DMUDMDU)
  • Poe #7 (Near Auru)
  • Auru's Memo
  • Take the cannon to Gerudo Desert

Nighttime Part 2 (to Arbiter's Grounds)

  • Poe #8
  • Dash to the west
  • GB #8 (near fissure)
  • GB #9 (in crevice)
  • Clawshot up Gerudo Mesa
  • Gerudo Mesa Warp Portal
  • LJA Across gap
  • Stamp #13
  • LJA Across gap
  • Dash to Northeastern area
  • Poe #9 (Above Grotto)
  • Grotto (Poe #10-11) (Stamp #14)
  • Grab Boar and break fence
  • Mortal Draw (HS 5/7)
  • Poe #12

  • Enter Bulblin Camp
  • LJA on pillar to skip small key
  • King Bulblin 3
  • Bust through gates
  • Roll back to King Bulblin 3 area
  • Mortal Draw the roasted Boar
  • HP #16 (9 1/5)
  • Open the purple rupee chest (560 R)
  • Poe #13
  • Dash back to Arbiter's Ground entrance
  • Poe #14
  • Enter Arbiter's Grounds

Arbiter's Grounds

  • Pull Chain
  • Small Key
  • Light Torches
  • Poe #15 (Poe Scent)
  • Pull Chain
  • HP #17 (9 2/5)
  • Enter Door Downstairs
  • Small Key (grab the red rupee from the redead) (580 R)
  • Enter Poe 2 room
  • Poe #16
  • Back to Mainroom
  • Enter West Chandelier Room
  • Poe 1 Skip
  • Stamp #15
  • LJA to the door
  • Stalfos (Bomb Arrows)
  • Light Torches
  • Poe 4 Room (Dupe Rare Chu Jelly) (Poe #17)
  • Leave Room
  • Jump to other side using chandelier
  • Climb up the destroyed stairs
  • Enter Rat room backwards (don't get the key)
  • Poe 3 Room (kill 2nd Redead and grab the red rupee) (Poe #18) (600 R)
    • Grab the arrows from the pot next to the chain

  • Go back to the main room and through the poe door
  • Early Boss Key
  • Stamp #16
  • HP #18 (9 3/5)
  • Transform Wolf and dash across the sand in the next room
    • Alternatively, stay human and brakeslide across the sand (faster)
  • Stalfos With Bombs Timesaver
    • Alternatively, use the stalfos to do a helm splitter bomb boost up to the ledge (harder)
  • Death Sword
  • Spinner
  • Savewarp (18 poes, 3/5 HP, 16 stamps)

  • Cross quicksand with Spinner
  • Enter Stallord
  • Stallord
  • HC #4 (10 3/5)

It will be night when you leave Arbiter's Grounds

Getting to Snowpeak Ruins (Second Cycle)

Note: You can miss Early Snowpeak once and still make this cycle.

Nighttime (through Amphitheater Poe)

  • Mirror Chamber Warp Portal
  • Raise the mirror
  • Warp to Zora's Domain
  • Goron Bomb Bag (Bomb Bag #3)
  • Rocket Link
  • Leave on right pathway
  • Drop down behind waterfall
  • Poe #19
  • Midna Jumps
  • Poe #20
  • GB #10 (near reekfish fishing spot)

  • Enter Snowpeak
  • Ashei's Sketch
  • Early Snowpeak (Wolfos Jump)
  • Climb up Snowpeak Mountain (Poe #21-23)
  • Howling Stone #5 (UMDMDUMD)
  • Snowpeak Warp Portal

  • Warp to Kakariko Village
  • Enter Kakariko Graveyard
  • Poe #24-25
  • GB #11 (by tree)
  • Jump Strike (HS 6/7)
  • Coral Earring

  • Warp to Castle Town
  • Dash to western area
  • Grapple Vines
  • GB #12 (on cliff)
  • Grotto (Helmasaur)
  • Stamp #17
  • Exit Grotto
  • Dash towards the amphitheater
  • GB #13 (in flowers)
  • LJA to the orange rupee chest (700 R)
  • Poe #26

Daytime (to Snowpeak Ruins)

  • Warp to Snowpeak
  • Snowboarding (grab the red rupee on the shortcut) (720 R)
  • Enter Snowpeak Ruins

Snowpeak Ruins

  • Enter the left door
  • HP #19 (10 4/5)
  • Clawshot through the ceiling
  • Enter the room to the north
  • Drop down to the stamp chest (Stamp #18)
  • Clawshot across to enter the cannon room
  • Ice Clip
  • Exit the cannon room to enter the courtyard
  • Dig up the small key in the snow
  • Freezard Skip
  • Darkhammer 1-Cycle
  • Ball and Chain
  • Enter the back room
  • Kill the bubble for an orange rupee (820 R)
  • Savewarp (Equip Hero's Tunic) (26 poes, 4/5 HP, 18 stamps)

Getting to Temple of Time

Goron Mines Part 2

  • Poe #30 on the cliff
  • Warp to Death Mountain
  • Early Elevator
  • Enter Goron Mines
  • Skip The First Two Flame Jets
  • Skip 3rd Flame Jet with LJA (Above door)
  • Wait for magnet
  • Enter Water room
  • Hit Crystal Switch with arrow
  • Skip Cutting Down Bridge
  • Enter Main Room
  • Clawshot ropes
  • Stamp #20
  • Jump down into the water
  • Stamp #21
  • Savewarp (30 poes, 0/5 HP, 21 stamps)
  • Leave Goron Mines

Sacred Grove 2

  • Warp to North Faron
  • Golden Cucco Skip
  • Chase Skull Kid like normal for the first hit
  • Poe #31 in the water area
  • Grab the bomb chest (torches)
  • Grove 2 Skip
  • LJA to the stamp chest (Stamp #22)
  • Bomb arrow the rock and dig into the grotto for HP #21 (12 1/5)
  • Poe #32
  • Dash to the Master Sword pedestal
  • Poe #33
  • Master Sword Strike
  • Sacred Grove Warp Portal
  • Jump strike moon boots up to the entrance
  • Enter Temple of Time

Temple of Time


Getting to City in the Sky (Third Cycle)

Note: This cycle has around 30s of leeway. If you miss some poes at the end, just get them during the cycle after Cave of Ordeals.

Daytime 1 (through Barrel Game)

  • Move Right statue with Dominion Rod
  • Poe #36
  • Move Left statue with Dominion Rod
  • HP #24 (13 4/5)
  • GB #14 (past - on wall)
  • Exit Temple of Time
  • Skip Ooccoo cutscene
  • GB #15 (present - on wall)

  • Warp to Snowpeak
  • Yeto Snowboarding (940 R)
    • If you don't have 1000R yet, try to get the treetop rupees (1000 R)
    • Do not race Yeta yet

  • Warp to Kakariko Village
  • Donate 1000R at Malo Mart (0 R)
  • Renado's Letter
  • HP #25 (14 0/5) in the underwater chest
    • Rocket Link with the chest by force unequipping iron boots as you open it

  • Warp to Castle Town
  • Don't skip Mailman
  • Give all of your bugs to Agitha (Stamp #25) (850 R)
  • Telma Invoice
  • Doctor (Show Invoice)
  • Transform Wolf
  • Medicine Scent
  • Hyrule Field
  • Talk to Goron (Transform human)
  • Dash to the northwest part of Eldin Field
  • GB #16 (Northwest Eldin Field)
  • Dash towards Kakariko
  • Enter Grotto (Torches) (Stamp #26)
    • The grotto is on a hill in between the bug and Kakariko Village
  • Exit Grotto

  • Warp to Kakariko Village
  • Start Barrel Game
  • LJA to skip 2nd vine and rock
  • HP #26 (14 1/5)
  • Run on the left side with barrel to avoid leevers (You'll still have enough time)
  • Throw barrel of hot water on tired Goron
  • HP #27 (14 2/5)

Nighttime Part 1 (to Flight by Fowl)

  • Dash to East Hyrule Field (towards Castle Town)
  • Poe #37
  • Enter Castle Town
  • Talk to Louise (Telma's cat)
    • If you forget to do this, the stalhounds will not appear in South Hyrule Field
  • Enter South Hyrule Field
  • Poe #38
  • Dash to middle of pathway
  • Wooden Statue (grab 25R from the stalhounds) (875 R)
  • Dash over to GB #17 (by the pillar)

  • Warp to Kakariko Gorge
  • Dash to cave (Break the rock with the ball and chain)
    • Left
    • Right
    • Stamp #27
    • Back + Right
    • Right
    • Left
    • Right
    • HP #28 (14 3/5) (Torches)
    • Back + Left
    • Poe #39
  • Savewarp (39 poes, 3/5 HP, 27 stamps)

  • Dash to the tree
  • Poe #40
  • Double Heart Piece LJA
  • HP #29-30 (15 0/5)
  • Void
  • Epona to Faron Field
  • Enter Grotto (Chest only)
  • Stamp #28
  • Exit Grotto
  • GB #18 (Faron Field - on cliff tree)
  • Poe #41 (Kill Kargaroks before getting Poe to avoid getting bombarded with enemies)
  • GB #19 (Faron Field - on tree)
  • Ride Epona to Hylia bridge
  • Clawshot up targets
  • Poe #42
  • Enter Grotto (Bubbles) (Stamp #29)
  • Exit Grotto
  • GB #20 (on the wall in the big tree underpass)
  • GB #21 (North Bridge of Hylia)

Nighttime Part 2 (through Gerudo Mesa)

  • Flight by Fowl 1 (855 R)
    • Open the orange rupee chest on the spinning platform (955 R)
    • HP #31 (15 1/5)
    • Stamp #30
    • Poe #43
  • Cannon up to house (945 R)
  • Flight by Fowl 2 (925 R)
  • Poe #44 under house

  • Warp to Kakariko Village
  • Show Ilia the wooden statue (and skip the cutscene)
  • Dash to the top of Hotel and Cucco down to wooden platform
  • Poe #45 (Abandoned house)
  • Poe #46
  • Dash to Death Mountain
  • Goron launch onto cliff
  • Poe #47
  • Roll to hole
  • HP #32 (15 2/5)

  • Warp to Gerudo Mesa
  • Poe #48

Daytime 2 (to City in the Sky)

  • Warp the bridge to Bridge of Eldin
  • Dash to the south end of the bridge
  • Grotto near bridge (Chest only) (Stamp #31)
  • Exit grotto
  • Call Epona
  • Ride back across Bridge of Eldin
  • Clawshot up to the ledge
  • GB #22 (on the wall near Goron Stockcave entrance)

  • Enter Goron Stockcave
  • Grab arrows from Barrel
  • Sidehop down to ground floor
  • HP #33 (15 3/5) (Torches)
  • Stamp #32
  • Lavawarp
  • Exit Stockcave
  • Roll to Epona
  • Ride to Hidden Village
  • Use Spinner and enter Grotto
  • Kill all 3 Stalfos
  • HP #34 (15 4/5)

  • Enter Hidden Village
  • Clear Enemies (YT link)
  • Ilia's Charm
  • Show Impaz the dominion rod to get the Ancient Sky Book
  • Roll to broken down house (Precise transform to wolf at the window)
  • Howling Stone #6 (MDMUDUMUM)

  • Warp to Kakariko Village
  • Enter Malo Mart
    • Donate 200R (725 R)
    • Hawkeye (625 R)
    • Hylian Shield (425 R)
  • Roll to Sanctuary
  • Show Ilia the Ilia's Charm to get the Horse Call
  • Jump down hole and show the Ancient Sky Book to Shad (this will restore the dominion rod)
  • Early City in the Sky

  • Map warp the cannon to Lake Hylia
  • Repair Cannon (125 R)
  • Enter City in the Sky

City in the Sky


  • Clawshot targets up until you're at the top (LJA into corner midway)
  • Stamp #33
  • Enter room
  • Clawshot up targets/vines
  • Giant Deku Baba Room Timesaver
  • HP #35 (16 0/5)
  • Clawshot up targets
  • Early Peahat Cycle
  • LJA to the HP chest (don't open the chest yet)
  • Go through the door and immediately back through again (sets void spawn point)
  • HP #36 (16 1/5)
  • Clawshot peahat and drop down
  • Poe #49
  • Stamp #34
  • Clawshot the peahats and void (wait for the second peahat if needed)
    • You can also drop from the peahat onto the ledge (harder) and void from there
  • Enter door
  • Clawshot the peahats and go into the central area

  • Get to the ropes quicker (Note: You only need to grapple the vines and continue from there)
  • LJA across rope
  • Transform Wolf
  • Poe #50
  • Stamp #35
  • LJA to Boss Key room
  • Boss Key
  • Drop down
  • Skip Turning On Fans
  • Fan Tower
  • Enter Argorok
  • Clawshot vines
  • Argorok (use Rare Chu Jelly for 2 Cycle if available)
  • HC #7 (17 1/5)
  • Equip Boots and Enter Cannon to Exit

Getting to Palace of Twilight

  • Warp to Castle Town
  • No Mailman Skip
  • Enter Star game
  • Star Minigame 1 (115 R)
  • Big Quiver
  • Star Minigame 2 (100 R)
  • Giant Quiver
  • Donate 100R to Charlo (0 R)
  • Roll to Barrier
  • Great Spin (HS 7/7)

  • Warp to Mirror Chamber
  • Enter Palace of Twilight

Palace of Twilight


  • Enter East Wing
  • Kill Zant Masks
  • Grapple target
  • Stamp #37
  • Small Key
  • LJA after Small Key
  • Phantom Zant 2
  • Exit Phantom room
  • Staircase Timesaver 2
  • Activate platform
  • HP #38 (17 3/5) in alcove (Hit Zant's Hand to avoid it grabbing the Sol) (Carry Sol on the platform)
  • Light Sword

Savewarping here will make it night, which can be helpful if you missed some poes earlier.

Getting to Cave of Ordeals

  • Warp to Gerudo Mesa
  • Enter Cave of Ordeals

Cave of Ordeals

  • Great Spin only works at full health, so try not to get hit.
  • If you happen to take damage, use the Infinite Soup Glitch to get your Great Spin back.
  • Collect random rupees when you can. Ideally, you'll have 980R upon exiting, but you need at least 780R. There are 300 guaranteed rupees noted in the list below.

Easy for Eyes Layout

Floors 1-10

  • Floor 1: B-Charge Bulblin, Transform Human Once It Explodes (YT link)
  • Floor 2: GS Most Keese + Rats Then Stab Ones Around Edge (3 of Each)
  • Floor 3: Bombarrow 3 Deku Babas Before Jumping Down, Then GS One On Floor
  • Floor 4: GS 3 Spiders (They Won't Block If You GS As They Approach)
  • Floor 5: Jump Down Stright And Roll-Stab First Bulblin, Then Repeat With Bulbin On Right And Left
  • Floor 6: Jump Down Slightly Left Into GS 3 Torchslugs, Clawshot The Rest Around
  • Floor 7: GS 1st Dodongo (Can Reach From Front), Then GS 2nd Dodongo, Then Kill Rest Of Keese
  • Floor 8: GS Tektikes
  • Floor 9: Hang Off Edge + Drop Into GS To Kill Bulblins, Then GS Lizalfos
  • Floor 10: Fairy 1 (Stamp #38)

Floors 11-20

Floors 21-30

  • Floor 21: GS Bokoblins + Keese Then B&C To Reveal Door
  • Floor 22: GS Rats Until Can't Move, Then Transform When Safe And Kill Rest Of Rats + Ghost Rats
  • Floor 23: GS Stalkin
  • Floor 24: Jump Down Into Middle, GS Redead In Front, Then GS Other 4 From Distance
  • Floor 25: Arrow Should Go Over You, GS Bulblins Below Then Bombarrow Bulblin On Tower
  • Floor 26: Bombarrow Stalfos
  • Floor 27: Bombarrow Left Spider, Jump Attack Down Cutting Down Middle Spider, GS All Bubbles + Spider, Bombarrow Right Spider
  • Floor 28: GS Lizalfos and Bokoblins
  • Floor 29: GS Bubbles + Knock Down Both Stalfos, Finish Last Bubbles Then Bombarrow Stalfos On Floor
  • Floor 30: Fairy 3 (Stamp #40)

Floors 31-40

  • Floor 31: Stay up top, Bombarrow 5 Beamos From Top, Then Jump Down, GS Keese, Move Statues For Door
  • Floor 32: Instant Jumpattack Down Into GS 1st Dodongo, GS 2nd Dodongo, GS Rest Of Enemies Coming Towards You, Roll Around Making All Torchslugs Drop, Clawshot All Torchslugs
  • Floor 33: Go Down To Side, GS All Redeads From Distance While Avoiding Poe (Poe #52) And Stay Wolf
  • Floor 34: Wait In Room For Chus And Let Ghost Rats On You, Jump Attack Spam To Kill Chus, Then Kill All Ghost Rats
  • Floor 35: Jump Off To A Side, GS All Keese, B&C Freezard, Bombarrow/B&C Mini-Freezards
  • Floor 36: B&C 4 Chilfos
    • You Are Expected To Take Damage Here Or If Not On Floor 38
  • Floor 37: Quick Spin All Enemies
  • Floor 38: Go Down Right, Kill First Freezard, Kill More Stuff Around The Place, Last Freezard (Honestly Just Do What You Can)
  • Floor 39: Drop Off Left And Take Armour Off Left Darknut, Block Right Darknut Few Times While Transition To Phase 2, Kill 1st Darknut, Kill Right Darknut
    • Dig up the silver rupee in the floor and stay wolf (300 R)
  • Floor 40: Fairy 4 (Stamp #41)

Floors 41-50

  • Floor 41: Don't go down, Bombarrow 9 Armos From Top, Clawshot Over Wall To Door
  • Floor 42: GS Everything, Bokoblins More Important Then Dekubabas (Not A Huge Deal If You Get Damaged). If You Had To Use Fairy Tears As Back-Up Just Mortal Draw Bokoblins.
  • Floor 43: Jump Attack Down Into GS To Kill Lizalfos (Or Quickspin If You Got Hit), Roll Stab All Bokoblins Around Edge, Finish Lizalfos If Didn't Have GS
  • Floor 44: Hang Off Edge And Drop Down To Alert Poe Only (Poe #53)
  • Floor 45: Tranform Human, Jump down and kill redeads and chus, Use B&C on wooden platforms to kill Bokoblins
  • Floor 46: Drop down, Transform Wolf and kill Ghoul Rats, use Helm Splitter on every Chilfos, kill additional Ghoul Rats that crawl on you, B&C Freezard's and Mini Freezard's
  • Floor 47: GS stalkins
  • Floor 48: Jump down, shoot an arrow at Aeralfos and clawshot him down, three stabs into a combo, shield bash and then rinse repeat for both, take off armor for Darknut and finish him off with B&C
  • Floor 49: Drop off of the ledge, take care of Darknut in corner, take care of armor and finish off with B&C (Same strategy follows with other Darknuts)
  • Floor 50: Fairy 5 (Stamp #42) (You'll be warped to Lanayru Spring)
    • If you have an empty bottle, you will get Great Fairy's Tears

Getting to Hyrule Castle (Fourth Cycle)

Note: Ideally, you have 980R so that you can get the Charlo HP in one more trip. The rupee counts below assume that rupee count. But 780R is enough if you take an extra trip to Charlo after the final Malo Mart visit. If you have under 780R, several of the rocks we blow up contain rupees, and you can go for treetop rupees during Yeta snowboarding. See the list of backup rupees for more details.

Nighttime (through North Hyrule Field Bridge Poe)

  • Grapple Vines
  • Enter room
  • HP #39 (18 4/5) in torch chest

  • Warp to South Faron
  • Dash to Coro (Transform behind him)
  • Buy the Lantern Oil Bottle (Bottle #3) (880 R)
  • Break rock with the ball and chain
  • Escort Owl Statue to hole
  • Midna jump into haze area
  • HP #40 (19 0/5)
  • Poe #54

  • Warp to Bridge of Eldin
  • Call Epona
  • Ride to Hidden Village (2nd visit)
  • Cat minigame
  • HP #41 (19 1/5)
  • Poe #55 (Bonk wall)

  • Warp to Upper Zora's River
  • Poe #56
  • Swim to North Hyrule Field
  • Dash to Grotto
  • Stamp #43 in torch chest
  • Exit Grotto
  • Dash to bridge
  • Poe #57

Daytime Part 1 (to Castle Town)

  • Transform Human and jump into water
    • Equip Zora Armor if you took it off for Cave of Ordeals
  • Swim to cage (Stamp #44)
  • Enter Grotto (Chest only) (Stamp #45)
  • Call Epona
  • Ride to Ice Puzzle Cave
  • GB #23 (North Lanayru Field - on the wall next to Ice Puzzle Cave entrance)
  • Ice Puzzle Cave for HP #42 (19 2/5), then roll out
  • Ride to the tree
  • GB #24 (West Lanayru Field - on the tree)
  • Enter Grotto (Poe #58-59)
    • Midna charge the poes by the wall to get both of them at the same time
  • Ride to the rocks and shoot them with a bomb arrow
  • Spinner ride for HP #43 (19 3/5)

  • Warp to Snowpeak
  • Yeta Snowboarding for HP #44 (19 4/5), then void
    • Grab the red rupee from the shortcut (900 R)
  • Poe #60 in Snowpeak Cave

Daytime Part 2 (to Hyrule Castle)

  • Warp to Castle Town
  • Don't skip mailman
  • Donate 900R to Charlo (0 R)
    • If you donated to Charlo earlier, this should get you HP #45 (20 0/5)
  • Roll to Agitha
  • Give Agitha the rest of the bugs (Giant Wallet) (650 R)
  • Roll to Jovani and speak to him as wolf
    • Great Fairy's Tears Bottle (Bottle #4)
    • Ghost Lantern
  • Roll to Telma's Bar and talk to Jovani once more (Doing this makes Gengle (Jovani's cat) give you a stamp when you talk to him)
  • Roll back to Jovani's place
  • Speak to Gengle (Jovani's cat) for a silver rupee and Stamp #46 (850 R)
  • Roll to Malo Mart
  • Buy Stamp #47 and Magic Armor (200 R)
  • Enter Hyrule Castle
    • If you didn't get the Charlo HP earlier, go donate until you get HP #45 (20 0/5)

Hyrule Castle

Hyrule Castle Exterior

  • Roll to the East Courtyard and greatspin the bokoblins
  • Use ball and chain on the tower, grab a boar, and ride to the boomerang puzzle
  • Boomerang puzzle (top, middle-right, middle-left, bottom-middle)
  • Dig into the graveyard
    • Difficult timesaver: skip the graveyard sequence with a bomb boost LJA
  • Roll to the tree, break the rock with the ball and chain, then step on the switch
  • Light the torch to stop the rain, roll to the other torches, and light them
  • Escort one owl statue over to the entrance
  • LJA onto the owl statue
  • Small key
  • Dig into the East Courtyard
  • Climb the ladder and roll to the stamp chest (Stamp #48)

Hyrule Castle Interior

  • Barrier 3 Skip
  • Darknut Room
  • Torches (top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right, top-left)
    • Faster Pattern (bottom-left, top-right, bottom-right, top-left)
  • Dynalfos with a bomb
  • Aeralfos
  • Small Key
  • Boss Key
  • Enter Tower
  • Kill lizalfos with bomb arrows
  • Block Room Shortcut
  • Don't skip the final darknut
  • Kill the darknut
  • Enter the treasure room
  • Open the second chest from the left for Stamp #49-50 (Once you pick up the Stamp in the chest, you will be given the 50th by the game)
  • Enter the final battle

Final Boss Gauntlet

Amiibo Route

Amiibo Ruleset Differences (and General Info)

  • Cave of Shadows must be fully cleared over three trips during the run. You must collect the wallet upgrade at the end so that you have the Colossal Wallet by the end of the run.
    • Cave of Shadows 1 (up to Floor 6) unlocks upon entering Faron Twilight
    • Cave of Shadows 2 (up to Floor 20) unlocks after beating Arbiter's Grounds (and Cave of Shadows 1)
    • Cave of Shadows 3 (up to Floor 40) unlocks after beating Palace of Twilight (and Cave of Shadows 2)
  • Any Amiibo may be used
    • The Wolf Link Amiibo grants access to Cave of Shadows. It also refills your health during Cave of Shadows based on your best Cave of Shadows run.
    • The Zelda Amiibo refills your health
    • The Link Amiibo refills your arrows
    • The Ganondorf Amiibo doubles damage
  • You should use the Wolf Link Amiibo to load save files faster
    • Additionally, savewarping after King Bulblin 4 actually saves time with the Wolf Link Amiibo

Cave of Shadows Timing

  • Enter Cave of Shadows 1 as the Iza 1 Skip setup "savewarp"
  • Enter Cave of Shadows 2 as the Goron Mines Part 2 "savewarp"
  • Enter Cave of Shadows 3 at the end of Palace of Twilight (after warping away from the boss room)

Cave of Shadows

  • Use the Wolf Link Amiibo and the Zelda Amiibo to heal yourself when necessary
Floors 1-6 (Level 1)
  • Floor 1. Midna Charge the Shadow Beasts
  • Floor 2. Jump straight down to the left and Midna Charge the first two Shadow Beasts, then Midna Charge the next two (you can get 16R from the pots)
  • Floor 3. Jump straight down to the left and JA Shadow Vermin and Baba's (dig up the red rupee)
  • Floor 4. Jump straight down to the right and JA Shadow Vermin and Keese (dig up the yellow rupee)
  • Floor 5. Jump straight down to the right and let the Shadow Beasts clump together and Midna Charge all of them, and then JA Keese
  • Floor 6. Rest floor
Floors 7-20 (Level 2)
  • Floor 7. B-attack so Wolf Link hangs on platform, let go and and Midna Charge Bokoblins (dig up the yellow rupee)
  • Floor 8. Jump straight down to the right and JA Keese
  • Floor 9. Jump straight down to the right and combo Baba's (B-attack > Quick Spin > Quick Spin)
  • Floor 10. Helmasaurs (Aim for their backs, if they happen to turn around hit their plates)
  • Floor 11. Jump straight down and Midna Charge Torch Slugs
  • Floor 12. Jump straight down and Midna Charge Tektites
  • Floor 13. Jump straight down and JA Bulblin Archers
  • Floor 14. Jump straight Down and Midna Charge Dodongoss
  • Floor 15. JA as many chus as possible; once they form together, JA then Quick Spin (get five yellow rupees from the pots)
  • Floor 16. Quickspin Ghoul Rats
  • Floor 17. Jump straight down and wake all the Bubbles, then proceed to Midna Charge them (dig up the orange rupee)
  • Floor 18. Jump straight Down and Midna Charge Stalkins
  • Floor 19. Jump down to the right and JA Redeads and then Midna Charge
  • Floor 20. Rest floor
    • Grab the purple rupee from the chest if necessary
Floors 21-30 (Level 3 Part 1)
  • Floor 21. B-attack so Wolf Link hangs from platform, let go and Midna Charge skulltulas and babas
  • Floor 22. Quickspin Ghoul Rats and JA Helmasaurs
  • Floor 23. Midna Charge Bokblins and Lizalfos and then B attack combo the Armos statues
  • Floor 24. JA Deku Baba's and then quickspin (for all of them) and then proceed to JA and Midna Charge Redeads
  • Floor 25. Midna Charge Dodongo's and JA Keese then quickspin Torch Slugs
  • Floor 26. Midna Charge Ghoul Rats, Bokblins and Keese
  • Floor 27. Avoid the Redeads whilst JA Bulblins and then JA Redead and Midna Charge
  • Floor 28. Midna Charge Wolfos, JA Keese
  • Floor 29. JA Chu Jelly's (If they form together quickspin until they're away) and the quickspin Ghoul Rats
  • Floor 30. Quickspin both Chilfos, JA Mini-Freezard and JA Keese
Floors 31-40 (Level 3 Part 2)
  • Floor 31. Open all doors to reveal baby gohmas and rats, kill them and B attack combo the armos statues
  • Floor 32. Midna Charge Dynalfos and Bokoblins
  • Floor 33. Quickspin Chilfos, Keese and Mini-Freezards
  • Floor 34. Let the lizalfos/dynalfos clump together, quickspin all of them, then quickspin the chus, and take the down rest of the lizalfos and dynalfos
  • Floor 35. Midna Charge Keese and Deku Babas and then quickspin Helmasaurus
  • Floor 36. Midna Charge Twilit Bulblin + Bulblin Archers (Ride Platform)
  • Floor 37. B-attack and Midna Charge Zant Masks + Keese
  • Floor 38. Go around the room and JA Bulblin Archers twice and then Midna Charge Bokoblins
  • Floor 39. Midna Charge Dodongo's (Wait for platform to drop and then Quickspin Bubble and Stalkin) wait for platorm to rise and b-attack and Midna Charge Zant Masks then JA Deku Baba's, Stand on pressure plates to reveal enemies in hiding; Midna Charge/quickspin everything coming towards you
  • Floor 40. Wallet Upgrade
    • There is a silver rupee on top of the Wolf Link statue

Rupee Route Differences

Cumulative rupee differences are noted in parentheses

Before Malo Mart 1 (After Temple of Time)
  • Skip the purple rupee chest in Goron Mines (-50 R)
  • Grab 30R in Cave of Shadows 1 (-20 R)
  • Skip the purple rupee chests in Lake Hylia Cave (-70 R)
  • Skip the purple rupee chest in Bulblin Camp (-140 R)
  • Skip the red rupee from the first redead in Arbiter's Grounds (-190 R)
  • Grab 190R in Cave of Shadows 2 (even)
After Malo Mart 1 and Before Palace of Twilight
  • Skip the orange rupee chest during Flight by Fowl (-100 R)
  • Don't donate to Charlo before Palace of Twilight (even)
After Palace of Twilight

Note: the Cave of Shadows 3 wallet upgrade will raise the rupee cap to 2000R

  • Grab 190R in Cave of Shadows 3 (+190 R)
  • Donate 1000R to Charlo when entering Castle Town (+90 R)

Rupee Information

Rupee Costs

  • 30R: Slingshot (in Ordon)
  • 120R: Barnes Bomb Bag (after Goron Mines)
  • 10R: Cannon (after Lanayru Twilight)
  • 20R: Iza 2 (before Gerudo Desert)
  • 1000R: Malo Mart Trip 1 (after Temple of Time)
  • 50R: Flight by Fowl x 2 and Cannon (after most of the post-Temple of Time cycle)
  • 500R: Malo Mart Trip 2 (after Hidden Village)
  • 300R: Cannon Repairs (after Hidden Village)
  • 25R: Star 1 and 2 (after City in the Sky)
  • 100R: Lantern Oil Bottle (after Cave of Ordeals)
  • 1000R: Charlo
    • In the No Amiibo route, this is split into 100R and 900R chunks (after City in the Sky and before Hyrule Castle, respectively)
    • In the Amiibo route, this is all in one 1000R chunk (before Hyrule Castle)
  • 650R: Castle Town Malo Mart (immediately before Hyrule Castle)

Backup Rupees

For the Amiibo route, any rupees skipped in the Amiibo route section can work as backup rupees

Slingshot (30R)
  • Four green rupees on the way to the docks (4 R)
Barnes Bomb Bag (120R)
  • 20R small chest behind Goron Elder 1
  • 50R chest upstairs inside Kakariko watchtower (slow)
  • 50R lantern chest in Kakariko Graveyard (slow)
Cannon After Lanayru Twilight/Iza 2 (30R)
  • 60R around Fyer's cannon (use boomerang) after Lanayru Twilight
Malo Mart 1 (1000R)
  • 60R around Fyer's cannon (use boomerang) on the way into Gerudo Desert
  • 20R from the second redead in Poe 3 room in Arbiter's Grounds
  • 50R lantern chest in Kakariko Graveyard (during the visit right before Snowpeak Ruins)
  • 75R on the treetops when snowboarding down to Snowpeak Ruins
  • 75R on the treetops during Yeto Snowboarding
Flight by Fowl/Malo Mart 2/Cannon Repairs/Star Minigame/Charlo 1 (975R)
  • 30R from the other chests on the Isle of Riches after Flight by Fowl 1
  • 60R around Fyer's cannon (use boomerang) after Flight by Fowl 1
  • 50R lantern chest in Kakariko Graveyard (slow)
  • 60R around Fyer's cannon (use boomerang) before repairing the cannon
Coro Bottle/Charlo 2 (1000 R)

As long as you have 780R leaving Cave of Ordeals, you'll have enough rupees as long as you visit Charlo a third time after doing everything else in Castle Town. To avoid that extra Charlo trip, you need to have 980R.

  • 18R in the rock after buying the Coro Bottle
  • 50R in the rock in the northwest part of Lanayru Field
  • 30R in the rocks on the way to the spinner HP
  • 75R on the treetops during Yeta Snowboarding
  • 200R from revisiting Jovani's cat, Gengle (infinite)
Last updated 04/16/2024 – Jacquaid