100%

Notes about rupee route

• Drops from RNG aren't counted, but will be noted in the route. If a monster should be killed because it always drops rupees, it will be noted in the route (i.e. one Red Soldier in Hyrule Castle, etc.).

• Both Maiamais and Heart Pieces found in the Rupee Rush minigames should be gotten together, to save time. (As in 1 game for Hyrule and 1 game for Lorule.) A x3 multiplier should also be gotten in both Rupee Rushes, as they are normally good places to gain a lot of easy money (especially the Lorule one).

• Be careful when buying the items so you don't accidentally rent the Boomerang instead of buying it (which would add an extra 50 rupees to the total cost).

After Chest Minigame

• What happens as far as rupees in chest game is very important for the rest of the route!!! The perfect luck is first try HP with 2 gold rupees. If you leave with over 650 rupees then you can buy the Fire Rod early and are pretty much set for rupees for the rest of the run. If you leave with under 650, you need to get the gold rupee in Dark Palace and may need the gold rupee in Swamp Palace. These are mentioned in the route, with relevant rupee counts.

• Thieves' Hideout has a 50 rupees chest (Statues room) and a 100 rupees chest (cell in B3 after lowering the water) that are quick to get, in case you're not feeling confident about going into the Chest Minigame with however many rupees you have.

After Lorule Rupee Rush

• Needed: 1600 (1000 if bought Fire Rod early)
• Backup: 74 rupees on ground in a backyard in Thieves' Town.

• Backup 2: Kill the Ice Gimos just south of Treacherous Tower for a 100 rupees chest.

• The route assumes no RNG rupees and pretty bad chest game luck, so ends Lorule Rupee Rush with 1439 rupees instead of the required 1600, however in a run with the RNG rupees and the listed backups you will be fine, as long as you follow the requirements for when you need to get extra gold rupees.

Abbreviations:

- Rupees = R
- Maiamai = M
- Hearts = H

---

Eastern Palace

• Activate Link's House's Weather Vane, save
• Go to the Blacksmith's
• Activate Kakariko's Weather Vane
• Toucan Jump
• Activate Death Mountain Weather Vane, collect 10 rupees [10R]
• Death Warp
• Rent Tornado Rod first, then Bow [0R]
• Activate Sanctuary Weather Vane
• Complete Sanctuary, 2 blue and 2 red rupees [50R]
• Rent Bombs after getting Ravio's Bracelet [0R]
• Activate Maiamai Quest
  • Shoot bomb with bow to blow up rock faster
• Activate Eastern Palace Weather Vane
• Eastern Palace [4H]
  • 8 rupees on the floor in the rolling balls room [8R]
  • 217 rupees from chests/floor/walls on the way out [225R]

House Of Gales

• Irene's Bell
• M1 in Witch's House
• Activate Witch's House Weather Vane
• Shady Guy Cutscene
• Warp to Kakariko
• Buy Smooth Gem [25R]
• Get Pegasus Boots
• M2 in grass on east wall
• M3 in tree by Cucco Game
• Cucco Game HP [4.1H] [175R]
• M4 in Rupee Rush
• Rupee Rush HP [4.2H] [225R]
• Pouch Upgrade
• M5 by Pouch
• Warp to Witch's House
• Flippers
• M6 in water outside
• Rupees in water [247R]
• Waterfall HP [4.3H]
• Warp to Link's House
• Rent Hammer, Hookshot and Ice Rod [77R]
• M7 in water by House of Gales
• Activate House Of Gales' Weather Vane
• House Of Gales [5.3H]

Tower Of Hera

• M8 behind House Of Gales
• M9 in water near bird man's bridge
• Bird man bottle #1
• Warp to Death Mountain
• Climb Death Mountain
• M10 on wall
• Activate Tower Of Hera's Weather Vane
• Tower Of Hera [6.3H]

Hyrule Castle

• HP jumping off ledge on the left [7H]
• Warp to Kakariko
• Get Hint Glasses in the tent
• M11 in tent
• Lost Woods
• M12 in tree
• HP in woods [7.1H]
• M13 under grass
• Master Sword
• Warp to Link's House
• Get Quick Equip
• Hyrule Castle
  • Zelda cutscene
  • Red rupee from soldier [97R]
• Portal to Lorule, Hilda cutscene

Thieves' Hideout

• Activate Blacksmith's Weather Vane
• M14 in tree in Thieves' Town
• Thieves' Hideout [8.1H]
  • 100 rupees from Eyegores [197R]
  • 200 rupees from Master Ore path [397R]
  • Master Ore #1

Desert Palace

• Activate Thieves' Town's Weather Vane if you want to save before chest minigame. Otherwise, delay it until later
• Chest minigame HP [8.2H] [197R] (assuming 1st try with no rupee rewards)
  • You need at least 150 rupees leaving
• Activate Lorule Castle's Weather Vane
• M15 on castle wall
• M16 in tree nearby
• Throw bomb up behind Vacant House
• M17 on the wall
• Activate Vacant House's Weather Vane
• Bottle in house #2
• Portal to Hyrule
• Rent Sand Rod and Fire Rod [47R]
  • If you have 650 rupees, buy the Fire Rod now to skip buying it at the end
• M18 on south eastern pillar
• Portal to Lorule (Misery Mire)
• M19 underwater to west
• Desert Palace Skip [9.2H]
• Activate Misery Mire's Weather Vane
• Fire Rod Boost and Dash to Mire Heart Piece [9.3H]
• M20 near Weather Vane
• Portal to Hyrule (Desert)
• M21 in sand
• Clip with Vulture
• M22 in sand
• Activate Desert Palace's Weather Vane
• Desert Palace
  • Sand Hop in first room
  • Sand Hop to one of the two small keys, southern room is faster but more difficult
  • Titan's Mitt
  • Exit Desert Palace via the entrance

Dark Palace

• Warp to Link's House
• M23 on house
• HP near Hyrule Castle [10H]
• Portal to Lorule in rock field
• M24 in rock field
• M25 in southern tree (RNG rupees)
• M26 in eastern tree (RNG rupees)
• M27 at the Dark Maze entrance
• Dark Maze skip
• Red rupees in front of last guard [87R]
• Activate Dark Palace's Weather Vane
• Dark Palace [11H]
  • Master Ore #2
  • If you didn't buy the Fire Rod, get the gold rupee [387R]
  • If you bought the Fire Rod, skip the gold rupee
  • 60 rupees from Gemasaur King [447R]

Cleanup (Part 1)

• Red rupees [487R]
• Dark Maze HP [11.1H]
• M28 in the Dark Maze
• Bomb the southeast portal
• M29 on the southern ledge
• Portal to Hyrule
• M30 under boulder on southern ledge
• HP in the pegs [11.2H]
• HP in the cave [11.3H]
• M31 in the southern tree
• M32 above the red rupee [467R]
• M33 in the southern tree
• M34 in rock field
• Portal to Lorule west of House of Gales
• M35 on northern wall
• Red rupee on platform [487R]
• M36 under southern boulder
• Activate Turtle Rock's Weather Vane with animation storage
• M37 in water near Turtle Rock
• Red rupee in water [507R]
• M38 on south eastern wall
• M39 under northern skull
• Portal to Hyrule

Sanctuary Area

• M40 in water to the south
• Letter in a Bottle #3
• Hyrule Hotfoot #1 [487R]
• M41 under the blacksmith tiles
• Blacksmith HP [12H]
• Bonk tree behind Blacksmith for RNG rupees
• M42 in tree behind Blacksmith
• Finish Race [587R]
• Talk to Race Bro #2 to go back to Race Bro #1
• Hyrule Hotfoot #2 [567R]
• M43 under rock near Race Bro
• M44 in tree near Hyrule Castle
• Finish race for HP [12.1H]
• M45 under rock in Lost Woods
• M46 on wall to south
• M47 up top from the cave
• M48 in the water to the south
• M49 near Hyrule Sanctuary
• Portal to Lorule in the Sanctuary
• M50 under rock
• M51 in tree to east
• Silver rupee in southern chest [667R]
• Activate Graveyard's Weather Vane
• Red rupees from Eyegores [727R]
• Graveyard's Master Ore #3
• Throw bomb to open portal
• M52 on wall
• Portal to Hyrule (Graveyard)
• HP in cave [12.2H]
• M53 on wall
• HP in Sanctuary [12.3H]

Cleanup (Part 2)

• Bonk tree by river for RNG rupees
• M54 in the river southwest of Witch's House
• M55 in the south eastern pit
• Portal to Lorule in the pit
• M56 in grass on southern ledge
• M57 near large waterfall
• M58 in the river
• M59 near small waterfall portal
• Portal to Hyrule
• M60 on ledge near portal
• Warp to Link's House

Ice Ruins

• M61 in tree west of Link's House
• M62 under tiles
• Blacksmith cave HP [13H]
• Tempered Sword
• Premium Milk
• M63 under the sand
• Warp to Tower of Hera
• M64 on wall to far east
• Armos clip to complete bottle quest
• M65 under rock on ledge below
• Ore Mine HP [13.1H]
• M66 under western boulder past the bridge
• Portal to Lorule back across bridge
• Activate Death Mountain's Weather Vane
• M67 on eastern wall
• Go through ice cave
• Head west then north in ice cave
• Portal to Hyrule
• Death Mountain Peak HP [13.2H]
• Portal to Lorule
• Head south then south in ice cave
• Gold rupee chest [1027R]
• M68 under skull on ledge below
• M69 behind Ice Ruins
• Activate Ice Ruins' Weather Vane
• Ice Ruins [14.2H]
  • Gold rupee between the first two floors [1327R]
  • Stamina Scroll with respawn manip

Skull Woods

• Warp to Misery Mire
• M70 under boulder near eastern portal to Hyrule
• Portal to Hyrule
• M71 under boulder near portal
• M72 in southern water
• M73 in hidden cave
• HP outside of hidden cave [14.3H]
• Warp to Kakariko Village
• Merchant Bottle #4 [1227R]
• Kakariko cave HP [15H]
• M74 under boulder on right path to Lost Woods
• M75 on top of the house
• Portal to Lorule behind Sahasrahla's house
• Skull Woods HP [15.1H]
• M76 on the wall of the house
• M77 under the boulder on the left path to Skull Woods
• Skull Woods [16.1H]
  • Master Ore #4

Swamp Palace

• Activate Skull Woods' Weather Vane
• M78 on wall south of eastern exit
• M79 in eastern pit
• M80 in grass behind northern trees
• HP on north house [16.2H]
• M81 in tree near the house
• M82 in far west of Skull Woods
• Buy Gold Bee [339R]
• M83 in southern grass
• Warp to Blacksmith
• Golden Sword
• M84 on the Blacksmith's House
• M85 under the boulder north of Blacksmith's House
• M86 west of Vacant House
• Activate Swamp Palace's Weather Vane
• Swamp Palace [17.2H]
  • Blue Mail
  • If you didn't buy the Fire Rod, get the gold rupee if you have under 800 rupees [639R]
  • If you bought the Fire Rod, get the gold rupee if you have under 200 rupees

Treacherous Tower 1

• Big Bomb Skip for Swamp HP and rupee chests [17.3H] [1039R]
• M87 in northern pillar
• M88 on northern wall
• M89 in western water
• M90 in skull near Octoball
• Octoball HP [18H] [1089R]
• Portal to Hyrule southwest of Octoball
• M91 under the boulder
• Lower Portal to Lorule
• M92 on the wall
• M93 in Lorule Rupee Rush
• Lorule Rupee Rush HP [18.1H] [1439R]
  • If you didn't buy the Fire Rod, you need [1600R] at this point
  • If you bought the Fire Rod, you need [1000R] at this point
  • Backups are:
    • 74 rupees in cucco pen in Thieves' Town, get them after blowing up the Big Bomb Flower rock
    • Silver rupee for defeating Ice Gimos south of Treacherous Tower
• Steal the Big Bomb Flower
• M94 in grass near Big Bomb Flower
• Open entrance to Rupee Bottle Fairy with Big Bomb Flower
• Do one of the following:
• If you activated Thieves' Town's Weather Vane early:
  • Warp to Death Mountain
• If you didn't activate Thieves' Town's Weather Vane early:
  • M95 on west wall in Thieves' Town
  • Activate Thieves' Town's Weather Vane
  • Warp to Death Mountain
• M95 under boulder across bridge
• M96 under skull on the ledge
• M97 west of Treacherous Tower
• Activate Treacherous Tower's Weather Vane
• Complete Treacherous Tower Beginner [1800R]
• Complete Treacherous Tower Intermediate for Heart Piece [18.2H] [2600R]
• Complete Treacherous Tower Advanced 1 for Super Lamp [7400R]

Turtle Rock

• Warp to Thieves' Town
• If you activated Thieves' Town Weather Vane early, M98 on west wall
• Portal to Stylish Woman's House
• Stylish Woman HP [18.3H]
• Get the Bug Net
• Get the Bee Badge
• Warp to Death Mountain
• M99 under south eastern rock
• Warp to Link's House
• Buy all of the items [0R]
• M100 outside Maiamai cave
• Upgrade all of the items, get Great Spin
• Portal to Lorule at Link's House
• Warp to Turtle Rock
• Turtle Rock [19.3H]
  • Gold rupee in basement if you have less than 300 rupees [300R]
  • Hylian Shield
• Re-enter Turtle Rock
  • Turtle Rock HP [20H]

Treacherous Tower 2

• Warp to Treacherous Tower
• Complete Treacherous Tower Advanced 2 [Super Net] [5100R]
• Warp to Blacksmith
• Rupee Fairy Bottle #5 [2100R]

Lorule Castle

• Warp to Lorule Castle
• Lorule Castle
  • Small key
  • Red Mail
  • Trials Skip
• Yuganon
• Triforce

Most Recent Update

Small changes from optimisations found during the making of the 100% TAS, in particular starting the Maiamai Quest before Eastern, and changing which maiamais are collected during Hyrule Hotfoot races.

July 13th 2026

Previous Route