Route History

GCN Any%

Optimal routes

  • August 2023 - Gorge, Empty Lake Hylia
    • Saves 18s over previous route
    • The improved clip out of bounds in Plumm's minigame found by Isaac, the Plumm cutscene skip found by Zac, Deku Toad with a bomb and boomerang found by Rachel, and the method for stealing a bomb bag without Ooccoo found by Jeez all contribute to the time save
    • Completes Lakebed in one trip and delays Snowpeak until after MDH
  • March 2014 - Gorge, Pillar Clip

Alternative routes

  • BiTE
  • Gorge, ZA
  • BiTE, ZA
  • Intermediate
    • Gets Zora Armor and does not do Pillar Clip w/o ZA, Rupee Roll, Epona Slide, or Morpheel / Zant w/o ZA
  • Beginner
    • Gets Zora Armor and does not do Pillar Clip w/o ZA, Rupee Roll, Epona Slide, Morpheel / Zant w/o ZA, Sword & Shield Skip, Faron Escape, or Poe 1 Skip

GCN All Dungeons

GCN 100%

  • November 2023 - Coro TD; KB1 post-MDH
    • Saves 34s over previous route
    • Delays beating KB1 until after MDH in order to waste most of the post-MDH daytime, allowing Iza 2 minigame to be delayed until after Lanayru ice puzzle cave, which makes it fast to skip the puzzles in the cave and savewarp after the heart piece
  • March 2023 - Coro TD; split Snowpeak
    • Saves up to 30s over previous route
    • Spends post-MDH daytime ascending Snowpeak instead of on collection at Kakariko Gorge; splitting Snowpeak spends more IGT than splitting Gorge, and experienced runners on the old route would be too early for the first post-MDH poe unless fishing bottle RNG was bad
    • The improved clip out of bounds in Plumm's minigame found by Isaac contribute to this time save, as on the old route with too much IGT, the faster clip just meant waiting longer for the poe
  • 2021 - Coro TD; split Gorge
  • 2018 - Yeta TD

Wii Any%

Optimal routes

BiTE (Back in Time Equipped)

  • 2022 - BiTE "gauntlet route"; SPR in between Lakebed trips
    • Saves roughly 18 seconds over previous route
    • Moves Snowpeak earlier in the route to save a warp to ZD and some movement
    • Also significantly harder due to bomb count and health in Snowpeak Ruins
    • In 2023 a 5-second slower but very consistent route with bomb duping was created
  • 2017 - BiTE route (needs link)
    • Was thought to be beyond-RTA-viable due to the difficulty of tricks and lack of setups
    • Made much more feasible to run thanks to the following discoveries:
      • An D's consistent BiTE setup on Wii 1.0 (December 2021)
      • Anorakkis' consistent setup for Epona Seam Clip (January 2022)

Alternative routes

Forest (formerly "RTA")

  • 2023 - Forest Bomb Duping
    • Saves anywhere from 20 to 45 seconds
    • Implements bomb duping to forgo needing the Goron Bomb Bag
    • Maintains having Snowpeak before Arbiter's (optimally)
  • 2022 - Forest Goron Bag
    • Saved roughly 18 seconds
    • Implements a moonboots bomb boost in Snowpeak Ruins, making spinner bomb boost slower
  • 2017(?) - Any% RTA
    • The original Wii Any% route. Date of origin unknown
    • Was named RTA because it was the fastest known RTA route, due to BiTE not being RTA-feasible yet
    • The main difference from BiTE is having to beat Forest Temple in order to leave Faron Woods

Zora Armor (ZA)

Beginner route

Wii All Dungeons

Wii 100%

Last updated 03/28/2024 – bewildebeest