GCN Forest Temple (No Save & Quit)

A memory card is not needed to run this route.

This route works for any Gamecube version.

It is helpful to watch a top run on the leaderboard for reference when learning, as this route document can only go into so much detail.

Ordon

  • Start on File 1
  • Roll to Ordon Spring
    🠋 Epona cutscene
    • If you turn around and then roll upwards you can roll to Epona without talking to Ilia.
  • Ride to ranch through the grass to try get a blue rupee (3-13R depending on RNG)
  • Goats 1 (10 goats)
  • Exit house
    • If at 6R+, head straight to village
    • If under 6R, sidehop right and pick up rock in grass behind Epona for blue rupee first
  • Climb vines to eagle guy
    🠋 Get and deliver crib
    • The angle you are facing when you pull the grass for the bird will determine your angle, so being straight on is most optimal
  • Fishing Rod
    • [Fishing Rod]
  • Mailbox jump onto roof
  • Two yellow rupees (~28R)
  • Head to dock, collecting freestanding green rupees to reach 30R
    • Or attempt cat warp (risky, RNG-based)
  • Catch two fish, cat cutscene
  • Enter shop
  • Speak for Bottle (Milk) (1/4)
  • Buy Slingshot (0R)
    • [Fishing Rod / Slingshot]
  • Get Wooden Sword
  • Return to Ordon Spring area
  • Ordon Gate Clip, enter Faron

Faron

  • Call Epona
    🠋 Talk to Coro for lantern
    • When on Epona, use one spur prior to jumping the fence, with the remaining 5 expiring just before turning the corner into Coro's area.
    • If you target Coro and press A while moving towards him, you do not need to park Epona to begin the text.
    • If you carry too much speed into Coro's area, you may jump over his campsite if you fail to talk to him.
  • Dupe fishing rod on Epona 19 times; if done properly, the Faron Spring area will fail to load as you approach through the tunnel
    🠋 Park Epona out of bounds beyond deku baba
    • Ride back towards South Faron
    • Hit the unloaded area towards the middle/left of the opening; the right side is higher ground, and having Epona that high makes it possible for the baba to scare her back in bounds
    • Approach the baba area from the load zone side and ram Epona into the wall near the baba to stop her; avoid hitting the load zone while on Epona, as it will crash
    • If you miscounted rod dupes, the area may not be unloaded. If this happens, ride back to the Coro area. If you did nearly enough dupes, that area may unload instead after the game freezes for a few seconds. If that area unloads, you can still park Epona beyond the deku baba, approaching from the other side.
  • Enter tunnel to set respawn point and despawn fishing rods
  • Return through load zone to Coro area
    🠋 Park Epona out of bounds in front of Forest Temple
    • Ride around the west side of the map to the ground collision beyond the north load zone (to Hyrule Field)
    • If Epona doesn't pop up to that ground collision on her own, rear back and turn to pop up
    • Ride around the east side of the map to the hill near Coro's house; try to stop Epona just before she hits the wall to avoid an auto-walk backwards
    • Rear back and turn around to pop up
    • Ride off the collision just right of the plant texture; ideal y-pos while on Epona at rest is very roughly 1050
    • Park Epona near the farthest tree and aim as close to due west as possible
    • Ride straight ahead to slope in front of Forest Temple; one way to do this is to use a metronome at 200bpm: hold up 2 beats; dash every 8 beats; instead of using last dash, wait 4 extra beats; resume dashing every 8 beats; after using last dash, pull back on control stick to stop Epona on count 5 (x-pos roughly 39400)
    • Rear back and hold right to turn Epona northward
  • Backflip off Epona to void out
    • [Lantern / Slingshot]
  • Go through tunnel (put away lantern and pull sword after 2nd web)
  • Enter cave for small key
  • Exit cave, use small key on gate
  • Mount Epona in the floor outside Forest Temple
    🠋 Backflip off Epona into Forest Temple
    • Hitting the load zone while on Epona crashes the game
    • To get extra height on the backflip, press down to rear back a few frames before inputting the backflip

Forest Temple

  • Stab bokoblin 3 times, then jump attack autospin bokoblin to kill it & break cage
  • Kill walltulas with slingshot
  • Kill skulltula with rollstab + 12 stabs (this may not be the best way)
  • Light torches
  • Exit north and skip bridge cutscene
  • Return inside and go through east wing
  • Small key on other side of turning bridge
  • Jumpslash past hanging spider
  • Enter locked door and save monkey 2 with 4 slashes
  • Head back to main room
    • Roll around to stairs to skip using monkey
  • Burn web and enter west wing
    • [Lantern / Milk]
  • Early Boomerang
    • Midna isn't on Z, so use milk to reset the wind cycle for the first bridge clip, then wait out the remaining wind cycles
  • Ook
    • 4 cycles

  • Exit room
  • Use bridges on the right to return to west wing
  • Cross main room to east wing
    • Use monkeys to cross main room this time
  • Big key with fence jump
  • Jump past the spider, exit to outside and cross over to the next room
  • Turn the bridge and exit to the monkey chain room
  • LJA to the boss door
  • Diababa with Wooden Sword
Last updated 04/23/2026 – bewildebeest