No Save & Quit

Route intended for NTSC-U 1.0.

The route specified does bomb duping. It's likely optimal to skip bombs, but requires a wolfos jump over the wall in the courtyard in Snowpeak Ruins.

Ordon

Faron Province

  • S. Faron warp portal
  • Faron Vessel
  • Kill first two bugs (leave tears)
  • Bug outside Coro's house
  • Bugs inside Coro's house
  • Dig under gate, kill bugs, enter loading zone after bugs explode (leave tears)
  • Tunnel
  • Bugs on left wall (leave tears)
  • Bugs in tree trunk
  • Ignore bugs that dig
  • EMS
  • Enter Sacred Grove
  • Skull Kid chase 1
  • Skull Kid fight 1 (8R+)
    🠋 Master Sword puzzle (RD UUU LL DDD RU)
  • Warp S. Faron
  • Collect missed tears on the way to the tunnel
  • Collect missed tears in mist area
  • Cross purple mist with lantern
  • Transform and kill bugs before they dig
  • While waiting for tears, dig behind sign and jump attack to collect a yellow rupee (18R+)
  • N. Faron warp portal
  • Kill last two bugs
  • Turn senses off, transform, burn web, and collect tears
  • Vessel complete
  • Backflip to skip text (1-frame window)
  • Warp N. Faron
  • Ending Blow
  • Enter Forest Temple

Forest Temple

Eldin Province

  • Dash to Hyrule Field South
  • Mail Man Skips as Wolf
    • Alternatively, call Epona and dash into the trigger (~10s slower)
  • Enter Eldin Twilight
  • Kakariko Gorge Portal
  • Forced warp N. Faron
  • Warp bridge to Gorge
    • 1 frame JA or B attack to skip Midna text
  • No need to avoid KB1 trigger
  • Kakariko Village Portal
  • Eldin Vessel
  • Enter graveyard
  • Kill graveyard bug (leave tear)
  • Well Clip once bug explodes
  • 3 basement bugs
  • Graveyard bug tear
  • Malo Mart bug
  • 2 hotel bugs (don't need yellow)
  • Abandoned house bug
  • Barnes' Shop bug
  • Bomb House Skip as wolf, collect 3 tears
  • Watchtower bug (26R+)
  • DMT bug
  • Death Mountain warp portal
  • 2 Death Mountain bugs
  • Transform human before collecting last tear
  • Vessel Complete

Lanayru Vessel

  • No Midna text after cutscene
  • Dash To DMT
  • Midna jump up to goron trigger
  • Warp Kakariko after goron's text
  • Tame Epona as wolf (first input is right)
  • Warp S. Faron
  • Dash to Ordon
  • Get Orange Rupee behind Rusl's house with boomerang (126R)
  • Enter Bo's House
  • Iron Boots
    • [Boomerang (B) / Iron Boots / Lantern]
    • Don't forget about this equip if doing kargarok drowning
  • Warp S. Faron
  • Dash back to Hyrule Field, then to east part of HFS
  • Lanayru Gate Clip
  • Skip bridge burning cutscene
  • Kargarok fight as wolf
  • Kargarok flight
  • Zora's Domain warp portal
  • Warp Death Mountain
    • Transform in the corner
    • Lantern to B
  • Warp meteor to Zora's Domain as human
  • One frame sidehop to skip Midna text
  • Rutela CS skip
  • Enter Lanayru Shrine once in Lake Hylia

Lanayru Twilight

  • Lanayru Vessel
  • Bug outside Lanayru spring
  • Lake Hylia warp portal
  • Stepping stones for bug (127R)
  • Warp Zora's Domain
  • Wall bug and Rutela skip
  • Waterfall Sidehop or drop down right wall to bug (130R+)
  • 2 lilypad bugs (Try your best to keep them dry on NTSC-U 1.0)
  • Bug on cliff with RNG rupees in grass patches and boxes (134R+)
  • Swim to Upper Zora's River (UZR)
  • Listen to Iza for bug (135R+)
  • Down the river
  • Dash to Castle Town
  • Castle Town warp portal
  • Dash cancel through Castle Town
  • Castle Town bug
  • Warp Lake Hylia
  • Bug behind Fyer's hut (Keep it dry on NTSC-U 1.0)
  • Howl at grass
  • 4 Kargarok bugs, bonk, and press B to say 'No' to Midna
  • Last small bug
  • Boss Bug
  • Vessel Complete

Zora Armor

(NOTE: During wagon escort dashing through grass can give extra rupees)

  • Warp Zora's Domain
  • Dash to Upper Zora's River
  • Fight messengers as wolf to receive lent bag from Iza
  • Warp Upper Zora's River for the permanent bomb bag
    • If you plan to use a normal bomb underwater to get to Deku Toad and Midna Dive into Lakebed (saves ~12s), talk to Iza again between receiving the permanent bomb bag and warping away so that she fills the bomb bag
    • Otherwise no need to talk to Iza again
    • [Boomerang (B) / Boomerang / Boomerang / Boomerang] (automatic)
  • Warp Castle Town
  • Mailman skip (NTSC-U 1.0 Only)
  • Enter Castle Town as human
  • Enter Telma's Bar (Starts Wagon Escort)
  • Bulblin 2 Skip
  • Wait for wagon to catch fire and use Boomerang
  • Open gate and wait for wagon to go through
  • Kill all three Boar Riders
  • Kill bomb Kargaroks with Boomerang
  • KB1 trigger skip
  • Follow Zora Queen to Graveyard
  • Zora Armor

Lakebed Temple

  • Warp Lake Hylia
  • If doing Midna Dive (only possible if you talked to Iza to fill the duped bag):
    • Dash past Fyer's hut all the way to the Isle of Riches (layered platforms)
    • Transform, pause, and equip Zora Armor + enable Icon Shortcuts
      • [Bombs (B) / Boomerang / Iron Boots / Lantern]
    • Midna Dive with bomb to Lakebed Entrance
  • If doing Pillar Clip:
    • Dash down+right and go past the first bridge, then near the water
    • Transform and jump into the water
    • Equip Zora Armor + enable Icon Shortcuts
      • [Empty Bomb Bag (B) / Boomerang / Iron Boots / Lantern]
    • Pillar Clip with Zora Armor
  • Swim through the water to the top
  • Open water bomb chest (10WB)
    • Skip this if using a normal bomb underwater to get to Deku Toad
  • Drop stalactites with bomb + boomerang (8WB)
  • Staircase room
    • Down stairs, around, pull south lever
    • Up stairs, to the left, jump off the edge and slide off awning to the lower floor
  • Enter single cog 1F room
  • Pot Push to Deku Toad (6WB)
  • Moon boots from chest to railing
    • [Water Bombs (B) / Boomerang / Null Item / Lantern]
  • Blow up the rock with a water bomb or with a normal bomb underwater depending on the bomb bag choices you made earlier (5WB)
  • Jump down, swim to Deku Toad
  • 0-cycle Deku Toad (4WB)
  • Clawshot
    • [Clawshot (B) / Water Bombs / Iron Boots / Lantern]
  • Back to main room
  • Vine Clip with clawshot (faster) or bombs
  • Morpheel
    • [Clawshot (B) / Water Bombs / Lantern / Boomerang] for final regrab
  • Heart Container
  • Bomb bag fills with 30B on leaving the dungeon
  • Equips revert to what they were before bomb duping
    • [Lantern (B) / Iron Boots / Boomerang] (automatic)

Midna's Desperate Hour

  • Transform wolf and dash to Castle Town
  • Dash cancel through Castle Town
  • Enter Telma's bar through the door and get kicked out
  • Louise Glitch (saves about 1.7s)
  • Push box once and dash jump to window
  • Ropes in bar or rope skip (risky, saves about 3s)
  • Poe
  • Enter sewers
  • Burn first web as wolf with the right stick
  • Transform at second web and use Lantern
    • [Clawshot (B) / Bombs / Iron Boots / Boomerang]
  • Dig into hole
  • Bulblin Archer
  • Exit tower
  • Early Wind Cycle
  • Zelda cutscene

Getting to Snowpeak Ruins

Snowpeak Ruins

Desert Province

  • Warp Lake Hylia
  • Get Auru's Memo
  • Dash Down to Fyer
  • Boomerang red rupee from front of Fyer's cannon (280R+) if needed
    • [Auru's Memo (B) / Clawshot / Lantern / Ball & Chain]
  • Show Memo and go to Desert Province
    • Ball & Chain to B while waiting for Fyer to move out of the way
  • Enter Bulblin Camp without a Boar
  • Map Glitch to KB3
  • Defeat KB3
  • Enter Arbiter's Grounds as Human

Arbiter's Grounds

  • Human entrance
  • Pull chain
  • Small key
  • Torch room
    • [Clawshot (B) / Ball & Chain / Iron Boots / Boomerang] between lighting torch and door to automatically put lantern away
  • Poe door cutscene
  • Poe Gate Skip
    • [Boomerang (B) / Ball & Chain / Bombs / Clawshot] on Ending Blow Moon Boots
  • Boss key early
    • If traversing next room as human, get boss key now; if using wolf, get boss key on the way to Stallord
  • Full human movement after boss key
    • or stay wolf (roughly 2s slower)
  • Triple Stalfos Skip with 3pcc or step clip (comparison)
  • 2R in pots in front of Death Sword's door if needed
  • Enter Death Sword
    🠋Skip or fight Death Sword
    • Skipping Death Sword and deathwarping is 18s faster than killing Death Sword and exiting the room (comparison), not including time spent damaging down (~5s optimally)
    • If skipping Death Sword, put bombs to B while waiting in the corner before transforming
  • Spinner
  • Deathwarp with bomb and spinner (3 hearts)
    • [Spinner (B) / Bombs / Boomerang / Clawshot]
    • Die to Death Sword if low on bombs or high on health
  • Spinner to door
  • Epic spinner room
  • Open boss key chest if you didn't already
  • Spinner to socket
    • Get blue rupee in the skull if needed - want 280R+ before warping the sky cannon
  • Enter boss room
  • Stallord
  • One-Cycle in phase 2
    • Jump Attack into clockwise autospin
    • Left slash, right slash, forward stab
    • Repeat three times
  • Skip Heart Container
  • Spinner out to exit Arbiter's Grounds

Getting to City in the Sky

  • Mirror Chamber warp portal with a bomb
    • Get hit once before killing the last group of messengers (2.5 hearts)
  • Warp Kakariko
    • Must zoom in to enable portals when warping from here on out
  • Early City in the Sky
  • Press Dpad Up to talk to Midna about cannon
    • Press B to say 'No' to Midna
    • Map warp to Lake Hylia
  • Boomerang red rupee from front of Fyer's cannon (300R) if needed
    • If you are short on rupees, Fyer has 60
    • [Clawshot (B) / Bombs / Iron Boots / Spinner]
  • Pay Fyer 300R to fix cannon, enter cannon

City in the Sky

Palace of Twilight

Hyrule Castle

Last updated 03/15/2026 – bdamja