Pearls, Master Sword, Ganondorf (Beginner Route)

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This category bans numerous tricks such as Manual Superswim and Zombie Hovering (except for Morth Hover), and requires getting main items in their intended order. This is the beginner route for the category, and thus excludes some of the optimal strategies, though the overall route is generally identical to the optimal route, which can be found here.

- Quadrant Call-out
- Equip Item

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Outset

• Sidehop off tower
• Roll to grandma's house, climb ladder, Hero's Clothes, Savewarp
• Climb Ladder, Aryll Cutscene, [Telescope], zoom in on mailbox/Quill
• Cutscene, Sidehop off tower, roll to Orca's House
• Sword training
  • Hold back on analog stick right before third hit and hold forward right before fourth sword hits of first two techniques
  • Quickspins for spin attack
  • Quick Parry (Activate the Parry the first two frames you can activate it, next one should appear early)
• Sword, Savewarp
• Roll up to FoF (Forest of Fairies)
• Red rupee quickspin in log, sidehop to lure bokoblin (20 Rupees)
• Bokoblin fight (3 sword hits each, then quickspin), get rupees in grass while bokoblins are dying (20+ Rupees)
• Cutscenes
• Roll to grandmas house, jumpslash over fence
• Climb ladder, backflip down, Hero's Shield, exit house
• Roll to Tetra and talk, cutscenes
• Enter inside of ship, talk to Niko, Rope game, Spoils Bag, Savewarp

Forsaken Fortress

• Climb Ladder, Cutscenes
• Gossip Stone text
• 2 Red rupees, avoid searchlights (60+ Rupees)
• Navigate up stairs and ramp, Window Grab, avoid Gossip Stone text
• Lure bokoblin to slash pot, take stick and quickspin bokoblin off of ledge to kill
• Use stick to jumpslash into the same window, go in right door
• Cross gap and go through opposite door, keep going
• Beginner strats for double moblin room and roof moblin
• Quick sidling
• Get Hero's Sword and defeat Bokoblin

To Dragon Roost Cavern

• Spawn at Windfall
• Flower rupees, get rupees up to 80 (80 Rupees)
• Buy the sail (0 Rupees)
  • [Sail]
    
• Sail to Dragon Roost Island [D2 to F2]
• Wind Waker
• Zephos Skip with KoRL text or Sail, or just watch cutscene
  • [Wind Waker, Sail]
    
• Rock skip and Quill cutscene
• Delivery Bag cutscene
• Talk to Medli upstairs for Father's Letter
• Give letter to Komali downstairs
• Go outside to pond area and talk to Medli, set wind N
• Throw Medli across gap, get Empty Bottle
• Get water and pour on bomb flower, blow up boulder to raise water
• Knock down statues and enter Dragon Roost Cavern

Dragon Roost Cavern

• Pull blocks, use Bokoblin stick to light torches for Small Key
• Go to and cross bridge to next room
• Skip lava platform cutscene and climb ladder to next room
• Break wooden barricades with Bokoblin sword to get Small Key, continue through next door
• Throw pot at bomb to blow up boulder, go through locked door
• Burn wooden barricade and press switch to outside
• Climb ladder, skip sidling with a jumpslash and climb across hang ledge
• Blow up boulder to rat room, pull and climb central blocks
• Gossip stone text, burn barricade for key, continue through locked door
• Bird's nest key, open locked door
• Light torch in dark room, burn barricade and light torches
• Cross bridge to triple Bokoblin room
• Defeat Bokoblins and climb ladder to next room
• Take lava platform to 3F
• Blow up boulder to outside, go up stairs to miniboss
• Bokoblins and Moblin miniboss, get Grappling Hook from Medli
  • [Grapple, Wind Waker, Bottle]
    
• Grapple across gaps, backtrack into boss door room
• Grapple across lava, chest storage boss key skip
• Gohma

To Forbidden Woods

• Safety save here if you want (you can crash if you drown with double storage)
• Double Storage Superswim to Forest Haven [F2 to F6]
• Wind Waker dive, swim to loading zone
• Watch Deku Tree cutscene
• Climb bulbs to get the Deku Leaf
  • [Grapple, Wind Waker, Leaf]
    
• Leaf to grass arrow and refill magic
• Set wind W
• Leaf to Forbidden Woods with west wind
  • Leaf to midway platform and refill magic, leaf into wind tunnel and to Forbidden Woods, refill magic again

Forbidden Woods

• Use nut to break door flower in first room
• Leaf Pumps to skip Baba Bud, use bomb flower on door flower
• Glide to moving platform
• Safety save here if you want (if you lose chest storage, you can't get it again as the chest stays open)
• Chest storage route to miniboss
  • Defeat right Boko Baba for bulb and stick, get storage
  • Take stick up bulbs, defeat door flower with stick
  • Drop down and store chest in tree, climb up wall to door
  • Leaf nut for door flower
  • Grapple in main room, climb wall and leaf onto flower
  • Reveal warp pot from on top of flower
  • Leaf and climb wall to highest door, avoid getting crushed
  • Leaf past spiky nuts and go through to miniboss
• Alternative route to skip chest storage:
  • Defeat right Boko Baba for bulb and stick
  • Take stick up bulbs, defeat door flower with stick and go through door
  • Leaf nut for door flower
  • Grapple in main room, continue and take nut to door flower
  • Reveal warp pot
  • Go through to maze room, maze shortcut for Small Key
  • Backtrack to main room and go through locked door
  • Glide to moving platform
  • Take bulbs up to miniboss in next room
• Mothula miniboss, get Boomerang and Savewarp
  • [Boomerang, Wind Waker, Leaf]
    
• Take warp pot to main room
• Jump down and to the left, use Boomerang to break door flower
• Defeat Morths and store Morth pit chest, clip or jump up to backtrack to main room
• Jump down, Boomerang two door flowers, avoid falling in water
  • If you fall in, clip back up by ESS swimming into ledge by door
• Spin attack to defeat Mothulas
• Chest storage boss key skip
• Kalle Demos with Boomerang

To Tower of the Gods

• Grab magic in grass if not full, Savewarp
• Get storage next to Beedle's ship, superswim to Eastern Triangle Island [F6 to F4]
• Place Farore's Pearl
• Superswim to Northern Triangle Island [F4 to D3]
• Place Din's Pearl
• Superswim to Rock Spire Idle Beedle [D3 to B3]
• Savewarp inside Beedle
  • [Boomerang, Wind Waker, Sail]
    
• Sail to Greatfish [B3 to B4]
• Savewarp once in Greatfish quadrant to avoid a potential fadeout at Windfall later
• Watch cutscene
• Safety save here if you want (you can crash if you drown with double storage)
• Double Storage Superswim to Windfall [B4 to D2]
• Set wind NE
• Password Skip
• Bombs, Savewarp
  • [Bombs, Wind Waker, Sail]
    
• Double Storage Superswim to Outset [D2 to B7]
• Drown in whirlpool to respawn on KoRL
• Sail to whirlpool and break wall
• Nayru's Pearl
• Sail around island for storage, superswim to Southern Triangle Island [B7 to D5]
• Place Nayru's Pearl
• Enter Tower of the Gods

Tower of the Gods

• Floor 1 Skip with Bomb or Armos Ledge Clip
  • [Bombs, Wind Waker, Leaf]
    
• Place Armos on switches to activate elevators to 2F
• Take right door towards first statue, jump across platform
• Jack Clip for first statue
• Take statue to main room, learn Command Melody
• Take left door towards second statue and grab magic in left pot, leaf pump across gaps
• Command Melody Skip on 2nd Statue
• Place statue on switch and leaf to miniboss room
• Darknut miniboss, get the Hero's Bow
  • [Bombs, Bow, Leaf]
    
• Shoot eye switch and leaf left bubble
• Leaf back to statue and take to main room
• Grab magic in pot and take back door, jump down to door on the right
• Glide to Small Key, void out to respawn at door
• Climb ladder and use one Armos for scales, or use two Armos normally
• Skip Command Melody on 3rd Statue
• Use 3 Armos to cross scales normally
• Grab magic in pot and take warp to 3F
• Bomb boost over lasers for Big Key
• Defeat Armos and go outside
• Roll past first Beamos during cutscene and jumpslash over rest
• Refill bombs and arrows before boss
• Gohdan
  • [Bombs, Grapple, Leaf]
    
• Ring the bell to Hyrule 1

To Forsaken Fortress 2

• Cut grass for magic if you're not at full
• Puzzle Skip, or solve puzzle normally
• Master Sword
• Hyrule Escape, Savewarp
  • If you run out of magic, grapple Moblins for possible magic drops
  • [Bombs, Wind Waker, Sail]
    
• Sail to Northern Triangle Island [E4 to D3]
• Savewarp once in NTI quadrant to avoid a potential fadeout at FF2 later, also saves time sailing
• Get storage and refill magic on island
• Superswim to Forsaken Fortress [D3 to A1]
• Wind Waker dive into island and swim towards wooden barricade to spawn KoRL
• Phantom Ganon fight
• Safety save here if you want (if you lose chest storage, you can't get it again as the chest stays open)
• Get storage using a Bomb push off of the Skull Hammer chest or on the stairs
• Store KoRL text
• Open Hammer chest and close KoRL text to store it with vision
  • [Bombs, Wind Waker, Leaf]
    
• Climb to Helmaroc boss room
• Alternatively, open the Skull Hammer chest normally and make way to Helmaroc normally
• Watch cutscene and climb tower
  • [Hammer, Wind Waker, Leaf]
    
• Storage strat for Helmaroc King
• Go up and through door to Hyrule 2

Hyrule 2 and Ganon's Tower

• Refill magic and bombs from grass if needed
• Go through castle to barrier
  • [Bombs, Wind Waker, Leaf]
    
• Bomb Push Barrier Skip
• Roll and leaf to Ganon's Tower
• Trials Skip with Bomb ledge clip
• Sidle into door
• Take right door and jump down
• Phantom Ganon maze for Light Arrows (down left up left right up)
  • [Bow, Bombs, Grapple]
    
• Defeat Phantom Ganon and break wall
• Grand Staircase, defeat all enemies and refill on magic and arrows, make sure you enter with over 2 hearts
• Puppet Ganon, damage down during fight
• Climb the red rope
• Grapple to middle level and then to top level
  • [Bow, Bombs, Leaf]
    
• Morth Hover to Ganondorf
  • You can get an extra Morth to latch on to Link before the hover and then defeat it once on the platform for extra health
• Ganondorf
  • You can use the Grappling Hook on Zelda to get extra hearts