Level 1 - Whereabouts of the Wind
Lake Hylia (1-1)
Backyard Skip
Discovered by Lttp
After you enter the house, go into C-Up and move a bit to the left. If you press R, you should notice the Links going into the "stone slab lifting" animation.
It is important that you do not cancel this animation. Once you've removed the stone, you can collect the fire rod and proceed.
Note: You can use the boomerang outside the house to then grab the fire rod in order to skip a conversation.
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Access Bridge Early
Discovered by Yadra121
It is possible to skip the entire section past Tingle by using GBA OoB under the bridge to access it early on.
Stay close to the wall, enter the bridge while the links are in C-Right formation and perform GBA OoB. After exiting the bridge again, switch to a different link and reunite.
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Obsoleted Tricks
Skip the First Chasm
Console Strategy by Sergi
Note: This antiquity is merely a memorial of an almost forgotten past.
When you get to the top of the waterfall, enter the middle cave. Get on the edge of the chasm against the right wall, then press c-right, followed by c-down, and then c-up immediately followed by a roll to begin a formation hover. Roll over to the other side and use a sword attack so that you see Red Link move forward and touch solid ground, then press X. After you've respawned, Red Link should be on the other side of the chasm.
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Cave of No Return (1-2)
Small Key Skip
Discovered by Yadra121
By using a Freeze Clip in the second room where the first key is obtained, it is possible to save this key and thus skip the second one.
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Block Room Timesaver
Discovered by Yadra121
It is possible to move the 2x2 blocks into unintended directions, which leads to a small shortcut in the third room with the blocks.
For the first block, position the links above it, to the left, and then press C-Up and simply move left.
For the second block (the last one), press C-Down and wiggle the controlstick between up and right.
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Hyrule Castle (1-3)
Owl Skip
Discovered by Yadra121
The Owl Skip skips the owl.
- Walk up on the left, get into C-Right formation and let Red face the diagonal (this is as close as you can get without stepping into the trigger)
- Roll upwards and press X* immediately after
- Reunite with C-Right, roll and press X* within a couple frames (this is very tight and must be executed precisely)
- If Blue is above the stone tile, pick up Red and press X to switch to Blue
*Using the digi pad might make this easier; however you must reposition your fingers first
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Activate Switch without Pushing Block
Discovered by Yadra121
Once you've gotten up on the castle wall, it is possible to hit the switch without pushing the last block out of the way. To do this press B+R to hop and hold the analog stick Down-Left.
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Small Key Skip
Discovered by Yadra121 & Zmaster91
Follow the video's description.
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Note: There is a much harder version of the skip which loses less time retrying for out of bounds described in the video below.
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Deathless Barrier Skip
Discovered by Yadra121
By using FMC the Links can clip into the barrier.
Follow the video's description.
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Canon Section Skip
Discovered by Yadra121
On the TV-Screen before the boss battle, it is possible to skip the two GBA screens past the throne. The trick only saves like 5 seconds, but looks really cool.
Mind that if you need backup gems (Gem count < ~1100), you should not do this trick, and get gems in the Canon section instead.
Enter the first GBA screen and do Jump Storage, exit the screen and press X as the storage gets released.
After the jump, walk to the right, then enter the fight and exit it immediately after.
You should be spawned in the wall, but can get out with some C-Formation changes and X inputs.
Then, you can simply enter the Phantom Ganon Fight normally.
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Phantom Ganon Fight in two Cycles
Discovered by Yadra121
By dealing the maximum amount of damage before Phantom Ganon recovers, it is possible to do this fight in only two cycles.
Per Cycle you want to hit 13 Jump Slashes and one charged poke with the sword. The key is to deal maximum damage per attack (4 JS at once) when PG only can take one more hit, so the setup is:
- Get in C-Up formation, execute 2 Jump Slash attacks (equals 8 JS)
- Select a single Link, do another JS, hold B to poke with the charged sword
- Get back into C-Up formation and do another Jump Slash attack
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An alternate method is given below. It is a little faster than what is above.
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Obsoleted Tricks
Freeze Clip Timesaver
Discovered by Yadra121
Follow the video's description.
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Barrier Skip
Discovered by Zmaster91&Yadra121
Follow the video below for the setup.
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