GCN バグなし (JP Glitchless) Any%

Glitchless Master Sword runs follow this same route aside from skipping the shadow beast fight at Bridge of Eldin after blowing up the rocks leading to Lanayru.

Ordon

  • 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
  • Catch two fish, cat cutscene
  • Enter shop
  • Speak for Bottle (Milk)
  • Buy Slingshot (0R)
  • Exit Shop
    • [Slingshot]
  • Get Wooden Sword
  • Tutorials with kids outside Link's house
  • Ride Epona to Faron
    🠋 Talk to Coro for lantern
    • 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.
    • [Lantern / Slingshot]
  • Go through tunnel (put away lantern after 2nd web)
  • Small Key in cave
  • Exit cave, use small key on gate
  • Save Talo
  • Goats 2
  • Leave Ordon Village, enter crawlspace to Ordon Spring (1R)
  • Castle Sewers
    • Midna TD is banned
  • Castle rooftops

  • Return to Ordon Village
  • Listen to people by dock
  • Scare eagle guy
  • Ordon Shield in Pergie's house
    • The Midna jump from the table up to the shield often fails
  • Ordon Sword in Rusl's house
  • Return to Ordon Spring
  • Ordon Spring warp portal
  • Enter Faron Twilight

Faron Province

  • S. Faron warp portal
  • Faron Vessel
  • First two bugs
  • Bug on Coro's house (collect tear later after exiting Coro's house)
  • Bugs inside Coro's house
  • Collect tear from outside bug
  • Bugs before tunnel
  • Bugs on right wall
  • Bugs in tree trunk
  • Trigger post-mist bug cutscene, then void out to respawn
  • Bugs post-mist
  • While waiting for tears, dig behind sign and jump attack to collect a yellow rupee (11R+)
  • N. Faron warp portal
  • Last two bugs
  • Clear twilight
    • 1 frame backflip to skip Midna text
  • Get key from Coro
  • Go through tunnel
  • Pull out lantern, follow monkey, and cut grass for rupees (15R+)
  • Re-obtain lantern
  • Kill bokoblin by Trill's shop and refill lantern
    • Running slash the nearer bokoblins so the bokoblin that needs to be killed runs towards Link
  • Ending Blow
  • Enter Forest Temple

Forest Temple

  • Spin attack to break cage + kill bokoblin
  • Kill spiders with slingshot
  • Kill big spider and 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
  • Head back to main room
  • Burn web and enter west wing
  • Deku Like skip
  • Enter door behind boulder
  • Bonk totem pole for small key
  • Light torches and save monkey 3
  • Return to previous room
  • Slingshot spiders on right and climb vines to door
  • Quick Big Baba fight
  • Save Monkey 4
  • Return to main room
  • Use monkey bridge to get to Ook
  • Ook
  • Gale Boomerang
    • [Lantern / Boomerang]

Eldin Twilight

  • Roll to Eldin and enter Twilight
  • Open Gorge portal
  • Warp Gorge bridge from N. Faron
  • Open Kakariko portal
  • Eldin Vessel
  • Midna jump into sanctuary
  • Sense to start cutscene
  • Light torches and enter basement
  • Basement bugs
  • Midna jump out to graveyard
  • Graveyard bug
  • Malo Mart bug
  • Elde Inn bugs
  • Abandoned house bug
    • Break boxes for potential rupees
  • Barnes' shop bug
  • Exit Barnes and enter bomb house
  • Light chimney and bonk wall for blue rupee (20R+)
  • Exit bomb house and get tears
  • Watchtower bug (bonk wall for misc. rupees) (25R+)
  • Death Mountain bugs
  • Quick steam cycle
  • Final bug

Death Mountain Climb

  • Go to Death Mountain
  • Lose to goron
  • Tame Epona
  • Ride to Ordon Village
  • Get 100R behind Fishing Rod House (125R+)
  • Iron Boots
    • [Iron Boots / Boomerang]
  • Ride back to Eldin
  • King Bulblin 1
  • Go to Death Mountain Trail (on Epona if playing on GCN)
  • Skip first goron
  • Get knocked down by 2nd and 3rd gorons while wearing iron boots so Link doesn't fly far
  • Sidehop against wall to avoid 4th goron
  • Wait for big rock to fall
  • Climb Death Mountain using gorons
  • Use 2nd to last Goron to boost to ledge on the left
  • Sidehop and put on iron boots before hitting cutscene trigger in goron elder cave
  • Wrestle Gor Coron
  • Enter Goron Mines

Goron Mines


Lanayru Twilight

  • Ride Epona to Barnes' shop (call Epona with horse grass if rode to DMT earlier)
  • Buy Bomb Bag (5R+)
  • Ride Epona to Eldin Bridge
    • [Iron Boots / Bomb Arrows]
  • Bomb arrow rocks at entrance to Lanayru
  • Eldin Bridge warp portal
    • Skip the portal fight if running the Master Sword category
  • Ride up path to Lanayru
  • Enter Lanayru Twilight

  • Dash to Lake Hylia bridge via Hyrule Field North and area outside Castle Town
  • Jump off Lake Hylia bridge
  • Talk to Fyer
  • Fight Kargarok
  • Kargarok flight
  • Ascent frozen Zora's Domain
  • Zora's Domain warp portal
  • Warp Death Mountain
  • Warp rock to Zora's Domain
  • Talk to Rutela
  • Swim downstream
  • Lanayru Vessel in Lake Hylia shrine

  • Throughout Lanayru Twilight, cut grass to collect rupees while waiting for tears
  • First bug after bridge
  • Lake Hylia warp portal
  • Bug past stepping stones
  • Warp Zora's Domain
  • Kill bug on the wall
  • Exit on the right
  • Drop down right wall and kill bug
  • Lilypad bugs
  • Bug on cliff
  • Listen to Iza for bug
  • Down the river to Hyrule Field North
  • Castle Town warp portal
  • Dash cancel through Castle Town
  • Castle Town bug
  • Warp Lake Hylia
  • Bug behind Fyer's House
  • Howl at grass
  • Kargarok bugs
  • Last small bug
  • Boss Bug

Getting to Lakebed Temple

  • Roll to Fyer and use cannon (0R+)
  • Exit Flight by Fowl and call Epona with horse grass
  • Ride Epona to Castle Town
  • Enter Telma's Bar to start wagon escort
  • King Bulblin 2 with arrows
    • [Boomerang / Bomb Arrows]
  • Break rock after bridge with bomb arrow for two yellow rupees (20R+)
    • Ride through grass patches to collect extra rupees
  • Unlock gate and kill bulblin riders
  • Kill both bomb kargaroks with boomerang
  • Escort wagon to Kakariko
  • Zora Armor
    • Equip after jumping into the water
  • Roll back to Barnes' shop
  • Sell normal bombs (60R+)
  • Buy 10 water bombs (0R+)
    • If you collected enough and have 90R+, buy 15 water bombs
  • Roll back to Graveyard
    • [Iron Boots / Water Bombs]
  • Use shortcut to Lake Hylia [9/14 WB]
  • Enter Lakebed Temple [8/13 WB]

Lakebed Temple

  • Swim up to Surface
  • Get water bomb chest [15/13 WB]
    • If you bought 15 WB from Barnes, you can skip this chest
  • Unlock gate
    • [Iron Boots / Bomb Arrows]
  • Shoot down stalactites with bomb arrows [13/11 WB]
  • Go downstairs and go left; jump to second lever
  • Go upstairs and go left; jump to first lever
  • Go downstairs and enter door
  • Small key [11/9 WB]
  • Return to central room
  • Go upstairs and go right to locked door
  • Shoot down stalactite [10/8 WB]
  • Climb vines and pull switch
  • Bomb arrow rock blocking the path, then sidehop to door before cutscene begins [9/7 WB]
  • Grab ledge and jumpslash down to Deku Toad door
    • [Iron Boots / Water Bombs]
  • Throw WB over fence to boulder blocking the way [8/6 WB]
  • Kill chus and grab small key
  • Bomb boost onto fence, jump down, swim to Deku Toad [7/5 WB]
    • [Iron Boots / Bomb Arrows]
  • Deku Toad with bomb arrows [3/1 WB]
  • Clawshot
    • [Iron Boots / Clawshot]

  • Exit room
  • 🠋 Return to central room
    • Jumpslashing down then rolling through the tunnel is faster than clawshotting across the vines (video)
  • Go right (clawshot over wall)
  • Go right and use switch that requires clawshot
  • Go up stairs and enter door
  • Go past boulder blown up earlier and enter door
  • Climb spiral slide (ignore chuworm)
  • Pull lever
  • Jump down and pull next lever
  • Return to central room
  • Swim down stairs and enter door
  • Clawshot across chandeliers
  • Grab water bomb chest en route [13/11 WB]
  • Enter lower door on far side
    • [Iron Boots / Water Bombs]
  • Maze room with water bombs [11/9 WB]
    • [Iron Boots / Clawshot]
  • Clawshot switch and drop to boss key
    • Can drop from switch during cutscene, but dropping and clipping is not allowed
  • Return to central room
  • Go up stairs with boots and clawshot chandelier
  • Drop to boss door off left side of chandelier
  • Morpheel

Midna's Desperate Hour

  • Dash to Castle Town
  • Enter Telma's Bar through the door
  • Louise Glitch (saves about 1.7s)
  • Push box once and dash jump to window
  • Ropes in bar or rope skip
  • Poe
  • Enter sewers
  • Burn webs with torches
    • Kill keese if they are too nearby to climb
  • Dig into hole
  • Bulblin archer
  • Exit tower
  • Early wind cycle
  • Zelda cutscene

Master Sword

  • Warp N. Faron
  • Kill puppets
  • Midna Jump to Sacred Grove
  • Howl at stone (MUD MUD)
  • Skull Kid chase
  • Skull Kid fight
  • Statue puzzle (LD UUU RR DDD LU)
  • Master Sword

Gerudo Desert

  • Warp Lake Hylia
  • Auru's Memo
  • Show Memo to Fyer and enter desert
  • Mesa portal
  • Dash down to lower level of desert
  • Shoot bulblin archer on left with bow
  • Dash to boar
  • Ride boar through barricades to Bulblin Camp
  • Small key
  • King Bulblin 3
  • Enter Arbiter's Grounds

Arbiter's Grounds

  • First room as human
  • Pull chain
  • Small key
  • Light torches, transform wolf before central room
  • Poe 1 + Poe Scent
  • Pull chain + enter downstairs door
  • Kill redead with bomb arrow + stab
  • Small key behind redead
  • Redead rupee (20R+)
  • Poe 2
  • Return to main room
    • If doing speed rat, do not leave room until it finishes turning
  • Enter door directly above
  • Pull block once
  • Pull chain x12 to raise chandelier with fast chain pulls
  • Rotate room
  • Small key (ignore the redead)
  • Enter locked door
  • Kill both redeads with bomb arrow + stab [9/7 WB]
    • Get both red rupees (60R+)
  • Poe 3
  • Exit via other door
  • Small key in chest
  • Enter central chamber, avoiding ghost rats
  • Cross chandelier into west wing
  • Chandelier bomb boost [8/6 WB]
    • Alternatively, push block 8 times, pull chandelier chain with fast chain pulls, and roll under
  • Enter door
  • Bomb arrow stalfos [7/5 WB]
  • Light torches (front, back left)
  • Poe 4
  • Return to central room
  • Go through poe door
  • Early Boss Key (it's allowed)
  • Ignore Boss Key chest, enter next room
  • Cross room as wolf
  • B attack across sand
  • Kill Stalfos with bombs [5/3 WB]
  • Enter Death Sword room
  • Death Sword 1 Cycle
  • Spinner
  • Exit
  • Head to big spinner room
  • Use spinner tracks to get back to Boss Key
  • Get Boss Key
  • Head to boss door
  • Stallord

Snowpeak

  • Open Mirror Chamber warp portal
  • Raise Mirror
  • Warp Zora's Domain
  • Get Ashei's Sketch
  • Warp Kakariko
  • Go to graveyard and show sketch to Ralis
  • Warp Zora's Domain and fish for Reekfish
  • Climb Snowpeak
  • Snowpeak portal
  • Snowboarding with shortcut rupees (85R+)
  • Enter SPR

Snowpeak Ruins

This route uses Ladder Freezard Cancel (LFC) and the spinner bomb boost, which are allowed in this ruleset and save several minutes. For a route that does not use these tricks, see this page.

Getting to Temple of Time

  • Warp N. Faron
  • Use golden cucco to get to Sacred Grove
  • Skull Kid 2 (chase as human)
  • Light torches to get bomb chest
  • Sacred Grove portal
  • Enter Temple of Time

Temple of Time

  • Break left pot for guaranteed 20 arrows
  • Pot on pressure plate
  • Small Key with lantern
  • Gate Skip 1
  • Gate Skip 2
  • Head upstairs with spinner
  • Skip second statue
  • Kill armos with bomb arrows for small key
  • Return to previous room
  • Cross to opposite door
  • Slash crystal switch
  • Skip shooting crystal again
  • Bomb arrow crystal switch 3 times to traverse walled room
    • Bomb arrow all enemies that have grouped up in the last section if needed
  • Boss Key Early with clawshot from the edge of the scales
  • Boss Key
    • L-target to shoot bomb arrow straight ahead to kill armos
    • Clawshot each helmasaur’s shell, then spin attack to kill both
  • Complete switch puzzle for boss key
  • Return to scales room
  • Jump down and enter door
  • Small Key
    • Bomb arrow lizalfos if needed
  • Electric gate skip with clawshot
    • Alternatively, place statue or pot on switch
  • Kill both armos with bomb arrows
  • Darknut
  • Dominion Rod

  • Bring statue out of Darknut room
  • Smash rolling spikes with statue if needed
  • Blade trap room
  • Scales skip
  • Break movable walls with statue
  • Circle room
  • Put statue in bell
  • Exit room
  • Clawshot over gate
  • Smash next gate with statue
  • Unlock Door of Time
  • Room before Armogohma
  • Break pot before boss door for 20A if needed
  • Armogohma
    • Collect arrows and hearts while waiting for cycles

Getting to City in the Sky

  • Exit Temple of Time
  • Warp to Kakariko
  • Get Renado's Letter
  • Warp to Mesa
  • Enter Arbiter's Grounds
  • Enter Stallord's room
  • Enter Mirror Chamber to set time to night
  • Warp Castle Town
  • Give Letter to Telma
  • Show Invoice to Doctor
  • Get Medicine Scent
  • Talk to Louise outside bar
  • Kill stalhounds in South Field (100R+)
  • Wooden Statue
  • Warp Kakariko and show Ilia the statue
  • Warp Mesa
  • Warp bridge to Bridge of Eldin
  • Enter Hidden Village
  • Bulblin archery
  • Show Dominion Rod to Impa for Ancient Sky Book
  • Use special spot to warp to Kakariko
  • Get silver rupee (300R)
  • Show Shad the book to restore Dominion Rod
  • Warp Eldin Bridge for 1st sky character
  • Warp Gorge for 2nd sky character
  • Warp Castle Town for 3rd sky character
  • Dash to Lake Hylia bridge for 4th sky character
  • Warp to Mesa for 5th sky character
    • Dash jump to statue platform as wolf
  • Warp to South Faron for 6th sky character behind boulder
    • Get rupees from boulder if <300R
  • Warp to Kakariko and show Shad the finished book
  • Warp Sky Cannon to Lake Hylia
  • Fix Sky Cannon (0R)
  • Enter City in the Sky

City in the Sky


  • Clawshot the target on the left, move down, then clawshot the switch
  • Exit the room
    • Grab arrows from pot if needed
  • Clawshot around the room up to the switch
  • Clawshot to the door behind the open gate and enter it
  • Clawshot across the targets and enter door
  • Clawshot the baba serpents to knock them down, then clawshot across
  • Enter central room
  • Go straight ahead and clawshot to the door (jumpslash to land on blue block)
  • Cross the bridge and enter the door
  • Stand by the vines and clawshot down and across
  • Clawshots up to left ledge
  • Drop down to the lower area
  • Clawshot crystal switch
  • Clawshot to knock baba serpents down
  • Clawshot up to Big Baba room
  • Ignore Big Baba and clawshot up to target
  • Clawshot to vines and walk across thin platforms
  • Clawshot up pillars and down into center of room to door
  • Fast peahat cycle
  • Peahat LJA
  • Enter door
  • Clawshot across peahats
  • Clawshot up to vines
  • Transform wolf and walk across the ropes
    • Possible to LJA off kargaroks to skip a small amount of rope walking
  • Go to door, transform before entering
  • Sidehop and put on boots, then clawshot pull switch
  • Boss Key
  • Jump down the hole and clawshot the grate on the north side, then lower downwards
  • Clawshot pull switch to activate the fan
  • Head outside and cross the fans
  • Enter fan tower
  • Fan tower with bomb arrow
  • Argorok

Palace of Twilight


  • Enter north wing
  • Place sols
  • Ride platforms and get small key
  • Head outside
  • Platform to Zant head
  • Void out after Zant head explodes
  • Boss Key shortcut
  • Kill both sets of 3 Zant heads
  • Small key
  • Early Platform
  • Enter the door at the top
  • Kill the shadow beasts
  • Zant

Hyrule Castle

  • Transform wolf immediately
  • Leave Palace of Twilight
  • Warp Castle Town
  • Postman then enter Castle Town
  • Squidna cutscene
  • Enter Hyrule Courtyard
  • Barrier 1 with bomb arrow
  • Barrier 2 with bomb arrows
  • Beat KB4 for small key
  • Roll back to the entrance and enter the castle
  • Barrier 3 with bomb arrows
  • Clawshot up and enter the door
  • Darknut
  • Torch puzzle (NE, SW, NW, SE)
    • SW, NE, NW, SE is 1s slower but safer
  • Bomb arrow dynalfos
  • Aeralfos
  • Small key
  • Link gets “rescued” cutscene
  • Boss key
  • Enter final tower
  • Block room shortcut
  • Bomb arrow lizalfos
  • Fight darknut
  • Ganondorf
Last updated 10/22/2024 – Simikins