Glitchless Any%

Runs should start with a blank file in slots 1, 2, and 3; as all files are used during the run.

Ordon

  • Get Epona
  • Ride to Ranch, get Rupees from grass [R 3/7+]
  • Goats 1
  • Head to Ordon
    • If you have <7 R, Pick up rock in grass behind Epona [R 7+]
  • Climb vines to eagle guy
  • Get and Deliver Crib
  • Fishing Rod
  • Mailbox jump to roof
  • Two yellow Rupees [R 27+]
  • Roll to dock (grab Rupees from grass if needed) [R 30]
  • Catch Fish x2
  • Enter Shop
  • Slingshot [R 0]
  • Exit Shop
  • Get Wooden Sword
  • Tutorials with kids outside Link's house
  • Ride Epona to Faron
  • Lantern
  • Small Key in cave
  • Save Talo
  • Goats 2
  • Crawl into Ordon Spring [R 1]
  • Sewers
  • Castle rooftops
  • Ordon Shield & Sword
  • Ordon Spring warp portal
  • Enter Faron Twilight

Faron Province

  • S. Faron warp portal
  • Faron Vessel
  • First two bugs
  • Bug on Coro's house (Don’t collect Tear)
  • 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
  • Dig up yellow Rupee behind the sign [R 11]
  • N. Faron warp portal
  • Last two bugs
  • Clear Twilight
    • 1 frame backflip to skip Midna text
  • Get Key from Coro
  • Go through tunnel
  • Follow Monkey and cut grass for Rupees [R 15+]
  • Re-obtain Lantern
  • Kill Bokoblin by Trill's shop and refill Lantern
  • Ending Blow
  • Enter Forest Temple

Forest Temple

  • Spin attack to break cage + kill Bokoblin
  • Kill spiders with Slingshot
  • Kill big spider and light torches
  • Skip bridge cutscene
  • Go back and go through East wing
  • Small Key on other side of turning bridge
  • JS 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 and get Small Key
  • Light torches and save Monkey 3
  • Back to previous room
  • Slingshot spiders & climb vines to the right and enter door
  • Quick Big Baba fight
  • Save Monkey 4. Backtrack to main room
  • Use Monkey bridge to get to Ook
  • Ook
  • Gale Boomerang
  • Exit room
  • Use bridges on the right and save Monkey 5
  • Back to main room and go to East wing
  • Boss Key with fence jump
  • Head to room with the Boss door
  • Use bridges on the left and kill spiders with Boomerang. Enter top room
  • Deku Like 2 skip
  • Save Monkey 6 and head back to central bridge room
  • Enter West door
  • Fast 7th Monkey
  • Head to East door
  • Use Boomerang from the tunnel to save Final Monkey
  • Go back to Boss Room and enter Boss Door
  • Diababa

Eldin Twilight

  • Roll to Eldin and enter Twilight
  • Open Gorge portal
  • Warp Gorge bridge from N. Faron
  • Open Kakariko portal
  • Eldin Vessel
  • Go to Sanctuary and Midna Jump up to break in
  • Sense to start cutscene
  • Light torches and enter Basement
  • Bugs in Basement
  • Midna Jump out to Graveyard
  • Graveyard bug
  • Malo Mart bug
  • Hotel 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 [R 20+]
  • Exit Burning House and get tears
  • Watchtower bug (Bonk wall for misc. Rupees) [R 25+]
  • Death Mountain bugs
  • Quick Steam Cycle
  • Final bug

Death Mountain Climb

  • Go to Death Mountain and lose to Goron
  • Tame Epona
  • Ride to Ordon Village
  • Get 100R behind Fishing Rod House [R 125+]
  • Iron Boots
  • Go back to Eldin
  • King Bulblin 1
  • Ride Epona to Mountain Trail
  • Climb Death Mountain
  • Use 2nd to last Goron to boost to ledge on the left.
  • Pull Sword, Sidehop + Equip Iron Boots into Loading Zone
  • Wrestle Goron Bo and enter Goron Mines

Goron Mines

Lanayru Twilight

  • Horsegrass, get on Epona and go to Barnes’ shop. Buy Bomb Bag [R 5+]
  • Ride Epona to Eldin Bridge
  • Eldin Bridge warp portal
  • Enter Lanayru Twilight
  • Jump off Lake Hylia bridge
  • Talk to Fyer and fight Kargarok
  • Kargarok Flight
  • Zora's Domain warp portal
  • Warp Death Mountain
  • Warp meteor to ZD
  • Talk to Rutela
  • Swim downstream
  • Lanayru Vessel
    • Cut grass throughout Lanayru Twilight to collect Rupees while waiting for Tears
  • First bug after bridge
  • Lake Hylia warp portal
  • Stepping Stones for bug
  • Warp Zora's Domain
  • Kill bug on the wall
  • Exit ZD on the right
  • Drop down right wall and kill bug
  • Lilypad bugs
  • Bug on cliff
  • Listen to Iza for bug
  • Down the River to Lanayru Field
  • 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 [R 0+]
  • Ride Epona to Castle Town
  • Enter Telma's Bar to start Wagon Escort
  • King Bulblin 2 with Arrows
  • Break rock after bridge with Bombs for two yellow Rupees [R 20+]
    • Ride through grass patches to collect extra Rupees
  • Unlock gate and kill Bulblin Riders
  • Kill Kargaroks with Boomerang
  • Escort Wagon to Kakariko
  • Zora Armor
    • Equip after jumping into the water
  • Roll back to Barnes shop
  • Sell Normal Bombs [R 60+]
  • Buy 10 Water Bombs [R 0+]
    • If you collected enough and have R 90+, buy 15 Water Bombs
  • Roll back to Graveyard and 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 WB]
    • If you bought 15 WB from Barnes, you can skip this chest
  • Unlock gate
  • 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 [11/8 WB]
  • Back to central staircase chamber
  • Go upstairs and go right to locked door
  • Shoot down stalactite and climb vines. Pull switch [10/8 WB]
  • Bomb Arrow rock blocking the path, sidehop to door before bomb explodes [9/7 WB]
  • Go through door, jump across cogwheels to opposite side
  • Small Key
  • Back to previous room, jump down to platform below, enter door
  • Blow up rock and swim to Deku Toad [8/6 WB]
  • Deku Toad with Bomb Arrows [4/2 WB]
  • Clawshot
  • Small Key outside Deku Toad's room
  • Backtrack to central staircase chamber
  • Clawshot over fence with vines
  • Go right and use switch that requires Clawshot
  • Go upstairs and enter door
  • Go past boulder blown up earlier and enter door
  • Ignore enemy in bubble and climb spiral
  • Pull lever (open backup WB chest if needed)
  • Jump down and pull central lever
  • Backtrack to central staircase chamber
  • Swim downstairs and enter door
  • Clawshot across cogwheel
    • Open WB chest after first clawshot [14/12 WB]
  • Maze Room with Water Bombs [12/10 WB]
  • Clawshot lever and get Boss Key
  • Savewarp (slot 1)
  • Back to central staircase chamber
  • Clawshot Chandelier
  • Drop off ledge and enter Boss Door
  • Morpheel

Midna's Desperate Hour

  • Dash to Castle Town
  • Enter Telma's Bar through the door
  • Louise cutscene
  • Push Box once and Dash Jump to window
  • Traverse ropes in Telma’s Bar
  • Kill Poe
  • Enter Sewers
  • Burn webs with torches
  • Dig into hole
  • Bulblin Archer
  • Exit Tower
  • Early Wind Cycle
  • Zelda Cutscene

Master Sword

  • Warp N. Faron
  • Kill puppets and Midna Jump to Sacred Grove
  • Howl at stone [MUD MUD]
  • Chase Skull Kid
  • Skull Kid Fight
  • Statue Puzzle [LD UUU RR DDD LU]
  • Master Sword

Gerudo Desert

  • Warp to Lake Hylia
  • Auru's Memo
  • Show Memo to Fyer and go to Desert Province
  • Mesa warp portal
  • Use Bow to kill Bulblins riding Boars
  • Use Boar to get into 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 chamber
  • Poe 1 + Poe Scent
  • Pull chain + enter downstairs door
  • Small Key
  • Redead 1 [R 20]
  • Poe 2
  • Back to Main Room
  • Climb stairs and enter door behind you
  • Pull block once and pull the Chandelier up
  • Small Key
    • Skip the Redead guarding the Key
  • Use 1 Bomb Arrow + JA to kill each Redead [R 60+ | 10/8 WB]
    • If following 10 WB from Barnes route, can use 2 Bomb Arrows per Redead
  • Poe 3
  • Small Key
  • Enter central chamber
  • Across Chandelier into next room
  • Push block 8 times
  • Pull the chandelier chain
  • Transform and Roll under Chandelier
  • Enter door
  • Bomb Arrow Stalfos [9/7 WB]
  • Light Torches
  • Poe 4
  • Back to central chamber
  • Go through Poe Door
  • Enter elevator room
  • Hang from ledge, drop down and grab lowest ledge
  • Small Key
  • Pull lever once to lower elevator
  • Maze room
    • Skip Maze with precise Jump Attacks over spike barriers
  • Enter Stalfos room
  • Kill Stalfos with Bombs [7/5 WB]
  • Enter Death Sword room
  • Death Sword 1 Cycle
  • Spinner
  • Leave, head to big Spinner room
  • Use Spinner tracks to get back to Boss Key
  • Get Boss Key
  • Head to Boss Room
  • Stallord

Snowpeak

  • Open Mirror Chamber warp portal
  • Raise Mirror
  • Warp ZD and get Ashei's Sketch
  • Warp Kakariko
  • Go to Graveyard and show Sketch to Ralis
  • Warp ZD and fish for Reekfish
  • Climb Snowpeak
  • Snowpeak warp portal
  • Snowboarding (collect Rupees on the shortcut) [R 85+]
  • Enter SPR

Snowpeak Ruins

  • Talk to Yeta to get Map
  • Enter next room and talk to Yeto
  • Block Puzzle
  • Enter Courtyard and dig under wall
  • Get Small Key buried in snow
  • Go through door and roll past Mini-Freezards
  • Kill the three Mini-Freezards in small room
  • Defeat Chillfos before Pumpkin
  • Pumpkin
  • Give Pumpkin to Yeto
  • Talk to Yeta to open door to courtyard
  • Get second Small Key under snow
  • Unlock door, bring cannonball to courtyard cannon
  • Push cannon to aim at Freezard
  • Kill Freezard [6/4 WB]
  • Darkhammer
  • Ball & Chain
  • Savewarp (slot 2)
  • Early 2F with B&C
  • B&C to start moving the swing
  • Enter door behind Chillfos
  • Ignore Mini-Freezards, enter Block Puzzle room
  • Push block down from 2F with B&C
  • Solve puzzle
  • Go back upstairs and head outside
  • Clawshot over broken wall
  • Move swings with B&C
  • Small Key
  • Back to Mini-Freezard room
  • Unlock & enter door
  • Kill Freezards and move blocks with B&C
  • Kill next Freezard and move Cannon to aim into room
  • Go to bottom floor and kill last Freezard
  • Enter door next to lever
  • Bring cannonball back to cannon on top floor
  • Shoot cannon [5/3 WB]
  • Transfer cannonball into the outside cannon
  • Shoot courtyard cannon at Freezard [4/2 WB]
    • Get rid of any leftover Water Bombs now
  • Boss Key
  • Blizzeta

Temple of Time

  • Warp N. Faron
  • Use Golden Cuccoo to get to Sacred Grove
  • Skull Kid 2 (chase as Human)
  • Light torches to get Bomb Chest
  • Grove warp portal
  • Enter Temple of Time
  • Break left pot for guaranteed 20 Arrows
  • Pot on pressure plate
  • Small Key with Lantern
  • Gate Skip 1
  • Gate Skip 2 (Bomb Arrow Lizalfos)
  • Head Upstairs using Spinner
  • Skip using Elevator
  • Kill Armos with Bomb Arrows
  • Small Key and exit back to previous room
  • Avoid Blade Traps and enter next room
  • Slash crystal switch
  • Skip Shooting Crystal again
  • Bomb Arrow Crystal Switch 3 times moving onto next section each time
  • Bomb Arrow all enemies that have grouped up in the last section
  • Boss Key Early
  • Boss Key
    • L-target to shoot Bomb Arrow straight ahead to kill Armos
    • Clawshot each Helmasaur’s shell, then spin attack to kill both
  • Exit Boss Key room
  • Jump Down and enter door
  • Small Key
    • Optionally, Bomb Arrow the Lizalfos
  • Electric Gate Skip with Clawshot
  • Kill Armos
  • Darknut
  • Dominion Rod
  • Bring Statue out of Darknut room
  • Smash rolling spikes with Statue if needed
  • Spinners Around Beamos Timesave
  • 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 Boss
  • Break Pot before Boss Door for 20A if needed
  • Armogohma
    • Collect Arrows+Hearts while waiting for cycles

Getting to City in the Sky

  • Exit Temple of Time
  • Warp to Kakariko
  • Get Renado's Letter and 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 and talk to Louise outside Bar
  • Kill Skeletal Hounds in South Field
  • Wooden Statue
  • Warp Kakariko and show Ilia the statue
  • Warp bridge from Mesa to Eldin
  • Enter Hidden Village
  • Bulblin Archery
  • Show Dominion Rod to Impa
  • Use special spot to warp to Kakariko
  • Shoot bell with Bomb Arrow and get silver Rupee [R 300]
  • Show Shad the book to restore Dominion Rod
  • Warp Eldin Bridge and get 1st Rune
  • Warp Gorge and get 2nd Rune
  • Warp Castle Town and get 3rd Rune
  • Dash to Lake Hylia bridge and get 4th Rune
  • Warp to Mesa and get 5th Rune
  • Warp to South Faron and get 6th Rune behind boulder
    • Get Rupees from boulder if <300R
  • Warp to Kakariko and show Shad the finished book
  • Warp Cannon to Lake Hylia
  • Fix Cannon [R 0]
  • Enter City

City in the Sky


  • Backtrack to Argorok cutscene room
  • Clawshot across with Peahats
  • Enter Small Key room
  • Roll towards ledge, target clawshot grates down below
  • Clawshot across the targets
  • Drop down and clawshot Crystal Switch
  • Clawshot the Baba to bring it down then Clawshot across and up
  • Enter Tower
  • Distract Big Baba and Clawshot up to target
  • Clawshot to vines and walk across thin platforms
  • Clawshot up pillars and down into center of room
  • Go outside
  • Fast Peahat cycle
  • Peahat eLJA
  • Enter door
  • Clawshot across Peahats
  • Clawshot up to vines (precise)
  • Turn Wolf and walk across the ropes
    • Optional: Jump Attack at the Kargaroks
  • Go to door, transform before entering
  • Sidehop+Equip Boots, then Clawshot lever
  • Boss Key
  • Jump down the hole and Clawshot the grate at the top, then lower downwards
  • Clawshot lever to activate the Fan
  • Head outside and use the fans to get Across
  • Enter fan tower
  • Clawshot your way up the room and open the Boss Door
  • Argorok

Palace of Twilight

Hyrule Castle

  • Leave Palace of Twilight
  • Warp Castle Town
  • Mailman then enter Castle Town
  • Squidna cutscene
  • Enter Hyrule Courtyard
  • Barrier 1 fight with Bomb Arrow
  • Skip Barrier 2
  • Beat KB4 and get Small Key
    • 1 frame backflip + Savewarp (slot 3)
  • Enter Hyrule Castle
  • Skip Barrier 3
  • Clawshot up and enter the door
  • Darknut Room
  • 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
  • Darknut Fight
  • Enter Final Battle
  • Ganondorf
Last updated 04/14/2024 – bewildebeest