GCN All Fused Shadows

This route is about 52s faster than the previous route but requires elevator escape, which is frame perfect but only costs around 8s to retry.

Start with all three files blank, as each will be used during the run.

It is helpful to watch a top run on the leaderboard for reference when learning, as this route document can only go into so much detail.

Ordon

Faron Province

  • S. Faron warp portal
  • Faron Vessel
  • Kill first two bugs (Don't need to collect tears after killing)
  • Bug on Coro's house
  • Bugs in Coro's house
  • Kill bugs before tunnel (Don't need to collect tears after killing)
  • Kill bugs on right wall (Don't need to collect tears after killing)
  • Bugs in main tree trunk
  • Ignore burrowed bugs
  • EMS
  • Howl at stone (MUD MUD)
  • Skull Kid chase
  • Skull Kid fight
    • Dig spot for 20R (74R+)
  • Master Sword puzzle (LD UUU RR DDD LU)
  • Master Sword
  • Warp S. Faron
  • Collect first two bug tears
  • Collect tears before tunnel
  • Collect tears in mist area
  • Cross purple mist with lantern
  • Bugs before N. Faron (Kill before they burrow + collect)
    • Dig spot for 10R (84R+)
  • N. Faron warp portal
  • Kill last two bugs
  • Transform and burn web
  • Enter Forest Temple
  • Early Monkeys
    • Save [File 2]
    • Forest Temple BiT
    • BiTE
      • Load [File 1]
    • Soft reset as soon as the cutscene starts playing (Start+X+B), then mash start as soon as the screen starts to fade out to skip the cutscene (timing isn't precise)
  • Load file 2
  • Kill one or both walltulas with deku baba nuts or as wolf by luring them lower as human
    • Alternatively, try to climb past one or both walltulas
  • Light torches
  • Void out before crossing monkey chain
  • Cross monkey chain to Ook
  • Ook
  • Boomerang
    • [Lantern / Boomerang]
  • Savewarp
  • Kill walltulas with boomerang
  • Enter east room
  • Blow up rock with boomerang + bombling
  • Ooccoo
    • Rupees in pots by Ooccoo (90R+)
    • [ Ooccoo / Boomerang]
  • Ooccoo out of Forest Temple
    • [Ooccoo Jr. / Boomerang]
  • Collect final tears
  • Savewarp [File 3]
    • 1-frame backflip to skip Midna text
  • Load File 2 (Forest Temple)
  • BiTE
  • King Bulblin 1

Eldin Twilight 1

  • Enter + exit Sanctuary to reload area
  • Kakariko Village warp portal
  • Eldin Vessel
  • Malo Mart Bug
  • Elde Inn bugs
    • Break boxes for 2R (92R+)
    • 10R behind dresser (102R+)
  • Abandoned house bug
    • Break boxes for rupees (104R+)
  • Barnes' Bombs bug
  • Bomb house skip (wolf or human)
  • Watchtower Bug
    • 5R in pot (109R+)
  • DMT bugs

Enter Goron Mines

  • Note: Midna must be used to warp.
  • Warp S. Faron
  • Dash to Coro
    • Consider saving here for safety, as failing Text Displacement makes the remainder of the route impossible
  • Coro Text Displacement
    • Buy Oil Bottle (9R+)
    • 1-frame Ooccoo Jr. pull
  • Ooccoo out of Forest Temple
  • Warp Death Mountain
  • Early Elevator (LJA method)
    • [Boots / Boomerang]
  • Elevator Escape (transformation method)
  • Speak to Gor Coron twice
  • Roll to clip past gorons
  • Enter Goron Mines

Goron Mines

Eldin Twilight 2

  • Enter Graveyard
  • Kill Graveyard bug
  • Transform human and light torches for purple rupee chest (120R+)
    • [Ooccoo Jr. /Lantern]
  • Collect tear
  • Well Clip
  • Basement bugs
  • Collect tears as human
  • Vessel complete

Forest Temple

  • Epona to Barnes' Bombs
  • Buy Bomb bag with 30 Bombs (0R+)
  • Leave through front
  • Ooccoo back to Forest Temple
    • [Ooccoo / Lantern]
    • [ Bombs / Boomerang]
    • Equip placement depends on whether you want to use a bomb in the boomerang to burn the web (slightly faster) or the lantern (slightly slower)
  • Boss Key
  • Need to empty bomb bag before Lakebed
  • LJA to the Boss Door
    • [Bomb Arrows / Boomerang]
  • Diababa with Bomb Arrows (2nd phase only)
  • Exit Forest Temple

Lakebed Temple

Last updated 03/29/2025 – bewildebeest