GCN Goron Mines RTA (with Eldin Twilight; replaced 2024-04-13)

Start with Files 1 and 2 blank, as both 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

• Ordon Gate Clip
• BiT Save over File 1
• Lantern
  • [Lantern]
• Small Key
• Save Talo
• Goats
• Crawlspace to Ordon Spring
• Castle Sewers
• Castle Rooftops
• Sword and Shield Skip

Faron

• 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
• Bugs before tunnel (Collect Tears)
• Dig through tunnel
• Bugs on right wall (Collect Tears)
• Bugs in Main Tree Trunk (Collect Tears)
• Burrowed bugs (Collect Tears)
• Early Master Sword
• Dash to Forest Temple entrance
• Last two bugs (Collect Tears)
• Kill second shadow beast
• Early Master Sword again
• Enter Sacred Grove
• Skull Kid chase
• Skull Kid fight
• Master Sword Puzzle (LD UUU RR DDD LU)
• Master Sword
• Warp S. Faron
• Transform
• Collect Last two tears
• Savewarp over file 2
  • 1-Frame Backflip to skip text
• Back in Time Equipped on Ordon Bridge
  • Load File 2

Eldin Twilight

• Fight King Bulblin
• Enter + Exit Sanctuary to Reload area
• Kakariko Village Warp Portal
• Eldin Vessel
• Enter Graveyard
• Kill Graveyard Bug (Don't Collect)
• Well Clip
• Basement bugs
• Midna hops out of basement
• Graveyard tear
• Malo Mart Bug
• Elde Inn Bugs
• Dash Cancel across roofs
• Abandoned House Bug
• Barnes' Bombs Bug
• Wolf Bomb House Skip
• Watchtower Bug
• DMT Bug
• Quick Steam Cycle
• Death Mountain Bugs
• Vessel Complete

Getting to Goron Mines

• Note: Midna must be used to warp
• Warp S. Faron
• Dash to Bo's House
• Talk to Bo 4-6 times
  • Talking 2-3 times also works, but is not optimal.
• Leave Bo's House
• Warp Death Mountain
• Climb Death Mountain (No Early Elevator)
• Talk to Gor Coron once
• Warp to S. Faron in corner behind Gorons
• Dash to Bo's House
• Finish talking to Bo
• Wrestling
• Iron Boots
• Leave Bo's House
• Warp Death Mountain
• Early Elevator (wolf method)
  • [Lantern / Iron Boots]
• Enter Goron Mines

Goron Mines

• Skip the First two Flame Jets
• Climb Ladder
• Damage Boost through Third Flame Jet
• Small Key
• Risky But Timesaver to Note (Saves 4 Seconds Only)
• Stone Slab Clip
• Swim to switch using Iron Boots
• Key Shard 1
• Ceiling rooms
• Main room with moving magnets
• Underwater small key
• Clip through gate as wolf
• Walk up magnetic wall
• Skip cutting bridge down (pot jump method)
  • Jumping down with a pot can save up to ~2s over cutting the rope and watching the cutscene of the bridge falling
• Outside area Small Key
• Enter East door
• Skip Key Shard 2 without Boomerang
  • Alternatively, get Key Shard 2
• Dangoro
• Hero's Bow
  • [Bow / Iron Boots]
• Big Key (Shard 3)
• Return to Outside Area
• Outside area without Boomerang or Clawshot
  • Fall to top of bridge
• Room Before Fyrus
• Fyrus
• Exit Goron Mines