GCN Low B Presses

Ordon

  • epona, goats 1 (no rupees needed)
  • get fishing rod
    • can skip this bottle and watch about a minute of the Puppet Zelda cutscene instead (can skip cs after Link pulls his sword out)
    • this would save something like 30s by itself, but it would mean rerouting to have Coro's bottle before getting rare chu jelly from Ordon (or elsewhere), so it might not be faster
    • milk is also nice for health during boko pushing
  • fish (no rupees needed)
  • milk bottle
  • gate clip, lantern
  • boko pushing
  • goats 2, sewers, rooftops
  • get sword, shield, and portal
    • can save ~17s by doing S&S skip (quickly) after getting only the shield and then warping to Faron later instead of Ordon when returning for shield bash/boots/etc.

Faron

  • s faron portal
    • get midna charge but don't use it to finish fight
    • for shadow beast fights:
      • kill first one
      • damage down second and third ones with 9 A presses each (initial latching counts, so ideally it's JA + 5 bites (can mash), then JA + 2 bites (slow, every A press counts))
      • with second and third beasts near each other, JA one of them from far away to hit it right as it finishes the swing of an attack, making Link bounce off immediately
      • ASAP target the final shadow beast and mash A to kill
  • faron vessel
  • kill bugs and leave tears
  • EMS (howl) [B: 1]
  • SAVE IN GROVE
  • finish twilight, burn web
    • n faron portal as wolf
  • ending blow
  • enter FT

Forest Temple

  • break cage and kill right spider as wolf
  • glitchless first half FT
    • early rang is slow - saves 3s in Wii glitched vs. glitchless, but would require two extra transformations to avoid B
    • actually I forgot that no early rang means having to JA a vine spider as wolf on the way to big baba, so it probably is worth it
  • watch part of ook cutscene to start fight with sword out
    • can skip as soon as it shows the sword in Link's hand
    • alternatively, ook with wolf + pots (4x wolf JA, 3x wolf JA + 2x pot)
  • don't savewarp; get other monkeys and BK
  • Diababa partially with wolf
    • finishing with wolf softlocks on dolphin, might crash on console
    • 1st cycle as wolf (2 JA), 2nd cycle with bombling
    • or 1st cycle as wolf (2 JA), put two pots near center of arena while waiting for Ook to show up, 2nd cycle with wolf (1 JA) and then two pot throws

Eldin Twilight

  • dash to Eldin (get mail)
  • gorge portal as wolf
  • warp bridge
  • eldin twilight (howl)
    • early city (yes to midna, no warp)
    • kak portal as wolf
    • no bomb house skip since no midna charge

Lanayru Twilight

  • tame epona
  • warp ordon for shield bash, orange rupee, IB, and rare chu jelly (125R)
    • roll from ordon spring to rupee + Bo; transform wolf after Bo to dash to ranch grotto
  • warp s faron, Epona to coro bottle (25R)
  • Epona to lanayru gate
  • gate clip with JA bonk, then stay wolf
    • could alternatively do human gate clip
  • karg to ZD portal
    • from ZD portal onward, can transform and use an IB roll to kill second shadow beast if desired, then immediately transform back and JA the final beast as normal
  • warp rock
  • lanayru twilight (don't howl yet) [B: 2 (+1)]
    • LH and CT portals with human IB + wolf

Getting to Lakebed

  • warp ZD
  • howl UZR
  • dupe iza bag
  • warp kak
  • save, quit, and reload save
    • makes duped bag contents act normally so that failing pillar clip won't remove water bombs from bag
    • can skip this save, but it would mean emptying 60 normal bombs from the bag instead of 30, so I think it'd be slower
  • Epona to eldin field
  • fish up water bombs (3+)
    • kill all skull fish by jumping in as wolf and JAing on land
  • warp LH
  • enter Lakebed (pillar clip or blow up rock) and savewarp

Lakebed Temple 1

  • set EBF from grove save
  • get 10 WB in first room
  • second room with bombs in rang
  • turn bridge, get ooccoo, drop to 1f east
  • get small key and return
  • turn bridge, 2f east
    • good idea to get 5 WB
  • rang + push lizalfos off cog
  • wolf JA (not jump) from cog spoke to deku toad entrance
    • let camera come up, align backs of back paws with back of cog spoke (in corner), c-up and make left side of screen cut pillar in half, JA
  • deku toad
    • wolf JA tadpoles, then hold bomb -> throw bomb into mouth -> hold bomb to finish (pull immediately after throwing)
  • savewarp, ooccoo out

Zora Armor and Morpheel

  • warp kak
  • hit KB trigger as human
  • KB with clawshot
  • warp CT
  • escort without 100R, ZA
    • would do SPR here but UMD seems to require a B press (checked with alternating As with frame advance)
  • ooccoo Lakebed
  • vine clip BK skip
  • Morpheel with IB [B: 10 (+8)]

Getting to Arbiter's Grounds

  • MDH
  • WCT GW for backslice [B: 11 (+1)]
  • SCT GW for helm splitter [B: 12 (+1)]
  • warp LH
  • howl, memo
  • desert (use boar)
  • mortal draw
  • bulblin camp with key
  • KB3 with MD (3 + 3 + 2)

Arbiter's Grounds

  • AG first room with mortal draw after chain pull for sword for wood
  • poe 1 skip
    • roll + brakeslide for pillar popup, then roll + brakeslide to pushable block (can clawshot up from the sand)
    • shield bash + frame perfect JA can also help
    • alternatively, get poe 1 and do glitchless route
  • get other poes
  • early BK
    • MD bubble, roll + brakeslide, shield bash + 1f JA sideways (no clank) and transform wolf immediately to climb
    • bubbles seem not to respawn on voidouts but do on exiting to poe gate and returning
  • human movement (don't use backslice)
  • stalfos with bombs
  • kill Death Sword with IB + MD [B: 13 (+1)]
  • stallord with MD
    • setupless Stallord Skip is theoretically faster
  • portal as human (MD + autospins)
  • raise mirror

Getting to Goron Mines

  • warp ZD, get sketch
  • warp kak, get earring
  • warp DM (can map warp)
  • ascend DM normally (can't early elly)
  • enter GM with spinner

Goron Mines

  • first room as wolf for wood bonks, no LJA (wolf can go under 2nd flame jet on way back)
  • RBTSTN(S4SO)
  • MD dodongo, elder 1
  • trudge across ceiling
  • magnets
  • small key, gate clip, MD bulblin, IB up wall to autospin bridge rope
  • outside as wolf for wood bonks
  • KSS
  • Dangoro with shield bash (no MS setup)
  • bow, savewarp, leave

Getting to Snowpeak Ruins

  • warp ZD, get reekfish
  • ascend SP (wolf JA to bonk snow)
  • portal as human (MD + autospin)
  • snowboard without spins (100R)

Snowpeak Ruins

  • yeta, yeto, block puzzle
  • dig into courtyard, get key
  • Spinner bomb boost
    • Alternate route in Addenda below
  • open door and get cannonball
  • use door to bring cannonball to cannon
  • Darkhammer with MD, return to courtyard
  • LFC to BK (BA + B&C)
  • Blizzeta

Grove 2

  • warp n faron
  • golden cucco to grove 2
  • grove 2 with bow
    • get bomb chest (ideally with empty bag)
  • portal as human (MD + autospins)
  • enter ToT

Temple of Time

  • no ooccoo skip
  • no gate skips
  • statue skip with sidehop
  • armos with claw or BA, small key
  • stupid room
  • scales, BK
  • no statue skip LJA to DN
  • DN
    • BA/MD for phase 1
    • shield bash + autospins for phase 2
  • savewarp
  • DoT skip
  • Armogohma

City in the Sky

  • warp kak, silver rupee
  • talk to shad and skip cs, midna warp cannon
  • enter city
  • casual first room
  • small key
  • kill baba with MD + spinner?
  • casual helmasaur room
  • casual tileworm room
  • dynalfos with claw
  • oocca to aeralfos
  • aeralfos skip with boots setup, savewarp
  • claw back from chest
  • bk clip with extra claw to fan
  • turn on outdoor fans
  • fan tower with BA
  • Argorok inverted 2-cycle [B: 17 (+4)]
    • start clawing up on far left one from spawn (180deg from normal)
    • watch B button on HUD to time single B presses; be quick or jelly timer will run out

Palace of Twilight

  • do not JA to land on bridge
  • enter Palace as human
  • Phantom Zant with MD (?)
  • return as normal minus JA
  • no LJA to east wing
  • MD stupid room
  • claw from SK in east 2
  • Phantom Zant with MD (?) again
  • return as normal, light sword
  • MD karg, autospin waterfall
  • MD koose or squeeble, autospin orb + heads + orbs, leave sword out
  • MD far head, void
  • autospin, BK, autospin all heads, SK
  • autospin all heads and orbs, SK
  • MD first shadow beast, autospin all others
  • Zant with MD everywhere
    • final phase - get hit, then MD

Hyrule Castle

  • warp SP, get rare chu jelly
  • warp CT, squidna
  • KB4 with MD + autospins
  • savewarp
  • inside barrier skip with MD + helm splitter or fight all enemies
  • darknut
  • torches, BA dynalfos
  • aeralfos with B&C + MD, I guess
  • SK, BK
  • tower climb
    • use BA if any bombs remain
  • Zelda with empty bottle
    • alternatively, can start with sword out by watching the pre-fight cutscene (can skip after it shows the sword in Link's hand about a minute in)
  • Beast Ganon with MD + MD + wolf
  • Horseback with rare chu jelly [B: 19 (+2)]
  • Ganondorf without slashing

Addenda

Alternate Snowpeak Ruins route after getting first courtyard key:

  • bomb boost to 2f
    • make sure to have at least 1 bomb left after
    • can skip bomb boost and go through minifreezard room instead, but will need another key before LFC
  • claw to pumpkin room 2f
  • jump down and kill chilfos (BA? or 2x MD)
  • not sure which is faster:
    • get pumpkin
    • give to Yeto
    • talk to Yeta
    • exit to courtyard (already have key)
  • or
    • don't get pumpkin
    • climb block puzzle room, jump past upper block
    • use key in ice poe room
    • 2f freezard skip
    • jump down and dig up key
Last updated 10/08/2023 – bewildebeest