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Any% (BiTE)
Note that this alternative Any% route is roughly 58s slower than the optimal Any% route with Gorge Void and Empty Lake Hylia.
Failing Gorge Void on the optimal route costs about 1m6s, so using this route is not much of a safety net with current knowledge.
Runs should start with a blank file in slots 1, 2 and 3 as all files are used during the run.
It is helpful to watch a reference run when learning, as this route document can only go into so much detail. The top runs on the leaderboard use the optimal route, but these older runs follow this route:
Ordon
Faron Province
- 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
- Skull Kid Chase
- Skull Kid Fight
- Master Sword Puzzle (LD UUU RR DDD LU)
- 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)
- While waiting for the tears, collect 10R from dig spot behind sign (10R+)
- N. Faron Warp Portal
- Kill last two bugs
- Transform and burn web
- Enter Forest Temple
- Early Monkeys
- Save on File 3 (if using save prompt buffer BiT in the following step, this is built in)
- BiT behind load zone (save prompt buffer method is fastest)
- Perform BiTE and load File 2 (outside Bo's House) to spawn in the King Bulblin fight
- Set Early Boss Fights (EBF)
- Note that EBF will remain set after Ook and will be reused on Deku Toad later. EBF will not remain set if the console is powered off or if Link voids in the outdoor room in Forest Temple where the monkey chain is.
- Load File 3 (Forest Temple)
- 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
- Cross over monkey chain to Ook
- Ook
- Boomerang
- Savewarp
- Collect last 2 tears as Human to finish Faron Vessel
- 1 frame backflip for text skip
- Roll to Faron Escape
- Dash to Eldin
- Postman Skip
- Enter Eldin Province
Getting to Eldin Vessel
- Kakariko Gorge Portal
- Warp S. Faron (Forced Warp to Faron)
- Faron Escape
- Dash To Lanayru Gate as wolf
- Lanayru Gate Clip
- Drop into Lake Hylia as Human
- Pillar Clip
- Enter Lakebed
- Savewarp
- Pull lever and enter next room
- Skip Stalactites
- Descend staircase and turn the bridge at the south side of floor 1
- Ascend staircase to Ooccoo
- Slide off awning to the lower floor
- Head to Deku Toad
- Early Deku Toad
- 1 Cycle With Master Sword
- Clawshot
- Savewarp
- Ooccoo Out
- Sidehop off platform with Iron Boots to take 1 Heart damage
- Kargarok Skip with Iron Boots
- Faster Kargarok Flight (Take a hit from Bulblin Archer for 1/4 Heart Damage)
- Zora's Domain Warp Portal
- Get hit by Shadow Beast to take 1 Heart damage
- Warp N. Faron
- Get hit by nearby Bokoblin for 1/2 Heart Damage
- Ending Blow
- Roll into Deku Baba to Deathwarp to S. Faron
- Save on File 3 for BiTE
- Go to Bridge
- BiT Ordon Bridge
- BiTE (Load File 3)
- Fight King Bulblin
- Enter + Exit Sanctuary to Reload area
- Kill shadow beasts
- Get Eldin Vessel
Eldin Twilight
- Enter graveyard
- Well Clip
- 1 second slower to do graveyard bug before well clip, but it can be easier
- 3 basement bugs
- Kill and Collect Graveyard Bug Tear
- Malo Mart bug
- 2 hotel bugs
- Abandoned house bug
- Barnes' Shop Bug
- Bomb House Skip
- Watchtower Bug (25R+)
- DMT Bug
- Quick Steam Cycle
- 2 Death Mountain bugs
- Vessel Complete
Lanayru Twilight
- Warp Death Mountain (use item buffer for faster warp)
- Transform in the corner
- Warp Rock to Zora's Domain as human
- Rutela skip
- Lanayru Vessel
- Bug outside Lanayru spring
- Lake Hylia Warp Portal
- Stepping Stones For Bug
- Warp Zora's Domain
- Wall Bug and Rutela skip
- Waterfall Sidehop or drop down right wall to bug
- 2 lilypad bugs
- Bug on cliff (RNG rupees in grass)
- Listen to Iza For Bug
- Down the River
- Castle Town Warp Portal
- Dash Cancel through Castle Town
- Castle Town bug
- Warp Lake Hylia
- Bug Behind Fyer's House
- Howl at grass
- 4 Kargarok bugs, bonk, and press B to say 'No' to Midna
- Last Small Bug
- Boss Bug
- Vessel complete
Going to Snowpeak Ruins
- Warp Zora's Domain
- Upper Zora River Warp Portal
- Steal and Duplicate Lent Bomb Bag as wolf
- If you accidentally trigger the fight as human and are trapped, back it up with NorGor (fastest backup but difficult) or savewarping to try again (30s+ slower)
- Do not need to talk to Iza at the end to fill the duped bag
- [Boomerang / Boomerang] (automatic)
- Warp Zora's Domain and exit on land
- Enter Peak Province
- Take 2 hearts damage by jumping down onto the ledge near Snowpeak entrance
- Map Glitch
- Snowpeak howling stone ¯–_–––_¯–_ (only howl once, then leave)
- Cave
- Snowpeak Messenger Skip
- Deathwarp here to turn lent bomb bag into real bomb bag
- Press B at Yeto's first text prompt to decline to go on a spiritual journey, as it adds more text
- Blind Snowboarding
- Enter Snowpeak Ruins
Snowpeak Ruins
See Addenda at the end of this page for an alternative Snowpeak Ruins route without Ladder Freezard Cancel that is around 3s slower.
Lakebed Temple
Midna's Desperate Hour
- Transform Wolf
- Dash to Castle Town (Zoom out to reduce lag)
- Enter Telma's Bar through the door
- Louise Glitch (saves about 1.7s)
- Push Box once and Dash Jump to window
- Poe
- Enter Sewers
- Burn first web as wolf with stick
- Transform at 2nd web and use lantern
- Dig into hole
- Bulblin Archer
- Exit Tower
- Early Wind Cycle
- Zelda Cutscene
Desert Province
- Warp Lake Hylia (use item buffer for faster warp)
- Get Memo
- [Ball & Chain / Auru's Memo]
- Dash down to Fyer
- Show Memo to Fyer and go to Desert Province
- Enter Bulblin Camp Without a Boar
- [Ball & Chain / Boomerang]
- Map Glitch to King Bulblin
- Dying with map glitch active is a softlock, so save in Bulblin Camp if worried about dying to fire arrows or King Bulblin
- [Clawshot / Lantern]
- Enter Arbiter's Grounds as Human
Arbiter's Grounds
- Human entrance
- Pull Chain
- Small Key
- Torch room
- Poe door cutscene
- Enter left room
- Poe 1 Skip
- LJA to the door
- Stalfos With Ball & Chain
- Light front and left torches
- Poe 4
- Poe Scent
- Leave room
- Jump to the other side using chandelier
- Push the large metal box 4 times
- Red rupee from chest (45R+)
- Main Room
- Pull chain, enter downstairs door
- Kill redead, open small key chest
- Red rupee from redead (65R+)
- Poe 2
- Return to main room
- Enter left room
- Climb the destroyed stairs past the large metal box
- Cross upper floor of main room on chandelier
- Enter ghost rat room backwards (don't get the key)
- Poe 3 room backwards (kill 2nd redead for red rupee if needed) (85R/105R)
- Back to main room, enter big door
- Boss Key Early (get 5R in the skull if needed)
- Full human movement after Boss Key
- or transform wolf (roughly 10s slower)
- If you have less than 3 bombs or want to be safe, grab the bomb chest here
- Fastest Stalfos with bombs
- Death Sword
- Spinner
- Savewarp
- Enter Stallord
- Skip or fight Stallord
- Exit Arbiter's Grounds
Getting to City in the Sky
- Mirror Chamber Warp Portal
- If you didn't skip Stallord, you have to zoom in all the way on the map and press Z to enable portals from now on
- Warp Kakariko
- Silver Rupee (300R)
- Early City in the Sky
- Press Z to talk to Midna about cannon
- Press B to say 'No' to Midna
- Map warp to Lake Hylia
- If you somehow are short on rupees, Fyer has 60
- [Clawshot / Boomerang]
- Pay Fyer 300R to fix cannon, enter cannon
City in the Sky
Palace of Twilight
Hyrule Castle
Addenda
Alternative Snowpeak Ruins route
After clawshotting up from the early HP chest:
Last updated 09/15/2024
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