Twilight Princess
Any% (Intermediate)
This is an Intermediate route that gets Zora Armor and does not do Pillar Clip w/o ZA, Rupee Roll, Epona Slide, or Morpheel / Zant w/o ZA. This route is 5 or more minutes slower than the fastest any% route (timing needed).
Runs should start with a blank file on 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:
Playing on German (PAL) is optimal for this route; see language rankings.
Ordon
- Ordon Gate Clip
- Back in Time on Ordon Bridge
- BiT save over File 2
- Game over to spawn in King Bulblin fight
- Set Early Boss Fights (EBF)
- EBF will be used to get early monkeys in Forest Temple
- Load File 2 (BiT save)
- Lantern
- Small key
- Save Talo
- Goats
- Iron Boots
- Castle Sewers
- Sword & Shield Skip
Faron Province
- South Faron warp portal
- Faron Vessel
- Kill first two bugs (leave tears)
- Bug on Coro's house (leave tear)
- Bugs inside Coro's house
- Collect tear outside Coro's house
- Dig under gate, kill bugs, enter loading zone after sound effect (leave tears)
- Tunnel
- Bugs on right wall (leave tears)
- Bugs in tree trunk
- Ignore bugs that dig
- EMS
- Howl at stone
- Watch cutscene after howling at stone - skipping this will clear the boss flag
- Skull Kid Chase
- Watch cutscene before the Skull Kid fight - skipping this will clear the boss flag
- Skull Kid fight
- Warp South Faron
- Collect missed tears
- Enter the purple mist area and grab two tears
- [Cross purple mist with lantern](https://www.zeldaspeedruns.com/tp/world/faron-province#purple-mist)
- Transform and kill bugs before they dig
- North Faron warp portal
- Kill last two bugs (skip cs)
- Turn senses off, transform and burn web
- Enter Forest Temple - [Kill one or both walltulas with deku baba nuts](https://www.zeldaspeedruns.com/tp/dungeon/forest-temple#first-room-movement) - Alternatively, try to climb past one or both walltulas (requires good RNG) - Light torches - Cross over monkey chain to Ook - **Void before going to Ook to get rid of EBF for King Bulblin 1 later** - [Ook](https://zeldaspeedruns.com/tp/boss/ook) - Boomerang - Savewarp on File 2 - Leave Forest Temple - Collect last 2 tears as human to finish Faron Vessel - 1 frame backflip for text skip - Roll to [Faron Escape](https://zeldaspeedruns.com/tp/msb/faron-escape) - Dash to Eldin - [Mail Man Skip](https://www.zeldaspeedruns.com/tp/world/faron-province#postman-skip-going-to-eldin) - Enter Eldin Province
Getting to Eldin Vessel
- Kill twilight messengers
- Gorge Portal
- Warp South Faron (forced warp to Faron)
- Faron Escape
- Dash to Lanayru Gate
- Lanayru Gate Clip
- Drop into Lake Hylia as wolf
- Kargarok quick fight as wolf
- Get hit by 2 arrows during fight
- Kargorok flight
- Zora's Domain warp portal
- Get hit by twilight messenger once
- Warp North Faron
- Dash into deku baba in the grass
- Should be at 1/2 heart
- Ending Blow
- Take damage from deku baba to die
- Continue game
- Save on File 3 (this file will be used for BiTE)
- Go to bridge
- Back in Time on Ordon Bridge
- Perform BiTE and load File 3 (South Faron) to spawn in the King Bulblin fight
- Fight King Bulblin
- Enter and exit sanctuary to reload Kakariko
- Kill shadow beasts
- Transform wolf and get Eldin Vessel
Eldin Twilight
- Enter graveyard
- Kill graveyard bug (leave tear)
- Well Clip once bug explodes
- 3 basement bugs
- Graveyard bug tear
- Malo Mart bug
- 2 hotel bugs
- Can get 20R chest for safety
- Abandoned house bug
- Barnes' Shop bug
- Bomb House Skip, collect 3 tears
- Watchtower bug (5/25R)
- DMT bug
- Death Mountain warp portal
- 2 Death Mountain bugs
- Vessel complete
Lanayru Twilight
- Warp Death Mountain
- 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
- 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
Zora Armor
- Warp Castle Town
- Postman Skip
- Enter Telma's Bar to start Wagon Escort
- Bulblin 2 Skip
- Extinguish wagon with boomerang if/when it is hit
- If you park Epona too close to the gate, she may turn around. Either park her further away or in the corner so this does not happen.
Lakebed Temple
- Warp Lake Hylia
- Pillar Clip with Zora Armor
- Savewarp on File 3
- Skip stalactites
- Swim out of bounds to 1f east hall or double LJA to skip staircase (5s slower)
- Enter door ahead after LJAs and go through the hallway
- Double LJA to Deku Toad
- Clip under gate to Deku Toad
- 1-cycle Deku Toad with Master Sword
- Savewarp on File 3
- Skip stalactites again
- Big Key Skip (top of stairs south)
- Morpheel with Zora Armor
Midna's Desperate Hour
- Transform wolf
- Dash to Castle Town field
- Dash to Castle Town and enter as wolf
- Enter Telma's Bar
- Louise Glitch (saves about 1.7s)
- Push box once and dash jump to window
- Ropes in bar or rope skip
- Poe in Jovani's house
- 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
Snowpeak Transition
- Warp Zora's Domain
- Map Glitch
- Snowpeak howling stone ¯–_–––_¯–_ (only howl once, then leave; this disables Map Glitch)
- Dig into cave
- Clawshot through cave
- Snowpeak Messenger Skip
- Blind snowboarding
- Enter Snowpeak Ruins
Snowpeak Ruins
- Enter door on the left
- Early Heart Piece 2 (don't need the heart piece)
- Clawshot through the ceiling
- Floor Clip
- Open door and push block
- Clip under door
- Freezard Skip
- Darkhammer 1-Cycle without bomb (towards cheese room unless playing on French)
- Ball & Chain
- Enter back room
- 100R from bubble (120/140R)
- Savewarp (Equip Zora Armor)
- 100R from armor in the lobby (220/240R)
- Leave Snowpeak Ruins
Gerudo Desert
- Warp Lake Hylia
- Get Memo
- Dash down to Fyer
- Show Memo to Fyer and go to Desert Province
- Enter Bulblin Camp without a boar
- 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
- Enter Arbiter's Grounds as human
Arbiter's Grounds
- Human entrance
- Pull chain
- Small key
- Poe gate clip
- Boss key early (autoroll method) (get 5R in the skull if needed)
- Don't get the boss key yet - you'll get it on the way back
- Stay wolf and cross next rooms
- B attack across sand
- Stalfos with Ball & Chain
- Fight Death Sword
- Spinner
- Spinner to door
- Epic spinner room
- Open boss key chest
- Spinner to socket
- Enter boss room
- Enter Stallord
- 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
- 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 are short on rupees, Fyer has 60
- [Clawshot / Boomerang]
- Pay Fyer 300R to fix cannon, enter cannon
City in the Sky
- LJAs over first room
- Fan Trigger Skip for early boss key
- Exit via window on left
- [Spinner / Boomerang]
- Bridge
- [Spinner / Clawshot]
- Small Key
- Argorok Cutscene Skip
- Enter East Wing
- Bridge
- [Boomerang / Clawshot]
- Gate clip
- Aeralfos door clip
- Aeralfos Skip
- Double Clawshots
- Savewarp
- [Clawshots / Boomerang]
- Return to main room via window
- Clawshot through floor to boss key chest
- Boss Key
- Drop down
- Skip turning on fans
- Fan tower
- [Clawshots / Iron Boots]
- Enter boss door
- Clawshot vines
- Argorok
- Heart Container
- Put on Iron Boots and enter cannon to exit City in the Sky
Palace of Twilight
- Mash B to jump attack and land on the bridge
- Warp Mirror Chamber
- Transform wolf
- Enter Palace of Twilight
- West room 1 with double hit
- West room 2 and jump attack from chest
- Phantom Zant 1
- West sol with Midna text skip
- West room 2 return
- West room 1 return
- Exit west wing
- [Clawshots / Boomerang]
- Place sol 1
- LJA to east wing
- East room 1 without hidden skills
- East room 2
- Phantom Zant 2
- East sol
- East room 2 return
- East room 1 return
- Light Sword with optimizations
- Enter north wing
- Place sols in sockets or skip staircase
- Out of bounds LJA to Zant heads
- Small key with faster platform spawn
- Out of bounds LJA to door
- Boss key area
- Don't forget the boss key
- Early Platform room
- LJA after Early Platform
- Kill the waves of shadow beasts
- Enter Zant
- Zant With Zora Armor
- Portal
- Exit Palace of Twilight
Hyrule Castle
- Warp Castle Town
- Postman Skip
- Squidna Cutscene
- Enter Hyrule Castle
- Barrier 1 with Ball & Chain or slashes
- Skip Barrier 2
- King Bulblin 4
- Midna text skip
- If text skip is missed, savewarp or avoid walking into Barrier 2 on way back
- Enter Castle
- Barrier 3 Skip
- Clawshot to second floor
- Darknut room
- Enter puzzle room (right door)
🠋 SW, NE, NW, SE (1s slower but safer)
