ZeldaSpeedRuns

Twilight Princess HD

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An older version of the route, which is easier for new runners to pick up, can be found here. The "beginner" route is somewhere around 10 minutes slower than this route.

Runs should start with a blank file in slots 1, 2, and 3.

Ordon


  • Roll to Faron
  • Call Epona
  • Lantern
  • Small Key
  • Bokoblin Pushing to save Talo
  • Goats 2 (20 Goats)

  • Castle Sewers
  • Castle Rooftops
  • Enter Ordon
  • Listen to people by the dock
  • Scare Eagle Guy
  • Ordon Shield
  • Ordon Sword
  • Ordon Spring Warp Portal
  • Enter Faron Twilight

Faron Province

  • Faron Vessel
  • Kill First Two Bugs
  • Bugs In Coro's House (turn off sense to skip cutscene)
  • Kill Bug Before Tunnel
  • Kill Bug on Right Wall
  • Bugs In Main Tree Trunk
  • Burrowed Bugs
  • N. Faron Warp Portal
  • Kill Last Two Bugs

  • 1 frame Backflip for text skip (hug wall to walk around trigger)
  • Coro Small Key
  • Purple Mist with Monkey (Monkey Pushing) (10 R)
  • Kill Bokoblin next to Trill
  • Refill lantern (rip off Trill)
  • Ending Blow
  • Enter Forest Temple

Forest Temple

  • Kill Right Spider With Nut
  • Kill Bokoblin and Break Cage
  • Kill Left Spider With Nut
  • Light Torches + Go Outside
  • Back To Torch Room and kill big spider
  • Enter East Door
  • Over Platforms and outside
  • Small Key Chest
  • Skip hanging skulltula
  • Save 2nd Monkey (check for dropped rupees)
  • Back to Torch Room + Enter West Door
  • Early Boomerang
  • Ook
  • Gale Boomerang
  • Savewarp

Getting to Eldin Vessel

  • Roll to Eldin
  • Mailman Skip
  • Enter Eldin Province
  • Kill Gorge Messengers

  • Warp S. Faron (Forced Warp to Faron)
  • Run to Lanayru Gate
  • Eponaless Gate Clip
  • Great Bridge Cutscene
  • Drop down into Lake Hylia
  • Fight Kargarok
  • Faster Kargarok Flight
  • Jump attack out of Midna Text
  • Zora's Domain Warp Portal

  • Warp to N. Faron
  • Warp Bridge (Jump attack out of Midna text)
  • Enter Kakariko
  • Get Kakariko Warp Portal

Eldin Province

  • Eldin Vessel
  • Climb tree and enter sanctuary
  • Light torches on wall
  • Basement Bugs
  • Hotel Bug
  • Dash Cancel across roofs
  • Abandoned House Bug (check for rupees)
  • Barnes Shop Bug
  • Wolf Bombhouse skip
    • Slower alternative: Enter the bombhouse normally

  • Enter Death Mountain Area
  • DMT Bug
  • Quick Stream Cycle
  • Death Mountain Bugs
  • Vessel Complete
  • Roll To DMT
  • Hit Goron Trigger
  • Roll through Kakariko
  • Tame Epona

Lanayru Transition


  • Warp to Death Mountain
  • Warp Rock to Zora's Domain
  • Store jump attack to skip Midna Text
  • Rutela Cutscene
  • Store jump attack to skip Midna Text again
  • Drop down waterfall to Lanayru Vessel

Lanayru Twilight

  • Lanayru Vessel
  • Lake Hylia Warp Portal
  • Bug next to ladder

  • Warp Zora's Domain
  • Bug on wall
  • Drop down waterfall
  • Lillypad Bug
  • Bug on cliff
  • Listen to Iza For Bug
  • Down the River
  • Castle Town Warp Portal
  • Dash Cancel through Castle Town
  • Castle Town bug

  • Warp Lake Hylia
  • Howl at grass
  • Kargaroc Bugs
  • Last Small Bug
  • Boss Bug

Zora Armor

  • Roll to Fyer
  • Grab the red rupee above Fyer if you have less than 10R
  • Pay cannon (0 R)
  • Leave house
  • Roll to grass, call Epona
  • Ride to Castle Town
  • Hit the Mailman Trigger
  • Enter Telma's Bar

  • King Bulblin 2 skip
  • Dash Over Small Bridge
  • Open gate and wait for wagon to go through
  • Kill all 3 Boar Riders
  • Kill Kargarok with Boomerang
  • Dash to Gorge area (if done right the Bulblins won't respawn so you can leave the wagon behind)
  • LJA Over Midna Trigger
  • Follow Zora Queen to graveyard
  • Zora Armor

  • Walk back to Kakariko and get Epona
  • Ride back to Ordon
  • Enter Bo
  • Iron Boots
  • Ride to Hyrule Field and then Lake Hylia Bridge
  • Epona Slide to Cucco Minigame Door
  • Floor clip in Cucco Minigame
  • Pillar clip with Zora Armor

Lakebed Temple


Midna's Desperate Hour

Master Sword

  • Warp North Faron
  • Kill puppets
  • Enter Sacred Grove (call Midna to turn bridges)
  • Howling Stone
  • Chase Skull Kid
  • Master Sword Puzzle (LDUUURRDDDLU)
  • Master Sword

Early Snowpeak

Snowpeak Ruins

  • Enter Door on the left
  • Early Heart Piece 2 (Don't Need the Heart Piece)
  • Clawshot through the ceiling
  • Go outside to the courtyard (sidehop down from the freezard cages), then do Ladder Freezard Cancel
    • Slower alternative: Go down to the cannon room, then do Ice Clip
  • Freezard Skip
  • Darkhammer 1-Cycle
  • Ball and Chain
  • Grab the orange rupee from the back room bubble (200 R)
  • Savewarp
  • Grab the orange rupee from the lobby bubble (300 R)
  • Leave Snowpeak

Desert Transition

If you failed to get rupees somewhere, you can get a red rupee above Fyer twice and 85R in Arbiter's Grounds

  • Warp Lake Hylia
  • If doing Poe Gate Skip:
    • Howl at Lake Hylia Howling Stone (DMUDMDU)
  • Auru's Memo
  • Dash Down to Cannon
  • Show Memo and go to Desert Province
  • Dash to tower and use Ball and Chain to knock it down
  • Go between fence and wall as wolf or human
  • If doing Poe Gate Skip:
    • Learn Shield Attack from golden wolf
  • Bulblin Camp LJA
  • King Bulblin 3 (Quickspins)
  • Enter Arbiter's Grounds as Wolf

Arbiter's Grounds

  • Wolf entrance
  • Pull Chain
  • Small Key
  • If doing Poe Gate Skip:
  • If not doing Poe Gate Skip:
    • Enter left room
      • If necessary, you can kill the moldorms with the ball and chain
    • Poe 1 Skip
    • LJA to the door
    • Stalfos with Ball and Chain
    • Poe 4
    • Poe Scent
    • Leave room
    • Jump to the other side using chandelier
    • Push the large metal box 4 times
    • Main Room
    • Pull chain + Enter Door Down Stairs
    • Small Key
    • Redead 1 (Midna Charge + 1 Stab)
    • Poe 2
    • Main Room
    • Enter left room
    • Take the path on the left and climb up the destroyed stairs
    • Enter Rat room backwards (don't get the key)
    • Poe 3 Room backwards
    • Back to Main Room + Enter Big Door

  • Boss Key Early

  • Transform Wolf

  • Kill all 3 Stalfos With Ball and Chain

  • Death Sword

  • Spinner

  • If doing Poe Gate Skip:

    • DO NOT SAVEWARP
    • Exit Death Sword room
    • Use spinner to get to the boss door

  • If not doing Poe Gate Skip:

    • Savewarp
    • Run through rooms to get to boss door

  • Enter Stallord

  • Stallord

  • Exit Arbiter's Grounds

City in the Sky

  • Mirror Chamber Portal
  • Raise Mirror
  • Warp to Kakariko Village
  • Early City in the Sky (Map Warp with cannon to avoid "He's still watching us" text (D-pad up and select Lake Hylia)) (0 R)


Palace of Twilight

  • Mash B to Jump-Attack and Land on the Bridge
  • Warp Mirror Chamber
  • Transform Wolf
  • Enter Palace of Twilight




  • Enter Zant
  • Zant
  • Portal
  • Exit Palace of Twilight (turn wolf to save frames)

Hyrule Castle

  • Warp Castle Town
  • Mailman Skip
  • Squidna Cutscene
  • Enter Hyrule Castle



  • Enter Final Battle
  • Ganondorf
    • Use Iron Boots before finishing blow for memes

Last updated September 26, 2025