Secret Loading Zones

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For whatever reason, the developers left in several loading zones players should never be able to reach in normal gameplay. These loading zones are completely functional, but are located in areas that require glitches and/or game mods to reach.

Lorule Castle

Discovered by LemonKong and Greenalink

Hiding out of bounds far to the right of Lorule Castle's entrance is an SLZ leading to the top of Hyrule Castle. Using an enemy clip on the right side of the door followed by a dash can bounce Link onto the railing to reach the out of bounds area. The SLZ is floating slightly overhead, so a Bombrod is needed to reach and activate it.

This is the only known way to get from Lorule to Hyrule without merging or dying.

Misery Mire

Discovered by LemonKong

Note: Inaccessible without game modifications

There is a very awkwardly placed SLZ leading from Misery Mire to the Southern Ruins. If the player uses game modifications (such as Moon Jump) to get on top of the walls in Misery Mire, they can activate the SLZ. It is difficult to survive this screen transition, as it dumps Link out over a bottomless pit. The video below shows a method of allowing Link to reach solid ground after the transition.

Golden Bee Cave

Discovered by LemonKong

Note: Inaccessible without game modifications

It turns out there are actually two loading zone exits from the Golden Bee Cave in Skull Woods. The normal exit loading zone is blocking a secret one, which is located exactly 2 game units south of it. In the video below, the normal cave exit has been removed allowing Link to reach the SLZ. It will dump the player out at the Skull Woods Weather Vane.

Stylish Woman's House

The loading zone to enter the Stylish Woman's House in Kakariko Village holds a secret: it's actually two identical loading zones stacked on top of each other.

This is presumably a developer oversight, and one that would likely have gone unnoticed if it weren't for tools allowing us to examine the game's underlying structure.