Any% (ZA)

This is the Wii ZA (Zora Armor) route for NA 1.0, PAL, and JP Wii versions of Twilight Princess. It is designed as an intermediate-advanced route branching off regular Wii Any%. While estimated to be 3-5 minutes slower than the "RTA" route, it is thought to be more consistent, such that it does Morpheel with ZA, and has the option of routing around Helmasaur LJA and High Midna Dive.


This route includes two variations of the middle game (more details below), one that does Snowpeak Ruins before Lakebed, the other does Snowpeak Ruins during Lakebed.

[Wii Any% up through Eldin Twilight]

Ordon

Faron Province

  • South Faron Portal
  • Faron Vessel
  • First two bugs (ignore tears)
  • Coro house bugs (inside and outside)
  • Bugs before tunnel (ignore tears)
  • Dig shortcut in tunnel, enter mist area
  • Bugs on left wall (ignore tears)
  • Midna jump to bugs in tree trunk
  • Finish Midna jumps, ignore burrowed bugs
  • Early Master Sword (right wall)
  • Enter Sacred Grove
    • If SPR During Lakebed, save here (any file slot)
  • Continue Grove chase and Skull Kid fight
  • Statues Puzzle [LD UUU RR DDD LU]
  • Master Sword
  • Warp South Faron with Midna
  • Collect missed tears
  • Lantern through mist
  • Mist bugs before they burrow + collect tears
  • Get 10R dig spot behind sign (10R)
  • North Faron Portal
  • Bugs outside Forest Temple
  • Collect final tears as human, vessel filled
  • Warp North Faron with Midna
  • Ending Blow
  • Enter Forest Temple

Forest Temple

  • Save 1st Monkey, knock down Walltulas
  • Defeat Skulltula and light torches
  • Go outside, skip CS, go back
  • Monkey swing to West door
  • Small key chest past bridge
  • Save 2nd Monkey
  • Back to center room + burn web
  • Early Boomerang Via Bridges
  • Ook and Gale Boomerang
    • [E: Lantern / Iron Boots / Gale]


Eldin Transition

  • Dash to Hyrule Field South as wolf
  • Head west (left)
  • Mailman skips as wolf (NA 1.0 only)
  • Enter Eldin Twilight
  • Kakariko Gorge Portal
  • Warp South Faron
  • Dash to east part of HFS
  • Lanayru Gate Clip
  • Skip bridge cutscene
  • Kargarok Battle
  • Kargarok Flight
  • Zora’s Domain Portal
  • Warp to North Faron, then warp bridge
  • Run around KB1 trigger
  • Kakariko Village Portal

Eldin Twilight

[Route diverges from Wii Any% here]

Lanayru Twilight

  • Warp Death Mountain
  • Warp meteor
  • Rutela CS skip
  • Talk to Lanayru for Vessel
  • Chase bug on bridges
  • Lake Hylia Portal
  • Stepping stones bug
  • Warp Zora’s Domain
  • Zora’s Domain bug
  • Skip Rutela as human again
  • Waterfall sidehop / swim out of waterfall
  • Drop to bug on East ZD
  • Lilypad bugs (keep them dry on 1.0)
  • Mother and Child bug
  • Iza bug
  • Swim against current to Hyrule Field North
  • Dash to Castle Town east
  • Castle Town Portal
  • Castle Town bug, warp Lake Hylia
  • Fyer bug
  • Kargarok bugs
  • Boss bug
  • Lanayru Vessel Complete

Snowpeak Ruins

Note: This route does SPR before Lakebed. The alternative, SPR during Lakebed, is written briefly at the end of the route.

  • Warp Zora’s Domain
  • Map glitch and Snowpeak ascent
  • Climb ladder and vines in ice cave
  • Snowpeak Messenger Skip / Snowpeak portal
  • Snowboarding
    • Collecting all rupees gives 95 (120R)
  • Enter SPR
  • Talk to Yeta
  • Talk to Yeto
  • Get Snowpeak Ooccoo to the left
    • [E: Gale / Ooccoo / Boots / Lantern]
  • Ooccoo out and Warp ZD
  • Run to Upper Zora’s River
  • Talk to Iza, UZR portal fight
  • Steal lent bag with Ooccoo
    • [E: Gale / Ooccoo / Boots / Bombs]
  • Return to SPR
  • Block puzzle in next room
  • Moonboots JA Bomb Boost in courtyard
  • 1F Freezard clip
  • Darkhammer without clawshot
    • [E: Ball & Chain / Ooccoo / Boots / Gale]
  • 100R in back (220R)
  • Leave Darkhammer room
  • 1 frame Ooccoo pull (or unfreeze first)
  • Snowpeak done

Getting the Zora Armor

  • Warp Castle Town
  • Mailman skip as wolf
  • Enter Telma's Bar and start escort
    • [E: Bombs / B&C / Boots / Gale]
  • King Bulblin 2 Skip
  • Grab the yellow rupees in boulder (240R)
  • Continue following wagon
  • Check for riders following you
  • King Bulblin 1 Trigger Skip
    • If you fail it then void in the Gorge
  • Follow Rutela to Graveyard
  • Zora Armor

Lakebed

  • Warp Lake Hylia
  • Swim to Isle of Riches platform as Wolf
  • Fyer Platform Midna Dive
    • Equip ZA either before or during the dive
  • Swim to Lakebed loading zone
  • Swim through entrance tunnel
  • Drop stalactites with bombs
  • Staircase room (no Ooccoo)
    • Down stairs, around, pull south lever
    • Up stairs and pull right lever
    • Down stairs and enter hallway
  • Small key in cog room
  • Back to central staircase room
  • Up the stairs to locked door on 2F
  • Drop the stalactite and climb vines to other side
  • Jump Attack onto platform from 2F
  • Moonboots JA bomb boost onto railing
  • Use Ball & Chain to break underwater rock
  • Swim to Deku Toad room and enter normally
  • Deku Toad with Ball & Chain
  • Clawshot
    • [E: Clawshot / Bombs / Boots / Gale]
  • Head back out to central room
  • Vine clip, use clawshot or bombs
  • Morpheel with ZA
  • Lakebed done

[If you did SPR During Lakebed, Routes Merge Here]

Midna's Desperate Hour

  • Equips revert back to pre-Iza
    • [E: Lantern / Ooccoo / Boots / Gale]
  • Dash as wolf to Telma's bar
  • Push box once then jump to window
  • Ropes through Telma's Bar
  • Jovani's Poe
  • Return to Sewers
  • First Web with Stick as Wolf
  • Second Web with Lantern as Human
    • Optional: 20R in box before dig hole
  • Dig into hole
  • Bulblin Archer
  • Tower Climb
  • Early Wind Cycle
    • Grab 50R here if you are low on rupees still
  • Zelda cutscene

Into the Desert

  • Warp Lake Hylia
  • Auru's memo
    • [E: Memo / Ooccoo / Boots / Lantern]
  • Swim to Fyer
  • Cannon to Gerudo Desert
    • [E: B&C / Clawshot / Boots / Lantern]
  • Dash through desert
  • Dash past the riders
  • Enter Bulblin camp without boar
  • Map Glitch to KB3
  • King Bulblin 3
  • Enter Arbiter’s Grounds

Arbiter's Grounds

  • Pull chain and get small key
  • Spooky lantern room
  • Poe cutscene
  • Poe 1 skip on Wii
  • Push box 8 times, pull chandelier
  • Defeat Stalfos with B&C
  • Lantern puzzle (center, right)
  • Poe 4 and Poe scent
  • Back to center room, pull chain
  • Redead and small key and 20R (260R)
  • Back upstairs to Poe 2
  • Poe 2
  • Back to center room, east door
  • 20R chest (280R)
  • Go upstairs
  • Redead(s) outside Poe 3 (300R)
  • Poe 3
  • Gate
  • Early Boss Key
  • Spinner room backwards
  • Triple Stalfos with Ball and Chain
  • Death Sword
  • Spinner and savewarp
    • [E: Spinner / Lantern / Boots / Clawshot]
  • Backtrack to Stallord
  • Stallord
  • Arbiter’s done

City in the Sky


  • Backtrack to center room
  • Clawshot up vines past fan
  • Boss key via ropes
  • Pull switch to activate north fans
  • Clawshot across
  • Fan tower
  • Skip boss entrance cutscene if on Wii 1.0
  • Argorok
  • City in the Sky done

Palace of Twilight


Hyrule Castle

Addenda

Alternative Routing for Lakebed and Snowpeak

SPR During Lakebed is technically 10-15 seconds slower, but has some benefits to it such as an easier Darkhammer fight / more lenient Snowpeak, as well as rupee routing. It is also more similar to RTA’s Lakebed. However it has to do Helmasaur LJA so this choice of routing comes down to the runner. Here is the route in short:

  • After Lanayru Twilight, warp Castle Town
  • Escort and Zora Armor (same as above)
  • Warp Lake Hylia
  • Enter Lakebed with ZA via pillar clip
  • Savewarp and set EBF
  • Helmasaur LJA
  • Staircase room with Ooccoo
  • Steal lent bag with Ooccoo
  • Small key in cog room
  • Back up to 2F Lakebed
  • Early Deku Toad and Clawshot
  • Back to west hallway
  • Ooccoo out and warp Zora’s Domain
  • Map glitch and Snowpeak Ascent
    • You will likely want to un-equip ZA
  • Snowpeak (same as above, no Ooccoo)
    • If you die to Darkhammer then just continue, as bomb bag is not needed afterwards.
  • Ball and Chain, can savewarp for extra 100R if needed
  • Ooccoo back to Lakebed
  • Clawshot Vine clip into Morpheel
    • Re-equip ZA
  • Defeat Morpheel and continue with route as written

Other Alternatives

  • In Snowpeak Ruins, instead of doing the courtyard bomb boost, you may:
  • In Lakebed, another option is to grab water bombs to open the entrance to Deku Toad. While emptying the lent bag can be slow, it does make the underwater tunnel entrance sequence significantly easier. Example of how you might do it: [needs video]
Last updated 01/13/2023 – FirnenLegacy