| Quest type |  Main quest (final) |
|---|---|
| Region | Hyrule Castle (show on map) |
| Boss |  Calamity Ganon (health 8,000, attack 60), then Dark Beast Ganon |
| Preparation | Freed Divine Beasts, hearts and stamina, durable weapons, Master Sword, Ancient Arrows, shield, healing food |
| Reward | The game’s ending and a new autosave |
Table of Contents
Reaching the castle
Choose an approach
South: the main road past Castle Town ruins is lined with Guardians; use rubble and ramparts for cover. West: through the prison ruins and a raft on the north moat. East: Hyrule Castle Park has little cover but fewer Guardians. North: glide from the pillar west of Woodland Tower to low platforms and the mine entrance.
Choose a route in
Storm the front gates: a Blue Lynel in the first gatehouse and a Black Lynel in the second. Or go inside through the west mines and Lockup, east passage or docks to the Library, and up to the Sanctum. Or climb and swim up waterfalls with Zora Armor with little combat.
Calamity Ganon
Phase one
Unfreed Divine Beasts release their Blights for you to fight first. Each freed beast fires at Ganon, removing one eighth of his health, half in total. He swings a flame axe, uses ancient weapons and a cannon, and climbs the walls. Perfect parries return his beams. Partway through the fight he adds an impervious shield, which Urbosa‘s Fury or a perfect parry breaks.
Dark Beast Ganon
The final fight
You only have your horse and the Bow of Light from Zelda. Ride along the sides, shoot the gold targets that appear, then the belly, then the eye on his head to end the fight.
Afterwards
- There is no New Game+, but you get an autosave from just before the fight, and your quest log shows how many main, side and shrine quests you have completed out of the total.
