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Midna, Zelda and the Master Sword Walkthrough

Twilight Princess 100% Completion Walkthrough23 chapters
Walkthrough overview
CoversLanayru Spring aftermath, Castle Town (Telma’s Bar, Jovani), the waterways and Hyrule Castle rooftops, North Faron Woods, the Sacred Grove
NeedsLakebed Temple finished, Clawshot, bombs, Lantern with oil, Gale Boomerang
Key itemsMaster Sword, Shadow Crystal (change between Link and Wolf Link at will)
Collectibles1 Heart Piece (#31), 2 Poe Souls, 1 Golden Bug (Male Snail), a Howling Stone (Helm Splitter) and its Golden Wolf marker

After the Lakebed Temple, Zant steals the Fused Shadows, leaves Midna close to death and traps you in wolf form. You sneak through Telma’s Bar to Jovani, take the sewers to Princess Zelda, then cross Faron Woods to the Sacred Grove, chase Skull Kid, solve the guardian puzzle and pull the Master Sword. Optional items in the Grove are listed at the end.

After the Lakebed Temple: Zant at Lanayru Spring

What changes

When the temple is done you are pulled back to Lanayru Spring, where Zant attacks the spirit, wrecks Midna and takes the three Fused Shadows. Lanayru drops you in North Hyrule Field. Midna is barely alive, so Link is a wolf again with no Midna jumps and no warping, even though the Twilight is gone from the area and no Tears of Light remain to restore him. Lanayru tells you to visit Princess Zelda at Hyrule Castle.

Zant and Link beside a glowing Fused Shadow at Lanayru Spring
Midna collapsed on the ground beside wolf Link as Zant stands over them
Midna lying across wolf Link on the grass in a golden light
Wolf Link with Midna on his back at dusk in North Hyrule Field
Dusky Hyrule Castle silhouette as a message says to go to the princess

The castle is sealed by twilight, so the way in is through Castle Town. Run across Hyrule Field and the bridge into the town. Because you are a wolf, townspeople shy away from you, though you can talk to the animals.

Wolf Link running across Hyrule Field at night
Wolf Link crossing the wooden bridge toward the Castle Town gate
Wolf Link on Castle Town West Road beneath the area name banner

Castle Town: Telma’s Bar, Louise and Jovani

Reach the rafters

Telma’s Bar is in the south part of town. Try the door and you are thrown out. In the alley Louise, Telma’s cat, recognizes you and points out a shortcut above. Push the crate by the alley wall against the larger crates, jump up and enter the window.

Townsperson recoils from wolf Link on a cobbled Castle Town street
Wolf Link at the lit doorway of Telma's Bar in a dark alley
Louise the cat speaks to wolf Link in a dim Castle Town alley
Louise the cat says This way and leads wolf Link along the alley
Wolf Link pushing a crate against the larger crates in the alley
Wolf Link jumping from the crates toward the window ledge

You land on the rafters. Cross the three tightropes slowly: knocking a pot over makes noise and gets you thrown out again. You can listen to the Goron, Telma and the group of three below as you go. Leave through the passage at the far end.

Wolf Link on the rafters looking down into Telma's Bar
A Goron in Telma's Bar asks what that sound was
Wolf Link balancing on a tightrope across Telma's Bar
Three townsfolk talking at a table inside Telma's Bar
Poe Soul

The first Poe Soul and Jovani

The passage drops into a room where a frozen man sits in a chair: Jovani, with his cat Gengle stuck to his head. A lantern floats in the air with no owner. Press the sense button to see the Poe, lock on, and jump at it until it falls, then finish it to take your first Poe Soul. Jovani, who is frozen in gold, asks you to bring him more souls so he can move again; the first reward comes at 20 (see Poe Souls). You can see your total in the Collection screen of the menu.

Jovani frozen in gold on his throne, with wolf Link beside a pile of gold coins
Wolf Link locking on to a Poe with the sense view in Jovani's gold-coin room
Message box reading You got the Poe's soul, shown over the gold-coin room
Jovani on his throne asking Link to defeat the 20 ghosts that lurk in the dark

Jovani then opens the way to an underground waterway: drop into the treasure chest. The Poe hunt itself is in the next chapter.

Jovani promising to open the door to the underground waterway, beside the treasure chest
The open treasure chest in Jovani's gold-coin room, the drop into the waterway

The waterways and Hyrule Castle rooftops

Underground waterway

In the first sewer room, jump at the hanging handle on the north side and pull it to open the north gate, then ride the current. Beat the Skulltulas ahead (side-step before attacking, as they block head-on hits).

Wolf Link in the rushing current of the wet sewer corridor
Link beside the hanging handle on the north gate in the sewer
Two Skulltulas hanging from the web above the sewer staircase

A web blocks the way and two torches burn in the room. Pick up a wooden stick, light it at a torch, dash to the web and burn it. Beat the Keese. A second web sits on a ledge on the far side, but a stick will burn out on the way, so light the three unlit torches in the room with your first stick, take a new stick, light it, climb up and burn the web.

Link holding a stick lit at a torch beside a sewer wall
Link burning a web on a sewer wall with a flaming stick

Continue past more Keese and two Bokoblins. At the east end of the final room the ground is soft: use your senses and dig. You fall into the Hyrule Castle sewers you knew from early in the game.

Link fighting Bokoblins and Keese in a stone room
Link on soft ground with the Dig prompt in a stone room

Sewers and rooftops

Travel east to the spiral staircase room. This time tightropes connect the sections, so climb them, fight the Bulblins (attack carefully so you do not jump off), and leave through the door at the top.

Link climbing a tightrope across the castle sewers
Link climbing a rope in the castle sewer staircase room
Link fighting a Bulblin beside the rope in the castle sewers
Wolf Link on the metal grate in front of the door at the top

Cross the rooftops and defeat the Bulblins. Wind blows across them. The broken bridge ahead only stretches across while the wind is strong, so wait for it and then run over. Continue to the tower and climb in through its window.

Wolf Link on a castle rooftop ledge under a dark sky
Link crossing a wooden plank bridge over the Hyrule Castle rooftops
Wolf Link attacking an enemy on a rooftop of Hyrule Castle
Princess Zelda

Princess Zelda

Climb the spiral steps. After a long scene Zelda sacrifices her own power to restore Midna, who is now solid in the light world instead of a shadow. Zelda tells you to find the Master Sword in the Sacred Grove, deep in Faron’s woods, and Hyrule Castle is sealed in an impenetrable prism of Twilight now that Zelda’s power no longer shields it. Midna warps you out to Hyrule Field, and her warping works again.

Midna crouched beside Wolf Link in the tower room
Wolf Link with the message about the sacred grove in Faron's woods
Wolf Link with the message that the Master Sword is a sacred blade
Midna, now solid, standing beside Wolf Link in the castle
Hyrule Castle sealed inside a glowing twilight prism
Midna riding Wolf Link across Hyrule Field

North Faron Woods to the Sacred Grove

Cross the gorge

Warp to North Faron Woods and run north as if heading to the Forest Temple. The monkey is being chased by new enemies called Puppets. Beat them (a charged attack clears a group); the monkey says deeper woods lie ahead. Climb the ramp on the left and use Midna jumps to cross the ledges beyond.

Midna riding Link as a wolf through the grassy fields of Faron Province
A monkey in North Faron Woods chased by Puppets
Link climbing a sloped ramp in North Faron Woods
Wolf Link leaping up a ledge in North Faron Woods, marked by a red arrow

Follow the linear path to a pair of wind-turned bridges. Wait until the first lines up, cross it, and repeat for the second. Then cross two tightropes while dodging the swinging logs.

Link crossing a wind-turned wooden bridge in North Faron Woods
Midna riding Link as a wolf across a wooden bridge in North Faron Woods
Link hanging from a swinging log over a gorge in North Faron Woods

A Howling Stone stands on the other side. Listen, howl the tune back to meet the Golden Wolf in the strange realm, and howl once more to mark a Golden Wolf on your map just outside the south gate of Castle Town. He teaches the Helm Splitter once you are human again with a sword; the visit is in the next chapter and listed on Hidden Skills.

Wolf Link at a Howling Stone in North Faron Woods
Wolf Link howling with the pitch grid on screen at a Howling Stone
The Golden Wolf sitting on a cliff in the twilight realm under a burning sky
The Golden Wolf beside Wolf Link on a cliff before the twilight castle
Skull Kid

Skull Kid hide and seek

Continue into the Sacred Grove. A second stone near the entrance is not a true Howling Stone, so no Golden Wolf appears; howl its tune and Skull Kid shows up with four Puppets. More Puppets keep arriving in groups, so use charged attacks when you need a breather. Skull Kid gets louder when you are close.

Link entering the Sacred Grove between two lit torches
Wolf Link howling at a triangle-carved stone in the Sacred Grove
Skull Kid appearing from the trees in the Sacred Grove
Link fighting Puppets with a charged attack in the Sacred Grove

You must reach Skull Kid three times and each hit opens one path and closes another. From the start, take the tunnel and turn left; he stands on a higher ledge, so jump up and bite him. He then runs back to the first area. Take the opening between the two waterfalls, go straight, turn left through a passage to a pool, swim through the waterfall and climb up to hit him again.

Wolf Link fighting a red Puppet in the forest grove
Wolf Link and Midna battling orange Puppets in the forest grove
Link swimming in a pool beneath a waterfall in the forest
Skull Kid standing on a high ledge beside a glowing orb
Wolf Link riding past a waterfall in a mossy forest passage

The first area now has a new opening. Go through it, climb the ledges you skipped earlier, cross the high platform and hit Skull Kid a third time to open an archway. Jump down and go through.

Wolf Link inside a cave looking out through a bright forest opening
Wolf Link with Midna standing before a stone archway lit by torches
Wolf Link running through a stone passage toward a bright archway

Skull Kid fight

In the ruined round arena Skull Kid summons Puppets and warps when you approach. Kill some Puppets; while he calls more and plays his horn he is open, so attack him then. If all four Puppets are alive he will not summon and just warps away. The fewer Puppets remain, the faster he reacts. Hit him once and he summons up to six, then up to eight after the second hit. The third hit sends him away and opens a passage.

Skull Kid on a stone pedestal holding his golden horn in the ruined arena
Red Puppets around a stone pedestal in the ruined arena
Three Puppets summoned around a raised stone platform in the ruined arena
Wolf Link slashing a red Puppet in the ruined arena

Guardian puzzle

Next is a Triforce symbol on the floor between two stone guardians. Stand on it and howl the tune that appears. You are taken to a similar room where the guardians come alive and ask you to put them back where they stood. They copy each of your jumps, facing the opposite way, and you must not land on the same tile as one of them or the puzzle resets.

Wolf Link with Midna on a Triforce circle between two stone guardians
Link standing on a Triforce symbol between two stone guardians
Close view of a blue-marked stone guardian holding a double-bladed staff
Stone guardians standing on a grid of raised stone platforms, viewed from above

Start on the middle tile between the pedestals and jump left, down, right, right, up, left. You are back at the start with the statues beside you. Then jump up twice, left, down twice, right, up. The door opens. If your world is mirrored in Hero Mode swap left and right; the guide on the guardian puzzle page has the diagrams.

Link standing on the guardian puzzle tile grid beside the pedestals
Link mid-jump across the guardian puzzle tile grid
Link on a raised tile at the edge of the guardian puzzle grid
Master Sword

The Master Sword

Climb the stairs to the pedestal and pull the Master Sword. It breaks the curse, you become human, and Midna takes the Shadow Crystal that Zant used. From now on you can change between Link and Wolf Link whenever you like, except when people are watching; on the Wii U GamePad tap the transform button at the top right of the inventory screen. Because you can be a wolf at any time, you can also warp almost anywhere.

Link between two guardian statues facing the closed gate
The Master Sword glowing as it rises from its pedestal
Link raising the Master Sword overhead in the Sacred Grove
Midna explains she can hide in Link's shadow and change him whenever

Sacred Grove extras

Male Snail

Male Snail Golden Bug

Go back to the guardian room. Of the two openings ahead, take the left, turn around and look up at the ceiling for a glint (as human Link). Pull the bug down with the Gale Boomerang to catch the Male Snail. The Female Snail is nearby but cannot be reached for a long time; it appears in the Temple of Time entrance hall. See Golden Bugs.

Link throwing the Gale Boomerang at a golden bug in a stone passage
Link walking toward a golden bug on the floor of a passage
Link holding a caught golden bug with the message that he caught a male Snail

A Sacred Grove Poe Soul and Piece of Heart #31

Return to the round arena where you fought Skull Kid and bomb the big boulder in the middle. A Poe appears, and unlike nearly every other outdoor Poe it can be fought in daylight. Become a wolf, use your senses and defeat it for the Poe Soul. Two more Poes live in the Grove but you cannot reach them yet.

A projectile explodes against a large boulder in the arena
Link striking a Poe in the dark arena with a bright hit flash
Wolf Link and Midna with the message that Link got the Poe soul

While in wolf form, dig on the soft ground where the boulder was. You enter an underground room full of Deku Babas. Beat them all, including the one hanging from the ceiling (knock it down with the Gale Boomerang). A chest appears with Piece of Heart #31.

Wolf Link in a dark, glowing underground ruin after digging
Wolf Link fighting several Deku Babas in a mossy underground room
Wolf Link in the Deku Baba room with the ceiling-hanging Deku Baba above
Link holding up a Piece of Heart with the full message box

Temple of Time door

The ruins at the end of the Grove lead to the Temple of Time, but a statue blocks its door and the Master Sword is not ready for it, so leave it. You come back after Snowpeak, in the Sacred Grove return chapter.

Link with the Master Sword drawn in the overgrown stone ruins at the end of the Sacred Grove
Mossy ruined temple facade with a stone doorway between two statues beyond the Grove ruins

Next

Midna wants the Mirror of Twilight, which is in the Gerudo Desert. Before heading there, spend time collecting the Poe Souls, paying for Malo Mart and gathering Heart Pieces in the Poe and Malo Mart chapter, then continue to the Gerudo Desert.

Midna asking Link to come find the Mirror of Twilight, which is hidden somewhere in Hyrule
Midna saying the Mirror of Twilight is their last potential link to Zant

Chapter checklist

TypeNameWhere
Poe Soul Poe SoulJovani’s houseFirst Poe, reached through the Telma’s Bar rafters
Poe Soul Poe SoulSacred Grove arenaUnder the bombable boulder, fightable by day
Heart Piece #31Sacred Grove caveDig beside the boulder spot, beat all Deku Babas, open the chest
Golden BugMale Snail Male SnailCeiling of the left opening past the guardian room
Key itemMaster Sword and Shadow CrystalPedestal at the end of the Sacred Grove
Howling Stone Howling StoneNorth Faron Woods stoneAfter the tightropes; Golden Wolf marker at Castle Town south gate

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