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* Ocarina of Time - necessary. You have to pick this up in order to learn the Song of Time.

* Ocarina of Time - necessary. You have to pick this up in order to learn the Song of Time.

* Boomerang - necessary. Used to defeat several tentacles Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly.

* Boomerang - necessary. Used to defeat several tentacles Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly.

* Fairy Slingshot - necessary. First really needed for an eye switch Inside The Deku Tree.

* Fairy Slingshot - Unnecessary. Can be skipped using sword glitch off the skullwalltula in the Deku Tree, and off the green bubble in Child Spirit. (A bombchu can then be used in jabu)

* Hookshot - necessary. For entering the Forest Temple, if nothing else.

* Hookshot - Unnecessary. You can enter using sword glitch.

* Longshot - necessary. Needed to reach the boss room in the Water Temple, and for numerous puzzles afterwards.

* Longshot - Unnecessary. This is completely unnecessary. Ganon's Tower Skip and sword glitch make this item usless.

* Megaton Hammer - necessary. This is the only way to hurt Volvagia.

* Megaton Hammer - Unnecessary. Shadow Temple and Spirit Temple are the only necessary requirements for Light arrows... and technicallym they aren't even necessary if you use the Light arrows on B trick so... Megaton is completely useless.

* '''Lens Of Truth - unnecessary.''' Okay, this is a crazy one. The first time through the game, you NEED this. Here are the main locations where the Lens of truth is necessary and how to get around using it...

* '''Lens Of Truth - unnecessary.''' Okay, this is a crazy one. The first time through the game, you NEED this. Here are the main locations where the Lens of truth is necessary and how to get around using it...

** There is enough invisible stuff in the Shadow Temple to make it practically impossible to do blindly. Invisible Hookshot targets, invisible platforms, invisible bad guys. However, it's easy to remember where the targets and platforms you need are located. And you can Z-target invisible enemies to avoid losing track of them.

** There is enough invisible stuff in the Shadow Temple to make it practically impossible to do blindly. Invisible Hookshot targets, invisible platforms, invisible bad guys. However, it's easy to remember where the targets and platforms you need are located. And you can Z-target invisible enemies to avoid losing track of them.

** Bongo Bongo's vulnerable spot - the red eye you need to shoot with an arrow - is invisible. But it's pretty easy to shoot it blindly. Shoot both hands, and Bongo Bongo will clench his fists before racing across the drum towards you. Aim squarely exactly between the two fists - where the boss's invisible body is - and as soon as the fists vanish off the sides of your screen, fire. You'll hit the eye and Bongo Bongo will drop, stunned and now visible, right in front of you. Easy.

** Bongo Bongo's vulnerable spot - the red eye you need to shoot with an arrow - is invisible. But it's pretty easy to shoot it blindly. Shoot both hands, and Bongo Bongo will clench his fists before racing across the drum towards you. Aim squarely exactly between the two fists - where the boss's invisible body is - and as soon as the fists vanish off the sides of your screen, fire. You'll hit the eye and Bongo Bongo will drop, stunned and now visible, right in front of you. Easy.

** The Haunted Wasteland is difficult. Watch existing videos of this feat and learn to match up a route with the very few geographical features in the area.

** The Haunted Wasteland is difficult. Watch existing videos of this feat and learn to match up a route with the very few geographical features in the area.

** The Shadow Barrier portion of Ganon's Castle contains some invisible platforms and tracks in mid-air. You can get away without knowing where these are pretty easily if you have the Hover Boots enabled. Do a double rolling attack off the edge of the first platform - that is, roll off the edge and roll a second time before the Hover Boots cut out, to maximize your distance - to reach the next platform. Do the same again to drop down to the switch on the right, and trigger the Gold Gauntlets chest. Longshot back to it. Hover to the switch on the left and then Longshot to the torch at the exit. By this method, you never end up walking on invisible platforms. Tricky, but doable.

** The Shadow Barrier portion of Ganon's Castle contains some invisible platforms and tracks in mid-air. You can get away without knowing where these are pretty easily if you have the Hover Boots enabled. Do a double rolling attack off the edge of the first platform - that is, roll off the edge and roll a second time before the Hover Boots cut out, to maximize your distance - to reach the next platform. Do the same again to drop down to the switch on the right, and trigger the Gold Gauntlets chest. Longshot back to it. Hover to the switch on the left and then Longshot to the torch at the exit. By this method, you never end up walking on invisible platforms. Tricky, but doable. If you choose to use Ganon's Tower skip however, this is skipped entirely.

===Arrows===

===Arrows===

* Fairy Bow - necessary. Used earliest to shoot Poe paintings in the Forest Temple, but necessary for uncountable other puzzles.

* Fairy Bow - necessary. You don't need to shoot poe paintings anymore because you don't need to complete forest at all. You only need to play up till the bow. But, the bow is necessary for Ganondorf since we have to stun him w/ a light arrow

* '''Fire Arrows - unnecessary.''' This is quite important. There are several locations in the game after the Water Temple, where you might think that it was impossible to do without the Fire Arrows. However, a little thought reveals an alternate solution in all cases. Usually you can use Din's Fire, or shoot an ordinary arrow through an existing flame; for the cavernous gap protecting the Shadow Barrier in Ganon's Castle, you can get across by simply using your Longshot on the unlit torch on the right, and again on the Like Like at the far side.

* '''Fire Arrows - unnecessary.''' This is quite important. There are several locations in the game after the Water Temple, where you might think that it was impossible to do without the Fire Arrows. However, a little thought reveals an alternate solution in all cases. Usually you can use Din's Fire, or shoot an ordinary arrow through an existing flame; for the cavernous gap protecting the Shadow Barrier in Ganon's Castle, you can get across by simply using your Longshot on the unlit torch on the right, and again on the Like Like at the far side.

* Ice Arrows - unnecessary. What the hell use are these anyway?

* Ice Arrows - unnecessary. What the hell use are these anyway?

* Light Arrows - necessary. This is the only way to destroy the Barriers in Ganon's Castle.

* Light Arrows - necessary. The Barriers in Ganon's Castle are skipped entirely, but we do need them to stun Ganondorf.

===Magic===

===Magic===

===Bottles and bottlable items===

===Bottles and bottlable items===

* Bottles - except for the first, unnecessary. While it's technically possible to get your first bottle by winning the Super Cucco Game at Lon Lon Ranch, the first bottle you find is usually found at Lake Hylia. It contains Princess Ruto's plea for help and is necessary to get King Zora to shift his lazy rear out of your path to Zora's Fountain. This bottle is used several more times in the game. There are, however, no occasions when you need a second, third or fourth bottle.

* Bottles - ALL OF THEM including the first are unnecessary. Use the Sword Glitch to skip King Zora and you can skip both the bottle, and the gold/silver scale entirely.

* Poes - unnecessary.

* Poes - unnecessary.

* Big Poes - unnecessary. These are caught and sold to the Poe Dealer in exchange for an equally unnecessary extra Bottle.

* Big Poes - unnecessary. These are caught and sold to the Poe Dealer in exchange for an equally unnecessary extra Bottle.

* Blue Fire - necessary. Carried in a Bottle and used to melt certain pink ice barriers in the Ice Cavern.

* Blue Fire - unnecessary. Firstoff, even if we did complete water temple, we would still skip the iron boots using FW dive, Ocarina Dive, Bottle Dive, etc... so, even then we skip Ice caverns. In a min% run we would skip Water Temple too so it is absolutely unnecessary.

* Bugs - unnecessary. Only used for finding Gold Skulltulas.

* Bugs - unnecessary. Only used for finding Gold Skulltulas.

* Fish - necessary. Used to get Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly.

* Fish - unecessary. Technically we can enter Jabu w/out one so they aren't necessary... but to get light arrows on B we need to get one and that skips alot more stuff, so that is technically an item you wouldn't skip.

* Lon Lon Milk - unnecessary. Replenishes health.

* Lon Lon Milk - unnecessary. Replenishes health.

* Red Potion - unnecessary. Recovers your health.

* Red Potion - unnecessary. Recovers your health.

The Mask Of Truth trading sequence actually extends all the way back to the Weird Egg that Malon Gives you.

The Mask Of Truth trading sequence actually extends all the way back to the Weird Egg that Malon Gives you.

* Weird Egg - necessary. After it hatches you need it to wake Talon.

* Weird Egg - unnecessary. Skipped using either sword glitch or using bombchu boosts.

* Cucco - necessary. Hatches from the Weird Egg that Malon gives you at Hyrule Castle; used to wake Talon and move him out of your way.

* Cucco - unnecessary. Hatches from the Weird Egg that Malon gives you at Hyrule Castle; used to wake Talon and move him out of your way.

* Zelda's Letter - necessary. You need to use it to gain access to Death Mountain.

* Zelda's Letter - unnecessary. Just grab the Bombchus in Child Spirit and then go through the Lost Woods -> Goron City way to get to Dodongo's Cavern.

 

However, everything after this is as unnecessary as the Mask Of Truth itself:

However, everything after this is as unnecessary as the Mask Of Truth itself: