The Legend of Zelda/Randomizer

Twitch user fcoughlin has a Randomizer for the Legend of Zelda that's getting really popular to run and to race.

Big thanks to Twitch user Catastrophe573 for putting together a lot of this information.

Tutorial Video

Tutorial video by jkoper

Randomizer Mechanics and Glitches

Ganon's Cry

Normally Ganon makes a typical boss noise when you are adjacent to his boss room. When the layout of Level-9 is randomized this is a very useful hint! However, there are some special cases which can trick you.

First, the room with the skull layout on the floor (Ganon's normal room) will NEVER make the sound. Do not assume Ganon isn't next door!

Another case are the Patras. Their cry/roar will mask Ganon's. If you want to 'listen' in a room with a Patra you must first kill it, leave the room, and reenter the room.

Bomb Out of Ganon's Room

Or any other room that has tried to lock you in! If you're stuck and don't want to defeat the enemies (or can't!) then break out the bombs!

Triforce Room Doors

The room which requires you to have the Triforce to pass will NEVER contain a bomb wall. If an expected exit is "missing", such as the north exit in the 1st quest, then that wall is 100% guaranteed to be solid.

A door missing in this way is not necessarily covering Ganon or Zelda. Don't assume anything about the other side of the wall.

Decoding Warp Stairs Order

In a shuffled game the warp stairs might be of use to you. But predicting and remembering which stair will take you where can be hard. Follow this rule.

When you first find any warp stairs mark that location on your map as '1'. Now take the left stairs. Mark this spot as '2'. Reenter from '2' and take the middle stairs. You're now at '3'. Reenter from 3 and take the right stairs. You're now at '4'.

At each location the order of the stairs always follows **1243** starting from the door behind you. That's kind strange, so here's the pattern spelled out.

1. stairs = 2 4 3
2. stairs = 4 3 1
3. stairs = 1 2 4
4. stairs = 3 1 2

Just remember "1243" and start counting the stairs from your current room number.

Money Making Game Abuse

Sometimes you just need a lot of rupees. It happens, especially in the second quest.

If a Money Making Game is anywhere near the starting screen (such as in the non-randomized 1st quest) then you can cheat by saving and reloading your game. Up-A will not work. It must be a full save and retry.

The mechanics of the game are unimportant. Just take the center choice every time.

Skip Door Repairs

If you Up-A out of a door repair before the message finishes then you won't be charged anything! Of course you'll be sent back to the start when you continue. It's up to you if the time/rupees tradeoff is worth it.

Useful Screen Wraps

Avoiding backtracking and taking efficient routes is very important when racing Zelda Randomizer. Here are some unusual screen wraps which save a lot of time, plus a visual reference for the first two.

Lost Woods Skip

Go one screen north of the Lost Woods. (There is a candle location here.)

Performing the screen wrap from right to left is easier if you position Link directly under the trees and use the visual guide below.

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All screen wraps work just like this one.

Ladder-Heart Wrap

This one is mentioned separately because it is unique. It requires the ladder! First, collect the heart container on the overworld which requires the stepladder.

Basically you're going to use the screen wrap technique, but in the middle of the screen while standing on the ladder. This allows you to get extra uses out of your ladder while standing on it!

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If you need to explore the green area to the left this will save a lot of walking around.

Top Left Reset Wrap

If you screen wrap out of bounds you'll be sent back to the starting screen. The only practical place to do this is in the top left corner of the overworld where Level-9 appears in the second quest.

This produces the same effect as using Up-A except that it saves your current hearts! It could be useful after exploring this corner of the world.

Other Useful Wraps

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For all of these wraps, do the standard screen wrap like the Lost Woods Skip. Beware, most of them need to be done from the center edge of the screen! If you try to use a nearby wall for visual reference then you may end up stuck inside a wall after scrolling the screen.

Free Locked Door Extension

Leaving and reentering the first room of a dungeon will actually open a bomb wall OR locked door on the north side. This is especially common on levels 5, 7, and 9.