Faron Province

South Faron

Epona Out of Bounds

There are many different possibilities to achieve (Epona Out of Bounds) which is why this is listed as its own section. This will try to go over different ways that all reach the correct height in front of the Faron Cave Tunnel from where other videos start with the out of bounds movement. Conveniently this position is behind the Faron Gate so you can assume all those methods work to get behind the Gate.

Glitched Way 1: Shadow Crystal (Map Glitch)

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 3/10

Explanation: With (Map Glitch) you can disable all Loading Zones which helps for getting Epona Out of Bounds. Usually this would be done in the Entrance leading to Faron Field but if it is blocked off with the Closed Faron Setting, then you can still achieve the same result in the Entrance leading back to Ordon Spring. Remember that loading transitions load the next parts of a map.

Demonstration (Faron Field Entrance) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgjGt3rPVR4

Demonstration (Ordon Spring Entrance) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IP_3qTDj5Q

Glitched Way 2: Fishing Rod (Actor Duping)

Difficulty: ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ 5/10

Explanation: With Epona you can (Actor Dupe) the Fishing Rod 19 times. The game becomes laggy because too much memory is used in an area and it is difficult for the game to constantly update all actor positions and angles. After 19 dupes (may differ depending on version) the memory is filled. Trying to enter the next loading transition causes certain actors not to load. In this case specifically important the collision doesn't even load so this achieves (Epona Out of Bounds). Remember that loading Zones still work, though if you don't want the game to stay laggy then you can either enter another Loading Zone or Save Warp.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt_DCX6hEck

Glitched Way 3: Horse Call

Difficulty: ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ 4/10

Explanation: Epona has set spawning locations when you first call her on a map or when she is pretty far away. This trick abuses this system because it spawns Epona in the Tunnel that is currently unloaded and then slowly lures her further so she can be mounted. This location is the lowest so the only known way to gain height is in the Spring and climbing on a specific Root.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWb-GUwEI0s

Faron Escape

If a setting with Closed Faron is enabled, then a Midna Trigger is blocking off the way to reach the other side to Hyrule Field. The following are ways to get past that trigger without clearing Forest Temple.

Glitched Way 1: (Epona Out of Bounds)

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 3/10 (in isolation)

Explanation: You can get behind the Trigger with (Epona Out of Bounds). Remember that if you are not over ground collision the game might crash so be careful when entering the loading zone or go off Epona beforehand. This method does not work in a Twilight State.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNOIXiDDktQ

Glitched Way 2: Sword and Boomerang LJA

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 3/10

Explanation: The Midna Trigger is a Ground Trigger meaning with enough speed you can jump over it in the air. An LJA can do that

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCb2SV8n7ws

Glitched Way 3: Backslice and Magic Armor Backslice Moon Boots

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 3/10

Explanation: You can also go around the Midna Trigger. With a Backslice Moon Boots you can get on top of the ledge and then roll around it

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CG9xuS7rQE

No Logic Exclusive: Epona and Setting Prologue enabled

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 2/10

Explanation: If the Prologue is enabled, then there is a Gate instead of the Midna Trigger blocking you from reaching Hyrule Field. You can clip into this gate with Epona and clip through to the other side after rolling into it. This is No Logic Exclusive because after freeing Talo, you can't necessarily do it again if either the Settings Closed Faron or Faron Twilight are enabled.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEIA3et4on8

Owl Statue Sky Character

The Owl Statue Sky Character always requires a Dominion Rod, however getting there normally requires something to blow up the rock in front of the area the Owl Statue is present in. Remember that if the Closed Faron setting is enabled, the check is not present until you beat Forest Temple.

Glitched Way 1: (Epona Out of Bounds)

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 2/10 (in isolation)

Explanation: You can go around the rock with (Epona Out of Bounds). There isn't really much difficulty to it besides the process of getting Epona out of Bounds.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkcdArwmVmE

Glitched Way 2: Shadow Crystal and Onehanded Item (Storage)

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 2/10

Explanation: With (Storage) you can Roll up the Ledge besides the Rock and go around it. This is pretty much a faster alternative than using (Epona Out of Bounds)

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEuZbCLWzpA

Glitched Way 3: Backslice and Magic Armor Backslice Moon Boots

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 3/10

Explanation: With a Backslice Moon Boots you can get on top of the ledge and then go around the Rock.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTgqZ3WE_vQ

Faron Mist Area

Epona Out of Bounds in Mist

All the rooms in the Faron Woods stage are connected. While the game prevents you in a glitchless playthrough to get Epona to those rooms, either with invisible walls or preventing the Horse Call from calling her, she is still loaded even from other rooms.

Glitched Way: (Epona Out of Bounds)

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 3/10 (in isolation)

Explanation: With (Epona Out of Bounds) you can ride Epona to a location where she would be accessible if the Mist Area would be loaded. Conveniently you can also place her out of bounds for further uses. Epona is quite useful in this room specifically because riding her through the mist doesn't void you out. Be careful to not ride Epona close to a loading zone because from Our of Bounds, you would encounter a crash.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SoqsDat_0c

Checks inside the Mist

Normally you are required Lantern to get rid of the Mist that covers the Chests and the way to reach those Chests.

Glitched Way: Shadow Crystal (Map Glitch)

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 2/10

Explanation: (Map Glitch) does not only disable Loading Zones but you are also unable to void out in general. That means after it is activated, you can freely go through the Mist and open all the Chests in the area.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXm8BbtH3e8 (should probably redo this video)

Stump Chest

The Stump Chest is the only Chest not covered in the Mist so if you get there, you can obtain its content.

Glitched Way 1: Shadow Crystal

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 1/10

Explanation: With Wolf Link and Midna Jumps you can get to the middle part of the Mist, from there you can ledge grab on the edge and move on the collision to then drop down on the stump chest from above.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TJwwAOejeQ

Glitched Way 2: (Epona Out of Bounds)

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 2/10 (in isolation)

Explanation: When Link is mounted on Epona he is above the Mist and doesn't void out. To then get on the Stump Chest easily you can Rear for additional height and then Backhop of Epona on the Platform. Epona isn't of course coded to be in this area so getting close enough to the stump that you can land on it with a Back hop out of the Rear is not too easy.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EBTkKNpwXE

Glitched Way 3: Sword and Boomerang LJA

Difficulty: ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ 4/10

Explanation: The Mist only voids you out when you have reached a certain lowest height. The Roots of Trees are exposed and with clever platforming and use of LJA, you can reach the Stump Chest that way.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdL5gX-1gQY

Mist Cave Chest

The Mist Cave is far away and you need to go into the Loading Zone to reach this Check.

Glitched Way 1: (Epona Out of Bounds)

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 2/10 (in isolation)

Explanation: Even though (Map Glitch) is not possible to use for this Check since you need to go into a Loading Zone, you can just ride Epona there instead. And there is not even a worry from the Game to Crash since even if you go through the Loading Zone with Epona, she is still part of the Actor List.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJoV1qJ8lkA

Glitched Way 2: Sword and Boomerang LJA and Fast Spinner

Difficulty: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 8/10

Explanation: This method is really difficult. The first part is still the same like when crossing the Mist with LJAs but then you need to use a very precise LJA to go to exposed tree roots. After that you need to very precisely climb up a slope with the Fast Spinner which is the hardest part as you can very easily be too low when you launch of to the next exposed platform. When you finally reach it, you can climb that slope as well with the Fast Spinner and finally enter the Loading Zone from Out of Bounds

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jutocsWS2l

Owl Statue Chest

The Owl Statue is high up on a platform you can access from South Faron with the Shadow Crystal and the powered Dominion Rod. However there are also other ways to reach that loading zone

Glitched Way 1: (Epona Out of Bounds)

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 3/10 (in isolation)

Explanation: With (Epona Out of Bounds) you can reach the Loading Zone from South Faron or the platform of the chest in the Mist Area. For that you first need to gain some height with out of bounds collision. Be mindful that entering the Loading Zone with Epona from Out of Bounds can cause a crash.

Demonstration (South Faron) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqQH1ytrkuo

Demonstration (Faron Mist) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8I-7HPC__Y&t=175s

Glitched Way 2: Sword, Backslice and Magic Armor Backslice Moon Boots

Difficulty: ★★★★★★★★★☆ 9/10

Explanation: In South Faron, first perform a Backslice Moon Boots to reach high out of bounds collision and go around the Owl Statue area while avoiding the slopes to fall down. The part after is extremely precise. Make your way up to the highest collision polygon that is not a slope and without falling out of bounds. Then with a precise angle, you are allowed to perform a backslice on that wall; the angle and position that allow to perform a backslice and land you back on the wall is the most precise part of the trick. A Backslice Moon Boots is not strictly necessary to perform on the wall but highly encouraged. After you land on the wall, the game tries to push you off immediately so you do not have a lot of time to either perform a sidehop or a roll to jump off and land on the platform above the owl statue.

The hardest part is done and you thankfully don't fall off immediately again, in the next part you jump off and use mid air jump attacks to get on the pillars. Because of their collision, with Link's head inside a pillar you can upwarp on top of them. The reason a Sword is required for this trick is because the last jump is impossible without a mid air jump attack.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld6_3KPxRD0

Crossing the Mist

In a glitchless playthrough, you are required to use the Lantern to cross the Mist or have the Shadow Crystal to warp to the North Faron Portal

Glitched Way 1: (Epona Out of Bounds)

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 2/10 (in isolation)

Explanation: Again, riding Epona through the Mist doesn't void you out so you can cross the Mist freely. Additionally, if the gate to North Faron is closed, if you previously placed Epona in a location where you can ride her out of bounds, you can also get behind the gate, the demonstration shows the version with going behind the gate because the one to through the Mist is self explanatory.

Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xA2EHRb3io

Glitched Way 2: Sword and Boomerang LJA and North Faron Woods Key

Difficulty: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 8/10

Explanation: The Mist doesn't void you out if you are above a certain height. With that, the exposed roots of trees can still let Link stay high enough above the mist just barely which allows to cross the mist fully. First you LJA to get to the middle of the Mist Area. The biggest difficulty comes from the LJA required to reach the tree. Not only do you need to aim precisely to for the correct root of the tree but also just far enough that the sword recoil isn't that big to knock Link back away from the root too far. After that you need to do another precise LJA to go around the tree on another root to then finally cross to the other side with another LJA. This trick does not allow you to get past the Gate to North Faron however which is why the Key is required to additionally reach North Faron.

If you have more items, you can make some parts of the trick easier, that demonstration shows a variety of ways to make the trick a little easier if you have the items

Demonstration (least items) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1_LCrT1iRk

Demonstration (all items) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TJwwAOejeQ