Liberation of the Triforce: Ganons Tower

A Miracle in the Making

The victory in Gerudo Desert has given you a single shot at taking out Ganondorf. He’s taken Hyrule Castle and transformed it to better match his black heart. The Hyrule Field is a gnarled, hellish nightmare completely overrun by monsters. Ganondorf is hiding inside Hyrule Castle, performing a ritual that can only be bad for the heroes. We’re running out of time! We’ve got to bring an end to the Dark Lord now; we may never get another chance.

Dragon Hunting

Your first task is to defeat the two Argoroks on the field—one in the southwest corner of the map and the other in the northwest corner. Start with the southwestern Argorok. In case you need a refresher on how to beat these winged lizards, here’s a quick reminder.

Stay to the side or behind the Argorok to avoid most of its attacks. Its tail glows blue at the end of most of its attacks, which is the time to use your Hookshot on it to pull it out of the air. After two or three Weak Point Smashes, the dragon will fall and you can make your way to the second beast in the northwest.

After you defeat the first Argorok, Darunia enters the battlefield with a plan to break through the West Field Keep’s east wall. The goal is to get to Hyrule Castle’s gates to force Ganondorf outside. The Goron chief has a Bombchu with him and he needs it to be escorted to the West Field Keep. This is where things get challenging. You have to escort the Bombchu safely while trying to battle with the second Argorok. Face the Argorok first and use your Battlefield Info screen to keep a watchful eye on the Bombchu to make sure it’s safe. If you race to the Argorok before it can reach the Bombchu, it’s that much easier to get the Bombchu to its target safely.

Right after the Bombchu starts moving, a few Captains appear near the Bombchu. You need to be fast in taking out the Argorok so that the enemy Captains don’t destroy the Bombchu before you can reach it. Use your Special Attacks and Focus Spirit to bring down the Argorok faster. If you hit ( in Zelda Style) after activating your Focus Spirit, you’ll deplete the gauge and do a different Focus Spirit attack. This is a great attack to use because Argorok is in the air for most of the fight; this attack will knock it out of the air and reveal its Weak Point Mark. You most likely won’t be able to attack it with Regular Attacks while your Focus Spirit is active, so save time, activate the Focus Spirit Attack, damage the Argorok, and get back to pulling it down with your Hookshot.

Capture the West Field Keep

Once you’ve defeated the second Argorok, race to the Bombchu and defeat the enemy Captains surrounding it. The Bombchu will begin moving again when the area is clear. Escort it to the West Field Keep’s east wall, where it detonates, destroying the wall and giving you access to the Keep. Before you head in to the Keep, sweep the battlefield and capture any enemy Keeps you have access to. Every bit of field control is going to help for the latter half of this fight. Just be quick about it: Two of your allies make their way into the West Field Keep as soon as the wall is broken. It won’t take them long to capture it and when they do, the next part of the battle begins.

Gold Skulltula Opportunity While capturing all of the available enemy Keeps, you’ll very likely reach 1,000 KOs, which means a Gold Skulltula will appear on the map. The shiny arachnid is under a boulder in the Fairy Fountain Keep. Race there, destroy the boulder, and defeat the Skulltula to claim your puzzle piece.

Piece of Heart Opportunity If you’re playing as Impa, you can capture the W. Rockface Keep to reveal a chest containing Impa’s Piece of Heart for this Scenario.

Once you’ve captured all of the available Keeps on the battlefield, head over to the West Field Keep and capture it, too, to gain access to the west side of the map. As soon as you capture the Keep, race south to the Hyrule Castle Checkpoint (the building connected to the Castle Keep’s east side) and wait for the gate to open. Inside the Checkpoint is a handful of enemy Captains that will attempt to run amok on the map while you’re busy with other things. Take them out here to maintain your field control.

Ganondorf’s Wrath

The plan to force Ganondorf out of Hyrule Castle worked—maybe a little too well. Ganondorf comes barrelling out of Hyrule Castle with murder on his mind. He begins randomly striking everywhere on the battlefield with lightning. Don’t stand in one place for too long if you want to avoid taking damage.

Instead of immediately pursuing Ganondorf, enter the Castle Keep from the Hyrule Castle Checkpoint, defeat any Captains you find in there, and then capture the Keep. This weakens Ganondorf, making him significantly easier to fight. Just make sure you pay extremely close attention to the health of your allies. Ganondorf is a very powerful adversary who can destroy your allies’ Health Bars in no time flat. Race to their aid if they get down to a third of their Health Bar.

After the Castle Keep is captured, head north and face Ganondorf. Ganondorf will attempt to use his lightning attack to take the Castle Keep back remotely, and that means time is of the essence here. If he manages to get the Castle Keep back under his control, he’ll regain his power.

Bait Ganondorf by guarding, then dash behind him. Most of his attacks are aimed directly in front of him, but make sure not to get too close to him; he does have a few moves that land in a circle around him. After you land a few Weak Point Smashes, the King of Evil is no more.

The Demon King Reborn

Wait . . . Something’s not right. He must have completed the ritual! The Triforce is reacting! Ganondorf has become the Dark Beast once again!

Boss Fight: Ganon

You may not know it yet, but you are actually well aware of how to beat Ganon. The King of Darkness will use a single move from every Giant Boss you’ve fought up to this point, except for The Imprisoned. Here’s a breakdown of Ganon’s attacks and what item to use when you see them:

The horns on Ganon’s shoulders will open up and begin shooting seeds, just like Manhandla. Use your Boomerang to hit the horns and break them. You’ll need to break both horns to get Ganon to stop using this attack.

Ganon will also fly up into the air and begin breathing fire in your direction. He’ll try to follow you with the flames from his mouth, but this attack can be easily avoided if you press and hold ( in Zelda Style) to make your Warrior run. Just run around Ganon in a circle to avoid the attack altogether. Once he’s completed the attack ,his tail will glow blue, just like Argorok’s, which means it’s time to use your Hookshot on him.

When Ganon lifts his left arm and fires a blue energy ball, that’s your time to shoot him with the Bow.

If Ganon holds out his right hand and begins charging a fireball, run toward him and throw Bombs at him to prevent him from unleashing this attack and to damage his hand so he can’t use this attack anymore.

Once you’ve destroyed each of Ganon’s four attacking parts, he changes up his attack pattern. He begins slowly stomping around the area, smashing anyone who dares get close to him. This is easy to avoid; just keep your distance and you’ll stay completely unharmed. He also occasionally leaps into the air just like Gohma. Avoid standing anywhere near the white circle on the ground and you’ll completely avoid this attack.

The moves you need to look out for are the ones that end or begin with the jewel in his forehead glowing. The first of these attacks happens right after Ganon aggressively plants his arms down on the ground. When you see him do this, he’s about to lunge at you. He spins around during the dash, doing a 180 as he lands. When he does land, however, the jewel in his forehead begins to glow, which means it time for you to strike.

Shortly after breaking Ganon’s parts, an ally will throw you the Light Arrows, which power up your Bow for the duration of this fight. The arrows that are fired from the Bow are enhanced by the health of your allies. The more health your allies have, the longer Ganon stays down when he’s shot by a Light Arrow, so make sure to restore your allies’ health whenever it drops below 30 percent.

Ganon’s second attack that makes his jewel glow happens after he aggressively grabs the ground as if he’s trying to bury his hands. His jewel glows immediately before he launches the attack. If you fail to shoot it in time, he’ll launch into the air, performing a sort of uppercut along the way.

Those two attacks are the ones to look for in order to reveal Ganon’s Weak Point Mark. He does have one other move, however. Ganon’s last attack involves him lifting up his left hand and throwing out a beam of dark, electric energy. While he’s lifting his hand, it’s covered in the dark energy, so use this as a cue to move to either the left or right of Ganon immediately. This move is devastating because the beam he shoots from his hand lingers in the air for a few seconds and anything that touches it is subject to a great deal of damage.

Despite all of that, Ganon can be felled rather easily. Focus on shooting that jewel and then hit him with a Weak Point Smash as quickly as possible. It doesn’t take more that a few Smashes to defeat Ganon, so stay focused and you’ll take him out with ease.

Once you’ve defeated Ganon, Hyrule is safe once again and you have completed Legend Mode. Congratulations!