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Contents

  • Walkthrough
    • Prologue
    • Humble Beginnings
      • Outset Island (B7)
      • Forest of Fairies
    • The Hunt for Aryll
      • Pirate Ship
      • Forsaken Fortress (A1)
    • The Waker of Winds
      • Windfall Island (D2)
      • Dragon Roost Island (F2)
      • Rito Aerie
    • Dins Pearl and the Spirit of the Skies
      • Dragon Roost Cavern (F2)
    • Somethings Amiss in the Forest Haven
      • Introduction
      • Forest Haven (F6) - A
      • Forbidden Woods (F6)
      • Forest Haven (F6) - B
    • The Spirit of Water and the Third Pearl
      • Introduction
      • Greatfish Isle (B4)
      • Windfall Island (D2)
      • Outset Island (B7)
      • Northern Triangle Island (D3)
      • Southern Triangle Island (D5)
      • Eastern Triangle Island (F4)
    • The Heros Test and the Forgotten Realm
      • Introduction
      • Tower of the Gods (E5)
      • The Castle Frozen in Time
    • Return to the Forsaken Fortress: The Hunt for Aryll Continues
      • Introduction
      • Northern Triangle Island
      • Forsaken Fortress (A1)
    • Restoring Evils Bane: The Earth Temple
      • Introduction
      • Headstone Island (C7)-A
      • Dragon Roost Island (F2)
      • Headstone Island (C7)-B
      • Earth Temple (C7)
    • The Sword Shines Again! The Wind Temple
      • Introduction
      • Ice Ring Isle (E6)
      • Gale Isle(D1)
      • Forest Haven (F6)
      • The Wind Temple (D1)
    • Rebuilding the Triforce of Courage
      • A Brief Explanation
      • Triforce Chart #1: Islet of Steel (B5)
      • Triforce Chart #2: Birds Peak Rock (G5)
      • Triforce Chart #3: Needle Rock Island (A5)
      • Translating the Charts
      • Triforce Shard #1
      • Private Oasis (E5)
      • Triforce Shard #2: Outset Island (B7)
      • Triforce Shard #3: Diamond Steppe Island (A6)
      • Triforce Shards #4 and #5: Stone Watcher Island (C5)
      • Triforce Shard #6: Overlook Island (G1)
      • Triforce Shard #7: Greatfish Isle (B4)
      • Triforce Shard #8: Cliff Plateau Isles (G6)
      • The Triforce of Courage
      • Tower of the Gods (E5)
    • Ganons Tower: The Final Showdown
      • Introduction
      • Ganons Tower
  • Equipment and Items
    • Common Items
    • Dungeon Items
    • Quest Items
    • Special Items
  • Characters and Enemies
    • Introduction
    • Characters
    • Enemies
  • Legendary Checklist
    • Quest Items
    • Songs
    • Pieces of Heart
    • Treasure Charts
    • Special Charts
    • Triforce Charts and Shards
    • Great Fairies
    • Big Octos
    • Submarines
    • Sea Platforms
    • Secret Caves
    • Rings of Light
    • Blue ChuChus
    • Withered Deku Trees
    • Beedles Shop Ship
    • Shops and Vendors
    • Minigames
    • Nintendo Gallery
  • Islands of the Great Sea
    • Islands of the Great Sea
    • Forsaken Fortress (A1)
    • Four-Eye Reef (A2)
    • Western Fairy Island (A3)
    • Three-Eye Reef (A4)
    • Needle Rock Isle (A5)
    • Diamond Steppe Island (A6)
    • Horseshoe Island (A7)
    • Star Island (B1)
    • Mother & Child Isles (B2)
    • Rock Spire Isle (B3)
    • Greatfish Isle (B4)
    • Islet of Steel (B5)
    • Five-Eye Reef (B6)
    • Outset Island (B7)
    • Northern Fairy Island (C1)
    • Spectacle Island (C2)
    • Tingle Island (C3)
    • Cyclops Reef (C4)
    • Stone Watcher Island (C5)
    • Shark Island (C6)
    • Headstone Island (C7)
    • Gale Isle (D1)
    • Windfall Island (D2)
    • Northern Triangle Island (D3)
    • Six-Eye Reef (D4)
    • Southern Triangle Island (D5)
    • Southern Fairy Island (D6)
    • Two-Eye Reef (D7)
    • Crescent Moon Island (E1)
    • Pawprint Isle (E2)
    • Eastern Fairy Island (E3)
    • Tower of the Gods (E4)
    • Private Oasis (E5)
    • Ice Ring Isle (E6)
    • Angular Isles (E7)
    • Seven-Star Isles (F1)
    • Dragon Roost Island (F2)
    • Fire Mountain (F3)
    • Eastern Triangle Island (F4)
    • Bomb Island (F5)
    • Forest Haven (F6)
    • Boating Course (F7)
    • Overlook Island (G1)
    • Flight Control Platform (G2)
    • Star Belt Archipelago (G3)
    • Thorned Fairy Island (G4)
    • Birds Peak Rock (G5)
    • Cliff Plateau Isles (G6)
    • Five-Star Isles (G7)
  • How to Play
    • Game File Management
    • Game Screens
    • Controlling Link
    • Environmental Objects

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Guide › Walkthrough › Rebuilding the Triforce of Courage

Triforce Shard #3: Diamond Steppe Island (A6)

In order to get Triforce Shard #3, you must board the dreaded Ghost Ship, but before you can do that, you need to get the Ghost Ship Chart from Diamond Steppe Island.

Once at the island, use your Hookshot on the lowest palm tree to get onto the island. Continue hooking onto the trees until you reach the highest part of the island. On the far edge of this level is a Secret Cave containing the Ghost Ship Chart.

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Triforce Shard #3

The Ghost Ship Chart

Triforce Shard #3 is on the Ghost Ship, which appears at different islands in different phases of the moon. To find and enter the Ghost Ship, you need the Ghost Ship Chart, which is at Diamond Steppe Island (A6). Use your Hookshot on the lowest palm tree to get up to the island from your boat.

Ghost Wrangling

If you don’t get the Ghost Ship Chart, you can still find the Ghost Ship, but it fades away as soon as you sail into it.

Use your Hookshot along the palm trees until you reach the hole at the narrow end of the highest part of the island. Drop into that hole and you’ll enter what appears to be a ship’s graveyard.

Enter the purple Warp Pot directly in front of you. What follows is a maze of Warp Pots and Floor Masters. Enter the correct Warp Pots to proceed; going into the wrong one spits you back out at the entrance. To make it through the maze in one shot, enter the Warp Pots in this order:

Enter the Warp Pot beyond the Floor Master (the Warp Pot farthest from the one you used to enter the area).

Get the Joy Pendant from the chest next to the Warp Pot you shot out of, drop off the side of the boat through a gap in the railing, and enter the Warp Pot directly below that gap.

Your next Warp Pot is behind and to the left of the Floor Master you face in this area.

This last Warp Pot takes you to a wrecked ship with a Floor Master and a chest. Defeat the Floor Master and open the chest to get the Ghost Ship Chart. Then drop off the side of the ship to return to the beam of light that takes you back outside to Diamond Steppe Island.

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Ghost Ship Chart

Understanding the Ghost Ship Chart

The Ghost Ship appears at one of seven different islands at night, depending on the phase of the moon. After you have the Ghost Ship Chart, the location of the Ghost Ship appears on your Sea Chart at night, along with an icon representing the Ghost Ship.

Five-Star Isles (G7)

Star Belt Archipelago (G3)

Greatfish Isle (B4)

Crescent Moon Island (E1)

Diamond Steppe Island (A6)

Bomb Island (F5)

Spectacle Island (C2)

Quick and Painless

While in Diamond Steppe Island (A6), play the “Song of Passing” to change day to night. It is very common for the Ghost Ship to be in this sector at night.

The Ghost Ship

Open the Ghost Ship Chart, play the “Song of Passing,” and meet the Ghost Ship at one of the seven islands. Sail directly into the Ghost Ship to enter it.

Defeat the two Poes and the Blue Wizzrobe inside the Ghost Ship, and a ladder drops at the end of the room. Climb it to reach an alcove with the chest containing Triforce Shard #3. When you open the chest, you automatically leave the Ghost Ship, which never again reappears.

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Triforce Shard #3

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