| Control a Cucco! - Unlike other Zelda games (where you got attacked if you hit the Cuccos),
in Twilight Princess if you hit a Cucco about 8 times, you'll be able to
control it for a short period of time.
Bottle: Fishing Hole -
Go to the fishing hole, and find the sign that says: No Littering! You can get a bottle if you fish on the left side of the bridge that is near that sign. Its darker water than normal.
Catching a fish -
At the beginning of the game, you must catch two fish. Go to the area where you see the cat, then begin fishing from the dock. Throw the line into the water and wait until the colored bobber sinks below the screen. This means a fish has bitten. Quickly lift the Wii-mote up hold it there. If done correctly, a "Fish on" message will appear. Continue holding the Wii-mote up until Link reels the fish in. Throw the second fish away, so the cat takes it.
Unlike other Zelda games (where you got attacked if you hit the Cuccos), in Twilight Princess if you hit a Cucco about 8 times, you'll be able to control it for a short period of time.
Donation Reduction -
Donate 1000 rupees to Goron inside the Malo Mart in Kakariko Village (you must progress past the third dungeon beforehand). Talk to the old Goron outside the shop and complete the quest he offers. Once completed, the second donation amount will be reduced from 2000 to 200 rupees.
Easy Way To Win Flight-By-Fowl Minigame! -
When you unlock Falbi's Flight-By-Fowl minigame on Lake Hylia save as soon as you enter his hut. Then pay for the minigame and try to land on the top tier platform. If you fail reload. For some reason it lets you start again inside his hut. Where you can try again instead of having to pay 10 Rupees to get launched from Fryers attraction again.
Frog Fishing Lure -
To unlock the Frog Fishing Lure for the Fishing Hole, you must beat all eight levels of Roal Goal, a game found in the owner's establishment. To play it, simply look at it in first person using the C button.
The game requires 5 rupees a play and you win 10 rupees for each round, and the frog lure for the eighth. (If you run short before you manage to get the lure, mowing the tall grass just outside (still in the fishing hole area) offers around 60 rupees.)
Lure description: The must-have lure for bass.
Move small statues in temple of time before you get rod! -
Before you have the rod, if there is a small statue that you want down, take out your mace and chain and throw it behind it. It will eventually slowly drag it. You can use this to get past the force field at the beginning to get the heart piece.
Sinker Lure -
To obtain the Sinker Lure you must first catch a Hylain Pike, Hyrule Bass, and a Ordon Catfish in the fishing hole area with the lure rod. After you have caught one of each you go to the south east corner of the water closest to the house and take out your Fishing Rod(bobber). After that you will catch the Sinker Lure. Make sure Hena doesn't see you use it or she will take it away.
Bottle with Fairy Tears -
Bring 20 Poe Souls to Jiovani to get a Bottle with Fairy Tears.
Infinite Rupees -
Bring 60 Poe Souls to Jiovani to get a Silver Rupee worth 200 Rupees. Talk to him again to get another Silver Rupee worth 200 Rupees. Repeat this as much as desired.
Invincibility -
Collect all 60 Poe Souls and bring them to Jovani. He is in a house in the southeast corner of Castle Town. Turn into a wolf and dig your way inside. Use your senses to find out where to dig. After you give him 60 Poe Souls he will give you a Silver Rupee worth 200 Rupees. Talk to him again to get another Silver Rupee worth 200 Rupees. Repeat this as much as desired. Then, go to Malo Mart in the Kakariko village. Donate enough money to lower the prices at the Town Castle's Malo Mart. You will now be able to buy a Magic Armor there for 598 Rupees. The Magic Armor makes you immortal, but normally reduces your Rupees until you have no more. Because you can get unlimited Rupees, you can stay immortal.
RollGoal mini-game -
After receiving a letter about new events near Zora's Domain, go to the Fishing Hole in Upper Zora's River. It is through a door in a cliff just east of the canoe rentals. After reaching the fishing area, go inside the nearest building and talk to the guide (Hena). Decline her offer to fish. Walk into the top right corner of the room and press C to look at the board game on the shelf. The guide will instruct you to play "RollGoal", a mini-game designed mostly to show the capabilities of the Wii-mote. The mini-game costs 5 Rupees per play and you win 10 Rupees for each round completed. Successfully complete the 1-8 round to unlock the Frog Lure. Successfully complete the 8-8 round for Hena to completely fill your wallet and to unlock the Special Edition of the RollGoal mini-game. This version of the mini-game is free and allows you to choose any level with a time limit of 4:00:00, but you cannot win any Rupees.
Getting Bomb Bags -
To get Bomb Bag 1, purchase it from Barnes Bomb Shop in Kakariko after the second temple. To get Bomb Bag 2, free the Goron from the giant lava rock located underwater in Zora's Domain. To get Bomb Bag 3, destroy the rock barriers for the River Canoe mini-game owner.
Bigger Bomb Bags -
Score 25 points playing Iza's boat game by shooting jars on the way down to Lake Hylia. Yellow jars are worth 1 point and red jars are worth 2 points. After you score 25 points Iza's helper will allow you to carry double the bombs in all of your Bomb Bags. The amount of bombs in each bag depends on what type of bombs you are currently holding in each bag.
Bigger Quivers -
Enter the large tent in Southeast Hyrule Castle Town and play the "STAR" mini-game. If you have the Clawshot, win level 1 of the mini-game to unlock the Big Quiver, with a 60 arrow capacity. If you have the Double Clawshot, win level 2 of the mini-game to unlock the Giant Quiver, with a 100 arrow capacity.
Bigger Wallet -
The Adult Wallet can be obtained after defeating the giant Twilight Bug at Lake Hylia. Go to Hyrule Castle Town as a human, then go to the southeast alleyway and look for a door. Go inside and give Agitha any Golden Bug you have collected and she will give you an Adult Wallet (Big Wallet), capable of holding 600 Rupees. One Golden Bug is outside the south entrance of Castle Town, on the top of a large vine covered column. Blow up the rocks with a bomb and a Golden Ladybug will come out. It will resemble a point of light. Hit it with the boomerang and grab it with A. There are also two Golden Ants in Kakariko and Kakariko graveyard.
To get the Giant Wallet that is capable of holding 1,000 Rupees, collect all 24 Golden Bugs and then bring them to Agitha in Castle Town South Road.
Fairies -
Locate the Gerudo Mesa and Cave Of Ordeals in the Gerudo desert to be able to unlock Fairies, and later Great Fairies, at each spring around Hyrule. Successfully complete the indicated number of rooms in the Cave Of Ordeals to unlock the corresponding Fairies. Smaller fairies can be bottled and used to restore up to eight hearts. Great Fairies give you a bottle full of Great Fairy Tears, which fully heal Link and temporarily boost his attack as long as you have an empty bottle and no Tears in your inventory already. Both kinds of Fairies have an unlimited supply once unlocked.
Fairies in the Eldin Spring: Successfully complete 30 rooms in the Cave Of Ordeals.
Fairies in the Faron Spring: Successfully complete 20 rooms in the Cave Of Ordeals.
Fairies in the Lanayru Spring: Successfully complete 40 rooms in the Cave Of Ordeals.
Fairies in the Ordon Spring: Successfully complete 10 rooms in the Cave Of Ordeals.
Great Fairies in all Springs: Successfully complete 50 rooms in the Cave Of Ordeals.
Donation discount -
Progress past the third dungeon, then donate 1,000 Rupees to Goron inside the Malo Mart in Kakariko Village. Talk to the old Goron outside the shop and complete the quest he offers. Once completed, the second donation amount will be reduced from 2,000 to 200 Rupees.
New Malo Mart with Magic Armor -
Donate 1,000 Rupees and complete the Hot Springwater side quest, then donate another 2,000 Rupees to Malo Mart. A new Malo Mart will now open in Castle Town with Magic Armor available for purchase.
Easy Hearts -
When you defeat the Boss of the Yeti's place, the two Yetis will hug. About 300 Hearts will appear. Each time you talk to them another one will come out.
When you are low on Hearts, go to any spring whose spirit you have returned (for example, Ordona's spring in Ordon). Walk around in the spring for awhile and your hearts will slowly fill up. Alternately, you can go to the Hot Springs at Death Mountain to regain Hearts.
When you are in the Goron mines, go to the village beneath it, then go to Huryle Field. The postman will soon run up to you, giving you a letter that describes the Hylian Shield. The general store in the village beneath Death Mountain (Goron mines) has the shield for 200 Rupees.
Control Cucco -
Hit a Cucco approximately eight times to go into its view and to be able to move it around. The easiest way to do this is just after you get the Iron Boots. Walk outside the building to find a Cucco. Wear the boots and roll into it eight times.
Finding Ilia's scent -
Once you get the last Fused Shadow piece and enter Twilight, jump off a bridge to land in water and find the scent of Ilia.
Talking to Epona-
When you able to become both human and wolf, go to a patch of "Horse Calls" as a wolf. Press A to howl. Howl the song as indicated with blue lines, and Epona will come to you. Still as a wolf, go up to Epona and talk to her. She will tell you to hurry up and turn back into a human.
Getting the kitten back to the shopkeeper -
To get the kitten in the Prologue, you must have a Fishing Rod. Go behind the locked house and catch a fish. Then instead of pressing A, press B. Link will throw the fish at the cat. The cat will take the fish back to the shop. Talk to the shopkeeper to collect your reward.
Scared soldiers -
Go to Castle Town as a wolf and cause an uproar in the square. Soldiers will come out to fend you off, but they will cower if you get close. Let them surround you and wait for them to get close. Then, use your dark field to do a special spin attack. This will scare the soldiers away and make them drop arrows, Rupees, and Hearts.
Playing fetch -
In Castle Town, after entering the gate to the east, go south as if traveling to Agitha's house. There is a brown and white dog laying by a tree near a bone. Pick up the bone and throw it. The dog will run to get it then bring it back for you to throw again.
Dragging chickens underwater -
Go to any place with water and chickens. Throw the chicken in the water and then use the Iron Boots to sink to the bottom. Then, use your Clawshot and bring the chicken to you. The chicken does not do anything special when under the water.
Mirror -
After getting the lantern, go to Link's house and climb down into the basement. Take out your lantern and look around the area of the chest with the purple Rupee to find a mirror. Switch to first person mode to see Link's reflection.
Move small statues in Temple Of Time before getting Fishing Rod -
Use the following trick to move small statues before you have the Fishing Rod. Take out your mace and chain and throw it behind the statue. It will eventually slowly drag it. You can use this to get past the force field at the beginning to get the heart piece.
Walk upside down without Iron Boots -
This trick can be done anywhere there is a magnetic ceiling, such as the first one encountered in Death Mountain Mines. First, equip the Iron Boots to the D-pad but do not put them on. Then, go under the magnetic field and equip the Iron Boots. In mid flight up to the ceiling, press Minus and put an item where the iron boots were on the D-pad; make sure the Iron Boots are not anywhere on the D-pad. When you unpause the game and finish flying onto the ceiling, you should be on the ceiling without the Iron Boots on and will stay there and be able to walk faster. To get down, walk off the magnetic part of the ceiling or equip and unepuip the Iron Boots.
Alternate sword sheathing -
Immediately after killing a monster, press A to put away your sword. It will do the same sheathing move as when you kill a Boss or when you learn a new Hidden Skill.
Giant puzzle solution in Sacred Grove -
At the entrance to the Sacred Grove, you will howl from a symbol on the ground (resembling the Triforce) to make two stone giants come to life on a group of blocks. They will ask you to lead them to their sentry post by hopping on the blocks. Jump in the following pattern: left, down, right, right, up, left, up, up, left, down, down, right, up. They will congratulate you and allow you to pass on to the Master Sword.
Killing rats in Gerudo Desert temple -
When you are in certain rooms of the temple and begin to walk funny (almost as if you have the Iron Boots on), transform into a wolf and turn on your senses. You will find that little rats have attached themselves to you. Use the wolf's spin attack to kill them. Turn back into a human and you will be able to walk and run normally again.
Fighting skeletons in Gerudo Desert temple -
When you are in the temple and you come into contact with the large skeletons that paralyze you when they shriek, continually press A to roll out of the way just before they hit your paralyzed body with their sword.
Better quality sound -
During the game, sounds like your sword being swung, menu selections, item switching, etc. are played through the Wii-mote speaker, which is shallow and sounds cheap. Although it makes the experience have more depth, the sound quality of that depth is low. Press Home and turn the Wii-mote speaker volume all the way down to shut it off. All sounds will now play through your television or sound system, and will be of much better quality.
Triforce on Golden Ladybug -
While in Princess Agitha's house, if you have already caught a Golden Ladybug, look on its back. When the glow goes away you should see the Triforce in the center of its back.
Golden Bug locations -
The locations of all 24 Golden Bugs are as follows:
Ant - Kakariko Village: The male is located on a tree to the right of the hole in the back of the Kakariko graveyard. The female ant is in the house just prior to the bomb shop on the west side of the village.
Beetle - Faron Province, Hyrule Field: The male is located on a tree in the southern portion of Hyrule Field. The tree is positioned between two raised land masses. The female is on a tree on the western side of the field. It is just south of the giant dirt patch.
Butterfly - Hyrule Field east of Castle Town: The male is just south of the east entrance of Castle Town is a small flower patch containing the male. The female is on a vine-covered ledge just northeast of the east castle town exit.
Dayfly - Gerudo Desert: The male is found in the southern part of the desert, almost dead center, north of the barricades. The female is found in the trenches at the southeast end of the desert (near the chunk of bridge). It is recommended that you do this at nightfall.
Dragonfly - Zora's Domain: The male is on top of the hill at the southwest end of the domain. The female is right in front of the boating game shack.
Grasshopper - Eldin Province, Hyrule Field: The male is at the entrance to Kakariko Village. The female is at the northeastern part of the map. This is best done at night.
Ladybug - South of Castle Town: The male is on the vine covered pillar southwest of the gate. The female is near the three trees of the left side of the balcony.
Mantis - Great Hylian Bridge: The male is on the wall of the northern half of the bridge. The female is on a rock just south of the bridge. It is easier to find her by looking at the bridge.
Phasmid - Eldin Bridge: The male is on the arch on the south end of the bridge. The female is on a cliff to the north of the bridge. You will need the Clawshot.
Pill Bug - Kakariko Gorge: The male is on the southern end of the bridge. The female is found by some flowers on the southwest corner, north of the bridge.
Snail - Sacred Grove: The male is on the inside of the southwestern alcove. The female is inside the Temple Of Time, on west side of the staircase.
Stag Beetle - Hyrule Field north of Castle Town: The male is near a tree on the east side of the bridge. The female is on the northern side of the field, above a bombable entrance to an icy cave.
Bottles
Bottle 1: Sera gives this bottle to you with milk at the beginning of the game.
Bottle 2: Purchased from Coro South of Faron Forest for 100 Rupees (includes Lantern Oil with purchase).
Bottle 3: Go to the Fishing Hole that Hena owns at the place called Upper Zora River. Go to the Fishing Hole and bobber fish at the bridge where there is a sign. The water is murkier than normal. This may require multiple attempts.
Bottle 4: Defeat and collect 20 Poe Souls and bring them to Jovani in Castle Town (all the cats must be able to dig where they are).
Howling Stone locations
Just before you enter the Forest Temple you automatically learn one move.
Death Mt.: In the place with a lot of geysers.
North Zora's River: Northeast of boat shop.
North Faron Woods: At the beginning of the Sacred Grove maze.
Lake Hylia: On a cliff at the south end. Climb up the ladder to get there.
Snowpeak: Climb up the mountain; near the secret underground cave entrance.
Forgotten Village: Jump through a window in the western building.
Sword moves
Ending Blow: When an enemy is on the ground, stab them.
Shield Attack: This attack lowers an enemies guard and lets you attack freely. It is useful against armored foes.
Back Slice: This move is rather difficult to perform. Lock on and jump around your enemy until you roll, then you swing your sword.
Helm Splitter: After successfully using a shield attack you can jump above an enemy's head and attack in mid-air, landing behind them.
Mortal Draw: As an enemy approaches you, press A. This will almost always kill the enemy.
Jump Strike: Lock on with Z and hold A to perform a powerful version of the jump attack. It hits multiple foes.
Great Spin: Upgrade your spin attack to have a longer range and to do more damage. However, you must have full health to use it.
Surviving energy balls -
You can use an empty bottle against the energy balls that the possessed Princess Zelda shoots at you. It will work the same as the sword. It will look as if Link is punching the energy ball but it will not hurt him.
Defeating Aeralfos -
Use the following trick to defeat Aeralfos (small flying dragon with shield) in City In The Sky. When it flies in the air, wait for it to put its shield up and flaps its wings rapidly. Then, Z target its shield and use the Clawshot to pull it towards you. Slash it as many times as you can. Do not use the Clawshot while it is on the ground or it will pull you towards itself and slash you. Keep pulling it towards you and slashing it until the Aeralfos falls and dies.
Defeating Darkhammers -
When battling Darkhammers (for example, the three in the last room of the Cave of Ordeals), throw bombs. This takes their armor off quickly. Once all of it is off, it will dodge if you throw bombs. To kill it with the armor off, get close enough until it tries to hit you. Just before it hits you, roll out of the way to get in back of it. Then, just start slashing it with your sword.
Defeating the Dynalyfos Duo -
When fighting the Dynalyfos Duo in the City in the Sky, do not keep attacking them; they will block all of your attacks then hit you with an attack of their own. Take out your ball and chain and throw it at them. They will be stunned for a few seconds. Try to get in a few attacks. Repeat this strategy until they are defeated. Alternately, when you enter the room stay where you are and take out your bow and arrow. Combine it with the Hawkeye and shoot the Dynalyfos. They will fly back against the wall. Repeat this until they are defeated. Note: You should have 60 arrows. Arrows are weak against them and you are likely to run out before you kill them. Although arrows are weak against the Dynalyfos, it is better than rushing into the battle and losing a lot of HP.
Defeating Fyrus -
Shoot the crystal on his head. When he is stunned, go around and pull on either of the chains that are attached to his feet to trip him. Go up to his head and start slashing until he gets back up. Repeat this until he is defeated. If you are running low on arrows or health there are pots around the room.
Defeating Ganondorf -
When fighting Ganondorf, take out the fishing rod. He will drop his guard and watch the bobber. While his guard is down, take out your sword and hit him. Repeat this until he is defeated.
Ganon will start the battle by taking over the Princess and knocking out Midna. She will fire balls of energy at you. When they hit, Midna will explain that your sword can reflect them. When it connects three times with Zelda, Midna will pull Ganondorf out of her and the next stage will begin. Ganon will turn into a large beast with a jewel in his head. Shoot the jewel with an arrow then attack his belly. He will disappear and red swirling portals will appear. One will turn blue before he charges at you from it. Continue shooting until he disappears each time you shoot him. Midna will tell you to turn into the beast. When Ganon charges again, target him and hold A, which will imitate the cattle wrestling from the start of the game. Midna will grab him and you must select a side to throw him to, then attack his belly. Ganon will appear to die but will return once more. Midna will use the fused shadows to try and kill his spirit while teleporting Zelda and Link away from harm. Hyrule Castle will explode from all the magic yet Ganon will remain. You will start the third stage of fighting Ganon with him on horseback and Zelda given Light Arrows from the Spirits. You must ride close to Ganon so she can shoot him then attack with your sword.
Note: If Ganon gets behind you he will attack and knock you off then play chicken until you can get behind him again. After a certain number of hits on horseback, you will face him in a sword fight. He will teleport every so often, but you can easily roll away. The best way to kill him now is use the rolling attack from behind, then swing your sword afterwards. He will take the spinning hit and two slashes afterwards, but then block the rest. After this, Ganon will be defeated.
Defeating the Gerudo Temple Boss -
An easy way to defeat this Boss is to use the spinner and go along the side of the sand pit he is in the middle of until you are directly behind him. Hit the "support bone" which is the spine. To hit the bone you must use the spinner's attack. Each time more skeletons will come up to block you from reaching the spine, but they do not regenerate. If you kill one, the next time you attack there will be a gap in the wall of skeletons which you can slip through and attack. After you have done this three or four times the sand drains and the head of the beast will still remain. Use the spinner to raise the platform. As you walk out, an intermission sequence of the head coming to life and knocking Link off the platform will play. You must use the spinner to climb the platform. After awhile the head will start shooting fireballs at you while you are climbing. The key here is to jump from the platform track to the track on the wall every time he tries to hit you with a fireball. The head will then get irritated and come in beside you, at which time you can jump and attack it with the spinner. When on the ground attack the sword that Zant puts in its head. Repeat this two more times to kill him and get a heart container.
Defeating heavily armored opponents -
You first fight this heavily armored enemy as a mini-Boss in the Temple Of Time. You will then see him several times later as regular monsters. The strategy is the same each time. First, if you are having trouble timing the dodge to attack him multiple times, you can just wait and use the Mortal Draw ability when he gets close enough. Note: This does not work on the mini-Boss version, but works on every other one. He will lose one piece of armor every time you hit him with the Mortal Draw. When he throws his sword away he will begin wielding a smaller sword. Get close to him, roll behind him, and use the Rising attack (where you roll around him and rise up from the ground spinning). He will block the Rising Attack but will become vulnerable to regular attacks immediately afterwards. Do this three times and he will be defeated.
Defeating the Twilight Dragon -
First, use the Double Clawshots and latch onto its tail when it is not attacking you. Immediately after latching onto its tail, use the Iron Boots to bring it down so its armor breaks. After doing this a few more times, he will rip off the rest of the armor and it will start to rain. The rain will bring floating plants from the ground that circle the battleground. Use the Clawshot on the plants and circle around the dragon while dodging his flame attacks. When you are behind him, use the Clawshot on his back and attack the jewel with your sword. After one or two more times, he will be defeated and you will get the last shard of the Twilight Mirror.
Defeating Twilight Monsters -
An easy way to defeat Twilight Monsters is to kill the one that is not near you, then use the force field to kill the rest.
Defeating Zant -
Zant will go through almost every Boss battle you have done so far. You must defeat him essentially the same way. The trick is remembering how you defeated the Boss in the first place. The final battle against Zant is fairly easy, but he moves erratically. Block his spin attack and do the rolling attack from behind to land more hits.
Malo comments -
Malo is the little child who resembles an infant or toddler, but is in fact probably one of the smartest children in Hyrule. He tends to make fun of everyone he encounters. Here is how to get him to make some of his comments:
When you are showing everyone how to use the sword and the slingshot listen to Malo's response.
When you find him in Kakariko Village, enter his shop and he will say rude things to you.
When you are showing off your archery skills to the children, cancel. He will ask if you need more arrows. Say "No" and he will ask if you want to give up. Select "I am no quitter". He will then quickly respond with some snide comment about how slow you are.
After the store is closed in Kakariko Village, come back at certain times of the night. Before morning, he will leave comments on his door. |
