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Finding the most efficient route through [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]] is harder than it might first appear. While the game expects you to take one specific route through each of the necessary items, it is possible to complete many areas out of turn. Depending on the locations of these areas and the seconds needed to travel between them, completing areas out of turn may be quicker or slower than the game-expected route.

Finding the most efficient '''route through [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''' is harder than it might first appear. While the game expects you to take one specific route through each of the necessary items, it is possible to complete many areas out of turn. Depending on the locations of these areas and the seconds needed to travel between them, completing areas out of turn may be quicker or slower than the game-expected route.

As child Link there is a single obvious route through the game. Barriers which can only be passed with certain items force you to take this route; for example, the rocks blocking Zora's River require the Bomb Bag from Dodongo's Cavern before you can pass them. However, for adult Link the matter becomes much more complicated because of the following alterations you can make to the game-suggested route:

As child Link there is a single obvious route through the game. Barriers which can only be passed with certain items force you to take this route; for example, the rocks blocking Zora's River require the Bomb Bag from Dodongo's Cavern before you can pass them. However, for adult Link the matter becomes much more complicated because of the following alterations you can make to the game-suggested route: