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One of the beautiful things about open-world games likeThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis that once you’ve completed the initial tutorial sequence, you can basically go wherever you like, taking on the game’s challenges in any order you wish.
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Of course, this doesn’t mean it’s necessarily agood idea- some parts of Hyrule are obviously meant for players with a few more resources under their belts. Of course, it is still possible to head directly to the very end of the game as soon as you’ve grabbed your paraglider.
What You’ll Need
The trip to the final fight is very dangerous, butthe only hard and fast requirement is the Paraglider, which you’ll get by following the first quests given to you when you leave the Great Sky Islands.
There are some things that would make things far easier, though:
How To Reach Ganondorf
Reaching Ganondorf is a long process, and if you’re doing it without the best equipment, you’ll need to be prepared to run from and avoid many enemies.
We begin this journey bydiving into the chasm beneath Hyrule Castle. Halfway down, you should see a light - glide to it. It’s aLightroot, which serves as a fast-travel point in the depths. Stand underneath it to activate it.
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From the Lightroot, glide down the rest of the chasm. You’ll reach an area calledGloom Approachat the bottom - land here and look around to find aShock Like.
Head toward the Shock Like to find the way forward -dive through the hole underneath the enemyand make your way through the next room quickly, avoiding the gloom and taking the clean path forward. There will be someHorriblinshere; avoid them as best as you can - they have very long weapons, though, which makes things tricky.
If you’re very quick, you cantake out, place, and activate a ZonaiFanup against the wallyou have to climb up and use the updraft to skip much of the climbing.
In the next room, you’ll be confronted by a handful ofElectric Keese. If they shock you, you might drop your equipped weapon and shield - be sure to pick them up. They’ll die from a single arrow, so shoot away.
Do not drop into the next room - there is a gloomifiedLynelwaiting to kill you. Getting noticed by the Lynel is very bad news, as it can rain gloom arrows down on you from above.
Instead,look over to the left to see the way forward. Glide over there andclimb up to the pathforward as best as you can.
Once you’ve reached the way forward,step on the stone block ahead of you, and you’ll fall into the next room. The way forward is lit with alamp- enter this adjoining room and look to your right to seeanother stone cubelike that one you just rode down on.
Climb on top of the cube anduse Recall to ride it up to the top of the room. Follow the path forward through a tunnel filled with rock until you come to a sequence filled withIce Likes and Ice Keese.
This is the second place where having aFanis very useful. Use it to get a goodupdrafton before heading forward and glide through the pack of monsters. Alternatively, if you’re still healthy, you can quite easilyrun through the monstersover the gloomy floor.
Dive down to the center of the next vertical room, and press on.
If you havesummons, this is where they will stop working.
The next room will have you falling to the ground thanks to abroken stone slab. Glide over to the other side, toward the broken bridge, as quickly as possible - a horde ofGloom Handswill spawn when you reach the bottom of this room.
Climb up the side of the bridgeand press on, ignoring the monster here. Ignore the breakable wall here andturn leftto continue - this will bring you to theForgotten Foundationarea, which is where you began the game.
This is alinearsequence that has you up against some of the game’s strongest enemies, including gloom-riddenGibdos.
Theroom behind the rocks in the Gibdo room is the final room, and where you’ll encounter the final sequence of the game. Proceed into this room to confront Ganondorf.
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