We all know success in a speedrun, race, impromptu, or challenge is largely dependent on what tricks you can do, and how well you can do them. However, with the sheer number of discovered tricks and glitches in Ocarina of Time, it seems impossible to learn them all. That is where this guide will help. This guide lists all sequence breaks important to races/impromptus, in order of importance.
Importance is based off of two criteria: likelihood of needing the trick, and amount of time saved with the trick. To further help, it will be classified into "tiers", based on how essential the trick is to know. Click a trick to view a youtube video of it. Finally, the estimated difficulty of the trick is presented (one to five stars, five being hardest).
~ TIER A ~* *
* * * Door of Time Skip*
* * * * Crouch Stab Forest Escape* * * * * Aqua Forest Escape* * * *
* Bottom of the Well Chus Early* *
* * * Steal the Fishing Rod* * * *
* RBA / BA* * *
* * ISG + Hovering
~ TIER B ~* *
* * * Shadow Temple Early*
* * * * Mido Skip in Lost Woods*
* * * * Forest Temple Boss Key Skip* * *
* * Cucco Jump* *
* * * Megaflip* *
* * * Enter Water Temple without Iron Boots* * *
* * Water Temple Boss Key Skip* *
* * * Wasteland without Lens* *
* * * Shadow Temple Jumpslash Shortcut*
* * * * Shadow Temple Boss Key without Fire* * *
* * Superslide / Hoverslide*
* * * * Gerudo Fortress Gate Skip as Child~ TIER C ~* * *
* * Silver Block Skip*
* * * * Golden Scale as Child* * *
* * Longshot without Iron Boots
* * *
* * Longshot without Zelda's Lullaby
* * *
* * Fairy Bow without Bracelet* *
* * * Skip B1 in Deku Tree* *
* * * Fire Temple Block Clip to Small Key* *
* * * Megaflip to Bomb Bag Chest
* *
* * * Jabu-Jabu's Belly without Fish* * *
* * Ruto Throw* *
* * * Dodongo's Cavern Ground Jump to Switch without Bracelet* *
* * * Hover Boost / Mega Jump~ TIER D ~ *
* * * * Minuet Cutscene Skip* * *
* * Ice Arrows as Child* * * *
* Hover to Fire Arrows* * *
* * Get Past King Zora as Child*
* * * * Get Past King Zora as Adult
* *
* * * Zelda's Lullaby Cutscene Skip* * * *
* Fire Temple Boss Key Skip* *
* * * Hover to Ganon's Castle* * * *
* Hookshot across broken bridge* *
* * * Steal Epona~ TIER E ~* * * *
* Gerudo Fortress Gate Skip as Adult* *
* * * Enter Deku Tree as Adult*
* * * * Ground Jump* * *
* * Serenade Cutscene Skip* * * * *
Spirit Temple Boss Key Skip* * * * *
Forest Medallion Cutscene Skip* *
* * * Bolero Cutscene Skip* * * * *
Mirror Shield From Outside*
* * * * Bottle Duplication*
* * * * Ganon's Trials Skip* *
* * * Adult DoT Skip
* * * * * Aquaslide to Kakariko
*
* * * * Bottle Switch Trick*
* * * * Flame Storage* * *
* * Mirror Shield as Child* * *
* * Odd Mushroom as Child~ TIER F ~* * *
* * Keep Master Sword at Ganon* * *
* * ESS*
* * * * Ocarina Items* * *
* * Ice Cavern as Child* * *
* * Pressure Jump* * * *
* Forest Temple as Child* * *
* * Superswim* * * *
* Hoverslide teleport into Darunia's Room* * * * *
Aquaslide past Zora's River Rocks* *
* * * Reverse Door of Time Skip
