Dec 2025 - Legend of Zelda

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Location

Read the letter carefully; the instructions for the puzzle are hidden there somewhere.
Take special note of the specific locations Zelda mentions in the letter.
Try retracing the steps Zelda gave Link on the map in order.
Literally tracing the path from one location to the next as mentioned in the letter creates four letters and the solution to the puzzle, TIME.

With your page of keys in hand, are there any recognizable words in the grid of letters?
The 13 words that can be found in the grid are also listed on the keys page: ALE, BUG, CUP, DUX, EXAM, FAIRY, FOX, GAMING, GAS, TAN, TIN, TAUT, TUNIC
Read the remaining letters (that aren’t part of the 13 keys) in the puzzle left-to-right and top-to-bottom.
Use logic to place the blocks in the grid according to the given rules and row/column block indicators.
Try extracting an answer from the 9 blocks.
The nine blocks sit on letters that spell out the solution, ENDANGERS.

With your page of keys in hand, how does the puzzle say they were transformed in this temple?
Try finding keys which, when combined with the letters BURN, CHAR, or ASH, serve as answers to the clues spoken by the Gorons on the page.
For example, the key SIDES combines with BURN to answer the first clue and give SIDEBURNS.
The 9 words that serve as the answers to the clues spoken by the Gorons are SIDE(BURN)S, ST(ASH)ING, SUR(CHAR)GE, W(ASH)ING, SL(ASH)ED, L(ASH) OUT, BACK(BURN)ER, RI(CHAR)D, UN(CHAR)ITABLE.
Do you notice anything about each Goron’s name and clue answer?
Align the clue answer and name of each Goron; notice they are the same length. What do each have in common?
Extracting the single letter that each Goron name and clue answer have in common (in the same position in the word), spells out the solution, STEWS ON IT.

With your page of keys in hand, what does the puzzle say happened to the keys in this temple? How might that have anything to do with the six words across the top of the hookshots?
Did you notice the locks at the bottom have specific key shapes shown?
Adding the prefix AQUA to the six words across the top of the hookshots cues six specific keys from the set: AQUATIC → OCEANIC, AQUARIUS → ZODIAC, AQUAMARINE → BIRTHSTONE, AQUAMAN → SUPERHERO, AQUALUNG → SCUBA, AQUAFINA → DRINKING WATER.
Consider how the lines drawn between the AQUA words and the correct locks interact with the letters on the page.
Reading the letters from top to bottom that have been intersected by a line spells out the solution, RAINFALLS.

This puzzle contains five “tortured” clues. A tortured clue is made by transforming a phrase using a specific rule. You will need to find both the original phrase and the transformation to move on.
The answers to the five clue phrases should also be tortured (transformed) in the same way as their tortured clue.
PARTIAL SOLVE: The five tortured answers are CHAIN, HOCKEY, SLEDGE, JACK, RAZOR
With your page of keys in hand, do you notice any words that could go along with the five tortured answers to your clues?
PARTIAL SOLVE: The five tortured answers can be paired up with five weapon-related keys to form the words CHAINSAW, HOCKEY STICK, SLEDGEHAMMER, JACK KNIFE, RAZOR BLADE.
Placing the five created words into the grids and reading out the cells left-to-right and top-to-bottom that contain the lens of truth spells out the solution, INSIDE JOB.

With your page of keys in hand, what could it mean that six of them “fit exactly across the width of the dungeon”?
With the 6 six-letter keys in place, begin by placing mirrors for the 4 items that only reflect off of a mirror once.
Use both the rule that each section holds only one mirror and that mirrors can reflect off of either side to replace the others. There are a total of 9 mirrors.
The 5 mirrors oriented like a forward slash, /, are in the following cells (coded as row-column): 1-2, 2-5, 3-4, 5-3, and 5-4. The four mirrors oriented like a backslash, \, are in the following cells: 1-4, 4-3, 6-5, and 6-6.
Consider how the inserted mirrors interact with the letters on the page.
The mirrors sit on letters that spell out the solution, INCORRECT.

Cut out the pieces made of triangles and try finding how they fit into the blank outline.
When assembled correctly, five patterned triforces should be visible in the grid. (The shape next to the words “Puzzled Pint” on the page is a triforce if you haven’t seen one before.)
Place the answers from each puzzle (with one letter in each triangle) next to each symbol (medallion) that corresponds to one of the temples.
Did you notice the five patterns also appear in a specific order above the blank outline?
Reading out the three letters in each triforce top-to-bottom and left-to-right spells out the solution, JOINED TRIFORCES.

Do you notice anything about the letters in the rows of the grid?
The text on the page says the sword was hidden in the garden. Does the grid hold any words of things you might find in a garden?
Did you notice that the master sword seems to be obscuring a letter in each row? Find a letter that could be added in this center cell which would complete a word using surrounding letters.
PARTIAL SOLVE: A type of flower can be found in each row once a letter is added into the center cell. The letters in the center cells when read vertically spell out the extraction hint, NOTICE ALPHABET AND LOOK RIGHT.
How many rows are there in this grid? What could that have to do with the extraction hint?
Reading the letters to the right of the letter of the alphabet which corresponds to the row number (A in the first row, B in the second row, etc.) spells out the clue phrase, TRY MUMS THE SWORD AS THE ANSWER. This reveals the solution, MUMS THE SWORD.