The Legend of Zelda
Console icon NES/Famicom

  • 8-Bit Master

    (50) (279)

    Defeat Ganon in either quest without being killed or using quit-out

    1,420 (872) of 23,253 โ€“ 6.11%

    3.75% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    6.11% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Created by dude1286 on: 07 Dec, 2013 07:13
    Last modified: 31 Jul, 2023 02:35


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    24 Nov 2020 19:48
    wilhitewarrior edited this achievement.
    24 Nov 2020 20:14
    wilhitewarrior edited this achievement.
    Superbegito
    Superbegito 11 Apr 2022 14:36
    When you say "either quest" we agree that you mean one of the two quest is needed without dying right?

    Otherwise it will be marked as " both quests" meaning make the two of them (normal one + 2nd one quest) without dying ?
    8 May 2022 04:56
    Searo edited this achievement's logic.
    19 May 2022 00:10
    Searo edited this achievement's logic.
    Riddle 4 Apr 2023 14:24
    Is this defeat Ganon without dying or the game with no deaths?
    nahuelescobar 4 Apr 2023 16:21
    w/o deaths
    Riddle 4 Apr 2023 22:30
    Thank you
    31 Jul 2023 02:35
    suspect15 edited this achievement's logic, description.
    suspect15 31 Jul 2023 02:40
    This achievement has been updated to prevent exploitation of the controller 2 Up+A quit-out. That unfortunately made avoiding death extraordinarily easy and took all risk out of the achievement. Being a 50-point achievement, it was agreed that the feature is incompatible with the intent of the achievement. As such, this achievement will have to be earned in one session, so I'd like to offer some tips.

    - Get some bombs and the blue candle early. This will allow you to get 3 extra heart containers and the white sword very early (certainly before level-2). It also will allow you to get over 250 rupees and purchase the blue ring very early as well. Lastly, get the letter when you are picking up the free 100 rupees in the top right of the map and always make sure you've got life potions. If you have blue potion, you can buy another blue potion to turn it into a red (two uses). Get a Magical Shield too as it will block fireballs and wizzrobe beams. Other than that, take it slow and utilize the beam sword as much as possible and you shouldn't have much issue staying alive.
    PeerlessGirl 7 Dec 2023 21:56
    This doesn't prevent save states does it? More because doing one play session for the entire game is tough, than any form of exploiting. Most other achievements have worked with savestates (assuming not hardcore of course).
    25 Jan 2024 22:26
    suspect15 edited this achievement's description.
    Superbegita 4 Apr 2024 21:58
    So for being clear just do the game in SINGLE session without : retry in option ? (even if you loss progression for sure if you don't have the right to well...save)
    CritClaws 11 May 2024 15:37
    Phew...this wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was gonna be
    OliviaWants2BePretty 7 Aug 2024 16:38
    I made it all the way to level 9 without dying, before making a wrong turn on my way to the Silver Arrow and then getting softlocked
    TommyDeal 15 Aug 2024 17:37
    Did this one without using any life potions.
    Taltalon 22 Aug 2024 20:44
    This was the most fun achievement I ever had the pleasure of completing on this site!
    frostellar 10 Sep 2024 07:03
    Got disconnected from RA server while attempting this and can't reconnect, if I restart my emulator will it void the achievement
    Chickenzes27 26 Sep 2024 14:46
    got all the way to the red ring room and died -_-
    KettleClog 19 Jan 2025 18:09
    Done this many times so wasn't too bad for me

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