The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Nintendo 64

Kryle 6 Oct 2020 08:18

Does this work if you have the defense upgrade from the fairy? The icon shows a white line around the hearts so I assume.. but don't want to waste time if it doesn't.

Kryle 6 Oct 2020 09:33

Alrighty. Can confirm. I had full health before grabbing Master Sword, then I let Ganon beat me down to 1 Heart (with Defense upgrade). Achievement pops during end cutscene when Link and Zelda are in the sky.

ReadingTheGame 28 May 2021 21:28

Espanol: Este desafo puede ser logrado si tienes los 20 corazones. Mi recomendacion es que dejes a Ganon te haga dao hasta que tengas dos corazones. Luego golpeate con la pared de fuego y as reduces el dano para que te quede preciso a 1 corazon.

RDPateau 13 Nov 2021 23:26

i think the easiest way to do this is in a 3 heart run with the defence enhancer, ganos hit takes exactly 2 hearts off so just take one hit and finish the battle

Rampagingtaru 18 Feb 2022 08:44

If you do this in the 3 heart run. Before you reach the outside with zelda in the steps just keep running into the burning rocks till you have one heart left. Then you can get both done in one go.

Boomer69 30 Dec 2022 20:42

Get to an odd number of hearts, then let Ganon widdle you down to one heart. If need be, touch the ring of fire on the outer boundary to aid in getting one heart or less. If you're not confident in not getting hit by Ganon once you have one heart or less, use Nayru's love.

MINI91 26 Aug 2023 21:26

Fight against Ganon as you normally would until he gets knocked down for the first time and Ganon and you get the Master Sword back. Now, you can continue to hit his tail three more times first, or you can let him hit you until you get close to one heart. When you know you can't take more hits from Ganon, walk into the ring of fire around the arena until you get Link down to one heart.
Now, use Nayru's Love to protect you.
Getting the "Magic Gauge increase" upgrade, is recommended for more protection and more attempts, but not required.
Don't Z-target Ganon when you get to the second phase at first, just roll between his legs, and then Z-target his tail, or simply just swing at it without Z-targeting. You need the Master Sword for the second phase to finish it and to deal the final blow when you knock him down for the second time. If you see Nayru's Love startting to flash rapidly, just spam the mapped C-button to activated it again as soon as possible, so you won't waste as much time as I did before figuring this out.

TrashPaddy 1 Apr 2024 23:04

Nayru's Love tip was key here

alvayuso 1 May 2024 23:10

After retrieving the Master Sword Ganon can take another 5 hits at least, just use Nayru’s Love and keep hitting him until the last blow

MateusSodr3 1 Aug 2024 16:36

Flechas de Luz deixar ele paralisado

MoozipanCheese 10 Sep 2024 20:59

Great tips here. Just wanted to add that the Achievement doesn't unlock until Zelda and Link have a conversation in the sky (?) after Ganondorf curses your descendents.

alkalynity 9 Jan 2025 02:57

If you want to be an epic gamer/don't have nayru's love, you can also just run right under his legs and he will never hit you.

jamboree 23 Jan 2025 14:26

I failed this first time because I didn't realise this: Biggoron's sword is ineffective for the second phase of the Ganon fight. I hit him a few times with the Biggoron's sword to get him low (I thought!) and then got myself down to 1 heart, activated Nayru's love, and the fight went on for AGES. I swapped back and forth between the master sword and the Biggoron's sword, but Nayru's love expired in the meantime and he hit me.

In the second phase, ONLY the master sword can do half decent damage. Biggoron's sword looks like it does damage but it only does a tiny bit. You'd have thought they would have the damage animation disabled for anything other than the master sword, but hey...

TheHy1ianGuy 31 Jan 2025 03:28

just use bombchus to lower down health did it before doing final blow and it worked

hotarubi 14 Apr 2025 15:31

Are 3 hearts required?

Rampagingtaru 14 Apr 2025 15:33

No it shouldn't be.