These are the glitches which are possible to perform in Skyward Sword. Please read the Glitch Disclaimer Notes before attempting any of the glitches on this page.
Techniques
High Flip
- Effect: Perform a higher than normal Backflip
- Prerequisites: An object you can pick up and put down (Ex;Bomb, Pot, Remlit etc.)
- How To: Pick up an object with the A Button and hold it. Now place it down or throw it. During Link's crouch, you have a frame or two to trigger a backflip as usual. Spamming the button works, but having the timing down is more effective.
- Notes: This can be useful for accessing ledges that you cannot grab. This has been proven to work in many places, and has also been used to skip the basement portion of the Ancient Cistern.
Misc. Glitches
Random Glitches that don't belong in any other categories.
Early Lake Floria
- Effect: Gives early access to Floria Waterfall via Bird Statue.
- Prerequisites: Access to Faron Woods and must have at least saved one Kikwi
- How To: Link has to go towards where the tightrope to get to the first Heart Piece is but jump down the hole south of the Heart Piece towards one of the Kikwi's. When you find the Kikwi you must sprint up the right wall and stay on the ledge you land on. Slowly move left and look at the branch in front of you which has a rope hanging off. Jump towards the branch and if done correctly you will land on it without slipping. Slowly walk towards the edge and then sprint and immediately Jump Attack. You should land on the wall ahead. Stay to the edge trying to avoid slipping and head towards the entrance to Floria Waterfall. Push the log down and voila!!
Invisible Bilocyte
- Effect: Causes Bilocyte to appear invisible.
- Prerequisites: Must have the Spiral Charge ability unlocked. Bombs.
- How To: This glitch occurs during the battle against Levias and Bilocyte. If Link lands safely on Levias' back facing Bilocyte before attacking the parasitic appendages, Bilocyte will appear invisible when a bomb goes off nearby.
- Notes: Link is still able to target the parasite, thus being able to attack and be attacked, even defeated. With knowledge about the tactics of taking Bilocyte down, this is a glitch with few, if any, consequences throughout the rest of the game.
Song of the Hero Game Ending Error
- Effect: Locks the game and prevents the player from progressing.
- Prerequisites: Must have defeated Bilocyte.
- How To: This glitch occurs during the quest to find the Song of the Hero. Contrary to popular belief, the glitch is not simply done by completing the Thunder Dragon quest before the others. The glitch in fact is triggered by talking to Golo, the Goron who can be found at the Lanayru Mining Facility entrance. If he is spoken to a second time upon completion of the Thunder Dragon quest, he will tell the player that he is jealous of his discovery, and the events in Eldin Volcano and Faron Woods will not occur. This will render it impossible to advance through the game at this point. Specifically, the volcano in Eldin Volcano will never erupt and the Imprisoned battle at Faron Woods would never trigger. Therefore players can still obtain the Thunder Dragon's piece of the song first and still avoid the game ending glitch so as long as they do not speak to Golo again.
- Notes: Nintendo has released a solution to this glitch, which can be seen here. To fix the glitch, one must download The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Save Data Update Channel on the Wii Shop Channel for 0 Wii Points. After using the channel to update one's game, things should return to normal.
Clean Cut Minigame Rupee Counting Error
- Effect: Prevents Link from playing Peater's Clean Cut minigame despite having enough Rupees.
- Prerequisites: Link must have access to the entire Sky via his Loftwing, and must have between 10 and 14 Rupees.
- How To: Simply speak to Peater and ask to play his minigame. Despite the fact that it costs 10 Rupees, Link will not be allowed to play unless he has at least 15.
Scrapper Instant Warp
- Effect: Skip a large portion of transporting the Water Basin across Eldin Volcano.
- Prerequisites: Access to the Water Basin Transport quest.
- How To: After starting the mission, use the Bird Statue to enter the sky and lose Scrapper. After that, return to Eldin Volcano at a different Bird Statue. Save at that statue. Now trigger a Game Over by dying and select Continue. At whatever Bird Statue you saved at, you will reappear and Scrapper will be right next to you. This can skip a large portion of the mission by going as far as possible.
- Notes: Essentially you must get Scrapper stuck somewhere to wait for you (Enter a cave, the Sky, etc. and reappear in another portion of Eldin) and save at a Statue. Then re-spawning will also make Scrapper appear next to you.
Pot in Pole
- Effect: Hides a Jar in a pole.
- Prerequisites: Access to the Plaza.
- How to: Go to the western pole at the Plaza. Underneath it there are three pots. Walk towards the pole from west and push the pot in.
- Notes: This glitch works only on this specific pole in Skyloft. It's impossible to get the jar back out, unless you push in another pot.
Ladder Leap
- Effect: Link leaps through the floor.
- Prerequisites: Access to Batreaux' house.
- How to: Go down the ladder leading to Batreaux' house, and leap down on the third and second step. Link then leaps through the floor.
- Notes: Link can leap neither up nor down on the ladder unless he is moving.
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