Warping has been an ability of Link's as early as The Legend of Zelda. New additions to the series often bring newer methods of warping. In all cases, warping is the fastest mode of traveling across the land and sea. No physical or magical explanation has ever been offered for these mysterious portals and songs. One must simply assume "It's magic." And why not? Like all other aspects of The Legend of Zelda strewn together in a delicately executed manner- it is magic!
The Legend of Zelda
- A recorder will warp to any dungeon you have cleared. If you are facing north or west, you warp to the next dungeon. If you are facing south or east, you warp to the dungeon before the one you are at.
- Some hidden stairways serve as warp points between its counterparts.
A Link to the Past
Within A Link to the Past, there exist two different types of warping. In one instance, there exist portals that travel to the Dark World. These portals will send Link to the same coordinates within the Dark World; use of the Magic Mirror while within the Dark World will accomplish the same task, only in reverse, sending Link to the Light World. A patch of sparkling light will remain and permits Link to travel back to the same spot in the Dark World. A similiar patch will show up on the map screen as well.[1]
The Magic Mirror also has an added advantage in that, unlike the portals which must be found, the Magic Mirror can be used anywhere. Within a dungeon, however, the Magic Mirror will merely send Link back to the entrance -- useful if ever he got stuck within the dungeon.
A second method of warping is of a more traditional kind, utilizing a Flute. Blowing into the Flute will summon a bird that will carry Link to any one of eight landing points.
Swimming through whirlpools will warp to other whirlpools throughout Hyrule.
Link's Awakening
- Playing Manbo's Mambo will warp Link to Manbo's pond near Crazy Tracy's home and potion shop. Manbo's Mambo will also warp to the dungeon entrance when played inside of dungeons.
- A warp pad will appear at the entrance and in the mini-boss room once said mini-boss is defeated.
- Warp Holes can be found on elevated platforms at various points across the overworld. They can be used to warp Link to the next warp hole he has seen, in a specific sequence.
Ocarina of Time
Ocarina of Time featured more warping in the form of the Ocarina of Time. Link learns several songs such as the Minuet of Forest that warp him to a special pad in front of the song's corresponding temple; i.e. the Nocturne of Shadow will carry him to the Shadow Temple, and so forth.
There is also a spell that can be found known as Farore's Wind. When used, it will place a "marker" at the door of the most recently traveled-through entrance. Upon being used again, it will carry Link back to that marker.
Drawing the Master Sword from the Pedestal of Time will warp Link 7 years into the Future. Replacing the sword warps back 7 years. Link's age will change from a child to adult and vice versa in this warping system.
Majora's Mask
In Majora's Mask, the Ocarina of Time is once again used for warping. Not long into the game, Link learns the Song of Soaring, which can be used to take Link to any Owl Statue that he has marked with his sword.
Oracle series
- Gale Seeds have the ability to warp Link to any of the Mystical Trees.
- The Harp of Ages warps Link through time. This works similiar to warping from the Dark World to the Light World in A Link to the Past, via warping Link to the same map coordinates the item is used.
- The Tune of Echoes awakens warp portal tiles to travel to the opposite age.
- The Tune of Currents warps Link from the past to the present.
- The Tune of Ages allows Link to warp freely from one age to the opposite one.
- In a linked game, a warp portal will appear near the Maku tree. This portal leads to an extra mini dungeon with very major Bosses.
The Wind Waker
The Wind Waker features more warping utilizing the game's titular item, the Wind Waker. After obtaining the bow, Link can face any of the larger cyclones and shoot Cyclos, who is hiding within the cyclone. If three successful hits are achieved, Cyclos will submit to Link and teach him the Ballad of Gales, which allows Link to harness the power of the cyclones and travel to one of several squares of the map, and is in fact the only way to get inside the Mother and Child Isles.
Within many dungeons there are also pots with fogs of various colors. These are known as Warp Jars. If both Jars of the same color are found within the same dungeon, jumping into one will take Link to the other. The cycle is green, blue, yellow. The yellow pot is usually right outside the boss room. If one of the pots is still covered, that pot is skipped in the cycle.
The Savage Labyrinth has Pillars of Light that serve as a warp spot. Warping back to the entrance is the only possibility. This dungeon doesn't allow Link to warp to any previously cleared areas.
The Minish Cap
The Minish Cap brings back the Flute warping system from A Link to the Past with the Ocarina of Wind. Finding and activating any of the many Wind Crests around Hyrule will set it as a warp point. The Ocarina of Wind can be used once obtained to be carried away by a bird to any of the activated Wind Crests.
Other, different warp pads also appear within dungeons, similarly to the Game Boy and Game Boy Color The Legend of Zelda games of past. A blue warp pad will appear at the entrance and in the mini-boss room once said mini-boss is defeated. A red pad will appear at the entrance and in the room right before the dungeon's boss.
Twilight Princess
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- In Twilight Princess, Shadow Beasts dot the landscapes of Hyrule. Defeating each of the groups of Shadow Beasts will create a portal near their location, which Midna can then utilize to warp Link and herself across Hyrule. Very large objects can be transported in this manner.
- Ooccoo and Ooccoo Jr., can warp Link out of the dungeon, and return later to the room that he warped from.
The Great Fairy offers to warp Link back to the Cave of Ordeals entrance or to any of the Fountains in which she has sent fairies to. This power is not unexpected from such a magically powerful persona.
When in a dig cavern, the player can climb onto a rock when a beam of light shines. The player then appears above ground.
Phantom Hourglass
- Phantom Hourglass features a system of warping similar to The Wind Waker, although instead of using The Wind Waker to summon cyclones, Link uses a Cyclone Slate upon which any one of six symbols can be drawn. These symbols are learned from Golden Frogs that swim in the seas, and drawing a symbol will take Link to the location of the frog that taught him that symbol.
- Temple of the Ocean King employs a unique warp system due to it's clock based nature. The warp portals record and store the amount of Sands of Hours used to reach the portal. Returning to the other portal will subtract the recorded amount from your Sands of Hours.
Other Warping
- The wrong direction in many enchanted areas will warp Link back to the entrance. Unless he knows the specific directions or the trick to get through.
- Lost Woods (The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time, Oracle of Seasons)
- Death Mountain (The Legend of Zelda)
- Haunted Wasteland (Ocarina of Time) - Use the Lens of Truth
- Ganon's Tower (The Wind Waker) - Follow Phantom Ganon's sword hilt to the Light Arrows
- Woods of Mystery (Majora's Mask) - Follow a monkey to find Koume
- Pinnacle Rock (Majora's Mask) - Follow the seahorse after retrieving it from the Fisherman at Great Bay
- Royal Valley woods (The Minish Cap) - Read the signs
- The Phantom Hallway on Isle of the Dead (Phantom Hourglass) - Learn the correct path from the Sages
- The final dungeon of a linked Oracle series game has rooms with statues rolling their eyes. The eyes will not look in the direction one must travel.
- Wind Fish's Egg (Link's Awakening) - Another seemingly endless maze. Specific directions must be found in the library.
- Dungeon Warp Tiles. Serving as an interactive maze in many dungeons, this tiles test a hero's mental powers. Hera's Tower prominently features warp tiles.
- Often after slaying a dungeon boss, Link will be warped outside.
- Wallmasters and Floormasters. Being grabbed by one is much like warping back to the entrance. This is rarely used by a player's own free will.
Trivia
Adventure of Link features absolutely no form of warping, thus adding to it's outsider status from other Legend of Zelda titles.
References
- ↑ "The place you used it last is marked on the Field Map." (A Link to the Past manual, pg. 27)