Triforce Blitz

Triforce Blitz is a Ocarina of Time Randomizer game mode that emphasizes understanding a seed's logic and on-the-fly routing. Triforce Blitz seeds are short; many seeds can be completed in under an hour, and there is a time limit of two hours for competitive play. Some runners have described Triforce Blitz as "puzzle rando".

Seeds can be generated on the Triforce Blitz website, or alternatively through Elagatua's fork on the OoT Randomizer website.

The Basics

Three Triforce pieces have been scattered into the dungeons of Hyrule. Find all three and warp to the credits!

Where to find Triforce Pieces

Triforce pieces can only be found in dungeons. This means they can't be found in overworld locations. Dungeons include the temples (Forest, Fire, Water, Shadow, Spirit), the spiritual stone dungeons (Deku Tree, Dodongos Cavern, and very occasionally Jabu Jabu's Belly), the side dungeons (Bottom of the Well, Gerudo's Training Ground, and the Ice Cavern), and Ganon's Castle.

Triforce Blitz uses the Chest Appearance Matches Contents setting, which places major items in large chests. Triforce pieces are major items and will always appear in large chests, so make sure to prioritize those when you see them!

Ganon's Castle Bridge

Access to Ganon's castle (the rainbow bridge) is granted when Link possesses two dungeon rewards (spiritual stones or medallions). Since Link starts the seed with one dungeon reward, this means that the bridge will open after completing any single dungeon.

Completing Dungeons Quickly

Dungeons in Triforce Blitz do not contain boss keys. The doors that would normally require boss keys are left unlocked, and Link may proceed directly to the boss without completing the rest of the dungeon if possible or desired.

Additionally, Jabu Jabu's Belly and Forest Temple have their shortcuts enabled. This lowers the platform leading to Barinade and activates the elevator leading to Phantom Ganon without needing to complete the rest of their respective dungeons.

Playing with a Time Limit

For races and competitive play, Triforce Blitz has a time limit of 2 hours. This means that any Triforce pieces found after the 2 hour mark do not count towards your score for the seed. A runner's score is determined by the total number of Triforce pieces found within the time limit, as well as the time when their most recent Triforce piece was found.

Consider the following example of three runners:

	First Triforce Piece found	Second Triforce Piece found	Third Triforce Piece found	Score	Result
Runner A	0:20:00	1:20:00	n/a	2/3 pieces found (1:20:00)	2nd place
Runner B	0:40:00	1:00:00	n/a	2/3 pieces found (1:00:00)	1st place
Runner C	0:10:00	n/a	n/a	1/3 pieces found (0:10:00)	3rd place

In the rare event of a head-to-head race where neither runner has found a Triforce piece when the time limit expires, sudden victory rules activate and the first runner to find a single Triforce piece wins.

For casual play, runners are more than welcome to play at their own pace! Don't feel pressure to stop at the two hour mark if you are still enjoying your run!

Other Timesavers

Some checks and settings have been altered to keep things moving quickly. Additionally, many time consuming checks have been disabled entirely.

• Anju in Kakariko Village only requires 3 collected chickens.
• Pierre the scarecrow can be summoned immediately without having to set his song in Lake Hylia.
• The Biggoron trading quest is Claim Check only.
• (S3 Only) Princess Ruto waits for Link on the top floor of Jabu Jabu's Belly, speeding up access to two checks.
• The following checks are disabled:
  • Skull Mask and Mask of Truth
  • 30, 40, and 50 Golden Skulltullas
  • Boomerang chest in Jabu Jabu's Belly
  • Frogs 2

Hints

Triforce Blitz features an incredibly strong hint distribution with a variety of custom hint types not found in any other game mode. These hints allow runners to race through the seed aggressively, since two hours is not enough time to full clear the entire world.

Path Count

Video explanation

A path count hint outside the Temple of Time.

Path count hints are located outside the Temple of Time and give information about how many items are logically required to reach the location of each individual Triforce piece in the seed. These hints form the cornerstone of any run since they can allow a runner to eliminate certain areas depending on how many items are logically required to reach them. They also provide a general idea of the difficulty of obtaining a specific Triforce piece. If the path count is very high for one piece, it may be a good idea to postpone tracking it down, or potentially skipping it entirely to obtain the other pieces more quickly.

A typical path count hint reads like this:

They say that the path of courage requires 2 steps.

If the Triforce of Courage for this seed was somewhere in Forest Temple, the accompanying spoiler log could look like this:

":goal_locations":           {
    "triforce_hunt": {
        "Path of courage": {
            "KF Kokiri Sword Chest":                    "Bomb Bag",
            "GC Pot Freestanding PoH":                  "Progressive Hookshot"
        }
    }
}

Hint Minutiae

Occasionally, having a deep understanding of the hint system can provide critical information in a seed. Here are some important details to keep in mind:

• If the free song given at the start of a seed is on the path to a Triforce piece, it will be counted in the number of steps for that piece's path count. However, the free song will not appear in any specific path hint.
• Likewise, if an item or song in an Always hint location (20 Golden Skulltulas, Song from Ocarina of Time, Sheik in Kakariko) is on the path to a Triforce piece, it will be counted in the number of steps for that piece's path count.
• Items located in dungeons are prioritized over items located in the overworld when Path hints are selected. However, this only applies to items on the specific path that is being hinted. For example, if Market (an overworld location) is hinted on the Path to Wisdom, this guarantees that all other dungeon items on the Path to Wisdom have been included as hints somewhere in the seed. This quirk can be used in some seeds to avoid blindly clearing unhinted dungeons for items, since a dungeon with a path item will very frequently be hinted.
• The generator will attempt to create at least one Path hint for each Triforce piece in the seed. Occasionally, a Triforce piece may not have any hints referencing its path. This can happen in seeds where the path count for each Triforce piece is very low. If this happens, it means that the all items on that path were either:
  • hinted on different paths, or
  • are in Always hinted locations

Logic Minutiae

Generally, the logic of Triforce Blitz seeds mirrors what runners are accustomed to from playing other modes that use the Standard Ruleset. However, there are a handful of quirks that should be kept in mind when learning this mode:

• In Forest Temple, the basement and Phantom Ganon checks only require a hookshot.
• In Water Temple, all checks logically require the Iron Boots, including Morpha. Default logic allows logical access to Morpha using a Gold Scale because boss keys are disabled. We preempt the logic in this case to match more closely what runners would expect coming from other game modes.
• (S3 Only) In Shadow Temple, all small key logic is unchanged, even though the small key lock has been removed from the door in the Gibdo room before the boat. The requirements for checks in Shadow assume that this small key lock still exists, despite its removal.

Seasons

Currently, there have been two seasons of Triforce Blitz with a tournament played for each season. Additionally, an "off-season" mode called Jabu's Revenge was released after the second season. Development of the third season of Triforce Blitz is complete and will be available in the coming weeks.

Season 1

Hint Distribution

Hint Type	Amount	Copies of Each Hint	Notes
Always	3	2	20 Golden Skulltulas, Song from Ocarina of Time, Sheik in Kakariko
Path Count	3	1	At the Temple of Time
Path	10	2
Barren	5	2
Wanderer	Fill remaining stones	2
Sometimes	Fill remaining stones	1

Tournament

Winner: Favio94

Challonge

Finals VODs: Game 1 Game 2 Game 3

Season 2

The second season of Triforce Blitz introduced Unlock hints to the core game, as well as many other quality of play improvements.

Hint Distribution

Hint Type	Amount	Copies of Each Hint	Notes
Always	2	2	Song from Ocarina of Time, Sheik in Kakariko
Path Count	3	1	At the Temple of Time
Path	1	1	At the Temple of Time (rightmost stone)
Unlock	3	2
Path	9	2
Barren	4	2
Wanderer	Fill remaining stones	2	Can be in either Path or Unlock format
Sometimes	Fill remaining stones	1

Tournament

Winner: Ramond

Challonge

Finals VODs: Game 1 Game 2

Jabu's Revenge

Jabu's Revenge was a off-season game mode released between season 2 and season 3. In Jabu's Revenge, Triforce pieces can only be found on Golden Skulltullas inside dungeons, instead of inside dungeon chests. The name is a joking reference to how often Jabu Jabu's Belly was hinted foolish in Season 2, since Jabu Jabu's Belly has more Golden Skulltullas than chests.