The guides

Description

These are no-​nonsense to-​the-​point guides for getting everything as soon as possible in Zelda games. They are meant to help you get all the items/​skills/​etc. in the games as early as possible, but within reason – they won’t drag you out of a dungeon to hunt Pieces of Heart and Poe Souls as soon as you get the dungeon item. The descriptions are short, concise, and clear enough that you’ll actually spend your time playing, not reading.

The guides won’t tell you how to play the game or solve complex puzzles. They are not written with first-​time players in mind – the descriptions may be a bit short for that.

If these guides are of any interest to you, then you’re probably a bit like me: You like maxing out all your skills and equipment as you go, and you enjoy smashing your opponents to bits with the best gear possible at any point in the game.

If you’re not like me and instead think that these kinds of guides ruin the whole experience, even for veteran players, well, whatever floats your boat – I’m not forcing this on anyone. :)

For more on why I actually made these in the first place, read the post On my Zelda optimal equipment guides.

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I have entered all the actual information into XML files. I wrote a Java program to create the HTML guides from the XML files. You can find everything in this GitHub repository. Feel free to tweak and build similar guides in all manner of forms, from interactive apps to printable LaTeX documents (as long as you adhere to the licenses).

The Legend of Zelda optimal equipment guides by Christer van der Meeren are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-​ShareAlike 4.0 International.

Cover image by Sweetie187 on Flickr.