https://www.speedrun.com/zelda_ii_the_adventure_of_link/run/m3578n6y https://www.nesmaps.com/maps/Zelda2/Zelda2.html Magic Jar, Up+A Manip - Just hug water, then left until above cave, south into cave Trophy, Up+A Manip - Step left 3-4 steps off path (as/after enemies spawn), then go to cave Jump, Up+A Manip as above Jump cave - Clear first room, Goriya in 2nd room Bagu Life, Mag refill (Cast Life) Enter DM Kill Octoroks, ATK 2 off first Daira Life 2 off red daira Skip dairas in last cave, Atk 3 off first Daira in Hammer Cave Despawns in hammer cave - - Exit/re-enter 1st room to despawn red daira - Exit/re-enter 2nd room to despawn orange daira Deathwarp after hammer, walk out Get magic container, Up+A Medicine, Up+A Manip: Straight right out of NP, path, step south on last grass tile, continue west, north to one tile east of boulder, into cave. Downstab, Fairy, Up+A Manip: Just break the boulders perfectly and you won't get a fight :) Enter Palace 2 Manip: Couldn't get it to work. Can walk straigh to P-bag cave and get to the palace in 1-3 encounters though. Think about EXP routing in here - Third skeleton in shooter room doesn't spawn P2.png Up+A Enter Palace 1 Manip: Right all the way into the mountain, up to mountain, right and into cave. Manip pt 2: After cave, move all the way up, right 6-7 steps, up to dodge encounter, go to palace P1.png Exit P1, get HC, Up+A Get Shield, Up+A Walk to P3, kill Goriya in fairy cave Manip notes: Break 2nd boulder on the downbeat after the DUNUNUNUHs, walk S to paths around King's Tomb, get fight on path, walk to Fairy Cave P3.png Raft, Rebonak, gem (Atk 7), Up+A (7-3-3) HC Cave, Up+A Manip: Walk straight to it EAST to Maze Island Manip notes TBD Get Child, kill lizard 1-up outside MI Go to Darunia (enc. skip one desert tile, fairy feet the other) Magic refill, make sure you hit full after casting Jump on next screen Upstab Reflect Walk back to MI Jar, Fairy out Fairy Feet encounter Enter P4 Red jar off statue P4.png Carock, boots, Up+A (8-3-3) (Any extra lives I can write into this section?) Extra life in P6-area swamp and P6 itself, magic jar in lava Enter P5 P5.png Flute, Life 4 outside boss room, gem Heart outside P5 Fire (8-6-6 DO NOT TAKE MAG OR LIFE 7) Read town sign? Does this help manip? New Katsuto - Spell, Magic Key, Jar Heart outside P6 Enter P6 P6.png Gem gives 8-7-6 Thunder Head to GP, Fairy Feet bridges Encounter skip or Fairy Feet everything In last two tunnels, kill all lizards (two blue + one red) Kill trash to make up for a moa stealing XP Get Magic 8 Enter GP GP.png Left after 1st elevator, left after fairy room, right and down otherwise