Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Exploit Breaks The Game Over 25 Years Later

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time can be completely broken if you remember this easy trick, and we’re praying it doesn’t get fixed in the remake.

Zelda games aren’t notoriously difficult but they’re not without their challenges. Exploration is key, as that’s ultimately what gets you the upgrades that’ll make life easier the further you progress through the game.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is no exception to this rule but one of Link’s basic moves can be turned into the most powerful weapon in the game, shredding enemies and bosses with ease.

Mastering Link’s Sword Abilities

As all gamers know, Link is a professional when it comes to sword fighting but in Ocarina of Time, Young Link’s moveset is pretty limited. The little guy can’t even hold the Hylian shield properly, instead ducking onto the floor like a turtle when blocking incoming damage.

Adult Link is a different story, though and the most powerful move in his arsenal is actually the crouch-stab, when you put a bit of work into it.

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You’d be surprised how many Ocarina of Time players didn't know he could do this and those that did probably wrote it off as a useless ability.

Those players are dead wrong. Link’s crouch-stab is bugged where it’ll copy the damage output of the last move/weapon he used.

If you did a leaping attack he crouch-stab will issue the same damage as a leaping attack would, and if you use a different weapon like the Biggeron Sword, then switch back to the Master Sword, the crouch-stab will do the same amount of damage as the previous weapon.

You can even use this technique to clear boulders usually smashable by the Megaton Hammer. Like the Biggeron Sword, you simply use the hammer on whatever you like, then switch back to the Master Sword and crouch-stab for the same effect.

Against bosses, this exploit becomes ridiculously powerful as more often than not, there’ll be a solid window of opportunity where your enemy is just lying on the floor waiting to be wailed on.

None of this was intentional, of course and future ports of the game fixed the issue, and you also can’t replicate it in The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask.

With Ocarina of Time remake reportedly being built from the ground-up it’s unlikely you’ll be able to do it there too, but if you ever find yourself replaying it on original hardware, keep this handy glitch in mind.

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