By November 8, speedrunners had found new movement glitches in the Nintendo Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, opening routes to faster travel and letting Link reach areas outside the expected sequence.
How runners are changing Link's movement
The technique called actor jumping combines an aimable tool with precise lock-on and jump timing. The Hookshot is currently the easiest tool to use for the setup:
- Stand on a suitable object, such as a chest or movable tombstone.
- Fire the tool, then press lock-on (ZL by default) before its use animation finishes.
- Jump as soon as the animation ends.
The resulting leap can bypass large parts of a level, depending on where players perform it. Separate chest setups use careful positioning inside an open chest, sometimes with a bomb, to propel Link upward.
Sprinting is among the Ocarina of Time remake changes, but early movement demonstrations point to two apparently faster alternatives:
- Target-hop into a roll: Hop forward while targeting, then roll. This appears marginally faster than sprinting.
- Cancel a roll with an attack: Interrupt Link's roll with a quick attack to speed up travel.
Item switching is producing another set of traversal tricks. Swapping away from a Deku Stick during a jump attack can help Link reach high ledges. Switching inventory items while airborne can also keep him aloft, with repeated swaps allowing continued movement in midair.
Sequence breaks reach beyond shortcuts
Players have used a high-jump glitch to reach the Silver Gauntlets chest as adult Link, although that chest is normally collected as a child. The following cutscene tries to fit adult Link into the child model, temporarily distorting his appearance.
A November 8 demonstration went further: players completed the Shadow Temple as child Link, which automatically turned him into adult Link. One remaining roadblock kept that discovery from being usable in a speedrun at that point. The temple completion works, but fitting it into a faster route is a separate problem.
