Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Made a few minor alterations to the route and didn't die as much to late game bosses. Still have to suck a lot less in late-game dungeons. Going Archive and Tower are brutal with no upgrades.
Splits were retimed from the video afterward:
Bombs - 1:15
Boomerang - 3:47
Raora Panthera - 4:39
Archive Bench - 6:34
Bow - 11:03
Thorn - 13:11
Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame - 17:10
Gigi's Tail - 19:04
Dog Claws - 24:18
Fuwamoco - 29:27
Music Staff - 35:26
Shiori's Spellbook - 36:36
Shiori Novella - 43:21
Enter Tower - 45:04
Hakos Baelz Skip - 48:49
Enter Immerred - 51:53
Immerred - 55:05
- I now go from forest bridge lever to archive bench (still wondering if just going there with tail would be better. It would definitely be easier)
- Grab a different key in Cemetary
- Follow normal path to Desert Temple instead of STJ over bridge (STJ might still be faster, but not by enough that I think it's worthwhile for how hard the trick is)
- Don't commit as hard to STJ for key 1 in Desert Temple. Going left to combat room isn't that much slower
- Save + Load from Shiori's Spellbook. That path back without this is awful with no battery upgrades, even if save + load adds another STJ.
- Vanilla path to Tower. I don't think the STJs to Tower are worthwhile unless I can get it more consistently.
- Addition of Hakos Baelz skip. Unfortunately, it has to be skipped twice. The 2nd time I opt for skipping back to the warp for faster resets on the STJ. It would be faster to first try it through the boss room again though.
Made a few minor alterations to the route and didn't die as much to late game bosses. Still have to suck a lot less in late-game dungeons. Going Archive and Tower are brutal with no upgrades.
Splits were retimed from the video afterward:
Bombs - 1:15
Boomerang - 3:47
Raora Panthera - 4:39
Archive Bench - 6:34
Bow - 11:03
Thorn - 13:11
Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame - 17:10
Gigi's Tail - 19:04
Dog Claws - 24:18
Fuwamoco - 29:27
Music Staff - 35:26
Shiori's Spellbook - 36:36
Shiori Novella - 43:21
Enter Tower - 45:04
Hakos Baelz Skip - 48:49
Enter Immerred - 51:53
Immerred - 55:05
- I now go from forest bridge lever to archive bench (still wondering if just going there with tail would be better. It would definitely be easier)
- Grab a different key in Cemetary
- Follow normal path to Desert Temple instead of STJ over bridge (STJ might still be faster, but not by enough that I think it's worthwhile for how hard the trick is)
- Don't commit as hard to STJ for key 1 in Desert Temple. Going left to combat room isn't that much slower
- Save + Load from Shiori's Spellbook. That path back without this is awful with no battery upgrades, even if save + load adds another STJ.
- Vanilla path to Tower. I don't think the STJs to Tower are worthwhile unless I can get it more consistently.
- Addition of Hakos Baelz skip. Unfortunately, it has to be skipped twice. The 2nd time I opt for skipping back to the warp for faster resets on the STJ. It would be faster to first try it through the boss room again though.










![Majoras Mask TAS Competition: Task 9
This is task 9 of the Majoras Mask TAS competition. Only 4 entrants this time, which is the lowest so far. However all 4 were pretty close to each other (only 1.2 seconds between first and last place). This was a pretty normal goal compared to the previous task, but it did have some small routing challenges due to the owl activation cutscene.
More info on this competition as well as the next task can be found here http://www.speedrun.com/mm/thread/5ywn9 Remember that you need to go to the 2nd page to see the next task. Task 10 takes place somewhere that most people dont see very often. In fact theres not many documented tricks there as most categories have no reason to go there, so participants will have to be creative and come up with their own strategies. I highly encourage anyone who is interested to give it a try; remember that all skill levels are welcome.
Task 9: Enter South Clock Town from the upper West Clock Town entrance. Obtain the heart piece, open the 20 rupee chest, and activate the owl statue in any order.
(I know I messed up the description slightly in the video)
Results for Task 9.
Name, Time [rerecords]
4. CycloneFN, 21 [1069]
3. Eumeus14, 20.75 [2771]
2. omgatree6, 20.3 [587]
1. GlitchesAndStuff, 19.8 [2044]
song: EnV - Imagination
These are tool-assisted, meaning savestates are used and the game is played with frame advance or slowed down with an emulator. For more info, visit http://tasvideos.org/ Majoras Mask TAS Competition: Task 9](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qKs3DfvfB1o/mqdefault.jpg)