Uploaded December 2015 | Updated September 2026, 58 minutes ago

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C-up strat (shown on the right):
1) climb up on the railing at the corner closest to the Gold Skulltula
2) shoot an arrow to kill it
3) align the lowest part of the B button (right side of the hilt) with the corner left of the GS
4) turn right, pull out a bomb
5) equip Hover Boots on the first frame Link is airborne
6) hold Z to target, hold up during the megajump and jumpslash (roughly one second window) to collect the token

killing the GS with a chu:
0) get into the corner of the railing facing the wall of the GS
1) sidehop left - neutral roll - let go of Z, crouch stab, sidehop right
2) hold up until Link is climbing up, ESS turn left for 2 frames
3) shielddrop a chu to kill the Gold Skulltula
4) turn right, target, ESS turn right for 4 frames, roll
5) hold Z while climbing up, turn right, ESS turn left for 1 frame, pull out a bomb
6) equip Hover Boots on the first frame Link is airborne
7) hold Z to target, hold up during the megajump and jumpslash (roughly one second window) to collect the token

Might be useful in restriction races or 100 GS no Boomerang/Hookshot/Longshot.
You can replace the bomb for the megajump with a bombchu as well.
petrie also has a video of a chu damage boost to get onto the GS area ( youtube.com/watch?v=RcfWuPX-KOs , roughly 40 seconds in) but you still need to hover up to it in that case ( youtube.com/watch?v=9DYXxqrN61E ).