Justeazy
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- Apr 28, 2011
(My preferred method.)What are the possible orders for defeating the Temples? (This includes the Ice Cavern and Bottom of the Well).What other restrictions are there? Also, is it any different for the Master Quest?
Ice Cavern
Forest
Fire
Water
Well
Spirit
Shadow
Here's all the restrictions I have found:
Forest Temple MUST be completed before the Well or Spirit. (You need to become Young Link for all of these, and only available after completing the Forest Temple.)
Forest, Fire, and Water MUST be completed before Shadow.
Ice Cavern MUST be completed before Water.
Well is not ever necessary (Lens of Truth makes things easier, but everything you can see with it is there without using it).
And finally, if entering is a stipulation for completing, then Forest MUST be done first, as the Bow is necessary in each dungeon afterwards.
So, it can go (assuming Ice Cavern anywhere before Water; Well anywhere after Forest):
Forest-...Forest-...Forest-...Forest-...Forest-...Forest-...Forest-...Forest
Fire........Water--..Fire........Water--..Spirit......Spirit!.....Water--..Fire
Water--..Fire........Water--..Fire........Water--..Fire........Spirit......Spirit
Spirit......Spirit......Shadow-.Shadow-.Fire........Water--..Fire........Water
Shadow-.Shadow-.Spirit......Spirit......Shadow-.Shadow-.Shadow-.Shadow
Eight base possibilities given the stipulations you have provided. Then, throw the Ice Cavern anywhere and everywhere it can go, you have 23 possibilities. Multiply by the well and you have 115 different orders you can do the five adult dungeons, the Ice Cavern, and the Well, in. And out of those 115, I have played maybe 15 of the possibilities.
Now, if you factor in the possibility of entering a dungeon, getting the item, and leaving a dungeon (meaning you can complete Forest AFTER any temple but Shadow), you have 197 possibilities. (Although, I am 100% sure on the 115, I am not on the 197 because I'm unsure if my math was correct and I don't have a calculator handy.)
And if you add in glitches to do them in any order with absolutely no stipulations, you simply have 7! (5040) possibilities. (I think.)