Hyrule Warriors DE Legend Mode Notes

Armies of Ruin (Link alone in NG)
(NG+ - Use Link/Master/Hasty Darkmagic Sword)

-Skip Cutscene
-Kill dudes while waiting for Proxi cutscene
-Skip Proxi cutscene
-Go to Abandoned Fort
-Skip Volga intro
-Beat up Volga and skip cutscene that follows
-Kill Lizalfos
-Grab the Bombs
-Blow up the rocks blocking the way
-Switch to Zelda when unlocked and capture West Field Keep
-Bomb the wall blocking West Field Keep
-Link and Zelda meet up
-Go and capture Central Keep
-Go capture East Field Keep (Send Zelda to Fairy Fountain)
-Go to Fairy Fountain
-Bomb the wall
-Switch to Impa and kill Lizalfos
-rip tons of guys via Great Fairy
-Run back to Central Keep while talking is happening because KD
-Skip KD cutscene
-Kill KD

(NG Only) Link should be at least Level 2, maybe more with enemy killing during waiting time


(Cia's Tale) The Dragon of the Caves (Cia alone in NG)
(NG+ - Link w/ Master/Hasty Darkmagic Sword)

This stage is actually dangerous in NG because of low hearts if you don't level.  While it is possible to get away with clearing this stage without leveling, make Kokiri Badge I-III(?) and possibly the potion badge just in case because KD hurts a lot)

-Capture Stock Room and Tunnel Square
-Activate Owl on the way to Crystal Cave
-Skip Wizzro intro
-Run back to Tunnel Square
-Go beat up Volga (he won't die)
-Activate owl and go capture North Square when Volga's Forces appear
-Capture West Square (might be faster to go for Stone Square first)
-Capture Stone Square
-Capture South Square
-Kill Bombchus?
-Kill Wizzro when he goes traitor
-Go and beat up Volga again (knock down KD if needed)

(In NG All Levels, Cia's Tale is unlocked after Shining Beacon)


(Cia's Tale) The Invasion Begins (Wizzro or Volga in NG.  Use Volga, and use Wizzro to kill northern Goron Captains)
(NG+ = Link with Master/Hasty Darkmagic and Lana)

-Capture Rockface W. Keep
-Beat up advancing Goron Captains
-Beat up Lana
-Take out any other Goron Captains (move second character towards where they'll be going?)
-Kill three Hylian Captains
-Kill Impa (and maybe the Assault Troops too)
-Go and beat up Zelda when Hyrule Castle opens

(In NG All Levels, you'll be using rupees to grind Wizzro/Volga)


The Sheikah Tribesman (Impa or Link, use Link in NG)
(Use Tingle in NG+)
(Tingle/Link/Lana)

*Before this stage, in NG, you get a Bazaar tutorial

-(NG+)Use C3 to get up the ledge, then reach Hylian Captain.  No need to capture Stone Square, but probably do it anyway while waiting.
-Blow up the wall and send Impa to South Square
-Go meet up with Hylian Captain (kill dudes in Stone Square too because you gotta capture it anyway)
-Use Impa to capture South Square
-Kill guys while waiting to stock up on rupees
-When Dark Forces appear, go capture West Square while waiting on Bombchu
-(NG+) C3 up the ledge and kill the Big Poes before they can even reach the Bombchu, then head for Tunnel Square and capture it.  Afterward, go straight for North Square and skip cutscene
-Kill the Big Poes near the stone spire while you wait
-Go to North Square
-Skip Sheik cutscene
-Go capture Tunnel Square
-Open the chest that appears
-Go down and kill the Spirit of the Caves
-Capture Central Square and Stock Room(?)
-Kill Assault Troops?
-Wait around a bit to discover Bombchus
-Kill Wizzro and the advancing Lizalfos
-Wait for Bombchus to blow up the thing
-Go to the exit

(Level 7 or so on Link in NG)

The Sorceress of the Woods (Link, Sheik, Impa, use Hylian Sword Link.  Take the best one you have)
(Link, other characters don't matter)

-Skip a cutscene
-Go grab the Bow
-Kill all the Deku Babas
-Operation "escort Lana"
-Kill northern Gibdos, then go back for the chest
-Kill southern Gibdos
-Go to Fairy Fountain and kill Gibdo there
-Let it rain!
-Head to North Square, go past North Square straight to Wizzro
-Beat up Wizzro until he leaves and Gohma appears
-Kill Gohma
-Skip two cutscenes

(About Lv. 10 Link)


(Linkle's Tale) The Girl in the Green Tunic (Linkle alone in NG)
(Only Link)

In NG All Levels, don't bother leveling Linkle for this stage.  It's possible to do at Level 1.  C3 is useful for killing things.

-Skip cutscene
-Go to Skull Kid
-Go to Eastern Tree
-Activate owl on the way to North Square just in case
-Kill Gatekeeper at North Square gate
-Capture Western Tree and West Square...?
-Go to either Fairy Fountain or South Square (whatever Skull Kid goes to)
-Go to Dark Forest Keep
-Finish the job when the compass cutscene happens
-Skip a cutscene

(Need I say this part again?)


The Sorceress of the Valley (Link, Lana, Sheik, Impa - Hylian Sword Link)
(Tingle, Link, Lana, Marin/Toon Zelda)

*Before this stage, level Lana up to Level 10 and make Farore's Wind 1 (Assist Badge, need 1 Old Rag (which you should have).  Make the badge for Link too (1 Metal Plate, which you should also have.)
Also make Kokiri Sword 1 for both Link and Lana (1 Monster Tooth for each of them)
(Use Tingle in NG+ for C3 shenanigans)

-Capture East and West Keep
-Go beat up Volga
-{NG+}Cut the vines at the ruins entrance, then C3 up the ledge.  Kill the Chieftans if you really want, then go and capture Eastern Room and kill the vines leading up towards Cia.
-Send Sheik towards the base because Engineer
-Kill Assault Troops
-Escort the Engineer
-Capture Western Room
-Snag the Boomerang and kill all the vine walls
-Waiting for the door to open
-Go up to the Ruins Summit and skip a cutscene
-Manhandla sucks
-Manhandla's RNG BS
-Kill the stupid thing
-Cutscenes.  Skip them.


Land of Twilight (Lana alone, which is probably a blessing)
(Link)

-Head towards the villager, activate owl on the way
-Meet the single worst character in the game, Agitha
-Escort Agitha to the door
-Capture Outskirts Keep
-Go activate the owl while Agitha slow walks to the keep
-Cutscene, skip, do it
-Beat up Midna
-Head to East Field Keep and wait for the door to open
-Lower Midna's health to about half
-Ocarina to earlier activated statue
-Go to Bridge Keep and finish off Midna

(About Level 13 on Lana)


Palace of Twilight (Lana or Midna, use Lana)
(Link.  Other character doesn't matter)

Apparently, this stage is a run killer.

-Capture Lower Level East
-Activate owl on the way to Upper Level East
-Capture Upper Level East
-Grab the Hookshot when the chest appears
-Escort Midna to West Square
-Capture West Square and wait for Midna (activate owl)
-Use the circle
-Kill the Commandos
-Kill Assault Troops (safety strats)
-Go to Central Square and capture it for Magic Circle #2
-Magic Circle time
-Heal Agitha if needed (auto fail if she flees)
-Go to the Fairy Fountain
-Kill Argorok
-Go and finish the job by beating up Zant

(Level 16 or so)


(Cia's Tale) The Demon Lord (Cia, Wizzro, and Volga) - Unlocks after Usurper King in NG
(Link/Second character doesn't matter/Toon Zelda or Marin)

Volga gets position cucked here, so have him move to Wizzro at start.  Imprisoned is a pain to kill.

-Capture Central Square (it's closer to your start position)
-The Imprisoned will take too long before Ghirahim reaches your base, so kill Ghirahim first, then focus your attention on The Imprisoned
-Once Ghirahim is dead, kill The Imprisoned
-While Ghirahim and Cia blather on, run towards the Rouge Base
-Kill Fi


Land of Myth (Impa and Sheik, use Sheik)
(Link, other character doesn't matter)

Level Sheik to around Lv. 14-15

-Skip a cutscene
-Capture East Keep
-Activate owl on the way to East Boulder Keep
-Capture E. Boulder Keep, then waltz over to the other to get it for free
-Go capture West Goron Keep while you wait
-Activate owl
-Beat up Darunia when he appears
-Go protect W. Boulder Keep
-Beat up Darunia...again
-Escort Impa
-Ocarina your way towards Chief's Room
-Darunia Round 3

(Level 18 on Sheik)


The Water Temple (Sheik, Impa, and Darunia - use Sheik)
(Link, other character doesn't matter)

-Jump down the waterfall.  You get one less textbox (thanks to TororoShinpei for telling me this)
-Kill the Lizalfos attacking Ruto
-Go capture Lakeside Keep
-Escort Ruto to Lakeside Keep
-Rescue Darunia
-Go capture SE and SW Rooms
-Waiting
-Kill the Gatekeeper
-More waiting
-Beat up "Zelda"

(Level 20 or so)


Both Cia's and Linkle's next stage kinda sucks...but Cia's is worse, so we're doing Cia first.

(Cia's Tale) The Usurper King (Cia and Wizzro) - Unlocks after The Invasion Begins
(Link and Toon Zelda/Marin)
Use Wizzro/Cia, because we'll use Wizzro to kill Midna while Cia farms for levels before killing Zant

-Go capture North Palace
-Beat up Midna
-You'll be waiting a bit, so kill the Assault Troops with second character while you wait (NG+)
-Wait until Agitha appears, then kill her to get the key
-Go beat up Zant.  Seriously, you can ignore Argorok and just go kill Zant.


(Linkle's Tale) Powers Collide (Linkle alone, but Ruto is there too)
(Link and Toon Zelda/Marin)

In NG All Levels, get Linkle as close to Level 14 as possible.  C2 and C3 are useful for crowd control.  Use best Crossbows you got.

-Escort the Engineers
-Go rescue Darunia...and then escort him to the Enemy Base
-Beat up Volga


Land in the Sky (Link alone)
(Link)

Level Link up to 18-19

-Activate owl on the way to Statue Keep
-Skip Fi cutscene
-Escort Fi Part 1
-Beat up Ghirahim
-Escort Fi Part 2
-Activate other owl
-If needed, Ocarina to owl near Allied Base and take care of business
-Ocarina to owl near Statue Keep
-Kill Lizalfos and Dinolfos Chieftans.  Yes, you have to do it.
-Beat up Volga
-Go to the Fairy Fountain (Ocarina near Statue Keep)
-Kill the enemies guarding the Fairy Fountain
-Soup's on!
-Finish off Volga

(Level 21-22 or so)


(Linkle's Tale) The Demon Lord's Plan
(Link and Toon Zelda/Marin)

Fi will likely have levels because of Sealed Ambition.  Use her to your advantage.

-Kill the 4 mini Imprisoned
-Kill the Shield Moblins
-Kill all the Ceremonial Troops (Divide and conquer)
-Kill Ghirahim when he starts going for the Allied Base


Sealed Ambition (Link or Fi, of course you're using Link)
(Link and Toon Zelda/Marin)

-Activate owl
-Capture East Keep
-Kill the Gatekeeper, then Ocarina back to the activated owl
-Kill three Turncoat Soldiers when they appear
-Hunt down and kill the Turncoat Leader
-Go to the bottom because The Imprisoned will appear soon
-Capture West Cannon Keep (can probably do this while waiting on the Turncoat Soldiers)
-Hit it with the Groosinator when it starts flying for massive damage
-Finish off The Imprisoned
-Kill the Assault Troops
-Beat up Ghirahim
-Skip a cutscene

(Level 23 or so)


The Sacred Sword (Link alone on first run)
(Link)

-Skip a cutscene
-Skip another cutscene
-Activate owl near start point
-Activate southern owl
-Find Darunia statue, then Ocarina back to activated statue
-Activate northern owl
-Find Midna statue, then Ocarina back to first owl
-Find Impa statue, then Ocarina back to southern owl
-Ultimate triple escort mission
-Go beat up "Lana"
-Kill the two Gatekeepers near the Sacred Pedestal
-(NG) Congrats, you've broken the game
-Beat up Wizzro (he won't die, so just hit him until his health bar doesn't go down anymore)
-Escort Zelda to the temple
-Go finish off Wizzro on the opposite end of the map

(Level 25-26)


A War of Spirit (Link, and you get Darunia)
(Link and whoever)

-Capture West Magic Keep
-Capture East Magic Keep
-Go to Sorceress' Room
-Skip a cutscene
-Kill the Dark Link
-Kill another Dark Link
-Kill a third Dark Link (?)
-Go back to Sorceress' Room to fight Dark Link...again
-Cutscene
-Waiting for Ganondorf
-Go beat up Ganondorf

(Level 28 or so)


(Linkle's Tale) Her True Self (Linkle alone, but Twili Midna is there too)
(Link and Toon Zelda/Marin)

Twili Midna is decently leveled and a good character, so no need to level Linkle.  Might want to get Crossbows from The Demon Lord's Plan to speed things up a bit because more power.

-Capture East and West Palace
-Kill the Dark Zant
-Capture the other keeps too
-Go to Enemy Base
-Beat up Dark Twili Midna
-Skip a cutscene


(Cia's Tale) Darkness Falls (Cia and Volga, but Volga is unusable for most of the stage)
(Link and whoever)

Your level varies for this point.  During practice, Cia was Level 10.  Might want to level her, but not sure.
Leveling may be a good idea to speed things up.  Maybe to 15-17

-Kill the Gohmas
-Kill the Manhandla
-Kill Wizzro the traitor
-Killing the Icy Big Poes is mandatory, not sure about Assault Troops
-Do not capture East Temple.  Chest spawns there and will waste time.
-Escort Lana to Enemy Base (unavoidable in NG because low hearts)
-(NG+) With enough hearts, you can just go in and kill Ganondorf even with the barrier draining your health.  Using Focus Spirit can speed up the process.


Shining Beacon (Just use Link.)
(Link, Lana, Toon Zelda/Marin)

-Run to West Sanctum and send Lana to South Sanctum (skips dialouge that makes you go looking for South Sanctum)
-Capture West, East, and South Sanctums
-Escort Zelda to the Fairy Fountain
-Skip a cutscene when Volga's in the Magic Circle's range
-Finish Volga while dialouge is happening
-Kill 4 Cias
-rip Cia and her hat

(Level 30 or so)


Ganondorf's Return (Ganondorf alone, but Zant and Ghirahim are there too)
(Link, Lana, Toon Zelda/Marin)

Level Ganondorf up to 22 or so (depending on how many Rupees you have)
Use best Great Swords you have
Using Ghirahim's C1 and holding buttons to charge Ganondorf's gauge are useful for killing things fast/keep capturing

-Skip a cutscene
-Capture Arbiter's Keep, Central Keep, and S. Desert Keep, and South Oasis
-Capture the two Settlements
-Free the prisoners
-Go to Sacred Grounds and kill everything.  Seriously, kill EVERYTHING THERE.
-Kill King Dodongo, and then Gohma and Manhandla when they appear.


March of the Demon King (Ganondorf alone, but Zant and Ghirahim are there too)
(Link, Lana, Toon Zelda/Marin)

-Capture East and West Sanctum
-Kill the Impas (the real one uses Giant Blade)
-The waiting game
-Go beat up Lana
-Go to the Fairy Fountain and beat up the Lana clones


Battle of the Triforce (Same as the other two)
(Link, Lana, Toon Zelda/Marin)

-Escort Zant
-Go beat up Link
-Go beat up Impa
-The waiting game continues
-Kill the Assault Troops
-Beat up Zelda, but don't kill her yet
-Also beat up Link.  Kill him then rush to Zelda and finish her off.
-Skip a cutscene


Enduring Resolve (Seriously, just use Link)

-Go beat up Ghirahim (then follow him)
-Activate owl on the way, then finish Ghirahim off
-Run towards Cliffside Keep and capture it
-Go beat up Zant when the door opens
-Go meet up with Lana
-Skip a cutscene
-Ocarina to activated owl
-Run up to Sacred Grounds
-Waiting time
-Kill Zant and Ghirahim

(Link should be about Lv. 32.  This is the last point this matters in Main Story)


Liberation of the Triforce (Main Story finale, let's be real here, just use Link)

Make Farore's Wind II for Link, along with Kokiri Sword II and Din's Fire I and II, Hover Boots I, and Fierce Deity's Mask I
Sacred Shield I for Impa


-Kill the two Argoroks
-Bombchu escort mission
-Capture Central Keep on the way
-Capture West Field Keep after Bombchu kills the wall
-Showdown with Ganondorf
-Capture Castle Keep
-Ganon time
-GGs (unless it's All Levels or Legend Mode 100%)


(Linkle's Tale) The Other Hero (Linkle alone, but Impa is also there)

Some levels...?  Might be viable, needs to be tested without levels.  Level 20(ish) before leveling.

-Kill the Moblins attacking the Hylian Captains
-Capture North Field and Mountain Keep
-Waiting because plot
-When KD becomes normal, go for the kill
-Cutscene to skip.  Yay!


(Wind Waker) A New Disturbance (Link alone, but you get Tetra, who I think starts at around Lv. 28)
Use Master Sword because you have no reason not to

-Capture Bomb Shop
-Grab the chest
-Hammer the peg
-Hammer the pegs near the boats to open the paths
-Capture Beast's Refuge
-Go kill Boss Blin
-Ocarina to owl near Gohma span point
-Kill Gohma
-Skip a cutscene


(Wind Waker) The Search for Cia (Lana alone, but you get Link and Tetra later)
Level Lana as close to Level 30 as possible
If you haven't done so yet, make up to Kokiri Badge III

-Kill northern desert Big Blins
-Ocarina to owl near base
-Kill southern desert Big Blins
-Beat up the Helmaroc King until it leaves
-Kill the Lizalfos
-Capture the Sacred Grounds just in case
-Ocarina back to southern desert owl
-Clip a bird's wings
-Skip a cutscene


(Wind Waker) Reclaiming the Darkness (Link, Lana, and Tetra.  You get King Daphnes too, who, if memory serves, starts at Lv. 45)
Use Link because Master Sword.  You'll likely be using everyone anyway because spacing out to handle the waves.

This stage actually kinda sucks because low damage.

-Beat up Dark Cia until she leaves
-Go to Sorceress' Keep (AKA more waiting)
-Kill the Icy Big Poes that spawn.  Capture keeps in the meantime while you wait.
-Kill the Gibdos and the Skilled Summoner that spawn.
-Kill the Icy Big Poes and Rally Captain that spawn.
-Kill the Icy Big Poes, Gibdos, Attack Specialist, and Skilled Summoner that spawn.
-Go to the southernmost keep and put an end to Dark Cia.


(Wind Waker) Watchers of the Triforce

*This is the final stage for All Levels.

-Capture the four Sage Keeps.
-Clear paths on your way (while doing the keeps)
-Go to Cia
-Kill Gohma and Manhandla
-Gather near Phantom Ganon when he comes out (this is mandatory)
-Kill Phantom Ganon
-GGs unless it's Legend Mode 100%