100% Route

Last Updated: December 12th, 2017

Base Route credits to MBrules
Written by Kirbymastah (http://pastebin.com/iZawEWG6)
Rerouted by ToadsWoot
Route is designed for Japanese version

Things to question:
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?-Is there a better time to get digging joy butterfly?
?-Confirm which non-fickle fusers are also SHARED


KINSTONE GUIDELINE

Kinstone Count and symbol legend according to http://www.gamefaqs.com/gba/920670-the-legend-of-zelda-the-minish-cap/faqs/34507

GP = A green Kinstone piece. Shape is similar a P, with a rounded back.
G< = A green Kinstone piece. A semi circle, with a triangle shape cut out.
G[ = A green Kinstone piece. A semi circle, with a square shape cut out.
B6 = A blue Kinstone piece. Looks like half a Yin Yang symbol, or an odd 6.
BL = A blue Kinstone piece. Shape is similar to an L.
RE = A red Kinstone piece. Has 3 prongs, like an E has.
R> = A red Kinstone piece. Looks like a slice of pie. (>
R3 = A red Kinstone piece. Has two spikes pointing right, so the lines of cut is shaped like a 3, with triangular corners.

Total Required:
GP - 17
G< - 17
G[ - 16
B6 - 7 + 1 shared
BL - 9
RE - 8
R> - 6 + 1 shared
R3 - 9
TOTAL - 91

*above counts do not include story fusions, aka all yellow kinstones and hurdy gurdy's tutorial, which totals to 10 fusions

Shared Fusions are a list of fusions shared randomly among several fusers. So when one fuses with a shared fuser, the resulting fusion will be random from the list of shared fusions. Due to the randomness of this, it's important to get as many shared fusers as possible throughout the run. Fortunately, the mt crenel hermit will always do up to 5 shared fusions and is not fickle, so missing a few can be compensated by doing all of them with the hermit, as long as no more than 5 shared fusions are missed.

Fickle Fusers are characters that have a random chance to have a desire to fuse with you or not. All fickle fusers are (fortunately) also shared fusers so it is not necessary to hit every fickle fuser possible. The exception is the teacher Tina, she is the only fickle fuser that does not perform a shared fusion.

This does NOT mean all shared fusers are fickle fusers; some fusers that always want to fuse are also shared.

The route and kinstone counts assume you only obtain blue and red kinstones from chests, not from drops (but feel free to get them if they're there). The kinstone counts also assume you don't use any red/blues in shared fusions; keep in mind that all shared fusions are green except for 1 R> 1 B6 so always have at least 1 R> and 1 B6 in the notes here at all times.

If you want to start being really optimized and take advantage of every extra kinstone you get from farming, toadswoot timed the best uses for these and listed them here: https://pastebin.com/WhZwJMxs


REFERENCE LINKS:
Cucco Minigame Strats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZoHm6R_r5k
Figurine Manipulation: https://pastebin.com/LL1KMCjQ
Toadswoot's extra kinstone guide: https://pastebin.com/WhZwJMxs

THE ROUTE

HP = Heart Piece Number

If there's a kinstone abbreviation in a certain line of the route, it's either the kinstone used in the fusion in that same line, or the kinstone obtained in that same line (should be obvious which one, from context)

IMPORTANT: After obtaining the wake-up shroom, and throughout the rest of the run, anytime you're in Hyrule Town, check any NPCs on the path you take to see if they wish to share. Use your best judgement on when to do this; best to do this more often earlier in the run to get as many shared fusions out of the way as possible.


DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE POSTMAN FUSION!!



IMPORTANT:
For this route to work, you will need at least 3 extra B6 and 1 extra BL after farming the green kinstones in Trilby Highlands.
If you want to use a safer route, you can get one more B6 before Cave of Flames (included in the route below), but you will still need 2 extra B6 and 1 extra BL (the chance of getting those is VERY high).
Additionally, should you not have an extra R> after farming the green kinstones, wait for the shared fusion until the Mt. Crenel clean up section.



INTRO
- Standard Intro
- get HP1 outside deepwood shrine, before ezlo
- octorok battle
- Minish Village story sequence

COUNT: HP1, 0r

DEEPWOOD SHRINE
- After getting gust jar (Gust Jar+Sword), go south for HP2
- activate blue portal
- After boss key, take blue portal to HP3
- Get heart container from boss

COUNT: HP3, 0r

STORY SEQUENCE
- back to gentari
- get BOMBS (Bombs+Gust Jar)
- Minish Woods WIND CREST
- South Hyrule Field WIND CREST
- FUSE Hurdy Gurd (forced)
- Cucco Game (100r)
    Round 1: 2 gold = 100r (clean picolyte shop)
- buy WALLET (20r) (Sword+Bombs)
- learn spin attack
- exit town west (Shield+Bombs)
- BOTTLE from deku scrub in cave (0r)

COUNT: HP3, 0r

MT CRENEL
- Climb mt crenel as normal
- cliff red rupee (20r) after mineral water (Sword+Bombs -> Gust Jar+Bombs)
- after whirlwind, take left path, bomb wall at end
- in cave, get HP4, 50r chest, B6 (70r)
- reveal floor crack and shrink stone (Mineral Water+Gust Jar)
- plant, water, climb bean
- go right, use gust jar on mushroom to skip the cave (Shield+Bombs)
- continue until grip ring (30r)
- on Crenel wall, lower-right corner, bomb bag upgrade (30 bombs), climb to top (Gust Jar+Bombs)
- after bombing switch to make bridge, get red rupee in right pot (50r)
- second boulder puzzle (safe route: get B6 here)
- Melari Mines story sequence
- Mt Crenel WIND CREST

COUNT: HP4, 50r
KINSTONES: 1 B6 0 BL

CAVE OF FLAMES
- After Bob-ombs: Sword+Shield
- Minecart: Sword+Gust Jar
- first lava room: get BL in chest
- first rollobite room: get rupee chest (100r)
- after crossing mine rail over lava, bomb wall and get HP5 (Sword+Bombs)
- miniboss, CANE OF PACCI (Sword+Cane)
- 4 rollobite room
- alternating platforms
- beat dungeon

COUNT: HP5, 100r
KINSTONES: 1 B6 1 BL

STORY SEQUENCE
- get white sword, go down mountain
- Hyrule Town WIND CREST
- Infuse sword, story sequence, moblin battle
- left of HT, down ladder, split, exit
- push boulder to create shortcut
- go to western wood, Vaati haunting CS
- read sign for Castor Wilds
- go east, push shortcut rock

COUNT: HP5, 100r
KINSTONES: 1 B6 1 BL

BOOTS QUEST
- back to HCT
- shoe shop sequence
- mayor’s house, RE in basement, FUSE with mayor (RE) (Bombs+Cane)
- unlock lon lon ranch
- WALLET underground in lon lon ranch
- push rock to create path for OG
- parachute to lake hylia
- witch's hut, buy WAKE UP SHROOM (60r)
- leave woods, leave lake, push rock shortcut
- go to HT
- Cucco Game twice (290r)
	 Round 2: 2 gold + 1 white = 110r
 	 Round 3. 2 normal + 2 gold = 120r

- WHITE PICOLYTE (90r)
- get PEGASUS BOOTS	(Sword+Boots)
- SwiftBlade, learn ROCK BREAKER and DASH ATTACK
- exit HT south, go west, back to swamp

COUNT: HP5, 90r
KINSTONES: 1 B6 1 BL 0 RE

CASTOR WILDS
- dash west to large clump of long grass
- GOLD KINSTONE #1 in cave basement
- exit cave, climb left vine, NE along bridge
- climb down vine
- dash left to shrink stump
- gust jar across swamp path, get BOW, S&Q　(Sword+Boots)
- Kinstone manip (Bow+Boots)
- dash left, climb up vines, cross brigdes, go past eyegore, other northern cave
- GOLD KINSTONE #2
- get BL in chest on way to GOLD KINSTONE #3 (Sword+Boots)
- CW WIND CREST
- gold kinstone fusions

COUNT: HP5, 90r
KINSTONES: 1 B6 1 BL 0 RE

WIND RUINS
- proceed until after 2nd armos. push shortcut boulder
- any% to FoW

COUNT: HP5, 90r
KINSTONES: 1 B6 1 BL 0 RE

FORTRESS OF WINDS
- right door, head up the stairs
- BL in chest, pull lever
- follow the path, lever behind armos, key drop
- reminish before jumping down after the key, minish path right
- grow, HP6, exit room, go back and get key (Boots+Bow)
- go through middle room, up stairs
- roll clip left eyegore, open left door, follow path (after dash: Sword+Bombs, after slash: Sword+Boots -> Sword+Bombs)
- blow open wall
- get MOLE MITTS
- S&Q (Mole Mitts+Bombs)
- RE and R3 on the way to BK skip (RE chest near ladder, anti-faery is near R3 chest)
- BK skip (Sword+Bow)
- defeat boss, grab HC, get OCARINA (Boots+Sword)

COUNT: HP6, 190r
KINSTONES: 1 B6 2 BL 1 RE 0 R< 1 R3

BOOK 1
- at FoW entrance, go west, shrink, center vine, get cave HP7
- S&Q (Ocarina+Cane)
- warp to Lake Hylia
- FUSE + TALK with minish (R3)
- Leave Lake Hylia to the left (Boots+Ocarina)
- Dash into tree, get HP8, grow
- Get OG off the stairs in LLR	(Sword+Mole Mitts at cave)
- Dash to cave left of Hyrule Town and get R< (Picolyte+Sword)
- Use glitch + picolyte to farm kinstones
- Walk right to enter HT (Boots+Sword)
- Leave HT to the left
- go down, FUSE with guy in the tree (RE)
- go south, get HP in tree (HP9)
- go south, fuse with minish (BL)
- S+Q (Boots+Bottle)
- Enter HT
- Get WATER, try to fuse with Malon (SHARED)
- Dig into HT cave (Mole Mitts+Sword -> Boots+Sword)
	1 R> R3 RE each in chests
	Leave cave
- FUSE with kids (left: SHARED, right: BL) by chest game house
- FUSE with women by well if possible (SHARED) (Cane+Bottle)
- go to young couples house, FUSE if possible (SHARED), douse fireplace
- minish, climb right chimney
- FUSE with scratcher (SHARED), push book down
- go back, grow
- get BOOK1
- go back to couples house, FUSE if possible
- minish and FUSE with dog (SHARED)
- as minish, go to inn rear HP10
- S&Q (Boots+Cane)

COUNT: HP10, 90r
KINSTONE: 1 B6 0 BL 1 RE 1 R3 2 R>

(Which and how many blue and red kinstones you have to get now depends on
how many you got while farming green ones with the picolyte.)


BOOK 2
- library, FUSE with floor 1 old man if possible (SHARED)
- FUSE with floor 2 old man (SHARED)
- minish, fuse with first minish if possible (SHARED), TALK to him
- s+q (boots+sword), reenter library, talk to librarian
- on the way to simon simulation, fuse with
  Brocco, Fruit Lady, Malon if not done yet (ALL SHARED)
- FUSE with zill next to simons (G[) (bombs+sword)
- simon simulations HP11 (80r)
- FUSE with zill again (GP) (boots+cane)
- the way to cafe, fuse with:
  Fruit Lady if not done yet, Old Lady next to simons, lady by the café (ALL SHARED)
- in cafe, FUSE with mama (G<)
- FUSE anyone else in cafe (everyone has SHARED)
- push bookshelf, shrink, go into upper minish hole
- FUSE with town minish if possible (ALL SHARED)
- east to stockwells via minish path, fall, get BOTTLE (sword+boots -> ocarina+boots)
- minish, go up, ocarina glitch, knock down book2 and fall (gust jar+sword)
- talk to ground-level minish, leave house (bottle+sword)
- FUSE and talk with dog (SHARED)
- carpenters house, FUSE if possible (ALL SHARED)
- leave, get WATER, go to dr. lefts house
- douse fireplace, get BOOK2
- carpenters house, FUSE with all if possible
- minish, dr left, climb chimney (boots+cane)
- follow path to POWER BRACELETS (sword+boots)
- S&Q (boots+cane)

COUNT: HP11, 80r
KINSTONE: 1 B6 0 BL 1 RE 1 R3 2 R>

BOOK 3
- go to Lon Lon
- Go down, get last WALLET upgrade
- FUSE with farmers (BL + G[)	 (mole mitts+sword)
- FUSE with wall inside cave (B6)	(mole mitts+boots)
- dig cave near Syrup, BL from chest, FUSE with wall (BL), take ladder
- push book3 down bookshelf
- S&Q (ocarina+cane)
- get BOOK3
- warp to HT
- library, RETURN BOOKS, FUSE with old men if possible
- FUSE with first library minish if not done, and if possible
- FUSE with minish elder (GP), then talk to him (sword+gust jar)
- get ZORA FLIPPERS
- S&Q (ocarina+cane)

COUNT: HP11, 80r
KINSTONE: 0 B6 -1 BL 1 RE 1 R3 2 R>

SIDEQUESTS 2
- warp to SHF
- Fuse with Tingle (sword+boots), talk after, jump down, get HP12 in tree
- Go left, fuse twice with Blacksmith (R> GP)
- FUSE minish in SW house (R>)
- HP13 in water minish cave
- S&Q	(ocarina+boots)
- warp to Lake Hylia
- go to Lon Lon
- Get OG off stairs
- Jump on Platform where Ankle is
- FUSE with Ankle (G<)
- warp to Lake Hylia
- get underwater pond HP14
- feed fifi, FUSE with fifi (GP) (cane+boots)
- FUSE with david jr (GP)
- enter ToD

COUNT: HP14, 80r
KINSTONE: 0 B6 -1 BL 1 RE 0 R3 0 R>

TEMPLE OF DROPLETS
- old any% route for first half
- get BL chest after first element melt
- after Lantern, s+q
- OG to boss key - get it with the Lantern, s+q
- BDC with Lantern, 6 rolls down, 3 right, keep holding right until screen transition
- Go back left + down to octo
      B I G O C T O (boots+ocarina)

COUNT: HP14, 180r
KINSTONE: 0 B6 0 BL 1 RE 0 R3 0 R>

MORE SIDEQUESTS
- warp to HT, fuse with Stranger (R3), go west
- dig other cave, get BL + B6 + FUSE wall (B6)
- ladder, FUSE with knuckle (G[) and minish (G<)
- warp to HT
- go north
- MAGICAL BOOMERANG (get all chests)
- 3 sword

- warp to HT
- FUSE with din (RE)
- talk to gorman + on-path FUSIONS
- Leave south (go to SHF)

- sky warp (any%)
- open all mansion chests, also suck ghost (ocarina+gust jar)
    floor 1: G< G[ (if needed)
    floor 2: GP (if needed)
    floor 3: BL B6 (if needed) R3
    floor 4: R> RE
- enter PoW (sword+magical boomerang)

COUNT: HP14, 80r
KINSTONE: 1 B6 2 BL 2 RE 2 R3 2 R>

PALACE OF WINDS
- any% route until 2nd Boss Door
- Go to screen before Boss Room to open the 2nd Boss Door
- Fight Gyorg
- Get HC + go down
- Jump down cloud
- Push blocks on the left side (next to skulls), walk back (boots+cape)
- Position yourself on the right side, go into next room, jump out of the door
- Fall down + go left until stairs (DON'T GET GRABBED BY THE FLOORMASTERS, YOU'LL LOSE MINUTES) (boots+bow -> boots+cape)
- Go left + get HP15
- S+Q
- leave PoW (boots+ocarina)

COUNT: HP15, 80r
KINSTONE: 1 B6 2 BL 2 RE 2 R3 2 R>

ROYAL VALLEY

- warp to HT
- inn, FUSE with din, then talk
- FUSE with everyone in the inn
    din (TALK after) (RE)
    farore (R>)
    nayru (R3)
- Cucco Game, HP17 (999r)(capped)	(Fuse with Anju on any round if she wants to, SHARED)
	Round 4. 5 normal + 2 gold = 150r (up left)
	Round 5. 3 normal + 3 gold = 180r (up left)
	Round 6: 3 white + 3 gold = 180r (up left)
    Round 7: 5 white + 2 gold = 150r (R3) (left)
    Round 8: 4 white + 4 gold = 240r (R>) (left)
    Round 9: 2 white = 20r (bell HP16) (RE) (boots+cape)
    Round 10: 1 white + 2 gold = 110r
- RED CHARM from din
- BOMB BAG from Stockwells (399r)
- learn DOWN THRUST from Swiftblade (sword+cape -> boots+bombs)
- NHF, take cave, get chests with shells, go to graveyard (sword+bombs->cape+bombs)
- upgrade QUIVER (L R R L R R) (sword+boots)
- lost woods (up left left up right up)
- FUSE with dampe (B6), get GRAVEYARD KEY
- FUSE with dampe (G<), open gate
- FUSE with specter (B6)
- JOY BUTTERFLY (swimming)
- northwest grave HP18
- FUSE with specter (BL)
- FUSEx2 with gina (G< G<) (she can also have SHARED, be careful)
- ROYAL KINSTONE sub-dungeon (Sword+Cape in 2nd room -> Sword+Lantern -> ocarina+boots)

COUNT: HP18, 399r
KINSTONE: -1 B6 1 BL 2 RE 2 R3 2 R>

DARK HYRULE CASTLE

- warp to HT
- FOUR SWORD (Boots+Sword)
- any% route until exiting DHC (leaving the first key until later is technically a bit faster, it's up to you, later you'll have remote bombs instead)

HYRULE CASTLE GARDEN CLEANUP
- Fountain HP19 (Boots+Sword)
- Bushes in SE corner, go down ladder
- HP20, FUSE then learn SWORD BEAM Grimblade (RE)
- FUSE with minish crack in NE (G[)
- S&Q
- NHF, FUSE with minish crack in east side (GP)
- Lon Lon, Veil Falls (cane+ocarina)
- learn FAST SPLIT GAUGE from Splitblade
- HP21 in plain sight (ocarina+boots)

COUNT: HP21, 399r
KINSTONE: -1 B6 1 BL 1 RE 2 R3 2 R>

MT CRENEL CLEANUP
- Warp to Mt Crenel
- go inside the mines and FUSE:
    minish by exit (G<)
    melari (R>)
    minish inside SE room (G<)
    minish outside eastern room (G[)
    NW-ern mining minish (GP)
- leave via exit, grow back
- go to Grayblade (sword+ocarina)
- get HP24, FUSE (R3), learn ROLL ATTACK
- Leave, Warp to Castor Wilds (sword+boots)

COUNT: HP24, 399r
KINSTONE: -1 B6 0 BL 1 RE 1 R3 2 R>

CASTOR WILDS CLEANUP
- dive in water on east side for RE R3 R>
- JOY BUTTERFLY (digging)
- go to NE corner (use rock shortcut near center-top)
- learn FAST SPIN ATTACK from Scarblade
- get HP25 in adjacent cave
- go left
- Deku Scrub Fusion (boots+shield)
- go to treestump, minish, south lilypad
- fall down crack, get R3
- HP26 in southeast water cave
- S&Q (boots+ocarina)
- Go to Wind Ruins
- JOY BUTTERFLY (arrow shooting)
- FUSE with crack minish (RE)
- grow

COUNT: HP26, 399r
KINSTONE: -1 B6 0 BL 1 RE 3 R3 3 R>

MINISH WOODS CLEANUP
- Warp to Minish Woods
- go in left cave, get RE + HP27 (boots+cape)
- S&Q (boots+ocarina)
- FUSE with gentari (RE)
- get lake-area HP28
- FUSEx2 with minish in house (RE R3). He may do a SHARED fusion first so make sure you do RE and R3 fusions.
- S&Q
- FUSE with bomb minish, get REMOTE BOMBS (R3)
- Grow + Warp to Mt. Crenel

COUNT: HP28, 399r
KINSTONE: -1 B6 0 BL 0 RE 1 R3 3 R>

REST OF MT CRENEL CLEANUP + CW
- fuse with exposed crack minish (G[) + get R>
- go back up to giant wall (bombs+mole mitts)
- bomb wall between jagged rocks, HP29
- go up giant wall
- beanstalk HP30, get 1 red rupee (~419r)
- FUSE repeatedly with mt crenel hermit until stops
- All shared fusions should be done now!
- go inside dig cave, HP31, FUSE wall (BL)
- S&Q (ocarina+cape)


COUNT: HP31, 419r
KINSTONE: -1 B6 0 BL 0 RE 1 R3 3 R>

LAKE HYLIA CLEANUP

- Warp to Lake Hylia
- fall down minish crack
- get HC from librari (FUSE if forgot in library)
- swim to lake hylia east minish crack
- FUSE with minish in the crack (BL)
- grow by mayor's house
- HP28 to the left
- in tree, get HP32, FUSE, learn PERIL BEAM with Waveblade (R>) (sword+boots)
- FUSE with david jr (G[) - this is your 2nd fusion with him. he'll want to fuse after you get the magic boomerang (mole mitts+cape)
- get island HP33
- north dig cave, go SW, get R3 and B6 on the way
- FUSE with wall (B6)
- go back to cave entrance, dig left
- HP34 outside the cave
- in cave, go up, get BL
- dig all the way back, take ladder to right
- follow the path to the beanstalk
- HP35 + 200r chest (619r)
- S&Q (ocarina+boots) + Warp to Castor Wilds
- Get Great Spin Attack (sword+ocarina -> boots+ocarina)
- Go out, OG to Bomb Bag
- Get Quiver Upgrade on beanstalk
- Warp to MW

COUNT: HP35, ~619r
KINSTONE: -1 B6 0 BL 0 RE 2 R3 2 R>

E HYRULE FIELD CLEANUP
- get B6 in left chest
- go to eastern hills (cape+bombs)
- jump across gap
- FUSE with house minish (B6)
- go up beanstalk, HP36
- go up 1 screen, get BOTTLE3, enter minish woods (boots+shield)
- get HP37
- FUSEx2 with scrub in tree (G< GP)
- Get R3 in chest on east woods
- go back to EH (boots+cape)
- get BOTTLE4 from goron cave
- FUSE right goron (R3) and left (B6)
- warp to Hyrule Town (ocarina+boots)


COUNT: HP37, ~619r
KINSTONE: -2 B6 0 BL 0 RE 1 R3 2 R>

HYRULE TOWN CLEANUP

- go to school
- FUSE with Tina (only fickle but not shared fuser -_-) (GP) (sword+boots)
- go outside as minish and get HP38 + R3 (middle chest)
- backup kinstones: left chest R>, top right: RE, right: R>
- S&Q
- buy BOMB BAG from stockwells (~19r) (no need for rupees anymore)
- if not done yet, fuse with the mailman (BL)
- FUSE with Bremor (NW carpenter) (R3)
- go to NHF
- NHF waterfall Greatblade (FAST GREAT SPIN)
- HP39 in adjacent cave
- climb cave ladder, leave, go back to DHC
- any% route, beat the game
- use the red charm against vaati form 1

COUNT: HP39																										)
KINSTONE: -2 B6 0 BL 0 RE 1 R3 2 R>

VEIL FALLS
- Go to Veil Falls via NHF, directly
- Get both HP40 (plain sight) and HP41 (dig cave)
- go to the top of the mountain (VEIL FALLS WIND CREST)
- give shield to biggoron

COUNT: HP41
KINSTONE: -2 B6 0 BL 0 RE 1 R3 2 R>

CLOUD TOPS

- enter cloud tops, FUSE with two wind tribers (G[ R> is this shared?)
- Cloud Tops Route: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcwUvBY5KRk
- Cloud Tops WIND CREST then enter mansion
    floor 2: fuse with woman, get LIGHT ARROWS (GP)
    floor 3: fuse with woman (G[)
    floor 4: fuse with leader, talk with her (G<)
    floor 3: fuse with same woman (G[)
    floor 4: fuse with leader again (G[). talk to stair blocker, go up
- leave mansion via top

COUNT: HP41
KINSTONE: -2 B6 0 BL 0 RE 1 R3 1 R>

ENDGAME
- warp to SHF
- FUSE tingle (R3), talk to him TWICE, get TINGLE STATUE
- Enter HT from south
- fountain HT HP42
- S&Q

COUNT: HP42
KINSTONE: -2 B6 0 BL 0 RE 0 R3 1 R>

RIP FUN
- FIGURINES AHHHH - Carlov medal ( https://pastebin.com/LL1KMCjQ )
- talk to cafe man
- figurines HP43
- warp to veil falls
- jump down left, get HP44 from waterfall cave
- warp to cloud tops, climb down
- Swag Shield

    - Play cucco minigame music in figurine house (number 12) to celebrate