Glitchless Rules (mostly repost)

Glitch List:

Notes about tricks are sometimes listed in parenthesis after the trick.
Certain tricks list a version afterward. These tricks only work on those versions; this does not mean they are valid on the other version- they simply do not work at all.


The general idea is based on the following three guidelines:

1: You must be where the game thinks you are
2: You must be where the game intends you to be
3: You must travel as the game intends you to travel

It is understood that defining the game's "intent" can be difficult. Hopefully, the banned/allowed listing that follows will clarify things.


Banned Tricks:

General Banned Tricks:

Any Out of Bounds/Unloaded Areas*
Any Clipping through/between Objects
Back in Time/Title Screen Glitch
Map Glitch
Long Jumps^
Super Jumps^
Bomb Boosts
Jump Strikes~

*This includes partially loaded areas, if necessary. The game should fully load each area you enter, regardless of how you enter it.
	While this is generally noticeable through the mini-map, the mini-map is not always loaded in sync with the area Link is in, and is not a definitive guide.
^In the context of using them for sequence-breaking; normal LJ's and SJ's are allowed if in actual combat against the enemy to kill it.
	Actual combat is defined as: You have a real enemy, and your attacks are intended to, and you ultimately do, kill the enemy.
	In the case of pull chains, long jump attacks are also allowed here; pulling the chain is sufficient for "killing" it.
~Jump Strikes (to skip triggers) are banned.


Specific Banned Tricks:

Ordon Gate Clip
Back in Time/Title Screen Glitch
Sword and Shield Skip
Early Master Sword (and variants)
Monkey Skips (various, Forest Temple)
Gale Boomerang Long Jump Attacks (various applications, GameCube (GC) only)
Epona Slide (GC only)
Iron Boots Fast Walking (Goron Mines, Wii only)
Early Lanayru Twilight
Pillar Clip (to enter Lakebed Temple)
Vine Clip
Boss Key Skip (various, Lakebed Temple)
Map Glitch
Poe Skip (Arbiter's Grounds)
Pillar Clip Early Boss Key (Arbiter's Grounds)
Death Sword Skip (Arbiter's Grounds)
Early Piece of Heart (Snowpeak Ruins)
Bomb Boost to other side of Courtyard (Snowpeak Ruins)
Freezard Clip (Snowpeak Ruins)
Scaleless Early Boss Key (Temple of Time)
Backhop Scales Skip (Temple of Time)
Backhop Rotating Platform Skip (Temple of Time)
Cave of Ordeals "Debug" (Cave of Ordeals, Wii only)
Early City in the Sky
Aeraflos Skip (City in the Sky)
Barrier 1 Skip (Barrier between entrance and Room 2, Hyrule Castle)
2F Darknut Skip (Hyrule Castle)


Allowed Tricks:

Flip Rolls
One-Frame Textbox Skips
One-Frame Early Midna Jumps
Free Lantern Oil Steal (skipping Trill getting mad at you)
Pillar Jump (Forest Temple)
Ookless Diababa (Forest Temple)
Bomb House Skip (As Wolf)
Early Boss Fights Flag (via King Bublin 1 fight (high) or Sacred Grove (1)- Keep in mind you have to access these as intended!)
Abusing Damage Invulnerability Flames
Swimming/Rolling Crate Skip (Goron Mines)
Platform-based Second Key Shard Skip (Goron Mines)
Drawbridge Jumpslash Skip (Goron Mines)
Morpheel Fast Regrabs (Lakebed Temple- Despite the fact it's the same concept as Iron Boots Fast Walking, the result is different)
Wolf Across Sand (Arbiter's Grounds)
Poe 1 Skip (Arbiters Grounds- Killing all four of the Poes *is* required, though)
Pull-Cancel for Chains (Arbiter's Grounds)
Roll Stab Early Boss Key (Arbiter's Grounds)
Spike Damage Boosts (Arbiter's Grounds)
Darkhammer Quick-Kill (various, Snowpeak Ruins)
Blizzetta Quick-Kill (Snowpeak Ruins)
Mini Statue Skip via CS (Temple of Time)
Early Piece of Heart (Temple of Time- via precise statue throws)
Backhop/Backflip Mini Statue Skip (Temple of Time)
Double Clawshots Skip (Cave of Ordeals)
Fan Skip (City in the Sky)
Cutscene Skip (City in the Sky- Either version (ground based or peahat based) is valid)
Argarok Two-Rounder (City in the Sky)
Phantom Zant Easy Fight (Palace of Twilight)
Sword Drops/Item Drops (to drop the Sols, Palace of Twilight)
Barrier 2 Skip (Barrier between Room 1 and KB4 fight, Hyrule Castle)
Barrier 3 Skip (Barrier inside Hyrule Castle on first floor, Hyrule Castle)
Final Darknut Skip (Hyrule Castle)


Also:

Knowing where to go and skipping certain tasks because they're not required for progression (although the game wants you to do them) is completely valid.
	Example being Lanayru Twilight, dashing to the Great Bridge of Hylia and skipping entering Castle Town.
Savewarps, Deathwarps, Voidwarps, Lavawarps, and Cutscene Warps are all valid.
Most bosses remind you of which strategies you can use to beat them. "All Strats Allowed" is where *ANY* strategy with items you have obtained so far is usable.