The Legend of Zelda

by Nintendo

The Legend of Zelda spans nearly four decades following hero Link across incarnations of Hyrule. From the 1986 original to Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, the franchise blends exploration, puzzles, and epic conflict with a mythology of courage, wisdom, and power.

94 characters, locations, and items in this world codex.

Characters

• Link — The eternal Hero of Hyrule — a silent swordsman reborn across ages to stand between the world and whatever threatens to destroy it, armed with courage
• Princess Zelda — Scholar, princess, and the bearer of divine wisdom who spent a century holding back a god of destruction — and when that wasn't enough, sacrificed her
• Ganondorf — The Demon King — a Gerudo warlord whose hunger for power cursed him to an eternal cycle of destruction, sealed again and again by heroes he refuses to
• Mipha — The Zora princess who could heal any wound except the one in her own heart — she loved the Hero in silence and died piloting the Divine Beast meant to
• Daruk — The Goron Champion — a mountain of courage and appetite who called Link 'little guy,' punched through boulders for fun, and had one secret fear: dogs.
• Urbosa — The Gerudo Champion who summoned lightning with a snap of her fingers and mothered a grieving princess — fierce enough to terrify armies, gentle enoug
• Revali — The Rito Champion whose arrogance was a fortress built over insecurity — the best archer in Hyrule who couldn't forgive a silent swordsman for being c
• Prince Sidon — The Zora prince with a smile that could inspire nations — a hammerhead shark in humanoid form who turned his grief for Mipha into relentless optimism
• Yunobo — Daruk's descendant who inherited his Protection but not his confidence — a shy Goron youth who grew into a mining CEO and then got brainwashed by a fa
• Riju — A twelve-year-old Gerudo chief who inherited a Thunder Helm too big for her head and a responsibility too big for her years — and rose to meet both.
• Tulin — A young Rito warrior who idolizes Revali's legend and inherited his father's bow — brave, eager, and just old enough to be dangerous in the best possi
• Mineru — The last Zonai — a scholar-sage who projected her spirit across millennia to guide Link, built construct technology to fight a war she couldn't surviv
• King Rauru — The first King of Hyrule — a Zonai whose fatal flaw was mercy, whose greatest act was sacrifice, and whose right arm powered a hero ten thousand years
• Queen Sonia — The first Queen of Hyrule — a time mage whose kindness made her beloved, whose power made her dangerous, and whose murder by Ganondorf set ten thousan
• Calamity Ganon — The Demon King's hatred given form — a grotesque fusion of Ganondorf's malice, Guardian machinery, and ten thousand years of festering rage sealed ins
• Impa — The Sheikah elder who waited a hundred years to deliver a princess's last message — guardian, guide, and the one constant across every era of Hyrule's
• Purah — The Sheikah scientist who put Link in stasis for a century, built the towers that mapped TotK's Hyrule, and looks thirty years younger than her hundre
• Robbie — The Sheikah researcher who spent fifty years reverse-engineering Guardian technology and named his Ancient Oven after his first love — which his wife
• King Rhoam — The last King of Hyrule — a father who chose duty over compassion and spent a hundred years as a ghost regretting it, guiding the hero he failed to pr
• Hestu — A giant Korok who trades inventory upgrades for seeds, gets lost on the way home, and celebrates every transaction with a dance that is simultaneously
• Paya — Impa's granddaughter who blushes so hard around Link that it's practically a medical condition — promoted from shrine guardian to village chief by Tot
• Kass — A Rito bard traveling Hyrule to complete his dead teacher's unfinished songs — each melody hiding a shrine quest, a secret, or a thread of a story abo
• Master Kohga — The self-proclaimed Top Banana of the Yiga Clan — a rotund, narcissistic, nap-obsessed leader whose boss fights escalate from comedic to genuinely thr
• Midna — The true ruler of the Twilight Realm — an imp-cursed princess whose journey from selfish manipulator to self-sacrificing hero is Twilight Princess's r
• Skull Kid — A lonely forest imp who stole a mask that ate his mind — the tragedy of Majora's Mask is that the villain was just a child who missed his friends.
• Fi — The spirit of the Master Sword — an artificial intelligence created by a goddess who calculated probabilities for an entire adventure and felt genuine
• Navi — The fairy who said 'Hey! Listen!' until it became the most famous two words in gaming — and then left without explanation, breaking a hero's heart.
• Tetra — A pirate captain who turned out to be Princess Zelda's descendant — bold, brash, and deeply annoyed that her destiny involves a tiara instead of a cut
• Groose — A pompadour-sporting bully who followed the hero to the surface, built a catapult to fight a god, and discovered that heroism doesn't require a magic
• Ghirahim — Demise's sword spirit — a flamboyant demon lord who considers himself stunning, calls himself Lord Ghirahim, and is the dark mirror of everything Fi r
• Zant — The usurper king of the Twilight Realm — a calm, imposing figure whose godlike composure crumbles into screaming tantrums the moment things go wrong.
• Tingle — A thirty-five-year-old man in a green bodysuit who believes he's a fairy reincarnation — Hyrule's most disturbing NPC and the reason 'Kooloo-Limpah' h
• Malon — The ranch girl who taught Link a song, tamed Hyrule's fastest horse, and called a hero 'Fairy Boy' before anyone knew he was one.
• Beedle — Hyrule's most persistent traveling merchant — a beetle-obsessed shopkeeper who walks between every stable in the kingdom on foot because commerce wait
• Great Deku Tree — The ancient guardian of the forest who sent Navi to a boy, watched over the Master Sword for millennia, and speaks with the patience of something that
• King Daphnes — The last King of Hyrule who disguised himself as a talking boat to guide a child hero across a flooded world — and chose to go down with his drowned k
• Vaati — A power-hungry Minish sorcerer who wished himself into a Hylian, forgot where he came from, and became a recurring wind demon sealed in the Four Sword
• Phantom Ganon — A construct of Gloom made from Ganondorf's flesh — the puppet he used to impersonate Zelda and mask her disappearance while the real threat gathered s
• Demise — The primal evil from the beginning of time — whose dying curse ensured that his hatred would be reborn in every age as Ganondorf, trapping Hyrule in a
• Goddess Hylia — The divine protector who fought Demise, sent humanity to the sky, and reincarnated as a mortal so she could wield the Triforce that gods cannot touch.
• Epona — Link's horse — the fastest mount in Hyrule, bonded through Malon's song and loyal across timelines and incarnations.
• Teba — Rito Village's finest warrior and Tulin's father — a no-nonsense archer who fought Vah Medoh alone because waiting for help wasn't an option.
• King Dorephan — The massive Zora king who lost his daughter to the Calamity and welcomed the hero who freed her spirit — a father carrying grief the size of a mountai
• Buliara — Riju's bodyguard captain — a Gerudo warrior whose loyalty to her chief is absolute and whose patience for outsiders is nonexistent.
• Great Fairies — The four fountain-dwelling giants who upgrade Link's armor in exchange for materials and rupees — each emergence from their flower bud more dramatic t
• Yiga Clan — A Sheikah splinter faction that serves Ganondorf — banana-obsessed ninja assassins who disguise themselves as travelers and attack when Link turns his
• Lynel — Hyrule's apex predator — a centaur-like beast that is harder to kill than most bosses and has traumatized more players than Ganondorf ever did.
• Guardian — Ancient Sheikah machines corrupted by Calamity Ganon — the spider-legged nightmares whose piano-note targeting sound is the most anxiety-inducing audi
• Malice and Gloom — The physical manifestation of Ganon's corruption — Malice is the black-magenta tar of BotW, Gloom is the red-black darkness of TotK, and both reduce e
• Koroks — Nine hundred tiny forest sprites hiding under every rock in Hyrule — the Kokiri's evolved descendants whose seeds power Hestu's inventory magic and wh
• Darunia — The Goron chief of Ocarina of Time — a fierce leader who breaks into spontaneous dance when you play Saria's Song and names his son after Link.
• Princess Ruto — The Zora princess who declared a childhood prank a marriage proposal and never let Link forget it — the Sage of Water with an attitude the size of her
• Saria — Link's childhood best friend in the Kokiri Forest — the girl who gave him an ocarina, taught him a song, and became the Sage of Forest knowing they co
• Sheikah — The shadow folk who built Hyrule's most advanced technology ten thousand years before it needed it — servants of the Royal Family whose history includ

Locations

• Hyrule — The kingdom at the center of every legend — a land of impossible geography where a castle, a volcano, a desert, a lake, and an ancient forest exist in
• Hyrule Castle — The crown jewel of the kingdom — seat of royal power, recurring final dungeon, and the prison where Zelda held Calamity Ganon for a hundred years thro
• Hyrule Field — The vast central plain that connects every corner of Hyrule — where Epona gallops, Guardians patrol, and the scale of the kingdom hits you for the fir
• Death Mountain — The volcanic home of the Gorons — a mountain that smokes, rumbles, and requires fireproof gear just to approach, where rocks are food and lava is scen
• Zora's Domain — An architectural wonder of luminous blue stone where the Zora live, grieve, and remember a princess who loved a hero — the most beautiful location in
• Gerudo Desert — A vast southwestern wasteland of scorching days and freezing nights — home to the Gerudo, the Yiga Clan, and sand-swimming Molduga that can swallow a
• Gerudo Town — The all-female desert settlement where Link must cross-dress to enter — a warrior culture's capital where 'no voe allowed' means exactly what it says.
• Lost Woods — An enchanted forest that erases intruders — follow the embers or be returned to the entrance, because children who get lost here become Skull Kids and
• Lake Hylia — Hyrule's great southern lake — serene on the surface, hiding water temples and ancient secrets beneath, and spanning the franchise as one of its most
• Kakariko Village — The Sheikah village that has sheltered heroes, elders, and secrets across every era — a peaceful settlement where ancient technology and traditional c
• Goron City — A city carved into a volcano where the residents eat rocks and think lava is ambient lighting — the Gorons' warm, rumbling home on Death Mountain.
• Rito Village — A spiraling wooden village built around a rock pillar in the middle of a lake — where bird-people live under the shadow of a Divine Beast that won't l
• Great Plateau — The birthplace of Hyrule and Link's tutorial prison — a secluded plateau where you wake up with nothing and earn the paraglider that opens the entire
• Hateno Village — One of two Hylian settlements that survived the Calamity — a peaceful farming village where Link can buy a house and Purah runs a tech lab on the hill
• Tarrey Town — A town built from nothing — Link recruits residents from every race to help a carpenter construct a multi-cultural settlement on an empty island, culm
• Lurelin Village — A tropical fishing village on Hyrule's coast — one of the few settlements that survived the Calamity, destroyed by pirates in TotK, and rebuilt with t
• Temple of Time — The sacred gateway between ages — where Link pulled the Master Sword and was sealed for seven years, where King Rhoam revealed himself, and where time
• Sky Islands — Ancient Zonai ruins floating above Hyrule — the remnants of a civilization that descended from the heavens and left their technology suspended between
• The Depths — A vast underground darkness beneath all of Hyrule — TotK's mirror-world where Gloom pools, Lightroots glow, and the Demon King's influence festers in
• Lon Lon Ranch — The ranch at the center of Hyrule Field where Malon sings, Epona runs, and the owner sleeps through everything important.
• Clock Town — A town living under a falling moon — four districts, three days, and a giant clock counting down to annihilation while its residents try to pretend ev
• Twilight Realm — An alternate dimension of eternal dusk — home to the Twili, a race descended from banished dark magic wielders, ruled by Midna until Zant stole her th
• Skyloft — A floating island above the clouds where humanity survived after Hylia sent them skyward — home to the Knight Academy and the Loftwing riders who don'
• The Great Sea — A vast ocean hiding a drowned kingdom beneath its waves — the gods flooded Hyrule to stop Ganondorf, and Wind Waker's world sails over the ruins.
• Sacred Realm — The dimension between worlds where the Triforce rests — a golden paradise that corrupted into the Dark World when Ganondorf's wish twisted it to match

Items

• Master Sword — The Blade of Evil's Bane — a sword forged by a goddess, inhabited by a spirit, and tempered in sacred flame to be the one weapon that can seal the dar
• Hylian Shield — The shield of Hyrule's knights — the most durable defensive item in the franchise, bearing the Loftwing crest and the Triforce mark, capable of deflec
• The Triforce — Three golden triangles left by the goddesses — Power, Wisdom, and Courage — the divine force that grants wishes, splits among the worthy, and has been
• Ocarina of Time — The Royal Family's sacred instrument — a blue ocarina that opens the Door of Time, controls weather, summons horses, and bends time itself when played
• Sheikah Slate — Ancient Sheikah technology in tablet form — a multipurpose device that provides runes, maps, camera, and the sense that the Sheikah invented iPads ten
• Majora's Mask — An ancient artifact of pure malevolence — a mask that corrupted a lonely child into pulling the Moon from the sky, and whose three boss forms suggest
• Fierce Deity's Mask — The most powerful transformation mask — given by Majora itself before the final battle, turning Link into a towering warrior-god whose origin is never
• Bow of Light — Zelda's sacred bow — a weapon of pure light wielded in the franchise's climactic moments, dealing 100 damage and representing divine power made tangib
• Secret Stones — Zonai amplifiers that magnify innate power a hundredfold — the source of the Sages' authority and the temptation that turned Ganondorf into a dragon.
• Divine Beast Vah Ruta — The elephant-shaped Divine Beast piloted by Mipha — a Sheikah war machine that creates endless rain threatening to flood Zora's Domain when corrupted
• Divine Beast Vah Rudania — The salamander-shaped Divine Beast that patrols Death Mountain — piloted by Daruk, corrupted by Fireblight Ganon, and named after the OoT Goron chief
• Divine Beast Vah Medoh — The eagle-shaped Divine Beast circling above Rito Village — piloted by Revali, corrupted by Windblight Ganon, preventing the bird-people from flying i
• Divine Beast Vah Naboris — The camel-shaped Divine Beast stomping through the Gerudo Desert — piloted by Urbosa, corrupted by Thunderblight Ganon, and generating sandstorms with
• Paraglider — The item that opens the world — given by King Rhoam after the tutorial, transforming Link from a plateau prisoner into a gliding explorer of all Hyrul
• Mirror of Twilight — The only portal between the Light World and the Twilight Realm — shattered by Midna at the end of Twilight Princess to protect both worlds, with a sin

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