Twilight Princess

Guardian Statue Puzzle

How to solve the Guardian Statue Puzzle to obtain the Master Sword
by on November 12, 2016

When you arrive at the Sacred Grove for the first time, the way into the temple ruins is locked and protected by two guardian statues. The statues are activated after you howl a song while standing on the Triforce symbol on the ground.

The statues will not allow you to proceed into the temple ruins to claim the Master Sword until you successfully complete their test – a puzzle. You must guide each statue back to its starting point by jumping between a grid of platforms. However, every time you jump to a platform, both statues will move at the same time in different directions.

Guardian Statue Puzzle Solution

A diagram showing one solution to the Guardian Statue Puzzle in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. The solution shown is Left, Down, Right, Right, Up, Left, Up, Up, Left, Down, Down, Right, Up.

There are many ways to solve this puzzle, but you only need one solution:

Left, Down, Right, Right, Up, Left, Up, Up, Left, Down, Down, Right, Up

Solving the puzzle opens the door into the temple ruins where you can claim the Master Sword. Obtaining the Master Sword also unlocks the ability to change between Hylian Link and Wolf Link whenever you want.


Joshua Lindquist
Joshua is one of the webmasters of Zelda Universe and previously founded Zelda Relic. He works behind-the-scenes to build collaboration in the Zelda community. If there's Zelda somewhere, keep an eye out, because he might be there.
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