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Happy Trans Day of Visibility!

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! I’m Jess Rappaport, aka @GoldenChaos, the owner of Zelda Universe and a very proud trans woman. Today I want to celebrate how supportive Zelda Universe and the Zelda community has always been to LGBT+ individuals. Zelda Universe isn’t just supportive of trans people, Zelda Universe is made by trans people,…

Golden Bugs

Agitha’s Ball In Castle Town, there is a magnificent mansion with only one resident. Inside the “castle” lives the “princess” Agitha, an eccentric little girl who loves two things in life—bugs and parties. Unfortunately, all of the people she invited to her most recent party, “Agitha’s Ball”, haven’t shown up and must have gotten lost…

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Happy Trans Awareness Week!

Happy Trans Awareness Week! I’m Jess Rappaport, the owner of Zelda Universe. I’m also proudly trans. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️ On this occasion, I want to celebrate how supportive Zelda Universe and the Zelda community has always been to LGBT+ individuals. When I first posted in March to share my transition, the response I received was overwhelmingly positive…

How to get every armor upgrade in Tears of the Kingdom

Have you been struggling to keep track of everything you need to get all the armor upgrades in Tears of the Kingdom? Well, YouTuber Austin John Plays has created an interactive spreadsheet you can use to keep track of all the materials you need to get every single armor upgrade. We’re helping him out by…

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Cave of Ordeals

Wait! Before you get started… The Cave of Ordeals is located on the southern reaches of the Gerudo Mesa. Before you go, make sure that you have the Double Clawshot, the Ball and Chain, the Spinner, and the Dominion Rod. When you’re ready to start, you can enter the cave. Fill up on items before…

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Starting today, you can post on our forums as a guest

Starting today, and all the way through E3, you’ll no longer need an account to post in the Zelda and General Gaming boards on our forums. Our forums are have been the hear of Zelda community for over a decade. With Nintendo exclusively showing Zelda this year, there’s bound to be tons of great discussion…

Our forums are all-new

We love our news, guides, and features – but the heart and soul of ZU has always been its community. Today, we’re giving that community a massive upgrade. We’ve spent months working on intense customizations to Burning Board, our forum software, in order to make the forum we thought the Zelda community deserved. Not only…

Here’s how you can buy the Heroic Replicas Master Sword

You’ve probably heard that we worked with Heroic Replicas for two years to create the world’s most accurate Master Sword replica. But we also worked with them on something equally important: versions that you can actually purchase, right now. We’ve come up with four different versions of the Master Sword, and they’re all available to…

Making the Master Sword

Fifty pounds. I had just been told how much the Master Sword would weigh when made out of real materials. With a blade of inch-thick solid metal, it would be massively impractical to carry around. Try using that in battle. I had never been more aware of Link’s true strength. He swings the Master Sword…

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Stab everything in Ocarina of Time with this week’s guide

A few weeks ago, we started publishing weekly Zelda guides on Squareknot, a social network for step-by-step guides. This week, we’re messing around with the N64 classic, Ocarina of Time. Killing enemies in Ocarina of Time takes time. But you can exploit a glitch in the game that will make your sword swing multiple times per second, doing huge amounts…

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