Glitches in Majora's Mask

These are the glitches which are possible to be performed in Majora's Mask. Please read the Glitch Disclaimer Notes before attempting any of the glitches on this page.

Game Freeze
All of the following glitches can be undone by resetting the game.

~(Oni Link-Communication Freeze:) This is one of the simplest glitches in Majora's Mask. First, execute the Enter Sakon's Hideout Before Day 3/Anytime glitch, then the "Oni-Link Escape To Termina glitch. Afterwords, go to Clock Town, and talk to someone.

~(Transformation Freeze-Giant’s Mask:) This glitch freezes the game when Link is trying to transform by using the Giant’s Mask. First, you must be in day three. You can wait for the time to pass, or play The Song of Double Time four times to get to the dawn of the final day. Next, execute the "Enter Sakon's Hideout Before Day 3/Anytime Glitch." This freeze can only be done in Day three because Kafei will not be there. Once inside, step on the switch, which will activate Sakon's security system. Put on any mask (that is not a transformation one), and continue through it. Once you are Kafei, go to the start menu, and put the Fierce Deity's Mask on the C button which has the mask you are wearing. Continue through it until you are Link again. Link should put on the Giant’s Mask, and scream. Then, the game should freeze, with a blue and white haze surrounding Link's face.

~(Oni Link-Communication Freeze:) This is one of the simplest glitches in Majora's Mask. First, execute the Enter Sakon's Hideout Before Day 3/Anytime glitch, then the "Oni-Link Escape To Termina glitch. Afterwords, go to Clock Town, and talk to someone.

~ (Fourth Day Freeze:) This glitch can only be done after you do the "Stop Time Glitch." First, execute the "Stop Time Glitch." This will make the clock vanish, and...stop time. Clock Town should act like it is the Dawn of the final day, but with a few things missing. (Since you skipped getting an Auto-game over from the moon falling.) Talk to the scarecrow in the observatory, and say "yes" when it asks you if you want to dance until night. Afterwards, talk to anyone who helps move the plot around during a certain time period. For ex: the mayor's assistant. You should then go to a screen with the scarecrow dancing. The game should freeze up, but you should be able to hear the room's background music. You can see the scarecrow's animation, but it is stuck-slightly leaning to the right.

Hop To The Great Bay Temple
Usually, the only way to get to The Great Bay Temple is to ride the gaint turtle, but this glitch proves that wrong. The game recognizes if you are out too far in the water, and warps you back to where you were. But, it does not recognise you if you are above the water. [Which is the base of this glitch.] You need: Romani's Mask, atleast 200 rupees, icearrows, The Deku Mask (recommended), and a bottle of Chateau. First, get 200 rupees, and then some arrows. When it's 10:00 Pm, put on Romani's Mask, and enter the Milkbar. Buy the Chateau for 200 rupees, and head to Zora's Cape. (Hopefully, you got a lot of arrows.) Drink the Chateau, this will give you infinite magic. Shoot an icearrow in the water, put on the Deku Mask, and hop to the new platform. (You can hop to it as Link, but it will be harder not to slide off. Take off the Deku Mask, and repeat.  Once you are there, you will see that you can walk right through The Great Bay Temple. A sample video demonstration of the "Hop To The Great Bay Temple Glitch" can be found here.

Bypass The Soldier
As Deku Link, face your back to any soldier gaurding a gate out of Clock Town. Get out your sheild, pull your nunchuck stick back, and walk backwards towards the soldier at an angle. If done correctly, Deku Link will go pass the soldier, and into Termina. If this is done before Link gets the Deku mask, there will be no sound, or enemies in Termina.

Glide Through Walls
(Clock Town:) On any given day, talk to the head Bomber in Northern Clock Town. You will than enter the hide, and go seek minigame. Go to Eastern Clock Town, and go up the stairs which lead to the Mayor's residence. Turn right, and scare the Bomber near the edge, with the cucco in his hands. Jump off the edge, and grab the cucco. Go back to where you were, and throw the cucco on top of the fence. Get on the fence, and grab it before it runs off of it. Jump off the fence, and towards the wall. You will go through it, and into the void. You will continue to float until you let go of the cucco.

Infinite Sword
Through this glitch, whenever Link's sword is drawn, it will be automatically swung causing damage to enemies without you having to press B, yet also without Link actually swinging his sword. Link will hold his sword normally, however your surroundings, whether an enemy or object, will react as if you hit them with your sword. This glitch is also needed to perform other such glitches as bombchu hovering. We did this on the Nintendo 64 golden cartridge version and the Nintendo Gamecube Collector's Edition version using any sword.

To perform this glitch find an item that Link can interact with. A mail box is recommended, but other such things as signs, Terminians, dogs or even bombs if nothing else is around will work. Go up to your selected item, and crouch down with your shield. Rapidly tap B (or if using the Great Fairy's Sword, tap the C direction it is assigned to) so that Link jabs with his sword, but make sure he doesn't actually hit anything but air. Whilst rapidly pressing B, push A once so that Link reacts with the item, whether by reading it, picking it up, or talking to the character. If using bombs, you'll need to be extremely quick to avoid it exploding. Only use bombs when nothing else is around. Having done that successfully the glitch should have worked, however it can often take a few tries. With some items, such as mail boxes and signs, Link's sword will already be drawn, and you'll see a white trail behind his sword when moving, showing that the glitch has been activated. Other items, such as bombs, dogs or characters will leave Link with his sword sheathed. To draw Link's sword and not effect the glitch, you must draw it in mid air, whilst doing a backflip, by targetting the camera behind Link, pulling back on the control stick and pressing A, then quickly pressing B whilst in the air. To undo this glitch either enter a new area, or put Link's sword away with A, and draw it normally again with B.

A simple video demonstration of the Infinite Sword glitch can be found here.

Sakon's Hideout Before Day 3
In this glitch you can enter Sakon's hideout in Ikana Canyon before day 3 and without doing the Anju and Kafei sidequest. Once inside, you cannot achieve much, therefore rendering this glitch pretty much useless. The only way out of the hideout is to warp using the song of soaring. We used the Nintendo 64 golden cartridge version.

This glitch is really quite simple. Head to the entrance of Sakon's hideout. Face the rock blocking the entrance, and look to the bottom right where there is a crack between the rock and the wall. Equip the bunny hood, and run at that small crack, rolling just before contacting the wall. This usually will take a few tries, but soon enough Link will roll through the crack, jump, and enter the hideout. This is possible to do without the bunny hood, however wearing the hood does improve your chances of making it through the crack.

For more details, watch this demonstration here.

Stop Time
This glitch allows you to stop the three day time limit, and explore Termina without the limitation of a clock. During this time most of the Terminians are gone, and the moon has vanished. Because of the nature of the glitch, there is no way to complete the storyline with this glitch activated, so don't use this glitch just to give you unlimited time to complete the game. Once this glitch has been executed there are some actions that cannot be done, and some other glitches which can be done. We did this glitch on the Nintendo 64 golden cartridge version of the game.

To do this glitch, go to the astral observatory near the end of the 3rd day, and look through the telescope by talking to Professor Shikashi. As you are looking through the telescope, carefully watch the clock. You need to press B to exit the telescope view as close to the clock reaching 00:00:00 as possible, but if you let it reach zero, it will be game over. If you are successful, once you have exited the telescope view, and spoken to the Professor, the clock will have vanished from the bottom of your screen, and time will have stopped. You'll need to reset your console to deactivate this glitch.

A video demonstration of how to do this glitch can be found here.

Zora Link Can Fly
Through using this glitch, Zora Link will be able to fly in the air above the water. It will appear as if he was swimming normally, however he will be floating in mid air. This glitch will only last as long as you can keep it going, and eventually you will decline back into the water. We executed this glitch on the Nintendo 64 golden cartridge version of the game, and also on the Nintendo Gamecube Collector's Edition.

To begin, go to the area of Great Bay Coast where Zora Hall is located. Just offshore, near the cave entrance to the area, you will see a Like Like. Equip the Zora mask, and defeat the Like Like however you prefer. Float stationary above where the Like Like was and face directly towards the shore. Now quickly swim towards the shore using A to go faster and just before reaching the shore pull the control stick backwards. Again tap A and steer Zora Link back over the water. Most of the time this will succeed, but if not give it another shot. Once in the air you'll need to keep tapping A to stay in the air.

There are other areas of Termina where the it is possible to do this glitch, however it is a lot harder to do. One such place is the Spring Water Cave in Ikana Canyon.

This glitch can be hard to follow through simply following instructions, so please refer to this video here for a visual example.