Building Your Timeline

Perhaps the best way to understand the subtleties and conflicts involved in constructing a model of the Zelda Timeline is to attempt the process yourself. The resources provided by this wiki allow an interested new theorist to develop an excellent knowledge base in no time flat.

The Basics
The most effective theorists are those who take the time to learn and enjoy the Zelda Canon before they begin. Prospective theorists should play through to completion any and every Zelda game they can. Information on any other games can be found on the wiki.

With this basic understanding, new theorists should beable to quickly memorize the small ammount of jargon used in timeline discussion. For the most part, simply knowing the name's of each game in the series well enough to recognise their abreviations is all that is required.

Though not nesassarily a requirement, new theorists will be taken much more seriously if they are able to understand the definition of Canon and have a general familiarity with the timeline's General cnclusions

The Arcs
The cornerstone of timeline knowledge is familiarity with the four story arcs and their proofs.