Hyrule Castle Courtyard

The, also known as the , is a recurring location in.

The Castle Courtyard is a small, open enclosure inside Hyrule Castle. In order to speak to Princess Zelda, Link must infiltrate Hyrule Castle, make his way through the OoT3D:, and visit her within the Courtyard. There, Princess Zelda explains that she had a prophetic dream warning of a dark force attempting to corrupt Hyrule. She then shows Link a window where he can spot Ganondorf, who intends to steal the Triforce from its resting place in the Sacred Realm, the Temple of Time. In order to counter Ganondorf, Princess Zelda devised a plan to keep the tools necessary to enter the Sacred Realm, the Ocarina of Time and the Spiritual Stones, out of his reach. To this end, she tasks Link with the responsibility of retrieving the remaining two Spiritual Stones. Princess Zelda then gives him a Letter granting him permission to ascend OoT3D:. Afterwards, she orders Impa to teach Link her Lullaby and help escort him out of the Castle.

If Link strikes the western window with a Deku Seed, a Soldier will appear and berate him before throwing a Bomb in his direction. The eastern window contains scenery from .

The Castle Courtyard is only accessible during the day, since Soldiers that cannot be bypassed will be stationed just in front of the secret entrance at night. After Princess Zelda flees from the Castle, the aforementioned Soldiers will be stationed at the secret entrance at all times, rendering the entire area inaccessible.

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Prior to the second BotW:, the BotW: was used by BotW: scientists to research and control the NaN Guardians they excavated from beneath BotW:, as seen in the BotW:, "BotW:". After BotW: escaped its seal beneath BotW:, it spread its BotW: to the NaN Guardians populating the BotW:, seizing control of them and using them to assail BotW:, initiating the second BotW: that spread to the rest of BotW:.