In Ocarina of Time, after retrieving the three Spiritual Stones and playing the "Song of Time" in the Temple of Time, Link can take the Master Sword and can prevent Ganondorf from obtaining the Triforce. However, because Link is too young to use the Sword, he is sealed in the Sacred Realm during seven years, thus awakening as an adult. After he rescues Saria in the Forest Temple, he can return to his childhood by putting the Master Sword back into the Pedestal of Time. From this point, he can freely travel through time between his childhood and his adulthood. Certain tasks can only be performed as a child, and certain tasks only as an adult. Items such as the Slingshot can only be used by Link as a child, while items such as the Bow can only be used by Link as an adult.
In Majora's Mask, Link can play the "Song of Time" to go back in time up to the First Day to prevent the Moon from crashing into Termina. Link can also play the "Song of Double Time" in order to travel half day forward to the future.
As Link is looking for the missing pieces of the Mirror of Twilight in Twilight Princess, which is vital to gain access to the Twilight Realm, he finds a portal that takes him to an ancient version of the Temple of Time. This portal is the Door of Time, the gateway between Hyrule and the Sacred Realm. When Link travels back to the future, the Dominion Rod he find inside the temple is affected in that its magic is inactive in the present, so he must to retrieve its magic in order to progress.
In Skyward Sword, while in the Lanayru Mine and Lanayru Desert, Link can hit Timeshift Stones to alter time within the immediate vicinity of the stone. When struck, the Timeshift Stones replenish the area in its range, reverting it back to how it looked in the past. Link also must use the Gate of Time to travel to Hylia's Realm, thousands of years prior to his own time.
In Tears of the Kingdom, while Beneath Hyrule Castle with Link, Zelda travels back in time to the era of Hyrule's founding using Rauru'sSecret Stone. After Link opens the Door of Time at the Temple of Time, he gains access to a mirage of Zelda's Secret Stone which grants him the ability Recall. Recall allows Link to send an object back through time to its original state. He uses this ability to save Hyrule, and ultimately to return a Draconified Zelda back into her human form.
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
The following section is not part of the Zelda canon and should not be taken as such.
Hyrule Warriors
The primary conflict caused by Cia, the War Across the Ages, occurs when the Dark Sorceress opens the Gate of Souls. This allows monsters from across time to congregate in the era of Hyrule Warriors,[1] so that Cia may possess Link's soul.[2] To counteract this, the Hyrulean Forces launch an assault on the Valley of Seers in an attempt to close the Gate of Souls. However, this is a trap set by Cia, as the Dark Sorceress ensnares the Warriors and steals the Triforce of Courage and Wisdom from Link and Sheik, respectively. With all three Triforce pieces in her control, she opens three Gates of Time connecting the current era with the Eras of The Sky, Hero of Time and Twilight, causing key locations from those eras to impose over the normal landscape. Afterwards, the Warriors divide and set out for these three splits in the hopes of sealing the respective Gates of Times.
Once the Hyrulean Forces have done so and retrieved the Triforce pieces, they wish away the connection across time, sending home the allies that they employed in their journey.
↑Having pushed the light from her heart, the darkness compelled her to open the Gate of Souls, the doorway of time itself. Monsters from across the ages poured through the gate, bringing ruin to the land of Hyrule once more. — N/A (Hyrule Warriors)
↑It pushed the light away and warped her curiosity into a desperate desire to possess the legendary hero's soul. Of course, this evil had its own desires... To use the Triforce to resurrect itself and conquer Hyrule once again. — N/A (Hyrule Warriors)
