Trial Gate

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Trial Gates are Objects in Skyward Sword.[1]

Location and Uses

Trial Gates are portals that allow access to the Silent Realm in each of the three regions on the Surface. Gates give off bloom and typically have Blessed Butterflies flying around them.[2]

After Link visits the Isle of Songs for the first time and learns "Farore's Courage", Fi will activate the Dowsing ability to search for the first Trial Gate to Farore's Silent Realm.[3] Once Link locates the Gate, he must take out the Goddess's Harp and play at the tempo indicated by the pulsating circles of light given off by the Gate mark. If the young hero is playing at the right tempo, Fi will join Link by providing the vocals, and petals will begin to grow from the Trial Gate. Once petals completely surround it, the Trial Gate will be fully activated, at which point Link must thrust the Goddess Sword down into its center to be transported to the corresponding Silent Realm.[4]

A fully-activated Trial Gate

Every time Link returns to the Isle of Songs to learn a new melody, he will be able to Dowse for the next Silent Realm. This is true except for the last trial, in which earning the Song of the Hero" from the three Dragons is necessary to search for it.

Silent Realm
Location
In front of the Viewing Platform in the Faron Woods
Silent Realm
Location
In front of the Lanayru Mining Facility entrance in the Lanayru Desert
Silent Realm
Location
In front of the Volcano Ascent Bird Statue
Silent Realm
Location
In front of the Light Tower in the plaza
Silent RealmLocation
In front of the Viewing Platform in the Faron Woods
In front of the Lanayru Mining Facility entrance in the Lanayru Desert
In front of the Volcano Ascent Bird Statue
In front of the Light Tower in the plaza

Trivia

  • After a Trial Gate is revealed and opened, a series of blue light patterns which resemble flower petals can be seen. These "petals" resemble the Sol pedestals seen in the Twilight Realm.

Nomenclature

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LanguageNamesMeanings
The Federal Republic of Germany
German
Portal der Prüfung (SS)Portal of the Trial
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References

  1. "A report, Master Link. I have detected the aura of a Trial Gate nearby." — Fi (Skyward Sword)
  2. "This species tends to gather in places where something lies hidden." — Fi (Skyward Sword HD)
  3. "I have committed Farore's Courage to memory. Now you can use your dowsing ability to search for the gate leading to the first trial you must face." — Fi (Skyward Sword)
  4. "Something here is reacting to our performance of Farore's Courage. I have confirmed the appearance of a strange mark on the ground. I calculate a 90% possibility that this mark is a Trial Gate, as mentioned by the goddess statue we heard from on the Isle of Songs. Thrust your sword into the center of the mark on the ground before you." — Fi (Skyward Sword)