
Inside the Pedestal, the Master Sword holds the Castle in perpetual stasis, sealing the evil that invaded during the Era without a Hero. The Master Sword and its Pedestal both rest beneath Hyrule Castle in The Wind Waker. In the branch of the Timeline that Ganon is defeated, Princess Zelda uses the Ocarina of Time to send Link back to his original time seven years prior, placing him before the Master Sword in its Pedestal. Specifically, Link must drive the Master Sword into the Pedestal in order to learn the " Song of Storms", obtain the Lens of Truth from the Bottom of the Well, and retrieve the Silver Gauntlets from the Spirit Temple. He informs Link that in order to free all of the Sages, the young hero must make use of this ability. Īfter Link frees Saria from the depths of the Forest Temple, Sheik informs him that the Master Sword is capable of transporting him backwards through Time when it is plunged back into its Pedestal. When he awoke, Rauru met with him and explained the status of Hyrule, setting him on his quest to awaken the Sages trapped in the various Temples across the land.


Due to Link's young body being incapable of wielding the Master Sword, his soul was held in the Sacred Realm for seven years. As he was unable to obtain the keys to the Door of Time, the Spiritual Stones, he waited for Link to pass through the Door of Time and draw the Master Sword from its Pedestal. įollowing the Hyrulean Civil War, Ganondorf enacted a plot to enter the Temple of Light and steal the Triforce for his own desires. If the Master Sword is drawn from the Pedestal, the Temple of Time will connect with the Temple of Light at the heart of the Sacred Realm, allowing access to the Triforce. The Sword and its Pedestal were designed to seal the entrance to the Sacred Realm, which housed the Triforce. During the Era of Chaos, Rauru constructed the Temple of Time, placing the Master Sword within its Pedestal. The Pedestal of the Master Sword sits behind the Door of Time in the Temple of Time in Ocarina of Time. In order to read this text, Link must use the Book of Mudora to translate the words into legible characters.Īfter defeating Ganon and saving Hyrule, Link returns the Master Sword to its Pedestal in the hopes that it would rest forever.

In order to draw the Sword, Link must prove himself worthy of wielding it by presenting the three Pendants of Virtue, as instructed in the Mudoran text inscribed on the Pedestal. The Pedestal of the Master Sword is situated in the Sacred Grove deep within the Lost Woods in A Link to the Past.
