1-4 Forest Temple

Stage 3 torch snipe

Light the leftmost torch without having to break the bombable blocks by sniping the torch at a specific position.

Single player/local multiplayer setup for the positioning to fire the arrow from:

  1. Hug the wall to the north and slash while facing north. Wait for the slash to complete.
  2. Tap left lightly and hold Y to prep the bow. Wait for the bow to finish prepping.
  3. Pause, then let go of Y. While keeping down held, unpause. Link should move south slightly then fire the arrow.

For extra leniency:

  • For step 2, instead of tapping left lightly, you can slash buffer or dash buffer to turn without moving.
  • You can let yourself get hit by an arrow if you need more time for steps 2 and 3; taking damage here won't change Link's Z position.

Note: The pause buffering setup in step 3 does not work for online multiplayer since the mode doesn't allow for pausing gameplay entirely, so the positioning in this step has to be done manually.



### Stage 3 respawn #1 Use [respawn manipulation](https://www.zeldaspeedruns.com/tfh/tech/respawn-manipulation) to skip the torch puzzle altogether. This saves 1-2 seconds over the torch snipe but is much trickier to perform quickly. This strategy uses a minimum of 1 heart.



### Stage 3 respawn #2 Use [respawn manipulation](https://www.zeldaspeedruns.com/tfh/tech/respawn-manipulation) to skip the pushable block and the last set of arrow traps. This saves about 2 seconds. This strategy uses a minimum of 1 heart.