Chronicle Slate

The Hookshot

Spring-loaded chain, satisfying thunk — the series' definitive traversal tool, endlessly reinvented and conspicuously missing from the open-air era.

  1. A Link to the PastDownfall Timeline

    Debut: a chest in the Swamp Palace changes dungeon design forever.

  2. Ocarina of TimeShared Trunk (Before the Split)

    Hookshot then Longshot — the upgrade that reframes every wooden target in Hyrule.

  3. Twilight PrincessChild Timeline

    Double Clawshots turn walls and ceilings into a climbing gym.

  4. Skyward SwordShared Trunk (Before the Split)

    Clawshots return for vine-point traversal across the surface provinces.

  5. Breath of the WildDistant Future (BOTW / TOTK)

    Absent — climbing replaced it. Fans have petitioned for its return ever since.