Chronicle Slate

The Master Sword

The Blade of Evil's Bane — forged from the Goddess Sword, tempered by sacred flames, and waiting in one pedestal or another across every era of Hyrule's history.

  1. Skyward SwordShared Trunk (Before the Split)

    Forged: Link and Fi temper the Goddess Sword into the Master Sword itself.

  2. Ocarina of TimeShared Trunk (Before the Split)

    The pedestal in the Temple of Time is the literal mechanism of the timeline split — drawing the blade seals Link away for seven years.

  3. The Wind WakerAdult Timeline

    Found beneath the waves in sunken Hyrule Castle, its power dimmed with the sages' deaths.

  4. Twilight PrincessChild Timeline

    Repels Zant's curse and restores wolf-Link to human form.

  5. A Link to the PastDownfall Timeline

    The classic quest template: three pendants, then the sword in the Lost Woods.

  6. A Link Between WorldsDownfall Timeline

    Reforged again with the lost Master Ore.

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

    Aged and dormant in Korok Forest, held in trust by the Great Deku Tree for a century.

  8. Tears of the KingdomDistant Future (BOTW / TOTK)

    Broken in the opening — then healed across ten thousand years inside the light dragon.