Ocarina of Time 2026
Puberty Skip / Reverse Puberty Adventure
Discovered by oussama & tvbrayden
Background
Puberty Skip and Reverse Puberty Adventure exploit blue warps with fixed destinations: Shadow Temple sends Link to the adult Graveyard, while the Deku Tree sends him to child Kokiri Forest. When loading these areas, the game automatically changes Link’s age to match the destination, regardless of his age when entering the warp. This bypasses the normal Master Sword sequence, changing Link’s age without setting the usual time-travel progression flags.
Technical Explanation
Puberty Skip (PS)
Puberty Skip works because the Shadow Temple blue warp sends you to the map Graveyard_Adult regardless of whether you entered it as Child or Adult Link. That map forces Link to match its age setting, changing Sequence_IsChildhood from true to false and loading Adult Link.
The important part is that being adult and having completed the normal age-change sequence are tracked separately. The warp changes your current age, but skips the Master Sword sequence that sets Market_Child_Firsttime_GotoAdult. This leaves you as Adult Link while the flag recording your first normal transition to adulthood is still false.
Completing Shadow Temple and taking the warp also updates these progression values:
Step_SageOfShadow advances to GoToWarpPoint after defeating Bongo Bongo, then Complete after the warp.
HavePlayedEvent.Dm_Awake_Shadow becomes true, recording Impa’s awakening.
The Shadow Medallion is added to your inventory.
AllSage_AwakeSageCount decreases by one. Despite its name, this tracks how many awakenings remain.
If the sage quest is still below Step01_00_02, Step_AllSage advances to Step01_00_03. If Spirit’s awakening has already happened too, the sage room sequence advances it to Step02 instead which sets the condition for Light Arrow Cutscene (LACS).
This does not give you the Master Sword or Light Medallion, and the warp does not run the normal equipment-swap event. As a result, checks for Link’s current age recognize you as adult, while checks for Master Sword ownership or normal adulthood progression can still fail.
Reverse Puberty Adventure (RPA)
Reverse Puberty Adventure works because the Deku Tree blue warp sends you to KokiriForest_Child regardless of whether you entered it as Child or Adult Link. That map forces Link to match its age setting, changing Sequence_IsChildhood from false to true and loading Child Link.
Like Puberty Skip, this changes your current age without running the normal Temple of Time age-change sequence. The game recognizes you as Child Link, but does not record that you returned to childhood through the Master Sword.
The main changes are:
Sequence_IsChildhoodbecomestrue, setting your current age to child.Sequence_CurrentBancbecomesKokiriForest_Childafter the warp.- The normal Deku Tree completion sequence runs if this is your first clear, including the Kokiri Emerald award.
Market_Adult_Firsttime_GobacktoChildis not set by this route. If it wasfalsebeforehand, it staysfalse.Market_Child_Firsttime_GotoAdultis also left unchanged. If you became adult through Puberty Skip, both normal time-travel milestone flags can remainfalse.
Returning to childhood does not undo Shadow Temple completion or remove the Shadow Medallion. This allows you to return to Child Link while keeping the progression gained as Adult Link, without completing Forest Temple to unlock the normal return through the Temple of Time.
How To
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