Crossword 15:57

That's about 10 minute faster than Thursday.

So, careful what you wish for. Was running another Zelda random seed, and fuck this seed. I was getting nowhere fast, so I finally turned to the spoiler, which tells you where everything is. Look:

Progressive Sword Locations:

Swamp Palace
Master Sword Pedestal
Mimic Cave (the one inside Turtle Rock)
Ganon's Tower

Mirror location: inside Turtle Rock.

You can't get into Turtle Rock without a sword (you need a sword to use medallions) and you can't get into Swamp Palace without the Mirror. Which means the first sword you can get is on the goddam Pedestal! Two pendants were in the Light World and I got them, but the the third is Ice Palace. I hate Ice Palace, and it's not made more fun by not having a sword. I have everything else I need: Bow & Silver Arrows both Rods, both Canes, Hookshot, Boots, Book, Flippers, Lamp, Cape. It would have been fun to watch a professional take this on, to see at what point they realized they were going to pedestal. Even if you find out a sword is there with the book, you really want to find a different one somewhere else. In all the races I've seen, Pedestal was only forced twice, and it was for something much more mundane than your first sword. Eventually, you get pushed there. You also find Cape in Ice Palace,and you need that to get the Boots, which are needed to clear Desert Palace, a Crystal. That fact might cause people to jump out of Ice as soon as they found that, hoping that the locations opened by Boots got them their sword. So, troll of a seed to play, but watching someone else struggle would be fun.