Route briefing
- Prerequisite
- Reach Desert Fortress and possess Epona's Song.
- Objective
- Recover Epona and escape the fortress.
- Progression acquisitions
- Epona.
- Major encounter
- Fortress escape and optional Horseback Archery.
- Reward
- Mounted access across the desert.
- Optional / missable
- Horseback Archery has a multi-stage reward chain required for full completion.
Numbered route
- Progress through Desert Fortress until you find Epona.
- Use Epona's Song when appropriate.
- Escape the fortress with Epona, then use mounted travel to reach the newly available desert portions.
Detailed walkthrough notes
Your major objective in the Desert Fortress is recovering:
Epona
Progress through the fortress until you find her.
Use Epona's Song when appropriate.
Successfully escape the fortress with Epona.
Epona now allows you to access portions of the desert that depend on mounted travel.
Horseback Archery
Complete the available:
Horseback Archery
There is a multi-stage reward chain.
It is optional for story completion but required for a full completionist run.