These are used to unlock rewards, reveal hidden enemies, and create paths to new stages. Many stages award an Item Card upon completion. Liberation of the Triforce (Ganon's Tower) The Sorceress of the Valley (Valley of Seers) The following table lists the scenario which must be completed in order to unlock each colored region. Colored regions are unlocked as the player progresses through Legend Mode. After the path is revealed, the player must then complete the stage with at least the displayed rank in order to proceed, even if that rank was already achieved before using the item. Some stages can only be accessed after using a certain Item Card, such as the Hookshot. The lowest rank is 'C', so stages requiring a 'C' rank are unlocked simply by completing the adjacent stage. Completing a stage will unlock all adjacent stages requiring a rank equal to or lower than the earned rank. The required rank is displayed on colored arrows surrounding the warrior on the map.

Players navigate the map by completing stages with certain ranks to unlock adjacent stages. The stage can still be completed (except in cases of hidden enemies) before revealing the reward, but then the player will not receive that reward even if other conditions are met. Often, these rewards are hidden and must first be unlocked using an Item Card.

One exception is costumes, which are awarded for completing the stage with any warrior. Weapons, Heart Containers, Pieces of Heart, and some Gold Skulltulas can only be earned when playing as the pictured warrior. Some of these are awarded upon completing a battle, some require an 'A' rank, and others can be found under certain conditions within the battle. Both also shuffle unlockables to some extent, partly to allow for there being more to unlock.Ĭertain characters ( Agitha, Zant, and Ghirahim), weapons, and costumes are unlocked in Adventure Mode, in addition to other collectibles such as Heart Pieces and Gold Skulltulas. Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition includes all maps from both games. Hyrule Warriors Legends includes all maps from the Wii U game, including DLC, and adds DLC packs of its own. There is also a special Rewards Map whose stages are unlocked by collecting Gold Skulltulas and completing illustrations, and certain DLC packs include additional maps. The battles are not connected to each other with a story, except the intro does provide a rudimentary backstory (Ganon has unleashed several monsters) and overarching objective (defeat the monsters and ultimately Ganon). These battles are either Adventure Battles which are structured similarly to scenarios in Legend Mode, or Challenge Battles which have specific victory conditions such as accumulating a certain number of KOs or defeating one or more Giant Bosses.

The Adventure Map, based on the overworld of The Legend of Zelda, is a 16-by-8 grid made up of 128 scenarios. Adventure Mode comprises a majority of the content in Hyrule Warriors.

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