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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

How to Get the Wind Waker

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How to Get Wind Waker

The Wind Waker is an item in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Learn all about the Wind Waker, how to get and use it, and all Wind Waker songs.

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Wind Waker Uses and Overview

Type and Details

Wind WakerWind Waker
Type Equipment
This conductor's baton can call upon and borrow the power of the gods.

How to Use the Wind Waker

Use Control Sticks to Conduct Songs

Using Wind Waker

The Wind Waker is used to conduct songs which have a variety of effects. A meter will show up on the top of the screen as Link plays a song.

You can use your controller's control sticks to perform songs. The left stick is used to determine the time signature of your conduction while the right stick or C-Stick for the Gamecube controller is used play notes.

Wind Waker Controls

Action Controls
Play in 3/4 Don't touch Left Stick
Play in 4/4 Tilt Left Stick to the left
Play in 6/4 Tilt Left Stick to the right
Play Notes Move Right Stick/C-Stick
Up, Down, Left, Right, or No Input

Wind Waker Songs and Effects

Song Input and Details
Wind's Requiem Left Stick:
Play in 3/4 (No input)
Right Stick:
↑, ←, →
Changes the direction of the wind.
Learned at Dragon Roost Island.
Song of Passing Left Stick:
Play in 3/4 (No input)
Right Stick:
→, ←, ↓
Changes the time of day. Learned from Tott on Windfall Island.
Ballad of Gales Left Stick:
Play in 4/4 (Tilt to the left)
Right Stick:
↓, →, ←, ↑
Allows Link to fast travel between islands with cyclones. Learned from Cyclos after shooting him with your Bow.
Command Melody Left Stick:
Play in 4/4 (Tilt to the left)
Right Stick:
←, No input, →, No input
Allows Link to control statues in dungeons. Learned at the Tower of the Gods.
Earth God's Lyric Left Stick:
Play in 6/4 (Tilt to the right)
Right Stick:
↓. ↓. No input, →, ←, No input
Used to destroy boulders inside the Earth Temple. Link learns about the song with Medli and Laruto at the Earth Temple.
Wind God's Aria Left Stick:
Play in 6/4 (Tilt to the right)
Right Stick:
↑, ↑, ↓, →, ←, →
Used to destroy boulders inside the Wind Temple. Learned with Makar at the Wind Temple.

Link will learn various songs as you go through the game, with each one having different effects. Do note that Link cannot perform a song if he has not learned it yet, even if you know the button combinations for it.

All Wind Waker Songs

How to Get the Wind Waker

Obtain from King of Red Lions

Getting the Wind Waker

Link will receive the Wind Waker baton from the King of Red Lions once they reach Dragon Roost Island.

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