The puzzle presents 14 rows, each with the name of a “Ganondorf” form and an image describing the reward for beating that form. We can find that images are cluing two words that can be combined to form a new word, representing the reward for beating the Ganondorf. For example, the second image clues a “car pet”, which combines into the final reward “carpet”.
During this process, we can also discover that 1) the given order is alphabetic by the combined “reward” word and that 2) the sell prices represent the length of the combined word (multiplied by 100 for flavor). This can help with filling out the remaining image prompts.
| Ganondorf Form | Image Prompt | Final Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Zero | SPA RING | SPARING |
| Dehydration | OFF ICE | OFFICE |
| Home | CENT RALLY | CENTRALLY |
| Apathy | MILL ION | MILLION |
| Irrationality | CAP RICE | CAPRICE |
| Stability | EAR NEST | EARNEST |
| Hardwood | DAM PEN | DAMPEN |
| Secrecy | CAR PET | CARPET |
| Periphery | GENE RATING | GENERATING |
| Mercilessness | TEN ANTS | TENANTS |
| Anarchy | THIN KING | THINKING |
| Finality | DISC LOSING | DISCLOSING |
| Destruction | MAN AGING | MANAGING |
| Landowner | REST ART | RESTART |
The flavor text “Link might be able to find what he needs for each fight if he faces them in the right order” suggests that Link can match each reward to a more appropriate Ganondorf form. Through some trial and error, we can find that each final reward matches with a Ganondorf form that represents the opposite/antithesis of the reward. For example, “caprice” can be matched with its antithesis “stability”. (This can also help with filling out any remaining image prompts)
With the help of the flavor text, we can also see that this matching forms a cycle, going from “Ganondorf form ” ➡️ “reward for beating that form (same row)” ➡️ “antithesis Ganondorf form (of that reward)” ➡️ “reward for beating that form (same row)” etc. For example, if we arbitrarily start from Home Ganondorf, we would have “HOME” ➡️ “CENTRALLY” ➡️ “PERIPHERY” ➡️ “MILLION” ➡️ etc. The flavor text suggests that there is no clear starting point, but we can identify the ending point of the cycle - this would be Finality Ganondorf.
We can now index into each reward word with the attack power of the corresponding antithesis Ganondorf form. Reading in cycle order, we get RETIREMENT HOME.
| Ganondorf Form | Attack Power | Final Reward | Extracted Letter | Antithesis Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercilessness | 4 | SPARING | R | Home |
| Home | 6 | OFFICE | E | Periphery |
| Periphery | 4 | CENTRALLY | T | Zero |
| Zero | 2 | MILLION | I | Stability |
| Stability | 4 | CAPRICE | R | Apathy |
| Apathy | 1 | EARNEST | E | Dehydration |
| Dehydration | 3 | DAMPEN | M | Hardwood |
| Hardwood | 5 | CARPET | E | Destruction |
| Destruction | 3 | GENERATING | N | Landowner |
| Landowner | 1 | TENANTS | T | Irrationality |
| Irrationality | 2 | THINKING | H | Secrecy |
| Secrecy | 6 | DISCLOSING | O | Anarchy |
| Anarchy | 1 | MANAGING | M | Finality |
| Finality | 2 | RESTART | E | Mercilessness |
