The Official Timeline In Order
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- Hyrule’s Creation
- The Sky Era
- The Force Era
- The Era Of The Hero Of Time
- The Hero Is Defeated
- The Child Timeline
- The Adult Timeline
- Beyond The Historia
When it comes to a series as enduring as The Legend of Zelda, it’s a given that the timeline of events might get shaken up after nearly 40 years of content. What began as a simple adventure game in 1986 has spun a twisted web of high-fantasy lore that, while exciting to learn and piece together, can be a little complicated to un-jumble.
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Since the story of the series doesn’t follow the real-life chronology of the games’ releases, if you want to understand the Zelda timeline, you’ll need to untangle it a little. And luckily, untangling is kind of our specialty.
Hyrule’s Creation
The story begins with three Golden Goddesses creating the world as Hylians would come to know it. Din, the Goddess of Power, created the planet, while Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom, imbued it with a sense of order. Finally, Farore, the Goddess of Courage, made life. When their work was finished, they ascended into the heavens and left behind the Triforce, symbolizing their strengths.
But where there is order, disorder tends to follow. The Triforce was entrusted to Hylia, another goddess, who protected it closely until The Demon King Demise and his army sought to ruin the peace. She herded some survivors of Demise’s onslaught, sending them to safety beyond the cloud barrier she made and entrusting them with the safety of the Triforce; Hylia returned her attention to Earth once again.
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Demise was defeated and sealed away, but not before mortally wounding Hylia.
In her dying moments, the goddess renounced her divine powers in the hopes of her soul being reborn into a mortal, able to wield the Triforce again when Demise inevitably returned. Before passing away, she created the Goddess Sword and its keeper, Fi, to help whatever hero would aid Hylia’s future mortal self in banishing Demise again.
The Sky Era
After thousands of years, Hylia was reborn as Zelda in Skyloft. Ghirahim was a person of authority on Earth and a staunch devotee of Demise, and he enacted a plot to use Zelda’s spirit to bring the Demon King back.
This kicks off the events of Skyward Sword; wherein Link awakens to his destiny and ventures into the world below to temper the Goddess Sword into the Master Sword, capable of defeating evil. Zelda, meanwhile, has gone through the Gate of Time back to the Era of Hylia, putting herself into a thousand-year sleep to ensure Demise’s seal is intact, but she’s kidnapped by Ghirahim right after she awakens.
Link, meanwhile, is successful in his mission to make the Master Sword, referred to throughout the series as «the sword of evil’s bane,» and uses it and the Triforce to defeat Demise. As the Demon King is defeated, he utters that his hatred and malice will live on, forever following «those who share the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero.»
Fi is sealed inside the Master Sword, which Link leaves in the pedestal within the Sealed Temple. From there, he, Zelda, and many others from Skyloft move down to Earth.
After The Sky Era
Two eras occur before the next game in the timeline: the Era of Chaos and the Era of Prosperity.
During the Era of Chaos, as word spread about the Triforce, renegade sorcerers attempted to claim it but were banished to the Twilight Realm for their attempts. Aware that the Triforce needed more protecting, sage Rauru had the Temple of Time built around the pedestal that contained the Master Sword, sealing it, himself, and the Triforce within the Sacred Realm.
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The Era of Prosperity began after things calmed down again. Hyrule Castle was built during this time, and all princesses born into the Royal Family were named Zelda in honor of the goddess’ reincarnation.
The Force Era
When Hyrule was attacked by evil again, the Minish – which the Hylians called the Picori – came from the sky to help them, providing the Picori Blade to help seal the evil into the Bound Chest. As thanks, the Hylians held an annual Picori Festival that gave the best swordsman present the bragging right of touching the sacred Picori Blade.
This is fine until Vaati wins, as he breaks the Picori Blade and opens the Bound Chest, unleashing evil back into Hyrule, kidnapping Zelda, and bringing about the events of The Minish Cap. Link, a blacksmith at this time, is tasked with imbuing the sword with the Four Elements, transforming it into the Four Sword.
He uses this to defeat Vaati, and Hyrule returns to normal.
But Vaati reappeared before long, and he was promptly sealed within the Four Sword by the Hero but broke out. Pulling the Four Sword splits Link into four versions of himself, and the quartet works together to find the keys to Vaati’s Palace in the events of Four Swords. After defeating Vaati, they save Zelda and return the sword to its pedestal, reuniting Link back into one person.
The Era Of The Hero Of Time
Ocarina of Time is responsible for splintering the Zelda timeline, ending with three distinct possibilities. Zelda and Link are kids when they meet, both realizing that they’ve had visions of Ganondorf being evil, learning that he’s attempting to open the Door of Time to access the Sacred Realm. They beat him there, but Link is sealed away in the Chamber of Sages for seven years.
The Triforce, however, was split as Ganondorf tried to claim it for himself, leaving him with only the Triforce of Power.
As they had also opened the door, Link wound up with the Triforce of Courage, while Zelda gained the Triforce of Knowledge. While Link is sealed, Ganondorf uses his power to wrest control of Hyrule, transforming the Sacred Realm into the Evil Realm.
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Link’s task in this game is to awaken the Sages for assistance in defeating Ganondorf and sealing him back into the Evil Realm. The timeline splits from here, depending on whether he was successful and whether he remained as an adult or returned to his childhood after winning, if he did.
The Hero Is Defeated
This timeline is canonically considered an alternate one, as it begins with Link perishing during his battle with Ganondorf. In it, Ganondorf takes all the pieces of the Triforce and completes it before Zelda and the Sages banish him to the Dark World.
Nintendo has revised this timeline, meaning Link’s Awakening happens either after the Oracle games or before them, depending on where you look.
This Explainer will refer to the timeline as it was presented in the official Hyrule Historia.
The Era Of Light And Dark
When misfortune descended on Hyrule, the dark wizard, Agahnim, ended these troubles and became the chief advisor to the King of Hyrule. Using this position, he deposed the King and made the descendants of the Seven Sages disappear into the Dark World in an attempt to break Ganon’s seal.
Link awakens to his destiny once again, and the events of A Link to the Past begin. Link ventures to claim the Master Sword from the Lost Woods, but he is too late to stop Agahnim from taking Zelda to the Dark World. After rescuing the Sage’s descendants, Link defeats Agahnim, only to realize this was merely Ganon’s alter ego. Defeating the real Ganon puts the Triforce in Link’s possession, which he uses to restore peace to Hyrule.
While sailing home after a period of training, Link’s boat capsizes in rough weather, and he washes ashore on Koholint Island.
He learns his only hope of getting back to Hyrule is to awaken the Wind Fish, which he does in Link’s Awakening. After completing the adventure, we learn that the game has merely been a dream.
Meanwhile, Twinrova, Ganon’s surrogate mothers, were determined to reincarnate him but would need to send their minions to go light three flames to do so. During this time, Link touches the Triforce and is transported to Holodrum to complete the adventure in Oracle of Seasons.
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Link saved the Oracle of Seasons and defeated Twinrova’s minion, Onox, but not before Onox lit the flame in Holodrum. Link then wakes up in Labryanna, where the Oracle of Ages is also under attack. The events play out as they had the last time – he saves the Oracle, but the flame had been lit before he could prevent it. He stops the full ritual by defeating Twinrova before they can light the final flame.
Centuries pass before a wizard named Yuga invades and transforms the Sages into paintings, which he steals before retreating to Lorule. Yuga reawakens Ganon with this power, and Zelda’s Lorulean counterpart, Hilda, tasks Link with taking on the adventures of A Link Between Worlds to rescue the scattered Sages. Turns out, though, that she was the one who sent Yuga to take the Light World’s Triforce, as her ancestors had destroyed the one in the Dark World.
Link and Zelda defeat Yuga and make Hilda see the error of her ways. Upon their return to Hyrule, Link wishes for the Triforce in the Dark World to return, bringing about an age of prosperity for both kingdoms. He makes a detour in Tri Force Heroes to help save Princess Styla of Hytopia, teaming up with more lookalikes to defeat Lady Maud, who’d cursed Styla.
With the Triforce in Hyrule, the kingdom experiences a Golden Age until one of its Kings doubts the worthiness of his son in receiving the Triforce of Courage.
The King hides it before his death and shares its location with his daughter, Zelda. After their father’s death, her brother wants the location, but Zelda refuses to give it, and her brother curses her to an eternal slumber.
The kingdom dwindles without the Triforce being complete, and years pass before Ganon is revived and leads an army to steal the Triforce. To keep the Triforce of Wisdom safe, Zelda splits into eight pieces and hides throughout Hyrule, confident that only the Hero can reassemble her. This Hero is the Link you play as in The Legend of Zelda, who defeats Ganon once again.
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But although Ganon is gone, his minions remain. Link awakens on his 16th birthday with the mark of the Triforce of Courage on his hand and discovers the still-slumbering original Princess Zelda in the castle. After completing The Adventure of Link and reassembling the Triforce, the sleeping Zelda reawakens, and peace returns to Hyrule.
The Child Timeline
The second branch of the timeline begins with Link defeating Ganon in Ocarina of Time and, after its events, returning to his original time. Here, he warns the Royal Family about Ganondorf, preventing his rise to power.
With Link’s fairy friend, Navi, flying away after Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask begins with Link searching for her. He’s assaulted by Skull Kid and falls into the alternate reality world of Termina, which is a scant three days from an apocalypse when he arrives. He ventures through the land, freeing the Four Giants, who then hold The Moon in the sky, preventing it from destroying the earth.
Back in the real world, Ganondorf is being banished to the Twilight Realm for his crimes against the kingdom. After a botched banishing, Ganondorf finds Zant, a servant of the Twili royal family, and gives him the power to usurp Midna, the Twilight Princess, who flees to the Light World for help.
Link turns into a wolf in the Twilight due to the Triforce of Courage, while he and Midna reassemble the pieces of the Fused Shadow, the source of power in the Twilight Realm. Zant steals the Fused Shadow and mortally wounds Midna, into whom Zelda pours her spirit to save her life. Finding The Master Sword allows Link to become human again, and he can better find the pieces of the Mirror of Twilight and use them to get into the Twilight Realm, defeating the evil there.
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Hundreds of years pass here, and the Hylians enjoy peace with the Gerudo until a new Ganondorf is born into their tribe. This new King of Darkness was set on releasing Vaati from the Four Sword, and cleverly scatters the Maidens in charge of keeping Vaati sealed. Link again takes the Four Sword and splits into the quartet you play to defeat Vaati and Ganon in Four Swords Adventure. The timeline ends with Vaati destroyed, and Ganon sealed within the Four Sword.
The Adult Timeline
In this final branch, Link vanished from Hyrule after going back in time and beating Ganon in Ocarina of Time. The King of Darkness is sealed in what remains of the Sacred Realm with the Triforce of Power, though Zelda retains the Triforce of Wisdom.
During Link’s absence, Ganon’s seal broke, and he escaped from the Sacred Realm to bring darkness again.The gods answered the prayers of the Hylian peoples with a Great Flood, in which the gods chose people to bring about a new world on the mountaintops and flooded the old one, creating The Great Sea. Hyrule was frozen in time beneath the water, with its King, Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, keeping half of the Triforce of Wisdom and his daughter taking the other half to the world above.
Ganondorf escapes again after hundreds of years and commands the Helmaroc King to kidnap girls with pointed ears, searching for Zelda. Link sets off in the adventures of The Wind Waker after the Helmaroc King steals his little sister.
He’s joined by the pirate, Tetra, and guided by his boat, The King of Red Lions.
The King of Red Lions reveals himself to be Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule. He says Tetra is the reincarnation of Zelda, and Tetra confirms she’s got the Triforce piece, awakening to Zelda’s spirit. When she and Link go to defeat Ganon, the three of them being present means that the Triforce is complete. Daphnes wishes for the kingdom to be washed away again, and Link and Tetra set sail to find a new continent.
They’re sidelined in Phantom Hourglass after Tetra boards a Ghost Ship and is taken away, and Link falls overboard trying to save her, washing up on Mercay Island. He quests to find the Ghost Ship and succeeds, realizing that Bellum, the game’s boss, has drained Tetra’s Life Force. Link finds the Pure Metals required to forge the Phantom Sword, which he uses to defeat Bellum and save Tetra, so they can continue their journey.
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The pair were successful in their search for new land.
It was called New Hyrule, and the Spirit Tracks spanned the country. There’s a Demon King here too, though – Malladus – who is sealed in a tower at the center of the continent. After a hundred years of prosperity, the Spirit Tracks begin to vanish, and Link and Zelda discover that Zelda’s advisor, Cole, is trying to revive Malladus.
After restoring the Spirit Tracks, Link discovers he’s just too late to stop Malladus from returning. Link pursues the Demon King to the Dark Realm, where he defeats Malladus to end this timeline.
Beyond The Historia
With the Hyrule Historia laying out the timeline following the release of Skyward Sword, a natural question on fans’ minds when Breath of the Wild was released was, where does it fall in the timeline?
Famitsu, a video game publication in Japan, asked series producer Eiji Aonuma and director Hidemaro Fujibayashi where the game falls, but their responses gave more questions than answers.
Aonuma confirmed that it’s «of course at the very end,» and Fujibayashi followed this up by declaring that the placement of the game is «up to the players’ imagination.»
Only time will tell where the fans decide Breath of the Wild and its coming sequel, Tears of the Kingdom, will fall.
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The Complete Legend of Zelda Timeline, Explained
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Camille Holder
To better understand the legendary universe of The Legend of Zelda, it’s crucial to comprehend Hyrulean lore and the famous timeline.
Although the series began in 1986, it wasn’t until 2011 that the NYT bestseller Hyrule Historia released a reliable timeline for fans to base Hyrule’s history on. The timeline starts at Skyward Sword and trickles down thousands of years to Breath of the Wild.
Moreover, the timeline contains all mainline Legend of Zelda titles along with a split that causes fans and onlookers alike to scratch their heads. All non-canon or otherwise ‘spinoff games’ such as Hyrule Warriors were not acknowledged. Throughout the timeline, there are many different ‘eras’ which usually refer to periods a game took place, wars, and massive geographical contrasts.
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Heaven and Earth Created and the Sky Era
After the world and the Triforce were created by the three Golden Goddesses Din, Farore, and Nayru, they left their creations, including Hylians and the Triforce under the protection of the Goddess Hylia. Hylia and everything she sought to protect immediately became endangered by the Demon King Demise, who had a longing desire to take the Triforce and its power. Demise and his army approached Hylia by force and destroyed everything in their way. Hylia then removed humans from the Surface and took them to an island in the Sky for thousands of years.
This safe haven would be called Skyloft. While humans lived in prosperity above the clouds, Hylia battled Demise, ultimately imprisoning him. Hylia had suffered fatal wounds during the fight but came up with an intricate plan after she realized Demise would someday escape. These plans included messages, items, and trials for a chosen hero to abide by.
Skyward Sword being first in the timeline is imperative, as the game thoroughly explains how Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf’s reincarnations came to be and why. The primary takeaway in Skyward Sword is that Zelda and Ganondorf are the reincarnations of the Goddess Hylia and the Demon King Demise. Upon defeating Demise, he foreshadows what to expect in future generations; «An incarnation of my hatred shall ever follow your kind, dooming them to wander a blood-soaked sea of darkness for all time«.
When Demise is defeated, the Hylians return to their rightful place on the surface. During an era of prosperity, the Hylians established the Kingdom of Hyrule.
Throughout the Force Era, both The Minish Cap and Four Swords occur – both games centered on the primary villain, Vaati.
The Era of the Hero of Time and the Split
During the Hyrulean Civil War, another Link was born. This portion creates a critical section of the timeline that ultimately caused the complex split; the Era of the Hero of Time, better known as Ocarina of Time. Right before the end credits, Princess Zelda is wretched with guilt for causing Link to miss out on years of his life to help her bring peace back to Hyrule. To alleviate her guilt and say her thanks to Link, she sends him back in time with the Ocarina of Time. Zelda unknowingly caused the timeline split, where there are three versions of Hyrule’s destiny.
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Two of the splits in the timeline fall under The Hero is Triumphant which Link is victorious in defeating Ganondorf.
These two splits have their corresponding names, the Child Era and the Adult Era, both contrasting due to whether Zelda sends Link back in time or not. The Child Era is the ending players experience at the end of Ocarina of Time, Link is sent back as a child and defeats Ganondorf by warning the royal family before chaos ensues, causing the Sacred Realm to be protected while Ganondorf awaits execution.
The Child Era
The Child Era spawns three games: Majora’s Mask, Twilight Princess, and Four Sword’s Adventures. Majora’s Mask is the sequel to Ocarina of Time, which follows the Hero of Time once more. Over a century later, Twilight Princess takes place during the Twilight Era. The Shadow invasion begins, ending in Link saving Hyrule from this devastating conflict between parallel dimensions and stabbing Ganondorf to death.
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The Adult Era
The Adult Era spawns the alternate ending to Ocarina of Time where Zelda does not send Link back in time, and Ganondorf’s defeated by being sealed in the Sacred Realm.
During the Adult Era, a long era known as the Era Without a Hero takes place where no Link is in sight, Ganondorf’s resurrected, and Hyrule is flooded. Three games occur afterward: The Wind Waker, Phantom Hourglass, and Spirit Tracks. In The Wind Waker, Link kills Ganondorf. Then comes the Era of the Great Voyage, where another continent is discovered, and the new Hyrule Kingdom is founded, followed by Hyrule’s rebirth during Spirit Tracks.
The Hero is Defeated
The third split in the timeline is known as: The Hero is Defeated, caused by the Hero of Time’s death. With the King of Thieves overruling victoriously, this leads to the decline of Hyrule and the last hero. The Imprisoning War begins, and the Era of Light and Dark occurs, A Link to the Past, Link’s Awakening, Oracle of Ages, and Oracle of Seasons. The Era of Darkness transpires with The Legend of Zelda and The Adventure of Link, where Ganon is resurrected and also prevented.
Breath of the Wild is far below the rest of the games chronologically and lore-wise. Moreover, its story ensues during the Era of Calamity, and Ganon is sealed.
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It’s amazing how far the Legend of Zelda series has come since its inception. Link, the silent protagonist, started out as a simple 2D sprite armed with a wooden sword, and now he jumps off cliffs and kills all kinds of beasts. Zelda can be a little tricky given the multiple timelines in the Zelda timeline. Fortunately, the timeline is much easier to digest.
The Legend of Zelda — Released February 21, 1986
The first Zelda game is very different from recent high fantasy epics, but still fun to play. Although it’s not a fully open world, Link can go to any dungeon if he has the tools to do so. Despite being the first game ever, The Legend of Zelda is actually at the end of the timeline, on the path where Link fails in Ocarina of Time.
Adventure of Link — released January 14, 1987
This name is known for being a full left turn compared to its predecessor. Instead of a top-down view, Adventure of Link feels more like a side-scrolling platform game. As for the timeline, it takes place right after the original Legend of Zelda at the end of the failed timeline.
A Link to the Past — Released November 21, 1991
the whole story. This is the first game to split Hyrule into light and dark worlds, with Link traveling through different dungeons in each environment.
When Link fails at the Ocarina of Time, a Link to the Past occurs immediately afterward as the seven sages immediately seal Ganon away. nine0003
Link’s Awakening — released June 6, 1993
This game marked a big transition from the SNES to the Game Boy. Link’s Awakening is a direct sequel to A Link to the Past, but it actually takes place in a completely different realm. Here, Link is stranded on a treacherous island and is tasked with waking up the Wind Fish. This game was also recently remade for the Nintendo Switch.
Ocarina of Time — Released November 21, 1998
Considering the huge impact Ocarina of Time has had on the gaming world, Ocarina of Time can easily claim to be the best game of all time. It brought Zelda into a 3D world, allowing players to fully immerse themselves in exploring the rich land of Hyrule. It is also the game responsible for splitting the Zelda timeline. This game creates three branches: one where Zelda sends Link back to his childhood, another where he remains an adult after defeating Ganon, and a third where he fails to defeat the demon king.
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Majora’s Mask — released April 27, 2000
It’s one of the strangest to follow one of the greatest games in gaming. Majora’s Mask is often considered the darkest game in the series, with a unique mechanic where players have three days to save Termina or the moon will collapse and wipe out everyone living there. This game is set in the Children’s era in the timeline, right after Zelda sends Link back to live out his childhood days. nine0003
Oracle of Seasons / Ages — Released February 27, 2001
These two games marked a return to the 2D style that Zelda was built on before Ocarina of Time. Both games interacted very interestingly as well. Players had to complete both games and enter a password to receive the true ending. In the timeline, the Oracle games take place after Link’s Awakening in the Fallen timeline.
Four Swords — released December 2, 2002
This was another unique 2D Gameboy Advanced game.
In Four Swords, players collaborate with three other teammates to complete a special set of challenges. This game also takes place near the beginning of the timeline, right before Ocarina of Time.
The Wind Waker — Released December 13, 2002
This game is responsible for giving Link a completely different look. The cel shading in this game gives Link a more cartoonish look (which is why he is called «Toon Link» in Smash). In this beloved title, Link also ventured out to sea, encountering various islands along the way. The Wind Waker is the first game in the adult timeline after Link kills Ganon in Ocarina of Time. nine0003
The Adventures of Four Swords — Released March 18, 2004
This was a fairly straightforward sequel to 2002’s Four Swords. The big difference was that it ended up on the Gamecube. It also has a strange place in the timeline, taking place in the Age of Children after the Twilight Princess and Majora’s Mask.
The Minish Cap — Released November 4, 2004
Here is a game that explains how Link got his green cap. Some actually claim that this Gameboy Advanced game has great gameplay. This is known as a mechanic whereby Link can shrink in size to get into tight spaces and solve some puzzles. In the timeline, this takes place right after Skyward Sword. nine0003
Twilight Princess — Released November 19, 2006
This was a very special game for Zelda, as it served as a starter game for the Wii and a port for the Gamecube. It was a stark contrast to The Wind Waker, depicting a more experienced and older Link in a more realistic setting. He also introduced Wolf Link with his beloved Midna on his back. The Twilight Princess takes place after Majora’s Mask in the timeline, as the hero from Majora’s Mask actually appears as the Hero’s Shadow. nine0003
Ghostly Hourglass — Released June 23, 2007
Here the developers have taken the Wind Waker approach and applied it to the DS title.
Toon Link gets another ship that drives around here, and so it takes place right after The Wind Waker in the timeline.
Spirit Tracks — Released December 7, 2009
This completes a trilogy of sorts with The Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass as it takes place after them in the timeline. Although the gameplay is completely different. Instead of going to sea, Link works as a train conductor. Although this game features classic dungeon crawling, Link uses a train to get around the main world. nine0003
Skyward Sword — Released November 19, 2011
This game was a great opportunity to showcase Wii technology. Players could use the Wii mote and swing it just like Link’s sword. Skyward Sword is also an incredibly important title, taking place at the very beginning of the timeline. Here, Link is a resident of Skyloft, but eventually falls down to discover prehistoric Hyrule.
Communication Between Worlds — Issue 22 November 2013
Although similar to A Link to the Past, A Link Between Worlds is not a remake.
It is more of a spiritual successor. Various characters appear, but many of the locations and enemies are reminiscent of assets from A Link to the Past. This is also in the Fallen timeline but takes place after the Oracle games.
Triforce Heroes — Released October 22, 2015
As for the timeline, this is presumably after A Link Between Worlds. However, the gameplay of Triforce Heroes is more reminiscent of Four Swords than anything else. It has the same cooperative game, only between three players instead of four. nine0003
Breath of the Wild — Released March 3, 2017
It’s amazing how much new stuff is revealed in this title so long after its release. Breath of the Wild was the most daring move the franchise has made in recent memory, and it more than paid off. Instead of a linear formula in other games, this is an open world so players can approach Hyrule Castle and defeat Ganon from the start if they choose.
