Skyward Sword: Link

Sources reviewed: 2026-11-10

This Link is a Knight Academy student on Skyloft, not a ranch hand and not a traveler who already owns the Master Sword.

Link lives in his own room in Skyloft’s Knight Academy. Fledge is another student with a separate room. The school’s students train to protect Skyloft, and Gaepora is its headmaster. Groose, Cawlin and Strich hide Link’s Crimson Loftwing before the Wing Ceremony, so the opening task is to recover the bird from the enclosure beyond Waterfall Cave. Link then competes in the ceremony with Zelda acting as the goddess. The Sailcloth she gives him becomes his way to land safely after falling from high ledges.

After the tornado separates him from Zelda, Fi leads Link into the Statue of the Goddess. Drawing the Goddess Sword changes his objective from winning a school ceremony to following Zelda below the cloud barrier. His sword and dungeon tools are earned during this journey: the Beetle, Bomb Bag, Gust Bellows, Whip and Bow each solve a different kind of obstacle. The three Sacred Flames and Zelda’s blessing later transform the blade into the True Master Sword. Follow the Master Sword page for that upgrade sequence, or the walkthrough for the route between those milestones.

The 2017 Link amiibo and the 2012 figma are merchandise of this design, listed on the amiibo page with their dates. They are not items inside the 2011 disc. HD changes the control scheme, not his biography: the same student, the same bird, the same sword spirit.

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