Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition - Young Link Exp Grinding (Master Quest Map)

Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition - Young Link is back and better than ever! If you make rush for the bottom left corner of the Master Quest Map, you'll have access to his Lv.3 Mask fairly early on, letting you have a sizeable advantage. Once you have a max level Young Link at your disposal, the level cap for training grounds will be higher and it'll be easier to tackle the harder maps when he's in your back pocket.
Enjoy!

[NnLiMedia]

People have been asking about getting a harp, so I'll add a few more notes:
- You may have to explore around the right side of the map
- A harp sometimes appears closer to the middle
- As long as you get one, you'll be able to purchase more from the item shop

[HigakiRinne]

I was maining Crossbow Linkle initially but after this video, I've seen the light.

[KayFiOS]

There's another good spot for grinding with Young Link, being Ganondorf's Divisive Plan mission on the Twilight Map. That was my go-to on the 3DS, so I need to try it out and see if it still works well. If nothing else, you get a lot of Ganondorf's Gauntlets and Jewels to use at the Apothecary.

[calamitousenigma]

I hate to make a 'correction' because this is a very well made guide, but in my humble opinion, there's a better EXP/Rupee farming map that does the job a bit better than Master Quest A8.

It has a similar tactic of defeating 2 Dark enemies to make reinforcements appear. It also has 3 giant bosses appear similarly to MQ A8. The difference is that because this is a 'Win the KO Competition!' square, you are competing against infinitely respawning Rogue Forces. In total, the map gives you:
2 Dark Skull Kids
1 Manhandla
1 Helmaroc King
1 Argorok
3 Lizalfos (not sure on the numbers)
Infinitely spawning enemy forces, namely Stone Blins.
Infinitely respawning numbers of the following captains:
Ganondorf
Midna
Sheik
Ghirahim

As compared to MQ A8, which gives:
2 Dark Ganondorfs
1 Argorok
2 Manhandlas
3 Dinolfos
Infinite Shield Moblins
1 Lana
1 Ghirahim
1 Agitha


Also, when you defeat a Rogue Captain in Great Sea G4, it'll spawn even more grunts that fuel your special meter. While it can be challenging due to the Rogue Forces all having red auras, the payoff is definitely worth it. It does have 2 players, but requires 1 to be Toon Link.

[xcrisftw]

I remember doing this on the Wii U. Memories...

[dannyk]

Adventure mode is a really fun mode. If you have the levels, you can unlock pretty much anything. I ran into the Lorule map and grabbed Linkle’s 4+ crossbows pretty easily

[Kirbtini]

so something I just discovered last night, the grand travels map is actually incredibly easy to complete as long as you have just one high leveled character (so your young link) because of the Gold Train Item Card and the song stones. The reason why this is important is because once you complete 2 fights (the one for Volga's level 4+ weapon and the one above Toon Zelda's level 4 weapon, you unlock the center of the map... which the first fight you unlock there is amazing for leveling. A lot of very high leveled enemies that give a lot of exp. I gained 2 levels in 2 minutes on my level 200 Volga, and I didn't even use the exp mixture. You can also use the method you used to reset the level to avoid having to reuse mixtures and waste money and materials since it is such a high leveled mission, your lesser characters will die easy :)

[kirindas]

A fair number of the content went over my head, but I'll keep the map in mind. I'm still playing through Legends mode so I haven't even touched the Adventure mode maps just yet. Also my first Warriors game, so I'm still a newb to many things. I'll probably go buy Fire Emblem Warriors since I'm enjoying the game more than expected. Not just yet though since I'm expecting I'll be sinking a lot of time into this game.

[sethh.]

So you're covering this game now? If so then cool.

[wayroad]

And so it begins...the latest grindfest of our time.

[lovyt]

Master quest is so weird it’s annoying that it gives u battles that u have to fight with different characters that are bad

[alexstewart]

Mind you, in Legends on 3DS I was able to progress Agitha's weapon level cap directly from level 1 to level 4+ in a single go, with her below level 90. It's doable at around level 75 or so with a 0 star weapon and no skills, but I kept getting hit too much (damage limit of strictly less than 15 full hearts total damage across the entire battle on 3DS), and wound up doing it at a higher level (kept levelling up from reattempting the map, and with a two star parasol with VS Dragon (very effective on this particular fight, because the only enemies it does not affect are the grunts and a single Skull Kid at the very end you can easily dispose of with Focus Spirit, the rest of the captains and the Other Forces general consisting of a mixture of Dinolfos, Lizalfos, Aeralfos and Fiery Aeralfos, which are all dragons).

And if you want to get a bunch of characters more powerful without spending your Rupees and without using multiple controllers, the Grand Travels map has an Item Card called the Golden Train that lets you remove all character restrictions from every single square on the map, letting you play any battle without even owning the normally required weapon class. As an added bonus, this card lasts for multiple battles, but it cannot be combined with any of the three cards that give you an automatic pass on one of the grades, so for some of the weapons on the map it won't be useful due to the battle design making getting the KOs requirement nearly impossible on some squares (because the enemies are attacking and must be defeated immediately or you lose the Allied Base, and then the leader of your army immediately storms the enemy base, where they will fall fairly quickly if you don't help them).

[xelthos]

Was wondering if you would hit up Hyrule Warrior Switch. Love this game, got all 3 versions, I don't get tired of it.

[Sontaburetski]

Young Link is my Boi! Bring him back to Smash even if he has to be an alt. for Toon Link!

[Saestrol]

If you have a fairy with the Glass Cannon skill, you can use that to drop your health quickly if you want to use death abuse. Also, Focus Spirit makes you very hard to stagger, but not impossible. If you get hit by an enemy special, or take a ridiculous number of hits in a moment (might be 15+) then you actually do flinch.

I will say that this may be the de-facto method to level up Young Link, but this map is still good to complete for KOs and materials for those bosses and characters. It's somewhat short.

[Matthias-pjth]

Good ol' Young Link... basicly Tiki if she could fill up her Awakening Meter while in Dragon form. Also a hell of a lot faster.

[omercha]

Hey I know this is an older video but if I don’t manually pick up the materials and weapons will they still be collected automatically

[loley]

You may also need Tingle to get there ^^
Very nice guide =)

[asra-]

My Y link is already 135 just by always using him. He is my wild card for everything. I love the fairy spamming with him. Easy fortresses.

[moofaslappy]

Will you be covering xp farming for all characters