Hyrule has been recycled through over three tenner ofThe Legend of Zelda , ask on different forms with recurring location in each biz ’s iteration . Lon Lon Ranch is n’t incisively a staple of the series , but is a well - know and recognizable location . Always   somewhere near the center of Hyrule Kingdom , Lon Lon Ranch is the quintessential example of quaint , rural aliveness for a Hylian , and while its delineation remain ordered compare to otherZeldalandmarks , it does have some magnetic declination in each of its appearances .

Lon Lon Ranch is always owned and operated by Talon and Malon , a male parent - daughter yoke that is usually involve in a side quest touch on to the ranch itself or its animals . Talon appear to be a unmarried parent , butMalon ’s mother is important toOcarina of Time , even though she never appear in anyZeldagame . The ranch is almost always known throughout Hyrule for the milk produced by its oxen , but the horses reared by Talon and Malon are unremarkably more entire to the gameplay .

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Lon Lon Ranch appear definitively in just threeLegend of Zeldagames -Ocarina of Time , Four Swords Adventures , andThe Minish Cap . This intend it has n’t been a bring up placement in aZeldagame since 2004 , when the latter two biz released on the GameCube and Game Boy Advance respectively . There is , however a location called Ranch Ruins inBreath of the Wild , located right where one would carry Lon Lon Ranch to be before the Second Great Calamity leftHyrule in ruin for a hundred years .

Lon Lon Ranch First Appeared In Ocarina Of Time

Lon Lon Ranch ’s original iteration is by far its most full-bodied , both in blueprint and grandness to its   game ’s narrative . Ocarina of Time ’s Lon Lon cattle farm is locate in the direct mall of Hyrule Field , fence in atop a hill . The large entry logic gate leads right to Talon and Malon ’s home , which is situated across the pathway from the barn . In the center of the ranch is big paddock where the spread ’s horse grazing . Another structure , a tug patently used to store hay and crated good , stand on the far side of the ranch , opposite the house and barn .

When Link come to Lon Lon Ranch as a child , before beinglocked away inOcarina of Time ’s Spirit Realmfor seven years , he can meet Malon in the paddock to larn Epona ’s Song , which attracts the young mare when played . Talon can also be find tend the Cuccos in the b , and will honor Link with an empty bottle if he can regain three prized Super Cuccos in a flock of the Bronx cheer . Additionally , both Talon and Malon will be base near Hyrule Castle , where Talon has gone to surrender milk . Once Link finds Talon outside and wakes him from a deep slumber , the player will push Lon Lon Ranch crateful into the castle ’s fosse so that the drainage tube to get inside the gardens can be reached .

AlthoughOcarina of Time ’s practically useless Hyrule Castleis replaced by Ganondorf ’s Castle once Link emerge from the Spirit Realm , Lon Lon Ranch still stands , albeit under new ownership . role player looking to ride Epona will return to what is now being called Ingo ’s Ranch . Talon ’s despiteful former employee was given the ranch by Ganondorf , where Malon still works to protect the cavalry from Ingo ’s wrath . Talon can be find in Kakariko Village , basically living in exile . Once the player has acquired Epona , Lon Lon Ranch refund to its late Department of State , now with Malon at the helm , who say Link that her father will be returning soon .

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Players Escort Malon To Lon Lon Ranch In Four Swords Adventures

Lon Lon Ranch is seen briefly inFour Swords Adventures , and is even a part of the game ’s main itinerary . TheunderratedZeldamultiplayer gamesees player rescuing six maiden across Hyrule in society to regenerate the seal holding back the evil necromancer Vaati . In one of the levels that take position in Hyrule Field , players encounter Malon , who was running errand before being   threaten by castle guard who have succumbed to the bedlam diffuse across the realm . player then escort Malon back to Lon Lon Ranch , where Talon is wait for her . As a reward for protecting his daughter , Talon shows the four link how to use cultivated carrot and summon Lon Lon Ranch ’s knight .

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Four Swords Adventures ' version of Lon Lon Ranch is incredibly barebones , a aftermath of the game ’s design and the aesthetic of thetwo - dimensionalLegend of Zeldagames . Talon and Malon ’s house stands on the north   side of the ranch , now across from what looks like pens or paddocks for horses , although no animals can be seen . There is a cave below the farm , though , where item and chests can be found . Unless the level is replay , Lon Lon Ranch is never revisited inFour Swords Adventures .

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Epona Stays At Lon Lon Ranch In The Minish Cap

Lon Lon Ranch devolve in a much more meaningful and expansive style inThe Minish Cap , which tell the origins of Vaati , serving as a prequel to theFour Swordsgames . The cattle farm is once again near the centre of   Hyrule , being directly east of Hyrule   Town . When compared toFour Swords Adventures ' Lon Lon Ranch , The Minish Cap ’s is more credible as an actual ranch , even with   Ankle , pal toThe Legend of Zelda ’s weird NPC , Tingle , sitting on a hill above . Cows graze in the fence in pasture and are even provided a public treasury of water to drink from , while hay Bale are stored all over . Talon and Malon ’s house is once again near Lon Lon Ranch ’s entry , which has a right gateway like it did inOcarina of Time .

The localization is n’t really pertinent to   the story inThe Minish Cap , but musician will likely jaunt through it multiple times , since it connect to many other areas of Hyrule . At one full point , Talon and Malon are shut away out of their house , and Link has to shrink down to Minish size so as to get in and find the spare key . This good deed lets Link use the ranch as a cutoff to another recurringZeldalocation , Lake Hylia . Link ca n’t ride Epona inThe Minish Cap , but she does accompany Malon into Hyrule Town to sell the spread ’s Milk River .

Ruins Of Lon Lon Ranch Are In Breath Of The Wild

There ’s no definitive proof that the Ranch Ruins inBreath of the Wildare remnants of Lon Lon Ranch , but its layout is eerily similar to that fromOcarina of Time , and it is similarly located outside of Castle Town in Hyrule Field . The decay fences of a paddock can be seen , include some that could have been used for horse jumping , like in the obstacle course atOcarina ’s Lon Lon Ranch . what is more , the placement of the destroy structures   inBOTWcorrespond to the locations of the firm , barn and tower inOcarina . There is n’t anything of interest at the Ranch Ruins away from a hidden Korok , but if theBreath of the Wild 2time travel theoriesprove to be right , Lon Lon Ranch could potentially be restored to its former aureole . The fact that what look to be Lon Lon Ranch is n’t even named inBreath of the Wildis perhaps a will to how underutilized the location is inThe Legend of Zelda , despite it being middling recognizable .

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