Zelda Timeline 2026

Last verified: 2026-11-10

Hyrule Historia and the other books

Three books carry official timeline prose. They are not the same edition, and the 2026 web page is a later text.

Original parchment chart of the Downfall, Child, and Adult branches
Official key art for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD

Key art © Nintendo, used with a link to the product page. Chart art on this site is original.

BookJapanEnglishPagesRoleVerification
Hyrule Historia2011-12-212013-01-29276First full three-branch chart. ISBN 978-1-61655-041-7.English date/pages/ISBN: 2 sources (publisher + Wikipedia); Japanese date: 1 source
Encyclopedia2017-03-012018-06-19328Moves Link's Awakening before the Oracle games. ISBN 978-1-5067-0638-2.English date/pages/ISBN: 2 sources; Japanese date: 1 source
Creating a Champion2017-12-152018-11-20424Leaves Breath of the Wild's placement open. ISBN 978-1-5067-1010-5.English date/pages/ISBN: 2 sources; Japanese date/quote: 1 source

Historia's English edition is from Dark Horse. Nintendo qualified that chart as information believed to be true at the time. I still cite it for the 2011 shape of the split. I do not cite it for Echoes of Wisdom, which did not exist, or for the second founding line on the current web page.

Encyclopedia is the book that reordered Link's Awakening and the Oracles. Creating a Champion quotes the decision to avoid clarifications about Breath of the Wild. Those are different documents. The changes log keeps the dates. If you buy a book from a shop link later, that is a retailer, not a claim that this site sells it.

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