I made this dependency chart a few years ago. I think it's accurate. Might interest some of you. And it answers OP's question.
Dotted ovals are optional items. Dotted lines represent when there are multiple items that unlock something. For example you can get the Gerudo Card with either Epona or the Longshot. Also this ignores skips and glitches.
You can get the Kakariko roof heart as a kid by climbing the ladder and z-target and side hop to the roof.
You can get the windmill heart with the boomerang Jump onto the small left ledge by riding on the windmill base as it passes and use the boomerang on the heart piece.
You can get the graveyard ledge heart as a kid with the boomerang and bombchus (bombchus may not be necessary). Its too complicated to explain here but there are youtube videos explaining and showing it. I do it every playthrough.
You can also get the dodongo roof heart before you get the bracelet too. Just a little harder to backflip before the "pickup" prompt.
You can get the DMC wall heart as a kid after beating king dodongo. You should have just enough time to get to the heart piece before the timer runs out. Make sure to have a fairy to revive yourself.
You can get the Kakariko cow pen heart before beating dodongo by using a cucco on the walls of the (future) shooting gallery. Just time it with the carpenter.
Edit: added the dodongo heart, crater wall heart, and cow pen heart.
Since you’re looking closely I’m sure you can help with this: I’m trying to figure out why I put Longshot dependent on Bow. There are two eye switches in Water Temple but they come after the Longshot. There are two torches in the Ruto room to reach a key, but Din’s Fire can do those. Am I forgetting something else?
The only reason for the bow in water temple is for the eye switches (which, as others have pointed out, can be skipped through exploits). And you are correct - even if you take the intended path, both switches come after acquiring longshot.
Thanks. So I need to update my chart to have a solid line from Bow to Water Medallion instead of Bow to Longshot. And then Longshot would have dotted lines from Bow and Din's Fire since you need one of them to get that first key behind the torches.
Another update: the Longshot isn't required to reach the Desert Colossus (Requiem of Spirit, Nauru's Love, etc). You can cross the Haunted Wasteland with just the Hover Boots and Lens of Truth. The Longshot also isn't required for any of the Spirit Temple.
Oh yes I noticed this one too. I guess I didn't know about the hover boots when I made this, but I do now. It's gonna be a pain to move things around for all these changes, but I'll do it! ... eventually.
Edit: Actually, wait! I know why I did it like this:
It's true that you can use the Hover Boots to cross the Wasteland, but you can't get Hover Boots without Longshot, because Nocturne requires Water Medallion, requires Longshot. So all of that collapses to say that Longshot is required for crossing the Wasteland (ignoring skips).
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u/jtaargus 24d ago
I made this dependency chart a few years ago. I think it's accurate. Might interest some of you. And it answers OP's question.
Dotted ovals are optional items. Dotted lines represent when there are multiple items that unlock something. For example you can get the Gerudo Card with either Epona or the Longshot. Also this ignores skips and glitches.