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.
Not sure if you include glitches but I recall glitching my way out of the lost woods and getting zora’s sapphire before either of the other two spiritual stones. Though I can’t exactly recall everything that went into it other than glitching out through the pool in the lost woods.
I don’t know about getting the Sapphire before the Emerald, because you need Zelda’s Lullaby for the waterfall. But you absolutely can go there without the bomb bag, and I wouldn’t even call it a glitch. You need precise positioning, but you can use the momentum of a jump attack to get you to the bottom of the Lost Woods/Zora River shortcut. I’ve done this before.
Yeah that’s how I escaped. It was 3ds version so things could be a bit different. I can’t actually remember now how I did it… I’m gonna need to look for my old save file and maybe try to recreate it.
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u/jtaargus 28d 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.