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>>5264220
Try using the tracker (https://stumpy.nfshost.com/)), it'll cut down on a lot of backtracking since you can do the routes you can complete in one go first, it even highlights what places you can check with the items you have. For example, clearing Kakariko first for its twelve item checks, followed by Link's House -> Swamp -> Mini-moldorm cave -> Icerod Cave. It'll almost always net you at least the hammer, the hookshot, the bow, or the gloves, which allows you to clear Hyrule Castle dungeon or break into the dark world and check village of outcasts, stumpy, and hype cave. From that point, it's just a matter of figuring out what dungeons you can fully complete and do those first.

The only time it's really a pain is when it's a forced double dip in Eastern Palace or similar, it makes for some really inefficient routing and it's almost always going to be a slog. I also don't like it when it's a Thieves' Hideout first seed, blind always eats my lunch at low life since he's a bullet hell fight (But I did learn you can somewhat cheese him with either rod, one making you invincible, the other letting you stick a block in his path and focus on dodging).

That being said, I started up this daily seed just now, and I think I'm probably going to shelve it. It's OHKO, inverted start, and I got six pieces of heart before stumpy gave me a lantern and hype cave parted with the gloves, which sent me to death mountain to escort the old man to get a hammer, which opened up light world access, except I didn't realize it and cleared Agh's Tower before realizing I don't have sword to enter his chambers. OHKO is probably fun for elite players, and it does teach you a few skills like how to combat some enemies without taking a hit, but it's ultimately not representative for a tournament since OHKO is never used (Indeed, I think hard is the highest difficulty I've seen.).