Zelda: Every Version Of Lon Lon Ranch & How It's Changed

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Hyrule has been recycled through over three decades of The Legend of Zelda, taking on different forms with recurring locations in each game's iteration. Lon Lon Ranch isn't exactly a staple of the series, but is a well-known and recognizable location. Always somewhere near the center of Hyrule Kingdom, Lon Lon Ranch is the quintessential example of quaint, rural life for a Hylian, and while its depiction remains consistent compared to other Zelda landmarks, it does have some variation in each of its appearances.

Lon Lon Ranch is always owned and operated by Talon and Malon, a father-daughter duo that is usually involved in a side quest pertaining to the ranch itself or its animals. Talon appears to be a single parent, but Malon's mother is important to Ocarina of Time, even though she never appears in any Zelda game. The ranch is almost always known throughout Hyrule for the milk produced by its cows, but the horses reared by Talon and Malon are usually more integral to the gameplay.

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Lon Lon Ranch appears definitively in just three Legend of Zelda games - Ocarina of Time, Four Swords Adventures, and The Minish Cap. This means it hasn't been a named location in a Zelda game since 2004, when the latter two games released on the GameCube and Game Boy Advance respectively. There is, however a location called Ranch Ruins in Breath of the Wild, located right where one would expect Lon Lon Ranch to be before the Second Great Calamity left Hyrule in ruins for a hundred years.

Lon Lon Ranch's original iteration is by far its most robust, both in design and importance to its game's narrative. Ocarina of Time's Lon Lon ranch is located in the direct center of Hyrule Field, walled