Master Sword Lv3

The (originally named Golden Sword) is a recurring in . It is the ultimate upgrade to the and thus the strongest Sword in the games it appears in. The goes unnamed in .
==Location and Uses==
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In A Link to the Past, this weapon was called the Golden Sword. In order to obtain this upgrade, must throw the Master Sword or Tempered Sword into the of the within the . As a result, the will transform it into the Golden Sword. It has a golden blade, green hilt, and is an extremely powerful sword, as it twice as strong as the Tempered Sword (making the weapon four times as strong as the normal Master Sword, and therefore eight times the 's strength), making it able to destroy most common enemies in only one or two slashes, and has an even deeper swing sound. However, its great power is still outclassed by the Silver Arrows, which can kill any enemy (including some bosses) with one hit. In the Game Boy Advance remake of the game, it also has the ability to break and .
The Golden Sword is the only sword that can damage Ganon without requiring the use of the Spin Attack in the original Super NES version of the game unlike the Master or Tempered Sword, making the final battle significantly easier, although in the GBA remake, the latter can do so as well, but it deals less damage.
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Renamed the , much like in A Link to the Past, this weapon is the at its maximum strength in . It is obtained similarly to the Master Sword Lv2, requiring two pieces of , but they must be taken to the at the in .
==Other Appearances==
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In , the is known as the LV4 Sword. When the draws the from the , they obtain it at this power level from the start, due to it being strengthened to this state by prior to the events of the game. When obtained, the rental will no longer offer a higher level.
== Trivia ==
* Although this highly powerful upgrade of the Master Sword is commonly used by players in A Link to the Past as it greatly reduces the difficulty of the Final Boss battle against Ganon, like the Master Sword Lv2, it is not required to complete the game or in A Link Between Worlds, as the main antagonists of either title can be defeated with the Master Sword at its standard power.
* Despite only existing in two games of the core series like the previous upgrade and some titles instead have the Master Sword being weakened such as The Wind Waker or Tears of the Kingdom, the Master Sword Lv3 is arguably the most powerful Sword in the The Legend of Zelda series alongside the Fierce Deity's Sword, as it inflicts four times the damage of the traditional version of the Blade of Evil's Blade.
* In spite being derived from the Master Sword, the Golden Sword's official artwork has a radically different design to it, namely the ricasso being less apparent in the blade, the Triforce mark being closer to the hilt and is inverted, and the hilt itself, aside from being colored green instead of blue, is sleeker and straight-edged rather than thick and curved, as well as lacking the central jewel.
* The Master Sword Lv.3 in A Link Between Worlds, unlike its appearance in the game's prequel, looks identical to the usual Master Sword aside from having a golden blade, similar to the Master Sword Lv2.
== Nomenclature ==
==Gallery==
File:ALttP Master Sword Lv3 Sprite 2.png|The , as seen in the from 
File:ALTTP Link after defeating Ganon.png|Link holding Golden Sword in the air after defeating Ganon in A Link to the Past
File:ALBW Link Courage Hand.png| holding the while showing the Triforce of Courage from