Ganondorf Character Customization

A quick illustrated guide on how to make your own King of Evil!

Disclaimer

I've been getting requests on Reddit and Discord for the sliders on my Ganondorf Arisen, so instead of making a gallery on Imgur I figured it would be better to actually write a guide with pictures.

This Ganon customization is based on his appearance Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.



P.S.: Please ignore my MSI Afterburner info in the top left. I forgot to disable it from appearing on screenshots, whoopsie. I might re-take the screenshots later without it, and also making the customization from scratch to show all the steps.

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Regarding skin color

The green skin color (as well the other whacky colors) can only be obtained at the Bakbattahl's Pawn Shop, located near Grand Riftstone. After purchasing it, the dyes must be handed to the Bakbattahl's Barber.

It's important to note that customizations using these dyes can only be performed at the Bakbattahl's Barber; they won't be available in Vernworth.

This customization works perfectly fine with a brown-skinned Ganondorf, which actually makes him resemble more of a normal Gerudo.

Base Body and Head

Start by creating a new character from scratch. We'll be choosing the base body type and head. The body will be changed later but this template makes it easier.



The base head is the most important part as it's the foundation of the entire customization. This is the best one I've found after experimenting. Pick this one and the following variations.

Bodybuild

The next step is customizing the body. The main point is to make Ganon as tall and wide as possible. Feel free to tweak these settings as you see fit.

There is only one source that confirms Ganondorf's height, which is the official Hyrule Historia book, where the Ocarina of Time incarnation of Ganondorf 228 cm m (7'6''). However, the max height in Dragon's Dogma 2 is 215cm.

Face and Skin

This is where we'll refine the base head picked at the start. Ignore the first option "Head" as it is used to change the head preset, which we'll not be doing.

Again, you can only get the green dye in Bakbattahl, so if you're making this character at the start of the game you'll have to use another skin tone until you arrive at the city later in the game.

Hair and Facial Hair

Hairstyle 24 is the closest one to Ganon's hair in Tears of the Kingdom, but feel free to go with a more Ocarina of Time route if you want.

Same deal with the skin color, the red hair color is a dye from Bakbattahl. There are other dark red default colors, though.

I didn't add chest hair to Ganon because he doesn't have it in the game.

Facial Features

Ganon's eyes are bright golden in Tears of the Kingdom, but I added some red in the outer part to add some nice contrast.

I didn't tweak his eyelashes much, and I think it would look even better without them, but it's up to you. They're barely visible unless you zoom in.

For the cheeks I added a dark green tone to add more contrast to his features, but this isn't truly necessary.

I've skiped teeth customization since this is only for number of teeths and color.

Tattoos and Scars

The tattoos are the final touch to Ganon. They're not truly necessary but I think they look neat. Adding the metallic effect makes them pop out more.

The golden "tiara" and the gem were made through body tattoos and using the vertical sliders to position them over his forehead.




The arm tattoo was the closest to his Tears of the Kingdom markings.


I didn't include any scars, but I actually customize them to remove the facial scar from the base head.

Conclusion

This was super fun to make and I'm very satisfied with the result. I actually tried to make my Pawn as Nabooru / Urbosa but it didn't look good, sadly.

The character customization of this game is absolutely insane, and it further expands once you acquire the Bakbattahl's dyes, as you can make so much more crazy stuff.

I hope you've enjoyed this guide!

[Prometheus-99]

Suavemente

[Lanik]

Oh, pawns, you have seemed to catch your Arisen mid-suavemente.

[DadBeater]

Looks amazing cant wait to try this out on my next playthrough