After clearing the first few areas of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, the game offers three new choices for the next primary destination. Rifts have appeared in Eldin Volcano, Faron Wetlands, and Holy Mount Lanayru, which are respectively to the northwest, north, and southeast of Hyrule Castle. There’s nothing stopping Zelda from tackling any of them first, so it comes down to a question of the optimal approach.