In Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, an Item Card Shop was added. In some cases, an item card is required to ' Reveal Hidden Enemies' in order to play the stage, which makes Item Cards not completely optional. Item Cards are not always required to unlock a stage, as most Item Cards only unlock new rewards. If the Player uses ' Search' on the map screen, the map will zoom in and an item card is able to be used. Item Cards are items that can be used to unlock new rewards or reveal hidden enemies in missions.

Thus, an 'A' rank in 'K.O.' and a 'C' rank in 'Damage taken' will result in a 'B' rank for the mission, while an 'A' rank in all parameters is required in order to ace the mission.Д®ach Map in Adventure Mode awards Medals for completing the Map, achieving an 'A' Rank in all of its Battles, and finding all of the Map's Heart Pieces, Heart Containers, Skulltulas, Warriors when applicable, and Sealed Weapons. The overall Battle Rank is calculated by averaging the ranks in the applicable categories and rounding down. In the Grand Travels Map, there are three Item Cards that, when used, activate a Captain Power that increases the Rank obtained after in Battle in each of the three Rank categories. As in Legend Mode, the player also recieves a Rupee bonus for how well they performed in each category. The 'Damage taken' requirement varies between 4,000 (10 hearts), 5,000 (12ВЅ hearts), 8,000 (20 hearts), or 10,000 (25 hearts), depending which section of the Map the Battle is in. The 'Clear time' requirement is 7 minutes for most Challenge Battles, and 15 minutes for Adventure Battles. The 'K.O.' requirement is 3 for 'Fight through the X quiz!' Challenge Battles, and 1,200 for Adventure Battles. A mission's requirements may include up to three categories, from among 'K.O.', 'Clear time', and 'Damage taken'. The exact requirements for an 'A' rank vary by Battle, but are generally similar. Each Battle requires Warriors to earn a specific Rank in an adjacent Battle in order to be unlocked, and a large number of missions require the player to get an 'A' rank to earn a specified reward except for Costumes, these rewards also require that their designated owner be the character used to get the 'A'. When finishing a mission, the player will be graded on how well they did on a scale of 'A', 'B', and 'C' (or 'S', 'A', and 'B' in certain game regions). In the Twilight Map, a special rule is shown as, ' No Focus Spirit!', which makes no Magic Jars appear so the warrior cannot fill their Magic Gauge. Some Missions have special rules attached to them. In these cases, it is necessary to have unlocked the Warrior and/or Weapon required for the Battle to be able to play it. Some Battles restrict which Warriors or Weapons can be used in them. Wavy, black lines on the Map serve to border between blocks, and in order to get to the blocks they obstruct, missions have to be completed around them. Sometimes a mission requires to be cleared in a certain rank before they may open to the next block. To open more blocks on the Map, other missions have to be completed before they may become accessible. Missions can be playable as many times as the player wishes. Each mission consists of a preset challenge, ranging from normal story battles, to quiz missions, boss rushes and other challenges that differ from the regular gameplay. The player moves an 8-Bit Version of their Warrior across the different missions until they choose what mission they want to challenge. The Map is zoomed out completely to show the entire landscape.

Adventure Mode consists of a Map grid, based on The Legend of Zelda's Hyrule map, with each block of the Map containing different selected missions.

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