Each chapter lists what it covers and what you can collect there. The list below shows the boss, key item and rewards of every chapter side by side, and the numbers match the 100% checklist.
Recommended Route
- The Gathering: Wooden Sword and the First Rupees: Take the Wooden Sword from the start cave, buy bombs and collect your first rupees.
- Money Caves, the Red Potion and the Blue Ring: Overworld money caves and shops before Level 1, including the Blue Candle and the 250-rupee Blue Ring.
- Level 1 The Eagle: Overworld money caves and shops before Level 1, including the Blue Candle and the 250-rupee Blue Ring.
- Level 2 The Moon: The dungeon at M4 on the green hill in the east, where you find the Magical Boomerang.
- Level 3 The Manji: The dungeon at E8, three screens west of the start, where you find the Raft.
- Level 4 The Snake: The island dungeon at F5 in the central lake, reached by Raft from the dock at F6, with dark rooms and the Stepladder.
- The Magical Sword and the Medicine Shop: The Magical Sword cave in the graveyard, and a Red Potion from the medicine shop on the way to Level 5.
- Level 5 The Lizard: The Magical Sword cave in the graveyard, and a Red Potion from the medicine shop on the way to Level 5.
- Level 6 The Dragon: The dungeon at C3 on the graveyard screen, where you need arrows to beat Gohma.
- The Potion Shop and the Ring Shop Again: Buy Monster Bait and a Red Potion between Level 6 and Level 7.
- Level 7 The Demon: Buy Monster Bait and a Red Potion between Level 6 and Level 7.
- Level 8 The Lion: The dungeon at N7, entered by burning the lone bush in the south-east forest.
- Level 9 Death Mountain: The skull-shaped final dungeon at F1, on Spectacle Rock. The Old Man at the door checks for all eight pieces.
- The Ending: Beat Ganon, take the Triforce of Power and rescue Princess Zelda.
Second Quest walkthrough
The Second Quest is covered in 12 chapters, in route order. It uses the same overworld with moved entrances, new layouts and changed items, so follow these chapters rather than the First Quest order. The Second Quest page lists what changes.
- Second Quest Start: Buy the Blue Candle, take the 100-rupee cave gift, claim the first Heart Container and the Power Bracelet, then cross to Level 1.
- Level 1 The Eagle: Buy the Blue Candle, take the 100-rupee cave gift, claim the first Heart Container and the Power Bracelet, then cross to Level 1.
- Second Quest Level 1: Enter Level 1 across the lake bridge, take the Wooden Boomerang from the Goriya room and beat Aquamentus.
- Second Quest Blue Ring and White Sword: Buy the Blue Ring from the north-east shop, then take the White Sword from the cave above the waterfall.
- Second Quest Level 2: Enter under the Armos, find the Recorder in the basement, beat the two-headed Gleeok and take the desert cave heart.
- Second Quest Level 3: Drain the pond with the Recorder, use Monster Bait to reach the Magical Boomerang, then beat the three Dodongos.
- Second Quest Level 4: Lift the boulder into the Lost Hills, pay the 50-rupee toll, collect the Book of Magic and the Raft, and beat Digdogger.
- Second Quest Level 5: Cross by Raft to the central island, get the Bow, Map and Compass, then beat the three-headed Gleeok.
- Second Quest Magical Sword and Letter: Take the Raft to the north-east island heart, buy arrows, claim the Recorder-staircase heart at G1, then take the Magical Sword at 12 hearts.
- Second Quest Level 6: Play the Recorder at the graveyard, take the Stepladder, beat blue Gohma with arrows, then reach the far-dock heart.
- Second Quest Level 7: Burn the forest tree, use the Ladder across the stream, pay the 50-rupee toll, and beat the four-headed Gleeok.
- Second Quest Level 8: Enter by the cliff above the river, collect the Magical Rod and Magical Key, buy the bomb upgrade and beat three Dodongos.
- Second Quest Level 9 and Ending: Enter by the far north-west wall, collect the Red Ring and Silver Arrow, beat Ganon and rescue Princess Zelda.
100% Checklist
| Dungeons | 9 levels. Levels 1 to 8 each give one Triforce of Wisdom piece and a boss Heart Container. Level 9 gives the Red Ring and Silver Arrows. |
|---|---|
| Triforce pieces | 8 pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom, collected in Levels 1 to 8 |
| Heart Containers | 13, made of 8 boss Heart Containers and 5 hidden in the overworld. Three starting hearts bring the maximum to 16 |
| Everything else | 3 swords, 2 rings, 2 bomb upgrades, the Letter and the potions. |
Resources
- Heart Container Locations: All 13 Heart Containers and what each one needs.
- Dungeons and Triforce Pieces: All nine levels at a glance, with the eight Triforce pieces.
- Boss Guide: How to beat each boss and the mini-bosses.
- Items: Where to find every item, from swords to the Silver Arrow.
- Shops and Prices: Every shop in Hyrule with its stock.
- Maps: Overworld and dungeon maps.
- 100% Completion Checklist: Every total in the game.
