Mini-Games

Peater runs this game on Bamboo Island, a small island in the Sky. It has no unlock condition: fly there, pay 10 Rupees and step up to the giant bamboo stalk. Cut it as many times as you can before the top touches the ground. A spin attack counts as two hits, cutting two falling pieces at once counts as two cuts, and a stab drops the stalk straight down so you can keep slicing it for longer. Prizes by number of cuts: 0 to 14 nothing; 15 to 19, 30 Rupees; 20 to 27, an Evil Crystal or a Monster Horn; 28 or more, a Blue Bird Feather, a Golden Skull or a Goddess Plume. The counter starts again after 64 cuts (65 counts as 1), so there is no point going past that.

A Mogma named Tubert hosts this dig-for-Rupees game in a cave in Eldin Volcano, near a Bokoblin village; blow away the rubble blocking the entrance with a bomb. You pick a course: Beginner costs 30 Rupees on a 5 by 4 board with 4 bombs; Intermediate costs 50 Rupees on a 6 by 5 board with bombs and Rupoors; Expert costs 70 Rupees on an 8 by 5 board with 8 Rupoors and 8 bombs. Each hole you dig shows a Rupee, a Rupoor that takes Rupees back, or a bomb that ends the round and costs you a heart. A hidden time limit also runs, and Tubert warns you when it is nearly up. The harder courses hide bigger Rupees (Beginner is mostly green and blue, Intermediate mostly blue and red, Expert mostly red). Your total goes into your wallet when the round ends. Dig up every Rupee on the board and you also win a rare treasure on top, such as a Blue Bird Feather or a Goddess Plume; this works on every course, including Beginner.

Strich runs a bug-catching course on Bug Rock, a netted island inside the Thunderhead. It opens after you beat Bilocyte and free Levias (True Master Sword, Levias and Bilocyte). Bring a Bug Net. You have five minutes to win anything. Bug Beginner costs 20 Rupees: catch the five bugs he shows you, which are a Sky Stag Beetle, a Skyloft Mantis, a Starry Firefly, a Lanayru Ant and a Volcanic Ladybug. Bug Wrangler costs 50 Rupees: catch ten bugs of eight different types, namely two Eldin Rollers, two Faron Grasshoppers and one each of Sand Cicada, Lanayru Ant, Gerudo Dragonfly, Woodland Rhino Beetle, Blessed Butterfly and Skyloft Mantis.

Fledge runs this bow game in front of the Sparring Hall in Skyloft, once his I Want to Be Strong side quest is finished (Side Quests). Each try costs 20 Rupees and lasts 90 seconds. Fledge tosses pumpkins in an arc and you shoot them with the Bow; a pumpkin cannot be hit while he is still holding it. Your first hit scores 10 points, each hit in a row adds 10 more up to 50 per pumpkin, a miss resets the chain, and sparkling pumpkins score double. Prizes: from roughly 100 to 150 points up to 399 pays 50 Rupees, 400 to 599 pays a rare treasure, and 600 or more pays a Piece of Heart.

The harp duet is the last of Pumm’s chores at the Lumpy Pumpkin (the chandelier and the other chores are covered on Side Quests). Once you have the Goddess’s Harp you can play along with Kina at night on Pumpkin Landing, free of charge, and you can come back to repeat it for Rupees. Strum to match the swaying arms of the audience. A good show pays 20 Rupees and a fantastic one pays 50, while a weak showing pays nothing.