| Total | 20 Power Gems (red) |
|---|---|
| Spirit | Leaf, the Spirit of Power |
| Level 1 | 10 gems: flaming sword, double damage |
| Level 2 | 20 gems: quadruple damage |
| Turn in at | Shrine on Spirit Island |
| Bought | 1 (Mercay Island or Molida Island shop, 500 Rupees) |
| Given or mailed | 3 (Astrid, Oshus, King Mutoh) |
There are 20 Power Gems in Phantom Hourglass, and every one is red. One is sold in the Mercay Island shop, three are handed over by characters or arrive by mail, and the other sixteen sit in chests and hidden spots on islands and inside dungeons. Collect ten and take them to the Shrine on Spirit Island to power up Leaf, the Spirit of Power; bring all twenty to power her up a second time. Most of the later gems need the Bow, Bombs, the Shovel or the Grappling Hook, so expect to come back to earlier places as you gain items.
Table of Contents
What Leaf does with the gems
A Power Gem does nothing while it sits in your collection. With ten of them, the servant at the Shrine on Spirit Island awakens Leaf. Select Leaf on the Collection screen and your sword is wreathed in flame and deals double damage. With all twenty gems it deals four times its normal damage. While Leaf is equipped, a slash from behind stuns a Phantom or a Reapling, and enemies such as Bubbles, Phantom Eyes and Fire Keese go down to the sword without being stunned first.
All 20 Power Gems at a glance
| # | Place | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
 1 | Mercay Island shop (also sold in the Molida Island shop) | 500 Rupees |
| 2 | Isle of Ember | Finish the Temple of Fire |
| 3 | Cannon Island | None |
| 4 | Isle of Gust | None |
| 5 | Temple of Wind | None |
| 6 | Mercay Island | Finish the Temple of Wind |
| 7 | Mercay Island | Bombs |
| 8 | Temple of the Ocean King | None |
| 9 | Temple of Courage, hidden room by the stone tablets | Bombs |
| 10 | Temple of Courage | Bow |
| 11 | Temple of the Ocean King | Bow |
| 12 | Goron Island | Bombs |
| 13 | Isle of Frost | Grappling Hook |
| 14 | Molida Island | Grappling Hook |
| 15 | Spirit Island | Grappling Hook |
| 16 | Bannan Island | Grappling Hook |
| 17 | Temple of the Ocean King | Grappling Hook |
| 18 | Isle of the Dead | Shovel, Bombs |
| 19 | Isle of Ruins | Lowered water |
| 20 | Mailbox | Finish Mutoh’s Temple |
Power Gem locations
Power Gem 1: Mercay Island shop
Buy it in the shop on Mercay Island for 500 Rupees. It is on sale from your first visit, and once you buy it the shop stops stocking it. The shop on Molida Island sells the same gem, but you can only buy it once between the two shops.
Power Gem 2: Astrid on the Isle of Ember
Clear the Temple of Fire, then drop down the ledges outside to Astrid’s house. She praises you for beating Blaaz and gives you the gem herself.
Power Gem 3: Cannon Island Bomb Garden
In the Bomb Garden cavern on Cannon Island, a chest holds the gem. The bomb flowers and cracked walls inside the cavern give you all the explosives you need.
Power Gem 4: Isle of Gust platform
Walk to the west edge of the Isle of Gust. A raised platform there carries a chest with the gem inside.
Power Gem 5: Temple of Wind, floor B2
Find the room with the sandworm on floor B2 of the Temple of Wind. The chest is on the west side of that room.
Power Gem 6: Oshus after the Temple of Wind
After you beat the Temple of Wind, visit Oshus in his house on Mercay Island and he gives you a gem. If you skip the visit, he mails it to you instead.
Power Gem 7: Mercay Island cave
Near the Temple of the Ocean King on Mercay Island, blow open a cracked wall with a bomb. The cave behind it holds a chest with the gem.
Power Gem 8: Temple of the Ocean King, floor B4
Defeat all three Phantom Eyes on floor B4 and a chest appears with the gem in it. The floor is covered in Temple of the Ocean King B4 to B6.
Power Gem 9: Temple of Courage, tablet room
In the Temple of Courage, bomb the wall between the two stone tablets to open a hidden room with two chests. One holds the gem and the other the Bell Prow ship part.
Power Gem 10: Temple of Courage, floor 2F
In the south room of floor 2F, shoot both eye switches with arrows. A chest appears with the gem inside.
Power Gem 11: Temple of the Ocean King, floor B3
On floor B3, shoot the eye switch in the northeast with an arrow and a chest appears. You need the Bow, so this one waits for a later visit.
Power Gem 12: Goron Island north maze
Bomb your way through the maze in the north of Goron Island. The chest at its heart holds the gem.
Power Gem 13: Isle of Frost, Great Ice Field
In the Great Ice Field on the Isle of Frost, a chest rests on a high ledge. Swing up to it with the Grappling Hook.
Power Gem 14: Molida Island cavern
Inside the cavern on Molida Island, use the Grappling Hook to climb to a high ledge where the chest sits.
Power Gem 15: Spirit Island, east side
On the east side of Spirit Island, reach a chest with the Grappling Hook.
Power Gem 16: Bannan Island islet
A tiny island east of the dock on Bannan Island holds a chest. Cross to it with the Grappling Hook.
Power Gem 17: Temple of the Ocean King, floor B7
On floor B7, stand on the stake near the first chest and use the Grappling Hook to reach the shock switch on a ledge to the southeast. Hit it and the chest holding the gem appears for about ten seconds just south of the eastern flame wall, so be ready to run to it.
Power Gem 18: Isle of the Dead hidden cave
On the Isle of the Dead, find the hidden cave (the Shovel is needed to get in) and bomb the cracked wall inside. The chest behind it holds the gem.
Power Gem 19: Isle of Ruins maze
After the water around the Isle of Ruins has been lowered, go to the northeast of the maze and open the chest there.
Power Gem 20: King Mutoh’s letter
Once you clear Mutoh’s Temple, walk up to a red mailbox. A messenger arrives with a letter from King Mutoh that has the gem inside, and it can take a little while to turn up.
Turning them in
Spirit Island lies south of Molida Island. Visit the Shrine once you hold ten gems to awaken Leaf, and return with all twenty for the second upgrade. Open the Collection screen and select Leaf afterwards, because the Spirit only helps while it is equipped.
