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Total maps31
RequirementSalvage Arm Salvage Arm (bought from Eddo, 200 to 1,000 Rupees)
Rewards23 Ship Parts, 5 Sand of Hours, 2 Treasures, 1 Big Gold Rupee
RepairsMercay Island shipyard, 20 to 50 Rupees

There are 31 treasure maps in Phantom Hourglass. Each one marks a red X on your Sea Chart, and when you sail to the X and lower the Salvage Arm you pull up a sunken chest. Of the 31, 23 hold a Ship Part, 5 hold Sand of Hours worth one minute each, 2 hold a random Treasure, and the last holds a Big Gold Rupee. You need the Salvage Arm before any of them pay off, so this page starts there.

The Salvage Arm

Salvage Arm

Buying the Salvage Arm

Eddo, the shipwright, builds it. Buy the Cannon from him first for 50 Rupees. Later he sends a letter saying the arm is ready, and you collect it from him. When he asks how badly you want it, shout into the DS microphone: the louder you are, the cheaper it is, from 1,000 Rupees for a whisper down to 200 Rupees for a full yell. Once you own it, a Salvage option appears in your ship menu at sea.

Salvaging a chest

Sail to the X, open the ship menu and pick Salvage. Drag the arm left and right with the stylus to steer it, and slide it up or down to change how fast it sinks. Touch the Rupees floating around to collect them as bonuses, then hook the chest. Avoid the spiked Octomines and the rocks: each knock damages the arm, and after five hits it breaks.

Salvage Arm

Repairing the arm

If it breaks, take the ship back to the Mercay Island shipyard, where Gazpacho fixes it for 20 to 50 Rupees.

Warning that the Salvage Arm is being wrecked while it hits hazards

Quick reference: all 31 maps

#RegionRequirement to get the mapReward at the X
Treasure Map 1Cannon IslandNoneShip Part (9 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 2Molida IslandShovelSand of Hours (132 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 3Isle of EmberShovelShip Part (112 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 4Isle of EmberShovelSand of Hours (9 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 5Zauz’s IslandShovelShip Part (125 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 6Uncharted IslandShovelTreasure (112 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 7Isle of GustSwordShip Part (25 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 8Isle of GustNoneShip Part (21 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 9Mercay IslandSalvage Arm, Sun Key found in the temple, 50 RupeesSand of Hours (25 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 10Mercay IslandTemple of Courage done, ShovelShip Part (30 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 11Temple of the Ocean KingBowSand of Hours (21 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 12Mercay IslandSoutheastern Sea ChartShip Part (30 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 13Molida IslandSoutheastern Sea ChartShip Part (9 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 14Goron IslandShovel, BowShip Part (108 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 15Goron TempleBombsShip Part (25 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 16Goron IslandBombchusShip Part (9 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 17Isle of FrostShovelShip Part (9 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 18Harrow Island50 Rupees, Southeastern or Northeastern Sea ChartShip Part (30 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 19Harrow Island50 Rupees, Southeastern or Northeastern Sea ChartShip Part (25 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 20Molida IslandGrappling Hook, ShovelShip Part (21 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 21Bannan IslandShovelShip Part (30 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 22Bannan IslandGrappling Hook, ShovelShip Part (21 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 23Temple of the Ocean KingBombchus, Goron Temple doneSand of Hours (9 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 24Harrow Island50 Rupees, Southeastern or Northeastern Sea ChartShip Part (25 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 25Harrow Island50 Rupees, Southeastern or Northeastern Sea ChartShip Part (9 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 26Traveler’s Ship (Northeastern Sea)Northeastern Sea accessShip Part (30 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 27Maze IslandTreasure Maze, Normal levelShip Part (21 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 28Isle of the DeadBombsTreasure (30 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 29Isle of the DeadBombsShip Part (112 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 30Temple of the Ocean KingHammerShip Part (25 bonus Rupees)
Treasure Map 31Temple of the Ocean KingHammerBig Gold Rupee (9 bonus Rupees)

Maps 1 to 10

Treasure Map

Treasure Map #1 (Cannon Island)

On your first visit, cross the northwest part of Cannon Island, where the beehives are, and look for a small clearing with a ring of grass. A chest there holds the map. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 9 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #2 (Molida Island)

Solve the puzzle of Molida’s four stone tablets, which leads to the Old Wayfarer’s second hideout: mark the tablets, join them with lines and dig where the lines cross, beside a palm tree. You drop into the hideout, where a chest holds the map. At the X you bring up a Sand of Hours (one minute for the Phantom Hourglass), with 132 bonus Rupees floating around it.

Treasure Map

Treasure Map #3 (Isle of Ember)

Go down to Astrid’s basement and dig in the dark patch of floor at the lower right. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 112 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #4 (Isle of Ember)

Look for the grassy patch northeast of the Temple of Fire entrance, the spot Kayo hints at, and dig there. At the X you bring up a Sand of Hours (one minute for the Phantom Hourglass), with 9 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #5 (Zauz’s Island)

A tablet at the far north end hints at the trick. Note the four stones around the island, join them with two lines and dig where the lines cross, near a palm tree at the south end. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 125 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #6 (Uncharted Island)

Dig on the west side, in front of the Boing Statue and Gossip Stone. At the X you bring up a random Treasure, with 112 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #7 (Isle of Gust)

Inside the cave with the pit, defeat ten Miniblins. A second chest then appears and holds the map. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 25 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #8 (Isle of Gust)

Cross the Sandworm desert to its southeast corner and open the chest there. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 21 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #9 (Mercay Island)

Once you own the Salvage Arm and have learned where the Sun Key is on your third trip into the Temple of the Ocean King, talk to Ojibe on the Mercay dock and pay 50 Rupees for the map. At the X you bring up a Sand of Hours (one minute for the Phantom Hourglass), with 25 bonus Rupees floating around it.

Treasure Map

Treasure Map #10 (Mercay Island)

After the Temple of Courage, dig beside the tree outside Oshus’s storehouse. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 30 bonus Rupees floating around it.

Maps 11 to 20

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Treasure Map #11 (Temple of the Ocean King)

On B6, shoot the eye switch west of the entrance with an arrow. A chest in the northeast opens for a few seconds only, so run to it. At the X you bring up a Sand of Hours (one minute for the Phantom Hourglass), with 21 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #12 (Mercay Island)

Freedle gives you this one after you own the Southeastern Sea Chart. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 30 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #13 (Molida Island)

After the Southeastern Sea Chart, the girl in red near the dock hands it over. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 9 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #14 (Goron Island)

A Goron here is scared of Yellow ChuChus. Dig up the updraft, then shoot the ChuChus with arrows to earn the map. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 108 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #15 (Goron Temple)

In the first room, northeast corner, bomb the switch from the bridge. The chest that appears is on a timer. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 25 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #16 (Goron Island)

Send a Bombchu through the hole at the maze entrance. The chest in the northeast is timed. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 9 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #17 (Isle of Frost)

Dig in the middle of the small island southwest of Anouki Estates. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 9 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Maps #18, #19, #24 and #25 (Harrow Island)

These four come from the digging game on Harrow Island. Pay 50 Rupees, then dig up as many of the ten buried prizes as you can; digging past ten costs you a fine. The spots change every game. Two of the maps can turn up once you have the Southeastern Sea Chart, and the other two after the Northeastern Sea Chart. Each holds a Ship Part: map #18 pays 30 bonus Rupees, #19 pays 25, #24 pays 25 and #25 pays 9.

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Treasure Map #20 (Molida Island)

Grapple a barrel onto the tablet to summon a Cucco, glide to the small islets, and dig beneath the tree. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 21 bonus Rupees floating around it.

Maps 21 to 31

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Treasure Map #21 (Bannan Island)

Dig just left of the sign outside the Old Wayfarer’s hut. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 30 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #22 (Bannan Island)

Cross the tightrope to the islet with three tablets, then dig between the two chests on the main island. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 21 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #23 (Temple of the Ocean King)

Use a Bombchu on the B4 shock switch to open the alternate northwest exit. On B5, dig, hit the switch and open the chest. This is possible after the Goron Temple. The X sits in the northeast part of the Southeastern Sea, northwest of the Isle of Frost. At the X you bring up a Sand of Hours (one minute for the Phantom Hourglass), with 9 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #26 (Traveler’s Ship (Northeastern Sea))

Defeat every enemy on the Man of Smiles’ ship. The map comes along with the Hero’s New Clothes. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 30 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #27 (Maze Island)

Win the Normal level of the Treasure Maze. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 21 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #28 (Isle of the Dead)

Bomb the west wall of the first cave to reach the Rupoor maze. Open the second chest from the left. At the X you bring up a random Treasure, with 30 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #29 (Isle of the Dead)

Find the secret cavern and open the chest close to the King’s Eye. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 112 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #30 (Temple of the Ocean King)

On B10, use the Hammer on the floor switch in the southwest to open a big chest. At the X you bring up a Ship Part, with 25 bonus Rupees floating around it.

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Treasure Map #31 (Temple of the Ocean King)

On B12, hit the crystal switch, then use the Hammer launch pad to reach the timed chest in the east. At the X you bring up a Big Gold Rupee, with 9 bonus Rupees floating around it.

Link walking toward the opened chest in the east of B12

Tips

Ship Parts from sunken chests are more likely to be rare than parts found elsewhere, so salvaging is the quickest way to fill a ship set. Sinking a large pirate ship can also leave an X on your chart.

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