Items and Equipment

In an unlinked game, the Wooden Sword is in the Hero’s Cave, a small cave in the rocky ground south-west of Horon Village near the beach. Enter the cave and work through the block rooms, which have a few weak enemies and one locked door that needs a key. The sword sits in a chest near the end of the cave. In a linked game you already have it, and the cave becomes the optional bonus dungeon described on the Hero’s Cave page.

Walk into the Horon Village shop and buy the Wooden Shield for 30 Rupees. It blocks rocks and arrows but burns from fire attacks, and a Like Like can eat it. You can also find one in a winter chest in Tower of Winter, which is covered in the Tower of Winter chapter.

Work through the trade sequence to its last step. You receive the Noble Sword after you hand the Phonograph to the leaf-headed Deku Scrub in the sandy room of the Lost Woods area, and he gives you the sword as the reward for the trade chain. Read the full steps on the trading sequence page. A linked game has a second way to get it: Farore’s Hall of Secrets, inside the Maku Tree, gives it after the third password. See the Hall of Secrets chapter for that route.

The Master Sword is a linked-game upgrade. Once you own the Noble Sword, a secret from the Clock Shop in Horon Village raises it to level 3, after an arena challenge. The Tarm Ruins chapter covers the linked-game steps around it: Tarm Ruins and the Lost Woods.

Biggoron’s Sword is also a linked-game reward. A red Goron in the caverns of Goron Mountain, just inside the entrance, tells you a secret after you agree to research it. Carry that secret to Farore in the Maku Tree and type its password on the secret keyboard. The sword uses both hand slots and deals the most damage. The full route is in the side-quest chapter.

The Iron Shield is forged at the Subrosian Smithy, on the peninsula near the Temple of Seasons district in Subrosia. You need the Wooden Shield and a piece of Hard Ore. Make the Hard Ore yourself: pick up a Red Ore from a chest in an eastern Subrosian cave (reached with the Roc’s Feather and Magnetic Gloves) and a Blue Ore from a chest on the far west side of Subrosia (reached with the Magnetic Gloves). Take both to the blue Subrosian with a band around his head at the Subrosian Great Furnace, and he fuses them into Hard Ore. Return to the smith, and when he asks what you want to say, choose “Do whatever.” See the Tarm Ruins chapter for the ore chain in order.

The Mirror Shield is the top shield and needs a linked game. The chain starts with a password from the ghost in a lone cottage on the Western Coast, carried to the librarian in the past-era library, and then to Farore in the Maku Tree, who gives you the shield. A linked save can also buy one at the Horon Village shop for 80 Rupees once you own the Iron Shield. The Mirror Shield blocks the beams fired by Beamos statues. The route appears in the Temple Remains chapter.

Enter the Gnarled Root Dungeon through the tree opened by the Gnarled Key. Beyond the block-pushing room with the Blade Traps, drop into a side-scrolling basement under a diamond of blocks and climb the ladder. The Seed Satchel is the dungeon’s main item and comes with 20 Ember Seeds. See Gnarled Root Dungeon.

Snake’s Remains, the second dungeon, holds the Power Bracelet in a chest that appears after you defeat the Pig Warriors across the wide gap. Light the entrance torches first, then throw bombs over the gap or knock the Pig Warriors into it. You need the bracelet for the rocks and roller puzzles in later dungeons. See Snake’s Remains.

Poison Moth’s Lair holds the Roc’s Feather, halfway through the dungeon. Use it to reach the Compass and the second Small Key, then cross the potholes on the way. It lets you jump one tile, and three tiles with a Pegasus Seed. See Poison Moth’s Lair.

The Dancing Dragon Dungeon gives you the Slingshot. It fires seeds in eight directions, so you can hit switches across a room. The chapter covers the cart room where you use it. See Dancing Dragon Dungeon.

Unicorn’s Cave has the Magnetic Gloves in an alcove off the yellow-tile room, behind the water rooms. They attract or repel metal objects and pull magnetic balls onto switches. You need them later for the Red and Blue Ore chests in Subrosia. See Unicorn’s Cave.

Climb to the third floor of the Ancient Ruins and open the chest in the Armos room. Taking it wakes the Armos statues, which you defeat before you leave. The Magical Boomerang hits the open mouths of Manhandla in the boss room. See Ancient Ruins.

The Explorer’s Crypt holds the Roc’s Cape, an upgrade to the Roc’s Feather. It jumps three tiles, and you can hold the button to glide longer. Enter the crypt from the graveyard on the Western Coast; summer is needed to clear the vines. See Explorer’s Crypt.

The Sword & Shield Maze holds the Hyper Slingshot in a chest behind a face-shaped block. Pull the iron sphere onto its button with the Magnetic Gloves to make a bridge, then push the face block aside. It fires three seeds for the cost of one. See Sword & Shield Maze.

Holly gives you the Shovel in Woods of Winter. Find her house by climbing the steps, crossing the snowbank and dropping down the chimney. The Shovel digs up Ore Chunks, hearts and hidden stairs in soft soil. See Woods of Winter and the Shovel.

Sunken City’s Master Diver gives you the Zora’s Flippers. A woman in one of the flooded houses explains where his gear is hidden, which leads to the Master’s Plaque. Earn the plaque in the cave with four eye statues: push the statues into one tight block, stand on the open tile, and spin-attack so that every eye is hit at once. Give the plaque to the Master Diver, and he accepts you as his pupil. You can then swim with A and dive with B. See Sunken City and Zora’s Flippers.

The Rod of Seasons is in the Temple of Seasons area of Subrosia early in the game. It only works at a tree stump, and it gains one season power from each Season Spirit. Winter is first, then summer, spring and autumn. See Tower of Winter and the Rod of Seasons.

Gale Seeds come from the Mystical Tree in Sunken City. Use one outdoors near a stump you have activated with the Rod of Seasons, and you warp to any other activated stump you pick from the map. See Sunken City.

Use: Burn bushes and light torches

Where it grows: Horon Village, south of Vasu’s shop

Use: Lure monsters

Where it grows: North Horon, above Blaino’s Gym

Use: Speed burst and longer jumps

Where it grows: Spool Swamp entrance

Use: Owl hints and random effects

Where it grows: Woods of Winter

Use: Warp between activated stumps

Where it grows: Sunken City

Each Mystical Tree bears fruit in one season only. The Ember Seed tree is south of Vasu’s shop in Horon Village. The Scent Seed tree stands in North Horon above Blaino’s Gym, the Pegasus Seed tree is at the Spool Swamp entrance, the Mystery Seed tree is in the Woods of Winter, and the Gale Seed tree is in Sunken City. Refill your seeds by cutting grass and defeating enemies, then use them with the Satchel or Slingshot.

The Satchel starts at 20 seeds per type. Buy the Member’s Card for 5 Ore Chunks from the red merchant tent in the Subrosian Market. Show it at the Horon Village shop counter to enter the members’ room, where the 300-Rupee upgrade takes the Satchel to 50. A linked-game secret raises it to 99. The Satchel upgrade is covered in the Tower of Autumn chapter.

The Gnarled Key opens the Gnarled Root Dungeon. Use it on the keystone on the small island in the lake south of Horon Village, which raises the dungeon out of the water. See Getting Started in Holodrum.

The Floodgate Key opens the Spool Swamp dungeon route, and the Dragon Key opens the Dancing Dragon Dungeon. You get the Floodgate Key in the Spool Swamp area and the Dragon Key on Mt. Cucco. See Spool Swamp and the Floodgate Key and Tower of Spring and Mt. Cucco.

The Star-Shaped Ore is traded for a Ribbon in the Subrosian Market. The Member’s Card costs 5 Ore Chunks in the same market. Both are needed to finish the Subrosian sidequests, and the Member’s Card unlocks the Satchel upgrade. See Tower of Summer and Rosa’s Ribbon.

The Bomb Flower is found in the far corner of the lava lake in Subrosia. Lift it with the Power Bracelet after crossing the lake with the Roc’s Feather. It opens the next step of the Temple Remains route. See Temple Remains and the Volcano.

Trade items pass from one person to the next, starting with the Cuccodex and ending with the Phonograph and the Noble Sword. The Ghastly Doll is traded for the Iron Pot, the Lava Soup for the Goron Vase, and the Wooden Bird for Engine Grease. The full order and every trade step are on the trading sequence page.

The Ring Box starts at level 1 and holds one ring. Vasu Jewelers in Horon Village hands it to you early. The level 2 box holds three rings and comes from a red Goron in a cave on Goron Mountain. The level 3 box holds five rings and needs a linked game. Only one ring is worn at a time, but you can swap between the rings in the box from the menu. See Magical Rings for every ring.

Ricky, Dimitri and Moosh each come with a flute. Ricky’s Gloves are won from Blaino in North Horon, and Ricky is then your companion on Holodrum Plain. Dimitri’s Flute is given after you pay 80 Rupees to free him from the frozen lake reached through Spool Swamp. Moosh is found in Tower of Spring. The Strange Flute can become one of these flutes. See Animal Companions for the full list.