Magic Containers

Magic Containers in the game	4 (your magic meter starts with 4 and tops out at 8)
Magic per container	16 Magic Points each, so 4 containers hold 64 and 8 hold 128
Where they are	South of North Palace, Death Mountain, Maze Island, and New Kasuto
Items you need	Candle (first container, dark cave), Hammer (second container), Raft (third container, to reach Maze Island), Hammer (fourth container, to reveal New Kasuto)

There are four Magic Containers in Zelda II, and each one adds a 16-point block to your magic meter. Collecting all four takes your magic meter from 4 blocks to its maximum of 8. Spells that cost more than you have will not cast, and four wizards check your meter before they teach you: Fire needs 5 blocks (one extra container found), Reflect 6 (two found), Spell 7 (three found) and Thunder all 8. The walkthrough picks the containers up in this order: Ruto, Death Mountain, Maze Island and New Kasuto.

Quick reference

#	Magic Container	Region	How to get it / requirement
1	Dark cave in the mountains	West Hyrule, south of North Palace	Candle to light the cave
2	Hidden pit below a boulder	Death Mountain, next to the Hammer cave	Hammer; break the boulder and drop into the pit
3	Hidden grotto on the west side of Maze Island	Eastern Hyrule, Maze Island	Reach Maze Island with the Raft; take the outer path on the west side
4	House of the old woman in purple	Eastern Hyrule, New Kasuto	Hammer to reveal the town; enter the house and go to the back

The four Magic Containers

1. Dark cave south of North Palace

Leave North Palace and cross the grass. Go past the water, then head south until you reach the mountains. Turn left (west), following the outline of the water. The cave lies south of the palace.

Link walking across the grass plain under a blue sky

Link on a grass path beside a sign, with the Magic meter at the top left

A cave sits in the mountains. It is dark, so you need the Candle from Parapa Palace to see inside. Enemies such as Lowders and Red Octoroks guard the way to the back, where the container sits on a ledge. The Ruto chapter picks it up on the way to Ruto Town.

Link on a ledge in a brown rock cave, seen from the side

Link facing brown enemies on the floor of the brown rock cave

2. Death Mountain, below the boulder

Enter the cave on Death Mountain where the Hammer is found and go to its far end. You will get the Hammer there. Leave the cave the way you came and you will be standing beside a large boulder on your left.

Link standing on a rock ledge inside the brown rock cave on Death Mountain

Overhead view of Link standing beside a brown boulder on the overworld near the pit

Smash the boulder with the Hammer and drop down the hole it uncovers. The Magic Container is directly below. See Death Mountain and the Hammer for the route to the cave.

Overhead view of the same spot with the boulder gone and a dotted patch of ground left

Link at the bottom of a narrow brown rock shaft with a flask on the floor beside him

3. Maze Island, west side

Reach Maze Island from Darunia by crossing the beach and the bridge. The island is a maze of overworld paths. From the action screen where you start, go south, then west, take the first path north, turn north at the split, cross the second bridge and head south along the outer path on the west side of the island.

Overhead view of Link on a grassy path between rocky walls and water on Maze Island

Overhead view of Link on the narrow grass paths of Maze Island's maze

The path ends at a hidden grotto, a side-scrolling cave screen, with the third Magic Container on a ledge inside. The Darunia chapter picks it up on the second trip to the island, after you have learned Reflect.

Link in the brown-orange cave on Maze Island, with a flask-shaped item on the floor to the right

Link holding a flask-shaped item overhead in the brown-orange cave on Maze Island

4. New Kasuto, the house of the old woman

Find the Hidden Town of Kasuto in the woods east of Old Kasuto. The town is hidden until you use the Hammer on the forest squares there; the far-left square of the top row reveals it. The cave on the way has Tektites on its first screen, so the Fire spell helps. For the town layout, see New Kasuto, Old Kasuto and the Thunder Spell.

Link beside a purple-robed woman at a green-roofed house in the hidden town of Kasuto

Link and a purple-robed woman on the street of the hidden town of Kasuto

Enter the house of the old woman on the first screen of the town. Walk to the back of the house, down into the basement, to find the fourth and last Magic Container. She only lets you in once you already hold the other three containers, so collect those first.

A flask-shaped item lying on the floor of a dark teal-brick room in Kasuto

Link holding a flask-shaped item overhead in a dark teal-brick room in Kasuto

Tips for collecting them

The first container needs the Candle, so get the Candle in Parapa Palace before you go looking for it. The second needs the Hammer, which you collect on Death Mountain. The last one is in New Kasuto, and with it your magic meter is full for the Thunder spell. For the other kinds of pickups that restore or add to your stats, see Magic Jars and Heart Container Locations.

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