The Blue Ring is the first ring you can buy, for 250 rupees, from a shop hidden under a statue in an Armos field at E4, a few screens north-west of the start. The Red Ring is a reward for finishing the dungeon Level 9, and it takes even more damage off Link. You can wear only one ring at a time, and the Red Ring replaces the Blue Ring when you have both.
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Ring effects
Blue Ring
Find the Armos field
Go to E4, three screens north of the medicine woman at E7 and a few screens north-west of the start. There is a row of Armos statues along the top, and the one that matters is the middle statue of that top row. Touch it, and it moves off the stairway underneath.
Walk down the stairs
Descend the stairs under the middle Armos to enter the hidden shop. The shop sells three things: a Key for 80 rupees, the Blue Ring for 250 rupees, and Monster Bait for 60 rupees. Carry at least 250 rupees, because you cannot buy the ring with less.
Buy the Blue Ring
Buy the Blue Ring for 250 rupees. The Blue Ring is the most expensive item in the game, so save your rupees for it before you spend them on anything else. Once you have it, Link’s tunic turns blue and every hit deals half damage.
Red Ring
Enter Level 9
Level 9, Death Mountain, is the last dungeon of the First Quest and is shaped like a skull. You must have all eight Triforce of Wisdom pieces before the old man at the entrance lets you in. Once inside, the Red Ring is one of the two key items, along with the Silver Arrows.
Bomb your way to the Wizzrobe room
Work up through the dungeon, bombing the walls that lead to the next passage, and defeat the Patras you meet. Near the top, a room holds a Map, and bombing its top wall twice opens a passage into a room of Wizzrobes.
Defeat all of the Wizzrobes in that room. Then push the leftmost block to reveal a staircase. Take the stairs down into the secret passage, and the Red Ring is there for you to collect.
Wear the Red Ring
When you equip the Red Ring, Link’s tunic turns red and he takes a quarter of the damage he normally would. Stacked with nothing else, this is the strongest defense in the game, and it makes the Wizzrobes and Lanmolas of Level 9 much easier to survive.
Ring tips
Buy the Blue Ring before the later dungeons, since it cuts damage from every enemy and boss attack. When you find the Red Ring in Level 9 it replaces the Blue Ring as your ring, so you do not need to keep both. In the walkthrough you buy the Blue Ring before Level 1, and the same shop is stocked again when you return for Monster Bait between Level 6 and Level 7.
The chapter where the Blue Ring is bought is the Money Caves and Blue Ring chapter. The Red Ring is in the Level 9 chapter.
