Bomb Upgrades

Upgrades in the First Quest	2 (Level 5 and Level 7)
Cost	100 rupees each
Capacity	Starts at 8, then 12 after the first, then 16 after the second

You can buy two bomb upgrades in the First Quest, each for 100 rupees, from old men hidden in Level 5 and Level 7. Each one adds four to your bomb capacity, so the maximum rises from 8 to 12 and then to 16. Bring 100 rupees with you when you enter each room, because the old man will not wait while you go to collect money.

Quick reference

Icon	Upgrade	Capacity	Cost	Where
	First upgrade	8 to 12	100 rupees	Level 5, hidden room behind a bombed east wall in the room of six Keese
	Second upgrade	12 to 16	100 rupees	Level 7, behind a locked door

First upgrade: Level 5

Reach the room with the bomb wall

Enter Level 5 and work through its rooms, collecting small keys as you go. The upgrade comes after you have taken the Recorder from its stairway room: leave that room, go up one room, then right and down into the room of six Keese, and pick up the small key on its floor. The bomb wall is on the east side of that room.

Small key lying on the floor of a green Level 5 room

Link beside a small gold key in a grey-brick Level 5 room

Bomb the right wall

Stand against the east wall of the Keese room and place a bomb. When the wall opens, walk through the passage to a small room with three fires and an old man in the middle.

Old man between three fires in the bomb room offering a bomb upgrade for 100

Old man in the bomb room saying he would like to have more bombs

Pay 100 rupees

Talk to the old man and pay 100 rupees. He adds four bombs to your capacity, which takes you from 8 to 12. Your bombs refill to the new maximum straight away.

Blue bomb on the bomb room board marked minus 100 rupees

Link leaving the bomb room with twelve bombs after the purchase

Second upgrade: Level 7

Find the room with three Dodongos

In Level 7 the way to the second old man runs up the left side of the dungeon. Head to the third room up from the bottom on that side, where three Dodongos wait. Defeat them with bombs or by stunning them, then unlock the door above with a small key.

Old Man between two fires offering more bombs for 100 rupees

Empty bomb room with two fires and Link, with sixteen bombs held

Pay 100 rupees for the last upgrade

The old man behind that door raises your capacity by four more bombs, from 12 to 16, for 100 rupees. Have the money ready before you open the door. You are now at the maximum bomb capacity for the First Quest.

Old man between two fires offering more bombs for 100 in Level 7

Link in the empty Level 7 bomb room after buying the upgrade

This room is the one reached by going up from the three-Dodongo room on the left side of the dungeon. The Dodongos are avoidable, so you can slip past them if your bombs are low.

Old man grumbling between three fires in the hidden Level 7 room

Old man alone in the dark hidden room with two fires

Second Quest upgrades

In the Second Quest the bomb upgrades move. One is in Level 4 and the other is in Level 8, and both cost 100 rupees. Bring the rupees with you when you enter those dungeons.

Old man offering the Level 4 bomb upgrade for 100 rupees

Old man offering a bomb upgrade for 100 rupees in Level 8

The walkthrough chapters for the First Quest upgrades are the Level 5 chapter and the Level 7 chapter.

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