Preparation and defense
| Item | Acquisition / price | Documented use |
|---|---|---|
| Wooden Sword | Starting-screen cave; given by the Old Man | Essential first weapon. |
| Bombs | Early shop: 20 rupees; also dropped by Blue Octoroks | Open secret walls, save keys, damage bosses, and continue through bomb-gated routes. |
| White Sword | White Sword cave; requires five total hearts | Deals twice the Wooden Sword’s damage. |
| Magical Sword | Graveyard cave; requires twelve total hearts | Deals twice White Sword damage and four times Wooden Sword damage. |
| Magical Shield | Hidden shop: 90 rupees | Blocks Aquamentus and Orange Wizzrobe beams; does not block Ganon’s fireballs. Like-Likes can consume it. |
| Blue Ring | Hidden Armos shop: 250 rupees | Preparation upgrade superseded later by the Red Ring. |
| Red Ring | Death Mountain | Halves damage relative to Blue Ring; quarter damage relative to the starting green tunic. |
| Letter and potions | The Letter unlocks purchases from the Old Woman | Both potion types fully heal; Life Potion is one use and 2nd Potion supplies two uses. |
Ranged tools and utility
| Item | Acquisition / price | Documented use or limit |
|---|---|---|
| Arrow + Bow | Arrow: 80 rupees; Bow: Level 1 | Neither works alone; each Bow shot consumes one rupee. Arrow is required for Gohma. |
| Boomerang | Level 1 | Temporarily stuns enemies and defeats very weak enemies such as Keese. |
| Magical Boomerang | Level 2 | Crosses the full screen, extending stun and attack range. |
| Raft | Level 3 | Crosses water at certain overworld docks. |
| Stepladder | Level 4 | Crosses small spans of water. |
| Whistle (Recorder) | Level 5 | Supports overworld warping, shrinks Digdogger, and reveals Level 7 at its pond. |
| Magical Wand (Magical Rod) | Level 6 | Fires a Wizzrobe-like beam without consuming rupees; it does not replace the Arrow for Gohma. |
| Red Candle | Level 7 | Works like Blue Candle but can be used more than once on the same screen. |
| Magic Book | Optional, Level 8 | Adds fire to Wand beams; the fire lights dark rooms and extends utility. |
| Magical Key | Optional, Level 8 | Opens locked doors without being consumed and simplifies Death Mountain. |
| Silver Arrow | Death Mountain | Required to finish Ganon after four sword hits turn him brown. |
Capacity upgrades and gates
- Level 5 bomb upgrade: 100 rupees; raises capacity from eight to twelve.
- Level 7 bomb upgrade: raises capacity to sixteen; its price is unavailable here.
- Bait: costs 60 rupees and is required by the documented route to pass the Hungry Goriya in Level 7.
- Eight fragments: the completed Triforce of Wisdom is required to pass the Old Man at Death Mountain.
Boss dependency check
| Encounter | Dependency | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Dodongo | Bombs | Make it swallow two bombs. |
| Digdogger | Whistle | Sound once to shrink it, then attack. |
| Gohma | Arrow + Bow | Shoot the open eye once. |
| Ganon | Silver Arrow | After four sword hits turn him brown, fire once. |