The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening: items

Every key item in Link’s Awakening: weapons, tools, equipment, upgrades and quest items, each with a picture and what it does.

18 items · one picture per entry · open a picture for full size.

Weapons & tools

Roc’s Feather

Lets Link jump over holes, spikes and low obstacles; found in Tail Cave.

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Power Bracelet

Lets Link lift pots and rocks; found in Bottle Grotto. Its upgrade lifts heavier stones.

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Pegasus Boots

Let Link dash, break obstacles and leap long gaps with Roc’s Feather; found in Key Cavern.

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Hookshot

Pulls Link across gaps and grabs distant items; found in Catfish’s Maw.

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Magic Rod

Fires flames that burn obstacles and many enemies; found in Turtle Rock.

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Bow

Fires arrows; bought, or taken, from the Mabe Village shop.

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Bombs

Blow open cracked walls; sold in the Mabe Village shop.

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Boomerang

Traded for an item on Toronbo Shores; returns and can fetch items.

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Shovel

Digs up Rupees and hidden items; sold in the Mabe Village shop.

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Magic Powder

Lights torches and transforms some enemies; made from the Sleepy Toadstool.

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Ocarina

Plays the Ballad of the Wind Fish, Manbo’s Mambo and the Frog’s Song of Soul.

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Swords, shields & upgrades

Sword

Link’s sword, washed up on Toronbo Shores.

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Shield

Returned by Tarin at the start of the adventure.

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Mirror Shield

Reflects beams; found in Eagle’s Tower.

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Flippers

Let Link swim and dive in deep water; found in Angler’s Tunnel.

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Quest items

Secret Seashell

Twenty Seashells earn the Level 2 Sword at the Seashell Mansion.

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Instruments of the Sirens

Eight instruments from the dungeons that wake the Wind Fish.

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Piece of Heart

Four pieces make a Heart Container; there are 12 to find.

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References: Zelda Fandom. Summaries written for this guide. Artwork and screenshots © Nintendo.