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All four Bottles, the six Great Fairy rewards, every capacity upgrade, the Gold Skulltula rewards and where each sword, shield, tunic, pair of boots, gauntlet and scale comes from.
Bottles Magic Defense Capacity Wallets & tokens Swords Shields Tunics & boots Strength Scales Upgrade Where How Need Bottle #1 – the Cucco Lady Kakariko Village As a child, catch the Cucco Lady’s loose Cuccos and put them back in her pen. Nothing extra Bottle #2 – Talon’s Cucco game Lon Lon Ranch As a child (after waking Talon at the castle with the Weird Egg’s Cucco), find his three special Cuccos in time. The prize is a Bottle of Lon Lon Milk. Bottle #3 – Ruto’s Letter Lake Hylia Dive for the bottle near the Zora’s Domain shortcut and show the letter inside to King Zora; the Bottle stays with you. Bottle #4 – the Poe Collector Ghost Shop, ruined Castle Town As an adult, sell the Poe Collector ten Big Poes caught on horseback in Hyrule Field.
Upgrade Where How Need Magic meter Great Fairy, Death Mountain summit As a child, bomb the wall at the top of the trail and play Zelda’s Lullaby. She also powers up the Spin Attack. Double magic Great Fairy, Death Mountain Crater As an adult, smash the boulders near the crater entrance with the Megaton Hammer and play Zelda’s Lullaby. Din’s Fire Great Fairy, Hyrule Castle As a child, bomb the boulder at the end of the path left of the castle gate, crawl in and play Zelda’s Lullaby. Farore’s Wind Great Fairy, Zora’s Fountain As a child, bomb the wall on the small island behind Lord Jabu-Jabu and play Zelda’s Lullaby. Nayru’s Love Great Fairy, Desert Colossus Bomb the cracked wall between the palm trees and play Zelda’s Lullaby.
Upgrade Where How Need Double Defense Great Fairy, outside Ganon’s Castle As an adult, lift the huge pillar with the Golden Gauntlets and play Zelda’s Lullaby: damage taken is halved.
Upgrade Where How Need Deku Sticks to 20 Lost Woods Buy it from a Business Scrub in the Lost Woods for 40 Rupees. Nothing extra Deku Sticks to 30 Deku Theater, Lost Woods As a child, wear the Skull Mask in front of the Deku Scrub judges. Deku Nut upgrades (30, 40) Lost Woods One from a Business Scrub in a grotto near the Sacred Forest Meadow (40 Rupees); the other from the Deku Theater judges if you wear the Mask of Truth. Bomb Bag (20) Dodongo’s Cavern Chest on the upper level. Nothing extra Bigger Bomb Bags (30, 40) Goron City and Castle Town As a child, stop the rolling Goron in Goron City with a Bomb, and win the bag at Bombchu Bowling. Quiver (30) Forest Temple Comes with the Fairy Bow. Nothing extra Big Quiver (40) Kakariko Shooting Gallery As an adult, hit every target in the Shooting Gallery. Biggest Quiver (50) Gerudo’s Fortress Score 1,500 points in Horseback Archery (1,000 points wins a Piece of Heart). Bullet Bag (30) Inside the Deku Tree Comes with the Fairy Slingshot. Nothing extra Bigger Bullet Bag (40) Castle Town Shooting Gallery As a child, hit every target in the Market’s Shooting Gallery. Biggest Bullet Bag (50) Lost Woods As a child, hit the target in the Lost Woods three times in a row with the Slingshot.
Upgrade Where How Need Kokiri Sword Kokiri Forest Crawl through the hole in the training area and dodge the rolling boulder to reach the chest. Nothing extra Master Sword Temple of Time Open the Door of Time with the three Spiritual Stones and the Song of Time, then draw it from the pedestal. Giant’s Knife Goron City Buy it from Medigoron for 200 Rupees as an adult. It breaks after a while. Biggoron’s Sword Death Mountain summit Finish the adult trading sequence and hand Biggoron the Claim Check.
Upgrade Where How Need Deku Shield Kokiri Shop 40 Rupees. Nothing extra Hylian Shield Bazaars in Castle Town and Kakariko 80 Rupees, or free from a grave in Kakariko Graveyard at night as a child. Nothing extra Mirror Shield Spirit Temple Chest on the statue’s hand in the adult half.
Upgrade Where How Need Goron Tunic Goron City Stop the rolling Goron with a Bomb as an adult, or buy it for 200 Rupees. Zora Tunic Zora’s Domain Thaw King Zora with Blue Fire as an adult, or buy it for 300 Rupees. Iron Boots Ice Cavern Chest after the White Wolfos. Nothing extra Hover Boots Shadow Temple Chest after Dead Hand.
Upgrade Where How Need Goron’s Bracelet Goron City Darunia gives it to child Link after hearing Saria’s Song. Silver Gauntlets Spirit Temple Child half, out on the statue’s hand. Golden Gauntlets Ganon’s Castle Chest in the Shadow Trial. Nothing extra
Upgrade Where How Need Silver Scale Zora’s Domain As a child, win the diving game at the top of the waterfall by collecting every Rupee in time. Nothing extra Golden Scale Lake Hylia Fishing Pond As an adult, land a record-sized fish. Nothing extra
FAQ Where are all four Bottles in Ocarina of Time? the Cucco Lady, Talon’s Cucco game, Ruto’s Letter, the Poe Collector.
How do you get the magic meter? As a child, bomb the wall at the top of the trail and play Zelda’s Lullaby. She also powers up the Spin Attack.
What do the Gold Skulltula rewards give? 10 tokens: Adult’s Wallet; 20: Stone of Agony; 30: Giant’s Wallet; 40: Bombchus; 50: a Piece of Heart; 100: a Huge Rupee every visit.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Released 1998 (JP, NA, EU)
System Nintendo 64
Developer Nintendo EAD
Producer Shigeru Miyamoto
Dungeons 12
Heart Pieces 36
Songs 12 
Bottles
Weird Egg
Silver Scale
Fairy Bow 
Magic
Bombs 
Zelda’s Lullaby
Megaton Hammer 
Defense
Golden Gauntlets 
Capacity
Skull Mask
Mask of Truth
Gerudo’s Card
Fairy Slingshot
Wallets & tokens
Gold Skulltula Token
Swords
Adult’s Wallet
Claim Check
Shields
Silver Gauntlets
Tunics & boots
Lens of Truth
Scales