Ocarina of Time Items and Upgrades: Every Location

Most items in Ocarina of Time sit in a dungeon chest, so you get them by playing through the story. The capacity upgrades are different: every one is a side task, and none of them is handed to you. This page lists where each item comes from, split by age, and then every upgrade with what it takes.

Where do you get every item as child Link?

The order follows a normal playthrough. Dungeon names link to the page that shows the chest.

Item	Where	How
Kokiri Sword	Kokiri Forest	Crawl through the small hole in the training area at the back of the forest and open the chest inside
Deku Shield	Kokiri Shop	40 Rupees
Fairy Slingshot	Inside the Deku Tree	Dungeon chest. Comes with a bag for 30 Deku Seeds
Fairy Ocarina	Bridge out of Kokiri Forest	Saria gives it to you when you leave after the Deku Tree
Hylian Shield	Castle Town Bazaar, or Kakariko Graveyard	80 Rupees in the Bazaar, or free from a chest under one of the graves at night
Goron’s Bracelet	Goron City	Play Zelda’s Lullaby at Darunia’s door, then Saria’s Song for him
Bomb Bag	Dodongo’s Cavern	Dungeon chest. Holds 20 Bombs
Magic meter	Great Fairy at the top of Death Mountain Trail	Bomb the wall at the summit and play Zelda’s Lullaby inside
Din’s Fire	Great Fairy near Hyrule Castle	Bomb open the hidden fountain near the castle, then play Zelda’s Lullaby
Silver Scale	Zora’s Domain	Win the Diving Game (20 Rupees): collect every Rupee before time runs out
Bottle	Four places	See all four bottles
Magic Beans	Zora’s River entrance	Bought one at a time from the Bean Seller. See Magic Beans
Boomerang	Inside Jabu-Jabu’s Belly	Dungeon chest
Farore’s Wind	Great Fairy in Zora’s Fountain	Bomb the wall that hides the fountain and play Zelda’s Lullaby
Bombchus	Castle Town back alley	The Bombchu Shop opens at night. Bombchu Bowling and dungeon chests also give them
Ocarina of Time	Castle Town moat	Bring all three Spiritual Stones to the drawbridge, then pick it out of the water
Lens of Truth	Bottom of the Well	Needs the Song of Storms, which you learn as an adult first
Stone of Agony	House of Skulltula, Kakariko	Reward for 20 Gold Skulltula tokens (Shard of Agony on 3DS)

The Hylian Shield is too big for child Link to hold up. He carries it on his back and ducks under it, so the Deku Shield stays the better choice until you grow up.

Where do you get every item as adult Link?

Item	Where	How
Master Sword	Temple of Time	Open the Door of Time with the three Spiritual Stones and the Song of Time
Hookshot	Kakariko Graveyard	Pull back the grave with flowers in front of it and win Dampé’s race
Fairy Bow	Forest Temple	Dungeon chest. Comes with a quiver for 30 arrows
Goron Tunic	Goron City	Stop the rolling young Goron with a Bomb and talk to him. Also 200 Rupees in the Goron Shop
Megaton Hammer	Fire Temple	Dungeon chest
Double magic	Great Fairy in Death Mountain Crater	Break the boulders with the Megaton Hammer and play Zelda’s Lullaby
Iron Boots	Ice Cavern	Chest at the end
Zora Tunic	Zora’s Domain	Thaw King Zora with Blue Fire. Also 300 Rupees in the Zora Shop
Longshot	Water Temple	Chest after the fight with Dark Link
Fire Arrows	Lake Hylia	After the Water Temple refills the lake, stand on the plaque by the warp platform at sunrise and shoot an arrow at the sun. They land on the small island
Hover Boots	Shadow Temple	Dungeon chest
Gerudo’s Membership Card	Gerudo’s Fortress	Free all four carpenters
Ice Arrows	Gerudo Training Ground	Final chest of the optional mini-dungeon
Nayru’s Love	Great Fairy at the Desert Colossus	Bomb the cracked wall and play Zelda’s Lullaby
Silver Gauntlets	Spirit Temple	Found on the child half of the temple, worn only as an adult
Mirror Shield	Spirit Temple	Chest on the adult half
Light Arrows	Temple of Time	Zelda gives them to you once every Sage is awake
Golden Gauntlets	Inside Ganon’s Castle	Chest in the Shadow trial
Double defense	Great Fairy outside Ganon’s Castle	Lift the huge stone with the Golden Gauntlets and play Zelda’s Lullaby
Giant’s Knife	Goron City	200 Rupees from Medigoron. It breaks after a handful of hits
Biggoron’s Sword	Death Mountain summit	End of the adult trading sequence. See the Biggoron’s Sword guide

The six Great Fairy rewards in these two tables (the magic meter, the three spells, double magic and double defense) are covered one by one on the Great Fairy Fountains page.

Two of these catch people out. The Hookshot is not in a dungeon, and the Forest Temple cannot be reached without it. And the Fire Arrows only appear if you shoot the sun at Lake Hylia; nothing in the story sends you there.

Where are the capacity upgrades?

Each pair of upgrades can be done in either order. The first one you finish gives the middle size and the second gives the largest.

What	Sizes	Upgrade 1	Upgrade 2
Deku Seed Bullet Bag	30 → 40 → 50	Lost Woods: from the entrance go right, and hit the centre of the hanging target three times in a row	Castle Town Shooting Gallery as a child: hit all 10 targets in one game
Quiver	30 → 40 → 50	Kakariko Shooting Gallery as an adult: hit all 10 targets in one game	Horseback Archery Range in Gerudo’s Fortress: 1,500 points
Bomb Bag	20 → 30 → 40	Goron City as a child: stop the big rolling Goron with a Bomb	Bombchu Bowling Alley in Castle Town: one of the prizes
Deku Sticks	10 → 20 → 30	Lost Woods: the Business Scrub below the bridge sells it for 40 Rupees	Forest Stage in the Lost Woods: walk in wearing the Skull Mask
Deku Nuts	20 → 30 → 40	Lost Woods: bomb the boulder by the Sacred Forest Meadow entrance and buy it from the Business Scrub in the grotto for 40 Rupees	Forest Stage: walk in wearing the Mask of Truth
Wallet	99 → 200 → 500	Adult’s Wallet: 10 Gold Skulltula tokens	Giant’s Wallet: 30 Gold Skulltula tokens
Diving	Silver Scale → Golden Scale	Diving Game in Zora’s Domain as a child	Fishing Pond at Lake Hylia as an adult: catch a fish of 13 pounds or more
Strength	Goron’s Bracelet → Silver Gauntlets → Golden Gauntlets	Spirit Temple, child half	Inside Ganon’s Castle, Shadow trial
Magic meter	Single → double	Great Fairy at the top of Death Mountain Trail	Great Fairy in Death Mountain Crater
Hookshot	Hookshot → Longshot	Dampé’s race in the graveyard	Water Temple

A few notes on the fiddly ones:

• Horseback Archery. You need Gerudo’s Membership Card, Epona and the Fairy Bow, and the range is open in the daytime. A score of 1,000 gives a Piece of Heart; 1,500 gives the quiver.
• Bombchu Bowling. The prize changes from game to game, and the Bomb Bag and a Piece of Heart are both in the rotation. Keep playing until each comes up.
• The masks. The Skull Mask and the Mask of Truth both come from the Happy Mask Shop in Castle Town, which only child Link can use. The mask guide covers the whole chain.
• The wallets. You cannot hold more than 99 Rupees until you have 10 tokens. The Gold Skulltulas checklist has an easy first 10.

Which upgrades are worth getting early?

• Adult’s Wallet. Ten tokens is quick, and several things cost more than 99 Rupees: the tenth Magic Bean, both tunics in the shops and the Giant’s Knife.
• Bigger Bullet Bag from the Lost Woods. It is free, takes a minute, and is available as soon as you have the slingshot.
• Magic meter. Climb to the Great Fairy on Death Mountain right after Dodongo’s Cavern. Without it you cannot use Din’s Fire, the Lens of Truth or any magic arrow.
• Golden Scale. It reaches a Piece of Heart in the lakeside laboratory and another in a Hyrule Field grotto.

What changes for items in the Switch 2 remake?

Nintendo has announced two changes that touch items. You can swap weapons and items on the fly instead of going through the pause menu, and the slingshot, bow and similar tools can be aimed with motion controls. Nintendo has not said that any item or upgrade has moved. The list of announcements is in every confirmed new feature.

What should you read next?

• Ocarina of Time walkthrough hub: dungeon order and the item in each one
• All ocarina songs: the songs several of these items need
• All four bottles: locations and what to carry
• Magic Beans: the ten soil patches
• Gold Skulltulas checklist: tokens for the wallets
• Beginner tips: the order key items arrive in