Link's Awakening tips and tricks

Items

Click on the item's name for further details.

Name	Use	Location
Sleepy Toadstool	To be given to the witch, who will make Magic Powder from it	Hidden in the west part of the Mysterious Woods
Magic Powder	Lights torches, and transforms people and creatures	Received after buying the Sleepy Toadstool from the witch, or to be bought in the Trendy Game
Deluxe Shovel	Digs the ground	To be bought 200 rupees in the Town Tool Shop in Mabe Village
Bombs	Blow up walls and cracked rocks	To be bought in shops, or look for them in jars
Ocarina	Plays tunes (see the related page)	In a treasure chest in the Dream Shrine [Pegasus Boots and Power Bracelet required]
Bow	Allos you to hit some enemies	To be bought 980 rupees in the Town Tool Shop in Mabe Village
Hookshot	Allows you to grab objects and to cross rivers, holes, etc. Also hurts enemies	Treasure of the Catfish's Maw
Magic Rod	Shoots fireballs to burn enemies or light torches	Treasure of the Turtle Rock
Boomerang	Catches remote items and hits enemies. Very powerful!	To be exchanged for one of your items by the bulldog-like creature on Toronbo Shores in E16 [Magnifying Lens required]
Secret Medicine	Automatically fills all your hearts when you lose the last one	To be bought at Crazy Tracy's
Fairy bottle	Carries a fairy that you can set free when you wish	See below the locations of these three bottles

At the Fishing Pond there's an empty bottle at the bottom of the water behind a seaweed. Wait for the fish nearby to look the other way to pull progressively the bottle up by pressing A. Bring it closest to the right edge, then pull it up
The sad ghost gives you a fairy bottle when you take him back to his grave
At Dampé's Shack, pass the "Heart Shortage" challenge category "3-shovels" to get a bottle