See in the dark
If you have not Ember Seeds and you need to see in the darkness, press [Start] or [Select]. For a very short while you will see all the paths that are not visible because of the darkness. Note: This does not work for hidden paths.
Quick save
Press [Start] + [Select] during game play to go directly to the save screen.
Hidden shop
Play the game in a Game Boy Advance. Go to Lynna Village (Past) and find the locked door next to the Target Aim mini-game. It can now be opened, allowing access to a shop that sells all items for 100 rupees. In the shop, you can buy a Ring that is appraised to be the GBA Time Ring. It is described as "Life Advanced!" in its information. The shop will also sell a Gasha seed and a Mystery ring, each for 100 rupees.
Hidden mini-game
Once you receive the Tune Of Ages, visit Lynna City in the past. Walk above the second brown tree from the left, then play the Tune Of Ages. You can now enter the fenced-off door of the store. This store sells Gasha Seeds, a Heart Container, and a Ring Box upgrade. Once you buy out all of the items in the store, a mini-game will be unlocked, allowing you to win great prizes. Note: This requires a lot of rupees -- this process is easier when wearing the Red Joy Ring, which allows you find large blue rupees in the ground worth 200 rupees.
Easy money
After you receive the Shovel from the tower, go into town and start digging. You will find Fairies, Spiders, Snakes, Hearts and Money ranging from 1 to 100. Note: This works best in the past.
When you get the Red Joy Ring, dig up a rupee worth 100 and you will get more money. This is best used for beasts.
Free items
When Maple bumps into you throughout the game, try not to avoid it. You can obtain good things such as a Potion or a Ring from the scattered items. Be quick, as Maple goes for the Potion first. Use a sword and swing at the items to get them quicker.
After you have completed the Goron Dance, go back and do the dancing game again. If you choose gold, and do not make any mistakes, you will get a Ring (the first time). If you choose silver, and do not make any mistakes, you will get a Gasha Seed. If you choose Bronze and do not make any mistakes you will get 100 rupees.
A fairly simple way to find Green, Red, and Blue Rupees, Hearts, and monsters, is to go to one area with a large amount of land that can be dug. Once there, dig around the barrier of that one section so while you are digging, you will not accidentally move a screen and have to start over. Dig up the entire area, destroy boulders and dig under them, etc. I
Extra hearts
If you are in a dungeon and low on hearts, find some hearts in bushes, then go to another room and return. Get the heart at the same spot that you originally found it. Repeat until all your hearts are full. In some cases this also works for other items. Note: This only works in certain parts of the game where anyone would place them (if they could).
Extra Rings
When the red snake in Vasu's shop lets you say a secret, enter the first fourteen letters/symbols of the secret that the red snake gives you. Then, go through every letter/symbol in the fifteenth spot in the secret. Many times the secret will be wrong or it will give you no rings. However, if you want to spend the time, it does work. When you finish just changing the last digit of the secret, change the last second, third, fourth, or fifth and see if you get more rings.
Unlimited Ember Seeds
After you get the Ember Seeds, light the two torches near the entrance. In that same room, go to the bottom right bushes. Hit them and the pink thing that appears is an Ember Seed. Repeat this as many times as needed.
Growing seeds faster
The more enemies you kill, the faster Gasha Plants grow and the faster seeds reappear on Seed Trees.
Larger seed satchel
Get all the different kinds of seeds (five in total) and talk to Tingle, the man who floats on an air balloon and gives you the sea chart. He should give you a bigger seed satchel that can hold 50 of each seed. He will even fill it for you.
When you get the Seed Shooter in the third dungeon, talk to Tingle. He will increase the number of seeds you can hold to 50. He will also fill up your Seed Satchel.
Mending the Tuni Bell/Broken Sword
This strategy best works when you mend the Broken Sword at Restoration Wall. When the Bumper Beetles appear, do not immediately start putting them in the pits. Instead, walk to the upper left pit, but keep slashing them away. When they get close, intentionally fall down the pit. You will end up on the other side. You can now slash all of them into the pit that you fell down into. Make sure to step on the button to extend your time. The Tuni Bell restoration has four Bumper Beetles. The Broken Sword requires eight. Make sure you extend your time two times for the Broken Sword.
Easy battles
Get the Power Level 2 Ring from Maple, a Gasha Nut or on Crescent Moon Island (Past); and have the Noble Sword. You will be able to kill the most difficult of enemies easily.
Essence
Use the following steps to get the first Essence. When you get back to the present, visit the Maku Tree. She will give you the Seed Satchel, along with twenty Ember Seeds. On the way to the Yoll Graveyard, burn down a tree with your new Seed Satchel. There will be a chest that you can now open. Go down until you see another tree. Burn it down, and you now can get to the Yoll Graveyard. Use the Seed Satchel once more to burn down another tree. Go down, then left. Three children will be talking about the ghost, and the grave itself. They will realize that you are watching them and flee from the graveyard. Go across the bridge and go to the right until you see two trees. Burn the bottom tree. When you go under, you can light the two torches and get the Key. Backtrack to the beginning to see that the locked gate is now open. You can now get inside the spirit's grave. The layout is exactly like the Maku Path, but when you get to the third room forward, a new path is opened. Inside, defeat the zombies and move the blocks to get a piece of Heart. Then, move the block that was closest to you when you entered to open the doors. Go through the bottom door. On the right, move the blocks to find the Level 1 Power Bracelet. Do the same to the other side, but instead of a ladder, there is a switch. Go through the next door. There is a Boss -- make sure you are ready and equipped to press [A] to use your sword.
Level 2 Ring Box
In the past, go one screen down from the Target Aim mini-game. Walk to the left side of the first tree from above to below. Then, use the Tune Of Currents/Ages, bringing you to the side of the shop in Lynna City. Enter the door and you will see a hidden shop.
Slayer Ring
Kill 1000 enemies and talk to Vasu in the Ring Shop. He will give you the Slayer Ring.
Victory Ring
Successfully complete both games and defeat the Ganon. Once you start the next game, you will have the Victory Ring.
Ring list
100th Ring
Armor Ring L-1
Armor Ring L-3
Blue Holy Ring
Blue Joy Ring
Blue Luck Ring
Blue Ring
Bomber's Ring
Bombproof Ring
Charge Ring
Cursed Ring
Discovery Ring
Energy Ring
Expert's Ring
First Gen Ring
Fist Ring
Friendship Ring
Gash Ring
GBA Time Ring
Gold Joy Ring
Gold Luck Ring
Green Holy Ring
Green Luck Ring
Green Ring
Heart Ring L-2
Light Ring L-1
Light Ring L-2
Like Like Ring
Maple's Ring
Moblin Ring
Octo Ring
Peace Ring
Pegasus Ring
Power Ring L-1
Power Ring L-2
Protection Ring
Quicksand Ring
Rang Ring L-2
Razor Ring
Red Holy Ring
Red Joy Ring
Red Luck Ring
Roc's Ring
Slayer's Ring
Snowshoe Ring
Spin Ring
Toss Ring
Victory Ring
Wealth Ring
Whimsical Ring
Whisp Ring
Zora Ring
Free rings
Note: This trick requires Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Seasons and Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages. Go to Vasu's Jewelry Store and ask the red snake (to the right of Vasu) the secret. Make a note of the secret. Play the other game and choose "Say Secret" to the red snake (to the right of Vasu) and select "OK". He will say that he transferred the rings. Talk to him again and choose "Say Secret" again. The password you just entered will still be there. Change the last two or three characters or the secret and it might be another secret, giving you more rings that you never had. If the game replies that it is wrong, change them again and repeat.
L-2 sword
Change back to the past age and talk to the Postman. Give him the Postclock you received from Yool Graveyard. You will receive the Stationery. While still in the past, go to the west side of Lynna City. You will see a small shack and a large hand. Give him the Stationary and you will receive the Stink Bag. Change to the present time and use the Gale Seeds to Crescent Island. Go to the southeast corner and give it to the chef. He will give you the Tastymeat. Warp to Lynna City and go west again to Nuun Highlands. Go west to the drawbridge. Go to the small house. Give him the Tastymeat and you will receive the Doggies Mask. Stay in the present. Give Mamua Yan the Mask and you will receive the Dumbbell. Warp to Symmerty City in the past age. Go to the unbalanced house and give the man the Dumbbell. You will receive the Cheesy Moustache. Return to the past age. Warp to Lynna City. Look at the two wise crackers and give the boy Subel, on the right, the Moustache. He will give you a Funny Joke. Go to the past age. Warp to Lynna City and go in a house with a depressed man named Dekadin. Give him the Funny Joke and you will receive the Touching Book. Once you get the Book, look for Maple in the present age. She will notice the Book and you will receive a Magic Oar. Go back to the past age. Go to Rafton's cottage on the east shore. Give him the Oar and you will receive the Sea Ukelele. While in the past, go back to the starting point for ground holes with a diamond. Give Zora the Sea Ukelele and you will receive the Broken Sword. Warp to Symmerty City. Make your way back to Patch's Restoration Wall and play the ceremony game. Note: Stand on the button until the cart passes and keep hitting the shelled beetle. When you win you will receive the Sacred Noble Sword
Biggoron sword
Successfully complete Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Seasons. Get the password to enter in Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages. Successfully complete that game to get the password to get the sword. Return to Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Seasons and give the password to Biggoron. He will make the sword and give you a password to use it in Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages. Give that password to the Maku Tree person and she will give you the sword to use in that game.
Noble sword
Finish trading all the items that you get from people. Once you have gotten the Broken Sword, go to Patch on Restoration Wall and do his ceremony to fix it.
The entire trading sequence to get the L-2 Sword (Noble Sword) is as follows.
1. From L1- Spirit's grave, go up one screen and left one screen. Lift the rock and talk to the ghost. Then, push the gravestone up and go down the stairs. Talk to the ghost. Go up the stairs and talk to the ghost one more time to get the Poe Clock.
2. Stand in front of the Maku Sprout (Past), go down two screens and left one screen. Enter the house and show the postman the Poe Clock. He will give you the Letter Stationary.
3. From the house were the postman was (Past), go left two screens and enter the tiny house, which is actually the bathroom. Walk to the pit and give the hand the Letter Stationary. It will give you the Stink Bag.
4. On the lower right corner of Cresent Island (Present), enter the hut. Give the Tokay the Stink bag. After dancing around the room, he will give you the Delicious Meat.
5. From the Ruins of Wing Dungeon (Present), go up two screens, right one screen, up one screen, and left one screen. Enter the Mask Shop and give the man the Delicious Meat. He will give you the Doggy Mask.
6. From the Mask Shop (Present) go right one screen, down one screen, and right two screen. Enter the house and speak with the woman. Give her the Doggy Mask and she will give the Iron Dumbell.
7. In the center house in Symmetry village (Past), go down one of the stairs in the lower corners. Give the man the Iron Dumbell and he will give you the Cheesy Mustache.
8. From the woman who gave you the Doggy Mask (Present), go up one screen. Give the man in the tuxedo the Cheesy Mustache and he will tell you the Funny Joke.
9. Go to where the man who told you the Funny Joke would be in the Past. Go into the house -- it should be dark on the inside. Tell the boy the Funny Joke and he will give you the Touching Book.
10. Bump into Maple. You will drop the Touching Book and she will give you the Magical Oar in return.
11. Give the Magical Oar to Rafton (the man who made you the raft), and he will give you the Sea Ukulele.
12. From the Maku Sprout (Past), go down one screen, left one screen, up one screen, jump the pit and exit left. Go down and switch-hook over the pits to exit down. Enter the cave and give the old Zora the Sea Ukulele. He will give you the Broken Sword.
13. Take the Broken Sword to Patch, complete the ceremony, and he will give you the Noble Sword.
Getting rupees
If you are very low on rupees, take out your shovel and start to dig. You will get not only blue and red rupees from the ground, but you may also get a special huge blue rupee that appears at random. However, this rupee only appears in the towns.
After completing the game, go to the first dungeon and go left one screen. Then go up all the way to find two treasure chests with one rupee in each. Go back one to get even more.
Dungeon items
L1 Spirits Grave: Power Bracelet (L-1 in Ages)
L2 Wing Dungeon: Roc's Feather
L3 Moonlit Grotto: Seed Shooter
L4 Skull Dungeon: Switch hook (L-1)
L5 Crown Dungeon: Cane of Somaria
L6 Mermaid's Cave: Mermaid Suit (like a L-2 flipper)
L7 Jabu Jabu Belly): Long Hook (L-2 Switch Hook)
L8 Ancient Tomb: Power Gloves(L-2 Bracelet)
Defeating Eyesoar
Switch Hook the big eye to stun him and hit him while he is stunned.
Defeating Frypolor
Get Mystery Seeds and Ember Seeds. If it is blue, shoot Ember Seeds to hurt it. If you run out of Ember Seeds, use Mystery Seeds. If it is red, shoot Mystery Seeds to turn it blue. Also use Mystery Seeds at its ice blades then pick it up and throw it at Frypolor.
Defeating Head Thwomp
Throw a bomb into the top of his head so that it places the red face towards you -- otherwise he will not get hurt.
A Peace Ring can be found in a Gasha tree, which will help you defeat the Head Thwomp. This ring keeps a bomb in your hands from exploding -- the fuse does not light until you let go of the bomb. This helps when fighting the Head Thwomp. However, it might take a long time, so only use this trick if you are willing to spend many hours playing the "baseball" game and planting Gasha Seeds.
Defeating Octogon
Above water, hit the face with the sword. Underwater, shoot the face with Scent Seeds.
Defeating Plasmarine
Long Hook him when he shoots a beam so he gets hit by it.
Defeating Pols Voices
If you see any Pols Voices (rabbit heads) in places such as the Moonlit Grotto, take out your Harp Of Ages and play it. They will disappear. This saves bombs from being wasted.
Defeating Pumpkin Head
Destroy the body and throw the head to hit the ghost.
Defeating Ramrock
There are four sets of hands he uses.
Hands One: Hit his hands into his head.
Hands Two: Shoot Scent Seeds off the back wall so they hit the
back of his head.
Hands Three: Put bombs down where his hands will clamp together.
Hands Four: He will throw one ball hand. Grab the other and pull
it back as far as it will go, then release to hit him.
When he throws his first pair of hands, hit them back with you sword three times. On the second pair, throw a bomb between his hands when he claps them. Do this three times. On the third pair, shoot Scent Seeds off the back wall to hit him on the back of the head. Do this three times as well. On the fourth and final pair, when he throws one hand grab the other and use the Power Glove to pull it back as far as it or you can go, then release it. Do this three times to defeat him.
Defeating Shadow Hag
Face away when she forms and shoot Scent Seeds off the wall to hit her.
Defeating Smog
Set blocks in the correct places to make the small clouds merge, then hit him.
Defeating Veran
During the first fight, shoot Mystery Seeds at the queen. When Veran appears, long hook her, then hit her with the Sword. During the second fight Veran is now flying. Equip the Feather and Sword. Dodge her fireballs, and just hit her with the Sword. During the third fight she transforms between a turtle, a spider, and a bee. Only hit the turtle with your Sword when the head is out. When she is a spider, drop bombs by her. When she is a bee, just attack with the Sword. Attack her bee swarms for Hearts.
Defeating Twinrova and Ganon
During the first fight hit the fireballs at the ice one and vice versa. During the second fight, do spin attacks on the merged Twinrova until she is stunned, then shoot Scent Seeds. During the third fight you must have the Level Three Sword (Master Sword) to hurt Ganon. Keep doing spin attacks on him. If the floor turns swirling blue, it means your D-Pad is reversed ([Up] is [Down], [Left] is [Right]). Do not turn off the game -- wait for credits to complete and get the Hero's Password. It helps you complete your ring collection.
Defeating Ganon
Do your spin attack when he is about to do an attack or after he does an attack. If he turns blue, you will be transported to a blue room where your controls will be set to the opposite of normal. Hit him your spin attack until he admits defeat. You will have to dodge and hit, or hit and run. The best item/ring to have are the Master or Noble Sword and the Red Ring.
Defeating mini-Bosses
Gigantic Ghost (L1 Spirits Grave): Hit the little ghosts so they will not hit you and avoid getting slow and disabled sword. Hit the big one about four times to kill him.
Swoop (L2 Wing Dungeon): When he flaps very fast he will hip drop. Hit him when he is down. Make him land on the blue or he will make holes. Six hits are needed to defeat him.
Subterror (L3 Moonlit Grotto): Use the shovel to dig the lump out of ground and hit him with the sword.
Big Armos (L4 Skull Dungeon): When he throws his sword, walk by him so the sword hits your shield. When you ditch the shield, hit him with your sword.
Fetch Dog (L5 Crown Dungeon): Dodge his ball throw. Pick it up with the Bracelet and throw it at him.
Bigmouth Dragon (a.k.a. Vire) (L6 Mermaid Cave): Hit him with a sword until he becomes two little things. Use the Feather to jump and hit them both to kill them. He is in both games in L6.
Fish (L7 Jabu Jabu Belly): Hit him with Scent Seeds to sink him to your level. Then, hit him with the sword in the antenna.
Blue Stalfos (L8 Ancient Tomb): Hit his balls with the sword and make him vulnerable. Then, hit him with sword.
Stealing from Maple
Use the following trick to learn if Maple has anything worth stealing. If Maple has rare items such as Rings, Seeds, Heart Pieces, and Potions, she will zigzag on her broom a lot more complexly. If she has not so good items, she will zigzag a lot less complexly. If she has more than one rare item she will zigzag even more, as if to avoid you.
If you run into Maple and she does not have any good items, turn off the game. Note: Do this only if you saved the game just before you ran into Maple. Go to the closest building, cave, home, or store to the location where you found Maple. Go back to the same place where you saw Maple. Continue turning the game off and back on if she does not have anything that you want. Only save the game if you get a desired item.
Make Maple drop more items
When you see Maple's shadow, clear the area of bushes and use a Pegasus Seed on yourself. Run into Maple headfirst with the Pegasus Seed's speed and she will usually drop a Ring, the magic healing potion, a Gasha Seed, around 100 Rupees, and enough Hearts to heal you completely.
Maple with flying saucer
In a password linked game, Maple will use a flying saucer instead of a vacuum.
Getting to Rafton's house
To get to Rafton's house from inside the Postman's house in Lynna Village, slash the bookcases on the right side with the L-2 sword or higher. Then use the Pegasus Seeds to jump over the stairs. You will be taken to Rafton's house, but will be in his wall. Note: Save the game first.
Moving green shells
Take out your Pegasus Seeds and use one. Then, run at the green shell. It should move. Keep doing this to get through the part that you are in.
Wing Dungeon
In the third room, you have to push the cube in the correct places to go to the next room. The order is: right three, down one, left one, up one, then push it into the square.
Horon Village: Empty hidden room
Go behind the Clock Man's House and dig with your shovel. You should find a stairway. Go down the stairway to find the empty room.
Temple Of Seasons: Empty hidden room
You can also go in the waterfall in the Temple Of Seasons just behind the platform where you retrieve the Rod Of Seasons to find an empty hidden room.
Getting past the Eye Of Deceit
Walk up a path that does not have an eye looking in its direction. You will eventually reach a row of solid eyes. Walk up and you will face Twinrova's first form.
Getting through the Fairies Woods quickly
As soon as you enter the Fairies Woods for the first time, and when you are rescuing your animal friend, the little fairies make the forest hard to get through. To get where you want to go quickly, go to where they are located, then go up, down, up, down, etc. This should take you where you need to go quickly. The only place it does not take you is where two of the fairies are hiding. However, it takes you to places where you can go directly to where they are located.
Cracked walls
When in the Level 2 dungeon and up, look for cracked walls that you can blow up with bombs. You need to blow these places up to finish the dungeons. Most of the time there will be monsters and a path to a Small Key behind the wall.
Change an enemy
Find one of the green cactus-like enemies that electrocute you if hit with your sword. Use a Mystery Seed on them to change them into something else. Even if you do this, however, you still cannot hit them with your sword.
Buzz Blob comments
Find one of the moving green blobs below the place where you use one of the three pets you obtain. Use a Mystery Seed on it and it will say some interesting things.
Use a Mystery Seed on a Buzz Blob (the enemy that shocks you if attacked with the sword) and he will turn into a Cukemon. If you paralyze him with the boomerang, he will say funny things to you.
Link comments
Go to the bathroom in the Past, You can make Link say a lot of things by throwing things in his hole. For instance, put a bomb in there and see what he says. Try the various seeds, the Bombchu, and even push the pot into his hole.
"Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time"" reference
"The names of the Oracles are the same as the three spirits that created the earth in Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time. Din (Oracle of Seasons), Nayru (Oracle of Ages), and Fayroe (Oracle of Secrets; located in Maku Tree).
Glitch: Stuck in wall
Once you have the level 2 sword, go to Lynna City. Enter the house where the mailman was located. Look to the right to see three bookcases with no books. Cut the bookcases and there will be pushed down buttons. After that, cut the floor one step down for stairs to appear. Equipped the Roc's Feather and hop over the stairs. You will end up stuck on a wall, not able to move and end up at the house of the man who makes the raft.
After completing the game, go to the post office in the past. Use the Level 2 or Level 3 sword on any of the three cabinets that are closer than the others to the right wall. Push the remains of the cabinet up and stairs will appear. Do not use them. Instead, break the pot that appeared where you pushed the remains of the cabinet. Then, jump over the stairs and hold [Up] until you leave the post office and appear on the right side of the south wall of the raft person's place. The game will freeze slightly. You will be stuck in that spot, but can walk in different directions. Link will walk, but will not move to a different place. You can use your weapons, but in the end you will have to reset or turn off the game.
Glitch: Loop in Mailman's House #2
Slice your sword sideways in front of the bookcases and stairs will appear. Go through them and you will end up back in his house.
Glitch: Changing bookcase
In the past, go to the house with the three empty bookcases next to two drawers. Slice sideways to find stairs. Slice into the bookcases to smash a pushed switch, then push forward to make the bookcase change into a pot that you can pick up and smash.
Glitch: Throw the bookcases
In the past, go to the house in Lynna City north of the mermaid/Link statue (formerly occupied by the mailman). Grab one of the bookcases on the right with your power glove. Glitched staircases will appear, and you can also toss the bookcases around.
Glitch: Instant transmission to the past
Use the Tune Of Currents in a place where in the past a tree, house, rock, building, etc. would be in the present. For example, go in the past where you would find the Ring Shop in the future and use the Tune of Currents. If done correctly, you should end up on top of the Ring Shop. Note: You will not be able to move on top of a building.
Glitch: Unable to teleport
This happens at two places. The first is at the Black Tower (past or present). Try playing the Tune Of Ages while at the Black Tower (not inside). When you teleport to the past or present, the game will show a glitched area of the Black Tower that appears wavy. You will be automatically be teleported back afterwards. This also happens while you are at either the area of where the last dungeon is (past) or the place at the far right side of the map screen below Rolling Ridge (present). Try playing the Tune Of Ages at those locations and the same thing will happen -- you will immediately be teleported back to where you came from.
Glitch: Lynna City music without backup instruments
After you get the sword, go to Lynna City then continuously stab a tree while holding "Sword". When you hear the music, only the main instrument will be playing.
Glitch: Misspelling
After Zelda gets taken from Past Lynna (you must have put in a password from Seasons), Twinrova says something about the three Flames of Sorrow, Destruction, and Despair are finally lit thanks to Veran and "Knox" instead of "Onox".