LoZ - A Link to the Past

The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past

Platform: Snes
Released:
 21.11.1991 (J)
 13.04.1992 (NA)
 24.09.1992 (PAL)

Based on: PAL-version (SNSP-ZL)



- The game does not keep track of your play time.
- After completing the game, a number will appear on your save file
that indicates how many times you saved and quit as well as how many
times you got a game over. The only way to get a zero is to beat the
game in a single session without any game overs.
- Sometimes you need to defeat all the enemies in a room to proceed or
to make an item appear.
- A fairy will recover 7 Hearts. If you have a fairy in a bottle, you'll
automatically be revived when you die.
- There are some objects (such as trees) that will spew out money if
you pull them from the front.




	--- Castle Vicinity ---

Item: Lamp

	--- Hyrule Castle ---

Items: Sword Lv1, Boomerang Lv1, (Lamp), Heart

	--- Lost Woods ---

Item: Mushroom
HeP: #1

	--- Kakariko Village ---

Items: Magic Bottle - 100 R, Magic Bottle, Bug Catching Net
HePs: #2, #3, #4
Shop: 10× Bombs - 50 R
- By default, you can carry at most 10 Bombs and 30 Arrows.
- You can bomb your way into the little shed in the southwest corner.
- Use the net to catch a fairy or two.

	--- Hylia Marsh ---

Hep: #5
- If you carry a fish to a body of water, they'll give you some rupees.

	--- Lake Hylia ---

Items: 300 R, Ice Rod
- A guy in a cave on the south side will give 300 rupees. If you already
have a lot of money, you should save it for later.

	--- Near Zora's Domain ---

Item: Magic Powder
Shop: Green Potion - 60 R, Blue Potion - 160 R
- Give the Mushroom to the witch, then move around a bit and come back
and you should find the Magic Powder inside the shop. You can use Magic
Powder to kill the diagonally moving skull-things. They'll always drop
a fairy when killed.

	--- Eastern Palace ---

Items: 100 R, Bow
- The items you find under objects within dungeons will not respawn
unless you leave the dungeon or use the Magic Mirror. Even if you don't
pick it up, it'll still be gone.

	--- Eastern Ruins ---

Items: Pegasus Shoes, 50 R, 50 R
- Get the boots from Sahasrahla. Try ramming into trees to get stuff.
You can also ram open the more visible destructible walls and destroy
piles of rocks. It's also possible to jump over small gaps when Link
bounces away after running into something. You may need to face another
direction at first and then turn after you start boosting.

	--- Kakariko Village ---

Item: Book of Mudora
- Pick this one up at the library.

	--- Sanctuary ---

HeP: #6

	--- Desert of Mystery ---

HePs: #7, #8
- You'll get the other one while you're going through the dungeon.

	--- Desert Palace ---

Item: Power Glove

	--- Desert of Mystery ---

- The other cave at the entrance to the desert is a great place to
hoard up on rupees (50 each time).

	--- Zora's Domain ---

Item: Zora's Flippers - 500 R
HeP: #9

	--- Near Zora's Domain ---

Items: Boomerang Lv2, Shield Lv2
- Go through the waterfall to reach the spring.

	--- Lake Hylia ---

Item: Magic Bottle
Special:
 Bomb capacity upgrade  (10 -> 15 -> 20 -> 25 -> 30 -> 35 -> 40 -> 50),
 Arrow capacity upgrade (30 -> 35 -> 40 -> 45 -> 50 -> 55 -> 60 -> 70)
- Each upgrade costs 100 rupees. After the first time, you can throw
50 rupees at a time. You don't have to leave to get the prompt again;
just move a little closer then stand there for a while and the message
will repeat.
- The upgrades will cost you 1400 rupees in total. I suggest you get
some of them now and the rest later once you've been to the Village of
Outcasts.
- Swim up the river to find a guy under the bridge.

	--- Hyrule Castle Sewers ---

Items: 300 R
- Push the grave blocked by rocks to get back to the sewers.

	--- Death Mountain ---

Item: Magic Mirror
HePs: #10, #11
- When used in the overworld of the Dark World, the Magic Mirror will
transport you to the corresponding location in the Light World and
create a portal that will take you back to the Dark World. When used
within a dungeon, it will warp you to the entrance.
- Some areas in the Light World can only be reached by using the mirror
in the Dark World.

	--- Mountain Tower ---

Item: Moon Pearl

	--- Lost Woods ---

Item: Sword Lv2
- From now on, your sword will fire swirling energy bolts when you're
at full health.

	--- Death Mountain ---

Item: Ether Medallion

	--- Hyrule Castle ---

- After defeating Agahnim, the castle gate can be used to reach the
Dark World. There's also a new Heart Piece available at the lumberjacks'
house. You should get that one right away.

	--- Pyramid ---

HeP: #12
- You'll need to be more careful with enemies from now on. Some of them
deal 3 Hearts of damage.

	--- Near Dark Zora's Domain ---

Item: Quake Medallion
- Throw something into the circle of rocks in the water.

	--- Near Lost Woods ---

HeP: #13

	--- Lake Hylia ---

HeP: #14

	--- Dark Eastern Ruins ---

- Pay the monkey to gain access to the dungeon (110 rupees).

	--- Palace of Darkness ---

Item: Magic Hammer

	--- Desert of Mystery ---

Item: Bombos Medallion

	--- Near Small Grove ---

HeP: #15

	--- Dark Small Grove ---

Item: Shovel (Temp)

	--- Small Grove ---

Item: Flute

	--- Village of Outcasts ---

Items: 300 R, 300 R
HePs: #16, #17
- You can get Heart Pieces from the digging mini-game and the chest
mini-game. Either or both of these could take a while if you're just
not getting lucky.
- Pull the statue's pitchfork to gain access to the dungeon.

	--- Kakariko Village ---

Special: Magic Power boost, Bird
- Play the ocarina by the statue to obtain the bird. The bird can take
you to 8 locations in the Light World.
- There's a portal just north of Kakariko.

	--- Cemetery ---

HeP: #18

	--- Dark Death Mountain ---

Item: Cane of Byrna
- You'll need at least two fairies / potions to get this one.

	--- Thieves' Town ---

Item: Titan's Mitt

	--- Village of Outcasts ---

- Find the frog guy south of the village and take him back to his brother
at the smithery.

	--- Kakariko Village ---

Item: Sword Lv3
- Pick up the Heart Piece below while they're working on your sword.

	--- Village of Outcasts ---

HeP: #19
- Hammer in all the nubs.
- Grab the locked chest and take it to the guy at the entrance to the desert.

	--- Desert of Mystery ---

Item: Magic Bottle

	--- Dark Mire ---

HeP: #20

	--- Desert of Mystery ---

HeP: #21

	--- Cemetery ---

Item: Magic Cape

	--- Swamp Palace ---

Item: Hookshot

	--- Dark Death Mountain ---

HeP: #22

	--- Skeleton Forest ---

Item: Fire Rod
- One of the rooms here is locked, but serves seemingly no purpose.
It's the door that can only be reached by running into a wall (unless
you hit a star switch in the other room).

	--- Ice Palace ---

Item: Blue Mail
- On B3, there's a +-shaped room. Don't go north from there.

	--- Misery Mire ---

Item: Cane of Somaria

	--- Pyramid ---

Items: Sword Lv4, Bow Lv2
- Get the big bomb from the bomb shop, so you can reach the Great Fairy's
Spring.

	--- Death Mountain ---

HePs: #23, #24
- Using Ether allows you to briefly see the hidden paths.
- You can get the other HeP while you're going through Turtle Rock (use
the mirror when you're outside on the little ledge).

	--- Turtle Rock ---

Item: Mirror Shield
- You should have at least one Green or Blue Potion here. You'll need
to use the Fire Rod and Ice Rod on the boss. Start with the blue head, so
it won't freeze the floor. Hit it with the Fire Rod, then use your sword.

	--- Ganon's Tower ---

Item: Red Mail
- This one's not that hard. Just get the Big Key from B2, then climb
the tower.
- Use the Fire Rod to light the torch in the room with the hidden path.
Go north from the room where you fight the Armos Knights.