------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Treasure Hunting Guide ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table of Contents AAA: Updates BBB: Contents CCC: Intro DDD: Info EEE: Frequently Asked Questions FFF: Contact GGG: Permission ============================================================================== ===UPDATES==============================================================AAA=== ============================================================================== Submitted: Jan 5 First version of the guide ============================================================================== ===CONTENTS=============================================================BBB=== ============================================================================== Table of Contents 01. Upgrading 01a. Wooden Shield 01b. Iron Shield 01c. Sacred Shield 01d. Beetle 01e. Bug Net 01f. Slingshot 01g. Seed Satchel 01h. Bow 01i. Quiver 01j. Bomb Bag 02. Hornet Larvae 03. Bird Feather 04. Tumbleweed 05. Lizard Tail 06. Eldin Ore 07. Ancient Flower 08. Amber Relic 09. Dusk Relic 10. Jelly Blob 11. Monster Claw 12. Monster Horn 13. Ornamental Skull 14. Evil Crystal 15. Blue Bird Feather 16. Golden Skull 17. Goddess Plume 18. Moonlight Merchant 19. Selling 20. Hero Mode ============================================================================== ===INTRO================================================================CCC=== ============================================================================== Hello GameFaqs readers, and welcome to my guide. To keep this short and simple, this guide is all about treasures. Where to find them, how to collect lots of them, what to do with them, where to sell them, so on. If you have the spirit of a Mogma, then this guide is for you. With the tips you'll find here, you'll make all Mogma jealous. ============================================================================== ===INFO=================================================================DDD=== ============================================================================== This guide was created when I had the opportunity to face Demise, but didn't. Therefore, just about everything in the game has been completed. All dungeons cleared, doors unlocked, areas accessed, so on. That means that when you read this guide, you may encounter an error that prevents you from collecting a certain item because you simply haven't gotten that far in the game yet. Over time, I will try to add in extra information on how to easily acquire some items as early as possible. The one major concept you should understand about this guide is the use of zoning. At least, that's what I like to call it. You may have noticed as you play the game that enemies and items tend to come back after you go through a door. If you play close enough attention, they only come back if you go through a door that triggers the game to load some information. You know, when the screen goes completely black or white, nothing happens for about a second or two, and then everything shows up again. That right there is zoning. The game is loading a certain area of the game, which includes all the simple stuff, such as small rocks and piles of dirt you can dig, grass you can cut and pots you can break, so on. This includes basic enemies that drop the treasues you are after. Using the basic technique of zoning will allow you to easily gather up the treasure you want in large quantities. As you read this guide, you will see that I refer to it often. ------------------------------------------------------------------------01.--- Upgrading His name is Gondo, and he is a big-hearted craftsman. He runs a business repairing broken equipment, and he lives with his elderly mother. At least this is what Fi will tell you. You can find him in Skyloft, inside the Bazaar. Gondo will offer to upgrade your items you've collected throughout the game for a small fee of specific treasures and some rupees. Below is a list of what he can upgrade for you, and how much it's going to cost you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------01a.-- Wooden Shields Wooden to Banded Upgrade cost: 2 Amber Relic 1 Monster Claw 1 Jelly Blob 30 Rupees Banded to Braced Upgrade cost: 3 Amber Relic 2 Monster Claw 2 Tumbleweed 1 Ornamental Skull 50 Rupees ------------------------------------------------------------------------01b.-- Iron Shields Iron to Reinforced Upgrade costs: 2 Eldin Ore 2 Monster Claw 2 Ornamental Skull 50 Rupees Reinforced to Fortified Upgrade costs: 3 Eldin Ore 3 Monster Claw 3 Tumbleweed 1 Blue Bird Feather 100 Rupees ------------------------------------------------------------------------01c.-- Sacred Shields Sacred to Divine Upgrade costs: 3 Ornamental Skull 2 Bird Feather 1 Dusk Relic 100 Rupees Divine to Goddess Upgrade costs: 4 Dusk Relic 3 Bird Feather 3 Monster Horn 1 Blue Bird Feather 150 Rupees ------------------------------------------------------------------------01d.-- Beetle Hook Beetle to Speed Beetle Upgrade costs: 2 Ancient Flower 2 Hornet Larvae 1 Golden Skull 50 Rupees Speed Beetle to Tough Beetle Upgrade costs: 4 Amber Relic 3 Ancient Flower 1 Blue Bird Feather 1 Goddess Plume 50 Rupees ------------------------------------------------------------------------01e.-- Bug Net Bug Net to Big Bug Net Upgrade costs: 3 Tumbleweed 2 Ancient Flower 1 Evil Crystal 100 Rupees ------------------------------------------------------------------------01f.-- Slingshot Slingshot to Scattershot Upgrade costs: 3 Jelly Blob 2 Amber Relic 2 Dusk Relic 50 Rupees ------------------------------------------------------------------------01g.-- Seed Satchel Small to Medium Upgrade costs: 4 Amber Relic 3 Monster Claw 3 Ornamental Skull 50 Rupees Medium to Large Upgrade costs: 5 Amber Relic 3 Monster Claw 1 Blue Bird Feather 1 Golden Skull 100 Rupees ------------------------------------------------------------------------01h.-- Bow Bow to Iron Bow Upgrade costs: 3 Monster Claw 3 Tumbleweed 2 Eldin Ore 1 Evil Crystal 50 Rupees Iron Bow to Sacred Bow Upgrade costs: 5 Tumbleweed 3 Lizard Tail 2 Evil Crystal 1 Goddess Plume 100 Rupees ------------------------------------------------------------------------01i.-- Quiver Small to Medium Upgrade costs: 5 Amber Relic 3 Dusk Relic 3 Monster Horn 50 Rupees Medium to Large Upgrade costs: 3 Dusk Relic 2 Monster Horn 1 Goddess Plume 1 Golden Skull 100 Rupees ------------------------------------------------------------------------01j.-- Bomb Bag Small to Medium Upgrade costs: 3 Ornamental Skull 1 Blue Bird Feather 1 Lizard Tail 50 Rupees Medium to Large Upgrade costs: 4 Jelly Blob 3 Lizard Tail 2 Hornet Larvae 1 Golden Skull 100 Rupees ------------------------------------------------------------------------02.--- Hornet Larvae These are found from hornet hives, as you may have guessed. All you gotta do is knock one down, and walk over it to collect it. 1) Fly to the Forest and land in Viewing Platform. 2) Turn around, run, grab the vine, climb it, and zone to the next screen. 3) Move forward, and the very first tree you'll see will be on your left. In it is a hive, so shoot down with an arrow or nuts, and it'll fall. Note, if you do this at a distance, the Hornets won't bother you. Move up to collect your Hornet Larvae. 4) Turn around and zone out to the previous screen. Once there, zone back in. 5) Repeat 3 and 4 as many times as desired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------03.--- Bird Feather These are primarily collected through using your net on small birds. 1) Fly to the Forest and land in Viewing Platform. 2) Turn around, run, grab the vine, climb it, and zone to the next screen. 3) Move forward, and just ahead of you will be three birds. Creep up on them with your net out and swipe them up. 4) Turn around and zone out to the previous screen. Once there, zone back in. 5) Repeat 3 and 4 as many times as desired. 6) Occasionally, there will be a blue bird among the usual orange and red/pink birds. If you focus on the blue one, you will get a Blue Bird Feather. Seems obvious, huh? ------------------------------------------------------------------------04.--- Tumbleweed These are primarily collected through using your net and scooping them up when you see them. 1) Fly to the Desert and land in Desert Entrance. 2) Run into the open field until you reach a tall dead tree. It's close by, so don't run too far. Feel free to clear out the enemies nearby in case they get in the way. 3) Run in circles. Pace back and forth. Do a moonwalk. Meditate. Take a stroll. Do whatever you want here. Keep in mind what you are looking for, which is Tumbleweed. These things will roll around in open areas when there is wind. So if you pay close enough attention to the screen, you can see the wind blow. When you do, whip out your net and look around you. Chances are, there'll be a tumbleweed running across the screen. Just note that if you are near a wall, your tumbleweed might hit that wall and break, so open areas are better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------05.--- Lizard Tail These come from Lizalfos (lizards). Good thing that the drop rate is guarenteed, meaning that every time you kill one, you'll get one. 1) Fly to the Desert and land in Pirate Stronghold. Watch out for the quicksand that's right above the stairs. 2) Move up and go through the only door in this area. 3) Once you zone in, turn left and go through the only door that you can (the other two should be locked). Run down the hall and find yourself a pair of Lizalfos (lizards). Cut off their tails for your loot. 4) Now turn around and zone out, and then zone back in again. 5) Repeat 2 though 4 as many times as desired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------06.--- Eldin Ore For the most part, you'll find these from digging into small patches of dirt found on the ground. 1) Fly to the Volcano and land in Temple Entrance. 2) Right out front of the entrance of the Earth Temple are two piles of dirt that you can dig through. One to the left, one to the right. Each one has about three to five digs in them, which means about six to ten digs per run. Dig in them for a chance to find ore popping out. 3) Turn around and zone inside the Earth Temple. Once in, zone back out. 4) Repeat 2 and 3 as many times as desired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------07.--- Ancient Flower These are sitting out in the open, waiting for you to pluck them from the earth. Most of the time, you'll want to activate a Timeshift Crystal for them to be seen. 1) Fly to the Desert and land in Desert Entrance. 2) Activate the Timeshift Crystal nearby. 3) Look around you for some vines to climb. Up top should be an Ancient Flower. 4) Hop in the cart and zone to the next screen. 5) To your left is a small hallway with a frog in the sand. Clear the frog and activate the Timeshift Crystal behind it. With it activated, an Ancient Flower should pop up behind where the frog was. 6) Hop back in the cart (twice) to zone back to the previous screen. 7) Repeat 2 through 6 as many times as desired. If a flower doesn't show up, it will most likely appear when you re-do the step the next time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------08.--- Amber Relic In a sense, this is the most common treasure found in the game, along with the highest in demand when it comes to upgrading. They are scattered throughout every part of the game, often in plain sight. At the same time, I haven't found a location (yet) where you can scoop up a couple of these quickly without having to do a lot of flying and running. When I do, I'll post and update. 1) Various locations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------09.--- Dusk Relic These are primarily found in the Silent Realm, the tests you have to endure as you are on your journey to reforge your sword into the Master Sword. Similar to Amber Relics, they are out in the open in the Silent Realms. You may be able to find four of five of these during a trial. 1) Silent Realms, any of them. There are four in the game, so with a bit of searching and luck, you'll come across a few of these when you aren't really expecting it. 2) Thunder Dragon? I haven't tested this idea yet, but I know that the Thunder Dragon offers challenges to you, one of which allows you to enter the Silent Realms again, but he'll be timing you. Technically, it doesn't matter. You are back in the Silent Realm where Dusk Relics are found. You should be able to collect them and keep them, but like I said, I haven't checked this yet. 3) See Moonlight Merchant. ------------------------------------------------------------------------10.--- Jelly Blob These things are going to be a bit tougher to pick up, considering that they only drop off of enemies that you kill. They drop from three different types of enemies, and they are Chu-Chus (blobs), Deku Baba (flowers), or Aracha (those sand mites in the desert). I felt that the easiest one to track down were the blobs, considering they show up literally everywhere. They type doesn't matter, they drop rate is the same, which is very low. I found a location that has a few of them, is easily resettable, and is nearby. There may be dozens of good locations, but I don't think we need to explore them all, unless there is one that is significantly better than here. 1) Fly to Skyloft and land near the waterfall cave. 2) Go in the waterfall cave, and clear all the enemies inside. You should find about eight blobs in here, and you can roughly get one Jelly Blob in every two cave runs. It's low, but it's easy. 3) Exit the cave on either side once you've killed them all to reset them. 4) Repeat 2 and 3 as many times as desired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------11.--- Monster Claw Just like the Jelly Blobs, these Monster Claws are dropped by enemies. To make it worse, they only come from one kind of enemy, which are Keese (bats). It doesn't matter what version it is (regular, fire, electric, curse), because the drop rate is the same. Also, just like the blobs, we can use the same location. 1) Fly to Skyloft and land near the waterfall cave. 2) Go in the waterfall cave, and clear all the enemies inside. You should find about twelve bats in here, and you can roughly get one claw per cave run. Keep in mind that if a bat drops a claw, it'll make a distinct sound, so it's not necessary to run to the corpse and check it's loot. These things have a tendancy to fly all the way across a room upon death, but if it drops a claw, you'll still hear it, even if you knock it back to Majora's Mask. 3) Exit the cave on either side once you've killed them all to reset them. 4) Repeat 2 and 3 as many times as desired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------12.--- Monster Horn These drop from Bokoblins leaders (goblins), but since they are somewhat uncommon, and even rarer in groups, you'll have to turn to an alternate method of picking them up. Good thing that the alternate way is a fun way. 1) Fly to the Volcano and land in Temple Entrance. 2) On the side, there'll be four goblins standing together in a little camp. Instead of charging in, try to creep up on them. When they see you, one of them may take out a horn to signal all other local goblins that you have arrived. This is exactly what you want. With your whip handy, as soon as you see a goblin take out his horn, you can use your whip to snag it off of them. You don't even need to kill him. Just take the treasure and run! They don't always take out their horn and alert others, so you may need to do this a few times. 3) Turn around and zone into the Earth Temple if you killed them. Once in, zone back out. 4) Repeat 2 and 3 as many times as desired. 5) See Moonlight Merchant. ------------------------------------------------------------------------13.--- Ornamental Skull These drop from Bokoblins (goblins) of all sorts, except for the cursed ones. 1) Fly to the Volcano and land in Temple Entrance. 2) On the side, there'll be four goblins standing together in a little camp. Run up to them, bully them a bit, and hopefully they'll drop your loot. 3) Turn around and zone into the Earth Temple. Once in, zone back out. 4) Repeat 2 and 3 as many times as desired. 5) There's a rare chance that they will drop a golden skull instead of an ornamental skull. ------------------------------------------------------------------------14.--- Evil Crystal A manifestation of evil in a pretty purple ball! They have a small chance of being looted after defeating a Cursed Bokoblin (goblin). 1) See Moonlight Merchant. ------------------------------------------------------------------------15.--- Blue Bird Feather A feather that is blue. Not much to it. 1) See Bird Feather 2) See Moonlight Merchant. ------------------------------------------------------------------------16.--- Golden Skull A skull that is gold and shiny. Occassionally dropped by Cursed Bokoblins in place of an Ornamental Skull. 1) See Ornamental Skull. 2) See Moonlight Merchant. ------------------------------------------------------------------------17.--- Goddess Plume This is considered to be the rarest item that exists in game, mostly for the reason that it doesn't drop from any enemy. Almost all others are lootable after you defeat an enemy or are somewhat commonly found lying around in the game here and there. But this one is much harder to find. There is no easy way to gather these up. Fortunetly, this is also an item that is the least required in game to upgrade items and equipment. 1) See Moonlight Merchant. ------------------------------------------------------------------------18.--- Moonlight Merchant The Moonlight Merchant is a gossip stone that sells you items. Not just any items, but the harder to get items. It has unlimited amounts of them, but at a high price. This is for the desperate or lazy, so be sure to bring a heavy wallet with you. Note: This is only accessable after you have completed the last Silent Realm event in Skyloft, and he only appears at night, hence the name moonlight merchant. 1) Fly to Skyloft and land near the waterfall cave. 2) Go in the waterfall cave. Just like any gossip stone, look for a group of butterflies and play your harp. It'll pop out and introduce itself. 3) The menu on the first page consists of the following: Goddess Plume 200 Rupees Blue Bird Feather 200 Rupees Golden Skull 200 Rupees When you select other, it'll offer you these: Monster Horn 100 Rupees Dusk Relic 100 Rupees Evil Crystal 100 Rupees If you select other again, you'll exit his services and tell you that that is all he has for sale. Even though he'll say "that's all I've got to sell right now", it will be all that it will ever sell. The menu doesn't expand and the prices won't change. If you do decide to use his services, he'll take your rupees and make a treasure chest appear next to you. Pop it open and claim your treasure. If you wish to make another purchase, you'll need to zone out and back in. The treasure chest will dissapear, allowing the merchant to make another one show up. This can be a bit annoying if you are looking to buy a few items from him at the same time, but it sure beats the luck factor of hunting these down yourself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------19.--- Selling If you find yourself on a mountain of treasure and not sure what to do with it, or feel that you have a lot of extras after upgrading as much as you can, you can always sell them! The person who will buy your treasure is the same person who sells you shields and ammunition at the bazaar. He's none other than the gear peddler, Rupin. He will only buy your treasures if you visit him during the night, so find a bed and take a nap until it's dark out. Head to his house and talk to him. Out of the sixteen treasures total, he will only buy four specific ones at a time. If you want to sell something that he isn't buying that night, use the bed next to him in his house and sleep until night. His buying list changes every night, so keep talking to him every night to see if he'll buy what you are looking to get rid of. His list of items that he'll buy is semi random. I called them Night A, B, C, and D just to give them names, but which night you get is completely random. However, he will always buy the same four items, as in he won't mix and match them. Night A Hornet Larvae 20 Rupees Eldin Ore 30 Rupees Jelly Blob 30 Rupees Evil Crystal 30 Rupees Night B Bird Feather 20 Rupees Ancient Flower 30 Rupees Monster Claw 30 Rupees Blue Bird Feather 100 Rupees Night C Tumbleweed 20 Rupees Amber Relic 30 Rupees Monster Horn 30 Rupees Golden Skull 100 Rupees Night D Lizard Tail 20 Rupees Dusk Relic 30 Rupees Ornamental Skull 30 Rupees Goddess Plume 100 Rupees ------------------------------------------------------------------------20.--- Hero Mode For those who don't know, Hero Mode is an option that is offered to you once you beat the game for the first time. After the credits roll, it'll ask you to save the game, and warn you that it'll delete everything. Out of paranoia, I declined this the first time and decided to look it up. What it does is that you'll start a brand new game, but it's twice as hard. All damage you take is doubled, and enemies no longer drop recovery hearts. But in a few ways, this is not a "brand new" game. The big thing here is that all treasures and all insects you have collected will carry over into the new game, allowing you essentially jumpstart your new game.With this info, you now know that you can easily take advantage of this. How? Simple! Stock up on a bit of everything! Collect all the treasure you can to upgrade your items and shields immediatly. Collect a ton of bugs to upgrade your potions to maximum efficiency. On your first play through of the game, you most likely didn't have everything you wanted to upgrade stuff. Well, this section here will help you out! Since this is a treasure guide, we're only going to talk about treasures. 99% of all treasures are used with Gondo and upgrading the stuff you got. The other 1% is a single Ancient Flower used to revive Scrapper, which coincidentally is right behind Gondo, meaning that 100% of treasure is used in the same spot. Here is a full list of the TOTAL amount of treasure you'll need to upgrade everything. This means that when you beat the game and want to take on hero mode, you want to have at least this amount of items to be ready for it. Hornet Larvae 4 Bird Feather 5 Tumbleweed 16 Lizard Tail 7 Eldin Ore 7 Ancient Flower 8 (7 for upgrades, 1 for Scrapper) Amber Relic 25 Dusk Relic 13 Jelly Blob 8 Monster Claw 17 Monster Horn 8 Ornamental Skull 12 Evil Crystal 4 Blue Bird Feather 5 Golden Skull 4 Goddess Plume 3 Feel free to collect more than the amount shown. Keep in mind that since your treasures carry over, you can sell the extras for quick rupees to help you purchase other items. Also, if you dump all your rupees into the moonlight merchant on Feathers, Skulls, or Plumes (200 each), you can sell those back for 100 each, meaning you can effectively carry over half of your rupees. Not a bad start, huh? ============================================================================== ===FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS===========================================EEE=== ============================================================================== Coming soon. ============================================================================== ===CONTACT==============================================================FFF=== ============================================================================== If you have any questions, comments, things that you believe I should include, an easier method of doing things, anything at all, feel free to shoot me an e-mail and let me know what's up. If it causes me to make a significant change to this guide, I'll give you credit for it here. 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