Trading Games
There are two trading games in Zelda. As a
child, the mask trading game gets you the Mask of Truth. This
item is useless, but fun to mess with. As an adult, there is an
item trading game. You will get the Biggoron’s sword, and
extremely useful, 4x damage, five-foot long sword that sends
enemies packing. AND IT WON’T EVER
BREAK! This section provides the best methods on getting these
items.
The Mask of Truth Trading Game
There is a mask shop in Hyrule Market. The
trading game works like this, you get a mask, then wear it while
talking to someone who might buy it. They give you money for it,
and then you have to go pay for the mask in order to receive the
next one.
Although you don’t have to, here are
some things you should do before trying this game.
- Get thirty gold skulltulas. Then, get
the giant’s wallet from the skulltulla house. When
you trade the bunny hood, you’ll get a full wallet.
- Try this after you beat the Forest
Temple as an adult and get the Prelude of Light. That
way, as a child, you can just warp back instead of
running.
- The Keaton Mask- This mask goes to the guard
standing at the base of Death Mountain. He’ll give
you fifteen rupees for this ten-rupee mask, giving you a
five-rupee profit.
- The Skull Mask- Go left at the entrance to the
Lost Woods. If you haven’t already done so, stand on
the stump and face the skull kid, then play Saria’s
Song. If you have already done that, then precede to
giving the mask to him. He gives you ten- rupees for this
twenty-rupee mask. You lose ten rupees in this deal.
- The Spooky Mask- This should be obvious. Give it
to the stupid little trampling around in the Kakariko
Graveyard. He’ll pay full price for this
thirty-rupee mask. No losses or earnings here.
- The Bunny Hood- There is a guy running around on
Hyrule Field. You’ll usually find him around Lon Lon
Ranch. When you give him the mask, make sure to get out
of his way, or he’ll trample you and do some damage.
He fills your wallet on this deal, so you can make either
49, 150, or 450 profit, depending on which wallet you
have.
From this point on, all masks are available for your use. You
can also use the Goron, Gerudo, or Zora mask at this point. The
biggest prize however, it the Mask of Truth. This allows you to
do some more funny things to the Gossip Stones.
How the Gossip stones react to items.
As a child or adult-
- Hit it with your sword and they’ll tell you the
time.
As a child without the Mask of Truth-
- They shake when you hit them with a boomerang or
slingshot.
As a child with the Mask of Truth-
- They tell something if you talk to them.
- They launch off into the sky if you hold a bomb near
them.
As an adult-
- Hit it with the megaton hammer and you’ll smash it
into the ground.
- Use your bow or hook/longshot on them and they shake.
Biggoron’s Sword Trading Game
Some of these trades are timed, so do this
exactly as I say if you don’t want to risk starting over.
This is the best method to do this.
Before starting:
- Open the warp gate in the Lost Woods
that leads to Goron City. You can’t use warp songs
on timed trades, but you can use this gate. With this
opened, you won’t have any problem with the last
step.
- Either the Longshot or Epona. The
Longshot isn’t really needed, but it’s a good
thing to have Epona. If you can’t get Epona, you
must have the Longshot.
- OPTIONAL: Have the sun song.
- The Pocket Egg- The cucco lady will give this to
you. When it hatches, go to the house near the ramp at
the front part of Kakariko. Talon is in there, so use the
hatched cucco to wake him up. Return the cucco to the
cucco lady. She gives you…
- Cojiro the Blue Cucco- Take this to the Lost
Woods. In the area where you traded the skull mask as a
kid, there is a weird looking guy near the big stump.
Give him Cojiro. He gives you…
- Weird Mushroom- This is timed 3:00). Go to
Kakariko. From the entrance go to the potion shop, rush
around the counter around the backway. You’ll end up
in the fenced off area accessible via chicken gliding as
a kid. Jump of the ledge your on and run up the stairs to
the other potion shop. Give her the mushroom. She gives
you…
- Odd Medicine- Take this back to the Lost Woods.
The guy is gone, but a little girl is there. Give here
the medicine and she give you the…
- Poacher’s Saw- At Gerudo Valley, you can use
the longshot to get across the broken bridge. However,
this can be done before getting the Longshot from the
Water Temple. In fact, this can be done before the Forest
Temple. If you have Epona, you can actually jump over the
broken bridge. This is why it good to have Epona. Give
Boss Carpenter the poacher’ saw and he gives you…
- Broken Goron Sword- Give this to Biggoron at the
top of Death Mountain. He gives you…
- Prescription- Give this to King Zora. He gives you…
- Eyeball Frog- This is timed (3:00). Rush out of
Zora’s Domain, and as soon as you get to Zora’s
River, jump into the water, and swim with the currents
out of Zora’s River on the LEFT side. Take this to
the scientist at Lake Hylia and he gives you…
- Eyedrops- This is timed (4:00). Instead of going
to Death Mountain, go to the Lost Woods and head through
the warp gate to Goron City. Upon arrival, jump to the
bottom floor and go through the back entrance to Death
Mountain Crater in Darania’s Room. Head around the
right to the exit at the top of Death Mountain straight
to Biggoron with OVER A MINUTE TO SPARE!!! Give him the
eyedrops and he gives you the…
- Claim Check- If you have the Sun Song, use it to
speed through time for three or four days. If you don’t
have it, you may as well get it while your waiting. When
you return after that time with the claim check, he give
you the…
- Biggoron’s Sword- Congrats! If you made it
this far, you have the coolest sword in the game.