Trading Quests are a recurring feature in the Legend of Zelda series. The basic trading sequence starts with Link acquiring an item, often by helping out another character. The item can then be traded to someone else who desires it, who then gives Link a new item to trade, and so on. Ultimately, a finished trading quest results in Link obtaining an exceedingly powerful weapon or magical item.
Sometimes, the completion of trading quests are required in order to complete a game. For example, the trading quest in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a required course of action, because the item ultimately obtained — the Magnifying Lens — is needed in order to learn how to reach the final boss of the game. Other trading quests are side quests and are purely optional.
List of Trading Quests[]
- Quest for the Magnifying Lens in Link's Awakening
- Quest for Biggoron's Sword in Ocarina of Time
- Happy Mask side quest in Ocarina of Time
- Title Deed side quest in Majora's Mask
- Bombers' Notebook Tasks in Majora's Mask
- Quest for the Noble Sword in Oracle of Ages
- Quest for the Noble Sword in Oracle of Seasons
- Quest for the Whirlwind Sword Attack in A Link to the Past (GBA) and Four Swords
- Zunari's trading side quest in The Wind Waker
- Quest for the Great Spin Attack in Phantom Hourglass
| Characters |
| Link (x4) · Princess Zelda · Vaati —Full list of characters |
| Bosses |
| Deguchitato · Derazoru · Gouen · Vaati |
| Stages |
| Chambers of Insight · Sea of Trees · Talus Cave · Death Mountain · Vaati's Palace · Hero's Trial · Realm of Memories —Full list of locations |
| Equipment |
| Weapons |
| Bomb · Boomerang · Bow · Bow-Wow · Four Sword · Shield |
| Items |
| Armor Seed · Fairy · Gnat Hat · Heart · Heart Container · Magnetic Glove · Pegasus Boots · Razor Seed · Roc's Cape · Rupee · Pegasus Seed · Small Key |
| Quest Items |
| Golden Key · Hero's Key · Medal of Courage · Silver Key |
| Characters | ||
| Bellum · Ciela · Linebeck · Link · Ocean King · Oshus · Tetra —Full list of characters | ||
| Bosses | ||
| Blaaz · Cyclok · Crayk · Diabolical Cubus Sisters · Dongorongo · Gleeok · Eox · Bellum · Ghost Ship · Bellumbeck | ||
| Locations | ||
| Bannan Island · Cannon Island · Goron Island · Harrow Island · Isle of Ember · Isle of Frost · Isle of Gust · Isle of Ruins · Isle of the Dead · Mercay Island · Molida Island · Zauz's Island —Full list of locations | ||
| Dungeons | ||
| Temple of Fire · Temple of Wind · Temple of Courage · Ghost Ship · Goron Temple · Temple of Ice · Mutoh's Temple · Temple of the Ocean King | ||
| Equipment | ||
| Weapons | ||
| Oshus's Sword · Wooden Shield · Boomerang · Bombs · Bow · Bombchus · Grappling Hook · Hammer · Phantom Sword · Shovel · Fishing Rod | ||
| Quest Items | ||
| Leaf · Neri · Ciela · Pure Metals · Phantom Hourglass · Spirit Gem | ||
| Races | ||
| Anouki · Deity · Fairy · Gerudo · Goron · Human · Hylian · Yook | ||