If you've already read our The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HDtreasure guide and bug guide you'll know where to find all the bits and pieces required in order to upgrade and max out Link's various items and potions.
Now we can take a look at what upgrades are available for each specific item, what infusions are available for each potion and how many treasures, bugs and Rupees you'll need to bring Rupin and Bertie at the Bazaar in order for them to carry out the work. Let's get upgrading!
Shield Upgrades
Each type of shield in the game can be upgraded in order to allow it to take more damage or, in the case of the Divine family of shields, slowly regenerate its durability. Your base Wooden Shield can be made stronger by reinforcing it to a Banded and then Braced Shield. Your Iron Shield can be Reinforced and then Fortified, and your Sacred Shield can be worked into both a Divine and Goddess version. Let's take a look at the various stages of Shield upgrade, how much they cost and what treasures you'll need to hand over to Rupin.
Starting out in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, you'll only be able to hold a measly 300 Rupees in your base level wallet. However, the game has several upgrades ranging from this first wallet to a Tycoon Wallet that holds a whopping 9000 Rupees, a figure that can then be added to with a few extra wallet upgrades to bring that total to 9900 Rupees.
In order to upgrade your wallet through its various levels, you'll need to collect Gratitude Crystals - check out our Gratitude Crystal guide to find each and every one of these - and will need the full 80 crystals in order to top out at Tycoon Wallet.
As indicated in our Gratitude Crystals guide, you simply need to take your crystals to Batreaux at his hideout and he'll gift you with each wallet upgrade as you continue to deliver him crystals. Let's take a quick look at how many crystals each wallet will set you back.
As for the extra wallets that fully max out your carrying capacity, you'll need to head over to Beedle's Airshop to pick these up for 100 Rupees each!
Item Upgrades
Each and every one of Link's various tools can be tricked out into a better version of itself. Let's take a look at how you can pimp out these most useful of items.
Beetle
Your trusty Beetle can be upgraded from its default version to a Quick Beetle for speedier traversal of spaces and then a Tough Beetle which can travel both faster and further. Here are the stages of progression for upgrading your Beetle.
Hook Beetle
Upgrades to: Quick Beetle
Cost: 50 Rupees
Treasures Required: 2x Ancient Flowers - 2x Hornet Larvae - 1x Golden Skull
Quick Beetle
Upgrades to: Tough Beetle
Cost: 50 Rupees
Treasures Required: 3x Ancient Flowers - 4x Amber Relics - 1x Blue Bird Feather - 1x Goddess Plume
Bug Net
You can transform your Bug Net from its default state to a Big Bug Net by handing in the following to Rupin.
Link's Bow can be upgraded from its vanilla state to an Iron Bow, which is more powerful and has a longer range, and a Sacred Bow which is enhanced by the power of the Goddess, enabling its arrows to travel far and strike down multiple enemies. Here are the various stages of upgrade for the Bow.
Rather than paying out Rupees and handing over treasures to Rupin for an upgrade, your regular level Digging Mitts - which you'll receive from a Mogma in Eldin Volcano - will be automatically upgraded to Mogma Mitts later on in the game's story. Mogma Mitts enable you to both dig at spots for items and also tunnel right underground to find shortcuts, flip switches and fight centipedes!
The Slingshot, one of Link's most used items early in the game, can be upgraded to a Scattershot which is capable of firing multiple pumpkin seeds if you hold down the ZR button to charge it before releasing your shot.
From your Bomb Bag to your Arrow Quiver and Satchel, all of your means of ammunition storage can be upgraded in order to hold more of their specific ammo type. Let's have a look at the upgrade paths for each one.
In order to infuse your bog-standard potions and net yourself super-charged versions to imbibe when necessary you'll need to speak with Bertie at Luv and Bertie's Potion Shop in the Bazaar. Let's take a quick look at the infusions for each potion type, the specific bugs each infusion requires and how much they will set you back. Each infusion type comes in a + and ++ version, indicating 1 and 2 servings respectively.
Well, that's about it for this Item Upgrade Guide – why not jump back to our Zelda: Skyward Sword HD hub for more tips and help with the game?
There you'll find tips on the pros and cons of motion controls vs. analogue stick control, a list of the main differences between Skyward Sword on Switch and the Wii original, how to use , where to find the Moonlight Merchant and the Thunder Dragon, and how to beat every boss and minigame.
You'll also find guides for all heart piece locations, all goddess cubes, and where to find every Gratitude Crystal, every upgrade treasure, every bug, and every potion recipe to fill your bottles with.
Autosave. Yes, as spotted by eagle-eyed viewers of one of Nintendo's sneak-peak videos, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD now has an autosave function that saves as you pass by Bird Statues without you needing to stop and do it manually.
Autosave. Yes, as spotted by eagle-eyed viewers of one of Nintendo's sneak-peak videos, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD now has an autosave function that saves as you pass by Bird Statues without you needing to stop and do it manually.
Obtain the highest upgrades: Braced Shield, Fortified Shield, Goddess Shield, Big Bug Net, Scattershot, Tough Beetle, Sacred Bow, Large Seed Satchel, Large Bomb Bag, and Large Quiver.
In this form, it is able to charge Skyward Strikes noticeably faster, has a greater range, and, perhaps most importantly, is able to damage the game's final boss, Demise.
There are a total of 24Heart Pieces in Skyward Sword, making up a total of 6 extra Heart Containers. You'll find the locations for all 24 Pieces of Heart, cataloged by area, below (two Hearts are gained from equipping Life Medals, which brings the total to 20 Hearts).
It's essential to upgrade your shield collection in Skyward Sword, because it will increase their defensive prowess and health metres. You can upgrade your shield, along with other items, like the Slingshot, by visiting the Scrap Shop in the Skyloft bazaar.
Coupled with all the quality of life features added by the HD remake, Skyward Sword's Hero Mode stands out as one of the best gameplay challenges in The Legend of Zelda – and one every fan should experience at least once. It'll help you appreciate Skyward Sword so much more.
When focusing on the main objectives, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is about 30½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 41½ Hours to obtain 100% completion.
Befitting The Legend of Zelda's iconic sword, the Master Sword is twice as strong as the Goddess White Sword and will slaughter most enemies in your path. Following the Song of the Hero questline, Zelda will upgrade the Master Sword for you even further.
Starry Fireflies are an incredibly unique bug that can only be found at night. This is especially notable since most areas in Skyward Sword are day-locked. The only areas you can catch Starry Fireflies are Skyloft, the Waterfall Cave, Beedle's Island, and Pumpkin's Landing (all at night, of course).
Your initial wallet holds 300 rupees; however, you can upgrade your wallet to a Medium Wallet (holds 500), Big Wallet (holds 1,000), Giant Wallet (holds 5,000), or a Tycoon Wallet (holds 9,000) to raise your wallet's capacity; additionally, Extra Wallet(s), can raise your wallet's capacity by 300 rupees each.
Almost nothing is missable in this game, though it should be noted that whenever Link completes a Palace, it turns into stone in the Overworld and he will never be able to enter it again. However, it only turns into stone when he: Obtains the main Dungeon Item.
Sleep until night and talk to her. If you decide to convince her that you share her affections, you will receive 5 Gratitude Crystals from her. If you choose to break off your "relationship" however, Peater will give you 5 Gratitude Crystals for "solving" his problem. Either way, you'll receive 5.
This, and the chance it offers for the generation of six extra elemental particles, makes the Favonius Codex a strong contender for Mona's most preferred weapon.
Skyview Temple is one of the best first dungeons in a Zelda game, rivaling the likes of Majora's Mask's Woodfall Temple and Twilight Princess' Forest Temple. Skyview Temple features thought-provoking puzzles designed around Link's swordplay and its innovative dungeon item, the Beetle.
@JeffMercado In my experience, they don't until you save and quit, regardless of whether you shut down the system, go to the Wii main menu, or go back to the title screen. I say this having played a 14 hour game one day, and in that entire time, the Goddess Wall directly outside the Sealed Temple didn't respawn.
By holding the sword (in first-person view), you can use the symbol in the center of the screen to find a person, place or object. The arrow shows which direction an object is, and a beeping sound indicates how near you are. Dowsing can be used to find hearts when you are low on life once Fi activates the function.
Gorko will give you a Heart Piece for showing him how to draw things on the Goddess Wall by the Sealed Temple entrance in Faron Woods. You can keep returning to this spot to show him how to draw Bomb, Arrows, Heart and Fairy symbols. After you draw the heart, he'll give you this Heart Piece.
Usually, playing the Goddess's Harp around a cluster of Blessed Butterflies will reveal a Goddess Wall or Gossip Stone. They also cluster around entrances to the Silent Realm. They are mainly used for upgrading Potions, specifically the Heart Potion and Guardian Potion.
You can only fight the bosses you've already fought, so the final boss is off limits until you get all the way back to the Thunder Dragon through Hero Mode. You are able to choose the first boss and then the Thunder Dragon chooses for you. You can also go through the Silent Realms you have finished.
First, you need to shoot the large orange eye on its head with an arrow. After that, the dragon will take flight high above the mountain itself. To the right is a path that takes you right to the top of the mountain. There, you can use the plumes of air around the mountain top to sail high up using your paraglider.
Fans consider Skyward Sword to be among the easier games in the Zelda franchise, though the game's boss fights require more precision than in any other game.
To put things simply, shields are absolutely worth upgrading even if an Elden Ring player never plans to use them offensively. This is because shields gain points of Guard Boost through strengthening them, though that stat does not increase by a full point every upgrade.
You can upgrade the Master Sword's base damage to 40, 50, or 60 by completing the Trial of the Sword as part of The Master Trials DLC, which we'll outline below. If you upgrade it to damage 60, the weapon becomes unbreakable, but you'll still need to recharge it after a while.
If you beat the game on Hero Mode, it will prompt you to save your game, which will be saved at just before the final boss. The ending is otherwise the same as normal mode.
The Heart Medal helps you find hearts and lets heart flowers reappear in Hero Mode, making it extremely useful in the tougher Second Quest. The Medal is stored in your Adventure Pouch. The medal's effect can stack, meaning having another Heart Medal will noticeably increase the likelyhood of finding hearts.
Ocarina of Time provided a smooth transition into 3D for the Zelda series, as it carried over much of what made the Zelda series so special prior. The player has a vast world to explore in both the past and present. With 12 dungeons to tackle, it's easy to see why Ocarina of Time is among the longest Zelda games.
After the events of Sky Keep you will have the Triforce in hand and a long cutscene will deposit you in the Sealed Temple. You can now return to Skyloft and stock up on Potions and definitely play Boss Rush Mode for the Hylian Shield, you will not be able to take on the final boss with anything else easily!
The Travelers, Qiqi, Xingqiu, and Bennett benefit the most from the Skyward Blade's secondary stat: Energy Recharge. Available through the permanent Wish banner, the Skyward Blade offers a max Base ATK of 608 and an Energy Recharge of 55.1%.
Most likely because Nintendo wanted enemies to deal a full heart of damage from the start, but realized that it would be too difficult if you only had three hearts. So to fake difficulty, they started you off with six hearts so you're still losing that full heart, but actually losing less.
Ghirahim (Geer-Ah-Him) is the main antagonist for the majority of Zelda: Skyward Sword. His attempt to kidnap Zelda by conjuring a tornado sets the story in motion.
Once the hero has collected a certain number of Gratitude Crystals, a treasure chest will appear in Batreaux's House. Batreaux warns Link that the contents inside the chest are very dangerous. If Link ignores what he says and opens it anyways, he will obtain the Cursed Medal.
The trick is that when you pass the last ring, look at the position of the 50 rupee space. Usually from this point, the space moves approximately 3 hours clockwise(if you look at the wheel like a clock). For example, if when you pass the last ring, the 50 rupee space is at 12:00, when you land it should be around 3:00.
If he chooses to reject her, her father Peater will express gratitude that his daughter's secret suitor isn't bothering her anymore and give Link five Gratitude Crystals. Incidentally, after this, upon being talked to again, Peatrice will make humorous comments about her broken heart.
It's also important to note that entering the battle with Demise is the point-of-no-return in Skyward Sword and, if you wish to fully complete the game, now is the time to find all of the Heart Pieces, Gratitude Crystals and, if you wish, fully upgrade all of Link's equipment.
It's essential to upgrade your shield collection in Skyward Sword, because it will increase their defensive prowess and health metres. You can upgrade your shield, along with other items, like the Slingshot, by visiting the Scrap Shop in the Skyloft bazaar.
The True Master Sword is identical in terms of power for regular slashes and the Spin Slash. However, the Skyward Strike is stronger, and it now deals 16 points of damage. You can now charge Skyward Strikes even faster and they travel even farther. Note that you can't upgrade this sword farther.
The Blade of Evil's Bane, Link finally upgrades to the Master Sword after completing the Fire Sanctuary and absorbing all three sacred flames. Befitting The Legend of Zelda's iconic sword, the Master Sword is twice as strong as the Goddess White Sword and will slaughter most enemies in your path.
To put things simply, shields are absolutely worth upgrading even if an Elden Ring player never plans to use them offensively. This is because shields gain points of Guard Boost through strengthening them, though that stat does not increase by a full point every upgrade.
However, the Yiga Clan must be a bunch of secret jacked superheroes, because they can pull the Master Sword in Breath of the Wild no problem, it turns out.
As the game begins, it is revealed that Link is enrolled in the Knight Academy; the local education facility where the students learn and train to become a knight. In order to do this, however, they must first complete the annual Wing Ceremony.
After extended use, the Master Sword will run out of energy and will explode as if it were breaking. Instead of being gone, it sits in your inventory and is unusable until it recharges.
When focusing on the main objectives, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is about 38 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 57 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
Freya's Mardoll Sword Is A Touching Symbol Of Her Past
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