Trading Quest

Trading Quests, also known as Trading Sequences, are recurring sidequests in The Legend of Zelda series.

Overview

By trading a long list of items, the player will eventually be rewarded with a useful item such as a better sword, new tools or even numerous Pieces of Heart. However, due to their status as sidequests, they are not necessary to complete the game, except in the case of Link's Awakening, where several items, including the final reward, are mandatory.

As Link tries to help a character, he may receive an item that becomes useful for someone else; when Link gives the newer item to the right character, he receives in turn another item that is destined to yet another character; a trade sequence takes form when this process is repeated continuously, thus resulting into a long string of exchanges that ultimately lead to a powerful item. For natural reasons, the traded items generally have one-time uses, and therefore one-time appearances.

Link's Awakening

In Link's Awakening, the Trading Quest begins by obtaining the Yoshi Doll from the Trendy Game in Mabe Village. It eventually ends with Link obtaining the Magnifying Lens that allows him to read the Book Dark Secrets And Mysteries Of Koholint inside the Library which tells him the directions to navigate the Egg Maze.

Item	Character	Location	Requirement(s)
Yoshi Doll	Trendy Gamester	Trendy Game	Having 10 Rupees.
Ribbon	Mamasha	Quadruplets House	—
Dog Food	CiaoCiao	Madam MeowMeow's House	—
Bananas	Sale	Sale's House o' Bananas	—
Stick	Kiki	Kanalet Castle	—
Beehive	Tarin	Ukuku Prairie	Completing the Key Cavern.
Pineapple	Chef Bear	Animal Village	—
Hibiscus	Papahl	Tal Tal Heights	—
Goat's Letter	Christine	Animal Village	—
Broom	Mr. Write	Goponga Swamp	—
Fishing Hook	Grandma Yahoo	Animal Village	—
Necklace	Fisherman	Martha's Bay	—
Scale	Mermaid	Martha's Bay	—
Magnifying Lens	—	Martha's Bay (Mermaid Statue)	—

Ocarina of Time

In Ocarina of Time, the Trading Quest can only be completed by adult Link. For doing so, he receives the Biggoron's Sword, a powerful two-handed blade.

Item	Character	Location	Requirement(s)
Pocket Egg	Cucco Lady	Kakariko Village	—
Pocket Cucco	—	—	Waiting a day after obtaining the Pocket Egg.
Cojiro	Cucco Lady	Kakariko Village	Waking up Talon with the Pocket Cucco.
Odd Mushroom	Master Craftsman's Son	Lost Woods	—
Odd Poultice	Granny	Granny's Potion Shop	Bringing the Odd Mushroom within three minutes of obtention.
Poacher's Saw	Fado	Lost Woods	—
Broken Goron's Sword	Master Craftsman	Gerudo Valley	Having Epona or the Longshot.
Prescription	Biggoron	Death Mountain	—
Eyeball Frog	King Zora	Zora's Domain	—
World's Finest Eye Drops	Lake Scientist	Lakeside Laboratory	Bringing the Eyeball Frog within three minutes of obtention.
Claim Check	Biggoron	Death Mountain	Bringing the World's Finest Eye Drops within four minutes of obtention.
Biggoron's Sword	Biggoron	Death Mountain	Waiting three days after obtaining the Claim Check.

Majora's Mask

In Majora's Mask, there are Business Scrubs desiring to move to new places, yet they're unable to do so because they need documents of property from their destinations. In exchange, they accept to sell their own Deku Flowers before moving to other places, every time enabling Link to reach a Piece of Heart.

Item	Character	Location	Requirement(s)
Moon's Tear	—	Astral Observatory	Taking a look at the Skull Kid atop the Clock Tower.
Town Title Deed	Business Scrub	Clock Town	—
Swamp Title Deed	Business Scrub	Southern Swamp	—
Mountain Title Deed	Business Scrub	Goron Village	Being Deku Link.
Ocean Title Deed	Business Scrub	Zora Hall	Being Goron Link.
Piece of Heart	Business Scrub	Ikana Canyon	Being Zora Link.

Oracle of Seasons

In Oracle of Seasons, completing the Trading Quest rewards Link with the Noble Sword.

Item	Character	Location	Requirement(s)
Cuccodex	Dr. Left	Horon Village	Lighting the Torch inside Dr. Left's house.
Lon Lon Egg	Malon	Horon Village	—
Ghastly Doll	Malon	—	—
Iron Pot	Inga	Holodrum Plain	—
Lava Soup	Subrosian Chef	Subrosia	—
Goron Vase	Biggoron	Death Mountain	—
Fish	Ingo	Sunken City	—
Megaphone	Old Man	Eyeglass Lake	—
Mushroom	Talon	Mt. Cucco	—
Wooden Bird	Syrup	Witch's Hut	—
Engine Grease	Tick Tock	Horon Village	—
Phonograph	Guru-Guru	Horon Village	—
Noble Sword	Business Scrub	Lost Woods	Navigating the Lost Woods following the instructions of the Business Scrub.

Oracle of Ages

In Oracle of Ages, completing the Trading Quest rewards Link with the Noble Sword.

Item	Character	Location	Requirement(s)
Poe Clock	Allan	Yoll Graveyard	—
Stationery	Postman	Post Office	—
Stink Bag	Hand	Lynna Village	—
Tasty Meat	Tokay	Crescent Island	—
Doggie Mask	Happy Mask Salesman	Mask Shop	—
Dumbbell	Mamamu Yan	Lynna City	—
Cheesy Mustache	Thomas	Symmetry Village	—
Funny Joke	Lynna City Comedian	Lynna City	—
Touching Book	Dekadin	Lynna Village	—
Magic Oar	Maple	—	—
Sea Ukulele	Rafton	South Shore	—
Broken Sword	Old Zora	Coast of No Return	—
Noble Sword	Patch	Restoration Wall	—

Phantom Hourglass

In Phantom Hourglass, completing the Trading Quest rewards Link with the Swordsman's Scroll allowing him to learn the Great Spin Attack.

Item	Character	Location	Requirement(s)
x48px Hero's New Clothes	Man of Smiles	Traveler's Ship	Defeating all the enemies on the Traveler's Ship.
x48px Telescope	Nyeve	Prince of Red Lions	—
x48px Guard Notebook	Hoiger Howgendoogen	Traveler's Ship	—
x48px Wood Heart	Nyave	Traveler's Ship	—
x48px Swordsman's Scroll	Old Wayfarer	Bannan Island	Bringing Joanne to the Old Wayfarer's house.

Trivia

• The Trading Quests were inspired by the Japanese Buddhist tale, "Straw Millionaire". "Straw Millionaire" is a tale about a poor man who becomes rich through trading various items.