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Silver Arrows are a recurring item in The Legend of Zelda series.
Location and Uses
Silver Arrows are powerful Arrows used to defeat Ganon in The Legend of Zelda and A Link to the Past. In certain games, they are the only weapon that is capable of defeating Ganon, who will recover from any wound if not pierced by a Silver Arrow.[1] In later games of the series, the Light Arrows perform a similar role, although they function differently in that they merely stun Ganon. The Master Sword is often used to deal the final blow instead, but aside from one occasion in the Oracle Series where Ganon was not fully revived, the Silver Arrows are the only weapon shown to completely destroy his demonic beast form.
The Legend of Zelda
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In The Legend of Zelda, the Silver Arrow is found in Level-9 of both the First Quest and the Second Quest. After hitting Ganon 15 times with the Sword, 8 times with the White Sword or 4 times with the Magical Sword, Link must use a Silver Arrow to finish him off.[2] These Arrows also deal double the damage of a normal Arrow to enemies.
A Link to the Past
File:Bow&SilverArrowsALttP.png In A Link to the Past, Silver Arrows are given to Link by the Fat Fairy inside the Pyramid of Power, once the way has been opened with a Super Bomb.[1] These are more powerful versions of the typical arrows Link obtains, and are in most cases, the strongest weapon there is. When used as weapons in the field, they can kill most enemies in a single shot, including some bosses. Keeping in tradition with past games, the Silver Arrows are used to kill Ganon, although it takes four shots to finally defeat him.[1]
Other Appearances
Ancient Stone Tablets
In Ancient Stone Tablets, the Silver Arrows are foretold to be buried on Death Mountain, and appear from a Hylian Monolith that also seals away Ganon's Tower from the world. They carry the same purpose and function as previous titles.
The Legend of Zelda (Valiant Comics)
The Silver Arrow, as seen in the comic
The Silver Arrow is also featured in two stories of The Legend of Zelda comics by Valiant Comics, and in both appearances, Princess Zelda is the one to wield it with her bow. In Day of the Triforce, Princess Zelda decides to go attack and defeat Ganon once and for all since he is now powerless.[3] Once she reaches Death Mountain to challenge Ganon, she finds the powerless Ganon in his throne. Just as she is about to shoot him with the Silver Arrow, she hears a cry for help in another room and cannot help but to go and aid said person instead.[4][5]
In Choices, Zelda finds the Silver Arrow on a small pedestal after defeating a Darknut inside Death Mountain.[6] She then recalls what Impa told her that if Zelda's heart is true, the Triforce of Wisdom will help her use the Silver Arrow to destroy Ganon.[7] When the princess finds Ganon, she quickly readies a Silver Arrow to shoot at him,[8] but before she has a chance to release it at the Prince of Darkness to defeat him, Link comes crashing in, giving Ganon a chance to escape.[9]
A Link to the Past (Ishinomori)
The Silver Arrow in the A Link to the Past comic
In the A Link to the Past comic by Shotaro Ishinomori, Roam reveals that he is seeking the Silver Arrow spoken of in the Book of Mudora, which mentions that the one who corrupts the Golden Land will be defeated with the sacred arrow.[10] Although he reveals to Link that he has yet to find it, Roam continues to search for the Silver Arrow to defeat Ganon with it and prove himself to be the legendary hero.[11] However, when Link and Zelda arrive to Ganon's Tower, Roam suddenly appears and admits he has failed to find the Silver Arrows, and enters the tower with the young hero and the princess. Inside, after Roam dies saving Zelda, the princess uses Roam's crossbow to shoot an ordinary arrow at Ganon. As it approaches Ganon, the power of the Maidens, Zelda, Link, and Roam, turn the arrow into the Silver Arrow,[12] destroying the King of Thieves.
A Link to the Past (Himekawa)
In the A Link to the Past manga by Akira Himekawa by Akira Himekawa, the heads of the Silver Arrows are an heirloom of the Knights of Hyrule.[13] Their only known living descendant, the young thief Ghanti, wore them as earrings, unaware of their true purpose. This fact is revealed to her by Princess Zelda shortly after she recovered from the wounds she sustained as Trinexx,[13] causing the young thief to change her views on the Knights. She later uses the Arrows to aid Link in his battle against Ganon, and with them, deals the finishing blow.
Hyrule Warriors
In Hyrule Warriors' Master Quest DLC pack, the 8-Bit Silver Arrow from The Legend of Zelda appears as a weapon for Fi. It is statistically identical to and part of the Goddess Blade weapon type.
Trivia
- The Silver Arrows' function as Ganon's only weakness is similar to more modern werewolf legends, in which a silver bullet is the only weapon that can kill a werewolf. This may be because silver was considered a holy element in many cultures.
Nomenclature
 Names in Other Regions 
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| Language | Name | Meaning | |
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Japanese | 銀の矢 (Gin no Ya) | Silver Arrow |
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FrenchEU | Flèche d'Argent | |
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German | Silberpfeile | Silver Arrows |
Gallery
Artwork of Link slaying Ganon with the Silver Arrow from The Legend of Zelda
Princess Zelda revealing Ghanti's earrings to be the arrowheads for the Silver Arrows from The Legend of Zelda comic
The 8-Bit Silver Arrow from Hyrule Warriors
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "You are an honest person. I like you. I will give you something important... These are the Silver Arrows. To give Ganon his last moment, you definitely need them! I know I don't quite have the figure of a faerie. Ganon's cruel power is to blame! You must defeat Ganon!" — Fat Fairy (A Link to the Past)
- ↑ "Link's no match for Ganon and his might. Whatever attack Link uses, Ganon just repels him. But if Link could only use the magical sword and some other object, he'll manage to topple the mighty Ganon. Other object? What's that?" (The Legend of Zelda manual, pg. 39)
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