Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Trading Sequence
The Link's Awakening Trading Sequence is a trading quest that involves 14 items that must be given to various characters around Koholint Island. All items up to the Stick are required to get into Kanalet Castle and complete the main storyline, but after that it is entirely optional. The Magnifying Lens is a required item in order to read the book in the library that gives the correct path through the Wind Fish's Egg. Technically, you can get through the Wind Fish's egg without the Magnifying Lens by guessing the path or if you know one of the seven set paths already. However, this Magnifying Lens also allows you to get one of the most powerful weapons in the game, the Boomerang.
| Item Name | Item Description | Picture |
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| Yoshi Doll | The first item in the Link's Awakening DX Trading Sequence is the Yoshi Doll. It can be found in the building in the southeast part of Mabe Village. How to get: Once you have the sword, go kill some monsters and cut some grass to earn yourself 10 rupees. Once you have ten rupees, go to the location I told you (d;12) and cut away the grass to enter the building. Inside, go talk to man at the right. He'll ask you if you want to play the Trendy Game, so say yes. Now press the B Button to move your crane horizontally so, that the shadow of the crane is above the Yoshi Doll (it's in the middle). Then press the A button to make the crane move vertically. If done correcty, the crane should pick up the Yoshi Doll and deliver it to you. It's pretty easy to catch, so don't worry. |  |
| Ribbon | The second item is the Ribbon. Location: (c;9), the Quadruplet's house in the very north of Mabe Village. How to get: Once you've obtained the Yoshi Doll, just go to the house in the northern part of the village. You'll see a woman with a baby there, as well as a man and some beds with kids. Talk to the woman with the baby and she'll ask you if she can have your doll. You should say "Yes" and you'll make one lucky baby very happy (and receive a nice ribbon in return). |  |
| Dog Food | The third item is the Dog Food. Location: (b;11), the little house right next to Madam MeowMeow's house. In it lives a small, female Chain-chomp. How to get: Go to the small house with your Ribbon. In it, is a small, female Chian-chomp (wow, the second Mario reference; the first one was Yoshi of course). Anyway, it seems she fancies jewelery and accessoires, so talk to her and say "Yes" when she asks for your Ribbon to receive the Dog Food. |  |
| Bananas | Location: (d;15), a little house on the beach. Just go south from Mabe Village, then keep going east to find it (it's just northeast of the place where you found your sword). How to get: make your way to the little house and talk to the big alligator inside. He'll tell you he likes canned food, and practically goes insane when he finds out you have some. Let him have it and he'll give you some bananas in return (after he eats the canned food). Now that was odd, wasn't it? |  |
| Stick | Location: (l;8), there's a little monkey on the bridge. You won't be able to cross the bridge without talking to her, and you'll need to cross to find the 5 Golden Leaves for Richard. How to get: Simply talk to Kiki the monkey (the one on the bridge), and give her your bananas. She'll summon some more monkeys, and they'll build you a bridge you can cross. Luckily, they also leave a stick behind... |  |
| Honeycomb | The sixth item in the trading sequence is the Honeycomb. You will need to have beaten dungeon 3 (Key Cavern).Location: (h;9), a man next to a tree. He can be found on the prairie, a bit east from Mabe Village. How to get: When you approach the man, you'll probably recognize him. It's Tarin, your savior, up to something stupid! Anyway, just talk to him and say "can" when he asks you if he can borrow your stick. He'll poke the honeycomb and gets chased away by bees. You can pick up the honeycomb (now without bees!) when he's gone. Later, if you check his house, you can find him hurting in his bed. |  |
| Pineapple | A Pineapple is the seventh item in the trading sequence. Location: (n;14), the house southeast in Animal Village. It's the house next to the fence, with some sort of chimney next to it. How to get: Go inside the house and talk to the chef with the cooking hat there. He'll want your honeycomb, because he's all run out of them, so reply "Yes" when he asks for it. He'll give you a pine-apple in return. |  |
| Hibiscus | The eighth item in the trading sequence is the Hibiscus. Location: (j;2), the guy who's lost in the mountains. You can reach him by entering and following the cave at (h;2), then when you exit that one, enter the cave at (j;2). When you exit that one, simply go down one screen and left one screen to reach a famished Papahl (you've met him before; he was the dad of the Quadruplets. You even gave your Yoshi away in that house). How to get: Talk to him and he'll tell you he's so famished, he can't even move. He'll ask you for some "Vittles", so give him your pine-apple. He'll give you a nice Hibiscus in return! |  |
| Letter | The ninth item in the trading sequence is the Letter. Location: (n;13), the house in the northeast corner of Animal Village. How to get: In the house in Animal Village lives a goat who is apparently very fond of nice manners. When you talk to her, she'll just assume the flower is for her, and will ask you for a favor. Say "Yes" and she'll now give you a letter for you to to deliver to Mr. Write. |  |
| Broom | The Broom is the tenth item in the trading sequence. Location: (a;4), a lonely house in left of the swamp. In it you'll find Mr. Write busy writing something. How to get: Just enter the house and talk to Mr. Write. He'll be happy with the letter and will give you a broom in return! Make sure to pay attention to the picture the goat included! Pretty funny scene... |  |
| Fish Hook | The Fish Hook is the eleventh item in the trading sequence. Location: (b;12), the woman outside Ulrira's house in the southwest corner of Mabe Village. It's granma Ulrira, who was always busy sweeping everything clean! How to get: You'll notice the woman who was always sweeping suddenly is broom- less. Well, we now have one so talk to her and tell her it's for her. She'll give you a fishing hook she found while sweeping by the river bank. After the exchange, you'll find granma Ulrira back in Animal Village (sweeping, of course). |  |
| Necklace | The Necklace is the twelfth item in the trading sequence. You will also need the Flippers to complete this trade. Location: (k;15), under the small bridge, south of dungeon 5 (Catfish's Maw). How to get: When you're in the water, press B to dive down and swim under the bridge. Jump out of the water with your Roc's Feather and enter the boat. Now talk to the fisherman and let him use your hook in trade of his next catch. The fisherman will start fishing immediatelly and it won't be bad. Well, he happens to catch a necklace! |  |
| Mermaid Scale | The Mermaid Scale is the thirteenth item in the trading sequence. Location: (j;13), the mermaid in the water, just above dungeon 5 (Catfish's Maw). How to get: You'll notice the mermaid in the water, so swim over and talk to her to find out she lost her necklace. She says she's looked all over for it. Well, it looks like we've got it now, so give it back to her and she'll let you take a scale of her tail. Only one piece, though. |  |
Reward
| Magnifying Glass | The Magnifying Glass is the fourteenth and final item in the trading sequence. On the land just south of Martha's Bay, there is a Mermaid Statue. This statue can be reached by traveling south and west of Animal Village and using the Hookshot to cross the gap. Link can place the Mermaid's Scale in the Mermaid Statue made by Schule Donavitch in order to reveal a secret passage. The first room appears to be empty at first, but after obtaining the Lens, many enemies appear. The Lens allows Link to see things he couldn't before, such as the Secret Zora in Animal Village, the Secret Goriya at Toronbo Shores, as well as reading the book the Library. Take the item you see there to get the Magnifying Glass, which concludes our trading sequence!
There are only three ways to use the Magnifying Glass, and they all work
automatically.
1) See invisible enemies. The only time you'll use this function is when you just picked it up and go south. You'll see a few emenies there who you couldn't see before, but it's very obvious this isn't the main purpose of the Magnifying Glass. 2) Get the Boomerang. This is more like it. Once you've found the Magnifying Glass, go to the beach at (e;16). There's a cracked wall there, so bomb it to reveal a cave. In it you'll find a friendly monster who will trade you the Boomarang for the item you have equipped in your B Button slot. You can trade back the Boomarang for your own item any time you want. Most people trade their shovel for it, because it gets pretty useless after you've digged up everything worthwhile. Feel free to choose something else to trade, however. The Boomarang itself is a very powerful weapon, stunning and sometimes killing enemies with only one hit! 3) Read the Book "Dark Mysteries and Secrets of Koholint". This is where it's all about. You can find this book in Mabe Village's library (a;12); it's the book in the southeast corner. In it, you can find the way to move in the Windfish's Egg. You should write down this route, as you'll need it when you're going to confront the final boss. When you've made your way to the Windfish's Egg, and played the instruments in front of it, the Egg opens up. When you enter and go north one room, you'll drop down. Now, everywhere you go (except backwards, which takes you back to the beginning) you'll see the same exact room. If you follow the directions you've read in the mysterious book, you should reach the room of the final boss! Good luck with him, as he's pretty hard to defeat. |
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| Boomerang | Located on the Toronbo Shores, walk just to the east of where Link first found his sword on the beach. There is a wall here that can be blown up with a bomb. Now that Link has the Magnifying Lens, he can use it to see the Secret Goriya that is found within the cave. The Goriya trades Link the Boomerang for almost any item Link has assigned to the B button. He can also come back at any time to trade back or trade with a different item. In the Nintendo Switch version, Link is able to purchase his item back from the Goriya at the cost of 300 rupees. |  |