Bottles
There are four bottles in the game. Bottles hold potions, milk, fairies, fish, bugs, Blue Fire and Poes, and are needed for several quests.
| # | Where | Age | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cucco Lady, Kakariko Village | Child, during the day | Bring all of her runaway Cuccos back into the pen (seven in total) and she gives you an Empty Bottle. |
| 2 | Talon, Lon Lon Ranch | Child, during the day | After you have woken Talon at Hyrule Castle, play his Super Cucco game in the house at the ranch (10 Rupees): find his three special Cuccos within 30 seconds. The prize is a bottle of Lon Lon Milk. |
| 3 | Bottom of Lake Hylia | Child | Dive with the Silver Scale for the bottle containing Ruto's Letter. After King Zora reads the letter you keep the empty bottle. |
| 4 | Poe Collector (Ghost Shop) | Adult | Sell ten Big Poes from Hyrule Field to the man in the Ghost Shop at the Castle Town entrance. See the Big Poes guide. |
What to keep in bottles
- Fairy – revives you automatically when you run out of hearts.
- Red Potion – fully restores your hearts. Green Potion – fully restores magic. Blue Potion – restores both.
- Lon Lon Milk – two drinks per bottle, five hearts each.
- Blue Fire – melts red ice (Ice Cavern, Zora's Domain, Water Trial in Ganon's Castle).
- Bugs – release them on soft soil to reveal Gold Skulltulas.
- Fish – needed to enter Jabu-Jabu's Belly.
Tips
- Get the first two bottles early as a child – fairies in bottles make boss fights much safer.
- A bottle holds only one Big Poe, so with ten Big Poes to sell you will make several trips to the Ghost Shop unless you have several bottles.
- Empty bottles can also be used to catch fairies at fairy fountains and fish in rivers and ponds.