Scale
Scales are recurring Items in The Legend of Zelda series.(LA | TotK)[1][2][3] Scales go unnamed in Breath of the Wild.
Location and Uses
Link's Awakening
The Scale is the thirteenth item in Link's Awakening's Trading Quest.[2] It is obtained from Martha the Mermaid, who promises Link one of her Scales from her tail in return of her missing Necklace.[1] The Scale is pivotal to complete "The Mourning Mermaid", an unfinished Statue that Schule Donavitch sculpted in Martha's Bay.[4][5] After placing the Scale onto the statue, it will move aside and reveal a cave where Link finds the final item in the Trading Sequence, the Magnifying Lens.[6]
Breath of the Wild
Tears of the Kingdom
Scales are Dragon Parts that fall from Dinraal, Farosh, the Light Dragon, and Naydra after their bodies or manes are struck. Imbued with elemental power in the case of Dinraal, Farosh, and Naydra's Scales and healing power for the Light Dragon Scales, they impart their power onto Weapons they are fused to, causing them to use Fire, Electricity and Ice for the elemental Dragons and to heal Link when he strikes an Enemy or Object for the Light Dragon. Arrows with the Scales of the elemental Dragons attached create large explosions of Fire, Electricity, and cold air respectively on impacting something.
List of Scales
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| Description | This precious scale contains a massive amount of heat. Attach it to a weapon to greatly increase its attack power. It can be cooked, but eating it seems like a waste. |
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| Description | This precious scale contains supercooled air inside. Attach it to a weapon to greatly increase its attack power. It can be cooked, but just eating it seems like a waste. |
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| Material | |
| Description | This precious scale is constantly charged with powerful electricity. Attach it to a weapon to greatly increase its attack power. Cooking it is possible but probably wasteful. |
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| Material | |
| Description | A precious scale that fell from the Light Dragon. It's faintly warm and has an oddly familiar, mysterious power that heals when attached to a weapon. |
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| Material | Description | Value |
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This precious scale contains a massive amount of heat. Attach it to a weapon to greatly increase its attack power. It can be cooked, but eating it seems like a waste. |
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This precious scale contains supercooled air inside. Attach it to a weapon to greatly increase its attack power. It can be cooked, but just eating it seems like a waste. |
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This precious scale is constantly charged with powerful electricity. Attach it to a weapon to greatly increase its attack power. Cooking it is possible but probably wasteful. |
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A precious scale that fell from the Light Dragon. It's faintly warm and has an oddly familiar, mysterious power that heals when attached to a weapon. |
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Nomenclature
 Names in Other Regions  | ||
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| Language | Names | Meanings |
 Italian | Scaglia (LA | LADX)[7] | Same as English. |
| This table was generated using translation pages. To request an addition, please contact a staff member with a reference. | ||
Gallery
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Link receiving the Scale from Link's Awakening DX
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 137 (LA | LADX)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "You returned the
necklace and got a 
scale of the mermaid's tail. How will you use this?" — N/A (Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch)
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom—The Complete Official Guide, Piggyback Interactive Limited, pg. 494
- ↑ "Iz zat zee Mermaid scale? I can't use it now. I have to werk on zis drawing. You should go finish zee mermaid statue for me." — Schule Donavitch (Link's Awakening DX)
- ↑ "You put the missing scale in the mermaid statue!" — N/A (Link's Awakening DX)
- ↑ "An artist once asked me to pose for him, and he wanted a scale, too... Can the legend of the Magnifying Lens be true...?" — Mermaid (Link's Awakening DX)
- ↑ Enciclopedia di Hyrule, Magazzini Salani, pg. 136
