Ruto's Letter

Ruto's Letter is an item in Ocarina of Time. It was written by Princess Ruto requesting help after she became swallowed by Lord Jabu-Jabu. The letter, which was stuck inside an empty bottle, eventually made its way to Lake Hylia.

During Link's adventure, he finds Ruto's Letter in Lake Hylia near the underwater entrance to Zora's Domain. Link can remove the letter from inside the bottle and read it, which states as follows:


 * "Help me.
 * I am waiting for you inside
 * Lord Jabu Jabu's belly.
 * -Ruto.
 * PS: Don't tell my father!"

Upon handing over the letter to the King Zora, he will allow Link to access to Lord Jabu Jabu's abode in Zora's Fountain and asks him to look for Princess Ruto. As a bonus, the King grants the young hero the empty bottle that contained the letter.

When Link encounters Ruto inside Lord Jabu-Jabu, she claims that she never wrote the letter. This may be her just denying that she asked for help or the letter might have been a forgery created by Ganondorf to cause more mayhem for the Zoras. It might also have been an attempt to lure Link inside the ill deity to collect the Spiritual Stone or to kill him. This theory would appear to be supported by the fact that the bottle, having floated down the river into the lake, would have come from Gerudo Valley, home of Ganondorf, located upstream of the river and Lake Hylia.