Ghost Ship

The Ghost Ship is a vessel that haunts the Great Sea in.

Location and Features
The Ghost Ship haunts several islands of the Great Sea during the night. It will appear at several different locations depending on the current state of the Moon. The ship is doomed to sail the Great Sea until freed from its curse, and only the one holding the Ghost Ship Chart, hidden on Diamond Steppe Island, can enter the ship and free it from its curse. However, the souls of those who are still trapped on the ship will try to stop anyone who boards it.

According to Lenzo, the sailor who made the Ghost Ship Chart was following the frightening vessel across all of its destinations, drawing a map of its movements. When the map was done, he suddenly died. Interestingly, Link does not die if he continuously visits the Ghost Ship. In fact, there is actually nothing about the ship that can damage Link, except the enemies within; even so, for some reason, the Fishmen warn him steer clear of the ghostly vessel. The Ghost Ship appears at the following islands in this order: Crescent Moon Island, Diamond Steppe Island, Bomb Island, Spectacle Isle, Five-Star Isles, Star Belt Archipelago and Greatfish Isle. Because of this, there's no night during which the ship does not appear in the Great Sea. The battle on the Ghost Ship always starts against a Wizzrobe and two Poes, however the Wizzrobe is able to summon more enemies into the battle; namely ones that are undead, such as ReDeads and Stalfos.

After defeating all the enemies within the ship, Link will be able to climb up a ladder to get to a chest which will contain a Triforce Chart, replaced by a Triforce Shard in. In this small room there is an engraved face on the wall that seems to have a wide, eerie grin from afar. However when Link approaches it the face quickly changes to that of an expressionless, normal face. Also notably, the camera zooms in closer to Link once he is closest to the face, seemingly and suspiciously to give the player a better view of the face to show the contrast.

After Link collects the Triforce Chart or Shard hidden within, the Ghost Ship will stop roaming the seas and disappear entirely.

Trivia

 * The scream that is heard when obtaining the Triforce Chart is actually a sped up version of an unused audio clip of Jabun screaming.
 * In The Wind Waker HD, the interior of the Ghost Ship is slightly altered. While the ship's wooden hull is more intact, the floor now bears the same ghastly haze as the "outside" in the original, and the alternating face mounted on the wall no longer visibly changes expressions due to the heavy fog within the ship. A glitch, in which the game freezes when Link jump-attacks on top of the treasure chest, was fixed.