Deku Stick

Deku Sticks are items from and.

Location and Uses
Deku Sticks are most commonly acquired by harvesting the stalks of Deku Babas, but are said by shop owners to be long branches gathered from the Great Deku Tree. Business Scrubs will sell Link a Deku Stick for 15 Rupees, 5 more than a shop. Though most commonly used as a makeshift torch to solve puzzles, Deku Sticks can also be used as weapons. They are to a child what the Giant's Knife is to an adult, however, seeing as how they break after just one swing. Deku Sticks deal twice as much damage as the Kokiri Sword. However, their strength was halved in.

To prevent burning out a Deku Stick, Link can quickly put it away or swing his sword, thus preserving the Deku Stick.

If Link can manage to have a butterfly land on the tip of a Deku Stick, it will transform into either a Fairy or a Bomb. However, this is very impractical and difficult to achieve.

Upgrades
In, it is possible for Link to increase the maximum number of Deku Sticks he can hold in his inventory. The first upgrade raises the amount from 10 to 20 and the second to 30. Both these upgrades are only obtainable as a child, as Adult Link cannot equip the Deku Stick. If Link enters the Forest Stage while wearing the Skull Mask, the Deku Scrubs will reward him by both refilling his supply of Deku Sticks and raising their capacity to 20. The second is bought for 40 Rupees from a Business Scrub in the same area as the bridge between Hyrule Field and Kokiri Forest.

Hyrule Warriors
In, the Deku Spear used by Lana is similar to and inspired by the Deku Stick from Ocarina of Time. It is able to transform into the Deku Leaf and Deku Shield, and can summon the Great Deku Tree and sprouts. It is also of the Water element, and can conjure splashes of water and icicle spikes.

Etymology
Its Japanese name, デクの棒 Deku no Bou, derives from the Japanese idiom, 木偶の坊 Deku no Bou. Both phrases have the same pronunciation but with different spelling and meaning. 木偶の坊 means "the wooden puppet", which is a metaphor for an incompetent person.

Trivia

 * This is the first inventory item that can be obtained from an enemy in Ocarina of Time, as the path leading to the Great Deku Tree is lined with Deku Babas.
 * In, Zubora derogatorily calls Gabora a "Deku Stick" when he suggests melting the ice of their hearth with hot water. This is likely a reference to the item's Japanese name pun (See Etymology).