Hyrule Castle Town

Hyrule Castle Town, also known as Market, is the main forum and center of activity in Hyrule, located close to Hyrule Castle. The population is mostly Hylian, but as seen in Twilight Princess, Gorons commonly occupy the streets in hopes to sell their wares. The town appears across many of the games and is presented differently in each of them. In all the games in which it appears, Hyrule Castle Town is home to different shops, sidequests, and sometimes minigames.

Ocarina of Time
The town in Ocarina of Time is located directly in front of Hyrule Castle. The smaller, less austere version of the city also serves as the home of the Temple of Time. When Link is a child, the town is filled with people going about their business. It is a very happy-go-lucky, yet surprisingly small community. It has many shops including a Bazaar, a Medicine Shop, and three entertainment establishments including the Town Shooting Gallery, the Treasure Chest Game, and the Bombchu Bowling Alley. A Happy Mask Shop can also be found here. Dogs also populate the town at night and will follow Link if he gets close enough; the dogs play a part in a sidequest involving finding a certain one, a woman's pet. Directly inside the gates of the town is a small building filled with Jars where Link meets a Castle Guard.

However when Link returns seven years later, he is shocked to find the town in ruins and populated by ReDeads. The building near the gate now houses the Poe Collector who will buy Poes and Big Poes for rupees.

The Minish Cap
In The Minish Cap, the town is named Hyrule Town and is located in the middle of Hyrule, just south of Hyrule Castle. Unlike the other games, there are no other Hylian settlements, and most important buildings can as such be found in Hyrule Town. The town contains ordinary personal houses, a shop, a library, a school, a bakery, cafe, an inn, a post office, a figurine shop, and several mini-games. The town's mayor is named Hagen. Most of the townsfolk are more than happy to fuse Kinstones with Link.

Twilight Princess


In Twilight Princess, the town is considerably larger and named Castle Town. The town is filled with busy Hylians who, unlike in the Ocarina of Time incarnation, won't all talk to you. The town is home to many several different areas of interest such as Telma's Bar, Purlo's STAR Circus minigame, and Jovani's side quests to find 60 Poe souls. It is also where the sub-quest to locate the 24 Golden Bugs begins, started by interacting with Agitha.

The main town is split into central, western, eastern and southern areas; with the entrance to Hyrule Castle located north of the town center. Two back alleys connect the longitudes (east and west) with the southern part of the town, used to avoid walking through the center and waiting on the loading screens.

One of the odder things about Castle Town is that Link can pick up a sweet apple for free on the South Road. One of the booths containing apples supposedly has sweeter ones, though, so Link puts it back, although no matter which he goes to the other is supposed to have sweeter ones.

Running through the town in wolf form causes a public uproar. Soldiers soon appear, though they don't attack Link, but he can scare them away with a spin attack. Midna advises that the young hero doesn't change form until he leaves town, as to avoid an even bigger panic amongst the locals.