Lens of Truth

The Lens of Truth is an artifact that lets Link see "the truth" and is found in Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.

Location
In Ocarina of Time, the Lens of Truth can be found in the Bottom of the Well, where Dead Hand guards it. The item can be gained a few minutes after the young hero enters the mini-dungeon if he pays attention to where he is going, as the rest of the dungeon is optional. Link first hears about the item when an old man in Kakariko tells him about a man who could see the truth and whose house stood where the well is now.

Uses
The Lens of Truth allows the user to see things that are not normally visible to the naked eye. It shows which walls, floors, and objects are fake, and it allows the user to see things such as invisible ladders, platforms, enemies, and ghosts. Be warned, as it drains Magic Power over time. However, if the Lens of Truth is set to a button, which is then tapped repeatedly, it will not drain magic. The Lens of Truth is completely optional but makes many areas, specifically the Shadow Temple, less challenging.

The Lens of Truth is also referred to as the Eye of Truth and looks very similar to the Sheikah's eye symbol, with the handle as the tear. The Lens of Truth is a companion relic to the Mask of Truth and the Stone of Agony. It is speculated to be part of a set of three objects, including the Mask of Truth and the Stone of Agony, that were created to give their holder untold power in terms of perception of the truth of their surroundings.

It also allows Link to see the Poe guide in the Haunted Wasteland that takes travellers to the Spirit Temple.

Location and Uses
In Majora's Mask, the Lens of Truth can be found in a distant cave east from the Goron Village in Snowhead. The cave can be reached by jumping across invisible platforms, whose positions are taught to Link by Kaepora Gaebora. It functions the same way as in its predecessor, although its functions are slightly improved; he can now see the souls of deceased characters, such as Darmani and Kamaro, as well as characters that are left totally unnoticed by other people, such as Shiro.

Trivia

 * In Ocarina of Time, if Link plays the Song of Storms and then uses the Lens of Truth, it will not drain magic energy.
 * In the beta of Ocarina of Time, the Spirit Medallion had the effect of the Lens of Truth. This is evidenced by data left in Ocarina of Time pointing the filename of the Spirit Medallion to the effect of the Lens of Truth. This would provide further proof that the Spirit Temple was meant to be completed before the Shadow Temple, since the Lens of Truth is required to navigate the latter.
 * In Twilight Princess, Wolf Link's finely-tuned wolf senses perform a function similar to that of the Lens of Truth.
 * Also in the Twilight Princess, the Howling Stone architectural designs matches heavily similarities to the item of the Lens of Truth, let alone the Sheikah Eye Symbol.