Empty Bottle

Empty bottles are probably the most useful item in The Legend of Zelda games. These bottles can be found by doing certain sidequests or just by finding them in certain hidden areas. Some need to be obtained to progress through the game. An empty bottle is an item that is used for storing other items like water, potions, fairies, poes, Chu Jelly, milk, fish, bugs, Great Fairy's Tears, and other various things. In most games, you are only able to collect four bottles. However, Majora's Mask has six.



A Link to the Past
They are not called empty bottles in A Link to the Past but magic bottles. However, many things in A Link to the Past are called magic even though some have no magical properties whatsoever.


 * 1) You get the first one by buying it for 100 rupees from a merchant in Kakariko Village.
 * 2) The second one is located in the Kakariko bar, entering the bar through the back door.
 * 3) The third one is under the stone bridge near Lake Hylia. You'll need the flippers to swim under the bridge. Talk to the guy once there, and he will present you with it.
 * 4) The last bottle is in a blue chest in the blacksmiths' home in the Dark World after you obtain the Tempered Sword. Take it to the "average guy" in the Desert of Mystery, and promise him you won't tell he is a thief. He'll open the chest and give you the empty bottle.

Ocarina of Time
There are four bottles in Ocarina of Time.

You can convert useless items into bottles too. The downside is they're only good for items you catch and use manually (fish, fairies, blue flame, and bugs). To convert a useless item, swing a real bottle at something you can catch in it, press the Start button at mid-swing, swap the bottle on the C icon with the useless C item, and return to gameplay. Remember, merchants and cows do not acknowledge converted bottles, and fairies do not uncork themselves to heal Link if he dies.


 * 1) The first (legitimate) bottle is found by completing the Cucco Lady's challenge as Young Link in Kakariko Village - the goal is to round up all of her chickens into the pen next to her.
 * 2) The second is located underwater at Lake Hylia near the hidden underwater passage leading from Zora's Domain. It contains Ruto's Letter.
 * 3) The next bottle is obtained by beating the Super Cucco Game in Lon Lon Ranch.
 * 4) The last by collecting all the poes for the Poe trader in Hyrule Castle Town as Adult Link.

Majora's Mask
There are six bottles in total in Majora's Mask, though not technically in this order.


 * 1) You get the first one at the potion shop.
 * 2) The second after winning the Goron Races and contains Gold Dust.
 * 3) And the third is at Great Bay after winning the Beaver Falls Race.
 * 4) A fourth is found in the Milk Bar the third night, after self-handedly delivering the Special Delivery to Mama item to Madame Aroma. It contains Chateau Romani.
 * 5) The fifth is received from Romani after Helping Romani and Cremia and contains Milk.
 * 6) The final bottle is found in the Ikana Graveyard. Using the Captain's Hat, have the Stalchildren open the grave after 6PM on the Final Day. Inside, help Dampé dig up 6 patches of dirt, and defeat the Big Poe to reveal a Chest containing the final bottle.

The Wind Waker
Link can receive up to four bottles during his quest to store things in The Wind Waker.


 * 1) The first can be found on Dragon Roost Island when Link helps Valoo - as a grateful offering from Medli.
 * 2) Mila of Windfall Island also gives Link an empty bottle after being successful with catching her trying to steal from Zunari.
 * 3) Another bottle be found off the coast of Bomb Island, with the aid of the telescope man, inside a chest on board a submarine.
 * 4) The final bottle is located at Rock Spire Isle (after acquiring Beedle's Chart) inside Beedle's floating shop. It is worth (an extortionate) 500 rupees.

With the exception to the first bottle from Medli, there is no real significance as to which order the bottles are obtained in.

The Minish Cap
In The Minish Cap, Link can receive up to four bottles.


 * 1) The first bottle is found in Trilby Highlands by defeating a Deku Scrub. He will then give you the bottle if you pay him 20 Rupees. This bottle is mandatory to continue onwards.
 * 2) The second bottle is in a chest in the Eastern Hills just south of Eenie and Meenie's garden. The chest appears after Link fuses Kinstones with Smith.
 * 3) The third bottle is in shop in Castle Town. Link needs to shrink down to Minish size and get to it from above. But the shopkeeper won't let Link have it... unless... Link does a little errand for the him. The bottle has dog food in it, and the shopkeeper wants it fed to his dog. After Link goes to the shopkeeper's house near Lake Hylia and feeds the dog, he can keep the bottle.
 * 4) The forth bottle is hidden in a cave near Lon Lon Ranch. Collecting it is a very large sidequest. The cave is sealed with a stone wall. Link has to fuse Kinstones with a certain farmer to get a Goron to open the cave. In the cave is a series of walls. Each wall has to be destroyed by a number of Gorons. Each wall takes roughly twice as many Gorons to break than the previous one. There are several Mysterious Walls hidden in caves throughout Hyrule. Link can fuse Kinstones with each of them. Each fusion will call one Goron to help break the stone walls. The cave entrance takes one Goron to break. The first wall in the cave takes two Gorons to break. The second takes four Gorons. And the last one takes six Gorons. The prize at the end is the last bottle.

Twilight Princess
There are four bottles in Twilight Princess which are found, purchased, or given:


 * 1) Given to you by Sera as a reward for returning her cat. The bottle is already half-full of milk. It is also required to obtain this bottle to progress further in the game.
 * 2) Bought from Coro in the Faron Woods. He offers to sell it to you (full of Lantern Oil) after he gives you the key to the gate to the Forest Temple. This occurs after you restore the light to Faron Woods.
 * 3) Found in Hena's Fishing Hole. Fish in the small pond near the bridge on the west end enough times and you'll pull it up.
 * 4) Given to you by Jovani for returning 20 Poe Souls to him. It's full of Great Fairy's Tears when you get it.

Interestingly, Agitha carries two Bottles with her in a basket; however, these are unobtainable.

Trivia

 * The empty bottle is notable for being an item that is bizarrely usable in certain boss battles wherein the boss fires large balls of energy at Link including Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time, Phantom Ganon in The Wind Waker, and Princess Zelda in Twilight Princess.