Force Gem
Force Gems are triangular-pyramid-shaped jewels that have appeared in several Zelda games. Their roles vary from restoring power to the Four Sword in Four Swords Adventures,[1][2] to restoring Spirit Tracks and portions of the Tower of Spirits in Spirit Tracks.
Four Swords Adventures
Uses
Force Gems first appeared in Four Swords Adventures. The Links need to collect 2000 of them to empower the Four Sword. Once empowered, it can break Vaati's Dark Barrier at the end of each level.[3][4] They come like Rupees in the game, the size of them and color determines its value. (Such as, getting a small Red Force Gem is more valuable than a small Green Force Gem) Often in levels, there will be an area that allows an opportunity to get many at once, mostly, these are defeating many enemies without being hit. Doing this awards combo points, which will give more Force Gems from defeating the enemies or lose the accumulated points.[5] In some cases, the Force Gems are used as currency for various reasons.[6] Beware though, because Tingle is in the game. After Link finds him under a rock, he will come when a big Force Gem or many lie around. He attempts to steal one. Link can throw a rock or enemy at him, but for humor, other Links can be tossed as well.
Locations
Force Gems appear throughout each level, found on enemies, under rocks, frozen in ice, and more.[7] Below is a list of the values for each variety of Force Gem:
Force Gem Values
- Small Green Force Gem worth 1
- Small Blue Force Gem worth 5
- Small Red Force Gem worth 20
- Small Purple Force Gem worth 50
- Big Green Force Gem worth 100
- Big Blue Force Gem worth 150
- Big Red Force Gem worth 200
- Big Purple Force Gem worth 300
- Large Green Force Gem worth 1,000
- Large Blue Force Gem worth 1,500
- Large Red Force Gem worth 2,000
- Large Purple Force Gem worth 3,000
Extremely Rare Force Gems
- Color alternating Force Gem: Value depends on which color gem is when obtained.
- Force Gem Knight: Large green Force Gem with a sword and legs. At it's death it becomes a normal Force Gem.
Force Gem Thieves
- Hinox shakes Force Gems from Link while in his grasp.
- Wizzrobes can continuously drain Force Gems.
- Force Gem Likes will suck Force Gems from him.
- When Link takes significant damage, Force Gems will fall from him.
Phantom Hourglass
Uses
Force Gems return in Phantom Hourglass. They are used in Temple of the Ocean King and are an integral part of multiplayer Battle Mode. In the temple, they are used to complete a Triforce symbol in the ground that will open a door. These are gold-colored and slow down Link while he is carrying one. Oshus at one point in the game explains that the Sand of Hours are made out of Force Gems from the Ocean King.[8]
The Battle mode force gems vary in size. The colors are changed during gameplay but the value of points remain the same. The larger it is, the more it is worth and heavier to carry. The Golden colored Force Gems signify an unclaimed Force Gem. The player colors for the Battle Mode are red and blue. Each will have Safe Zones in respective colors. The safe zones serve to hide Link from the Phantoms and the colored safe zones will change a Force Gem to its color, which adds its value to that players score. The neutral safe zones will turn red or blue gems back to gold and subtract the values from the scores.
Locations
Force Gems are found in floors three and twelve, both having three each. They're usually found on chests which can only be found and opened after solving puzzles, and it's not uncommon that other Gems are held by Phantoms as well, requiring Link to stun them first. In floor nine, the role of the Force Gems is taken by the geometrically-shaped crystals found in floors seven and eight.
Spirit Tracks
Uses
Force Gems return in Spirit Tracks with a more integral role within the story and universe. Force Gems lie within the various temples across Hyrule with the role of powering the Tower of Spirits, and they also serve as the symbol of the Spirits of Good. After the Tower of Spirits is destroyed by Chancellor Cole, Link must travel to temples and unlock each of of their Force Gems to restore and repair the Tower. This also restores more Spirit Tracks in its respective realm, usually revealing tracks that act as a shortcut to the Tower of Spirits.
Spirit Tracks can also be restored when the citizens of Hyrule feel a great emotion of gratitude, usually when Link helps them out, creating other Force Gems as a result of the energy emitted by their spirits.[9] These Force Gems are necessary to completely restore all of the realms' Spirit Tracks as well as to uncover all of the hidden stations, such as the Lost at Sea Station and Disorientation Station.[10] Moreover, Force Gems are attached on top of certain Warp Gates. Link must hit the Force Gems with bombs from his cannon to activate the Warp Gate and allow him to easily transport between realms.
The Battle Mode for Spirit Tracks has Link collecting as many Force Gems within the time limit while also trying to dodge various traps and attacks from Phantoms and other players.
Locations
There are 25 Force Gems in the game. Four of them are restored (rather than collected) after beating the temples. Below is a list of the locations of the 21 extra Gems, which are ordered by place appearance.
| Template:CoolTable|Number | Template:CoolTable|Location | Template:CoolTable|Method of Obtainment | Template:CoolTable|Tracks Revealed |
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| Template:CoolTable|1 | Template:CoolTable|Aboda Village | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing ten Cuccos from Hyrule Castle Town to the man west of the village. | Template:CoolTable|North of Aboda Village, a mountain cave housing a Warp Gate connected to one west of the Goron Target Range in the Fire Realm. |
| Template:CoolTable|2 | Template:CoolTable|Aboda Village | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing Ferrus from a part in the Snow Realm (next to the Snow Temple) here. | Template:CoolTable|West of Hyrule Castle Town, the tracks connect north of the Forest Realm to south of the Snow Realm. |
| Template:CoolTable|3 | Template:CoolTable|Beedle's Air Shop | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing the young boy from Aboda Village here. | Template:CoolTable|West of Hyrule Castle Town, the tracks give a northern shortcut to the Forest Temple. |
| Template:CoolTable|4 | Template:CoolTable|Whittleton | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing five bars of Goron Iron from Goron Village to the Lumber seller. | Template:CoolTable|Northwest of the Forest Realm, the tracks connect the Forest Temple to Rabbitland Rescue, and provide an alternate acces to the Snow Realm as well. |
| Template:CoolTable|5 | Template:CoolTable|Hyrule Castle Town | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing ten samples of fish from Papuchia Village to the woman living in the house northeast of the main square. | Template:CoolTable|East of the Forest Realm, the tracks provide a shortcut to the Pirate Hideout. |
| Template:CoolTable|6 | Template:CoolTable|Hyrule Castle Town | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing the Goron Elder's son from Goron Village here, then talking to him after he in turn talks to a woman. | Template:CoolTable|Northwest of the Fire Realm, access to Disorientation Station. |
| Template:CoolTable|7 | Template:CoolTable|Rabbitland Rescue | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing the Rescue Man's wife from Hyrule Castle Town here, then talking to her. | Template:CoolTable|South of Rabbitland Rescue, the tracks give a shortcut back to the Forest Sanctuary. |
| Template:CoolTable|8 | Template:CoolTable|Anouki Village | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing 10 samples of Lumber from Whittleton to one of the Anouki, then bringing the Bridge Worker (at the time found on the Trading Post) here. | Template:CoolTable|Northwest of the Snow Realm, straight access to Snowdrift Station. |
| Template:CoolTable|9 | Template:CoolTable|Anouki Village | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing a Goron from Goron Village (the one who wishes to move from his home) here. | Template:CoolTable|A path between the two major track lattices of the Snow Realm. There is also a Warp Gate connected to one southeast of the Fire Realm. |
| Template:CoolTable|10 | Template:CoolTable|Snow Sanctuary | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing a vessel from Papuchia Village to Steem. | Template:CoolTable|Northeast of the Snow Realm, straight access to Slippery Station. |
| Template:CoolTable|11 | Template:CoolTable|Wellspring Station | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing the Mega Ice seller from Anouki Village here. This Gem is mandatory to receive. | Template:CoolTable|South of the Snow Realm, connection to north of the Forest Realm. There is also a Warp Gate connected to one south of the Ocean Realm. |
| Template:CoolTable|12 | Template:CoolTable|Trading Post | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing five samples of Dark Ore from Dark Ore Mine to Linebeck III. | Template:CoolTable|Southeast of the Ocean Realm, straight access to Lost at Sea Station. |
| Template:CoolTable|13 | Template:CoolTable|Papuchia Village | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing 10 samples of Mega Ice from Wellspring Station here. | Template:CoolTable|West of Papuchia Village, straight access to the Pirate Hideout. |
| Template:CoolTable|14 | Template:CoolTable|Papuchia Village | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing the Whittleton Chief from Whittleton here. | Template:CoolTable|North of Trading Post. |
| Template:CoolTable|15 | Template:CoolTable|Papuchia Village | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing the first prisoner from Pirate Hideout here. | Template:CoolTable|North of the Ocean Realm. There is a Warp Gate connected to one northeast of Trading Post. |
| Template:CoolTable|16 | Template:CoolTable|Ocean Sanctuary | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing Carben from Papuchia Village here. This Gem is mandatory to receive. | Template:CoolTable|West of Trading Post. There is a Warp Gate connected to one east of the Snow Realm. |
| Template:CoolTable|17 | Template:CoolTable|Ocean Temple | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing Ferrus from a part of the Fire Realm (next to the Fire Temple) here. | Template:CoolTable|East of the Fire Realm, straight access to the Dark Ore Mine. |
| Template:CoolTable|18 | Template:CoolTable|Goron Village | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing an Anouki from Anouki Village (the one who presents the Anouki Chief's house to the Goron who arrives there) here. | Template:CoolTable|Connection between east of the Snow Realm and west of the Fire Realm. |
| Template:CoolTable|19 | Template:CoolTable|Goron Village | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing Mega Ice from Wellspring Station to the Goron who has his home obstructed by some lava portions. | Template:CoolTable|Southwest of Goron Target Range, connection to northwest of the Sand Realm. There is also a Warp Gate connected to one in the tracks between the Ocean Floor and the Ocean Temple. |
| Template:CoolTable|20 | Template:CoolTable|Tower of Spirits | Template:CoolTable|Given by Anjean after meeting Chancellor Cole and Malladus at the top of the Tower. This Gem is mandatory to receive. | Template:CoolTable|The Sand Realm as a whole. |
| Template:CoolTable|21 | Template:CoolTable|Sand Sanctuary | Template:CoolTable|Earned after bringing five Cuccos from Hyrule Castle Town to Rael. | Template:CoolTable|Northeast of the Fire Realm, straight access to Ends of the Earth Station. |
Trivia
- At first glance, the Force Gems' appearance seem to be inspired by the gem-like multicolored Triforces from the Zelda cartoon series. However, the Triforces are tetrahedrons and Force Gems are six-sided.
- In Spirit Tracks, Force Gems share similarities with The Adventure of Link's Crystals, in that they are not so much items Link acquires from completing dungeons, but rather items he restores to those dungeons in order to access the final area.
 Names in Other Regions 
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- ↑ "Your sword is weak, but you can restore its power by infusing it with Force Gems." — Kaepora Gaebora (Four Swords Adventures)
- ↑ "You found a Force Gem, the Four Sword's power source!" — N/A (Four Swords Adventures)
- ↑ "Your goal is to destroy the dark magic barrier at the end of each stage. The only way to destroy the barrier is with the magic Force Gem power of the legendary Four Sword." (Four Swords Adventures manual, pg. 18)
- ↑ "If the Four Sword doesn't have enough power, it cant destroy the barrier. Refer to the Status screen to see how many Force Gems you need before the Four Sword reclaims its power to repel evil." (Four Swords Adventures manual, pg. 19)
- ↑ "Defeat multiple enemies with a single blow to get more Force Gems." — N/A (Four Swords Adventures)
- ↑ "Today, my aid can be yours for a paltry sum! How about a mere... ??? Force Gems!" — Man (Four Swords Adventures)
- ↑ "Force Gems can be found all over Hyrule. These gems are the source of the Four Sword's power. They appear after you defeat enemies or cut down grass and bushes." (Four Swords Adventures manual, pg. 18)
- ↑ "It is said to be made of Force Gems of the great spirit, the Ocean King." — Oshus (Phantom Hourglass)
- ↑ "As I am sure you know, happiness and gratitude create energy. Well, I am deeply grateful to both of you for all of your help. I cannot help you directly, but I can at least give you this Force Gem." — Anjean (Spirit Tracks)
- ↑ "You got a Force Gem! The Ocean rail map has started glowing! This Force Gem has energized the rail map. New tracks have appeared!" — N/A (Spirit Tracks)