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Postboxes,(MMMajora's Mask | MM3DMajora's Mask 3D | TWWThe Wind Waker | TWWHDThe Wind Waker HD | TMCThe Minish Cap | STSpirit Tracks)[1][2][3][4] also known as Mailboxes,(MMMajora's Mask | MM3DMajora's Mask 3D | PHPhantom Hourglass)[5][6] are recurring Objects in The Legend of Zelda series. They are sentient, talking objects with mail slots for mouths. They are the touchpoints of the Mail Delivery services, accepting Letter deposits and holding Link's incoming mail. They wiggle when they have mail for Link.[note 1]

Postboxes are red in color and usually bear the Mail Delivery insignia on their front.

Locations and Uses

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Majora's Mask

In Majora's Mask, Link can find Postboxes scattered around Clock Town: there are two Postboxes in South Clock Town, two in East Clock Town, and one in North Clock Town. He can use any of them to send the Letter to Kafei. If Link attempts to deposit the Priority Mail, the Postbox will direct Link to the Post Office.[9]

If Link speaks to a Postbox while wearing the Postman's Hat, the Postbox reports that an item other than a letter was deposited. Link gets a Piece of Heart the first time he checks a Postbox, and single Green Rupees thereafter.

The Wind Waker

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It's the Rito postbox. Is there a letter in there?

In The Wind Waker, Link also can use Postboxes to send Letters, including Maggie's Letter and the Note to Mom, but this time he needs to pay a postage fee of five, ten, or twenty Rupees to get it sent. The price to pay is higher the farther he is from Dragon Roost Island, and cheaper the closer. Link can also receive Letters from wiggling Postboxes by approaching and checking them; the Postbox announces how many new Letters await him,[10] then spits them out one-at-a-time for him to read.[11] Link can receive different Items along with certain Letters from Postboxes, such as Pieces of Heart, Rupees, and Charts. The IN-credible Chart is sent Cash-On-Delivery and costs 201 Rupees.[12] Strangely, Baito sends 20 Rupees as a Cash-On-Delivery parcel that costs 10 Rupees.[13]

Nineteen Postboxes in total are located on the following islands, usually very close to the shore or another point of entrance: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western and Thorned Fairy Islands, Spectacle Island (at the west end of the bridge), Windfall Island (next to the Docks), Pawprint Isle, Dragon Roost Island, Flight Control Platform, Tingle Island, Needle Rock Isle, Stone Watcher Island, the Private Oasis (beside the stairs leading to the Cabana), Bomb Island, Bird's Peak Rock (on the smaller, southeast islet), Forest Haven, Cliff Plateau Isles, and Outset Island (between Orca's House and Grandma's House).

A Postbox is also involved in the Side Quest for Link to become Lenzo's Research Assistant. His first task is to stake out the Windfall Island Postbox from a distance, and snap a Pictograph when Garrickson shows up to deliver a love letter.

The Minish Cap

In The Minish Cap, a decorative Postbox adorns the roof of the Post Office. It cannot be interacted with as the roof is inaccessible.[note 2]

Phantom Hourglass

In Phantom Hourglass, approaching a wiggling Mailbox causes the Postman to fly in and stand on it.[note 3] He proceeds to read Link's letter aloud rather than actually delivering it to him. Link first meets the Postman standing on the Mailbox on Molida Island.

Link can send Prize Postcards in the mail to participate in a drawing contest. At midnight,[note 4] Link receives a letter in the Mailbox with the results of the contest. Perversely, he gets a Ship Part for losing,[citation needed] but for winning gets nothing at all.[14]

Spirit Tracks

Mailboxes in Spirit Tracks wiggle when new mail arrives. The Postman delivers any letter to Link.

Trivia

  • The decorative Postbox in The Minish Cap has an unused wiggle animation.[15] The game also has unused text for a Postbox Figurine. Its description states that the Postbox could participate in Kinstone Fusion and suggests a person is hiding inside it.[16]
  • The description of Mailboxes in The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass—Prima Official Game Guide by Prima Games falsely states that Link must tap on a Mailbox for the Postman to appear.[8] The mistake is repeated in the Spirit Tracks guide which copies the paragraph almost word-for-word, changing only the word "mailbox" to "postbox".[4] As a result, the Spirit Tracks guide states that the Postman "flutters in," though the Postman in Spirit Tracks has no wings.

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Notes

  1. The wiggling Postbox concept is absent from Majora's Mask and Majora's Mask 3D. It was introduced in The Wind Waker and has remained ever since.[7][8][4]
  2. The development team for The Minish Cap originally had other intentions for the Postbox. See Trivia.
  3. Contrarily to what is stated in the guides by Prima Games, Postboxes in the Nintendo DS games are activated simply by approaching them, not necessarily by tapping them. See Trivia.
  4. According to the Nintendo 3DS clock.

References

  1. Bombers' Notebook (Majora's Mask 3D)
  2. We will deliver any letters or packages addressed to you to the postbox nearest you. Without fail, I promise you. — Rito Chieftain (The Wind Waker)
  3. Postbox — Figurine (The Minish Cap)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks—PRIMA Official Game Guide, Prima Games, pg. 19
  5. You were given a letter to Kafei! Quick! Deliver it for her! Take it to a mailbox. — N/A (Majora's Mask 3D)
  6. Hey, look at that mailbox. It's wiggling like crazy... You think maybe there's a letter for you? — Linebeck (Phantom Hourglass)
  7. We cannot do much to help you, but we can at least do this: if we get any letters or parcels for you, we will deliver them to a postbox near you. If you see any wiggling postboxes, please look inside them. — Rito Chieftain (The Wind Waker)
  8. 8.0 8.1 The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass—Prima Official Game Guide, Prima Games, pg. 15
  9. Please take priority mail to the Post Office. It will even be accepted late at night. Ka-ching! — Postbox (Majora's Mask)
  10. Gooood eeeevening!
    Letters for LinkAppears in-game as the player's chosen name.?
    We have 2 letters!
    — Postbox (The Wind Waker)
  11. Here is your letter. — Postbox (The Wind Waker)
  12. Postage due is 201 Rupees. Will you pay? — Postbox (The Wind Waker)
  13. Postage due is 10 Rupees. Will you pay? — Postbox (The Wind Waker)
  14. ...... Hmm? That's it? That's weird. It said you won something, but there's nothing inside! Well, whaddya gonna do... Did my deal, so I guess I'll be on my way! — Postman (Phantom Hourglass)
  15. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap , The Cutting Room Floor, retrieved February 6, 2020.
  16. This strange red postbox has the ability to fuse Kinstone pieces with you. Some say there is really just a person hiding inside it... — Figurine (The Minish Cap)
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