Mini-Game

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Mini-Games,(BotW | TotK)[1][2] also known as Minigames,(OoS | TWW | TP | ST)[3][4][5][6][name references needed] are a recurring element in The Legend of Zelda series. Mini-Games go unnamed in The Minish Cap.

Overview

In most of their appearances, Mini-Games are independent elements of the main game. They have a much smaller scale and the mechanics and rules might differ from the main game. Mini-Games can range from short and easy to long and tedious, and usually result in being awarded prizes such as Pieces of Heart or upgrades.

List of Mini-Games

The Legend of Zelda

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
TLoZ Money Making Game.png
Money Making Game
Cave on the eastmost peninsula Rupees

A Link to the Past

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
ALttP Digging Game.png
Digging Game
South of Village of Outcasts Rupees
Stock items
Piece of Heart
ALttP Shooting Gallery.png
Shooting Gallery
South of Village of Outcasts Rupees
ALttP Treasure Chest Game.png
Treasure Chest Game
Kakariko Village 1, 20, or 50 Rupees
Village of Outcasts 1, 20, or 300 Rupees
Lost Woods Two of the following:

1, 20, 50, or 100 Rupees
1 or 10 Arrows
1 Bomb
Piece of Heart
Heart

Link's Awakening

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
LADX Fishing.png
Fishing
Mabe Village

Piece of Heart
LADX Trendy Game.png
Trendy Game
Mabe Village
Shield
Piece of Heart
Yoshi Doll

Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
LANS Fishing.png
Fishing
Mabe Village Rupees[how many?]
Piece of Heart ×2
Secret Seashell ×2
Chamber Stone ×2
Fairy Bottle
Middleweight Lure
Heavyweight Lure
LANS Trendy Game.png
Trendy Game
Mabe Village [note 1]

Heart
Magic Powder
Bombs
Shield
Piece of Heart
Yoshi Doll
Chamber Stone
CiaoCiao Figure
Goomba Figure
Cheep Cheep Figure
Spiny Figure
Boo Figure
Blooper Figure
Shy Guy Figure
Piranha Plant Figure
Pokey Figure
BowWow Figure

Ocarina of Time

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
Child Link Only
OoT3D Bombchu Bowling Alley.png
Bombchu Bowling Alley
Market Bomb Bag Upgrade
Piece of Heart
OoT3D Slingshot Target Practice.png
Slingshot Target Practice
Lost Woods Free Bullet Bag Upgrade
OoT3D Heart-Pounding Gravedigging Tour.png
Heart-Pounding Gravedigging Tour
Kakariko Village Graveyard Rupees
Piece of Heart
OoT3D Diving Game.png
Diving Game
Zora's Domain Rupees
Silver Scale
OoT3D Fabulous Five Froggish Tenors.png
Fabulous Five Froggish Tenors
Zora's River Free 50 Rupees
Piece of Heart
OoT3D Play-Along.png
Play-Along
Lost Woods Free 1, 5, or 20 Rupees
Piece of Heart
File:OoT3D Shooting Gallery.png
Shooting Gallery
Market Bullet Bag upgrade
50 Rupees
OoT3D Talon's Chicken Game.png
Talon's Chicken Game
Lon Lon Ranch Bottle filled with Lon Lon Milk
OoT3D Treasure Chest Game.png
Treasure Chest Game
Market 1, 5, 20, or 50 Rupees
Piece of Heart
Adult Link Only
OoT3D Dampe's Catacomb Race.png
Dampe's Catacomb Race
? (Under Graveyard) Free Hookshot
Piece of Heart
OoT3D Horseback Archery.png
Horseback Archery
Gerudo's Fortress Quiver Upgrade
Piece of Heart
OoT3D Obstacle Course.png
Obstacle Course
Lon Lon Ranch Free Cow (Inside Link's House)
File:OoT3D Shooting Gallery.png
Shooting Gallery
Kakariko Village Quiver Upgrade
50 Rupees
Child or Adult Link
OoT3D Fishing.png
Fishing
Fishing Pond Golden Scale
Piece of Heart

Majora's Mask

If Link completes a Mini-Game and has already collected the Piece of Heart, he will instead receive 50 Rupees, or, in Majora's Mask 3D, a Fishing Hole Pass.

Mini-Game Location Form Cost Reward
Clock Town
MM3D Deku Scrub Playground 2.png
Deku Scrub Playground
North Clock Town Deku Piece of Heart Triforce piece.png
MM3D Hide-and-Seek.png
Hide-and-Seek
North Clock Town Deku
Human
Free Secret Code
Bombers' Notebook
MM3D Lottery Shop Booth.png
Lottery
Lottery Shop
(West Clock Town)
Any 50 Rupees
MM3D Postman Training.png
Postman's Challenge
Post Office
(West Clock Town)
Human Free Triforce piece.png
Triforce piece.png
Piece of Heart
MM3D Sword Training.png
Sword Training
Swordsman's School
(West Clock Town)
Human Piece of Heart
MM3D Honey & Darling's Shop Bombchu Gallery.png
Bombchu Gallery
Honey & Darling's Shop
(East Clock Town)
Human 50 Rupees
Piece of Heart Triforce piece.png
MM3D Honey & Darling's Shop Basket Bomb.png
Basket Bomb
Human
MM3D Honey & Darling's Shop Target Shooting.png
Target Shooting
Human
Deku
MM3D Town Shooting Gallery Game.png
Town Shooting Gallery
East Clock Town Human Quiver Upgrade
Piece of Heart
MM3D Treasure Chest Shop Game.png
Treasure Chest Game
East Clock Town Human 50 Rupees
Deku 10 Deku Nuts
Goron Piece of Heart
Zora 20 Rupees
Southern Swamp
MM3D Swamp Shooting Gallery Game.png
Swamp Shooting Gallery
Southern Swamp Human Quiver Upgrade
Piece of Heart
MM3D Koume's Target Shooting.png
Koume's Target Shooting
Swamp Tourist Center Human Free Triforce piece.png
[verification needed] Triforce piece.png
Piece of Heart
Milk Road
MM3D Gorman Track Race.png
Gorman Track
Milk Road Human Garo's Mask
MM3D Romani's Target Practice.png
Romani's Target Practice
Romani Ranch Human Free Epona's Song
MM3D Dog Race.png
Dog Race 500
Doggy Racetrack Human
MM Rupee Icon.png10 to 90 Rupees
Triforce piece.png
Rupees
Piece of Heart
Snowhead
MM3D Goron Race.png
Goron Race
Goron Racetrack Goron Free Bottle
Gold Dust
Great Bay
MM3D Beaver Race.png
Beaver Race
Waterfall Rapids Zora Free Bottle
Piece of Heart
MM3D Fisherman's Jumping Game.png
Fisherman's Jumping Game
Great Bay Coast Human Piece of Heart
MM3D Pot Smashing Game.png
Pot Smashing Game
Zora Game Site Zora Triforce piece.png 100 Rupees
Ikana
MM3D Spirit House.png
Spirit House
Ikana Canyon
Triforce piece.png
Piece of Heart

Majora's Mask 3D

Mini-Game Location Form Cost Reward
MM3D Deku Link Fishing.png
Fishing
Swamp Fishing Hole
(Road to Southern Swamp)
Human
Deku
Goron
Zora
Fierce Deity

or
Fishing Hole Pass
Ocean Fishing Hole
(Zora Cape)

Oracle of Seasons

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
OoS Subrosian Dance.png
Subrosian Dance
Subrosian Dance Hall Free Boomerang
Strange Flute
HoronChestGame.png
Treasure Chest Game
Horon Village Shop Magic Rings

Oracle of Ages

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
File-Big Bang Game 2.png
Big Bang Game
Rolling Ridge Old Mermaid Key
Rupees
Gasha Seeds
Magic Rings
OoA Goron Dance Present.png
Goron Dance
Goron Dance Hall Present:
Past:
Mermaid Key
Brother Emblem
Rupees (30, 50, 100)
Gasha Seed
Magic Ring
OoA Hide-and-Seek.png
Hide-and-Seek
Fairies' Woods Free Access to Wing Dungeon
OoA Link Obtaining Noble Sword.png
Patch's Crazy Cart
Restoration Wall Free Restoration of broken Items
Including:
Tuni Nut
Broken Sword
OoA Shooting Gallery.png
Shooting Gallery
Rolling Ridge Lava Juice
Boomerang
30 Rupees
20 Bombs
Gasha Seed
Lynna Village Heart
30 Rupees
Gasha Seed
Magic Ring
Target Carts 2.png
Target Carts
Rolling Ridge Rock Brisket
Boomerang
20 Rupees
Gasha Seed
Bombchus
LynnaChestGame.png
Treasure Chest Game
Lynna Item Shop Magic Rings
Wild Tokay.png
Wild Tokay
Crescent Island Scent Seedling
Rupees
Gasha Seeds
Magic Rings

The Wind Waker

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
TWW Cannon Minigame.png
Cannon Minigame
Spectacle Island Piece of Heart
Treasure Chart #17
100 Rupees
TWW Squid-Hunt.png
Squid-Hunt
Game Room
(Windfall Island)
Piece of Heart
Treasure Charts #7, #2
Rupees (50, 100)
TWW Piggy-Sitting.png
Piggy-Sitting
Windfall Island 3 Skull Necklaces Treasure Chart #42 (TWWHD)
50 Rupees
TWW Letter Sorting.png
Mail Center
Mail Center
(Dragon Roost Island)
Free Rupees
Note to Mom
Traded for:
Piece of Heart
TWW Official Rito Tribe Bird-Man Contest.png
Official Rito Tribe Bird-Man Contest
Flight Control Platform Piece of Heart
50 Rupees
TWW Sliding Picture Puzzle.png
Sliding Picture Puzzle
Link's Cabana
(Link's Oasis)
Free Rupees (50, 200)
TWW Link & Orca.png
Sword Training
Orca's House
(Outset Island)
Free Hero's Sword
Rupees (50, 100, 200)
Piece of Heart
TWW Boating Course Minigame.png
Boating Course
Boating Course Rupees
TWW Target Practice.png
Target Practice
The Great Sea Free Rupees

Four Swords Adventures

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
Tingle's Tower - Bucking Broncos.png
Bucking Broncos
Tingle's Tower
Tingle's Tower - Cucco Wranglers.png
Cucco Wranglers
Tingle's Tower
Tingle's Tower - Monster Hunt.png
Monster Hunting
Tingle's Tower
FSA Hammer Tag.png
Hammer Tag
Tingle's Tower
File:FSA Volley by Golley.png
Volley by Golley
Tingle's Tower
File:FSA Mole Melee.png
Mole Melee
Tingle's Tower
File:FSA Monster Hunting Returns.png
Monster Hunting Returns
Tingle's Tower
File:FSA Bonus Course.png
Bonus Course
Tingle's Tower

The Minish Cap

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
File:TMC Cucco Wrangling.png
Cucco Wrangling
Hyrule Town Free Kinstone Pieces
Mysterious Shells
Pieces of Heart
Rupees
File:TMC Chest Mini-Game Shop.png
Chest Mini-Game Shop
Hyrule Town Rupees
TMC Simon's Simulations.png
Simon's Simulations
Hyrule Town Rupees

Twilight Princess

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
TP Link Catching Fish.png
Fishing
Fishing Hole
(Upper Zora's River)

TP Green Rupee Icon.png100 Rupees
Triforce piece.png
Fish
Sinking Lure
Empty Bottle
Piece of Heart
Flightgame.jpg
Flight-by-Fowl
Lake Hylia
Triforce piece.png
Piece of Heart
Poe Soul
Cucco Stamp(TPHD)
Rupees
Popgame.jpg
Fruit Pop Flight Challenge
Lake Hylia Piece of Heart
100 Rupees
200 Rupees Triforce piece.png
TP Rapid Ride.png
Rapids Ride
Boat Rental Cabin
(Upper Zora's River)
Giant Bomb Bag
TP Rollgoal.png
Rollgoal
Fishing Hole
(Upper Zora's River)
10 Rupees
Frog Lure Triforce piece.png
Wallet filled Triforce piece.png
TPHD Snowboard Race.png
Snowboard Race
Snowpeak Top Free Piece of Heart
TP STAR Game.png
STAR Game
West Castle Town Road Triforce piece.png Triforce piece.png
Triforce piece.png
Triforce piece.png
Big Quiver Triforce piece.png
Giant Quiver Triforce piece.png

Phantom Hourglass

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
Cannon Game.png
Cannon Game
Bannan Island Bomb Bag
Rupees
Ship Parts
PH Digging Game.png
Digging Game
Harrow Island Rupees (1, 5, 20, 50, 100)
Rupoors (10, 50)
Treasure Maps (#18, #19, #24, #25)
PH Link Fishing 2.png
Fishing
World of the Ocean King Free Fish
Traded for:
Big Catch Lure
Heart Container
Ship Parts
PH Goron Game 2.png
Goron Game
Dee Ess Island Bombchu Bag
Rupees
Ship Parts
Treasures
PH Treasure Maze.png
Treasure Maze
Maze Island Beginner: Wisdom Gem
Normal: Treasure Map #27
Expert:
PH Green Rupee Icon.png100 Rupees
Heart Container
300 Rupees
PH Shooting Range Targets.png
Shooting Range
Molida Island Quiver
Heart Container
Ship Parts
PH Sword Training.png
Sword Training
Prince of Red Lions Ship
(Northwestern Sea)
Free Heart Container
Treasures
Ship Parts

Spirit Tracks

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
ST Goron Target Range.png
Goron Target Range
Goron Target Range
(Fire Realm)
Rupees (5, 20, 100, 200)
Treasures
ST Pirate Hideout 3.png
Pirate Hideout
Pirate Hideout
(Ocean Realm)
Free Heart Container
Quiver
Treasures
ST Rabbit Catching.png
Rabbit Catching
Throughout New Hyrule
(While driving the Spirit Train)
Free Rabbits
Traded for:
Rupees
Heart Container
Treasures
Swordsman's Scroll 1
ST Whip Race.png
Race
Whittleton [note 2] Bomb Bag
Heart Container
Treasures
ST Sword Training.png
Sword Training
Hyrule Castle Heart Container
Treasures
ST Take 'Em All On!.png
Take 'Em All On!
Castle Town Heart Container Triforce piece.png
Bomb Bag Triforce piece.png
Rare Treasure Triforce piece.png

Skyward Sword

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
File:SSHD Bug Heaven.png
Bug Heaven
Bug Rock (Bug Beginner)
(Bug Wrangler)
SS Clean Cut.jpg
Clean Cut
Bamboo Island 0-14 cuts: No Prize
15-19 cuts: 30 Rupees
20-27 cuts: Evil Crystal or Monster Horn
28+ cuts: Blue Bird Feather, Golden Skull, or Goddess Plume
SS Dodoh's High Dive.jpg
Dodoh's High Dive
Fun Fun Island Pink and Blue:50 Rupees (Piece of Heart at ×10 Multiplier)
Red: 20 Rupees
Blue: 5 Rupees
Green: 1 Rupee
Brown: No Prize
Gray: Lose 10 Rupees
File:SSHD Harp Performance.png
Harp Performance
Lumpy Pumpkin Free Lousy: No Prize
Medicore (or above): Piece of Heart
Good performance: 20 Rupees
Fantastic performance: 50 Rupees
SS Pumpkin Pull.jpg
Pumpkin Pull
Skyloft
Front of Sparring Hall
100-390 points: 50 Rupees
400-590 points: Random rare treasure
600+ points: Piece of Heart
SS Rickety Coaster.png
Rickety Coaster
Lanayru Shipyard
Scary!: Under 40 seconds: 50 Rupees
Under 30 seconds: 100 Rupees
Heartstopping!: Under 1:10: Random rare Treasure
Under 1:05: Piece of Heart
SS Thrill Digger.png
Thrill Digger
Eldin Volcano Beginner: Always: Amount of Rupees uncovered
No bombs: Random rare Treasure
Intermediate:
Expert:
SS Thunder Dragon's Lightning Round.png
Thunder Dragon's Lightning Round
Lanayru Gorge Free 1 victory: 20 Rupees
2 victories: Small Treasure
3 victories: 100 Rupees
4 victories: Piece of Heart
5 victories: 300 Rupees
6 victories: Rare Treasure
7 victories: 500 Rupees
8 victories: Hylian Shield
9 victories: 2000 Rupees
10 victories: 3 Rare Treasures
11 victories: 3000 Rupees
12 victories: 9900 Rupees

A Link Between Worlds

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
CuccoRancheasyALBW.png
Cucco Ranch
South of Kakariko Village
(Hyrule)
Egg: Rupees (40)
Chick: Rupees (60)
Rooster: Rupees (150)
Piece of Heart
Endless: Rupees (up to 3,000)
Giant Cucco
Fortune's Choice.png
Fortune's Choice
Kakariko Village
(Hyrule)
Rupees (1, 100)
Thieves' Town
(Lorule)
ALBW Green Rupee Model.png200 Rupees
Three of the following:
Piece of Heart Triforce piece.png
Rupees (1, 20, 100, 300)
Monster Guts
Monster Horn
Monster Tail
ALBW Hyrule Hotfoot.png
Hyrule Hotfoot
Lake Hylia to Miner's House
(Hyrule)
Rupees (100) Triforce piece.png
Piece of Heart Triforce piece.png
Rupees (300) Triforce piece.png
ALBW Octoball Derby.png
Octoball Derby
Lorule counterpart of Haunted Grove Rupees
Piece of Heart
ALBW Rupee Rush.png
Rupee Rush
Southwest of Kakariko Village
(Hyrule)
Rupees
Piece of Heart
Southwest of Thieves' Town
(Lorule)
ALBW Green Rupee Model.png100 Rupees
Rupees
Piece of Heart
ALBW Treacherous Tower.png
Treacherous Tower
Death Mountain
(Lorule)
Beginner:
ALBW Green Rupee Model.png100 Rupees
Rupees
Intermediate:
ALBW Green Rupee Model.png200 Rupees
Rupees
Piece of Heart
Advanced:
ALBW Green Rupee Model.png300 Rupees
Rupees
Super Lamp Triforce piece.png
Super Net Triforce piece.png

Tri Force Heroes

Mini-Game Location Cost Reward
TFH Daily Riches Interior.png
Daily Riches
Hytopia Free [note 3]
Triforce piece.png
Materials
Dapper Spinner [note 4]

Breath of the Wild

Mini-Game Location Cost Primary Reward Secondary Reward
All or Nothing Lurelin Village //
BotW Rupee Menu Icon.png100 Rupees
Rupees N/A
Bird-Man Research Study Ridgeland Tower Rupees N/A
Boom Bam Golf Tanagar Canyon Course (under Tabantha Great Bridge) Rupees N/A
Carry the Ice! Northern Icehouse "The Perfect Drink" advancement Rupees
Deer Hunting Hateno Pasture Free Rupees N/A
Flight Range Flight Range Free "Divine Beast Vah Medoh" advancement Rupees
Foot Race Footrace Check-In Rupees N/A
Gut Check Rock Challenge Gut Check Rock /
BotW Rupee Menu Icon.png100 Rupees
Gorae Torr Shrine Rupees
Endura Shroom
Rushroom
Horseback Archery Mounted Archery Camp Knight's Bridle
Knight's Saddle
Rupees
Obstacle Course Highland Stable Extravagant Bridle
Extravagant Saddle
Rupees
Endura Carrot
Swift Carrot
Paraglider Course Eventide Island Rupees N/A
Restoring the Blue Flame East Akkala Stable Rupees N/A
Sand-Seal Race Sand-Seal Rally
BotW Rupee Menu Icon.png100 Rupees
Raqa Zunzo Shrine Rupees
Shield-Surfing Selmie's Spot Shields Rupees
Snowball Bowling Pondo's Lodge Rupees N/A
Test of Wood Lost Woods Maag Halan Shrine Rupees

Tears of the Kingdom



Mini-Game Location Cost Primary Reward Secondary Reward
Treasure-Chest Game Lucky Treasure Shop Free
Flight Training Flight Range
Mine-Cart Land Southern Mine
Dive Ceremony Bravery Island
Courage Island
Valor Island
1 Zonai Charge
Glide Mask
Glide Shirt
Glide Tights
Large Zonai Charge
Rito Warrior Training Tabantha Frontier
Test of Strength Coliseum Ruins
Collect the Sand-Seal Great Hyrule Forest
Nabi Lake
Ulria Grotto
Tarrey Town Race Tarrey Town Race
Lurelin Water Rally Lurelin Village
Branli's Bird-Man Flight Research Eventide Island
Desert Race Southern Oasis Training Area
Horse Race Highland Stable
Selmie's Shield-Surfing Selmie's Spot Shield

Other Appearances

Ancient Stone Tablets

Nomenclature

ZW Nomenclature Asset.png Names in Other Regions ZW Nomenclature Asset 2.png
LanguageNamesMeanings
Japan
Japanese
ミニゲーム (Minigēmu) (LANS)Minigame
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See Also

Notes

  1. The cost of the Trendy Game is reduced to 5 Rupees once all 10 Figures have been obtained.
  2. If Link completes the Whip Race with a time of below 1:05.00, the cost will be reduced to 25 Rupees. However, if he can't afford this cost, he will be allowed to play for free.
  3. Can only be played once per day, based on the Nintendo 3DS clock.
  4. This item is not won in the mini-game, but becomes available for purchase after repeated plays.

References