Complete Item Guide for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Phantom Hourglass equips Link with a toolkit that blends series staples with touchscreen-exclusive gadgets. Items are acquired through dungeon progression, side quests, and merchant purchases—many upgrade into stronger forms.

Essential Dungeon Items

• Sword – Starts as the Phantom Sword; upgrades to Master Sword via Oshus's trials.
• Boomerang – Draw its path on the touchscreen; stuns enemies, hits switches, retrieves items.
• Hookshot – Grapples to targets, crosses gaps, pulls enemies.
• Magic Rod – Cycles between Ice, Fire, and Lightning modes; each upgrades for wider area and damage.
• Phantom Hourglass – The namesake artifact; protects from the Temple of the King of Gods' curse, lets you pause time on Phantom zones.
• Sand Wand – Raises sand paths, creates walls, and manipulates terrain in the Sand Realm.

Secondary Tools

• Bow & Arrows – Standard ranged weapon; Bomb Arrows unlock later.
• Bombs – Throwable and placeable; Bombchu variant follows drawn paths.
• Magic Armor – Drains Rupees to negate damage; upgraded version lasts longer.
• Ocarina – Plays songs for warping, summoning, and puzzle-solving.
• Pocket Guide – In-game hint system; marks points of interest on the map.

Consumables & Collectibles

• Rupees – Currency (Green, Blue, Red, Silver, Gold, Rupoor).
• Heart Containers / Pieces – Increase max health.
• Fairy Bottles – Capture fairies for auto-revive.
• Individual Bombs/Arrows – Refill ammo capacity.

Upgrade Paths

Sword, Magic Rod, Armor, and Bow each have multi-tier upgrades earned through side quests (e.g., Bannon's shooting gallery, Goron Temple trials, hidden treasure charts).

Progression Keys

• Small Keys, Boss Keys, Dungeon Maps, Compasses – standard per-dungeon.
• Pure Metals (Aquanine, Crimsonine, Azurine) – forge the Phantom Sword.

Item acquisition order shifts slightly based on dungeon route, but every tool is mandatory for 100% completion.