Free Potion Samples
If you visit the Witch's House in northeast Hyrule, she will have four potions for sale. If you talk to the witch and choose the first option, she will be happy to give you a free taste of the Red Potion, recovering five hearts. You can talk to her as many times as you want to fully recover whenever you're in a bind!
Meeting the Rumor Guy
With the Hookshot, enter the Lost Woods from the entrance near the Miner's House. In the northeast area of the woods, you will find a wide gap. Use the Hookshot on the tree to cross it, then enter the log cave there. Inside, you will meet Rumor Guy. He will give you random information about certain people when asked. He's just a fun little side character to interact with.
The Bee Guy
In Kakariko Village, there is a house with a giant bee above the door. Inside you will meet the Bee Guy. If you have at least one Bottle with you when you talk to him, he will give you the Net which is used for catching, among other things, Bees. Bees are found randomly by cutting down bushes and grass in the overworld, and will attack you if you don't kill them first. If you capture a Bee and store it in a Bottle, bring it back to Bee Guy to receive an instant 50 Rupees.
There is also a rare Golden Bee you can capture. It is found either in the wild or by purchasing it from the Mysterious Man in Skull Woods for 888 Rupees. Return a Golden Bee to receive the Bee Badge, which prevents Bees from attacking you. Any subsequent Golden Bees you capture will earn you a cool 300 Rupees!
The Rupee Hinox
After your first visit to Lorule, head over to the Witch's House in Hyrule. Jump into the river to the north of the house and swim westward to a ledge. Merge with the wall atop the ledge and pass through the fissure portal to return to Lorule. From there, merge with the wall below and go all the way eastward across a gap, and you will find a cave behind a waterfall (this cave holds a Heart Piece in Hyrule).
Inside the cave is a Hinox. Talk to it and it will give you a small amount of rupees to leave it alone. At that point, you can either choose to leave or continue pressing the giant cyclops for more money. The amount of rupees the Hinox gives you will steadily increase each time you ask, in this pattern: 5, 20, 50, 100, 100, 300. After the sixth payment, if you try to press the Hinox once more, it will become enraged and attack you! You can not kill the Hinox, and exiting/reentering the cave does not reset this attack. You must save and quit, then reload your save and return here. You can press the Hinox for rupees in this manner as many times as you want, as long as you save/quit after the sixth payment. It's yet another quick way to make money!
The Runaway Item Seller
In the north end of the Great Swamp in Hyrule, you will find two stones along the north wall near the pond. Bomb the wall in between the stones and enter the cave, where you will find the Kakariko Item Shop's owner in hiding. He asks for a Scoot Fruit, so buy one at a shop for 50 Rupees and bring it to him. He will reward you with 100 Rupees as thanks.
Unlock Hero Mode
To unlock Hero Mode, which is the same adventure but with tougher enemies, simply complete the regular quest once.
NEXT: Acknowledgements
