Most Fairies are small creatures with healing powers, and they usually fly by means of delicate, insect-like wings. Their appearances vary from game to game: in some games, such as Ocarina of Time, they resemble small orbs of light with four wings, while in others they take the form of tiny, winged humanoid females.
Fairies usually have one of two roles in the series. Most Fairies possess healing powers; they can restore some of Link's Hearts when he is wounded. From A Link to the Past onwards, these Fairies can usually be caught in Empty Bottles for later use. If Link falls in battle while carrying a bottled Fairy, it will automatically come out to revive him. Groups of Fairies can be commonly found in Fairy Fountains scattered through the land, although some may also occasionally be found by breaking Pots or cutting grass. In some games such as A Link to the Past, Bubbles and Sparks can be turned into Fairies by using Magic Powder or the Boomerang. In Skyward Sword, Fairies can be summoned by drawing the Triforce on a Goddess Wall. In Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, Link is able to pick them up and store them despite the lack of Empty Bottles, though he needs to sneak up on them to avoid detection.
The second role held by Fairies is that of a traveling companion. In several games, beginning with Ocarina of Time, Link has been accompanied on his travels by Fairy companions. Although in many cases they are used to facilitate gameplay (allowing Z-Targeting, for example), they also provide advice on what to do next or how to defeat certain enemies. In other games, such as Phantom Hourglass, companion Fairies also serve as the cursor for guiding Link.
The Legend of Zelda
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
Descriptionshide ▲
The Legend of Zelda instruction booklet
Heart container and heart
The heart container increases the number of LIFE hearts that Link has. A heart also turns a white heart back to a red heart. During the game, if Link defeats the enemy and rescues the fairy who's in their devilish hands, she'll turn all the white hearts red.
Fairies make their series debut in The Legend of Zelda, where they can occasionally be dropped by defeated enemies. Fairies fly around the screen until they make contact with Link, fully healing him upon doing so. Fairies are depicted in the game's manual as blonde-haired humanoids with red dresses; in-game, however, both their clothes and hair are red due to palette limitations.
The Adventure of Link
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
Fairies reappear in The Adventure of Link, sporting the same appearance as in The Legend of Zelda. In addition to standard fairies, which fulfill the same role as in the first game, Link is also able to transform into a fairy using the spell of the same name; doing so allows him to fly past enemies and through locked doors.
A Link to the Past
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
Fairies return in A Link to the Past, where they are depicted as pink-haired humanoids in blue dresses. Fairies are mostly similar in function to those in The Legend of Zelda; however, they can also emerge from bushes, pots, and rocks. This game also introduces the ability to capture fairies in Empty Bottles using a Bug Net; once captured, a fairy will revive Link if he runs out of health, acting as an extra life. Once this occurs, the fairy disappears, requiring him to either capture another one or have other bottled fairies on-hand to repeat the process. Link fan also release the fairy back into the overworld, allowing him to either recapture it or consume it to heal a large chunk of his health. To help facilitate these additional functions, A Link to the Past also introduces Fairy Fountains, remote ponds where swarms of fairies congregate, allowing Link to capture as many as he wishes.
Link's Awakening
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
Ocarina of Time
In Ocarina of Time, every Kokiri, with the exception of Link before Navi is assigned as his partner by the Great Deku Tree, is partnered with such a guardian Fairy.[8] Another variety of Fairy called Big Fairies resemble wingless, glowing balls. In certain areas, Link can play the Ocarina to make a Big Fairy appear.
Regular fairies also appear throughout the game, fulfilling the same role as in previous entries. Like in A Link to the Past, Link can capture fairies in Empty Bottles for an extra life or a quick source of healing. However, the bug net is no longer present — instead, Link captures fairies simply by swinging the bottle at them. Releasing the fairy also consumes it instantaneously instead of allowing it to roam back into the overworld.
Fairies are the most reliable of creatures. When their master's life energy has been depleted, they immediately come to his or her aid. They can be carried in bottles.
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
Four Swords Adventures
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
The Minish Cap
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
Twilight Princess
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
Phantom Hourglass
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
Spirit Tracks
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
Skyward Sword
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
A Link Between Worlds
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
Tri Force Heroes
In Tri Force Heroes, Fairies possess a unique role in that they are used as the Links' extra lives. Whenever a Link falls in battle (resulting in all Links falling due to their shared health), a Fairy appears to revive him, and the Links are forced to restart the Stage of the Level. Three Fairies are brought into a Level when the Links enter the Drablands. If the Links fall after losing their last Fairy, the Level is failed and the Links are forced to exit. After clearing a Level, any Fairies remaining are tallied and turned into bonus Rupees, multiplied by 30 for each Fairy (E.g. three Fairies will reward 90 Rupees). In single-player mode only while using the Doppels, Link can use a Fairy to skip Stages and advance to the next one. Doing this, however, will empty all of the Rupees Link has collected thus far, decrease the number of bonus Rupees Link earns after clearing the Level, and will replace the contents of a Material chest with 20 Rupees for each Fairy used.
Breath of the Wild
Hyrule Compendium Entry
066
(066Master Mode) Fairy
Description
This fairy will fly from your pouch and heal all your wounds the moment you lose your last heart. It's easily mistaken for a firefly at first, but it glows in the daylight as well as night.
Common Locations
Greater Hyrule
Hearts Recovered
Cooking Effects
None
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
Fairies can be found by cutting Grass. They can also be found at Great Fairy Fountains and fluttering above the ground in certain areas. Unlike in previous entries, Link does not require a Empty Bottle to catch them. Instead, by using Stealth, he is able to sneak up on them and directly pick them up. If Link has three or more Fairies in his Inventory, they will stop spawning until he falls below this threshold.
Tears of the Kingdom
Hyrule Compendium Entry
72
Fairy
Description
This fairy will fly from your pouch and heal you the moment you lose your last heart. It's easily mistaken for a firefly at first, but it glows in the daylight as well as night.
Common Locations
Hyrule Caves Hyrule Sky Islands
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
Fairies behave similarly in Tears of the Kingdom to how they did in Breath of the Wild. Fairies can be found on Sky Islands and inside some Wells. If Link's Life Gauge have been reduced to five or less Hearts by Gloom, a Fairy is able to restore and heal him to five Hearts. If Link has less than five total Hearts before he succumbs to Gloom, Fairies will only restore him to his previous maximum. Despite this, Fairies cannot heal Gloom damage when selected from the Inventory.
Echoes of Wisdom
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
Fairies appear throughout the world and occasionally inside Pots. If Princess Zelda has an empty Fairy Bottle, she can capture one to carry with her. In addition to standard Fairies, a type of Fairy known as Tris also appear. The Tris were formed during the Creation of the World in order to repair Rifts. One such Fairy, known simply as Tri, assists Zelda during her adventure.
In The Crystal Trap, two Fairies make an appearance to help Princess Zelda on her quest. The first Fairy that Zelda encounters is the Blue Fairy, which appears after the princess defeats a Gibdo using the Magic Arrows. Later in her quest, Link and Zelda will find the Pink Fairy only if the duo defeat the group of Octoroks that ambushed them in the forest.
The following section is not part of the Zelda canon and should not be taken as such.
A pair of Fairies from Link: The Faces of Evil
In The Faces of Evil, a pair of Fairies live in a Fairy Fountain close to the mid-point of Spearfish Falls. They proclaim Link as their hero and give him a Life Heart on their first encounter, followed by Water of Life for every subsequent visit. If Link owns the Canteen, the Fairies will also fill it with Water of Life. The Fairies' appearance is heavily based on the design of the Fairy artwork from A Link to the Past.
The following section is not part of the Zelda canon and should not be taken as such.
In The Wand of Gamelon, another pair of Fairies live in the Fairy Pool. They were imprisoned by the Three Witches when they froze the Pool. After Zelda defeats them and rescues the Fairies, they reward her with a Life Heart, Fairy Dust, and some Water of Life. They will also refill Zelda's Canteen if she owns one.
The following section is not part of the Zelda canon and should not be taken as such.
This section of the page is incomplete. You can help Zelda Wiki by expanding it.
In Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, the Fairies lived in the Fairy Garden, however it turned into a barren desert after the five Fairies that protected it went to sleep. The Grand Fairy tasks Tingle with restoring the five Fairy Fountains so to restore the land itself. Tingle's companion, Pinkle, is also a Fairy and is the daughter of the Grand Fairy, who was imprisoned by Uncle Rupee and had her powers removed. After Tingle rescues her from the Auros Ruins, she regains her powers and transforms back into her original Fairy form.
In Hyrule Warriors, Fairies appear as elemental entities in Adventure Mode that are used to destroy harmful barriers that surround certain Keeps. They come in the elements Fire, Water, Lightning, Light, and Darkness. They appear trapped within certain Keeps and are freed when these Keeps are captured. Once freed and collected, they are kept in the item inventory within a Bottle and can only be used while inside a Keep that has a barrier of the corresponding element surrounding it.
In the Majora's Mask DLC Pack, white Rupee Fairies appear in certain battles in the Termina Map where Forces compete to collect the most Rupees at the end of the battle. These Fairies are kept by Fairy Hunters, and are freed when these Captains are defeated. Upon collecting a Rupee Fairy, all enemies will drop Silver and Gold Rupees for a short amount of time, which are worth more than the regular Green, Blue, and Red Rupees. In the same DLC Pack, the Fairies Tatl and Tael make a brief cameo alongside the Skull Kid during Young Link's attack where he slices the Moon in half.
A Fairy named Proxi also accompanies Link during his battles, and speaks on his behalf. Proxi also accompanies Young Link. A generic Fairy (although referred to as Navi in the North America's Wii U release) appears in "The Land of Myth" Scenario, pleading that the Hyrulean Forces rescue Princess Ruto from Darunia, who had captured her. The Great Fairy also sends Fairies to attack enemy troops when she is summoned from the Fairy Fountain. They help in various ways depending on the battle; such as dropping giant Bombs on enemy units, calling upon a recreation of the Terminian Moon to knock Argorok out of the sky, or by sending a rain of energy that destroys several enemies on the field.
Fairies also accompany Link's Great Fairy weapon type. They surround the Great Fairy while she dashes, and attack enemies as part of the Focus Spirit attack.
The following section is not part of the Zelda canon and should not be taken as such.
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, the Fairy Bottle appears as an item, decreasing 100% of damage. If the player does not have at least 100% of damage, the Bottle can be used as a projectile. If another player is hit by the Bottle while having at least 100% of damage, the player damage will be decreased.[9]
A bottle that contains a helpful fairy. You can release this fairy to heal 100 points of damage, but only if you have 100% or more. If you don't, you can still throw the bottle... Just don't hit a 100% or more enemy, or they'll be healed instead and you'll feel pretty silly.
RandomCan be obtained in Classic Mode, in All-Star Mode, in Trophy Rush, in Smash Run (3DS exclusive), in Smash Tour (Wii U exclusive), in Crazy Orders (Wii U exclusive) or purchased from the Trophy Shop
The color of the Kokiri' Fairies in Ocarina of Time are a different color every time Link re-enters the area in which they are located.[citation needed]
In Twilight Princess, if Link is already at full health, the Fairies will either completely ignore him or, if he remains motionless long enough, will fly in close and land on his hat or Sword if drawn.
In the North American SNES and Virtual Console versions of A Link to the Past, Fairy is spelled as "Faerie". This is an archaic spelling which was changed to the "Fairy" spelling in the Game Boy Advance version.
In the Wii version of Twilight Princess, a Fairy resembling Navi is used as an on-screen cursor whenever the Wii Remote is pointed towards the sensor bar.
Nomenclature
Names in Other Regions
Language
Names
Meanings
Japanese
妖精 (Yōsei)(TLoZThe Legend of Zelda | ALttPA Link to the Past | OoTOcarina of Time | BotWBreath of the Wild)[19][20][21][22]
小さな要請 (Chiisana Yōsei)(ALttPA Link to the Past)[18]
Fee (BotWBreath of the Wild | EoWEchoes of Wisdom | HWDEHyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition)[30]
Same as English.
Italian
Fata (TLoZThe Legend of Zelda | ALttPA Link to the Past | LALink's Awakening | LADXLink's Awakening DX | OoTOcarina of Time | OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D | OoSOracle of Seasons | FSFour Swords | BotWBreath of the Wild | EoWEchoes of Wisdom | HWDEHyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition)[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Fairy
Korean
요정 (Yojeong)(BotWBreath of the Wild)
요정 (EoWEchoes of Wisdom)
PortugueseBRBrazilian
Fada (EoWEchoes of Wisdom)
Russian
Фея (Feya)(BotWBreath of the Wild)
Фея (EoWEchoes of Wisdom)
SpanishLALatin American
Hada (BotWBreath of the Wild | EoWEchoes of Wisdom | HWDEHyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition)[29]
Fairy
SpanishEUEuropean
Hada (TLoZThe Legend of Zelda | EoWEchoes of Wisdom | HWDEHyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition)[32]
These names, though from official English sources, are not considered Canon by Zelda Wiki as they contradict a name or names from a higher-priority source.
↑ 1.01.11.2Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 122 (TLoZThe Legend of Zelda | TAoLThe Adventure of Link | ALttPA Link to the Past | LALink's Awakening | OoTOcarina of Time | MMMajora's Mask | OoAOracle of Ages | OoSOracle of Seasons | FSFour Swords | TWWThe Wind Waker | TMCThe Minish Cap | TPTwilight Princess | SSSkyward Sword | ALBWA Link Between Worlds)
↑Fairy It will aid you automatically when you run out of hearts. It restores six hearts. — Gear (Skyward Sword HD)
↑Fairy This fairy will fly from your pouch and heal all your wounds the moment you lose your last heart. It's easily mistaken for a firefly at first, but it glows in the daylight as well as night. — Inventory (Breath of the Wild)
↑You caught a Fairy! This playful sprite replenishes six of your hearts! — N/A (Skyward Sword HD)
↑Fairy This fairy will fly from your pouch and heal you the moment you lose your last heart. It's easily mistaken for a firefly at first, but it glows in the daylight as well as night. — Inventory (Tears of the Kingdom)
↑All right, kid! Did you see a faerie fly through here? Which way did she go? (A Link to the Past (Ishinomori), VIZ Media, pg. 12)
↑The children of the forest, the Kokiri, live here with me. Each Kokiri has his or her own guardian fairy. However, there is one boy who does not have a fairy... — Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time)
↑"Hey look, a bottle!! This is a special item that can even heal fighters who have accumulated over 100% damage." — Masahiro Sakurai, Sakurai's post , Miiverse, published February 18, 2014, retrieved April 9, 2014.
