Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Randomizer Overworld Item locations Guide

4/7/2017

So you have decided to get into randomizer but have either never played or never 100%'d the original Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past game. To be honest I hadn't either before playing my first randomizer. In order to help everyone who is newer to the game, I have edited a couple of maps I had found for use on Ian-Albert.com in order to better assist everyone with finding every possible item location. This map is only going to show you where they are however. I will be doing tutorial videos that I will be putting on my Youtube page if you wish to see how each item is accessible.

02/18/2018 - This Map was Updated Based on V29 Spoiler Log Coming out Soon

Overworld Items

1. Link's Uncle - 1 Item
2. Secret Passage - 1 Item
3. Sahashrala's Hut - 3 Items
4. Sahashrala - 1 Item
5. King Zora - 1 Item
6. Potion Shop - 1 Item
7. Zora Ledge - 1 Item
8. Waterfall Fairy - 2 Items
9. Master Sword Pedestal - 1 Item
10. King's Tomb - 1 Item
11. Kakariko Tavern - 1 Item
12. Chicken Hut - 1 Item
13. Kakariko Well - 5 Items
14. Blind's Hideout - 5 Items
15. Pegasus Rocks - 1 Item
16. Bottle Merchant - 1 Item
17. Magic Bat - 1 Item
18. Sick Kid - 1 Item
19. Lost Woods Hideout - 1 Item
20. Lumberjack Tree - 1 Item
21. Graveyard Ledge - 1 Item
22. Mushroom - 1 Item
23. Floodgate Chest - 1 Item
24. Link's House - 1 Item
25. Aginah's Cave - 1 Item
26. Mini Moldorm Cave - 5 Items
27. Ice Rod Cave - 1 Item
28. Hobo - 1 Item
29. Bombos Tablet - 1 Item
30. Cave 45 - 1 Item
31. Checkerboard Cave - 1 Item
32. Library - 1 Item

33. Maze Race - 1 Item
34. Desert Ledge - 1 Item
35. Lake Hylia Island - 1 Item
36. Sunken Treasure - 1 Item
37. Flute Spot - 1 Item
38. Old Man - 1 Item
39. Spectacle Rock Cave - 1 Item
40. Ether Tablet - 1 Item
41. Spectacle Rock - 1 Item
42. Spiral Cave - 1 Item
43. Mimic Cave
44. Paradox Cave - 7 Items
45. Floating Island - 1 Item
46. Superbunny Cave - 2 Items
47. Hookshot Cave - 4 Items
48. Spike Cave - 1 Item
49. Catfish - 1 Item
50. Pyramid - 1 Item
51. Pyramid Fairy - 2 Items
52. Brewery - 1 Item
53. C-Shaped House - 1 Item
54. Chest Game - 1 Item
55. Hammer Pegs - 1 Item
56. Bumper Cave - 1 Item
57. Blacksmith - 1 Item
58. Purple Chest - 1 Item
59. Hype Cave - 5 Items
60. Stumpy - 1 Item
61. Digging Game - 1 Item
62. Mire Shed - 2 Items

Dungeons

A. Hyrule Castle
B. Eastern Palace
C. Desert Palace
D. Tower of Hera
E. Palace of Darkness

F. Swamp Palace
G. Skull Woods
H. Thieves Town
I. Ice Palace

J. Misery Mire
K. Turtle Rock
L. Ganon's Tower
M. Agahnim's Tower

38 Comments

HunterOfPeace link

9/29/2017 04:03:33 am

Thanks a ton! I've just finished my third seed with the help of this as a quick reference. Will keep using the location maps until I've got them fully hammered into my brain.

6 link

7/21/2019 11:31:04 pm

11/3/2017 02:32:43 pm

This is fantastic and is a huge help while I learn to play this randomizer. My latest seed hid the master sword upgrade in the cave to the north of the lumberjacks, but I have no idea how to get to it. None of the walkthroughs I've found for vanilla ALttP explain how to get there.

SakuraTsubasa

11/6/2017 02:08:33 am

Thanks for the kind words! That location is actually a bit tricky to get to. In order to access it, you have to defeat Aganihm and then run into the tree that the lumberjacks were cutting in order to enter it through a secret way. The Lumberjacks leave once Aganihm is defeated allowing you to run into the tree with nothing blocking the way.

11/6/2017 08:22:02 am

Oh duh! I've been trying to avoid having to do Aganihm in all my seeds wherever possible (been having bad luck getting the lantern) and just didn't even think about coming back to that tree! Thanks for that!

Sarah

11/5/2017 09:27:08 am

this is super helpful. Any chance you could edit in the vanilla game item in parenthesis? It would help me keep track of what is left to do when making a plandamizer.

11/6/2017 02:10:07 am

Is there any way you could clarify that? Edit what in the vanilla game with parenthesis? If you mean edit every location there is in the vanilla game, they are all locations with items in the vanilla game. :) Hopefully that helps!

Pardryll

12/11/2017 02:51:42 pm

I think what they mean is on the annotation. Let's use sick kid as an example!

18. Sick Kid (Bug Net)

Tropylium

1/30/2019 11:51:22 am

Off the top of my head (some consumable items may be wrong):

1. Link's Uncle: Sword + Shield
2. Secret Passage: Lamp / ₹5
3. Sahashrala's Hut: ₹50, Bombs, ₹50
4. Sahashrala: Pegasus Boots
5. King Zora: Flippers
6. Potion Shop: Magic Powder
7. Zora Ledge: Piece of Heart
8. Waterfall Fairy: Fire Shield, Magic Boomerang
9. Master Sword Pedestal: Master Sword
10. King's Tomb: Magic Cape
11. Kakariko Tavern: Bottle
12. Chicken Hut: Arrows
13. Kakariko Well: Bombs, ₹20, ₹20, ₹20, Piece of Heart
14. Blind's Hideout: ₹20, ₹20, ₹20, ₹20, Piece of Heart
15. Pegasus Rocks: Piece of Heart
16. Bottle Merchant: Bottle
17. Magic Bat: ½ Magic
18. Sick Kid: Bug-Catching Net
19. Lost Woods Hideout: Piece of Heart
20. Lumberjack Tree: Piece of Heart
21. Graveyard Ledge: Piece of Heart
22. Mushroom: Mushroom
23. Floodgate Chest: Bombs
24. Link's House: Lamp / ₹5
25. Aginah's Cave: Piece of Heart
26. Mini Moldorm Cave: ₹300, ₹20, ₹20, ₹20, ₹20
27. Ice Rod Cave: Ice Rod
28. Hobo: Bottle
29. Bombos Tablet: Bombos
30. Cave 45: Piece of Heart
31. Checkerboard Cave: Piece of Heart
32. Library: Book of Mudora
33. Maze Race: Piece of Heart
34. Desert Ledge: Piece of Heart
35. Lake Hylia Island: Piece of Heart
36. Sunken Treasure: Piece of Heart
37. Flute Spot: Flute
38. Old Man: Magic Mirror
39. Spectacle Rock Cave: Piece of Heart
40. Ether Tablet: Ether
41. Spectacle Rock: Piece of Heart
42. Spiral Cave: ₹50
43. Mimic Cave: Piece of Heart
44. Paradox Cave: Bombs, Arrows, ₹20, ₹20, ₹20, ₹20, ₹20
45. Floating Island: Piece of Heart
46. Superbunny Cave: ₹100, Arrows
47. Hookshot Cave: ₹20, ₹20, ₹20, ₹20
48. Spike Cave: Cane of Byrna
49. Catfish: Quake
50. Pyramid: Piece of Heart
51. Pyramid Fairy: Silver Arrows, Golden Sword
52. Brewery: Magic Boomerang / ₹300
53. C-Shaped House: ₹300
54. Chest Game: Piece of Heart
55. Hammer Pegs: Piece of Heart
56. Bumper Cave: Piece of Heart
57. Blacksmith: Tempered Sword
58. Purple Chest: Bottle
59. Hype Cave: ₹300, ₹20, ₹20, ₹20, ₹20
60. Stumpy: Shovel
61. Digging Game: Piece of Heart
62. Mire Shed: Piece of Heart, Bombs

₹ is the modern rupee sign, in case it's not displaying properly.

In #2, #24, #52, with a second treasure after a slash, you get the latter item if you already have the former. (A fourth chest of this sort is also in Zelda's prison cell.)

Bodneyp

11/17/2017 10:47:13 pm

Thank you so much! Flute kid had my bow and I completely forgot he had an item. Would you consider adding dungeon item counts, required items to check something (like you need a bottle to check sick kid), and if you add dungeons, special key locations (like when they are under a bottle or you have to kill a certain enemy)

P.s. you are my favorite commentator on randomizer tournaments

Medinoc

12/23/2017 05:49:20 pm

Thank you so much for this guide. For my current seed I was blocked without Mirror, Bow or Cane of Somaria, turns out I had checked every accessible location BUT the pyramid (since I didn't defeat Agahnim) ... your reference proved very useful.

Sam

12/30/2017 12:08:59 pm

This would be better if you put numbers on the map for item locations

Sakura

12/31/2017 12:49:02 am

There actually is numbers on the image if you clicked it and zoomed in to the locations. :) It's a fairly large image so if you don't click it, it can be hard to see.

Blah

6/16/2019 02:14:50 pm

It would be better if you looked at the material before commenting. It is all numbered.

Super Aardvark

1/26/2018 01:28:01 pm

I just started messing around with Randomizer after seeing the run in AGDQ 2018. These maps are very helpful, thank you!

What would be even more helpful is if your labels matched the names used in the spoilers file generated along with the ROM (from http://vt.alttp.run/). Many are the same, and some I've been able to figure out (their "Sunken Treasure" is your "Dam Pool"), but others are a mystery ("Cave 45" for example). Thanks again!

NSNick

1/31/2018 10:14:34 am

Cave 45 is the cave south of the Haunted Grove (#44 on this list)

1/31/2018 10:26:38 am

Yeah, having Cave 45 at #44 is very awkward.

(According to randoguide's glossary, it's named such because it was #45 on the Ian-Albert map)

Comment

2/1/2018 06:12:44 am

I think you forgot Link's Uncle in Light World Items.

Also, do you consider 3 items in Escape (from bombable door) to be in the Hyrule Castle dungeon or on the overworld?

2/18/2018 02:48:58 pm

The last 3 chests in escape are on the Dungeon Guide for Hyrule Castle and the Uncle was on here but listed as something else. Today we updated the maps based on the spoiler log coming out soon! Thank you again.

Daedric Cheddar

2/7/2018 12:04:20 pm

Where is Checkerboard Cave?

2/18/2018 02:50:06 pm

It is in the dark world by Misery Mire on the map. You have to Mirror to it.

jan

2/19/2018 06:56:55 am

hey,
great maps, really help a lot.
I cant increase the size of the dark wold map though, seems like its just the small image uploaded (or a wrong link or something)
greetings

2/20/2018 07:21:58 pm

Thank you for letting me know! I had no idea the link was broken. It's fixed now <3

Chris

2/20/2018 03:16:55 am

The Dark World Overworld map doesn't zoom like the light one does. Any way you can fix that? Great info here, thanks so much.

BoochManX

3/15/2018 01:32:22 pm

So just curious if you will be adding the 'shop' locations as well as they are VERY important in the new retro mode?(which I am currently failing miserably at XD)

Izme

3/17/2018 05:54:59 am

This is awesome, thank you. I've recently gotten into playing randomizer after watching Ryukahr play one.

Could you add the number of chests in each dungeon, so it's easier to know when the rest is junk and you can leave?

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Rhiamarie86

9/5/2018 12:19:12 am

I was wondering if you could give a list of all the items that could be on ped. I get confused with what ped can and can't be.

Bix

10/8/2018 08:44:29 am

Thank you for this! :)

Could you tell me how many Chests are on each dungeon?
There are only Letters for the Dungeons

Evancoolzilla

10/26/2018 09:06:37 pm

How do you get the item from the flute boy for number 60? When I visited him he was already a wooden statue but I don't recall getting anything from him. Otherwise I think I have an unbeatable seed. Trinexx has the power pendant and I don't have the Ice Rod. Those are the only two remaining items to find.

AvangionQ link

11/30/2018 03:38:34 pm

Is there a list of what's in all the chests? How many 1x, 5x and 20x rupees? How many 3x bombs & 10x arrows? ... etc etc ...

12/3/2018 09:23:13 pm

I'm curious, is there a way to speed up the game ... say by 25% ... I dunno, everything feels so slow ...

psyouloveme

1/15/2019 11:09:26 pm

These maps have helped me so much since I started playing several months ago. Thank you for putting this together, it's been an invaluable resource.

Garrett

9/3/2019 08:45:20 pm

Just wanted to thank you for this! Immensely useful, I really appreciate you taking the time.

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smercjd

4/2/2020 06:24:01 am

Hi. I'm brand new to the Gamez but my spouse has convinced me to watch a few randomizer tournaments and it is quite fun! He's a big Zelda fan and I had never played. I am currently playing for my first time (about 1/2 way through). It's way more difficult than the speed runners make it seem!

Anyway, posting because I enjoy the idea of randomizer style and am curious about giving it all a try. Therefore, I want to say thank you for posting this and your dungeon guide. Looking forward to more of your guides and hoping to hear you commentate at some point :)

Again, thank you for doing what you do!!!

Deadline

9/1/2022 12:07:18 pm

Hi Sakura. I was wondering if there was a resourse which specified the required items to get to the different chests. For example, the Magic Mirror and the Book of Mudora for the item #29. Just for fun, I'm trying to create a path optimizer in python and this would be very convenient. Thank you in advance.

9/1/2022 12:09:29 pm

I don't have anything like that at the moment but it's something I can look into