Fairies & Red Magic Jars

Find all Fairy and Red Magic Jar locations in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Fairies restore life, Red Magic Jars refill magic.

Fairies are beings who fully restore Link's life meter, whereas Red Magic Jars are items that completely refill Link's magic meter (not to be confused with Blue Magic Jars, which only refill one unit of the magic meter at a time--you can only find these as uncommon item drops from weak enemies). Throughout the game, you can acquire Red Magic Jars as somewhat rare enemy drops after defeating certain strong enemies. Also, on occasion you'll see a Fairy icon in the overworld whenever you venture off the road instead of the usual enemy icons.

But even aside from these instances, you can find both Fairies and Red Magic Jars in set locations throughout the overworld and inside palaces. Note that unlike Treasure Bags, Dolls, etc., these are not one-time use scenarios; both Fairies and Red Magic Jars will eventually respawn (a mechanic where items reappear after a certain condition is met). Of course, for overworld locations it's not as simple as leaving the corresponding screen and returning--you have to progress in the game (e.g. visit a palace) in order for them to eventually return. And for the ones in palaces, you typically have to leave the palace entirely to get them to appear again.

Fairies

Fairies are nowhere near as plentiful as Magic Jars. You can find them waiting to heal you on rare occasions inside certain rooms of certain palaces, as well as at specific points in the overworld. In fact, outside random encounters on the overworld map, there are only seven Fairies in the whole game--three of them being in the Great Palace!

• Parapa Palace (one floor below entrance, rightmost room)
• Tree at north tip of Moruge Swamp (upon emerging from cave exit south of Ruto Town)
• Tree east of Saria Town and south of Midoro Swamp
• Woods southwest of Nabooru Town (on southwest shore of lake)
• Great Palace (on detour for completion, walk through false wall left from elevator)
• Great Palace (three floors above bottom and final boss rooms, go right from elevator, in between breakable blocks above lava)
• Great Palace (one floor above bottom floor and final boss rooms, in rightmost room with Giant Bubbles)

Red Magic Jars

There are 9 Red Magic Jars to be found in the overworld and 26 inside palaces, making for a grand total of 35 Red Magic Jars.

Red Magic Jars in the Overworld

Magic Jars found in secret action scenes in the overworld tend to be out in the open once you arrive at the appropriate action scene and rarely guarded by enemies.

• Midoro Swamp (on easternmost safe space of yellow road)
• Midoro Swamp (corner of swamp southeast of Midoro Palace)
• Death Mountain (inside 5th cave in sequence on high ledge, cast Jump to reach)
• Death Mountain (inside 8th cave in sequence, near exit)
• Death Mountain (inside Spectacle Rock, three rooms to the left of the room with the Hammer)
• Southwest of King's Tomb (guarded by Bots)
• North central fork at Maze Island (guarded by Blue Octoroks and Tektites)
• Coast northeast of Nabooru Town
• Valley of Death (southeasternmost point, right after entering valley)

Red Magic Jars in Palaces

Magic Jars are plentiful in palaces, typically being hidden inside Iron Knuckle statues (or Fokka statues in the case of the Great Palace), as well as inside breakable blocks and other places. Be sure to use Red Magic Jars strategically inside palaces--try to conserve them until you're genuinely in need of magic (for instance the healing that comes from using the Life spell!).

Note that almost every Iron Knuckle statue or Fokka statue has a chance of producing a Red Iron Knuckle or Red Fokka when struck instead of a Red Magic Jar, so be careful.

• Parapa Palace (top floor, in rightmost room with Bot, Wosus, and Guma, strike Iron Knuckle statue)
• Midoro Palace (at entrance, strike Iron Knuckle statue)
• Midoro Palace (one floor below entrance, in leftmost room with Bubbles, strike Ra statue)
• Midoro Palace (one floor below previous Red Magic Jar, in leftmost room with fire-spitting statue, Red Iron Knuckles, and Handy Glove, cast Jump and strike Iron Knuckle statue)
• Island Palace (at entrance, strike Iron Knuckle statue)
• Island Palace (one floor above bottom, two rooms left of Raft with Bots and Maus, cast Jump and strike Mau statue)
• Maze Palace (at entrance with Fiery Moa, strike Iron Knuckle statue)
• Maze Palace (two floors below entrance, in rightmost room with lava, torches, and Doomknocker, strike Iron Knuckle statue)
• Maze Palace (two floors below entrance, in room with lava, torches, and Ras, strike Iron Knuckle statue)
• Palace on the Sea (two floors below entrance, in room with Fiery Moa, and Orange Iron Knuckles, strike Ra statue)
• Palace on the Sea (one floor below previous Red Magic Jar and two rooms to the right, with Wosus, Bubble, and Blue Iron Knuckle, strike Iron Knuckle statue)
• Palace on the Sea (bottom floor, in leftmost room with leaky statues and Red Iron Knuckles, cast Jump and strike high breakable block in left structure)
• Palace on the Sea (one floor above bottom, in rightmost room with Wosus and Magos, strike breakable block in middle structure)
• Palace on the Sea (bottom floor, in same room as Iron Knuckles and Flute, cast Jump and strike Iron Knuckle statue)
• Palace on the Sea (two floors above bottom, in leftmost room with Guma on high ledge, strike Ra statue)
• Three-Eye Rock Palace (at entrance, strike Iron Knuckle statue)
• Three-Eye Rock Palace (on top floor of endless holes on high ledge, fall from bottom floor of loop and strike Iron Knuckle statue)
• Three-Eye Rock Palace (bottom floor, in leftmost room with Maus and Red Iron Knuckle, strike breakable block near left end of structure)
• Three-Eye Rock Palace (bottom floor, in rightmost room on high ledge to the right of collapsing bridge, drop into hole on previous floor and strike Iron Knuckle statue)
• Great Palace (four floors below entrance, walk through false wall left from elevator)