Character Progression

Improve Link's attributes in The Legend of Zelda by finding Heart Containers, Stamina Vessels, expanding inventory slots, and upgrading armor.

As you progress through The Legend of Zelda, it is important to improve Link as enemy combatants and challenges will grow stronger. There are numerous ways to improve Link's base attributes to make navigating the latter stages of the adventure somewhat easier.

Heart Containers – Heart containers represent Link's total health pool and they can be located in the top, left corner of the screen. When these are depleted, Link will die and you'll be sent to the previous save location. Link can obtain additional health containers by completing the game's four dungeons or by trading Spirit Orbs obtained from completing shrines for them.

Stamina Vessels – Stamina affects how long Link can run or climb without stopping. Link can obtain additional segments to his stamina bar by collecting Stamina Vessels. These can be obtained in a similar manner to the Health Containers as you'll need to trade Spirit Orbs obtained through completion of Shrines.

Inventory Slots – It is possible for Link to hold many weapons at once and switch between them on the fly. You can extend the number of slots available to store weapons by finding and collecting Korok seeds which can be exchanged for additional slots.

Armor Upgrades – Each piece of armor that you find in The Legend of Zelda can be upgraded up to four times. After forking out rupees to unlock the upgrades at each of the game's four fairy fountains (100 Rupees, 500 Rupees, 1,000 Rupees and 10,000 Rupees), upgrades can then be obtained in exchange for various resources.