Bottle Bug
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20 (Bottle Bugs are bugs found in Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.
Ocarina of Time
These bugs prefer to burrow in small holes under rocks and bushes.[1] Link can scoop a bug into an empty bottle or purchase it in the Potion Shop for 50 rupees.
If Link releases a bug near a patch of soft soil, the bug will reveal a Gold Skulltula. If a bug is released, three bugs will come out from the bottle, which gives Link the ability to catch them again and increase the bug supply. This can be done to make a good amount of rupees as Link can scoop all but one bug, release it, and catch the bugs coming out of the bottle, and repeat the process; then sell the bugs to the Buyer in the Market as a child or Kakariko Village as an adult for 50 rupees.[2]
Ocarina of Time (N64) shop model
Ocarina of Time (N64) menu icon
Ocarina of Time 3D icon
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Majora's Mask
In Majora's Mask, Link can release bugs in patches of soft soil to receive arrows, rupees, or bombs; unlike Ocarina of Time, all bugs enter the soft soil at once and can't be caught again. Within the Swamp Spider House, there are Gold Skulltulas in soft soil on the walls, which Link must use bugs to drive out as in Ocarina of Time.
Three Gibdos Beneath the Well will only let Link pass through their door if he gives them a bottleful of bugs; however, all of these doors are optional - two lead to Treasure Chests with 50 rupees, one leads to a Fairy Fountain.
Link can sell bugs to the Curiosity Shop for 20 rupees per bottleful.
References
- ↑ "You put a Bug in the bottle! You can release it by pressing
. This kind of bug prefers to live in small holes in the ground." — In-game description, Ocarina of Time. - ↑ "Oh, it's a cute little Bug! I'll buy it for 50 Rupees! All sales final, OK?" — Buyer, Ocarina of Time.
