Hero's Shield: Difference between revisions

| image    = [[File:Hero's Shield.png|100px]]<br>''The Hero's Shield model in Majora's Mask''

| location = '''''Majora's Mask'''''<br>Links begins with it

| use     = Use as a [[Shield]]<br>Block Attacks<br>Deflect Projectiles

| related     = [[Hylian Shield]]<br>[[Mirror Shield]]<br>[[Shield]]

The '''Hero's Shield''' is a specific [[Shield]] found only in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]''. This shield looks very similar to the [[Hylian Shield]]. In both ''Majora's Mask'' and ''The Wind Waker'' it is later replaced with the [[Mirror Shield]].

In ''Majora's Mask'', [[Link]] starts the game with this shield and uses it for the majority of the game.{{Ref|MM|53|In-game Description}}{{Ref|MM|3586|In-Game Description}} That is until he finds the [[Mirror Shield]], which is found [[Beneath the Well]] and acts in a similar manner to the Hero's Shield but with exclusive properties and abilities.{{Ref|MM|3587|In-Game Description}} The Hero's Shield can also be purchased from the [[Trading Post (Majora's Mask)|Trading Post]] in [[Clock Town#West Clock Town|West Clock Town]] for 80 [[Rupee]]s.{{Ref|MM|1171|[[Man from the Curiosity Shop]]}}{{Ref|MM|1172|[[Man from the Curiosity Shop]]}} It is likely that the design of the shield was changed from Ocarina of Time so as to allow newcomers to not be confused of the shield's origin, and has been modified to fit Link's younger body.

In [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]], [[Link]] receives this shield as a gift from his [[Grandma]] before he embarks on a journey to rescue [[Aryll]].{{Ref|WW|133|In-Game Description}} [[Tetra]] will not let Link aboard her [[Pirate Ship|ship]] until he has something to defend himself with, therefore it is required to progress.  Later in the game, inside the [[Earth Temple (The Wind Waker)]], it is replaced by the [[Mirror Shield]], a recurring item in the Zelda franchise. The Hero's Shield and the Mirror Shield have no differences defensively, aside from the Mirror Shield's ability to reflect light.