Phantom Hourglass
- This article is about the item. For the game, see Phantom Hourglass.
Template:Item The Phantom Hourglass is the namesake item of Phantom Hourglass. It is needed to navigate through the deeper sections of the Temple of the Ocean King due to its power to repel the dungeon's life-draining curse.[1]
Properties
The Hourglass' timer starts upon beginning the Temple of the Ocean King, and counts down as long as you are not standing in a Safe Zone or any of several special rooms in the dungeon. If struck by a Phantom, one minute is lost. If time runs out, the player will take damage when outside of Safe Zones.[2]
The Phantom Hourglass contains Sand of Hours, a substance made of Force Gems of the Ocean King.[3] It initially contains 10 minutes worth of sand, but its capacity can be increased by defeating the bosses, which yields 2 additional minutes of sand, and by finding sand in underwater chests, which yield 1 additional minute of sand. Its maximum capacity is 25 minutes. Pickups can be found within the Temple of the Ocean King to replenish the Sand of Hours by 30 seconds. These are scattered throughout the dungeon's many floors in set locations and are dropped by Wizzrobes.
The Phantom Hourglass' power can only br restored by sunlight, therefore the timer resets upon leaving the dungeon.[4]
Location
The Phantom Hourglass is automatically acquired upon returning to the Temple of the Ocean King after completing the Temple of Fire. A brief conversation between Link, Ciela, and Linebeck will occur on what to do to overcome the dungeon's curse. Oshus will then appear and tell Link to claim the Phantom Hourglass sitting atop a pedestal in the Temple of the Ocean King's lobby.
Story
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The Phantom Hourglass was made so that Oshus could journey into the temple in search of Bellum.[5] The sand in the hourglass, the Sands of Hours, is the physical form of life force.[6] This is absorbed by the temple rather than Link's own life force. Since bosses are made of stolen life force, killing them gets extra time for the hourglass.[7]
Due to Oshus' status as the Ocean King and association with the Phantom Hourglass, Cylos immediately trusts Link upon seeing him with it.[8]
The hourglass is later made into the hilt of the Phantom Sword to power it.[9]
At the end of the game, when Tetra's Pirates insist that Link and Tetra's adventure was just a dream, Link pulls out the hourglass, now empty, which serves as proof of the events. Template:Spoiler/End
Gallery
In-game render of the Phantom Hourglass
Scene artwork from the game's credits
See Also
References
- ↑ "You now hold the legendary Phantom Hourglass, Link. As long as you carry it, this temple cannot drain the life from you." — Oshus
- ↑ "You are only safe as long as sand remains in the top of the Phantom Hourglass. When all the sand has drained to the bottom, your life, too, will be drained." — Oshus
- ↑ "The sand inside the Phantom Hourglass is called the Sand of Hours. The beast you defeated in the Temple of Fire held some grains of it. It is said to be made of Force Gems of the great spirit, the Ocean King. It gives deep strength to whoever holds its power." — Oshus
- ↑ "No. Once the Sand of Hours has drained, its power is lost. It needs the light of the sun to restore its mystical power." — Oshus
- ↑ "I used the Sand of Hours to make the hourglass and enter the temple. I studied my foe, searching for ways to defeat Bellum, and waited for my chance." — Oshus
- ↑ "As you know, every creature in this world possesses a sacred power. This power is called life force. The Sand of Hours is a physical manifestation of that power." — Oshus
- ↑ "Even among the monsters born of the Sand of Hours, some are especially evil." — Oshus
- ↑ "Slow-toe!! Is that not the Phantom Hourglass that you carry?! It certainly means, most certainly and undoubtedly, that you know old Oshus. We go way back, that old codger and me!" — Cylos
- ↑ "You got the Phantom Sword! The Phantom Hourglass powered it up!"