Phantom Hourglass
- This article is about the item. For the game, see The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.
Template:Item The Phantom Hourglass is the namesake item of The Legend of Zelda: 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, Golden Chief 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
