Poe Collector: Difference between revisions

| occupation = Poe Collector

| location = '''''Ocarina of Time'''''<br/>[[Castle Town|Hyrule Castle Town]] ([[Ghost Shop]])<br/>'''''Majora's Mask'''''<br/>[[Ikana Canyon]] ([[Spirit House]])

In ''Ocarina of Time'', the Poe Collector operates the [[Ghost Shop]], which was formerly the [[Guard House]], located just next to the broken moat of the ruins of what was once [[Castle Town|Hyrule Castle Town]]. He takes delight in the maliciousness of the [[Big Poe]]s in [[Hyrule Field]], and will give [[Link (Ocarina of Time)|Link]] 50 Rupees and 100 Points for each Big Poe he gives the Poe Collector. If all 10 Big Poes are retrieved and Link reaches 1,000 points, the Poe Collector will give him an [[Empty Bottle]].

In ''Majora's Mask'', [[Link (Ocarina of Time)#Majora's Mask|Link]] encounters the Poe Collector occasionally throughout the game. Unlike his ''Ocarina of Time'' counterpart, he appears more often in the game, giving Link information about certain things. The first time Link encounters the Poe Collector is on the [[Road to Ikana]] sitting atop the hill that leads to Ikana Canyon, where he tells him about the ghosts of Ikana.{{Ref|MM|3209-3212|Poe Collector}} However, he does not allow Link to enter Ikana Canyon yet,{{Ref|MM|3217|Poe Collector}} but if he wears the [[Garo's Mask]] while speaking to him,{{Ref|MM|3199-3201|Poe Collector}} he will summon a withered tree near the ledge of the hill, which allows him to enter Ikana Canyon by latching on to it with the [[Hookshot]]. He also explains that Ikana Canyon is where regretful spirits without serenity reside. Link can then enter Ikana Canyon and participate in his mini-game.

He also runs a mini-game inside the [[Spirit House]] in [[Ikana Canyon]]. The objective is to defeat all [[Poe Sisters]] to be awarded with a [[Piece of Heart]]. Link encounters him again in the [[Secret Shrine]], which is found behind the waterfall in Ikana Canyon. He informs Link that he succeeded to dispatch the spirits in Ikana into serenity and that the creatures in the Secret Shrine have been awaiting him for a long time.{{Ref|MM|3219-3223|Poe Collector}} After Link defeats all four mini-bosses in the Secret Shrine, he once again encounters the Poe Collector.{{Ref|MM|3224-3225|Poe Collector}} After speaking to him, he disappears, leaving behind a Treasure Chest containing a Piece of Heart.{{Ref|MM|3226-3227|Poe Collector}}

* If [[Link (Ocarina of Time)|Link]] talks to the [[Guard House Soldier]] at nighttime in the same location as the Poe Collector is in, he will say that he is interested in ghosts and that studying them is a hobby of his. It is possible that the Soldier and the Poe Collector are the same individual.{{Ref|OOT|1931|[[Guard House Soldier]]}}