Stray Fairies
The Skull Kid shattered the Great Fairies into Stray Fairies. Each Great Fairy is restored once you bring all of her fairies back to her fountain, and she rewards you with a permanent upgrade.
- Clock Town has 1 fairy. Each of the four temples has 15, which match the temple's colour.
- Fairies you carry are lost when you play the Song of Time. Collect all 15 of a temple and deliver them in the same cycle.
- Fairies hide in chests, pots, crates, barrels and beehives, float inside bubbles, or are carried by enemies.
- Wear the Great Fairy's Mask: fairies in pots and hives fly straight to you, and your hair glows when a fairy is in the room.
- Inside a temple, the pause screen shows how many of its fairies you have found.
Great Fairy rewards
| Fountain | Fairies | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| North Clock Town | 1, in town | As a Deku Scrub: magic power. As Link: the Great Fairy's Mask. |
| Woodfall | 15, Woodfall Temple | Extended Magic Power (double magic) |
| Mountain Village | 15, Snowhead Temple | Great Spin Attack |
| Zora Cape | 15, Great Bay Temple | Double Defense: enemies deal half damage |
| Ikana Canyon | 15, Stone Tower Temple | Great Fairy's Sword |
On N64 the Woodfall and Snowhead rewards are the other way round.
The Clock Town fairy
By day the Clock Town fairy floats in the Laundry Pool; at night it moves to East Clock Town. It comes back every cycle, so you can return it once as a Deku Scrub and once as Link.
Temple fairy lists
Every temple guide has a table with all 15 fairies, linked to the map:
- Woodfall Temple: pink fairies
- Snowhead Temple: green fairies
- Great Bay Temple: blue fairies
- Stone Tower Temple: yellow fairies, all of them in chests on both sides of the temple