Link's Awakening: Where To Find The Toughest Seashells (And What You Get For Them)

Link's Awakening has been out for over a week and audiences love how well the remake has stayed true to the original game. In both the 1993 GameBoy game and 2019 Switch remake, Secret Seashells are hidden throughout the island. While the original game featured 26 shells, the remake has 50. Though these seashells are worthless on their own, they can be traded in for prizes - including the best sword in the game.

Here's a guide on where to find the Secret Seashells and what you'll get for them.

Mabe Village (8)

The fishing minigame rewards you with up to two seashells. Dig in the southeast corner of CiaoCiao's doghouse for a seashell. Pull up plants between the Trendy Game and the shop. You'll find a seashell under a plant. The Trendy Game gives you up to two seashells. Equip your Pegasus Boots and dash into the tree to the west of the Tail Cave entrance. Inside Tail Cave, there is a bombable wall, with a chest hidden beneath it with a seashell.

Toronbo Shores (2)

Head to the northwest cluster of trees with your Pegasus Boots and dash at the trees to knock a seashell loose. You can dig up a shell near the log where you sat with Marin while finding the Slime Key.

Mysterious Forest (3)

In the northwest corner of the forest, dig up a seashell on the west side of the path. Look for a patch of blue flowers and dig in the center for a seashell. Head to the south of the forest and lift up the boulder for a chest with a seashell.

Koholint Prairie (1)

Head south of the Witch's house and remove the plant in the middle of the grass. Dig there for a seashell.

Pothole Field (7)

Head east of the Telephone Booth, then dash at the tree to knock a shell loose. Climb on top of the Key Cavern entrance and locate a shell in the northwest. Head to the northernmost island in the lake east of Key Cavern. There's a shell under the plant.

After you blow up the stone skull to open a shortcut to Koholint Prairie, dig where the skull was for a seashell. Go to the tunnel beneath Richard's house. Take the first branch on the left to find a chest with a seashell. Find the Owl Statue in the east of the field and dig for a seashell. Lift the boulder in the Pig Moblin maze in the east for a shell.

Kanalet Castle (3)

Equip your Flippers and jump into the moat. Head into the northwest corner and dive under the waterfall for a seashell. On the southern edge of the Kanalet Castle moat, Hookshot west to find a small room containing a chest with a shell. Pluck the plants to the east of Seashell Mansion for a seashell.

Animal Village & Yarna Desert (5)

After delivering the Goat's Letter, return to Christine for a seashell. Use the Magnifying Glass on the northeastern house in Animal Village and talk to the Zora for a seashell.

In the northeastern part of Yarna Desert, look for a block of cactuses and dig in the center for a seashell. After moving the walrus to get into Yarna Desert, return to where the walrus was and look south. Play "Ballad of the Wind Fish" and the walrus will throw out a seashell. On the eastern edge of Yarna Desert, look for a path that leads south for a seashell.

Martha's Bay (4)

Look to the right side of Ghost's house, where you'll find a pot with a seashell underneath. Just south of the Telephone Booth, go down the stairs and pull up a plant for a shell. Lift the plants east of the Telephone Booth in the northeast corner for a shell. Use the Hookshot to reach the Owl Statue and dig for a shell.

Tabahl Wasteland (3)

In the northeast part of this area, there's a seashell under a rock. Complete Dampe's fourth challenge for a seashell reward. Head to the east and find a shell buried there.

Goponga Swamp (1)

Look west for the ladder. There's a plant to the right with a seashell underneath.

Tal Tal Heights (1)

There's a hole to the east of the warp pad. Toss a bomb in it to blow a seashell out.

Ancient Ruins (2)

There's a boulder in the northeast corner of the maze. Lift it for a seashell. One of the Armos is standing on top of some stairs. Take it out to find the stairs, and open the chest for a seashell.

Tal Tal Mountain Range (5)

To the west of the shack at the top of the mountain is a hole. Stand on the first section of the bridge leading west and toss a bomb to the south for a seashell. Just east of the shack, there's a shell hidden under a rock.

After defeating the Red Hinox, you'll pick up a shell inside the Eagle Tower. There are three waterfalls at the southern edge of the mountains. Dive under the water at the base above for a shell. To the east of the waterfalls, head through the tunnel. There's a chest with a shell at the end.

Mt. Tamaranch (2)

Dig in the center of the rocks to the east of Turtle Rock for a shell. On your way to Turtle Rock, there's an area where you'll dodge falling boulders. There's a shell hidden under a rock in the northeast corner.

Rapid Ride (3)

There'a shell located up a set of stairs inside Face Shrine. Sign up for the Rapids Raid version of River Rapids, and use your Hookshot to navigate to the middle island. Dig in the northeast corner for a shell.

Use your Hookshot to get through the Rapids Race version of the River Rapids. Get through in under 35 seconds and receive a seashell reward.