Secret Seashells

There are 50 Secret Seashells in Link's Awakening on Nintendo Switch. Take them to the Seashell Mansion, on the hill south of Kanalet Castle, and step on the big button to add them to the meter. You get a reward each time the count passes a milestone, so you can come back as often as you like.

The shells are grouped by the point in the story where you can first reach them. "Dig" means use the Shovel, which you can buy in the Mabe Village shop for 200 Rupees.

From the Start 7

1. Mabe Village field: cut through the big patch of grass and bushes below the shop and the Trendy Game. The shell is near the middle.
2. Trendy Game (first shell): once you have won the Yoshi Doll and the first Piece of Heart, a shell joins the prizes. It slips out of the claw easily, so bring Rupees.
3. CiaoCiao's kennel: dig in the lower right corner of the Chain Chomp's pen beside Madam MeowMeow's house.
4. Mysterious Forest flowers: dig in the middle of the ring of blue flowers near the Mad Batter's cave.
5. Toronbo Shores: dig in the lower left corner of the closed-off stretch of beach at the eastern end, where you later find Marin.
6. Koholint Prairie lily pads: south of the Witch's Hut, go down the steps to a small area and dig in the middle of the ring. A boulder blocks the way until you have the Power Bracelet.
7. Tail Cave: bomb the cracked wall in the big central room of the first dungeon (near the purple crystals) and open the chest.

After Tail Cave: Roc's Feather 3

8. Mysterious Forest, north exit: on the northern path out of the forest, toward Mr. Write's house, dig in the open patch beside a tree on the left.
9. Near Mr. Write's house: in the area of holes north of the forest, by the telephone booth, cut the grass in the northeast corner and dig there.
10. Tabahl Wasteland: through the graveyard, dig in the bare patch of ground on the far east side of the wasteland.

After Bottle Grotto: Power Bracelet 11

11. Mysterious Forest chest: in the southwest corner of the forest, lift the rock in front of a chest.
12. Goponga Swamp: north of the Moblin hideout where you rescued BowWow, at the east side of the swamp, lift the boulders. The shell is under one of them.
13. The abandoned house: the empty house by the bay (the one the Ghost later asks to visit) has pots in the lower right. Break them for the shell.
14. Ukuku Prairie skull: east of the Ukuku Prairie warp point, a big skull rock blocks a small hill. Bomb it and dig where it stood.
15. South of Kanalet Castle: among the field of cone-shaped rocks, one lone boulder can be lifted. The shell is under it.
16. Owl statue cave: enter the cave west of that rock field. Bomb the cracked wall on the left, jump the gap and push your way through the block room upstairs. Outside, the Owl statue hints at a secret: dig to its left.
17. Martha's Bay bush: east of the telephone booth in Martha's Bay, lift the bush in the corner. (You can reach the bay early through the cave above.)
18. Seashell Mansion bushes: cut the grass in the northeast corner of the hill the Mansion stands on, to its right.
19. Richard's tunnel: after giving Richard the five Golden Leaves, take the passage behind his villa. The left path leads to a chest.
20. Key Cavern roof: climb onto the roof of the Key Cavern and dig in the middle of the four grass patches.
21. Tal Tal Heights hole: next to the Tal Tal Heights warp point is a raised spot with a hole in it. Throw a bomb into the hole and the shell pops out.

After Key Cavern: Pegasus Boots 9

22. Dampé's Shack: arrange and clear any four of Dampé's Chamber Dungeons and he gives you a shell.
23. Toronbo Shores banana tree: dash into the lower tree of the group by the westernmost path down to the beach.
24. Tree near Tail Cave: dash into the lone tree in the clearing outside the first dungeon.
25. Ukuku Prairie phone booth: dash into the tree next to the telephone booth at the western edge of Ukuku Prairie.
26. Martha's Bay bridge: west of Animal Village, cross the wooden bridge to a small island. The Owl statue talks about water and bridges: dig to its left.
27. Yarna Desert cacti: dig in the patch of cacti below the Owl statue, to the right of the Lanmola's quicksand.
28. Yarna Desert cliffs: take the stairs east of the quicksand, follow the cliff path south to the southeast corner and lift the rock there.
29. The Walrus: after Marin sings the Walrus awake, play the Ballad of the Wind Fish on your Ocarina for him and he throws you a shell.
30. Face Shrine area rock: in the northeast corner of the area around the Face Shrine and Ancient Ruins, where the rapids come down, lift the rock in the corner.

After Angler's Tunnel: Flippers 6

31. Kanalet Castle waterfall: dive near the waterfall in the northeast corner of the castle moat. Swim west from the Angler's Tunnel to get there quickly.
32. Trendy Game (second shell): after the Yoshi Doll, the first piece, the first shell, the Chamber Stone and the second piece, a shell rides the upper moving platform. Start the drop just as it reaches the right.
33. Christine: in the trading sequence, Christine the goat in Animal Village asks you to take her letter to Mr. Write. Go back to her afterwards for a shell.
34. Island near the Key Cavern: swim to the little island at the north of the lake by the Key Cavern and lift the bush.
35. Island off Martha's Bay: swim to the small island off the southeast shore of the bay, south of the phone booth, and cut the grass.
36. Western Tal Tal waterfall: below the Cucco keeper's house, a single waterfall sits above three others. Dive in the water there.

After Catfish's Maw: Hookshot 7

37. Fishing pond, Cheep Cheep: once the rarer fish start turning up, catch a Cheep Cheep, usually in the upper and middle left of the pond. A blue glow on the water before you talk to the fisherman means a rare fish is in the pond; if there isn't one, jump down the Mabe Village well and come back.
38. Rapids Ride, empty island: on the Rapids Ride, Hookshot west, head south, then on the way back east land on the last island, which looks empty, and dig in its upper right corner.
39. Rapids Race: finish the race in 35 seconds or less. (Under 40 seconds also wins a Piece of Heart.)
40. The invisible Zora: at the end of the trading sequence you get the Magnifying Lens. With it, you can see a friendly Zora in the pool in the northeast house of Animal Village, who gives you a shell.
41. Kanalet Castle potholes: south of the castle moat is a long row of holes. Hookshot to the tree stump on the far side and take the stairs to a chest.
42. Ancient Ruins Armos: near the middle of the north side of the ruins, one Armos statue moves aside to reveal stairs down to a chest.
43. Face Shrine, outside: in the northwest of the Face Shrine, on the way to the Smasher, a room with a chess-piece puzzle has stairs leading outside to an island in the rapids. Open the chest there.

After Face Shrine 6

44. Fishing pond, big Blooper: Bloopers turn up in the pond later in the game. Land a big one (about 40 to 45 inches or more) that beats your best catch, and the fisherman adds a shell. Reel hard while it pulls and ease off while it jumps.
45. Tal Tal bridge hole: near the Cucco keeper's house, stand on the broken bridge and throw a bomb into the hole in the rocks below.
46. Tal Tal boulder: east of there, across the bridge, three boulders sit together (one is really an enemy). The shell is under the right-hand rock.
47. Eastern Tal Tal cave: on the way to Eagle's Tower, bomb the cracked wall in the flooded part of the first cave. Push through the room of stones and chests upstairs, then open the chest on the ledge outside.
48. Eagle's Tower: on the second floor, drop down one of the holes in the room where you fight the Hinox. You land on a raised walkway below; follow it north to a chest.
49. Western Tal Tal plateau: after dodging the boulders rolling down the cliff, lift the rock on the plateau.

After Eagle's Tower: Mirror Shield 1

50. Stone cross by Turtle Rock: past the fire with the Mirror Shield, to the right of the telephone booth near Turtle Rock, stones on the ground form a cross. Dig in the middle.