Triforce Shards
Before Link can return to Hyrule for the final part of The Wind Waker HD, he has to rebuild the Triforce of Courage from its eight shards, which are scattered across the Great Sea. The quest opens up once you have finished the Earth and Wind Temples. This is the part of the game the remaster changed the most.
What Changed From the GameCube Version
- Changed Five shards are found directly. On the GameCube, all eight shards were on the sea floor and each needed a Triforce Chart, deciphered by Tingle, to find it. In HD, five of the charts are gone and the shard itself is in the chest where the chart used to be.
- Changed Three charts remain, renumbered 1 to 3. Each still has to be deciphered by Tingle on Tingle Island for 398 Rupees, so the whole quest costs 1,194 Rupees instead of 3,184. Your starting wallet holds 500 Rupees, so you can pay one fee at a time without an upgrade.
- New Treasure Charts 42 to 46 lead to the sea-floor chests where the five missing shards used to be.
Shards Found Directly 5
These five chests held Triforce Charts on the GameCube. In HD, each one gives you a shard straight away.
- Changed Ghost Ship: get the Ghost Ship Chart from Diamond Steppe Island; it shows where the Ghost Ship appears. Board the ship at night, defeat the enemies inside and open the chest.
- Changed Private Oasis: give Mrs. Marie at the School of Joy on Windfall Island 20 Joy Pendants for the Cabana Deed. At the cabana on Private Oasis, go down the chimney and solve the maze underneath to reach the chest.
- Changed Outset Island, Savage Labyrinth: fight your way down to floor 30 of the Savage Labyrinth and play the Wind's Requiem there to make the chest appear.
- Changed Stone Watcher Island: use the Power Bracelets to get into the island's secret cave, then defeat the enemies inside.
- Changed Overlook Island: use the Hookshot to reach the island's secret cave, then defeat the enemies inside.
Triforce Charts 3
Get each chart, have Tingle decipher it on Tingle Island, then sail to the place it shows and haul the shard up with the Grappling Hook.
- Triforce Chart 1, Islet of Steel: sink the warship guarding the islet's entrance, go inside and play the Wind's Requiem to get the chart. Shard: Greatfish Isle.
- Triforce Chart 2, Bird's Peak Rock: pick up a Hyoi Pear and use a seagull to press the switches in the Kargarocs' nests, which opens the entrance. Shard: Stone Watcher Island.
- Triforce Chart 3, Needle Rock Isle: sink the golden warship northwest of the island and salvage its remains with the Grappling Hook. Shard: Cliff Plateau Isles.
The New Treasure Charts (42 to 46)
New These five charts were added in HD. Each one leads to a sea-floor chest at one of the GameCube version's shard locations.
| Chart | Where you get it | Treasure | Found at |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Dampa on Windfall Island, for winning his piggy-sitting game | Orange Rupee (100) | Gale Isle |
| 43 | A chest on one of the lookout platforms near Horseshoe Island | Orange Rupee (100) | Outset Island |
| 44 | A chest on one of the lookout platforms near Star Belt Archipelago | Orange Rupee (100) | Southern Triangle Island |
| 45 | Mrs. Marie on Windfall Island, for 40 Joy Pendants | Silver Rupee (200) | Seven-Star Isles |
| 46 | Clear the Wizzrobe cave on Pawprint Isle (you need the Hookshot to get in) | Piece of Heart | Two-Eye Reef |
Once the Triforce of Courage is complete, head back to the Tower of the Gods to return to Hyrule.