Great Fairy

Great Fairies are powerful faires in The Legend of Zelda series. Their main purpose in the games are to power up Link's items. They first appeared in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the SNES, where there were three differen Great Faries, each one updating different items.

In The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the faries would update his shield, boomerang (Waterfall of Wishing fairy), tempered sword, arrows (Pyramid of Power Fairy), arrows, and bombs (Queen of Fairies). The great faries in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time gave Link new powers, rather than updated items. In the sequel to Ocarina titled The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, once you resurrected the five great faries, the would give you special items such as the Magic Meter and so forth.

In The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, a Great Fairy would appear after you defeat a boss and would give you a special key. In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, there were once again multiple different Great Faries, each one giving you upgades on items. In The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, the Great Faries would update your bomb bag, wallet, and quiver, as well as restore your health.

Finaly, in their most recent appearance (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princes), five Great Faries would appear in the Cave of Ordeals, where they would send out many little faries that would restore Link's health. If you found the final Great Fairy, she would give you the Great Fairy's Tears which would be placed in a bottle.