A Link to the Past
Enemy Prize Packs
Every enemy sprite belongs to a group, and each group has their own prize pack—or an ordered list of drops they proceed through when Link kills them. The first time an enemy in a specific group drops an item, it will always drops the first item in its prize pack. And the next time an enemy in that group drops an item, the second drop in the pack will be seen, etc. Each group has its own counter, so advancing one prize pack does not affect any of the others. Any enemy that is designated to a drop a key will never drop an item from its prize pack, even if the key has already been obtained. Enemies will always drop a green rupee if killed while stunned or killed with anything but the hammer while frozen. Killing an enemy with a dash will force the drop rate to 0%.
The Packs
Here is a list of the prize packs, including their community-given name, their numbered ID in the ROM, the enemies that belong to the pack, and the order of the drops in the pack. All probabilities are 50% unless otherwise noted.
Empty prize pack
This is prize pack 0. Enemies in this pack have a 100% chance to drop nothing.
Enemies:
- Babasu
- Bee
- Flying tile
- Freezor
- Gibo
- Hoarder
- Keese (in Light World)
- Kyameron
- Octoballoon
- Pirogusu
- Swamola
- Wallmaster
- Zoro
Heart prize pack
This is prize pack 1, and 6 of the 8 drops are hearts.
Drop order:
- Heart
- Heart
- Heart
- Heart
- Green rupee
- Heart
- Heart
- Green rupee
Enemies:
- Blob
- Blue guard
- Blue tarosu
- Bush stal
- Crab
- Green guard
- Green knife guard
- Green leever
- Green spear guard
- Green zirro
- Moblin
- Red leever
- Red spear and shield guard (Usain bolt but slow)
- Red tarosu
- Snake
- Toppo
- Usain bolt
- Wizzrobe
Rupee prize pack
This is prize pack 2, and every drop is a rupee. This pack can be important to pay attention to in certain routes because rupee drops frequently save time.
Drop order:
- Blue rupee
- Green rupee
- Blue rupee
- Red rupee
- Blue rupee
- Green rupee
- Blue rupee
- Blue rupee
Enemies:
- Blue devalant
- Cricket
- Dacto
- Geldman
- Gold knight
- Hover (water tektite)
- Mini-moldorm
- Octorok
- Pikit
- Popo
- Rat
- Red devalant
- Red hardhat beetle
- Ropa
- Terrorpin (turtle)
Magic prize pack
This is prize pack 3, and 6 of the 8 drops are magic jars. All enemies that drop items will use this prize pack at a 100% drop rate if hammered while frozen.
Drop order:
- Large magic jar
- Small magic jar
- Small magic jar
- Blue rupee
- Large magic jar
- Small magic jar
- Heart
- Small magic jar
Enemies:
- Buzzblob
- Gibdo
- Pengator
- Red spear guard
Bomb prize pack
This is prize pack 4. Every drop is a bomb, and enemies in this pack have a 100% drop rate.
Drop order:
- Bomb
- Bomb
- Bomb
- 4x Bomb
- Bomb
- Bomb
- 8x Bomb
- Bomb
Enemies:
- Bomb guard
- Floating stal (in Light World)
- Hinox
- Ku
- Sluggula
- Stalfos knight
- Zora
Arrow prize pack
This is prize pack 5, and 6 of the 8 drops are arrows.
Drop order:
- Arrow x5
- Heart
- Arrow x5
- Arrow x10
- Arrow x5
- Heart
- Arrow x5
- Arrow x10
Enemies:
- Armos statue
- Blue archer
- Green archer
- Green eyegore
- Green mimic
- Red eyegore
- Red mimic
Variety prize pack
This is prize pack 6, and it contains a variety of items.
Drop order:
- Small magic jar
- Green rupee
- Heart
- Arrow x5
- Small magic jar
- Bomb
- Green rupee
- Heart
Enemies:
- Crow
- Hyu (Dark World poes)
- Blue bari
- Blue hardhat beetle
- Blue stalfos
- Blue zazak
- Green kodongo
- Green slime
- Poe
- Red bari
- Red kodongo
- Red slime
- Red stalfos
- Red zazak
- Vulture
- Yellow slime
Premium prize pack
This is prize pack 7, and it contains most of the "best" drops.
Drop order:
- Heart
- Fairy
- Large magic jar
- Red rupee
- Bomb x8
- Heart
- Red rupee
- Arrow x10
Enemies:
- Assault soldier
- Blue zirro
- Bush spear guard
- Floating stal (in Dark World)
- Lynel
- Keese (in Dark World)
- Mini-helmasaur
- Pokey
- Snapdragon
- Stalrope
- Yellow stalfos