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Wooden Sword

For The Legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

From the manual

Link's main weapon. When his LIFE is full, it fires a beam that reaches far-off enemies. There are three swords, each with a different attack power.

Translated from the Japanese manual.

Item

Wooden Sword

KindSwords
Japanese name木の剣 (101Leafy's translation)
Attack power1 (the Wooden Sword is 1)

Official art

Wooden Sword, official art from ゼルダの伝説 取扱説明書
Wooden Sword. ゼルダの伝説 取扱説明書 (任天堂, 1986), p. 18

From the official guides

Link does not possess any weapons at the beginning. In order to attack enemies you must obtain a weapon. If you use your sword you can cause damage to almost all of your enemies. There are three kinds of swords: the regular sword, the white sword and the magical sword. The white sword has twice the power of the regular sword. The magical sword, the most powerful sword of all, is four times as powerful as the regular sword. You can obtain the regular sword rather easily but the white and magical swords are difficult to obtain.

The Legend of Zelda Tips and Tactics (Tokuma Shoten Publishing for Nintendo of America, 1987), p. 8

At the very beginning, you'll meet the old man in the cave and receive a regular sword.

The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo Power) (Nintendo of America, 1988), p. 35

An old man gives it to you in the cave at H-8. It is enough to beat the first enemies you meet.

ゼルダの伝説 (二見書房, 1986), p. 76, 101Leafy's translation

The sword the old man gives Link in the first cave when he sets out. It hurts most monsters, but you have to stab them many times to beat them.

ゼルダの伝説 必勝攻略ガイド (新星出版社, 1986), p. 10, 101Leafy's translation

You get it from the old man who lives in the cave at the starting point.

ファミリーコンピュータ攻略ガイドブック1 ゼルダの伝説 (曙出版, 1986), p. 14, 101Leafy's translation

Besides the sword Link gets at the START point, there is the White Sword, given once he has 5 Heart Containers, and the Magical Sword, at 12. They raise his attack power to two times and four times the original.

ファミリーコンピュータ必勝シリーズ1 ゼルダの伝説 (ミリオン出版, 1986), p. 5, 101Leafy's translation

It's the first sword, so frankly it's weak. Very few enemies go down in one hit, so a hard time goes on for a while.

ファミコン マル勝DXシリーズ1 ゼルダの伝説 (角川書店, 1986), p. 56, 101Leafy's translation

The Sword. A completely ordinary sword. The old man in the cave gives it to you.

ゼルダの伝説 (秋田書店, 1986), p. 15, 101Leafy's translation

The basic weapon for fighting enemies. It can hurt most of them, but its attack is weak, so few enemies go down in one hit.

ゼルダの伝説 (双葉社, 1986), p. 10, 101Leafy's translation

Link starts with no weapon at all. You get this from an old man in the first cave you see after you start. It isn't very strong, but you have to fight with it for a while.

ゼルダブック (ファミコン必勝本 1986年6月号付録) (JICC出版局, 1986), p. 76, 101Leafy's translation

Caves

Given in a cave

Old Man

IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS.

  • Wooden Sword
Overworld, First and Second Quest: 1 caves

What it is for

Hits to beat it

Damage calculator for every enemy