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
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| Kind | Swords |
|---|---|
| Japanese name | 木の剣 (101Leafy's translation) |
| Attack power | 1 (the Wooden Sword is 1) |
Official art

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.
At the very beginning, you'll meet the old man in the cave and receive a regular sword.
An old man gives it to you in the cave at H-8. It is enough to beat the first enemies you meet.
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.
You get it from the old man who lives in the cave at the starting point.
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.
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.
The Sword. A completely ordinary sword. The old man in the cave gives it to you.
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.
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.
Caves
Given in a cave
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Wooden Sword
What it is for
Hits to beat it
Blue Lynel6
Red Lynel4
Blue Moblin3
Red Moblin2
Blue Goriya5
Red Goriya3
Red Octorok1
Blue Octorok2
Red Darknut4
Blue Darknut8
Blue Tektite1
Red Tektite1
Blue Leever4
Red Leever2
Zora2
Vire4
Zol2
Gel1
Pols Voice10
Like Like9
Peahat2
Blue Keese1
Red Keese1
Black Keese1
Armos3
Ghini9
Blue Wizzrobe10
Red Wizzrobe4
Wallmaster2
Rope1
Stalfos2
Gibdo7
Lanmola2
Manhandla4
Aquamentus6
Moldorm2
Gleeok10
Patra11