The Letter is an optional item found in The Legend of Zelda. It is given to Link by the Old Man in a specific cave found up a staircase northeast of the Lost Hills. The Old Man will tell Link to "show it to the Old Woman". If Link does so, the Old Woman will start selling potion at her Potion Shops. Although optional, completing this mini-quest can turn out to be very beneficial to Link, as the potions will restore all of Link's hearts. In the Second Quest it is not found in the same location.

The Life Potion is the first of two available heart-restoring potions found in The Legend of Zelda. The Life Potion can be purchased at the Old Woman's Potion Shops, at the price of 40 Rupees. Drinking the Life Potion will fully restore Link's hearts, which can be very helpful in the very hard latter dungeons of the game.

The 2nd Potion is the second of two heart-restoring potions found in The Legend of Zelda. The 2nd Potion can be purchased from the Old Woman's Potions Shops for 68 Rupees. The 2nd Potion has two doses, so it will refill Link's hearts twice. It is by far the better deal compared to the Life Potion, as it costs less than twice the price for the same effect.

The Magical Rod is an optional item found in The Legend of Zelda. It is basically a rod that will propel a beam that can harm enemies. It is especially useful against enemies that are best attacked from afar, e.g. Wizzrobes, Wallmasters. It has the same attack power as a White Sword attack, but Link does not need to have full health in order to shoot a beam, unlike the White Sword. The Magical Rod is found deep inside Level 6: The Dragon. The Magical Rod can also be used against specific Bosses, including Digdogger, Aquamentus, and Gleeok.

The Raft is an item found exclusively in The Legend of Zelda. It is found deep inside Level 3: The Manji, and can be used to cross large bodies of water. Only two places in The Legend of Zelda require the Raft to reach. The first is the fourth dungeon, The Snake, and the second is a secret cave where the Old Man will offer Link a Heart Container and a 2nd Potion. Link can only take one, and the Heart Container is the obvious choice.

The Book of Magic is an item found exclusively in The Legend of Zelda. It is actually an upgrade to the Magical Rod, and is found deep within Level 8: The Lion. The Book of Magic upgrades the Magical Rod so that its beam will act like a beam of fire. Whenever it comes into contact with something, it will now burst into flames, which can light rooms and harm enemies. This upgrade essentially makes the Red Candle useless, as the Magical Rod now does what it can, but much more efficiently.

The Blue Ring is a tunic upgrade found exclusively in The Legend of Zelda. It will cut all damage taken by Link in half, so he can now sustain double the damage. It also changes the color of Link's tunic, from green to white. It can be purchased in an Item Shop for 250 Rupees, easily the most expensive item in the game.

The Red Ring is the second and final tunic upgrade available in The Legend of Zelda. The Red Ring will reduce the damage taken by Link by a half of the Blue Ring, or a quarter of Link's original tunic. It is completely optional, but is very useful against the tougher enemies. It is found deep inside Level 9: Death Mountain. Also, it will change the color of Link's tunic into a brownish-reddish color.

The Stepladder is very similar to the Raft, and is found exclusively in The Legend of Zelda. It can be used to cross short gaps that can be found throughout the Overworld and Dungeons. It is the only item that can be used to cross these gaps, and thus is required to complete the game. It is found deep inside the fourth dungeon of the game, The Snake.

The Magical Key acts as the master key in The Legend of Zelda. It can be used to unlock any Locked Door that Link may come across in the dungeons of the game. It makes Small Keys useless, as it does exactly what they do but while having unlimited uses. It is found inside Level 8: The Lion, along with the Book of Magic.

The Power Bracelet is a completely optional item found in The Legend of Zelda. It can be found underneath an Armos statue east of the Graveyard. It can be used to move certain snail-like rocks found in the Overworld, revealing a staircase. At the bottom of these staircases, the Old Man will stand beside three more staircases, and tell Link to take anyone he wants. This is the lone warping system of the game, and is completely optional.

The Compass is found in every dungeon in The Legend of Zelda, from Level 1: The Eagle to Level 9: Death Mountain. It has only one purpose; once Link has collected it, it will show Link the location of the Triforce Fragment that's inside that particular dungeon. This is done by a small blinking dot on his map. In the final dungeon, the Compass will show Link to Princess Zelda, as there is not a Triforce Shard in that dungeon. It is generally guarded by an enemy and that enemy has to be defeated from the Compass to appear.

The Dungeon Map is exactly what its name infers; a map that shows each room of the dungeon and how each one connects to the rest of the dungeon. It is also found in every dungeon, and has this same use in all of them. Similarly to the Compass, it is usually guarded by an enemy, including in Level 9: Death Mountain, where it's guarded by a Patra.

A Small Key is an item that made its The Legend of Zelda series debut in The Legend of Zelda. They can be found in dungeons on the floor, and some don't appear until Link has killed all the enemies in that particular room. They are used to unlock Locked Doors that are found in every dungeon, and in massive quantities. Also, they can be purchased at shops for either 100 or 80 Rupees, depending on which shop he shops at.

There are eight Triforce Fragments found in The Legend of Zelda. They are pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom that Princess Zelda broke into shards once she learnt that Ganon had stolen the Triforce of Power and realised he was likely to come after her piece too. There is one found at the end of each of the first eight dungeons of the game. Once all of them have been assembled, Link can travel into Death Mountain and confront Ganon.

The Recovery Heart is a form of healing found in almost every game in The Legend of Zelda series, excluding The Adventure of Link. They are usually dropped by enemies after Link has defeated, and if collects one it will heal one of his hearts. It is the most basic form of recovery, as it only recovers one heart and is found almost anywhere.

The Heart Container is also a very familiar item in the series. Once collected, they will increase Link's maximum health by one. One can be found at the end of each dungeon, found where the Boss was killed. There are also five hidden Heart Containers that are scattered across the Overworld, which require certain items to collect, including the Stepladder, Raft, and Candle.

The Clock makes its one and only appearance in The Legend of Zelda series in The Legend of Zelda. This item will be dropped by enemies after Link has defeated them, and, when collected, will freeze every enemy on the screen. This makes it much too easy for Link to kill all of the enemies in the room, or just leave them there, frozen.

The Rupee is the currency of Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda. They can be found everywhere, most predominantly after enemies have been killed, at which point they may drop some. They are two variates, the Orange Rupee, which is worth one Rupee, and the Blue Rupee, which is worth 5 Rupees. They can be used to purchase items and potions at the various shops found around Hyrule.