Silver Arrow

:"Bow & Silver Arrows" redirects here. See also Bow.
 are recurring Items in .
==Location and Uses==
Silver Arrows are rare and very powerful Arrows specifically used to defeat Ganon in and . In the only two games they appeared in the core series, even though the Master Sword is present in A Link to the Past, they are the only weapon that is capable of defeating Ganon, who will recover from any Sword wounds if not pierced by a Silver Arrow. In later games of the series since Ocarina of Time, these special Arrows are replaced by the Light Arrows and performed a similar role, although they actually function the complete opposite in that they merely stun Ganon or his human form Ganondorf, not to outright destroy him (although in some games they can instantly kill regular enemies like Silver Arrows did in A Link to the Past); The Master Sword is usually used to deal the final blow instead. Aside from one occasion in / where the King of Evil was not fully revived, the Silver Arrows are the only weapon shown in The Legend of Zelda series to completely destroy Ganon in his demonic beast form.
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In , the Silver Arrow is found in Level-9 of both the main quest and the Second Quest. In the final battle, after hitting Ganon 15 times with the Sword, 8 times with the White Sword or only 4 times with the Magical Sword, the beast becomes stunned and Link must use a single Silver Arrow to finish him off. These special Arrows also deal double the damage normal Arrows does to enemies, equal in power to the Magical Sword and Bombs.
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In , Silver Arrows are given to Link by the Fat Fairy inside the Pyramid of Power, once the way has been opened with a Super Bomb. Significantly stronger than in their previous appearance, they are much more powerful versions of the standard Arrows Link obtains and are the strongest weapon in the game, outclassing the Golden Sword in raw power. When used as weapons in the field, they can kill any enemy with a single shot, including even some bosses. Keeping in tradition with the original The Legend of Zelda game, the Silver Arrows are required to kill Ganon, although it takes four shots to finally defeat him rather than one. They are to be used when Ganon is stunned after being struck by the Master Sword (or any upgraded form) in the late part of the Final Boss battle.
==Other Appearances==
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In , the Silver Arrows are foretold to be buried on Death Mountain, and appear from a Hylian Monolith that also seals away Ganon's Tower from the world. They carry the same purpose and function as previous titles.
=== (Valiant Comics)===
The Silver Arrow is also featured in two stories of , and in both appearances, Princess Zelda is the one to wield it with her bow. In Day of the Triforce, Princess Zelda decides to go attack and defeat Ganon once and for all since he is now powerless. Once she reaches Death Mountain to challenge Ganon, she finds the powerless Ganon in his throne. Just as she is about to shoot him with the Silver Arrow, she hears a cry for help in another room and cannot help but to go and aid said person instead.
In Choices, Zelda finds the Silver Arrow on a small pedestal after defeating a Darknut inside Death Mountain. She then recalls what Impa told her that if Zelda's heart is true, the Triforce of Wisdom will help her use the Silver Arrow to destroy Ganon. When the princess finds Ganon, she quickly readies a Silver Arrow to shoot at him, but before she has a chance to release it at the Prince of Darkness to defeat him, Link comes crashing in, giving Ganon a chance to escape.
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In the , Roam reveals that he is seeking the Silver Arrow spoken of in the Book of Mudora, which mentions that the one who corrupts the Golden Land will be defeated with the sacred arrow. Although he reveals to Link that he has yet to find it, Roam continues to search for the Silver Arrow to defeat Ganon with it and prove himself to be the legendary hero. However, when Link and Zelda arrive to Ganon's Tower, Roam suddenly appears and admits he has failed to find the Silver Arrows, and enters the tower with the young hero and the princess. Inside, after Roam dies saving Zelda, the princess uses Roam's crossbow to shoot an ordinary arrow at Ganon. As it approaches Ganon, the power of the Maidens, Zelda, Link, and Roam, turn the arrow into the Silver Arrow, destroying the King of Thieves.
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In the , the heads of the Silver Arrows are an heirloom of the Knights of Hyrule. Their only known living descendant, the young thief Ghanti, wore them as earrings, unaware of their true purpose. This fact is revealed to her by Princess Zelda shortly after she recovered from the wounds she sustained as Trinexx, causing the young thief to change her views on the Knights. She later uses the Arrows to aid Link in his battle against Ganon, and with them, deals the finishing blow.
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In ' Master Quest DLC pack, a 3D version of the 8-Bit Silver Arrow from appears as a weapon for Fi. It is statistically identical to and part of the Goddess Blade weapon type.
==Trivia==
*The Silver Arrows' function as Ganon's only weakness in the early Zelda titles prior to Ocarina of Time is similar to more modern legends, in which a silver bullet is the only weapon that can kill a werewolf. This may be because the precious metal silver was considered a holy element in some religious cultures, especially Judaism.
*After A Link to the Past, released in 1991, the Silver Arrows would not appear again in any game of the franchise until 13 years later, with Hyrule Warriors, in 2014. Despite this, they remain absent in the main series since the Super NES title.
==Nomenclature==
==Gallery==
File:TLoZ Link Shooting a Silver Arrow at Ganon Artwork.png|Artwork of Link slaying Ganon with the Silver Arrow from 
File:Ghantiearrings.png|Princess Zelda revealing Ghanti's earrings to be the arrowheads for the Silver Arrows from The Legend of Zelda comic
File:HW 8-Bit Silver Arrow Icon.png|The 8-Bit Silver Arrow from 
File:HWDE Fi 8-Bit Silver Arrow.png|Fi wielding the 8-Bit Silver Arrow from