Phantom Hourglass

The Phantom Hourglass is a magical artifact found in the Temple of Time in the Shattered Lands. It is found empty and must be filled with Sand of Hours. Eight samples of Sand of Hours are needed to completely fill the Hourglass. It can be filled at an Ancient Enchanter, or by activating the Hourglass from within the inventory. The Hourglass fills using two samples of Sand of Hours at a time.
The Hourglass has three spells associated with it: Phantom Hold, Phantom Force, and Phantom Innervation (See Phantom Spells). The spells become available at varying levels of sand.
== Uses ==
The Phantom Hourglass is required for several applications that become available with varying levels of sand. Upgrading to the next tier requires 2 Sand of Hours.
Level of Sand of Hours	Total Sand
Required	Spells Available	Applications
Empty 	0	Phantom Hold 	Reforge Phantom Sword
Low 	2	Phantom Hold 	Reforge Phantom Sword
Medium 	4	Phantom Hold,
Phantom Force	Reforge Phantom Sword
High 	6	Phantom Hold,
Phantom Force	Reforge Phantom Sword
Full 	8	Phantom Hold,
Phantom Force,
Phantom Innervation	Reforge Phantom Sword and True Phantom Sword,
Craft Key of Twilight
Note: Phantom Hold and Phantom Force increase in magnitude and duration depending on the level of sand.
== Lore ==
The Phantom Hourglass was housed in the Temple of Time and was used to activate a spell to preserve the temple as well as portions of Hyrule in the Sacred Realm, thus creating the Shattered Lands. The Hourglass was used as a contingency in case Zelda failed in her attempt to stop Ganon from obtaining both Triforces. Zelda utilized the Hourglass as a magical timer of sorts, allowing for a preservation spell to activate after she shattered the Triforces. Her goal was to hold the Temple of Time and Mirror of Twilight in stasis, creating a path to the Ruptured Towers and the remnants of Hyrule through the Link Between Worlds.
== Background and Inspiration ==
The Phantom Hourglass was added in version 5.1 and was expanded upon in later updates.
The design of the Phantom Hourglass comes from the game of the same name, with some changes. The Hourglass in Relics of Hyrule is opaque, and more darkly colored. The curled pieces of the hourglass are also longer. JKalenad intended for the Hourglass to be transparent, but decided against it, as he did not want to include five different meshes and felt that the opaque hourglass was more aesthetically pleasing.
The mesh for the Phantom Hourglass is composed to two wine bottles, two retextured pieces of Small Dwemer Plate Metal, and eight retextured pieces of Dwemer Scrap Metal. 
JKalenad considered allowing the Hourglass to be used as a staff to launch certain time-based spells, but decided against it for ease of use.
== Gallery ==
File:Phantom Hourglass (Low Sand) 6.6.1.C.png|Phantom Hourglass (Low Sand)
File:Phantom Hourglass (Medium Sand) 6.6.1.C.png|Phantom Hourglass (Medium Sand)
File:Phantom Hourglass (High Sand) 6.6.1.C.png|Phantom Hourglass (High Sand)
File:Phantom Hourglass (Full) 6.6.1.C.png|Phantom Hourglass (Full)
File:Phantom Hourglass.jpg|The Phantom Hourglass prior to Version 6.6.1.C
== See Also ==
Ocarina of Time
Wind Waker
Phantom Spells
Phantom SwordCategory:Magic
Category:Phantom Hourglass (Game)