Bomb Bag

are recurring items in . They first appear in .
==Location and uses==
Bomb Bags are satchels in which Link can carry Bombs. They are often obtained as a Dungeon Item that give Link access to Bombs and allow him to continue his quest, though in some cases, the Bombs themselves are treated as Link's essential item, while the Bomb Bag they come with is either shown in his inventory or merely alluded to.
Upgrades to the Bomb Bag, which increase the amount of Bombs they can carry, are quite commonplace across Link's adventures. Most games featuring the item also have several subsequent Bomb Bags for Link to discover, which act as upgrades to the initial Bomb Bag and can usually be collected in any order.
In earlier games, such as , and , Bombs are available to be found or purchased without the need for a Bomb Bag, as they are not tied to Link's progression. Link's Bomb capacity can still be increased by the blessings of other characters, such as the Old Man, Venus, and the Mad Batter, respectively.
==Mainline appearances==
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In , the Bomb Bag is the Dungeon Item of Dodongo's Cavern. Two upgrades, called the Big Bomb Bag and the Biggest Bomb Bag, can be obtained in any order.
Bomb Bag 	Location 	How to obtain 	Capacity
Collectible Bomb Bags	Collectible Bomb Bags	Collectible Bomb Bags 	Collectible Bomb Bags
Bomb Bag 	Dodongo's Cavern 	Dungeon Item 	20 Bombs
Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Big Bomb Bag 	Goron City 	Use a Bomb to stop the Hot Rodder Goron as child Link 	30 Bombs
Biggest Bomb Bag 	Market 	One of the prizes in the Bombchu Bowling Alley minigame	40 Bombs
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The Bomb Bag in can be purchased from the Bomb Shop in West Clock Town for 50 Rupees. If Link saves the Old Lady from Sakon's attack during the night of the First Day, then the Big Bomb Bag will replace the regular Bomb Bag in the Bomb Shop's stock; otherwise, it will appear for sale at the Curiosity Shop on the night of the Final Day for a higher price. The Big Bomb Bag can be purchased without owning the regular Bomb Bag first.
The Business Scrub in Goron Village will sell the Biggest Bomb Bag to Goron Link for 200 Rupees, as long as Link trades in his Big Bomb Bag. Otherwise, the Biggest Bomb Bag sells for 1,000 Rupees, which is more than Link can carry at any given time.
Bomb Bag 	Location 	How to obtain 	Capacity
Collectible Bomb Bags	Collectible Bomb Bags	Collectible Bomb Bags 	Collectible Bomb Bags
Bomb Bag 	West Clock Town 	Purchase at the Bomb Shop for 50 Rupees. 	20 Bombs
Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Big Bomb Bag 	West Clock Town 	Purchase at the Bomb Shop for 90 Rupees after saving the Old Lady during the night of the First Day.If she is not saved, the upgrade will be available for 100 Rupees at the Curiosity Shop on the Final Day.
Can be purchased without owning the Bomb Bag.	30 Bombs
Biggest Bomb Bag 	Goron Village 	From the Business Scrub by trading the Big Bomb Bag and 200 Rupees.	40 Bombs
=== and ===
In both and , the existence of a Bomb Bag is only alluded to when acquiring an upgrade to Link's Bomb capacity.
In , after obtaining Bombs in the Gnarled Root Dungeon, Link can purchase a Big Bomb Bag at the Subrosia Market. Despite the item's name, the upgrade is represented by a red Bomb which immediately explodes all around Link, magically granting an increase in the number of Bombs he can carry.
Another Bomb Bag upgrade can be obtained through the use of Linking Secrets. If Link has defeated Onox and begun a Linked Game of , he will eventually meet a young girl at the South Shore who asks him to pass on her "lucky" secret to an unlucky person in Holodrum, hinting that she refers to a Piratian. Back in , if Link tells this Secret to one of the remaining Piratian in the House of Pirates, he will be rewarded with an increased Bomb Bag capacity—but only if he possesses the "lucky" number of 777 Ore Chunks. If Link's adventure in is the Linked Game instead, he can meet a friendly Moblin in the Great Moblin's Ruined Keep who tells him a Secret related to the Tokay people. Passing on this Linking Secret to the Wild Tokay Museum curator in will inspire him to revive the Wild Tokay ceremony. For completing the mini-game, he rewards Link with a Bomb Bag capacity upgrade and another Secret to access the upgrade in Holodrum. Back in , Link can tell this Secret to Farore to receive the upgrade in that game.
Bomb Bag 	Location 	How to obtain 	Capacity
Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Big Bomb Bag 	Subrosia Market 	Purchase for 50 Ore Chunks and 10 Bombs.	30 Bombs
Pirate Secret	House of Pirates	After obtaining the Roc's Feather in a Linked Game of , speak to the young girl at the South Shore to learn a Linking Secret.
In , tell the Linking Secret to the Piratian at the House of Pirates, then speak to him with exactly 777 Ore Chunks to receive the upgrade.	50 Bombs
Tokay Secret 	Hall of Secrets 	After defeating the Great Moblin, speak to a Moblin in the Ruined Keep, who gives Link a Linking Secret.
In , tell the Linking Secret to the Tokay at the Wild Tokay Museum, and complete the Wild Tokay mini-game to receive the upgrade and another Linking Secret.
Back in , tell the Linking Secret to Farore.	50 Bombs
In , Link first gains Bombs as his reward for bringing Mystical Seeds to Queen Ambi. He is later granted an increase in Bomb-carrying capacity by a Fairy met on Talus Peaks, who also fills his Bomb Bag. However, it is unclear if this refers to an already-existing Bomb Bag, or one given to him by the Fairy.
Accessing the Bomb Bag upgrades through Linking Secrets is done in the reverse order as in . If Link has defeated Veran and begun a Linked Game of , he will receive the Tokay Secret and be able to earn the upgrade from the Wild Tokay mini-game in . If his adventure in is the Linked Game instead, he will receive the Pirate Secret and be able to earn the upgrade in , along with a Linking Secret to bring back to Farore in .
Bomb Bag 	Location 	How to obtain 	Capacity
Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
 	Talus Peaks 	Throw a Bomb into the Fairy's pond, then answer the Fairy's question truthfully.	30 Bombs
Tokay Secret 	Crescent Island	After defeating the Great Moblin in a Linked Game of , speak to a Moblin in the Ruined Keep, who gives Link a Linking Secret.
In , tell the Linking Secret to the Tokay at the Wild Tokay Museum, and complete the Wild Tokay mini-game to receive the upgrade.	50 Bombs
Pirate Secret	Hall of Secrets	After obtaining the Roc's Feather, speak to the young girl at the South Shore to learn a Linking Secret.
In , tell the Linking Secret to the Piratian at the House of Pirates, then speak to him with exactly 777 Ore Chunks to receive the upgrade and another Linking Secret.
Back in , tell the Linking Secret to Farore.	50 Bombs
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In , no Bomb Bag is mentioned or shown on the Collection Screen when Link acquires Bombs by completing Niko's challenge below the deck of Tetra's Ship. However, when receiving capacity upgrades from two of the Great Fairies, the upgrades are represented onscreen by Link holding Bomb Bags above his head. The upgrades can be obtained in any order, with the second upgrade appearing as a larger Bomb Bag.
Bomb Bag	Location 	How to obtain 	Capacity
Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
 	Eastern Fairy Island 	Obtained from the Great Fairy.	60 Bombs
 	Southern Fairy Island	Obtained from the Great Fairy.	99 Bombs
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In , a Bomb Bag is given to Link by the Forest Picori Belari after completing Deepwood Shrine, as a means to clear the Rocks blocking the path back to Hyrule Town. Three upgrades to the Bomb Bag, all referred to as Big Bomb Bags, can be obtained in any order.
Bomb Bag 	Location 	How to obtain 	Capacity
Collectible Bomb Bags	Collectible Bomb Bags	Collectible Bomb Bags 	Collectible Bomb Bags
Bomb Bag 	Minish Woods 	Gift from Belari after completing Deepwood Shrine. 	10 Bombs
Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Big Bomb Bag 	Hyrule Castle Town 	Purchase at Stockwell's Shop for 600 Rupees. 	30 Bombs
Big Bomb Bag 	Mount Crenel 	Obtained from the Great Mayfly Fairy after throwing a Bomb into her Fountain and answering her question truthfully.	50 Bombs
Big Bomb Bag 	Wind Ruins 	Inside a Chest appearing after fusing Kinstones with Belari. 	99 Bombs
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In , instead of Link upgrading his Bomb Bag to be larger and larger, he can collect multiple Bomb Bags in his inventory. Each Bomb Bag can only hold one type of Bomb at a time, so collecting extra Bags gives Link not just extra carrying capacity, but the ability to hold more varieties of explosives as well.
Obtaining the Giant Bomb Bag doubles the carrying capacity of all of Link's Bomb Bags, though the Giant Bomb Bag itself does not appear in the Collection.
Bomb Bag 	Location 	How to obtain 	Capacity
Collectible Bomb Bags	Collectible Bomb Bags	Collectible Bomb Bags 	Collectible Bomb Bags
Bomb Bag 	Kakariko Village 	Purchase at Barnes Bomb Shop for 120 Rupees. 	30 Bombs15 Water Bombs10 Bomblings
Bomb Bag 	Upper Zora's River 	Gift from Iza after clearing the river of the rocks with Bomb Arrows. 	30 Bombs15 Water Bombs10 Bomblings
Bomb Bag 	Zora's Domain 	Gift from the Goron trapped inside the Molten Shard after blowing it up with Water Bombs.	30 Bombs15 Water Bombs10 Bomblings
Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Giant Bomb Bag 	Upper Zora's River 	Score 25 points on Iza's Rapids Ride mini-game. 	60 Bombs30 Water Bombs20 Bomblings
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In , Link's first Bomb Bag is obtained along with the Bombs in the Temple of Wind. This Bomb Bag does not appear in the Collection screen, instead being represented by simply a Bomb, until he obtains either of the Bomb Bag upgrades.
Bomb Bag 	Location 	How to obtain 	Capacity
Collectible Bomb Bags	Collectible Bomb Bags	Collectible Bomb Bags 	Collectible Bomb Bags
Bomb Bag 	Temple of Wind 	Obtained with the Bombs. 	10 Bombs
Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Bomb Bag 	Beedle's Shop Ship 	Purchase from Beedle for 1,000 Rupees. 	20 Bombs
Bomb Bag 	Bannan Island 	Score at least 2,500 points at the Cannon Minigame.	30 Bombs
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With Bombs being optional items in , Link can gain access to the explosives by acquiring any of the three Bomb Bags found throughout Hyrule. The two subsequent Bomb Bags will then act as upgrades, called the Medium Bomb Bag and the Big Bomb Bag in the order they are obtained.
Bomb Bag 	Location 	How to obtain 	Capacity
Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Bomb Bag 	Beedle's Air Shop	Purchase from Beedle for 500 Rupees. 	10 Bombs
Medium Bomb Bag	Whittleton 	Beat the current record at the Whip Race mini-game.	20 Bombs
Big Bomb Bag 	Castle Town 	Complete Level 2 of the Take 'Em All On! mini-game.	30 Bombs
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In , there are no traditional Bombs at all. After acquiring the Bomb Bag in the Earth Temple, Link can store Bomb Flowers and use them at will, giving him the same abilities as Bombs. In addition, Small Bomb Bag are in unlimited supply; after completing the Earth Temple, Link can purchase as many Small Bomb Bags as he can carry, though only those he stores in the Adventure Pouch will contribute to his Bomb capacity.
Each Small Bomb Bag can be upgraded at the Scrap Shop to store up to 15 extra Bombs. With up to eight spots in the Adventure Pouch, this gives Link a maximum capacity of 130 Bombs, provided that he equips no other items.
Bomb Bag 	Location 	How to obtain 	Capacity
Collectible Bomb Bag	Collectible Bomb Bag	Collectible Bomb Bag 	Collectible Bomb Bag
Bomb Bag 	Earth Temple 	Dungeon Item 	10 Bombs
Small Bomb Bag 	Skyloft Bazaar 	Purchase from the Gear Shop for 150 Rupees. 	+5 Bombs
Small Bomb Bag 	The Sky 	Inside a Goddess's Treasure Chest at the Isle of Songs.	+5 Bombs
Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Medium Bomb Bag 	Skyloft Bazaar 	Upgrade the Small Bomb Bag at the Scrap Shop. 	+10 Bombs
Large Bomb Bag 	Skyloft Bazaar 	Upgrade the Medium Bomb Bag at the Scrap Shop. 	+15 Bombs
==Trivia==
*In , the Bomb Bag is made from a Dodongo's stomach. This may have influenced the design of the Giant Bomb Bag in .
*In and , the clasp around the Bomb Bag's opening is embossed with the Hylian text , or "Bomb".
*In , the Great Mayfly Fairy asks Link if he threw a golden Bomb or a silver Bomb into her spring, and rewards him with a Big Bomb Bag for his honesty. This scene was recreated from a near-identical scene in , which in turn was likely based on an ancient Greek fabled known as .
==Nomenclature==
==Gallery==
File:MM BigBombBag.png|Big Bomb Bag from and 
File:OoT Biggest Bomb Bag Model.png|Biggest Bomb Bag from and 
File:OoT3D Bomb Bag Models.png|Bomb Bags from and 
File:MM3D Big Bomb Bag Model.png|Big Bomb Bag from 
File:TP Giant Bomb Bag Render.png|Giant Bomb Bag from 
File:ST Medium Bomb Bag Model.png|Medium Bomb Bag from 
File:PH Bomb Bag Model 2.png|Big Bomb Bag from and 
File:CoH Bomb Bag Sprite.png|Bomb Bag from 
==See also==
* Bombchu Bag
* Giant Bomb Bag
* Large Bomb Bag
* Medium Bomb Bag