Letter

:For other uses, see Letter (Disambiguation).
 are recurring items and objects in . They are the most common means of long-distance communication between characters.
 are most often sent via and delivered by the . is occasionally tasked with mailing to a . Sometimes he personally certain . to be mailed or hand-delivered go in the . In many games, various characters mail to , sometimes enclosing items for him. In some games the are kept on the (specifically the submenu) and can be read any time. In other games the are discarded after being read.
==Location and Uses==
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In , Link can receive the Letter from an Old Man in a northeast cave of Hyrule. When Link shows the Letter to any Old Woman, they will sell him Blue and Red Waters of Life. The Letter reads:
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In , asks to deliver the to .
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In , a Letter in a Bottle can be found in Lake Hylia. It is a Letter from Princess Ruto that must be delivered to King Zora in order to gain access to Zora's Fountain.
Zelda's Letter is given by Zelda to verify Links work is for the Royal Family. Showing this to the the Hyrulean Soldier at the Kakariko Villages entrance to Death Mountain will open the gate. After showing the letter the Happy Mask side quest will begin.
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At the beginning of the , mails a letter to . The refuses to tell which he collected it from. Later on in the , Link mails 's .
On the , the mails a letter to himself. can read the letter on the —he can find it on the bed in the . In the letter, the asks himself to flee .
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In , obtains four for . The first is to . Afterward, can mail the for . He can do the same for with . He also delivers the reply——back to as her father will not allow to deliver it. All of these are stored in the in the .
 himself receives from other characters through the wiggling of the . The always enclose an item, either , Charts, or . Once read, the is discarded and obtains the item that came with it. 
The has sorting letters for the . His pay depends on the number of letters he can sort within the time limit.
 Letters to Link
From 	Enclosed 	Available After 	Summary 	Full Text
 	 	Mailing and night turns to day or vice-versa	Thanks for looking after her son . 	
's girlfriend	 	Leaving after giving 20 to 	Thanks for the . 	
 	 	 	Thanks for helping the . 	
 	 	Returning to during 	Tells to bring him some . 	
 	30 shopping	 	Advertises sale on new shop item, . 	
 	 	Earning 30 points at 	Notifies of his new status. 	
 	 	Earning 60 points at 	Notifies of his new status. 	
 	 	First upgrade 	Advertises . 	
 	 	Leaving after healing 	Frets over 's well-being. 	
 	 	Killing the 	Explains the purpose of the . Mentions how can be used to find the that increase the capacity of 's .	
 	 	Killing the 	Writes from to report that she is well. Describes her thoughts about each member of . 	
 	 	 	Writes a letter of encouragement to after hearing tales of his adventures. 	
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In , Sweetie gives Link a Letter for her boyfriend, meant to repair their relationship. If Link successfully brings the Letter to him in the Village of the Blue Maiden, he will be rewarded with Roc's Feather.
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In , has a and a but himself neither receives nor sends letters in the mail—the on the roof of the purely decorative. He can, however, buy issues of the from at the .
 occasionally receives letters from readers of the . After obtains the but before he attempts to see , spends her time writing a letter, likely to her lover .
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In , the delivers up to 16 Letters to Link. They are stored and viewed on the screen. himself cannot mail anything—the game lacks .
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In , when approaches a wiggling , the flies into view. He opens 's and reads them aloud, rather than give them to . He accidentally reads out to her sister , thinking it was addressed to . He then asks Link to it for him. 
Fuzo sends a Letter after any four new Big Plays are earned in Battle Mode, informing Link of his prize.
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In , the Postman no longer reads Letters to Link, as there are new policies in place that prevent him from doing so. They are stored and read from the screen.
 can receive up to 20 , 3 of which are sent by the after achieving certain Battle Ranks. All but three are delivered by the . secretly hand-delivers hers to during the ceremony. gives , which was written by the original . wrote to himself as a reminder, but gives it to , but gives it to to help him get down to the . These three all provide information about how to progress on the game.
Some enclose useful to important locations or hidden . encloses a or that serves as a clue to his location, so that can come pick him up in the .
Letter	From	Available After 	Enclosed
 	 	tutorial 	
 	 	 	of with directions to 's quarters
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	Joining 	
 	 	Earning 200 points at 	
 	 	Earning 500 points at 	
 	 	Earning 1,000 points at 	
 	 	Earning 2,000 points at 	
 	 	Speaking to after begins work on the bridge to	
 	 	Speaking to 	of with location and correct striking order of the three
 	 	 	of a in the
 	 	 	of with markings over two hidden
 	 	and 	of a section of the north of
 	 	Visiting 	to secret in
 	 	and 	of a wooded area of the
 	 	Achieving of D 	worth 150
 	 	Achieving of A 	worth 500
 	 	Achieving of ★★ 	worth 500
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In , sends a to using her . On the front of her , "TO LINK" is written, while its back features her signature, a single "Z", both in .
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==Other Appearances==
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The nineteenth puzzle in the Picross series and the eighteenth puzzle in the Mega Picross series depict a .
==Trivia==
* 's to is noticeably abrupt compared to the others. In the original version of , the body of the is aggressively large and 's named is signed very small. In the font size is the same as other .
==Nomenclature==
==Gallery==
File:TLoZ Letter-Entrusting Old Man.png|The Letter-Entrusting Old Man offering Link the Letter from 
File:TWWHD Link Mailing Letter.png|Link mailing in 
File:TPHD Postman Letter Model.png|The puzzling over a in 
File:TPHD Postman Delivering Letter.png|The delivering a in