Ocarina of Time Save Format
An almost fully documented list of the Ocarina of Time save format.
Data
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Unknown | The data may be used for unknown purposes. |
| Unused | The data is not used by the game. |
| Collection | The data is related and grouped together. Click to toggle. |
| Record | The data is a structure. Click to view it. |
| Offset | Length | Usage | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0000-0003 | 0004 | Entrance Index | Stores the Entrance Link starts/respawns at. |
| 0004-0007 | 0004 | Age | |
| 0008-000B | 0004 | Cutscene Offset | |
| 000C-000D | 0002 | Time of Day | |
| 000E-001B | 000E | ? | |
| 001C-0021 | 0006 | File Validation | Contains the string "ZELDAZ". If different, the save will be considered corrupt even if the checksum is valid. |
| 0022-0023 | 0002 | Death Counter | The amount of times you've gotten a Game Over. |
| 0024-002B | 0008 | File Name | |
| 002C | 0001 | Disk Drive Flag | |
| 002D | 0001 | Unused | |
| 002E-002F | 0002 | Heart Containers | 0x10 for each heart |
| 0030-0031 | 0002 | Health | 0x10 for each heart |
| 0032 | 0001 | Magic Meter Size | |
| 0033 | 0001 | Magic | |
| 0034-0035 | 0002 | Rupees | |
| 0036-0037 | 0002 | Giant's Knife Amount | Stores how many attacks you have left before it breaks. It is set to 8 whenever you buy the knife. |
| 0038-003D | 0006 | ? | |
| 003E | 0001 | Biggoron Sword Flag | The Giant's Knife becomes the Biggoron Sword when this byte is set. |
| 003F | 0001 | ? | |
| 0040-0049 | 000A | Equipped Data (Stored) | This is where the game stores your equipment when you change age. |
| 0040 | 0001 | B Button Item | |
| 0041 | 0001 | C-Left Button Item | |
| 0042 | 0001 | C-Down Button Item | |
| 0043 | 0001 | C-Right Button Item | |
| 0044 | 0001 | C-Left Button Slot | |
| 0045 | 0001 | C-Down Button Slot | |
| 0046 | 0001 | C-Right Button Slot | |
| 0047 | 0001 | Unused | |
| 0048 | 0001 | Tunic & Boots | |
| 0049 | 0001 | Sword & Shield | |
| 004A-0067 | 001E | ? | |
| 0068-0071 | 000A | Equipped Data (Current) | This is where the game stores your current equipment. |
| 0068 | 0001 | B Button Item | |
| 0069 | 0001 | C-Left Button Item | |
| 006A | 0001 | C-Down Button Item | |
| 006B | 0001 | C-Right Button Item | |
| 006C | 0001 | C-Left Button Slot | |
| 006D | 0001 | C-Down Button Slot | |
| 006E | 0001 | C-Right Button Slot | |
| 006F | 0001 | Unused | |
| 0070 | 0001 | Tunic & Boots | |
| 0071 | 0001 | Sword & Shield | |
| 0072-0073 | 0002 | Unused | |
| 0074-008B | 0018 | Item Slot Item | Stores which items you have on each Item Slot. |
| 0074 | 0001 | Deku Stick | |
| 0075 | 0001 | Deku Nut | |
| 0076 | 0001 | Bombs | |
| 0077 | 0001 | Fairy Bow | |
| 0078 | 0001 | Fire Arrow | |
| 0079 | 0001 | Din's Fire | |
| 007A | 0001 | Fairy Slingshot | |
| 007B | 0001 | Ocarina | |
| 007C | 0001 | Bombchus | |
| 007D | 0001 | Hook/longshot | |
| 007E | 0001 | Ice Arrow | |
| 007F | 0001 | Farore's Wind | |
| 0080 | 0001 | Boomerang | |
| 0081 | 0001 | Lens of Truth | |
| 0082 | 0001 | Magic Beans | |
| 0083 | 0001 | Megaton Hammer | |
| 0084 | 0001 | Light Arrow | |
| 0085 | 0001 | Nayru's Love | |
| 0086 | 0001 | Bottle #1 | |
| 0087 | 0001 | Bottle #2 | |
| 0088 | 0001 | Bottle #3 | |
| 0089 | 0001 | Bottle #4 | |
| 008A | 0001 | Adult Trade Item | |
| 008B | 0001 | Child Trade Item | |
| 008C-009A | 000F | Item Slot Amount | Stores how many you have of each item. |
| 008C | 0001 | Deku Stick | |
| 008D | 0001 | Deku Nut | |
| 008E | 0001 | Bomb | |
| 008F | 0001 | Fairy Bow | |
| 0090 | 0001 | Fire Arrow | Unused. |
| 0091 | 0001 | Din's Fire | Unused. |
| 0092 | 0001 | Fairy Slingshot | |
| 0093 | 0001 | Ocarina | Unused. |
| 0094 | 0001 | Bombchu | |
| 0095 | 0001 | Hook/longshot | Unused. |
| 0096 | 0001 | Ice Arrow | Unused. |
| 0097 | 0001 | Farore's Wind | Unused. |
| 0098 | 0001 | Boomerang | Unused. |
| 0099 | 0001 | Lens of Truth | Unused. |
| 009A | 0001 | Magic Beans | |
| 009B | 0001 | Magic Beans Available | The amount of Magic Beans available for purchase. |
| 009C-00A3 | 0008 | Equipment Data | |
| 009C | 0001 | Tunic & Boots | |
| 009D | 0001 | Sword & Shield | |
| 009E-00A0 | 0003 | Unused | |
| 00A1 | 0001 | Deku Stick & Nut Capacity | |
| 00A2 | 0001 | Dive Meter, Wallet & Bullet Bag | |
| 00A3 | 0001 | Quiver, Bomb Bag & Strength | |
| 00A4-00A7 | 0004 | Quest Status Data | |
| 00A4 | 0001 | Heart Pieces | |
| 00A5 | 0001 | Songs, Spiritual Stones & Gear | |
| 00A6 | 0001 | Songs | |
| 00A7 | 0001 | Medallions & Songs | |
| 00A8-00BB | 0014 | Dungeon Items | |
| 00A8 | 0001 | Deku Tree | |
| 00A9 | 0001 | Dodongo's Cavern | |
| 00AA | 0001 | Jabu-Jabu's Belly | |
| 00AB | 0001 | Forest Temple | |
| 00AC | 0001 | Fire Temple | |
| 00AD | 0001 | Water Temple | |
| 00AE | 0001 | Spirit Temple | |
| 00AF | 0001 | Shadow Temple | |
| 00B0 | 0001 | Bottom of the Well | |
| 00B1 | 0001 | Ice Cavern | |
| 00B2 | 0001 | Ganon's Castle (Second Part) | |
| 00B3 | 0001 | Gerudo Training Ground | Unused. |
| 00B4 | 0001 | Gerudo Fortress | Unused. |
| 00B5 | 0001 | Ganon's Castle (First Part) | Unused. |
| 00B6 | 0001 | Ganon's Castle (Floor beneath boss chamber) | Unused. |
| 00B7 | 0001 | Ganon's Castle (Crumbling) | Unused. |
| 00B8 | 0001 | Treasure Chest Shop | Unused. |
| 00B9 | 0001 | Deku Tree Boss Room | Unused. |
| 00BA | 0001 | Dodongo's Cavern Boss Room | Unused. |
| 00BB | 0001 | Jabu-Jabu's Belly Boss Room | Unused. |
| 00BC-00CF | 0014 | Small Key Amount | 0xFF Don't display keys |
| 00BC | 0001 | Deku Tree | Unused. |
| 00BD | 0001 | Dodongo's Cavern | Unused. |
| 00BE | 0001 | Jabu-Jabu's Belly | Unused. |
| 00BF | 0001 | Forest Temple | |
| 00C0 | 0001 | Fire Temple | |
| 00C1 | 0001 | Water Temple | |
| 00C2 | 0001 | Spirit Temple | |
| 00C3 | 0001 | Shadow Temple | |
| 00C4 | 0001 | Bottom of the Well | |
| 00C5 | 0001 | Ice Cavern | Unused. |
| 00C6 | 0001 | Ganon's Castle (Second Part) | Unused. |
| 00C7 | 0001 | Gerudo Training Ground | |
| 00C8 | 0001 | Gerudo Fortress | Keys only work on the appropriate cells. |
| 00C9 | 0001 | Ganon's Castle (First Part) | |
| 00CA | 0001 | Ganon's Castle (Floor beneath boss chamber) | Unused. |
| 00CB | 0001 | Ganon's Castle (Crumbling) | Unused. |
| 00CC | 0001 | Treasure Chest Shop | This byte is set to 0xFF whenever you enter the Treasure Chest Shop. |
| 00CD | 0001 | Deku Tree Boss Room | Unused. |
| 00CE | 0001 | Dodongo's Cavern Boss Room | Unused. |
| 00CF | 0001 | Jabu-Jabu's Belly Boss Room | Unused. |
| 00D0-00D1 | 0002 | Gold Skulltula Token | Byte 0x00A5 must have bit 0x80 set in order for the Golden Skull Token amount to be displayed on the quest status screen |
| 00D2-00D3 | 0002 | ? | |
| 00D4-0BDF | 0B0C | Scene Data Records | There's one record for every scene. Each record has a length of 0x1C bytes. |
| 0BE0-0E63 | 0284 | ? | |
| 0E64-0E83 | 0020 | Farore's Wind Data | Stores all the data for the Farore's Wind warp point. |
| 0E64-0E67 | 0004 | X Coordinate | |
| 0E68-0E6B | 0004 | Y Coordinate | |
| 0E6C-0E6F | 0004 | Z Coordinate | |
| 0E70-0E73 | 0004 | Y-Axis Rotation | |
| 0E74-0E77 | 0004 | ? | |
| 0E78-0E7B | 0004 | Entrance Index | |
| 0E7C-0E7F | 0004 | Map Index | |
| 0E80-0E83 | 0004 | Is Set | |
| 0E84-0E9B | 0018 | ? | |
| 0E9C-0EB3 | 0018 | Skulltula Flags | Stores which skulltulas you've collected. One byte for each dungeon and section of the world map. |
| 0E9C | 0001 | Forest Temple | |
| 0E9D | 0001 | Jabu-Jabu's Belly | |
| 0E9E | 0001 | Dodongo's Cavern | |
| 0E9F | 0001 | Deku Tree | |
| 0EA0 | 0001 | Shadow Temple | |
| 0EA1 | 0001 | Spirit Temple | |
| 0EA2 | 0001 | Water Temple | |
| 0EA3 | 0001 | Fire Temple | |
| 0EA4 | 0001 | Lon Lon Ranch | |
| 0EA5 | 0001 | Hyrule Field | |
| 0EA6 | 0001 | Ice Cavern | |
| 0EA7 | 0001 | Bottom of the Well | |
| 0EA8 | 0001 | Death Mountain | |
| 0EA9 | 0001 | Market | |
| 0EAA | 0001 | Lost Woods | |
| 0EAB | 0001 | Kokiri Forest | |
| 0EAC | 0001 | Gerudo Valley | |
| 0EAD | 0001 | Lake Hylia | |
| 0EAE | 0001 | Zora's Domain | |
| 0EAF | 0001 | Kakariko Village | |
| 0EB0-0EB1 | 0002 | Unused | |
| 0EB2 | 0001 | Haunted Wasteland | |
| 0EB3 | 0001 | Gerudo's Fortress | |
| 0EB4-0EB7 | 0004 | ? | |
| 0EB8-0EBB | 0004 | Horseback Archery Highscore | |
| 0EBC-0EC3 | 0008 | ? | |
| 0EC4-0EC7 | 0004 | Horse Race Record Time | Stored in seconds. |
| 0EC8-0ECB | 0004 | Marathon Record Time | Stored in seconds. |
| 0ECC-0ED3 | 0008 | ? | |
| 0ED4-0??? | ???? | Event Flags | |
| 0???-0F37 | ???? | ? | |
| 0F38-0F3B | 0004 | World Map Exploration Data | |
| 0F3C-0F3F | 0004 | ? | |
| 0F40-12A3 | 0364 | Scarecrow's Song (Long) | |
| 12A4-12C3 | 0020 | Unused? | |
| 12C4-1343 | 0080 | Scarecrow's Song (8 Notes) | |
| 1344-1347 | 0004 | ? | It is read when changing Scarecrow's Song |