When Link returns to Windfall Island, the long stormy night has lifted, and the people are back to their regular business. Link finds the dancing man he was told about, who's struggling to remember a tune. When Link takes out the Wind Waker, he remembers and teaches Link the Song of Passing, which lets him turn day into night or vice versa (cf. Sun’s Song, Song of Double Time). Armed now with a crapton of Joy Pendants, Link visits the schoolteacher, who gives him the deed to the cabana on the Private Oasis for 20 of them, and a Hero’s Charm in exchange for the rest. The Hero’s Charm has the useful effect of displaying the health of enemies Link fights, at the cost of blocking his facial expressions and ruining cutscenes. Finally, the shopkeeper asks Link to help him find suppliers, and gives him a Town Flower to trade. He also starts selling Town Flowers, which can be planted in pots around the island. Once Link’s done that, a man on the island will give him a piece of heart in appreciation.
At night, the shopkeeper rents the main floor of the rich father’s house to host auctions. These are well-attended, with various townsfolk bidding on items that seem useless to them, like a heart piece and two treasure charts. The fish’s hint suggested being both patient and bold, and the key strategy is to wait until the closing seconds of the auction, then make a bid large enough to leave the other bidders stunned so they can’t top it. While stars circle everyone else’s heads, Link does his happy dance until the shopkeeper calls time and awards Link whatever it was up for auction. After four times, Link’s cleaned the place out, the last time for a rather worthless Joy Pendant.
Now that Link has the color picto box, there are a few things he can do on the island with it. First, there’s a lady who appreciates being shown a pictograph of herself. A rather surly guy challenges Link to take a picture of his favorite object, with the hint being it’s pale and round – the full moon. The two gossipy ladies are interested in the pictographer’s love life, so Link sneaks in to get a picture of him with the woman he’s spending time with and brings it to them. All three of these events earn Link a treasure chart. Finally, the pictographer helped nudge the prospective couple he was interested in helping get together toward each other, and now it’s up to Link to finish the job by taking a picture of the woman and showing it to the man, who gets the courage to ask her out. When Link later finds them at the cafe, the woman gives him a heart piece as thanks.
Now, there’s about a third of the map left to visit, so let’s get to it. Heading west, Link comes to Spectacle Island, which seems to be where the ghost ship docks during the waning crescent moon. Turning south, he finds Tingle’s home, and apparently Tingle can help decipher maps for a hefty fee. To the west, the fish at Rock Spire Isle laments the lighthouse on Windfall going dark. At the far west, the fish at Western Fairy Island talks about using the grappling hook to pickpocket enemies. Four-Eye Reef is to the north, and the fish there says that some of the treasure-marking rings of light only appear at night. The King of Red Lions stops Link from going to the Forsaken Fortress, so he turns east to the Mother and Child Isles, the location he’s been pointed to from Fire Mountain and Ice Ring Isle, where a fairy lives but is inaccessible.
Going to the top row of the map and heading east, the first square to visit is Star Island, whose fish suggests freezing a monster and smashing it with a hammer. At Northern Fairy Island, the fish says that the shopkeeper on Windfall has a set of magic armor. To navigate the winds on Gale Island, the fish suggests visiting Ice Ring Isle for a useful item. Crescent Moon Island seems to host the ghost ship when the moon is full. The fish at Seven-Star Isles says that flocking seagulls indicates a spot where Big Octos spawn. Finally, there’s Overlook Island, which has a Triumph Fork map.
Now turning to the south for the last few squares, Link comes to the Flight Control Platform, where the fish talks about treasure hidden inside rocks on Dragon Roost Island. Star Belt Archipelago is where the ghost ship is during the first (waxing) quarter moon. Thorned Fairy Island’s fish says that the use for the golden feathers Link’s been collecting is to give to Rito women, who love them. And finally, Link comes to Bird’s Peak Rock, home to another Triumph Fork map.
Next: In your belly, you hold the treasures few have ever seen…
