Deku Stick
Template:Item Deku Sticks are items from Template:OOT and Majora's Mask.
Location and Uses
Deku Sticks are most commonly acquired by Link by harvesting the stalks of Deku Babas, but are said by shop owners to be long branches gathered from the Great Deku Tree.[1][2] Business Scrubs will sell Link a Deku Stick for 15 Rupees, 5 more than a shop.[3] Though most famously used as a makeshift torch to solve puzzles, Deku Sticks are to a child what the Giant's Knife is to an adult, seeing as how they break after just one swing.[4] Deku Sticks deal twice as much damage as the Kokiri Sword.
To prevent burning out a Deku Stick, Link can quickly put it away or swing his sword, thus preserving the Deku Stick.[5]
If Link can manage to have a butterfly land on the tip of a Deku Stick, it will transform into either a Fairy or a Bomb.[6] However, this is very impractical and difficult to achieve.
Upgrades
In Ocarina of Time, it is possible for Link to increase the maximum number of Deku Sticks he can hold in his inventory. The first upgrade raises the amount from 10 to 20 and the second to 30. Both these upgrades are only obtainable as a child, as Adult Link cannot equip the Deku Stick. If Link enters the Forest Stage while wearing the Skull Mask, the Deku Scrubs will reward him by both refilling his supply of Deku Sticks and raising their capacity to 20.[7][8] The second is bought for 40 Rupees from a Business Scrub in the same area as the bridge between Hyrule Field and Kokiri Forest.[9][10]
Trivia
- This is the first inventory item that can be obtained from an enemy in Ocarina of Time.
- In Majora's Mask, Zubora derogatorily calls Gabora a Deku Stick when he suggests melting the ice of their hearth with hot water.[11]
- Deku Sticks were nerfed for Ocarina of Time 3D, instead dealing as much damage as the Kokiri Sword.
See Also
 Names in Other Regions 
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| Language | Name | Meaning | |
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Japanese | Template:Japanese | Deku Stick |
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French | Bâton Mojo | Deku Stick |
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German | Deku-Stab | Deku Stick |
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SpanishLA | Palo deku 
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- ↑ "Deku Baba-Hit it when it lunges at you, and it will stand upright. Cut it quickly to get a Deku Stick!" — Navi (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "A long branch gathered from the Great Deku Tree. You can use it as a weapon, but it will break." — Kokiri Shop Owner (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "All right! You win! In return, I will sell you Deku Sticks! 1 piece, 15 Rupees they are!" — Business Scrub (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "This long stick can even be used as a weapon. It's our best-seller." — Man from Trading Post (Majora's Mask)
- ↑ "I know a trick to conserve sticks! If you light a stick on fire, it will burn to ashes. Press (A) to put it away before it completely burns!" — Goron (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "They say that if you get close to a butterfly while holding a Deku Stick in your hands, something good will happen." — Gossip Stone (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "All of the young Deku Scrub brothers agree...you look exactly like our sacred forest totem! As an offering from us, please accept these Deku Sticks. We will also enhance your carrying skills! Abracadabra! Alakazaaaam!" — Big Deku Scrub (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "Now you can pick up many Deku Sticks! You can carry up to 20 of them!" — N/A (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "I surrender! To make your quest easier, I can enable you to pick up more Deku Sticks! But, it'll cost you 40 Rupees!" — Business Scrub (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "You can now pick up even more Deku Sticks! You can carry up to 30 of them!" — N/A (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "Eh? What's that? You say if we had hot water, we could melt the ice off the hearth? Don't act like you know what you're talking about, you Deku Stick!" — Zubora (Majora's Mask)