Empty Bottles in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake are items you never stop needing. I often found myself using them for fairies, potions, milk, bugs, fish, and even Poe souls later in the game. The remake offers a total of five Empty Bottles, instead of the usual four from the original game. The one extra bottle is brand new. Four of these bottles can be grabbed while Link is still a kid. The final one will be available to unlock once you are an adult.
In this guide, I will walk you through the locations of all five Empty Bottles in Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake.
#1: Potion Shop Bottle (Hyrule Castle Town) – New in the Remake
This is the easiest Empty Bottle to grab out of all the others. It is also exclusive to the Switch 2 version of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake. The moment you first reach Hyrule Castle Town as a child, head into the Potion Shop.
There, the shopkeeper will be stressed because a bug has escaped inside the shop. He will hand you an Empty Bottle so you can catch it.
Scoop the bug up and hand it over to him. He will fill the bottle with a Red Potion as a thank-you and give it to you. Once you drink the potion, the bottle is yours. You can do this the second you enter the Castle Town.
#2: Lon Lon Ranch Bottle (Super Cucco Game)
After you meet Zelda and wake Talon outside Hyrule Castle, stop by Lon Lon Ranch.
Go into the main house and talk to Talon so he can challenge you to find his three Super Cuccos among the regular ones within 30 seconds.
You can find them standing and walking a little differently from the others. Spot them and win the game. Talon will then give you a bottle of Lon Lon Milk. After you drink the milk, the bottle is yours to keep.
#3: Kakariko Village Bottle (Cucco Lady)
In Kakariko Village, talk to the Cucco Lady standing by the pen near the southwest side of the village.
All seven of her Cuccos have escaped, and Link is asked to round them up and throw them back into the pen.
Once you have collected and put the Cuccos back into the pen, the lady will give you an Empty Bottle as a reward. Some of these Cuccos are hiding in tricky spots, so look for them carefully and explore the village well.
#4: Lake Hylia Bottle (Ruto’s Letter)
This one is needed for the main story itself, making it unmissable when playing the Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake.
After you get the Silver Scale in Zora’s Domain from the diving minigame at the top of the waterfall, swim through the underwater tunnel leading to Lake Hylia.
Dive down near the exit of the tunnel, and you will find a bottle sitting on the lake bed. The bottle contains Ruto’s letter. Take the letter to King Zora in Zora’s Domain, and he will let you keep the Empty Bottle.
#5: Poe Collector Bottle (Adult Link Only)
This Empty Bottle can only be collected as Adult Link in Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake. It also takes a little bit more work than the others.
Once you have Epona and the Fairy Bow, ride around Hyrule Field at night and look for the logs with purple flames around them.
Once you jump over one of them, Epona will summon a Big Poe. Shoot it twice with the bow, then quickly get off the horse and bottle its soul.
Sell five Big Poe souls to the Poe Collector, who sets up shop in the Old Guard room of Hyrule Castle Town as an adult. After the fifth one, he will reward you with the final Empty Bottle in the game. Make sure to have Epona with you; otherwise, you can’t get this one.
That is all the Empty Bottles in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake. The new Potion Shop one is a nice early boost, and once you have the complete set, you will always have room to carry items you require in your playthrough.
