The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Rings

To begin collecting Rings, visit the jewellery store in Lynna City Horon Village and talk to the owner, Vasu. He will give you an L-1 Ring Box. This can only hold one Ring at a time (the rest he stores for you); you can eventually get an L-2 Ring Box (holds 3 Rings) or an L-3 Ring Box (holds 5 Rings). Once you have the Ring Box Vasu gives you the No. 1 Friendship Ring. He then teaches you how to appraise Rings. The first time his service is free, after that it's 20 Rupees per Ring.

When you find Rings they will be unusable and appear as a mere number in your inventory beside the icon. By returning to Vasu and having them appraise they become usable. You can only have one of each Ring in your collection; Vasu buys duplicates for 30 Rupees.

Once you have some Rings you can add them to your Ring Box by talking to Vasu and selecting "List". To equip a Ring, go into your inventory and activate it; an "E" shows you the ring is equipped and in effect.

Except for a handful that are only acquired in certain places all Rings can be acquired by various methods, including:
 * Planting a Gasha Seed and collecting the resulting Gasha Nut
 * Bumping into Maple and stealing any Rings she drops
 * From the Chest Game in Lynna City Horon Village

Rings can be transferred between games by the snake in Vasu's jewellery shop. Talk to the Red Snake and he'll give you a password to transfer the ring; alternatively, using a link cable, talk to the Blue Snake and the ring will be transferred directly. The Blue Snake can also randomly generate some rings if Link talks to it simultaneously in two linked Game Boys.

Ring list
37 rings can be obtained in either game, 9 in Oracle of Ages only, 9 in Oracle of Seasons only, 9 only in a linked game.

Triangles represent the effect a ring has on your abilites.
 * ▲ - Up 25%
 * ▲▲ - Up 50 %
 * ▲▲▲ - Up 75%
 * ▼ - Down 25%
 * ▼▼ - Down 50%
 * ▼▼▼ -Down 75%

There are a lot of different rings with different effects, therefore choosing one can be difficult. Sorting the table by Effect, you will see at a glance rings with similar effect:
 * Attack: rings that improve or modify attack;
 * Defense: rings that either improve defense or help healing;
 * Items: rings that allow to get more or better items;
 * Movement: rings that improve abilities related to movement;
 * Void: rings with no effect.

Sorting rings by Location you will see at a glance which rings can be found in which game: both games, Oracle of Ages only (OoA), Oracle of Seasons only (OoS) or in a linked game only.

The "Effect" categories are not quotes from the game, but are used to clarify each ring's bonuses and use. Sorting the Effect column alphabetically orders the rings by relevance. Each effect category includes a dozen rings: more categories could be confusing, less categories would make the ring sets confusingly big. For sorting purposes, the entries in the Effect column must start with one of the following: attack, defense, movement, items, void. The entries in the Location column must start with one of the following: OoA, OoS, Both, Link.

Ring boxes
Regardless of the box, Link can always equip only one ring at a time.
 * L-1 Ring box: given to you by Vasu the first time you speak with him; it carries one ring.
 * L-2 Ring box: after you learn the Tune of Currents, use it near the shop in Lynna to access the other entrance; the box can carry three ring.
 * L-3 Ring box: obtained in a linked game, if you already have the L-3 ring box; talk to Holly in Oracle of Seasons and use the password in Oracle of Ages; the box can carry five rings.

In Oracle of Seasons, the requirements to obtain the L-2 and L-3 boxes are quite different.