The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess/Poe Souls

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There are 60 Poe Souls scattered throughout Hyrule. The location and strategy for each is listed below. Finding the first 20 Poes will grant you a Bottle filled with Fairy Tears when you visit Jovani in town. Finding all 60 Poes will grant you 200 rupees every time you visit his cat. You can not kill the Poes in human form.

Note - It is not worth your time to try and collect any of them until you have first talked to Jovani; sure you can collect a few but it's really not worth it, unlike the Golden Bugs, in which there's no reason not to grab them if you happen to be walking past it on your way/whilst adventuring.

Acquisition chart

#	Location	Acquired
1	Faron Woods	On your way north through Faron Woods swamp at night, Midna will point out a large hollowed-out stump. Fight the Poe there and get its soul.
2	Hyrule Field	During the night, this Poe floats over a small cliff just north of a shallow body of water in the section between Castle Town and Faron Woods.
3	Hyrule Field	Walk to the top of a cliff eastwest of the bridge in Kakariko Gorge at night. The floating lantern is by a tree.
4	Hyrule Field	Take the northeast path out of Faron province which leads into Lanayru Province. Follow the path up to the bridge. From there, destroy the boulders along the eastern cliff with bomb arrows to reveal clawshot tiles. Use them to get to the Poe.
5	Hyrule Field	There is a stone bridge in Hyrule Field just north of the castle. Cross the span at night to locate a Poe.
6&7	Hyrule Field (x2)	Eastwest of the stone bridge in Hyrule Field, there is a ring of tall grass tufts close to a pair of trees. Use your senses and dig into the center of the ring. You will drop into a cave where you will find two Poes.
8	Hyrule Field	Go southeastsouthwest from the Castle Town warp portal. After a short hill, you will arrive at the amphitheater, where you can collect another Poe.
9	Hyrule Field	Exit Castle Town via the southern exit. There is a Poe down the stairs of a stone patio area outside of the town.
10	Hyrule Field	This one hovers over the wooden bridge outside Castle Town's westerneastern exit at night.
11	Kakariko Village	Enter Barnes Bomb Shop, climb the stairs, and go through the exit on the top floor. Climb up to the bombed-out storage building from there. If it's nighttime, you'll discover a Poe floating over the wreckage.
12	Kakariko Village	Go up the hill from the bombed-out building at night. A porch to the building up there will contain a ghostly greeting.
13	Graveyard	There is a Poe in the graveyard at night.
14	Graveyard	Visit the graveyard at night in wolf form and push the gravestone in the southeastsouthwest corner. A Poe will pop out.
15	Death Mountain	While you're walking the trail from Kakariko Village to the Goron camp, get a boost from a Goron and grab a ledge to the eastwest. If it's night, there will be a Poe lantern to the south.
16	Castle Town	The first Poe Soul you will discover belongs to a ghost that haunts Jovani's house on the westeast side of Castle Town. He'll give you instructions on how to collect it: use your wolf senses to track it down, then attack.
17	Arbiter's Grounds	Four Poes enter the first floor's central chamber. Three of them leave, so take the remaining one.
18	Arbiter's Grounds	The second Poe is in a round room in the dungeon's northwestnortheast section. You'll find it after emerging from the basement.
19	Arbiter's Grounds	After you fight some skeletons and redeads in a room filled with sinking sand, you'll dig up a chain. Pull it to reveal the third Poe.
20	Arbiter's Grounds	The final Poe is just eastwest of the central chamber. When you encounter it, it makes three copies of itself. The real one is brighter than the others.
21	Gerudo Desert	Return at night to the place where you fought the big guy with the axe. The Poe will be waiting for you there.
22	Gerudo Desert	While you're walking up the steps to the Arbiter's Grounds entrance, go eastwest at the mezzanine. If it's nighttime, you'll see a floating lantern in the distance. Follow the light to find the Poe.
23	Gerudo Desert	Use the Clawshot to grapple to a tree on a bluff due westeast of the enemy encampment. A Poe floats over three skulls at night.
24	Gerudo Desert	Utilize your senses to find a cave with a Poe inside, near the three skulls westeast of the enemy encampment.
25	Gerudo Desert	This Poe will attack after you defeat the first one in the cave by the three skulls, westeast of the enemy encampment.
26	Gerudo Desert	There are narrow, sandy paths between the main desert and the enemy encampment in the northeastnorthwest. Follow the path to the eastwest at night, where you will be ambushed by some enemies and a Poe.
27	Gerudo Desert	After you transport the center section of the Bridge of Eldin to its rightful place, return to the desert where you found it. There is a Poe on the mesa at night, near the entrance to the Cave of Ordeals.
28	Gerudo Desert	South of the place where you land after rocketing to the desert (on the westeast end), you'll find a large rock. Go there at night to find a Poe.
29	Lake Hylia	This Poe is on the first-prize platform for Falbi's Flight-by-Fowl challenge at night. Stay away from the edge when fighting this Poe.
30	Lake Hylia	The floating lantern is over the patch of land on the westeast side of the lake at night.
31	Lake Hylia	Explore the grassy ledges of the south shore at night. You'll see the lantern once you get near the center.
32	Lake Hylia	There is a Poe on a ledge midway up the lake's north wall, directly below the Flight-by-Fowl station. Rocket up to Falbi's place, accept the challenge, then do a U-turn as you drop. If it's nighttime, you'll see a Poe on the ledge.
33	Lake Hylia	Climb up to the base of the lookout tower in the lake's southeastsouthwest section. The Poe is there.
34	Lantern Cavern 1	The cavern is south of the bridge that spans Kakariko Gorge. Use a bomb to open it up and go to the northwestnortheast section to find the Poe.
35	Lantern Cavern 2	The cave south of Lake Hylia's howling stone is a long winding passage (don't forget your lantern). You'll find the first of three souls early on.
36	Lantern Cavern 2	The second Poe in the cave is about halfway through your journey. A visual cue of a floating lantern on the screen will tell you when you have reached the elusive soul.
37	Lantern Cavern 2	The final chamber of the cavern contains the third soul. Collect it before you head out through the exit.
38	Sacred Grove	After you're out of the Temple of Time, return to the place where you collected the Master Sword. A Poe is floating right out in the open.
39	Sacred Grove	Travel eastwest of the main temple grounds to the site of the first Skull Kid standoff. Use a bomb to destroy a giant rock, exposing a Poe lantern.
40	Sacred Woods	There is a Poe in the maze where you chased Skull Kid. The ghost floats over a large, hollowed out stump. You will need to pass under a waterfall and climb roots to get to it.
41	Snowpeak Area	Climb to the top of the snow and ice bluff that lies southwestsoutheast of the ruins entrance in wolf form. Engage the Poe there and avoid falling off the bluff's edge.
42	Snowpeak Area	A Poe tends to hover near a tree in the southern-central part of the area.
43	Snowpeak Area	Just down the slope from the southern-central part of the area, a Poe haunts the area around a very large rock.
44	Snowpeak Area	Explore the Reekfish scent trail between the south-central area and the Snowpeak Cave. The ghost haunts a tree.
45	Zora's River	The Poe is found in a grassy knoll on the south side of the Zora's River area at night.
46	Zora's Domain	When you're in wolf form, use Midna's help to hop up a collection of cliffs, from the eastwest side of the pool to the north side. A nocturnal Poe rests in one of the gaps.
47	Zora's Waterfall	After you ride down the waterfall, climb up an incline on the westeast side. A Poe lantern will illuminate the edge if it is dark outside.
48	Snowpeak	There is a Poe on the other side of an icy wall in the cave at the top of the mountain. The Ball and Chain effective against the wall, behind which waits a Poe.
49	Snowpeak Ruins	There is a lantern in the foyer that is usually floating over ice.
50	Snowpeak Ruins	As soon as you walk into the ruins, you'll see three suits of armor on each of the east and west entryway walls. Destroy the middle one on the westeast side by hitting it with the Ball and Chain twice. You'll find a Poe for your troubles.
51	Snowpeak Ruins	When you get to the southwesternsoutheastern room on the second floor with your Ball and Chain, use the tool to break the ice barrier on the westeast wall. You will reveal a Poe in an alcove.
52	Temple of Time	When you get to the sixth-floor scale room, you'll use small statues as weights to make the scales tip and give you enough height to grapple to the room's center. Use the Spinner to get to the westerneastern ledge directly above the scale, where a Poe awaits.
53	Temple of Time	A Poe is behind a gold gate on the eastwest side of the third-floor elevator room. Use the Dominion Rod to guide a small statue to a floor switch on the other side of the gate, allowing you access to the Poe.
54	Temple of Time	Use the Dominion Rod to move a statue embedded into the wall of the opening chamber's southeastsouthwest corner. A Poe lantern will fly out and allow you to attack it.
55	Hidden Village	The passage to Hidden Village is in the northeastnorthwest section of Eldin Province. You'll get there through a cave to the south. There is a Poe lantern on a balcony in the village's northeastnorthwest corner.
56	City in the Sky	Use the flying plants to reach the eastwest wing of the third floor.
57	City in the Sky	There is a Poe in the room with the big key. Climb ivy as a human and walk ropes as a wolf to reach the eastwest side of the fourth floor's central room. The Poe is near a treasure chest on a platform.
58	Cave of Ordeals	The first Poe in the cave is on the 17th floor. Fight it after you defeat the other enemies.
59	Cave of Ordeals	The cave's second Poe is on the 33rd floor. Remember to defeat the other enemies first.
60	Cave of Ordeals	The final Poe is on the 44th floor. Defeat the other enemies first before tackling the Poe.