The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Gasha Seeds

In-game hints

"I am Bipin, the expert arborist! I know plenty about trees. Now let me tell you something!"

1. "My experience holds that planting Gasha seeds in strange spots produces more rare and unusual results!"
2. "Finding new places to plant Gasha seeds and finding secret stairways seems to be good for Gasha nuts."
3. "A traveler once told me the time it takes for a planted Gasha seed to mature into a tree is related to how many monster you slay. Could this be true?"
4. "The contents of a Gasha nut depend on where the seed was planted. If you find a good spot, tell me!"
5. "Inside a Gasha nut? More than anything, you find magic rings, but sometimes you find Rupees or hearts."
6. "I have heard that a nut's contents depend on the actions of the planter. The more he travels and the more beasts he slays, the better his nut will do!"
7. "And helping those in need is good for Gasha nuts."

Gasha mechanics

There are 16 soft soil locations and more than 32 Gasha seeds in the game. 28 different magic rings can be found inside Gasha nuts (or from Maple); in particular, 16 rings can only be obtained from Gasha nuts (or from Maple).

Plant a Gasha Seed every time you find a soft soil patch. Come back to the grown Gasha tree after you cleared three/four dungeons. Get the Gasha Nut, and plant a new Gasha Seed straight away (because a Gasha tree withers as soon as its nut is taken).

Notable rings:

• The Discovery Ring helps finding soft soil (found in chapter 1 dungeon, Gnarled Root Dungeon);
• The Gasha Ring helps getting better rings (randomly obtained from Gasha nuts, Maple, or Blue Snake).

Locations of Gasha seeds and soft soil patches

In the following table, locations where Gasha Seeds can be purchased repeatedly are highlighted in green. The Rarity column specifies the rarity of rings that can be obtained from each soft soil patch, with 1 being common and 5 being rare.

Ignore the Gasha spots up to rarity tier 3: all the rings they produce can be obtained from many other sources. Instead, the Gasha spots at level 4 and 5 can also produce a single Heart Piece.

Image	Chapter	Location	Location details	Rarity
	1	Horon village	Outside the mayor's residence	1-2
	1	Horon village	Talk to the mayor
	1	Horon North	Just north from Impa's place	1-2
	1	Gnarled root dungeon	Inside a chest
	2	Horon village	Use a bomb in mayor Ruul's house.
	2	Woods of Winter	Just north from the Like-Like lair, south-east from the small lake.	1-2
	2	Snake's Remains dungeon	Inside a chest
	3	Holodrum Plains	Along the riverside.	1-3
	3	Spool Swamp	West side, near the floodgate	1-2
	3	Spool Swamp	South-west corner, near the Subrosian gate	1-3
	3	Poison Moth's Lair	Inside a chest
	4	Maku Tree	Enter the Hall of Secrets and go to upper floors.
	4	Sunken City	Accessible with Dimitri or with the Zora flippers	1-2
	4	Sunken City	After Link obtained the Zora Flippers, he can access a cave in the east part of town, but only during summer.
	4	Sunken City	After Link obtained the Zora Flippers, he can explore a diving hole in the south part of town, but not in winter.
	4	Goron Mountain	One of the best Gasha spots in the game!	3-5
	4	Goron Mountain	Strictly speaking, this Gasha soil is on Mount Cucco, but it can only be accessed from Goron Mountain	1-2
	4	Subrosia village	After Link retrieves the Roc's feather in the treasure grove, he can reach this seed in a house a bit to the east.
	4	Subrosia	After Link retrieves the Roc's feather in the treasure grove, he can join Rosa and explore the north-west of Subrosia. The seed is in a locked cave.
	4	Subrosia	After Link retrieves the Roc's feather in the treasure grove, he can explore the north-west of Subrosia. The seed is in an open cave.
	4	Subrosia	On the tunnel to reach the Spring Tower.
	4	Holodrum Plains	After Link gets the Zora Flippers in Sunken City, he can reach this islet.	1-3
	5	Eyeglass Lake	Near the entrance to the dungeon.	2-4
	5	Eyeglass Lake	Use the power of Autumn to reach a chest on an islet full of holes.
	5	Mount Cucco	It can only be reached in autumn.	2-4
	6	Maku Tree	In the upper part of the tree, after retrieving five Essences.
	6	East suburbs	In a cave on the east, using the power of spring, the power bracelet and the magnet glove.
	6	Tarm Ruins	Burn a small tree near the gale seeds tree.
	6	Tarm Ruins	One of the best spots in the game!	3-5
	7	Samasa Desert	In the east part of the desert	1-3
	7	West coast	Just south of the graveyard	1-2
	8	Maku Tree	In the upper part of the tree, after retrieving seven Essences.
	8	Temple remains	At the entrance of the remains	1-3