Rupee pull
Rupee pulls are special sprites on the overworld that can be pulled for 4 tiers of prizes based on certain conditions. In Any% (NMG, No S+Q), the optimal route gets 2 sets of rupee pulls (blue and red) to help acquire the money to access Palace of Darkness. This rupee route is around 6 seconds faster than the alternative Sahasrahla chest rupees. The ideal spots are both trees, which has led to the commonly used names such as tree rupees or tree pulls.
When a rupee pull is activated, one of the tiers listed below will be rewarded, and both counters will be reset to 0.
| Tier | Conditions | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 kills | 4×Nothing |
| 1 | 1–3 kills | 4×
|
| 2 | 4+ kills Have taken damage |
4×
|
| 3 | 4+ kills Have not taken damage |
4×
|
Sources of damage include:
- Enemies
- Bombs
- Spike floors
- Spike blocks
Not counted as damage:
- Pits
The kill and damage counters are 8-bit, so they will wrap around back to 0 after 255. They are stored in work RAM and not cleared during save-and-quit, so they will persist across games in the same session, but as they are not in save memory, they will be clear after a console reset.
