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Contents

  • Maps
    • Maps
      • Skyloft
      • Knight Academy
      • Sealed Grounds
      • Faron Woods
      • The Deep Woods
      • Skyview Temple
      • Eldin Volcano
      • Earth temple
      • Fire Sanctuary
      • Lanayru Gorge
      • Lanayru Mine
      • Lanayru Mining Facility
      • Return to Lanayru Desert
      • Lanayru Sand Sea
      • Lake Floria
      • The Ancient Cistern
  • Essentials
    • Getting Started
      • Playing the Game
      • Equipment and Items
      • Cast of Characters
      • The Sky
    • Items, Equipment and Crafting
      • Treasure Hunting Guide
      • Upgrade Recipe List
      • Bug Catching Guide
      • Potion Recipe List
  • Walkthrough
    • Walkthrough
      • Skyloft
      • Sealed Grounds
      • Faron Woods
      • The Deep Woods
      • Skyview Temple
      • Eldin Volcano
      • Earth Temple
      • Lanayru Mine
      • Lanayru Desert
      • Lanayru Mining Facility
      • Return to the Sealed Grounds
      • Return to Faron Woods
      • Lake Floria
      • The Ancient Cistern
      • Return to Lanayru Desert
      • Lanayru Sand Sea
      • The Sandship
      • Return to Eldin Volcano
      • Fire Sanctuary
      • Return to the Sealed Grounds II
      • Farewell to Faron Woods
      • Farewell to Eldin Volcano
      • Lanayru Gorge
      • Farewell to Skyloft
      • Sky Keep
      • The New Sealed Grounds
      • Hero Mode
    • Secrets and Sidequests
      • Gratitude Crystals Collection Guide
      • Secret Shops of Skyloft
      • Minigames (and how to beat 'em)
      • The Thunder Dragon's Lightning Round

Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Guide › Walkthrough › Secrets and Sidequests

Secret Shops of Skyloft

There are three secret shops in Skyloft that you can only visit at night. Two are useful for making money and one is invaluable if you need treasures and have some Rupees burning a hole in your wallet.

Here’s a guide to taking advantage of the secret shops of Skyloft.

Rupin’s Night Shop

Rupin runs the Gear Shop in Skyloft by day. By night, you can visit his home to sell spare treasures you’ve acquired. Rupin buys only four treasureseach night. Which four treasures he selects is entirely random.

You can change Rupin’s selection by repeatedly sleeping in a bed until nighttime. There’s even a bed in Rupin’s house you can use for this purpose. You can make a lot of money by sleeping until Rupin decides that he wants Jelly Blobs or Amber Relics.

Treasure

Buy Price

Hornet Larvae

20

Bird Feather

20

Tumbleweed

20

Lizard Tail

20

Eldin Ore

30

Ancient Flower

30

Amber Relic

30

Dusk Relic

30

Jelly Blob

30

Monster Claw

30

Monster Horn

30

Ornamental Skull

30

Evil Crystal

30

Blue Bird Feather

100

Golden Skull

100

Goddess Plume

100

Strich’s Night Shop

Your classmate Strich runs a bug-buying business out of his dorm room at night. He buys three randomly selected species of bugs every night. As with Rupin’s random selections, you can force Strich’s list to change by repeatedly sleeping until nighttime.

It’s worth checking in with Strich regularly, since you can make a lot of money if you happen to have a lot of Sand Cicadas or Faron Grasshoppers on hand when he wants to buy them.

Bugs

Buy Price

Deku Hornet

1

Blessed Butterfly

5

Gerudo Dragonfly

30

Starry Firefly

30

Woodland Rhino Beetle

20

Volcanic Ladybug

20

Sand Cicada

50

Sky Stag Beetle

20

Faron Grasshopper

40

Skyloft Mantis

10

Lanayru Ant

20

Eldin Roller

40

The Moonlight Merchant

Enter the waterfall cave in Skyloft at night. Look for three Blessed Butterflies flying about, as they would over a Gossip Stone. Play your harp. Instead of a Gossip Stone, you summon the Moonlight Merchant, a devious stone that sells rare treasures acquired on the black market.

His prices are high, but much of what he offers is much easier to buy than find yourself.

Treasure

Price

Monster Horn

100

Dusk Relic

100

Evil Crystal

100

Blue Bird Feather

200

Golden Skull

200

Goddess Plume

200

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