Koholint Island

Koholint Island (Japanese: コホリント島, Kohorinto-tō) is an island and the setting for The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Although it appeared to be a real place at first the island is in fact only a dream of the Wind Fish.

While shipwrecked on a sea-voyage back to Hyrule, Link stumbled upon Koholint Island. The guardian of the island was the Wind Fish, and Link could not leave the island until he had set the Wind Fish free. Many people that resembled the inhabitants of Hyrule inhabited this island. When the Wind Fish was fully awakened, the island dream world came to an end and disappeared from existence. Still, Link was doubtful whether the island was real or just a place he visited in his dreams...

Mabe Village
Mabe Village is the main population center of the island, located on the west coast between the Mysterious Woods and Toronbo Shores. Link begins his adventure here.

Mabe Village contains a shop, a mini-game, the Dream Shrine, a fishing pond, a phone booth and a library, as well as a few houses. Mabe Village and Animal Village (below) are often called "sister cities" (although they aren't large enough to be called cities). In the days before monsters roamed freely around Ukuku Prairie people used to travel between Mabe Village and Animal Village, but unfortunately by the time that Link arrives there it is too dangerous for anyone but warriors to do so.

Animal Village
Animal Village is a community populated entirely by talking animals. No one knows how they came to live there or how they are able to talk (but they are not the only talking animals on Koholint). Sometimes Marin travels to Animal Village to sing for the residents, but at the start of Link's adventures on the island she hadn't been able to get there for a long time. Later on in the game she is finally able to travel there with Link, in order to wake a walrus blocking a path Link needs to take. There is a warp point inside the village which Link can use to warp to Ukuku Prairie and Tal Tal Heights.

Other Regions

 * Cemetery
 * East of the Bay
 * Face Shrine
 * Goponga Swamp
 * Kanalet Castle
 * Koholint Prairie
 * Martha's Bay
 * Mount Tamaranch
 * Mysterious Woods
 * Pothole Field
 * Rapids Ride
 * Signpost Maze
 * South of the Village
 * Tabahl Wasteland
 * Tal Tal Heights
 * Tal Tal Mountain Range
 * Toronbo Shores
 * Ukuku Prairie
 * Yarna Desert

Dungeons

 * Tail Cave
 * Bottle Grotto
 * Key Cavern
 * Angler's Tunnel
 * Catfish's Maw
 * Face Shrine
 * Eagle's Tower
 * Turtle Rock
 * Wind Fish's Egg

Phone Booths
There are several phone booths scattered around Koholint Island. From these, Link can ring Ulrira for hints on what he should do next.