Grappling Hook

The Grappling Hook is an item which first appeared in The Wind Waker. It is the treasure of the first main dungeon, Dragon Roost Cavern, and is earned after defeating the mini-boss of the dungeon, a pair of Moblins. Unlike most items found in dungeons, the Grappling Hook is not in a treasure chest, but it is given to Link by Medli (after she is freed from the Moblins). She tells Link that grappling hooks were used by the Rito tribe before they evolved wings.

The Grappling Hook can be used in first-person mode to latch onto certain poles (which are made easier to spot by the fact that Link looks at them when they are nearby) or when L-Targeting to steal items from enemies (most helpfully Joy Pendants from Bokoblins and Golden feathers from Peahats). The grappling hook is needed to defeat the boss of Dragon Roost Cavern, Gohma (following the trend of defeating bosses by using the item you find in their own dungeon).

The Grappling Hook should not be confused with the Hookshot, which works in a completely different way. The similarity between the names often leads to confusion for first time Wind Waker players when they read one of the names in a walkthrough.