ph/docs/actors.md

Actors

This file documents what is known about actors in the game.

• Actor IDs

Actor IDs

Many actors have a 4-character ID associated with it. This table shows all known IDs and their respective meanings or translations. Feel free to contribute to this list!

Note

These IDs will appear in memory in reverse order. This is because allocation IDs are often interpreted as 32-bit integers, and integers are stored in little-endian which effectively "reverses" the character order.

Fairies

ID	Translation	Meaning
NAVI	Navi	Spirit of Courage (Ciela)
FCNV	Force Navi	Spirit of Power (Leaf)
WSNV	Wisdom Navi	Spirit of Wisdom (Neri)

Shop items

ID	Translation	Meaning
ITAP	Item Arrow Pod	Quiver
ITAR	Item Arrows	10 Arrows
ITBB	Item Bomb Bag
ITBM	Item Bombs	10 Bombs
ITBT	Item Bombchus	10 Bombchus
ITHU		Heart container
ITPB	Item Potion Bottle
ITSL	Item Shield
ITSO		Sold out sign in shop
ITSP	Item Ship Part
ITSR	Item Source	Power/Wisdom/Courage gem shop item (みなもと or "source" in Japanese)
ITTR	Item Treasure

Pickups

ID	Translation	Meaning
FLAL	Fill Arrows	5 arrows
FLBM	Fill Bombs	3 bombs
FLBT	Fill Bombchus	3 bombchus
FLTM	Fill Time	Temporarily adds sand to the hourglass, spawns from yellow pots
HART	Heart
RUPY	Rupee

Player

ID	Translation	Meaning
ARRW	Arrow
BLST	Bomb blast
BMRN	Boomerang
BMTY	Bombchu
BOMB	Bomb
DRUM	Drum	Storage drum on the Ghost Ship, held by Link
FGGN	Fog
ROPE	Rope	Grappling hook
PLDM	Player Dummy	Placeholder for switching between Gongoron/Link
SBEM	Sword Beam
STNE	Stone	Stone held by Link
TARU	Taru (たる)	Barrel held by Link
TSUB	Tsubo (つぼ)	Pot held by link

Dungeon

ID	Translation	Meaning
BIGR	Big Rock
BKEY	Boss Key
CRYS	Crystal	Shape crystal
FIRB	Fire Bar
FIRS	Fire Sphere	Winder (electric balls following each other, used to be fire balls in older games)
FORC	Force Gem
NKEY	??? Key	Small key or ghost key
NTRP	Needle Trap	Blade Trap
PFLR	Pen Floor	Moves along a drawn path
PSBA	Pushable Armos	Armos statue
PSBL	Push Block
RFLR	Repeating? Floor	Moves repetetively along a set path
RLST	Rolling Stone
RLSG	Rolling Stone Generator
SPRL	Spike Roller
WBLK	Wind Block	The blocks in the Wind Temple that blow air
WPHL	Warp Hole	Blue warp

Enemies

ID	Translation	Meaning
AMOS	Armos
BBLE	Bubble
BEE0	Bee
BEEH	Bee Hive
BMOS	Beamos beam
BMSE	Beamos enemy
CHS2	Chaser 2	Swift Phantom
CHS4	Chaser 4	Reapling
CHS6	Chaser 6	Gold Phantom
CHSR	Chaser	Phantom
CHUC	ChuChu
CROW	Crow	Bird that steals rupees
EGST	Escape Ghost	Poe
FLTB	Flying Tsubo (つぼ)	Flying pot
FSHB	Fish Bullet	Geozard bullet
FSHM	Fishman	Geozard
GELL	Gel
HNKS	Hinocks	Hinox
ICHC	Iwa (いわ) ChuChu	Rock ChuChu
ICHH	Iwa (いわ) ChuChu Helmet	The rock on a ChuChu's head
KETH	Keese
KMBD		Wizzrobe
KOKO	Cucco
LKLK	Like Like
MLDW	Moldworm	Sandworm
OCSH	Octa Shell	Octorok bullet
OCTA	Octarock	Octorok
PBLN	Petit Blin	Miniblin
PBZK		Eye Slug
PLSV	Pols Voice
POON	Pōn (ポーン)	Hardhat beetle
RAT0	Rat
RATH	Rat Hole
RAT1
SNAK	Snake	Rope, the purple snake enemy
SPDR	Spider	Skulltula
STLB	Stalfos bone	Projectile thrown by Stalfos
STLF	Stalfos
STLH	Stalfos head
STLP	Stalfos	Stationary, throws bones constantly
STLW	Stalfos Warrior
TAIL	Tail	Moldorm head
TALB	Tail Body	One of Moldorm's 3 body parts
TEKT	Tektite
UBLN	Umi (うみ) Blin	Pirate miniblin
WTCR	Watcher	Phantom eye
YETI	Yook

Bosses

ID	Translation	Meaning
CBS0	Cubus Girl Boss
CBS2	Cubus Girl Bullet
CBS3	Cubus Girls Controller	Only exists while there are multiple Cubus sisters
CBS4	Cubus Girl Split Bullet
PWBS	Power Boss	Dongorongo
PBFR	Power Boss Fire	Dongorongo fire ball
RYRD	Reyard	Crayk
RYDH	Reyard Hamp	Weak spots on Crayk's shell
RYDM	Reyard Mini	Craykling
RYDS	Reyard Shell
SBOS	Sea Boss	Massive Eye
SBEY	Sea Boss Eye
WBSA	Wind boss attack	Tornados that Cyclok spits at Link
WBSS	Wind boss	Cyclok
WBST	Wind boss tornado	Tornados that fling bombs up

NPCs

ID	Translation	Meaning
ANCS	Anchored ship	SS Linebeck on land
BMST	Bar Master	Midori, bartender of Mercay Island
CBS1	Cubus Girl 1	Cubus sister (inside Ghost Ship)
CCLD	Character Child	Chaco, child of Molida Island
CHSB	Character Husband	Old wayfarer
CMML	Character Mom Large	Potato, woman in yellow of Molida Island
CMMS	Character Mom Small	Ocara, woman in green of Molida Island
CMNB	Character Man B	Ojibe, man in green of Mercay Island
CMNC	Character Man C	Doudo, man in blue of Mercay Island
COMA	Character Old A	Tuzi, woman in brown of Mercay Island
COBS	Character Old B/Shared	Maltza, man at the bar of Mercay Island
CPSK	Carpenter Spirit Knight?	Cobble spirit (Brant, Bremeur, Doylan, Max)
CRPS	Corpse	Non-moving skeleton with a blue spirit
CSTM	Character Standard Man	Adult Male NPC
CWIF	Character Wife	Maronie, woman in purple of Molida Island
CWMB	Character Woman B	Saya, woman in blue of Mercay Island
CWMC	Character Woman C	Fuchiko, woman in purple of Mercay Island
CWMN	Character Woman	Adult Female NPC
FLNK	Fake Link	Nyeve
FRBS	Frog Boss	Cylos, chief of the golden frogs
FRCH	Frog Character	Golden frogs swimming in the uncharted island cave
FUJI	Fuji	Fuzo, the Cannon Island apprentice
GDMN		Nyave, sails in the southwestern sea
GRCB	Goron Child B
GRMG	Goron ???	Gongoron
GRNC	Goron Child
GRNE	Goron Elder	Biggoron
GRNM	Goron Man
ITS3	Item Seller NPC 3	Mi, item seller of Goron Island
ITSN	Item Seller NPC	Ai, item seller of Mercay Island
JUDG	Judge	The treasure teller
LNBK	Linebeck
LNB2	Linebeck 2
MMID	Mermaid	Joanne
MNRT		Eddo, the Cannon Island inventor
MREG		Gazpacho, the shipyard worker
MTNP	Mato (まと) NPC	Romanos
PLLB	Pirate Lady Linebeck	Linebeck during fights with Jolene
PLSD	Pirate Lady Sword	Jolene's sword
POST	Mailbox
PRLD	Pirate Lady	Jolene
PSTM	Postman
SAUZ	Zauz
SITS	Sea Item Shopkeeper	Beedle
SMTN	Salvatore Mato (まと) NPC	Salvatore
SWON	Shīwan (シーワン)	Oshus
TETR	Tetra
TRAD	Trader	Freedle
TRAB	Trade Box/Bucket

Sea

ID	Translation	Meaning
BJFS	??? Jellyfish	Infinite rupee jellyfish
BUII	Buoy	Sea Trap, shoot both to lower the rope
CBLS	Cannon Ball Blast
CNBL	Cannon Ball
DNPC	??? NPC	NPC Ship
EFWV	Effect Wave
EFRP	Effect Ripple
FLPR	Flapper	Eyeball monster
FSRL	Fish Reel	Roaming fish
GFIS	Golden Frog ???
GSIP	Ghost Ship
GYRG	Gyorg
GYMG	Gyorg monster generator
HRCN	Hurricane	Stops you from going to other seas
KMGA	Kamome (カモメ) Generator	Seagull generator
KMME	Kamome (カモメ)	Seagull
LOND		Explosive barrel
PLSP	Pirate Lady Ship	Jolene's ship
PSIP	Pirate Ship
SEKE	Seeker?	Flying fish, red/orange flying enemy
SEOC	Sea Octorok
SHRT	Sea Heart	Drops from enemies
SLTR	Salvage ???	Salvage arm
SLOC	Salvage Octorok
SLRC	Salvage Rupee ???
SNGA	Sea NPC Generator	Spawns sea monsters
SNAV	Sea Navi	Shows proximity to the Ghost Ship
SPKN	Sea Plant ???	Eye Plant
SROP	Sea Rope	Sea Trap rope, jump over to avoid damage
SRPY	Sea Rupee	Drops from enemies
STND	Sea Tornado
TOPD	Torpedo
TSIP	Trade Ship	Beedle's Shop Ship

Map/Events

ID	Translation	Meaning
ACOB	Action Object	Performs actions when Link gets close to it
ATAR	Attention Area	Moves the camera to something important
BRMP	Boss Room Power Tag	Dongorongo boss room
BRMT	Boss Room Tag
CHOB	Chaser Object?	Spawns a Phantom
DGTG	Dig Tag	Diggable spot
ENGE	Enemy Generator	Spawns an enemy when Link is locked inside a small room
EVIC	Event Icon	Exclamation point icon on the map screen
EQAR	Earthquake Area
FMSG	Freestanding? Message	Freestanding textbox
ITGE	Item Generator	Spawns an item, such as a small key
NCMA	NPC Conversation Message?
NCM2	NPC Conversation Message 2?
NMSG	Navi Message	Starts dialogue with the fairy
RMTG	Room Tag	Midpoint of small rooms, such as houses
SWDS
SWOB	Switch Object	Causes an event when one or more switches are active
VOCA	Voice Area	Listens for microphone volume while Link is in the area
WNAR	Wind Area	Creates gusts of wind that push Link

Cutscenes

ID	Translation	Meaning
BEAC	Bellum Actor?	Appears on save file load when Tetra pleas for help
DMCH	Demo Character
DMHG	Demo Hourglass
DMKS	Demo Kamishibai (かみしばい)	Storytelling with pictures
DMTR	Demo Tetra

Minigames

ID	Translation	Meaning
MTGH	Mato (まと) Ghost	Ghost target
MTGR	Mato (まと) Girl	Girl target

Unknown

ID	Translation	Meaning
EFRL
CMSG	C Message?
TMAP	Treasure Map
BTCH
BTRF
BTDC
FBSS
FBS1
VLRG
HPLP
HLMK
GO1M
GROK
KMDB
PMET
PBZK
STLP
STLH
WSBS
WSBH