If youve played Animal Crossing: Wild World, then youll recognize a reference in Phantom Hourglass. When you first meet the Postman, you and he will talk for a moment. Hell ask you that you try not to shoot him with the slingshot out of the air. This is in reference to Pete the Postman in AC:WW, who suffers a similar fate that the Postman in PH is trying to avoid!

If you corner a chicken or a group of chickens and begin to hack away at them, they will begin to turn red. When theyve taken enough damage, they will attack you! A classic Zelda Easter Egg!

If you head to the southwest part of the map, you will find an island that looks suspiciously like a Nintendo DS. The name of the island will reflect this as well.

After unlocking Spirit Island and acquire the shovel, try this to get 1,000 rupees easily. First, head to the Spirit Island, where you can destroy all boulders. Then, defeat all of the enemies, and cut down all of the grass. Then, dig around. And finally, enter the cave, break all of the vases, leave the cave, and repeat the steps. Doing this will net you all of the rupees you want… if youre patient.

To acquire the Fire Sword, get ten Fairies. Then, head to the Fairy Princess near the Sun Temple, where you will receive the sword.

Do the following series of fetch-quests to get the Hurricane Spin ability:

1.) Go to the travelers ship in the northeast section of the sea. Defeat the monsters you find there, and you will receive New Heros Clothes, as well as a Treasure Map.

2.) Take the clothes to another travelers ship, this one in the northwest section of the sea, and give them to the man there. He will give you the Kaleidoscope in return.

3.) Take your newfound Kaleidoscope to the travelers ship in the southeast section of the sea and give it to the man in want of a telescope. He will give you the Guards Notebook in return.

4.) Take this notebook to the travelers ship in the southwest section of the sea and give it to the man you find there to acquire the Wood Heart.

5.) Finally, take the Wood Heart to the Old Wayfarers Ship, and he will give you the scroll which will allow you to learn this technique!

To find Beedles "Masked Ship", which sells special inventory, you must visit the ships location between 10pm and midnight on weekdays and between 10am and noon on weekends (depending on your Nintendo DS internal clock settings). Theres valuable items on board, so be sure to find it!

A great way to accumulate rupees fairly quickly is to head to the Dee Ess Isle (which is an island on the map suspiciously shaped like a Nintendo DS Lite) once the Goron Game is available. Winning this game is easy once youve done it enough times, and going through the course given in thirty-five seconds will net you all sorts of goodies. Sometimes, youll get 200 rupees as a reward, which is good enough, but youll also sometimes get items, such as Zoras Scales (which you can sell for 800 rupees), or Coral (which you can sell for a whopping 1,500 rupees). Easy money!

If you havent yet challenged Jolene to a final duel, go and find her. Battle her a couple of times. You will be rewarded with a large red rupee (worth 200 rupees) each time you do. This is especially useful for buying all of the 1,000 rupee items at Beedles and the Island Shops.

If you manage to become a VIP Member of Beedles Shop, you will get 40% off of all of his merchandise. Occasionally, hell have golden ship parts available, which will be much more affordable than usual with a 40% discount.

Heres an easy way to get as many rupees as you desire. While sailing the seas, you may from time to time encounter jellyfish-like creatures. When these are encountered, the ship should be stopped (though they will follow the ship even if you dont stop). Shoot these foes with the cannon (the cheapest cannon for your craft will only cost 50 rupees). When they are killed, they will drop a green rupee. Since they split apart when shot, you will be able to get multiple rupees per creature. Keep riding your ship around finding more of these creatures, and you can accumulate a good amount of rupees, as many as youd like.

After obtaining the Phantom Sword, head to the Ocean King Temple. If you head to the middle area of the temple, you can fight Phantoms, destroying them by targeting their weak points with your sword. In room B7-9, after all of the Phantoms are defeated, a chest will appear with a ship part within. You can then go up the next three floors to get 100, 200, and 300 rupees. You can sell the part you got for more rupees if you desire. You can then be done over and over again, as needed.

To attempt this, you must have a Cannon and a Salvage Arm on your ship. Head to the southwest section of the map, near Mercay Island. From here, youll want to head towards Goron Island, where the pirates seem to congregate. You can destroy the pirate vessels with your Cannon, and then use your Salvage Arm to take random parts from their sinking ship. You can do this over and over again, grabbing parts like this instead of purchasing them with your hard-earned Rupees.

To grab new parts for your ship, you must fight the character on the ship The Prince of the Red Lion. If in the time given you manage to get 200 or more hits on the foe, he will give you a ship part. You can do this over and over again for new parts.