The self-proclaimed fairy boy Tingle floats through the air on a red balloon in several places in Termina in The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. In total he sells six different cards. They cover the Clock Town, the Woodfall, Snowhead, the Romani Ranch, the Great Bay and the Stone Tower.
For our Majora’s Mask 100% walkthrough we buy all six cards. This will reveal the corresponding areas on the world map and Link will also receive a mini-map for orientation.
Tingle sells two different cards at each of its locations. The map of the area in which he is currently located is always significantly cheaper: the map of Clock Town only costs 5 Rupees, all other regional maps cost 20 each Rupees. The map of the next area, on the other hand, always costs 40 Rupees. If you want to save Rupees, you should generally just buy the cheap card and wait until you get to the relevant area for the next one.
Find Tingle and get him from the balloon
Tingle is hard to miss. He wears his green suit and floats above the respective area on a large red balloon. In order to trade with him, you must first shoot down the balloon.
Depending on your progress, a Deku bubble, an arrow or another suitable long-range attack is sufficient. Tingle then slowly falls to the ground and offers Link his two cards.
After purchasing it, he inflates his balloon again and rises into the air again. Tingle doesn’t disappear permanently and can be spoken to again at any time if you don’t want to buy a card at first.
1. Map of Clock Town
Tingle location: North Clock Town
Price: 5 Rupees
Also available: Woodfall card for 40 Rupees
You will meet the first Tingle during the first three-day cycle in North Clock Town. He floats near the Great Fairy Spring and Deku Playground.
As Deku Link you can simply shoot his balloon with a Deku bubble. Then buy the card from Clock Town for just 5 Rupees. It covers the entire city area and the surrounding Termina Field.
Tingle also offers you the map of the Twilight Forest for 40 Rupees. You can save yourself this purchase. Later, on the way to the swamps, we get the same card for only 20 Rupees.
100% status: 1 of 6 cards.
2. Woodfall Map
Tingle location: Road to the Southern Swamp
Price: 20 Rupees
Also available: Snowhead card for 40 Rupees
The second Tingle floats on the way from the Termina Field towards Southern Swamp. You will pass it almost automatically before you reach the actual swamp area.
Shoot down his balloon and buy the Woodfall Map for 20 Rupees. This means, among other things, the swamp, Deku Palace and Woodfall are shown more clearly on the map.
Tingle is already offering the next card here too. The Snowhead card costs 40 Rupees at this location. Wait until you get to the mountains, where it’s half as expensive.
100% status: 2 of 6 cards.
3. Map of Snowhead
Tingle location: Path between Mountain Village and Goron village
Price: 20 Rupees
Also available: Romani Ranch card for 40 Rupees
After you have completed the Woodfall Temple, our journey takes you to the snowy mountains. Tingle floats in the area between the Mountain Village and the Goron village or near the twin islands.
Shoot down his balloon again and buy the Snowhead Card for 20 Rupees. It covers the mountains with mountain settlements, Goron villages and the area of the Snowhead Temple.
The second item Tingle offers is the Romani Ranch card for 40 Rupees. We will also initially ignore this offer. On the Milk Road we can get the same card later for just 20 Rupees.
100% status: 3 of 6 cards.
4. Map of Romani Ranch
Tingle location: Milk Road
Price: 20 Rupees
Also available: Great Bay card for 40 Rupees
You can find the fourth tingle on the Milk Road, i.e. on the way to Romani Ranch. You can reach it before the large rock in front of the ranch is blown up.
Get him out of the sky and buy the Romani Ranch map for 20 Rupees. It covers the Milk Road, Ranch and Gorman racetracks.
Tingle also sells the Great Bay map here for 40 Rupees. Again, wait until you actually reach the west coast. There it only costs 20 Rupees.
100% status: 4 out of 6 cards.
5. Card of Great Bay
Tingle Location: Great Bay Coast
Price: 20 Rupees
Also available: Stone Tower card for 40 Rupees
After returning from Epona, you can jump the fences on the way to the west coast. Tingle floats over the water or near the shore on the Great Bay Coast in the Marine Research Lab area.
Shoot down his balloon with an arrow and buy the Skull Cove map for 20 Rupees. It covers the entire marine region with Great Bay, Zora Cape and other important points.
The second map is that of the Stone Tower. It costs 40 Rupees here. If you want to save money, wait until Ikana Canyon. Tingle sells them there for 20 Rupees.
100% status: 5 out of 6 cards.
6. Stone Tower Map
Tingle location: Ikana Canyon
Price: 20 Rupees
Also available: Clock Town Card for 40 Rupees
The final tingle is in Ikana Canyon. After using Garo’s mask and working your way into the upper canyon with the Hookshot, you can discover him near the Music Box House.
Shoot down his balloon and buy the Stone Tower Map for 20 Rupees. This means you have all six cards in the game.
Since this is the last area of the normal main route, Tingel’s chain of offers closes afterwards. The second card he sells here is the card from Clock Town – but this time for 40 Rupees. Of course, if you followed our route, you’ve had it since the beginning of the game.
100% status: 6 of 6 cards.
All six Tingle Maps at a glance
1. Clock Town: Tingle in North Clock Town – 5 Rupees.
2. Woodfall: Tingle on the way to the swamps – 20 Rupees.
3. Snowhead: Tingle in the mountains near the Twin Islands – 20 Rupees.
4. Romani Ranch: Tingle on the Milk Road – 20 Rupees.
5. Great Bay: Tingle on Great Bay Coast – 20 Rupees.
6. Stone Tower: Tingle in Ikana Canyon – 20 Rupees.
Cheapest total price for all six cards: 105 Rupees.
If you always buy each card in the corresponding region, you only pay 5 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 Rupees. The preview of the next area offered for 40 Rupees is not necessary for a complete game and is simply a way to unlock the map earlier.
All Tingle locations and offers
North Balance City: Clock Town 5 Rupees / Woodfall 40 Rupees.
Road to the swamp: Woodfall 20 Rupees / Snowhead 40 Rupees.
Mountains: Snowhead 20 Rupees / Romani Ranch 40 Rupees.
Milk Road: Romani Ranch 20 Rupees / Great Bay 40 Rupees.
Great Bay Coast: Great Bay 20 Rupees / Stone Tower 40 Rupees.
Ikana Canyon: Stone Tower 20 Rupees / Clock Town 40 Rupees.
The system thus forms a closed circle. Each Tingle sells the map of their current region cheaply and the map of the next large area for 40 Rupees. At the last location in Ikana Canyon, the expensive second ticket leads back to Clock Town. This pricing structure is the same throughout the Nintendo 64 version.
Tingle and the photo competition
Tingle also plays a small role in the swamp information center photo competition. The man there is Tingel’s father, even if he is not particularly enthusiastic about his adult son’s ideas as a self-proclaimed fairy boy.
A good photo of Tingle can be entered into the competition as an interesting motif. However, for the safe Piece of Heart, we prefer to use a clear photo of the Deku King in our 100% route.
Keep Your Tingle Maps between Cycles
The maps themselves do not unlock hidden items or additional areas. However, they make exploration much clearer, as the corresponding regions then appear completely on the world map and you have a mini-map available within the areas.
For our complete score we therefore buy all six cards. Together with the ten owl statues and all songs this is also the complete travel and map function of Termina developed.