Ghost Ship (The Wind Waker)

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See also: Ghost Ship (Phantom Hourglass)

In The Wind Waker, the Ghost Ship haunts several islands of the Great Sea during the night. It appears on different islands depending on the moon. The ship is doomed to sail the Great Sea until freed from its curse, and only the one holding the Ghost Ship Chart, hidden on Diamond Steppe Island, can enter the ship and free it from its curse. The souls of those who are still trapped on the ship will unwillingly try to stop the anyone who boards their ship.

According to the Lenzo, the sailor who made the Ghost Ship Chart was following the frightening vehicle across all of its destinations, drawing a map of its movements. When the map was done, he suddenly died.^[1] Interestingly, Link does not die if he visits constantly the Ghost Ship whereabouts. In fact, there is actually nothing from the ship that can damage Link, except the enemies within; even so, for some reason, the fishmen warn him not to visit the destinations of the Ghost Ship when it appears.

The Ghost Ship appears at the following islands, in this order: Crescent Moon Island, Diamond Steppe Island, Bomb Island, Spectacle Isle, Five-Star Isles, Star Belt Archipelago and Greatfish Isle. Because of this, there's no night during which the ship does not appear in the Great Sea, at least not until its treasure is collected. Depending on the island, the ship will have different enemies, though, they'll usually be Poes or Redeads, seeing as how it's a ghost ship, and could only house dead enemies or the occasional Wizzrobe, which possibly uses its magic to stay aboard the ship.

After Link collects the Triforce Chart hidden within, the Ghost Ship will stop roaming the seas and disappear entirely.

References

1. ↑ "The rumors I've heard tell of a man who researched the reaches of the sea where the Ghost Ship faded in and out of sight, and that he drew a map of its movements. But it is said that as soon as the man had finished drawing the lines of that cursed map...he died a most unexpected death." —Lenzo (The Wind Waker)