Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - All 24 Masks, Ranked By Usefulness
There are a lot of masks in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, but some are definitely more useful in Link's adventure than others are.
Unsurprisingly, there are a lot of different kinds of masks in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Some of them are required for beating the main story, some of them will help Link collect a Heart Piece, and some are only usable in very specific situations. Players will need to collect all twenty-three of them, however, if they want to unlock the final mask in the game.
Collecting all of the masks and filling out The Bombers Notebook is one of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask's biggest draws. Thanks to the three day time limit and an infinite amount of retries, players can attempt certain trails over and over again if they miss out on them the first time, something which is likely to happen since some of the masks listed below are rather difficult to get, especially for new players.
There are two different categories of masks in Majora's Mask. The first are the masks which Link uses to transform into different characters, and the second are the masks Link simply wears on his face while still remaining himself. Being that the transformation masks are required multiple times throughout both The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask's story and side missions, most will be listed last. In descending order, the most (and least useful) masks in Majora's Mask are as follows:
While the quest involving Anju and Kafei may be one of the best mission strings The Legend of Zelda has ever put out, the Kafei Mask itself is hardly necessary. Madame Aroma gives Link this mask in order for him to help find her son, and all players need to do with it is talk to Anju while wearing it to begin their story. Other than that (and a few bits of different dialog from NPCs and one other time Link puts it on during this quest line to appease the Curiosity Shoppe owner) the Kafei Mask is basically worthless and is never needed again.
The Giant's Mask may be very useful in the fight against Twinmold - but that's it. Not exactly a transformation mask, The Giant's Mask makes Link into a huge version of himself in order to easily be able to attack Twinmold as it dives in and out of the sand. Unfortunately using the mask continuously drains magic power, and it can't be used in any other part of the game. It's not even entirely necessary, as Twinmold can be defeated without using the Giant's Mask at all if the player wishes.
Inarguably the most difficult mask in the game to obtain (since players need to get all twenty-three other masks first) the Fierce Deity's Mask in Majora's Mask is actually almost identical to the Giant's Mask - it makes the fight where it's usable much, much easier, to the point of making the gameplay worse because the challenge is gone.
The Fierce Deity's Mask can only be used in boss battles, but it makes everything so easy it's almost laughable, and players can't even try out its massive power in the open world.
Another one-use mask, The Garo Mask will convince the Garo watchman to create a hookshot target so Link can advance into Ikana Canyon - and that's really about the only time players have to use it. If they want to fight and talk to Garo warriors they can wear this mask inside the canyon, but it's not necessary any more for progression.
This mask can be worn during the mission where Link must help escort the Cremia Milk Wagon to keep the Gorman Brothers from attacking, but that's really its only usefulness. Since Link needs access to the Milk Bar Latte as well as all three transformation masks, by the time players get this mask they likely won't need to use it.
An iconic mask in The Legend of Zelda series, The Mask of Truth allows Link to read the thoughts of dogs and talk to Gossip Stones. Unfortunately, neither the game's dogs nor its rocks have anything especially secretive to reveal.
Neither function of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Mask of Truth is overwhelmingly important in the overall main game, but Link can use this ability to cheat at the dog track and find out which dog has the best mindset for victory, so at least that's something.
Don Gero's Mask allows Link to talk to frogs. If players can both defeat Goht and talk to all five frogs in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask in the same three day cycle, they will all assemble at the Mountain Village and Link will receive a Heart Piece.
Majora's Mask's Keaton Mask is also used for a Heart Piece. Players must attack the dancing grass in North Clock Town road (or one of the other dancing grass areas) while wearing it, and then they have to answer five questions correctly.
The ultimate prize for completing Anju and Kafei's story in Majora's Mask, the Couple's Mask is a pretty disappointing gift. While a beautiful symbol of their love, The Couple's Mask doesn't add much to gameplay (and was incredibly hard to obtain) but at least Link can use it to get yet another Heart Piece by talking to the Mayor while wearing it.
Also found during Anju and Kafei's story, the Postman's Hat can be obtained by breaking off from the main side quest and giving Madame Aroma's letter to the Postman instead.
Wearing The Postman's hat allows Link to look inside of any mailbox in Majora's Mask, but only the first will contain a Heart Piece. Every other mailbox after the first only contains one rupee.
One of the creepiest masks in The Legend of Zelda is Kamaro's Mask, a mask which allows Link to dance like the late spirit Kamaro. Link can use this mask to teach Kamaro's moves to the Rosa Sisters and receive yet another Heart Piece... or just to freak out anyone in his general vicinity.
The All-Night Mask is actually key to two different Heart Pieces, ranking it higher than the others which only allow access to one. By wearing this mask Link can stay up through Anju's Grandmother's stories, and while answering her questions afterwards players will obtain one Heart Piece for answering correctly and then another for answering wrong. It doesn't do much else, however, since otherwise Majora's Masks' Link never needs to sleep anyway.
The Bremen Mask doesn't allow Link to collect any Heart Pieces, but it does help him gain access to a much more useful mask - The Bunny Hood. More on that later.
Although rather ugly, the Mask of Scents is actually useful in both navigating the Woods of Mystery as well as for getting Kotake to start carrying Blue Potions in her inventory.
Link only needs to race the King's butler though a treasure maze to receive it - something which calls back to how Dante gave him the Hookshot back in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Getting the Gibdo Mask in Majora's Mask is an incredibly depressing experience, as players must resuce a little girl from her zombified father who has been locked in the closet. Once they do obtain it, however, they will find they can talk to the Gibdos all throughout Ikana Canyon, and that the game's ReDeads won't attack them any more.
Similar to The Gibdo Mask, The Captain's Hat allows link to speak to Stalchilds and command them to do his bidding. This is also how Link can find the password in the Oceanside Spider House. The fight against Skull Keeta, who Link must destroy to get the mask, is just a fun bonus.
The Stone Mask is actually very useful in a couple of parts of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Obtained from an invisible soldier who can oly be spotted using The Lens of Truth, The Stone Mask makes Link invisible to nearly all normal enemies, including pirates.
This means that, with The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask's Stone Mask, sneaking though the Pirate Headquarters to rescue the Zora eggs is much, much easier.
Running out of magic power can be a seriously frustrating thing for The Legend of Zelda players, which is why the Romani Mask is so useful. Using it grants Link access to the Milk Bar, where he can buy Romani Ranch Milk for 200 rupees - a drink which will give him infinite magic power for the rest of the three day cycle.
No bombs? No problem? As long as it doesn't need the added strength of a Powder Keg, Link's Blast Mask can be used in the place of a normal bomb and regenerates uses over time. While having Link wear a bomb on his face sounds like a dangerous proposition, as long as the player raises their shield first they will take no damage from the explosion.
The Great Fairy's Mask is a key item if players want to find all the Stray Fairies in each of Majora's Mask's four temples. The hair on The Great Fairy's Mask sparkles whenever Link gets close to one of the Stray Fairies, something which is incredibly helpful when looking for that one missing fairy before finishing a dungeon.
The most useful non-transformation mask in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is The Bunny Hood. The Bunny Hood allows Link to run at nearly double his normal speed and gives each of his jumps the distance of a rolling jump.
In a game where time is always working against the player, being able to move faster is exactly what players need. This mask can also be used to see the timer during The Postman's "count to a minute" game.
The Deku Mask is the first transformation Majora's Mask players have access to, and it can be incredibly useful in the early game. Deku can burrow into flowers and hide from enemies as well as drop Deku Nuts on them from above, and while they aren't as fun as other transformations they can still be incredibly enjoyable characters to inhabit.
Not only does Link's Zora form have a pretty awesome guitar made of fish bones, but it also allows for some of the best swimming mechanics in a Zelda game to date. Zora Link also has the ability to shoot his fins out like boomerangs and create a wall of electricity around his body - something which is both very useful and very cool-looking in action.
The Goron Mask combines the best things about Majora's Mask transformation masks - new moves, new musical instruments, and a new personality - but also adds in the best feature of its non-transformation masks as well: the ability to move fast. Link's Goron form can quickly begin rolling in the classic Legend of Zelda Goron fashion, but Link can take it one step forward and grow spikes on his rolling body which cause damage to enemies. Rolling around the main open world area outside of Clock Town, smashing into enemies and rolling over grass to refill Link's magic meter instantly, is one of the best ways to idly mess around in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - and when combined with the amount of times the Goron form is used for puzzles, problem-solving, and for fun, it's clearly the most useful mask in the game.