The Ocarina of Time remake has players chasing two of the game's classic optional upgrades, and both demand some legwork.

The Biggoron Sword, the biggest prize of the bunch, is the reward for completing the "From a Pocket Egg Comes..." quest — the sprawling trading sequence that starts with a humble pocket egg and ends with the most powerful blade in the game. It's a multi-step chain, and finishing it is the only way to get the sword.

The Golden Scale is the other must-have. Earned at the fishing pond, it's the item that lets Link dive deeper underwater, opening up areas and secrets that are out of reach with the standard scale. It's easy to skip but hard to do without once exploration opens up.

Neither item is handed to you, which is very much in keeping with the original 1998 design: the remake keeps its best gear gated behind side content rather than the critical path. For players working through Nintendo's revival, the trading quest and the fishing pond are the two detours most worth making time for.