If this option is selected, four helpful hints will be created and inserted into the game. Each hint will be placed in one of the eight towns or king's tomb. Each location can have at most one hint.
The NPCs who can give out hints in each town are listed below. Note that all of the below NPCs are stationary - none of the NPCs that walk through town will give you useful hints.
Rauru: There are three possible NPCs who can give hints in Rauru. There is an old woman standing outside on the first screen of town. There are two other NPCs inside houses, one on the first screen, one on the second.
Ruto: There are three NPCs who can give hints in Ruto. Error is in a house on the first screen of town. There is a man standing outside on the second screen of town, and a woman inside a house on the second screen of town.
Saria: There are two possible NPCs who can give hints in Saria. There is a man standing near the entrance of the town. There is a sleeping bot inside a house on the second screen of town. You must talk to this bot four times.
King's Tomb: The woman at king's tomb can give you hints.
Mido: There is only one NPC who can give hints in Mido. He is in a house on the first screen of town.
Nabooru: There are three NPCs who can give hints in Nabooru. There is a man inside a house on the first screen of town. There is a woman standing outside on the last screen of town. Finally, there is an ache inside a house on the last screen of town. You must talk to the ache four times.
Darunia: There are two NPCs who can give hints in Darunia. You can read the wall inside a house on the first screen of town. There is a boy standing outside on the last screen of town.
New Kasuto: There are three NPCs who can give hints in New Kasuto. There is a lady standing outside near the entrance of town. There is a woman inside the house that requires magic containers to enter. You can also read the wall inside a house on the first screen of town.
Old Kasuto: There is one hint location in Old Kasuto. Inside the last house on the second screen of town you can read the wall.
Of the four hints that are generated, at most one of them will be for a small item (jar, heart container, magic container, pbag, etc.). If spell item hints are not used, it is possible for spell items to appear as helpful hints.