All 61 Stray Fairies

Sixty-one Stray Fairies. One hovers over the Clock Town laundry pool. The other sixty are fifteen to a temple, and each set of fifteen is a Great Fairy reward.

Zelda Central and Zelda Wiki agree on the split: laundry pool, Woodfall, Snowhead, Great Bay, Stone Tower. Woodfall pays the Spin Attack on the N64 and the Magic Meter on the 3DS. Snowhead pays the Magic Meter on the N64 and the Spin Attack on the 3DS. Great Bay pays Double Defense on both. Stone Tower pays the Great Fairy's Sword on both.

Positions inside a dungeon are not identical on the 3DS. Each temple page keeps the count, the boss, and the reward, and points at Zelda Central for the ledge map. The laundry-pool fairy is not part of a fifteen-fairy prize.

The lone Stray Fairy above the Clock Town laundry pool

A Deku Flower in front of the Woodfall Temple door

Questions

How many fairies are there?

61. One in town and sixty in the four temples.

What do fifteen fairies do?

They wake that region's Great Fairy and pay the version's reward.

Does the 3DS move the rewards?

Woodfall and Snowhead swap Spin Attack and Magic Meter. Great Bay and Stone Tower do not.

WoodfallSnowheadGreat BayStone Tower

Sources

Zelda Central — Stray Fairies https://zeldacentral.com/games/majoras-mask/stray-fairies/
Zelda Wiki — Stray Fairy https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Stray_Fairy
Zelda Central — Version Differences https://zeldacentral.com/games/majoras-mask/version-differences/

Checked 2026-11-11.