Red Potion

The Red Potion, also known as the Medicine of Life, Red Medicine, Heart Potion, or Health Potion, is a health-restoring potion which appears throughout the The Legend of Zelda titles, starting with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. It typically requires a bottle to contain it. The amount of hearts it recovers varies depending on the game but was originally full, acting much like a Life Potion.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
In The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the Medicine of Life (Life Medicine on the Sub-Screen) is available in the Magic Shop for 120 Rupees. If Link talks to the Assistant, she gives him a sample of the Red Potion, which instantly refills his hearts.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the Red Potion is available in the Potion Shop for 30 Rupees, Goron Shop for 40 Rupees, and Zora Shop for 50 Rupees.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
In The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, the Red Potion is available in the Magic Hags' Potion Shop for 20 Rupees, the Trading Post for 30 Rupees, the Goron Shop for 50 or 80 Rupees, and Zora Hall for 60 Rupees. It can also be sold in the Curiosity Shop for 20 Rupees. Additionally, the Red Potion is used in several tasks.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, the Red Potion is available in the Chu Jelly Juice Shop for 20 Rupees and Beedle's Shop Ship for 30 Rupees; in the former, if Link gives five Red Chu Jellies to Doc Bandam, he will receive a free Red Potion.

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
In The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, the red potion is available in Syrup the Witch's Hut for 150 Rupees after Link fuses certain Kinstone pieces.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
In The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, the red potion is available in Trill's Shop, Malo Mart, and the City in the Sky for 30 Rupees, and Malo Mart Castle Branch for 15 Rupees. This is the first game in which it does not recover all hearts, and instead recovers only eight.

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
In The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, the red potion is available in Beedle's Shop Ship for 30 Rupees. In this game, it recovers six hearts.

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
In The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, the red potion is available in Castle Town Shop for 30 Rupees. Like Phantom Hourglass, it recovers six hearts.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
In The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, the Heart Potion is available in the Potion Shop for 20 Rupees. In this game, it recovers eight hearts. It can also be upgraded into the Heart Potion +, which recovers all hearts, and the Heart Potion ++, which recovers all hearts and contains two servings.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
In The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, the red potion is available in the Witch's House for 50 Rupees. In this game, it recovers eight hearts.

Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda
In Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda, the Health Potion can be found in several shops.