Rupees Collected

Rupees collected refers to the number of rupees picked up and added to Link's wallet. There are, unfortunately, a few caveats with this stat.

Full Wallets: In Zelda there is often a limit to how many rupees Link can hold. In Ocarina of Time that number is 99, until a larger wallet is unlocked. This means that after collecting 99 rupees, if I pick up another rupee it is effectively lost. I don't gain a rupee, it just goes away. I decided not to count these rupees as rupees collected. There were a few reasons for this decision.

• 1. Technically, it didn't go into my wallet.
• 2. I couldn't spend this currency.
• 3. It was difficult to track when I couldn't see the number increase.

Game Differences: Some Zelda games handle inventories differently. The difference is in what you keep or lose when you die. Dying in Breath of the Wild returns you to your last save point and you lose all items and progress since you started. Dying in Ocarina of Time or A Link to the Past returns you to the last checkpoint (save point?) along with your inventory upon death.

Breath of the Wild: You have 10 rupees. You pick up 100 more. You now have 110 rupees. You die. Game restarts: You have 10 rupees.
Link to the Past: You have 10 rupees. You pick up 100 more. You now have 110 rupees. You die. Game restarts: You have 110 rupees.

The end result is that in some games some rupees were collected multiple times and some were lost due to death. This is perfectly normal and I do not think it detracts from the meaningfulness of the stats taken.

Also you may note for Breath of the Wild that I spent more rupees than I collected. This is an accounting error. At some point I either failed to count rupees, ore more likely, accidentally hit the 'spend' button instead of the 'earned' button. Oops.