Skyward Sword: Cursed Medal

Sources reviewed: 2026-11-10

Batreaux’s 30-crystal reward tier offers the Cursed Medal. Carrying it increases rupee and treasure drops while sealing access to Adventure Pouch equipment.

The gain is a higher chance of rupees and treasures. The cost that matters in play is not the crystals. While the medal is in your possession the adventure pouch stays shut. A shield you had equipped is put into that pouch, and bottles, potions, and shields cannot be used. Gear that does not need the pouch, such as the bomb bag and other medals, keeps working. I am stating the lock as the wiki states it.

The Cursed Medal is a pouch item rather than a permanent curse on the save file. Its useful tradeoff is treasure collection versus access to protective equipment and healing items. Plan the route before carrying it: entering a difficult boss fight without bottles or a shield is a different decision from collecting treasure in a familiar field. The medal’s effect is tied to carrying it, not to permanently consuming the reward. Batreaux warns about the optional chest, so accepting the wallet does not require using the medal.

At 30 total Gratitude Crystals, Batreaux rewards the Big Wallet and provides the chest containing the Cursed Medal. These are cumulative reward thresholds, not separate payments of 30 crystals. You can take the wallet without deciding to carry the medal into the next dungeon. Once the medal is in the Adventure Pouch, other pouch items become unavailable, while the separate item wheel still contains tools such as the Bomb Bag. Other medals can continue to apply their effects. This distinction explains why the medal can increase treasure drops while leaving the sword and dungeon tools usable.

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