The ocarina is the most significant item in the game. It acts as a key, communication device, messenger, time travelling instrument, and much more. Ocarinas seem to be a rare item, as only three are known of in the game: the Ocarina of Time, and the two Fairy Ocarinas.

The Fairy Ocarina was Saria's most treasured possession. Salmon-coloured with emerald linings, it was a special instrument with magical properties. Saria used it to compose and play music, and also to communicate with the forest spirits around her. When Saria needed some time alone, she'd travel to the Sacred Forest Meadow, her secret place, to play her ocarina.

When Link left the Kokiri Forest to begin his quest, Saria gave him her ocarina as a memento and way for him to communicate with her, even at long distances.