How do I save the game in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask?

You have 3 options:

  1. After getting the sword, use it on an Owl Statue for a quicksave (it will be deleted when loaded again).
  2. Use the Ocarina to play the "Song of Time" to return you to day one. This will cause you to drop your expendable items and money, so visit the bank first to make a deposit (the bank is magically unaffected by time travel because Link's account info is written in invisible ink on his hand).
  3. The Wii Virtual Console supports savestates via the home button. Simply press and choose to return to the Wii menu. The state of the game will be resumed from where you left off when you load it up again.

You can only save "at will" once you've got the sword or ocarina.

If you have the sword you can slash at an owl statue to quick save.

If you have the ocarina, play the "Song of Time" which will send you back to the first day. This will do a full save, but does lose all your money and ammo.

However doing this will result in undoing some side quests, like :

  • giving red potion to the witch

  • killing snow temple boss again for spring. etc