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Heart Piece Locations

Total32 Pieces of Heart, plus one extra Heart Container from Dampé’s last challenge
RewardEvery 4 Pieces of Heart add one full heart to your maximum health
SourcesOverworld caves, shops and mini-games, secret tunnels, Dampé’s Shack, the Seashell Mansion and the roof of Turtle Rock
Items neededSword, Roc’s Feather, Power Bracelet, Pegasus Boots, Bombs, Flippers, Hookshot

There are 32 Pieces of Heart on Koholint Island. Collect four and they combine into a full heart, which raises your maximum health and refills it. Some are shop or mini-game prizes, some sit in the open, and the rest hide behind cave puzzles that need the Power Bracelet, Pegasus Boots, Flippers or Hookshot. The list below follows a sensible 100% route, so the numbers match the order in which you can pick them up. The Heart Container at Dampé’s Shack is separate from the 32.

Why guides count 32, 33 or 8

The island has 32 Pieces of Heart, which add up to eight hearts. The eight Heart Containers that the dungeon bosses drop are a separate set and are not part of that count. A community map lists 33 markers in this category because it also marks the full Heart Container that Dampé gives for clearing the Ticking Clock Chamber Dungeon. That marker is not a Piece of Heart, so 32 pieces plus the one container make 33 markers. The Seashell Mansion reward and the two Trendy Game prizes are each counted once in the 32, and no marker is duplicated.

Quick reference: all 32 Pieces of Heart

#Piece of HeartRegionRequirementHow to get it
1Mabe Village wellMabe VillageSwordCut the bushes at the west-side well and drop in.
2Trendy Game (first prize)Mabe Village10 rupees per tryWin it from the crane machine.
3Town Tool Shop counterMabe Village200 rupeesBuy it from the shop counter.
4Fishing Pond: first fishMabe Village10 rupeesCatch any fish.
5Fishing Pond: lunkerMabe Village10 rupees per tryLand a big green fish.
6Koholint Prairie pit ringKoholint PrairieRoc’s FeatherJump the circle of pits.
7Cemetery caveCemeteryPegasus Boots, BombsBomb the cracked stone in the cave and dash-jump across.
8Tabahl Wasteland, northeast cornerTabahl WastelandRoc’s FeatherJump a single row of pits.
9Mysterious Forest skull caveMysterious ForestPower BraceletLift the rocks and skulls in the cave you entered earlier.
10Ukuku Prairie block caveUkuku PrairiePower BraceletSolve the skull and block puzzle in the northwest of Ukuku Prairie.
11Seashell MansionSouth of Kanalet Castle5 Secret SeashellsWalk in with five seashells.
12Pothole Field, northeast cornerPothole FieldRoc’s Feather; five Golden LeavesCross a line of holes behind Richard’s Villa.
13First Tal Tal caveTal Tal Mountain RangePower BraceletLift rocks and break crystals in the first cave of the climb.
14Dampé: Fill Up Your HeartsDampé’s ShackKey Cavern clearedBuild and clear the fourth Chamber Dungeon.
15Yarna Desert quicksand caveYarna DesertBombsBomb the north wall under the quicksand.
16Animal Village, behind the housesAnimal VillageNoneWalk behind the houses.
17Flooded cave east of Angler’s TunnelTal Tal HeightsFlippersDive in the empty flooded cave.
18Kanalet Castle moatKanalet CastleFlippersDive west of the castle entrance.
19Ukuku Prairie to Animal Village tunnelUkuku PrairieFlippersDive before the dark barriers.
20Ukuku Prairie Boots caveUkuku PrairiePegasus Boots, BombsDash through barriers and bomb the right wall.
21Dampé: Passageway CentralDampé’s ShackCatfish’s Maw clearedClear the Tier 2 challenge.
22Trendy Game (second prize)Mabe VillageKey Cavern cleared; 10 rupees per tryCatch the heart on the moving upper platform.
23Martha’s Bay tunnelMartha’s BayFlippersSwim the tunnel behind the Telephone Booth.
24Martha’s Bay southern inletMartha’s BayFlippersDive in the narrow channel at the south.
25Animal Village northeast caveAnimal VillageBombs, HookshotBomb two walls and Hookshot over.
26Mysterious Forest Hookshot caveMysterious ForestPower Bracelet, HookshotHookshot across the gap and push a rock.
27Rapids Ride caveRapids RideHookshot, 100 rupeesFollow the Raft Shop owner into the cave after a ride.
28Rapids Race: under 40 secondsRapids Ride100 rupeesBeat the clock.
29Rapids Ride islandRapids RideHookshot, 100 rupeesRide west, then south to the island.
30Hen House bridge caveTal Tal Mountain RangeHookshot, BombsHookshot the broken bridge and bomb a wall.
31Western Tal Tal southwest pathTal Tal Mountain RangeHookshotTake the southwest path from the stone field.
32Turtle Rock roofTurtle RockTurtle Rock progressTake the stairs outside.

Every Piece of Heart in route order

Pieces are listed where you naturally reach them. A piece that needs an item from a later dungeon sits after that dungeon in the list. The two Trendy Game prizes and the Dampé rewards are the only pieces tied to story progress rather than an item.

Mabe Village (1 to 5)

Item text box reading You got a Piece of Heart in the well cave

1. Mabe Village well

On the west side of Mabe Village, a well sits at the top of a ledge behind a patch of bushes. Cut the bushes with the Sword, then step off the ledge to fall into the well. Wade across the shallow pool in the cave below to the Piece of Heart. You can take it as soon as you own the Sword. (Toronbo Shores, Mabe Village and Tail Cave walkthrough)

The Piece of Heart prize dropped at the chute of the crane game

2. Trendy Game (first prize)

Pay 10 rupees to play the crane game in the building with the claw machine in Mabe Village. A Piece of Heart is one of the prizes in the first set. Steer the claw above it, drop it and guide the prize to the chute; prizes slip out easily, so expect a few attempts.

Link holding up the Piece of Heart in the Town Tool Shop

3. Town Tool Shop counter

The Piece of Heart sits on the counter of the Town Tool Shop in the middle of the village, near the Shovel. It costs 200 rupees. Pay before you pick it up; the shopkeeper does not forget thieves.

Link holding up a Piece of Heart after the catch

4. Fishing Pond: first fish

Talk to the Fisherman at the pond in the northwest corner of Mabe Village and pay 10 rupees. Landing your first fish of any size earns you a Piece of Heart.

Link holding up a Piece of Heart with the item box beside the pond

5. Fishing Pond: lunker

Keep fishing at the pond until a big green fish (a lunker) bites, then reel it in carefully. The Fisherman hands over a second Piece of Heart.

Koholint Prairie, Cemetery and Tabahl Wasteland (6 to 8)

Link hopping back out beside the ring of pits

6. Koholint Prairie pit ring

Just outside the Mysterious Forest, a patch of grass sits in the middle of a ring of pits with a Piece of Heart on it. Jump over the pits with Roc’s Feather, take the heart and hop out again. If you fall in a pit you only lose a moment. (Mysterious Forest and Bottle Grotto walkthrough)

Link holding up the Piece of Heart in the cave with the item box

7. Cemetery cave

Find the cave in the Cemetery. Inside, bomb the cracked stone and use a Pegasus Boots dash-jump to cross to the Piece of Heart. Guides describe the way into the cave differently, so look around the gravestones if you cannot spot it.

Link holding up the Piece of Heart beyond the pits with the item box

8. Tabahl Wasteland, northeast corner

Weave through the spiked trees of Tabahl Wasteland, south of Tal Tal Heights, to the northeast corner. The Piece of Heart lies behind a single row of pits; jump them with Roc’s Feather.

Power Bracelet pieces and the Seashell Mansion (9 to 13)

Link holding up the Piece of Heart in the rock cave, with the item message shown

9. Mysterious Forest skull cave

Return to the cave in the Mysterious Forest whose room is full of grey rocks and skull rocks. With the Power Bracelet, lift the rocks and skulls blocking the left side of the room and pick up the Piece of Heart on the floor. (Ukuku Prairie, Kanalet Castle and Key Cavern walkthrough)

Link holding up the second Piece of Heart, with the item message shown

10. Ukuku Prairie block cave

Go into the cave of rocks and skulls in the northwest of Ukuku Prairie. Lift the skulls and push the blocks until you can reach the corner holding a Piece of Heart.

Link holding up the Piece of Heart in the Seashell Mansion, with the item message shown

11. Seashell Mansion

Visit the Seashell Mansion south of Kanalet Castle with at least five Secret Seashells. The owner gives you a Piece of Heart for the first five. This is the only piece that comes from the seashell hunt; the other mansion rewards are different items.

Link holding up the Piece of Heart in the Pothole Field, with the item message shown

12. Pothole Field, northeast corner

Give Richard the five Golden Leaves and take the stairs to his backyard, the Pothole Field. In the far northeast corner a Piece of Heart waits beyond a line of holes. Jump across with Roc’s Feather and cut the bushes as you land; the Pegasus Boots make the running jump much easier.

Link at the chest on the ledge outside the cave in the Tal Tal Mountain Range

13. First Tal Tal cave

Enter the first cave you reach on the way into the Tal Tal Mountain Range. Lift the rocks and break the purple crystals to reach the Piece of Heart, then step out for a chest on the ledge outside.

Dampé, Yarna Desert and Animal Village (14 to 17)

Link holding up a Piece of Heart from Dampe with the item message shown

14. Dampé: Fill Up Your Hearts

After you finish Key Cavern, talk to Dampé at his shack and arrange the Chamber Dungeon “Fill Up Your Hearts” from the chambers you own, then clear the adventure. Dampé pays out a Piece of Heart. (Yarna Desert and Angler’s Tunnel walkthrough)

Link holding up the Piece of Heart with the item message shown

15. Yarna Desert quicksand cave

Let the quicksand pit in the desert pull you down into the cave below. Place a Bomb against the middle of the north wall to open a hidden room that holds the Piece of Heart.

Link holding up a Piece of Heart beside the bushes with the item message shown

16. Animal Village, behind the houses

From the Yarna Desert entrance, walk around behind the houses at the north of Animal Village. The Piece of Heart lies in the open beside the bushes.

Link holding up a Piece of Heart underwater with the item text box

17. Flooded cave east of Angler’s Tunnel

Swim along the Tal Tal Heights lake to the cave east of the Angler’s Tunnel entrance. The cave is flooded and empty except for a Piece of Heart at the bottom; dive with the Flippers to take it.

Flippers and Boots pieces, Dampé tier 2 (18 to 22)

Link holding up a Piece of Heart in the moat with the item text box

18. Kanalet Castle moat

Follow the stream out of the pond to the moat around Kanalet Castle and swim to the corner west of the entrance. Dive with the Flippers to take the Piece of Heart from the moat floor. (Martha’s Bay and Catfish’s Maw walkthrough)

Link holding up the fourth Piece of Heart with the heart container text box

19. Ukuku Prairie to Animal Village tunnel

Take the stairs beside the canal in Ukuku Prairie into the flooded tunnel toward Animal Village. In the patch of deep water just before the dark barriers, dive for the Piece of Heart.

Link holding up a Piece of Heart on the cross platform with the item text box

20. Ukuku Prairie Boots cave

From the warp point in Ukuku Prairie head northeast to a cave in the tree line. Dash through the black barriers with the Pegasus Boots, then bomb the cracked wall on the right side of the next room. Swim to the cross-shaped platform in the flooded chamber beyond.

Link holding up a chamber with the item box in Dampe's Shack

21. Dampé: Passageway Central

After Catfish’s Maw, work through the second tier of Chamber Dungeons at Dampé’s Shack (Key Hunter, Bomb’s Away!, Treasure Vault, Passageway Central). Clearing Passageway Central pays a Piece of Heart.

The claw lifting a prize from the top platform of the Trendy Game

22. Trendy Game (second prize)

Once you have finished Key Cavern, a second Piece of Heart appears in the Trendy Game. It rides on the moving platform at the top of the prize area, so time the claw as it passes.

Martha’s Bay, Animal Village and the Rapids Ride (23 to 29)

Link in the room of the Li'l Devil at the end of the tunnel

23. Martha’s Bay tunnel

Go to the Telephone Booth in Martha’s Bay and find the staircase hidden in the leafy plants to its east. The passage below is flooded: swim with the Flippers and follow it to the Piece of Heart. The same tunnel continues to the Li’l Devil. (Southern Face Shrine and Face Shrine walkthrough)

Link on the grassy ledge by the Mermaid Statue above the bay's rocky waters

24. Martha’s Bay southern inlet

Swim to the south edge of Martha’s Bay, near the Mermaid Statue, to the narrow channel where the water flows out. Dive with the Flippers to take the Piece of Heart.

Link holding up a Piece of Heart with the item box shown

25. Animal Village northeast cave

Find the cracked wall in the northeast corner of Animal Village, behind the houses, and bomb it. Inside, bomb the next cracked wall, then Hookshot across the gap to the ledge with the Piece of Heart.

Link on the far ledge beside the rock and the Piece of Heart

26. Mysterious Forest Hookshot cave

Lift the three rocks blocking the cave in the north-central Mysterious Forest. Hookshot across the gap to the chest (50 rupees), then Hookshot to the far ledge and push the rock to reach the Piece of Heart. The cave exits to Ukuku Prairie.

Link holding up the Piece of Heart with the item box shown

27. Rapids Ride cave

Take a ride for 100 rupees, then decline another ride and follow the shop owner into the cave. Hookshot across the stones at the top to reach the Piece of Heart.

Link holding up a Piece of Heart on the raft with the item box shown

28. Rapids Race: under 40 seconds

Pay 100 rupees at the Raft Shop and choose the Rapids Race. Finish in under 40 seconds for a Piece of Heart; under 35 seconds also earns a Secret Seashell.

Link holding up the Piece of Heart on the island

29. Rapids Ride island

Pay 100 rupees for a ride, steer west and then south to a small island and stop there. The Piece of Heart waits on the island.

Tal Tal Mountains and Turtle Rock (30 to 32)

Link holding up a Piece of Heart in the cave

30. Hen House bridge cave

From the Hen House cliff, walk left to the broken bridge and Hookshot across. At the far end, cut the lone bush to reveal a staircase. Below, bomb the cracked south wall and take the Piece of Heart on the right. (Tal Tal Heights and Eagle’s Tower walkthrough)

Link holding up a Piece of Heart on a narrow ledge

31. Western Tal Tal southwest path

In the western part of the Tal Tal Mountain Range, take the southwestern path out of the field of stones, using the Hookshot where needed, to reach a Piece of Heart.

Link cutting the grass on the ledge above the entrance

32. Turtle Rock roof

From the lava pot room inside Turtle Rock, take the stairs that lead out onto the mountain top. Walk into the grass on the ledge above the entrance for the final Piece of Heart. (Western Tal Tal Mountains and Turtle Rock walkthrough)

Bonus: the Ticking Clock Heart Container

Dampé’s last Chamber Dungeon, Ticking Clock, is the final challenge at his shack and rewards a full Heart Container instead of a Piece of Heart. It unlocks after Turtle Rock and after you have cleared the earlier Chamber Dungeon tiers, so save it for the end of your 100% run. Build the dungeon from the chambers you own, finish it within the time limit and Dampé hands over the container.

What the Pieces of Heart give you

CollectedReward
Every 4 Pieces of HeartOne extra full heart on your health bar, and your hearts are refilled
All 32 Pieces of HeartEight extra hearts in total
Ticking ClockOne extra Heart Container
5 Secret SeashellsA Piece of Heart (Seashell Mansion)
Rapids Race under 40 secondsA Piece of Heart, with a Secret Seashell for a time under 35 seconds

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