| Total | 32 Pieces of Heart, plus one extra Heart Container from Dampé’s last challenge |
|---|---|
| Reward | Every 4 Pieces of Heart add one full heart to your maximum health |
| Sources | Overworld caves, shops and mini-games, secret tunnels, Dampé’s Shack, the Seashell Mansion and the roof of Turtle Rock |
| Items needed | Sword, 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.
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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 Heart | Region | Requirement | How to get it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mabe Village well | Mabe Village | Sword | Cut the bushes at the west-side well and drop in. |
| 2 | Trendy Game (first prize) | Mabe Village | 10 rupees per try | Win it from the crane machine. |
| 3 | Town Tool Shop counter | Mabe Village | 200 rupees | Buy it from the shop counter. |
| 4 | Fishing Pond: first fish | Mabe Village | 10 rupees | Catch any fish. |
| 5 | Fishing Pond: lunker | Mabe Village | 10 rupees per try | Land a big green fish. |
| 6 | Koholint Prairie pit ring | Koholint Prairie | Roc’s Feather | Jump the circle of pits. |
| 7 | Cemetery cave | Cemetery | Pegasus Boots, Bombs | Bomb the cracked stone in the cave and dash-jump across. |
| 8 | Tabahl Wasteland, northeast corner | Tabahl Wasteland | Roc’s Feather | Jump a single row of pits. |
| 9 | Mysterious Forest skull cave | Mysterious Forest | Power Bracelet | Lift the rocks and skulls in the cave you entered earlier. |
| 10 | Ukuku Prairie block cave | Ukuku Prairie | Power Bracelet | Solve the skull and block puzzle in the northwest of Ukuku Prairie. |
| 11 | Seashell Mansion | South of Kanalet Castle | 5 Secret Seashells | Walk in with five seashells. |
| 12 | Pothole Field, northeast corner | Pothole Field | Roc’s Feather; five Golden Leaves | Cross a line of holes behind Richard’s Villa. |
| 13 | First Tal Tal cave | Tal Tal Mountain Range | Power Bracelet | Lift rocks and break crystals in the first cave of the climb. |
| 14 | Dampé: Fill Up Your Hearts | Dampé’s Shack | Key Cavern cleared | Build and clear the fourth Chamber Dungeon. |
| 15 | Yarna Desert quicksand cave | Yarna Desert | Bombs | Bomb the north wall under the quicksand. |
| 16 | Animal Village, behind the houses | Animal Village | None | Walk behind the houses. |
| 17 | Flooded cave east of Angler’s Tunnel | Tal Tal Heights | Flippers | Dive in the empty flooded cave. |
| 18 | Kanalet Castle moat | Kanalet Castle | Flippers | Dive west of the castle entrance. |
| 19 | Ukuku Prairie to Animal Village tunnel | Ukuku Prairie | Flippers | Dive before the dark barriers. |
| 20 | Ukuku Prairie Boots cave | Ukuku Prairie | Pegasus Boots, Bombs | Dash through barriers and bomb the right wall. |
| 21 | Dampé: Passageway Central | Dampé’s Shack | Catfish’s Maw cleared | Clear the Tier 2 challenge. |
| 22 | Trendy Game (second prize) | Mabe Village | Key Cavern cleared; 10 rupees per try | Catch the heart on the moving upper platform. |
| 23 | Martha’s Bay tunnel | Martha’s Bay | Flippers | Swim the tunnel behind the Telephone Booth. |
| 24 | Martha’s Bay southern inlet | Martha’s Bay | Flippers | Dive in the narrow channel at the south. |
| 25 | Animal Village northeast cave | Animal Village | Bombs, Hookshot | Bomb two walls and Hookshot over. |
| 26 | Mysterious Forest Hookshot cave | Mysterious Forest | Power Bracelet, Hookshot | Hookshot across the gap and push a rock. |
| 27 | Rapids Ride cave | Rapids Ride | Hookshot, 100 rupees | Follow the Raft Shop owner into the cave after a ride. |
| 28 | Rapids Race: under 40 seconds | Rapids Ride | 100 rupees | Beat the clock. |
| 29 | Rapids Ride island | Rapids Ride | Hookshot, 100 rupees | Ride west, then south to the island. |
| 30 | Hen House bridge cave | Tal Tal Mountain Range | Hookshot, Bombs | Hookshot the broken bridge and bomb a wall. |
| 31 | Western Tal Tal southwest path | Tal Tal Mountain Range | Hookshot | Take the southwest path from the stone field. |
| 32 | Turtle Rock roof | Turtle Rock | Turtle Rock progress | Take 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)
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)



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.



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.


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.




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)
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)



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.




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)
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)



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.




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.



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.




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)
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)




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.




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.



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)
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)




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.



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.




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.




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)
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)





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.



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.




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.



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.




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.






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)
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)




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.




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
| Collected | Reward |
|---|---|
| Every 4 Pieces of Heart | One extra full heart on your health bar, and your hearts are refilled |
| All 32 Pieces of Heart | Eight extra hearts in total |
| Ticking Clock | One extra Heart Container |
| 5 Secret Seashells | A Piece of Heart (Seashell Mansion) |
| Rapids Race under 40 seconds | A Piece of Heart, with a Secret Seashell for a time under 35 seconds |
































