100% Completion Checklist

Hearts	24 Pieces of Heart, 6 Heart Containers and 2 Life Medals for a maximum of 20 hearts
Sky and Surface	27 Goddess Cubes with 27 Goddess Chests, 80 Gratitude Crystals, 5 Empty Bottles, 4 Silent Realms
Music and quests	5 Goddess’s Harp songs, 12 Gratitude quests plus Pumm’s jobs, 9 prize mini-games, 13 main boss fights
Gear and materials	18 Scrap Shop upgrades, 7 potion upgrades, 6 sword stages, 12 bugs, 16 treasures

This page lists everything that a 100% file in Skyward Sword needs, grouped by topic. Each section gives the checked total, a table of every entry and a link to the page that explains how to get it. Work through the sections in any order, but the walkthrough shows when each item becomes available.

Link holds up a Piece of Heart on a Sand Sea ship deck, and the box says it completes a Heart Container

Pieces of Heart and Heart Containers

There are 24 Pieces of Heart, four to a heart, plus 6 Heart Containers and 2 Life Medals. Full routes are on Heart Piece Locations.

Link holds up a Piece of Heart at the Skyloft bar, and the box says it completes a Heart Container

#	Piece of Heart	Region	Requirement
1	Lumpy Pumpkin chandelier	Pumpkin Landing, Sky	None
2	Great Tree tightrope	Faron Woods	None
3	Goddess Chest south of Skyloft	The Sky	Goddess Cube in the Deep Woods
4	Round room cage	Skyview Temple	Beetle
5	Batreaux’s reward	Skyloft	10 Gratitude Crystals
6	Cliff ledge	Eldin Volcano	None
7	Rock-pile cave	Faron Woods	Bomb Bag
8	Cracked wall chest	Lanayru Desert	Bomb Bag
9	Goddess Chest on Beedle’s Island	The Sky	Mine cart Goddess Cube, Hook Beetle
10	Dodoh’s High Dive	Fun Fun Island	Return the party wheel, 20 Rupees
11	Goddess Chest in the mill	Skyloft	Eldin sand-slide Goddess Cube, Water Dragon’s Scale
12	Pumm’s reward	Pumpkin Landing, Sky	Empty Bottle, Goddess’s Harp, three chores
13	Goddess Chest in the crater island	The Sky	Great Tree Goddess Cube (cube 14), Water Dragon’s Scale
14	Zelda’s wardrobe	Knight Academy, Skyloft	Clawshots
15	Back deck chest	Sandship	Bow, Clawshots
16	Goddess Chest on Waterfall Island	Skyloft	Pirate Stronghold Goddess Cube, Clawshots
17	Pumpkin Pull	Sparring Hall, Skyloft	Bow, 600 points, Fledge’s training done
18	Mogma chase	Fire Sanctuary	Mogma Mitts
19	Hidden cave	Volcano Summit	Mogma Mitts
20	Goddess Chest in Bug Rock	The Thunderhead	Volcano Summit Goddess Cube
21	Rickety Coaster	Shipyard, Lanayru Sand Sea	Heart Stopping course in under 1:05, 20 Rupees
22	Gorko’s Goddess Wall	Sealed Grounds	Draw the shape Gorko names
23	Beedle’s Airshop	Skyloft	1600 Rupees (800 after the Missing Beetle quest)
24	Lightning Round	Lanayru Gorge	Win four boss fights in a row

6 Heart Containers: Ghirahim in Skyview Temple, Scaldera, Moldarach, Koloktos, Tentalus and Ghirahim in the Fire Sanctuary.
2 Life Medals: one for 800 Rupees at Beedle’s Airshop, and one in a Goddess Chest (cube 18).
Maximum health: 6 starting hearts, 6 Heart Containers, 6 hearts from 24 Pieces and 2 Life Medals make 20.

Link holds up a glowing red Heart Container, and the box says his life has increased by one and is now full

Link receives the Life Medal, and the box says his maximum hearts rise by one while he carries it

Goddess Cubes and Chests

There are 27 Goddess Cubes: 9 in Faron, 9 in Eldin and 9 in Lanayru. Strike each one with a Skyward Strike, then open its chest. See Goddess Cubes and Chests.

Link holds up a Piece of Heart after a Goddess Chest opens, and the box says just one more is needed

A glowing purple Goddess Cube sits on a grassy ledge, with a wooden chest at the left edge

#	Region	Cube location	Chest location	Reward
1	Faron	Deep Woods, beside Gorko	Pumpkin Landing	Adventure Pouch slot
2	Faron	Skyview Temple entrance	Island south of Skyloft	Piece of Heart
3	Faron	Skyview Spring	Pumpkin Landing awning	Gold Rupee
4	Eldin	Volcano Entry	Small island northwest of Fun Fun Island	Small Seed Satchel
5	Eldin	Volcano East	Small island northwest of Beedle’s Island	Silver Rupee
6	Eldin	On a spire at the entrance to the Bokoblin settlement	Isle of Songs	Gold Rupee
7	Eldin	Near the Earth Temple entrance	Bamboo Island	Gold Rupee
8	Eldin	Bokoblin camp	Small island southeast of Beedle’s Island	Treasure Medal
9	Eldin	Sand slide	Skyloft shed	Piece of Heart
10	Lanayru	Lanayru Mine	Small island southeast of Beedle’s Island, behind a bombable wall	Silver Rupee
11	Lanayru	Desert, south-west	Small island south of Skyloft, on the outside ledge	Heart Medal
12	Lanayru	Temple of Time	Beedle’s Island	Piece of Heart
13	Faron	West side of the Great Tree	Skyloft, south of the Knight Academy	Silver Rupee
14	Faron	Great Tree, south-east	Small island south of Skyloft, inside the crater	Piece of Heart
15	Faron	East side of the Great Tree	Small island northeast of the Isle of Songs	Rupee Medal
16	Faron	Lake Floria	Skyloft, island in the northeast	Gold Rupee
17	Lanayru	Desert, north-east	Island west of Beedle’s Island	Heart Medal
18	Lanayru	Mining Facility, south-west	Island NW of Fun Fun Island	Life Medal
19	Lanayru	Sand Sea port	Gondo’s Scrap Shop	Gold Rupee
20	Lanayru	Skipper’s Retreat	Island NW of Fun Fun Island	Potion Medal
21	Lanayru	Pirate Stronghold	Waterfall Island	Piece of Heart
22	Faron	Above Skyview Temple	Beedle’s Island (night)	Rupee Medal
23	Faron	Ancient Cistern	Under Fun Fun Island	Gold Rupee
24	Eldin	Volcano Summit waterfall	Bug Rock	Piece of Heart
25	Eldin	Outside Fire Sanctuary	Isle of Songs tower	Small Bomb Bag
26	Eldin	Volcano Summit, southeast platform near Eldin’s lair	Small island southwest of the Isle of Songs	Empty Bottle
27	Lanayru	Lanayru Gorge, near the Life Tree	Small island southwest of the Isle of Songs	Small Quiver

Gratitude Crystals

There are 80 Gratitude Crystals: 65 from 12 quests and 15 loose crystals that appear at night. Batreaux pays seven milestone rewards. See Gratitude Crystals.

Link holds up one glowing Gratitude Crystal, and the box says to show them to Batreaux

Link holds up five glowing Gratitude Crystals, and the box says they are gratitude in crystal form

#	Source	Where	Crystals
1	Find Kukiel	Wryna, Goddess Statue	5
2	Find Orielle	Parrow, Skyloft plaza	10
3	Do You Love Me?	Peatrice, Item Check	5
4	Deliver a Letter	Cawlin, Knight Academy	5
5	Clean My House	Mallara	5
6	I Want to Be Strong	Fledge	5
7	Find My Party Wheel	Dodoh, Fun Fun Island	5
8	Find the Baby’s Rattle	Bertie	5
9	Find My Crystal Ball	Sparrot	5
10	I Want a Rare Plant	Owlan	5
11	The Pumpkin Patch	Kina	5
12	Find My Beetle	Beedle	5
13	15 loose crystals	Skyloft 12, Pumpkin Landing 2, Beedle’s Island 1	15

Batreaux pays these rewards:

Batreaux hands Link the Medium Wallet, and the box says it stores up to 500 Rupees

Batreaux shows Link a Piece of Heart, and the box says three more are needed for a heart

Crystals	Reward
5	Medium Wallet
10	Piece of Heart
30	Big Wallet, Cursed Medal
40	Gold Rupee
50	Giant Wallet
70	2 Gold Rupees
80	Tycoon Wallet

Empty Bottles

There are 5 Empty Bottles. See Bottle Locations.

Link holds up an Empty Bottle in a candlelit golden hall, and the box says it can be filled with useful things

Link holds up a new Empty Bottle, and the box says it can be filled with all sorts of useful things

#	Bottle	Region	Requirement
1	Luv’s gift	Skyloft Bazaar	Zelda has fallen to the Surface
2	Sealed Temple chest	Sealed Grounds	None
3	Parrow’s reward	Skyloft	Finish the Orielle quest
4	Magmanos room chest	Fire Sanctuary	Mogma Mitts
5	Goddess Chest	Thunderhead	Goddess Cube on Volcano Summit, Mogma Mitts

Goddess’s Harp Songs

There are 5 songs, and the Song of the Hero is built from 4 parts. See Harp Songs.

Link learns the Ballad of the Goddess, and a golden harp floats above him in a shaft of light

A golden harp floats in sparkling blue light, and the box says Link has learned Nayru's Wisdom

#	Song	Where you learn it	Requirement
1	Ballad of the Goddess	Sealed Temple, from Impa	Goddess’s Harp
2	Farore’s Courage	Isle of Songs	Ballad of the Goddess and the Imprisoned defeated once
3	Nayru’s Wisdom	Isle of Songs	Farore’s Flame from the Ancient Cistern
4	Din’s Power	Isle of Songs	Nayru’s Flame from the Sandship
5	Song of the Hero	Faron Water Dragon, Eldin Fire Dragon, Lanayru Thunder Dragon, then Levias	All four parts

Silent Realms

There are 4 Silent Realms with 15 Sacred Tears in each, 60 in all. See Silent Realms.

A glowing cyan sigil on the ground marks a Silent Realm entrance, with a Look prompt on screen

Link holds up a Tear of Nayru in Nayru's Silent Realm, and the box says to collect all 15 to pass.

#	Realm	Region and gate	Reward
1	Farore’s Silent Realm	Faron Woods, in front of the Viewing Platform	Water Dragon’s Scale
2	Nayru’s Silent Realm	Lanayru Desert, revealed with Nayru’s Wisdom	Clawshots
3	Din’s Silent Realm	Eldin Volcano, near the Volcano Ascent Bird Statue	Fireshield Earrings
4	Goddess’s Silent Realm	Skyloft, plaza in front of the Light Tower	Stone of Trials

Side Quests

There are 12 Gratitude quests, and Pumm’s three jobs at the Lumpy Pumpkin are a separate set. See Side Quests.

A woman in a pink top asks Link if he has seen her Kukiel, with two reply choices on screen.

Link holds up Cawlin's Letter, and the box says it might contain heartfelt words from Cawlin.

#	Quest	Giver	Reward
1	Find Kukiel	Wryna	5 crystals
2	Find Orielle	Parrow	10 crystals, a bottle to keep
3	Do You Love Me?	Peatrice	5 crystals
4	Deliver a Letter	Cawlin	5 crystals
5	Clean My House	Mallara	5 crystals, 20 Rupees
6	I Want to Be Strong	Fledge	5 crystals, Pumpkin Pull
7	Find My Party Wheel	Dodoh	5 crystals, Dodoh’s High Dive
8	Find the Baby’s Rattle	Bertie	5 crystals
9	Find My Crystal Ball	Sparrot	5 crystals, cheaper fortunes
10	I Want a Rare Plant	Owlan	5 crystals
11	The Pumpkin Patch	Kina	5 crystals
12	Find My Beetle	Beedle	5 crystals, half-price purchase

Pumm’s jobs: carry Hot Pumpkin Soup to the Sparring Hall, carry the pumpkins into the shed, and play the Goddess’s Harp for the audience. They pay Pumm’s Piece of Heart, and they must be done before Kina’s quest.

Pumm hands Link a bottle of Hot Pumpkin Soup at the Lumpy Pumpkin bar, and the box warns it gets cold in five minutes.

Link carries a tall stack of pumpkins up a farm path, with Kina standing nearby

Mini-Games

There are 9 games that pay prizes, and 4 of them pay a Piece of Heart. See Mini-Games.

Link receives a Piece of Heart from the Fun Fun Island party wheel, with three more needed for a heart.

Link holds up a Piece of Heart after Pumpkin Pull in Skyloft, and the box says just one more is needed.

#	Game	Region	Best prize
1	Clean Cut	Bamboo Island, the Sky	Rare treasure
2	Thrill Digger	Eldin Volcano	Rare treasure
3	Dodoh’s High Dive	Fun Fun Island, the Sky	Piece of Heart
4	Bug Heaven	Bug Rock, Thunderhead	5 rare bugs
5	Rickety Coaster	Lanayru Shipyard	Piece of Heart
6	Pumpkin Pull	Skyloft, by the Sparring Hall	Piece of Heart
7	Lumpy Pumpkin harp job	Pumpkin Landing	Rupees
8	Pumpkin shed job	Pumpkin Landing	50 Rupees
9	Lanayru’s Lightning Round	Lanayru Gorge	Piece of Heart, Hylian Shield

Boss Fights

There are 13 main boss fights. See Boss Strategies.

Link lock-on to Moldarach, the Thousand-Year Arachnid, with the target lock label on screen.

The name card Ancient Automaton Koloktos appears over the golden automaton in its red-floored arena.

#	Boss	Where
1	Demon Lord Ghirahim (first fight)	Skyview Temple, Faron region
2	Pyroclastic Fiend Scaldera	Earth Temple, Eldin Volcano
3	Thousand-Year Arachnid Moldarach	Lanayru Mining Facility, Lanayru Desert
4	The Imprisoned (first battle)	Sealed Grounds
5	Ancient Automaton Koloktos	Ancient Cistern, Lake Floria
6	Abyssal Leviathan Tentalus	Sandship, Lanayru Sand Sea
7	Demon Lord Ghirahim (second fight)	Fire Sanctuary, Eldin Volcano
8	The Imprisoned (second battle)	Sealed Grounds
9	Ocular Parasite Bilocyte	Thunderhead
10	The Imprisoned (third battle)	Sealed Grounds
11	Horde Battle	Hylia’s Realm
12	Demon Lord Ghirahim (final fight)	Hylia’s Realm
13	Demon King Demise	Hylia’s Realm

Item and Equipment Upgrades

There are 18 Scrap Shop upgrades and 7 potion upgrades at the Infusion Shop, 6 sword stages, 4 wallet tiers above the Small Wallet with 3 Extra Wallets, and 4 extra Adventure Pouch slots. The materials for each upgrade are on Item and Equipment Upgrades.

Link holds up the Banded Shield after its upgrade, and the box says it is more durable than Wooden.

Link shows off his new shield in the Scrap Shop, and the box says the Goddess Shield repairs itself.

Upgrade	Shop	Rupees
1. Wooden Shield to Banded Shield	Scrap Shop	30
2. Banded Shield to Braced Shield	Scrap Shop	50
3. Iron Shield to Reinforced Shield	Scrap Shop	50
4. Reinforced Shield to Fortified Shield	Scrap Shop	100
5. Sacred Shield to Divine Shield	Scrap Shop	100
6. Divine Shield to Goddess Shield	Scrap Shop	150
7. Slingshot to Scattershot	Scrap Shop	50
8. Hook Beetle to Quick Beetle	Scrap Shop	50
9. Quick Beetle to Tough Beetle	Scrap Shop	50
10. Bug Net to Big Bug Net	Scrap Shop	100
11. Bow to Iron Bow	Scrap Shop	50
12. Iron Bow to Sacred Bow	Scrap Shop	100
13. Small Seed Satchel to Medium Seed Satchel	Scrap Shop	50
14. Medium Seed Satchel to Large Seed Satchel	Scrap Shop	100
15. Small Bomb Bag to Medium Bomb Bag	Scrap Shop	50
16. Medium Bomb Bag to Large Bomb Bag	Scrap Shop	100
17. Small Quiver to Medium Quiver	Scrap Shop	50
18. Medium Quiver to Large Quiver	Scrap Shop	100
19. Heart Potion to Heart Potion+	Infusion Shop	20
20. Heart Potion+ to Heart Potion++	Infusion Shop	30
21. Stamina Potion to Stamina Potion+	Infusion Shop	20
22. Air Potion to Air Potion+	Infusion Shop	20
23. Revitalizing Potion to Revitalizing Potion+	Infusion Shop	20
24. Revitalizing Potion+ to Revitalizing Potion++	Infusion Shop	30
25. Guardian Potion to Guardian Potion+	Infusion Shop	40

6 sword stages: Practice Sword, Goddess Sword, Goddess Longsword, Goddess White Sword, Master Sword and True Master Sword.
Wallets: Medium, Big, Giant and Tycoon Wallets from Batreaux, plus 3 Extra Wallets from Beedle, for a limit of 9,900 Rupees.
Adventure Pouch: 4 extra slots, one from a Goddess Chest and three from Beedle.
Hylian Shield: the prize of the eighth fight in Lanayru’s Lightning Round.

Link holds up the Hylian Shield, and the box calls it completely indestructible

Batreaux hands over the Tycoon Wallet, and the box says it can store 9,000 Rupees.

Bugs

There are 12 kinds of bug. See Bugs and Treasures.

Link catches a Starry Firefly at night, and the box says these insects are only found in dark places.

Link catches two Deku Hornets in a forest, and the box warns about their angry swarm

#	Bug	Region	When
1	Sky Stag Beetle	Skyloft	Any time
2	Skyloft Mantis	Skyloft	Any time
3	Blessed Butterfly	Skyloft, the Surface and the Sky	Any time
4	Starry Firefly	Skyloft, Sky islands and caves	Night only
5	Deku Hornet	Faron Woods, Deep Woods, Bug Rock	Any time
6	Woodland Rhino Beetle	Skyloft, Faron Woods, Deep Woods	Any time
7	Faron Grasshopper	Faron Woods	Any time
8	Eldin Roller	Eldin Volcano	Any time
9	Volcanic Ladybug	Eldin Volcano	Any time
10	Gerudo Dragonfly	Lanayru Desert	Any time
11	Lanayru Ant	Lanayru Desert, Lanayru Sand Sea	Any time
12	Sand Cicada	Lanayru Desert	Any time

Treasures

There are 16 kinds of treasure.

A Golden Skull hovers over Link in a bamboo grove, and the box calls it a real rarity among skull ornaments

Link holds up an Ancient Flower near green machinery, and the box says it supposedly glows in the dark

#	Treasure	Needed for
1	Amber Relic	7 upgrades
2	Ancient Flower	3 upgrades
3	Bird Feather	2 upgrades
4	Blue Bird Feather	5 upgrades
5	Dusk Relic	5 upgrades
6	Eldin Ore	3 upgrades
7	Evil Crystal	3 upgrades
8	Goddess Plume	3 upgrades
9	Golden Skull	4 upgrades
10	Hornet Larvae	2 upgrades
11	Jelly Blob	3 upgrades
12	Lizard Tail	3 upgrades
13	Monster Claw	7 upgrades
14	Monster Horn	3 upgrades
15	Ornamental Skull	5 upgrades
16	Tumbleweed	5 upgrades

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