| Total | 24 Pieces of Heart, four to a heart, so six extra hearts |
|---|---|
| Hearts | You start with 6, add 6 from boss Heart Containers and 6 from Pieces for 18, then 2 more from the two Life Medals for a maximum of 20 |
| Where | Skyloft, the Sky, Faron Woods, Eldin Volcano, Lanayru Desert, Lanayru Sand Sea, the Sealed Grounds and the Thunderhead |
| Items needed along the way | Beetle, Bomb Bag, Clawshots, Mogma Mitts, Water Dragon’s Scale, Bow, Goddess’s Harp, a wallet that holds 1600 Rupees |
There are 24 Pieces of Heart in Skyward Sword. Six come from Goddess Chests, and the rest sit in dungeons, hidden corners of the Surface, mini-games and shops. Every set of four raises your maximum life by one heart, so collecting all 24 gives you six hearts. This page starts with a quick reference table, then gives the full route for every piece, then covers the Heart Containers and Life Medals that make up the rest of your life bar.

Table of Contents
Quick reference
| # | Piece of Heart | Region | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pumpkin Landing, Sky | None | |
| 2 | Faron Woods | None | |
| 3 | The Sky | Goddess Cube in the Deep Woods (cube 2) | |
| 4 | Skyview Temple | Beetle | |
| 5 | Skyloft | 10 Gratitude Crystals | |
| 6 | Eldin Volcano | None | |
| 7 | Faron Woods | Bomb Bag | |
| 8 | Lanayru Desert | Bomb Bag | |
| 9 | The Sky | Mine cart Goddess Cube (cube 12), Hook Beetle | |
| 10 | Fun Fun Island | Return the party wheel, 20 Rupees | |
| 11 | Skyloft | Eldin sand-slide Goddess Cube (cube 9), Water Dragon’s Scale | |
| 12 | Pumpkin Landing, Sky | Empty Bottle, Goddess’s Harp, three chores | |
| 13 | The Sky | Great Tree Goddess Cube (cube 14), Water Dragon’s Scale | |
| 14 | Knight Academy, Skyloft | Clawshots | |
| 15 | Sandship | Bow, Clawshots | |
| 16 | Skyloft | Pirate Stronghold Goddess Cube (cube 21), Clawshots | |
| 17 | Sparring Hall, Skyloft | Bow, 600 points, Stamina Potions given to Fledge | |
| 18 | Fire Sanctuary | Mogma Mitts | |
| 19 | Volcano Summit | Mogma Mitts | |
| 20 | The Thunderhead | Volcano Summit waterfall Goddess Cube (cube 24) | |
| 21 | Shipyard, Lanayru Sand Sea | Heart Stopping course in under 1:05, 20 Rupees | |
| 22 | Sealed Grounds | Farore’s Courage learned, then draw the shape Gorko names | |
| 23 | Skyloft | 1600 Rupees (800 once, after the Missing Beetle quest) | |
| 24 | Lanayru Gorge | Win four boss fights in a row |
Pieces 1 to 6: early in the game
1. Lumpy Pumpkin chandelier
Land on Pumpkin Landing, the island with the giant pumpkin building, and go inside the Lumpy Pumpkin. Climb to the upper floor and roll into the balcony railing twice in a row. The chandelier shakes loose and crashes to the floor, and a Piece of Heart drops with it. Taking it makes the owner demand repayment, which starts the chores for piece 12.

2. Great Tree tightrope
In Faron Woods, climb the sloping roots at the base of the Great Tree to the raised walkway. Take the ramp, turn left at the fork and balance across the tightrope to the ledge where the piece sits. You need no item.


3. Goddess Chest south of Skyloft
Strike the Goddess Cube near the entrance to Skyview Temple in the Deep Woods with a Skyward Strike. Fly back to the Sky and open the newly unlocked Goddess Chest on the small island south of Skyloft. See Goddess Cubes and Goddess Chests for the full list of cubes.


4. Skyview Temple round room
After you get the Beetle in Skyview Temple, return to the big round room, where a piece sits caged behind bars. Walk behind the central structure, launch the Beetle and steer it up to the crystal switch at the top. The bars lift and you can take the piece.

5. Batreaux
Once you have found Kukiel and the Gratitude Crystals appear, collect 10 of them and show them to Batreaux in his house below the Graveyard in Skyloft (go at night). He thanks you with a Piece of Heart. See Gratitude Crystals for where to find them.

6. Eldin Volcano cliff ledge
In Eldin Volcano, go past the bone bridge over the lava, turn right and climb the rock platforms to the upper ledges, where the piece waits. No item is required.

Pieces 7 to 13: Bomb Bag, Beetle and Water Dragon’s Scale
7. Faron Woods rock-pile cave
After you earn the Bomb Bag in the Earth Temple, return to Faron Woods and look for the pile of rocks near the In the Woods Bird Statue. Blow it open with a bomb and take the piece from the cave behind it.

8. Lanayru Desert cracked wall
Once the Robot has updated your map, go to the north-east corner of Lanayru Desert. Take the underground path to the cracked wall, bomb it, follow the passage, and open the chest at the far end.


9. Goddess Chest on Beedle’s Island
Outside the Temple of Time in the desert, use the Hook Beetle to carry a Bomb Flower to the Timeshift Stone and send the area to the past. Then ride the mine cart and hit the Goddess Cube with a Skyward Strike as you pass it. The chest is on Beedle’s Island in the Sky.

10. Dodoh’s High Dive
Return Dodoh’s lost party wheel from Lanayru Desert (Scrapper carries it for you), then play the High Dive on Fun Fun Island for 20 Rupees. Dive through all five rings without touching a Dodoh Ball and land on a 50-Rupee space for a perfect score. Your first perfect run pays out the piece.

11. Goddess Chest west of Kukiel’s house
On the slope of Eldin Volcano leading toward the summit, ride the sand slide, take the left path, use the air geyser and reach the platform with the Goddess Cube. Strike it. In Skyloft the chest is in a small shed west of Kukiel’s house; you need the Water Dragon’s Scale to reach it.

12. Pumm’s reward
After the chandelier falls, Pumm sets you three chores. First, bring a bottle of Hot Pumpkin Soup to Knight Commander Eagus at the Sparring Hall in Skyloft before it cools, which takes about five minutes. Second, help Kina carry the pumpkins into the shed on Pumpkin Landing without dropping any. Third, come back at night and play the Goddess’s Harp along with Kina’s song, copying the tempo of the customer waving an arm. Pumm then hands over the piece.



13. Goddess Chest on the crater island
In Faron Woods, reach the Goddess Cube on the south-east side of the Great Tree (the Water Dragon’s Scale helps) and strike it. The chest is on the island south of Skyloft, inside its crater.

Pieces 14 to 19: Clawshots and the Sandship
14. Zelda’s wardrobe
Climb to the roof of the Knight Academy in Skyloft, aim the Clawshots at the chimney target and drop into Zelda’s room. Open the wardrobe to take the piece.

15. Sandship back deck
In the Sandship, use the zip lines and your Bow to climb up the ship. From the top of the main mast, ride the zip line to the east end, drop with the Sailcloth, then use the Clawshots targets on the easternmost mast to climb down to the lowest outer platform, where the chest holds the piece.

16. Goddess Chest on Waterfall Island
After you clear the Pirate Stronghold, use the Clawshots on the target above the exit door and then the next one up to reach the platform with the Goddess Cube. Strike it, then open the chest on Waterfall Island in Skyloft, which you also reach with the Clawshots.


17. Pumpkin Pull
Bring Fledge the Stamina Potions he asks for, then play Pumpkin Pull outside the Sparring Hall for 20 Rupees. Shoot the launched pumpkins with your Bow within 90 seconds, chaining hits for bigger scores. A score of 600 or more wins the piece. See Mini-Games for the full scoring.

18. Fire Sanctuary Mogma chase
In the north-west of the Fire Sanctuary, dig underground with the Mogma Mitts and hit the switch. A Mogma underground hits it back, so catch it in a game of tag and then open the chest it guards.


19. Volcano Summit hidden cave
On Volcano Summit, in the area before the Fire Sanctuary where you soak the frog statues, dig at the soil spot, travel underground to the other exit, and climb out into a small cave where the piece waits.


Pieces 20 to 24: late game
20. Goddess Chest in Bug Rock
On Volcano Summit near the pool and waterfall, jump off the northern ledge and skydive onto the pillar behind the waterfall that holds a Goddess Cube. Strike it. The chest is in the south-west section of Bug Rock in the Thunderhead.


21. Rickety Coaster
At the Shipyard in the Lanayru Sand Sea, play the Rickety Coaster for 20 Rupees. On the Heart Stopping course, finish in under 1:05 to earn the piece.

22. Gorko’s Goddess Wall
Once you have learned Farore’s Courage on the Isle of Songs, return to the Sealed Grounds and find Gorko in the glade by the Sealed Temple. Play a harp note near the Blessed Butterflies to reveal a Goddess Wall, then draw the shape he hints at, such as an arrow or a heart, with a charged Skyward Strike. The first correct drawing earns the piece. If you get it wrong, wait for the wall to refresh and try again.



23. Beedle’s Airshop
Beedle’s Airshop sells a Piece of Heart for 1600 Rupees, so you need a wallet that can hold that much. Finish the Missing Beetle quest, in which you win Beedle’s Horned Colossus Beetle back from Strich by beating his Bug Heaven game on Bug Rock, and Beedle gives you half price on one purchase, which brings the piece down to 800.

24. Thunder Dragon’s Lightning Round
Once the Thunder Dragon in Lanayru Gorge is healed, challenge him to the Lightning Round. Win four boss fights in a row and quit to take the piece as your prize.


Heart Containers and Life Medals
| Source | Where | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Ghirahim in Skyview Temple, Scaldera, Moldarach, Koloktos, Tentalus, Ghirahim in the Fire Sanctuary | +1 heart each, full refill | |
| Beedle’s Airshop | +1 heart while carried | |
| Goddess Chest north-west of Fun Fun Island, from the Cube south-west of the Lanayru Mining Facility (Clawshots) | +1 heart while carried |
Each of the six boss Heart Containers adds one full heart the moment you collect it. The Life Medals take up Adventure Pouch slots, so their hearts count only while the medals are in your pouch. With all 24 pieces, all six containers and both medals equipped, you reach 20 hearts.


