Heart Pieces

    
                               

Link starts A Link Between Worlds with three hearts. Each of the ten dungeon bosses leaves a Heart Container, and 28 Pieces of Heart (four make a heart) add seven more, for 20 hearts in all.

Heart Containers (10)

One from each dungeon boss:

  • Eastern Palace
  • House of Gales
  • Tower of Hera
  • Dark Palace
  • Swamp Palace
  • Skull Woods
  • Thieves' Hideout
  • Desert Palace
  • Ice Ruins
  • Turtle Rock

Pieces of Heart in Hyrule (14)

  1. Kakariko Village well: in the well in the northwest of the village. Lift the rocks with the Power Glove to get in.
  2. Cucco Ranch: south of Kakariko. Beat the Rooster level of the Cucco-catching game.
  3. Behind the blacksmith's house: merge into the wall to reach it.
  4. The Sanctuary's secret passage: in the dark room with the rats, in the passage under the graveyard.
  5. Lost Woods: merge through the narrow gap in the big broken log.
  6. Hyrule Castle: in the northeast of the castle courtyard. Lift the rocks with the Power Glove.
  7. Behind a waterfall: in the cave behind the waterfall northeast of the witch's house. You need the Zora's Flippers.
  8. Rupee Rush (Hyrule): southwest of Kakariko. Collect enough Rupees in the time limit, with the Pegasus Boots.
  9. Hyrule Hotfoot: east of Lake Hylia. Win the second race, under 65 seconds, with the Pegasus Boots.
  10. Cave south of the Eastern Palace: blow open the cave with Bombs to reach it.
  11. The Eastern Palace pegs: south of the Eastern Palace, pound down the circle of pegs with the Hammer.
  12. The swamp: bomb the wall between the two statues to open a cave.
  13. Death Mountain: west of the Tower of Hera, merge along the walls to reach it.
  14. Rosso's Ore Mine: beat the moving-platform challenge in the mine on Death Mountain. You need the Hookshot and the Hammer.

Pieces of Heart in Lorule (14)

  1. The locked house in Kakariko: get in through the matching house in Lorule and merge through the wall.
  2. Cave north of the graveyard: bomb the cracked wall on the Lorule side and merge through.
  3. Fortune's Choice (Thieves' Town): pick the right chests in this game of chance.
  4. Octoball Derby: in Lorule, southeast of Thieves' Town. Score 100 Rupees or more.
  5. Rupee Rush (Lorule): southwest of Thieves' Town. Collect enough Rupees in the time limit, with the Pegasus Boots.
  6. The Big Bomb Flower cave: south of Thieves' Town. Blow it open with a Big Bomb Flower.
  7. Dark Palace maze: in the hedge maze outside the Dark Palace, west of the entrance. Merge into the walls to reach it.
  8. North of Thieves' Town: on a ledge reached by merging into the wall.
  9. A rooftop by the Lorule forest: glide onto the roof of the ruined house with a Cucco.
  10. Misery Mire: use the Sand Rod and Bombs to reach the fissure northwest of the weather vane.
  11. Under a big rock: lift the big rock by the blacksmith's with the Titan's Mitt to find a cave.
  12. Turtle Rock: on the island outside the Turtle Rock exit. You need the Ice Rod.
  13. The Ice Ruins area: in the caves around the Ice Ruins, using the Tornado Rod and merging into the walls.
  14. Treacherous Tower: at the top of Death Mountain. Clear the Intermediate challenge.