Heart Pieces

    
                               

There are 36 Pieces of Heart in Ocarina of Time (Remake). Every four you collect adds a heart to Link's life meter, so all 36 give you nine extra hearts. With the eight Heart Containers from the dungeon bosses, Link goes from 3 hearts to a maximum of 20. The map's region counters tell you how many pieces each area still hides.

What Changed From the Nintendo 64 Version

Most pieces are where you remember them, but not all. Pieces marked New are not in the original, and pieces marked Changed are in the same place but are reached differently.

  • Gone Ice Cavern: the piece frozen in red ice is no longer there. A Business Scrub in Death Mountain Crater sells a piece instead.
  • Gone Hyrule Field grottos: the two grotto pieces in Hyrule Field (the underwater one in the fenced area near Lake Hylia, and the one by the tree north of Lon Lon Ranch) are gone. Two new Hyrule Field pieces, found through Fairy Thoughts, take their place.
  • New Three new pieces: a hidden chest in Hyrule Field, a password Business Scrub in Hyrule Field and a Business Scrub in Death Mountain Crater.
  • Changed No more early tricks: because Link's jump is now on a button, old shortcuts like grabbing the Death Mountain Trail piece early no longer work.
  • The total is still 36, and the House of Skulltula still gives a piece for 50 tokens.

The list is grouped by region. "Young" means as young Link and "Adult" means after you have drawn the Master Sword. The game came out on November 5th, 2026, and a few details (like the exact fish size and archery score) differ between early guides. We note them where they do.

Pieces of Heart collected: 0 / 36
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Hyrule Field 2

  1. New Hidden chest: as an adult, a Fairy Thought (and Navi) points out a chest under the canyon wall near the entrance to Gerudo Valley. It can only be opened by young Link, so come back as a child.
  2. New Password Business Scrub: as an adult, read the Fairy Thought that gives you the password ("Sell somethin', will ya?"). Then, as young Link, bomb open the grotto on the grass bank beside Hyrule Castle's moat, near the drawbridge. Give the Business Scrub inside the password and buy the piece for 100 Rupees.

Lon Lon Ranch 1

  1. Storage building: as young Link, go into the small stone building in the back corner of the ranch, move the crates and crawl through the gap behind them.

Hyrule Castle Town 3

  1. Richard the dog: at night as young Link, find the little white dog roaming the streets and lead it to the woman in the back alley who is calling for it.
  2. Treasure Chest Shop: at night as young Link, use the Lens of Truth to see which chest holds the key in each room and win all five rounds. Each try costs 10 Rupees.
  3. Bombchu Bowling: as young Link, win at the bowling alley three times. The first two prizes are Bombchus and a bigger bomb bag, and the third is the piece. Each game costs 10 Rupees.

Kakariko Village and Graveyard 8

  1. Rooftop (Kaepora Gaebora): as young Link, take the owl's ride down from the top of Death Mountain. He drops you on the Kakariko rooftops; drop onto the red roof beside the cow barn for the piece.
  2. Man on the roof: talk to the man sitting on a rooftop in Kakariko. As young Link, carry a Cucco up the ladder by the high stone wall and glide across to his roof; as an adult, Hookshot up.
  3. Windmill: as an adult, after beating Dampé's race, follow his tunnel up into the windmill and reach the piece on the platform around the central shaft.
  4. Dampé's race: as an adult, race Dampé's ghost through his tomb a second time and finish in under a minute.
  5. House of Skulltula: hand in 50 Gold Skulltula tokens. See our Gold Skulltulas page.
  6. Dampé's grave-digging: at night as young Link, pay Dampé 10 Rupees a dig in the Graveyard. When he says the ground is hard, he asks for 10 more; pay it and the piece comes up.
  7. Grave grotto: pull back the gravestone at the end of the right-hand row in the Graveyard and drop into the hole. The chest at the end of the short hall holds the piece. You can do this at either age.
  8. Graveyard bean: plant a Magic Bean in the soft soil in the Graveyard as young Link, then ride the plant over the wall as an adult. The piece is on the far side.

Lost Woods 2

  1. Skull Kid memory game: as young Link, stand on the stump in front of the Skull Kid in the clearing near the entrance and copy the tunes he plays. You win a blue Rupee, then a red Rupee, then the piece.
  2. Skull Kid on the stump: as young Link, take the other path, find the lone Skull Kid on his stump and play Saria's Song.

Death Mountain Trail and Goron City 2

  1. Changed Trail bean: plant a Magic Bean in the soft soil on Death Mountain Trail as young Link and ride it as an adult. The ride now takes you up a chain of bean plants past the rope bridge to a nook in the rock wall. The old trick of reaching this piece early with a jump no longer works.
  2. Spinning urn: as young Link, light every torch on the lowest floor of Goron City with a Deku Stick to start the big urn spinning, then throw a lit bomb into its mouth. If it stops on the grinning face, you get the piece.

Death Mountain Crater 3

  1. New Business Scrub: as young Link, enter the crater from Death Mountain Trail with a Deku Shield and 100 Rupees, and find the Business Scrub in the south of the crater near the net. Reflect its shot back with your shield, then buy the piece for 100 Rupees. The heat drains young Link's hearts, so go in at full health and be quick. This replaces the old Ice Cavern piece.
  2. Netting: past the first alcove on your right, climb down the net hanging over the ledge to a hidden nook with the piece. Go in at full health.
  3. Crater bean: as young Link, warp here with the Bolero of Fire and plant a Magic Bean in the soft soil. Ride it as an adult to the little lava-ringed island with the piece.

Zora's River, Zora's Domain and Zora's Fountain 7

  1. River islets: as young Link, carry a Cucco along Zora's River and glide from islet to islet. The chain ends at the piece.
  2. Upstream ledge: as young Link, carry a Cucco across the stone bridge and along the narrow shelf beyond it to reach the piece.
  3. Frogs (Song of Storms): as young Link, play the Song of Storms to the frogs by the pool below the waterfall.
  4. Frogs' bug game: talk to the frogs again and play them the songs they ask for, then play notes on the ocarina so the frogs catch the bugs. Once they have eaten their fill, you get the piece. Guides disagree on exactly which songs unlock it, so play them every song you know.
  5. Zora's Domain torches: as young Link, light every unlit torch along the hall past the Zora shop with a Deku Stick, ending with the two torch pillars in the small chamber at the end. A chest with the piece appears.
  6. Fountain ice: as an adult, hop across the ice blocks in Zora's Fountain to the ledge on the far side.
  7. Fountain floor: as an adult, wear the Zora Tunic, dive into the open water near the stone pillar and swim down into the cave under the ice. The piece is at the end. (Older guides also have you use the Iron Boots here.)

Lake Hylia 3

  1. Fishing Pond: as young Link, rent a rod for 10 Rupees and catch a big fish with the normal lure. Guides put the size you need at about 55 to 56 cm. The sinking lure doesn't count.
  2. Laboratory roof: plant a Magic Bean by the Lakeside Laboratory as young Link and ride it as an adult, then climb the ladders to the top. You can also play the Scarecrow's Song and Hookshot up.
  3. Laboratory tank: as an adult, win the Golden Scale at the Fishing Pond (a fish over 60 cm), then dive to the bottom of the tank inside the laboratory.

Gerudo Valley and Gerudo's Fortress 4

  1. Valley chest: as young Link, take the Cucco near the ledge on the canyon floor and glide across to the rock shelf with the chest.
  2. Behind the waterfall: as young Link, follow the cliff path from the cow pasture by the waterfall and climb the stone stairs to a small wooden room with the piece.
  3. Fortress rooftop: as an adult, climb to the high terrace of Gerudo's Fortress, play the Scarecrow's Song to call Pierre onto the far ledge and Longshot over. The chest by the torch holds the piece.
  4. Horseback archery: as an adult, ride Epona along the Gerudo archery range (30 Rupees a round). Guides disagree on the score you need, 750 or 1,000 points, so aim for 1,000.

Desert Colossus 1

  1. Colossus bean: plant a Magic Bean in the soft soil near the Spirit Temple as young Link (warp there with the Requiem of Spirit), then ride it as an adult under the stone arch to the ledge with the piece.

Heart Containers

You also get a Heart Container for beating each of the eight dungeon bosses: Queen Gohma, King Dodongo, Barinade, Phantom Ganon, Volvagia, Morpha, Bongo Bongo and Twinrova.