Heart Pieces

    
                               

Link starts Twilight Princess with three hearts and can build up to twenty. There are 45 Pieces of Heart to find, and every five you collect add one heart, for nine extra hearts in total. The other eight hearts come from the Heart Containers left behind by the dungeon bosses. Many pieces can't be reached until you have a certain item, so if one is out of reach, come back later.

A note on versions: the Wii version (and Hero Mode in the Wii U HD version) is a mirror image of the GameCube and Wii U versions, so this page describes locations by their landmarks wherever possible.

Heart Containers

  1. Forest Temple: defeat Diababa.
  2. Goron Mines: defeat Fyrus.
  3. Lakebed Temple: defeat Morpheel.
  4. Arbiter's Grounds: defeat Stallord.
  5. Snowpeak Ruins: defeat Blizzeta.
  6. Temple of Time: defeat Armogohma.
  7. City in the Sky: defeat Argorok.
  8. Palace of Twilight: defeat Zant.

Ordon Village

1. Requires Epona. Once Epona is back, talk to Fado at Ordon Ranch and herd all 20 goats into the barn in under three minutes.

Faron Woods and the Sacred Grove

2. Requires the Lantern. In the cave in the corner of the large clearing in Faron Woods, light the two torches to make a chest appear.

3. Requires the restored Dominion Rod, and bombs or the Ball and Chain. Near Coro's house, use the Dominion Rod to move the Owl Statue into the hollow, then climb up as Wolf Link to reach the piece.

4. Requires bombs. In the Sacred Grove, blow up the boulder in the arena where you fought the Skull Kid to uncover an underground chamber with the piece.

Forest Temple

5. Requires bombs. Drop a Bombling (or a bomb) onto the Deku Like guarding the chest, and open it once the Deku Like is gone.

6. Requires the Gale Boomerang. In the room with the Tile Worms, defeat them and then put out all the torches with the Gale Boomerang. A chest appears.

Hyrule Field (Faron and Eldin)

7. Requires the Gale Boomerang. The piece sits in the branches of the tree beside the first stone bridge in the Faron part of Hyrule Field. Pull it down with the Gale Boomerang.

8. Requires the Gale Boomerang. On top of a large rock formation in Kakariko Gorge, the field south of Kakariko Village. Pull it down with the Gale Boomerang.

9. Requires bombs and the Lantern. In Kakariko Gorge, blow up the boulder covering the cave entrance. Follow the forks in the cave and light the torches to reveal the piece.

10. Requires the Double Clawshots. In Kakariko Gorge, on top of a rock pillar standing in the chasm. Clawshot your way up the vines and open the chest on the platform.

11. Requires bombs and the Hero's Bow. On the cliffs north of Kakariko Village, blow up the boulders, shoot a Bomb Arrow at the boulder blocking the way, and drop down onto the chest.

12. Requires the Clawshot, Iron Boots and bombs. In the cave north of the Bridge of Eldin, Clawshot to the ledge, then put on the Iron Boots to walk up the magnetic wall to the piece.

13. Requires the restored Dominion Rod. At the Bridge of Eldin, use the Dominion Rod to walk the Owl Statue to the end of the bridge, then use it to climb up to the chest on the tower.

14. Requires the Spinner. North of the Bridge of Eldin, near the path to the Hidden Village, ride the Spinner track, then dig as Wolf Link to find a grotto holding the piece.

Hyrule Field (Lanayru) and Castle Town

15. Requires bombs and the Spinner. North of the Great Bridge of Hylia, blow up the boulders blocking the rails and ride the Spinner up to the chest on the hilltop.

16. Requires bombs and the Ball and Chain. In the field north of Castle Town, blow up the rock covering an ice cave. Smash the ice inside and solve the sliding block puzzles to reach the piece.

17. Requires 1,000 Rupees. Charlo, the man in green robes on Castle Town's east road, is collecting donations. Give him a total of 1,000 Rupees and he rewards you with a Piece of Heart.

18. Requires 1,000 Rupees and the Lakebed Temple cleared. After you donate the 1,000 Rupees to help open Malo Mart's Castle Town branch, carry a barrel of Hot Spring Water to the Goron at Castle Town's west entrance without breaking it.

Kakariko Village

19. Requires the Hero's Bow. Climb Talo's watchtower and hit the two targets and the pole with arrows.

20. Requires bombs and the Iron Boots. Blow up the rock in the Eldin Spring, then put on the Iron Boots to sink to the bottom and open the chest.

21. Requires the Hero's Bow (with bombs) and the Gale Boomerang. On the slope above the spring, blast the boulders with Bomb Arrows, then pull the piece down with the Gale Boomerang.

Death Mountain and the Goron Mines

22. Requires the Goron Mines cleared. On the Death Mountain trail, talk to the Goron near the ledge, and he launches you up to a cave holding the piece.

23. Requires the Iron Boots. In the Goron Mines, step on the floor switch while wearing the Iron Boots; the magnet carries you across the ceiling to the corner with the piece.

24. Requires the Iron Boots. In the Goron Mines room with the Beamos, walk up the magnetic wall with the Iron Boots to reach the piece.

Lake Hylia and Zora's River

25. Requires the Clawshot and the Lantern. Inside the Lanayru Spring cave, Clawshot up the vines to the upper ledge and light the torches.

26. Requires bombs, the Hero's Bow and the Lantern. In the cave south of the Howling Stone, blow open the cracked wall and light the torches to reach the piece.

27. Requires 20 Rupees. Pay Falbi to play Flight by Fowl, then glide with a Cucco to the platform on the island in the lake.

28. Requires the Master Sword. At Plumm's fruit-popping minigame, score at least 10,000 points as Wolf Link.

29. Requires the Gale Boomerang, Clawshot or Fishing Rod. At Hena's Fishing Hole, take a canoe out to the big rock in the lake and pull the piece off it.

Lakebed Temple

30. Requires the Clawshot. In the main hall, Clawshot the target near the chandelier and land on it to reach the piece.

31. Requires the Clawshot. In the bridge room behind the gate, use the waterwheels and the floor switch, then Clawshot the target to reach the piece.

Gerudo Desert and Arbiter's Grounds

32. In the Bulblin camp in the desert, there's a boar roasting over the fire. Keep roasting it until a Piece of Heart drops out.

33. Requires the Clawshot. In Arbiter's Grounds, in the room where you hunt the Poes, Clawshot the target to reach a chest with the piece.

34. Requires the Spinner. In Arbiter's Grounds, ride the rails in the multi-level room with the Spinner to reach the piece.

Snowpeak

35. Requires the Snowpeak Ruins cleared. Beat both Yeto and Yeta in the snowboard races down Snowpeak.

36. Requires the Ball and Chain. On the second floor of Snowpeak Ruins, swing across the chandeliers to reach the piece.

37. Requires bombs or the Ball and Chain. In Snowpeak Ruins, above the cages with the Freezards, break through the cracked floor.

Temple of Time

38. Requires the restored Dominion Rod. At the Temple of Time, use the Dominion Rod on the Owl Statue to reach this piece once the rod's power has been restored.

39. Requires the Dominion Rod. In the room with the electric barrier, use the Dominion Rod to place a statue on the switch.

40. Requires the Dominion Rod. On the fifth floor, move the two statues along their rails with the Dominion Rod to reach the piece.

Hidden Village

41. Requires Ilia's memory to be restored. As Wolf Link, find and talk to all 20 cats in the Hidden Village, then return to the Cucco Leader.

City in the Sky

42. Requires the Double Clawshots. In the circular room on the east side, use the Double Clawshots to reach the room with the plants and the piece.

43. Requires the Double Clawshots. On the outside of a tower, Clawshot from Peahat to Peahat to reach the piece.

Palace of Twilight

44. Requires a Sol (or the light-filled Master Sword) and the Clawshot. In the first wing, use the light to clear the dark fog, then Clawshot to the piece.

45. Requires a Sol (or the light-filled Master Sword). In the second wing, use the light to bring the platforms into being and cross to the piece.