Heart Piece Locations:

In order to get all the heart containers in the game, you will need to find all 45 heart pieces that are scattered throughout the game. I have listed the locations in chronological order (the order you will find them as you play the game or as you get the items required to get the piece) as well as by area. Note, that if you are playing the Game Cube version, everything is flipped, so if you read West, go East.

Table of Contents:

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Heart Pieces by Chronological Order: [tpchro]

#1) Location: Northern Faron Woods

Required Item: Lantern

How to find it: In the north-western section of this area, you will find a cave (that the gate key is found in). At the back of the cave, you will find two unlit torches. Light both torches and a chest with a heart piece will appear.

#2) Location: Forest Temple

How to find it: In the room with the Mantraps, feed a bomb into the one on the lower level to find a chest with a heart piece behind it. There is a bombling on the level above it that you can throw into it.

#3) Location: Forest Temple

Required Item: Gale Boomerang

How to find it: In the room that you first meet the Tile Worms on the path over the water, you will find 4 lit torches. Use the boomerang to extinguish all of them to reveal a chest with the heart piece.

#4) Location: Hyrule Field (Faron Province)

Required Item: Gale Boomerang

How to find it: In the center of the southern area of Hyrule field, there is a bridge in the center over a small shallow stream. The heart piece is in the tree closest to the bridge on the south side. Use the boomerang to get the piece.

#5) Location: Hyrule Field (Eldin Province) – Kakariko Gorge

Required Item: Gale Boomerang

How to find it: In the Gorge, there is a tall pillar of rock with a heart piece on the top of it. You will need to stand at the edge of the Gorge near the pillar and grab it with the boomerang.

#6) Location: Ordon Ranch

Required Item: Epona

How to find it: Simply return to the ranch and help round up the herd again. For a reward for helping, you will be given another heart piece.

#7) Location: Goron Mines

Required Item: Iron Boots

How to find it: After meeting with the first elder in the mine, you will find yourself in a large area where you need to walk on the ceiling. Take the north path (the one your right) to the end. There will be a ledge with a chest on it, containing a heart-piece.

#8) Location: Goron Mines

Required Item: Iron Boots

How to find it: Once you get to the 2^nd floor, you will find yourself in a room with 2 Beamos and a magnetic wall on one side. Take the south (right) path to a ledge containing a chest. Inside you will find the dungeons second heart piece.

#9) Location: Kakariko Village

Required Item: Hero’s Bow

How to find it: Climb to the top tower to speak with Colin after you return from Death Mountain with the bow. After completing a small shooting challenge, you will be given the heart piece.

#10) Location: Kakariko Village

Required Items: Bombs, Iron Boots

How to find it: You will find a large rock at the base of the cliff between the spring and the South entrance. Bomb the rock and make your way up behind the spring. Use the Iron Boots to sink to the bottom of the deep area to find the chest.

#11) Location: Kakariko Village

Required Items: Bombs, Hero’s Bow, Boomerang

How to find it: High up on the top of the cliff between the spring and the South Entrance, you will see 3 rocks. Combine the bombs and arrows and blow them up with a bomb arrow. Use the boomerang to bring the heart piece to you.

#12) Location: Death Mountain

How to find it: Make your way up Death Mountain from Kakariko till you reach the second Goron. Get him to boost you up to cliff on the right. Make your north to the end. You will find a small cave/hole in the right side of the mountain. Jump down to find the heart piece.

#13) Location: Hyrule Field (Eldin Province) – Kakariko Gorge

Required Items: Bombs, Lantern

How to find it: On the south-west side of the area, you will find a rock on the side of the cliff. Bomb it to enter a very dark branching cave. In a room on the top-left corner of the map, light the 2 torches to reveal the chest.

#14) Location: Hyrule Field (Eldin Province)

Required Items: Bombs, Hero’s Bow

How to find it: Near the North entrance to Kakariko on the South side of the area, you will find a rock against side of the rock bridge. Blow up the rock, make your way up. Use bomb-arrows on the rock above the vines and jump across (you will need to make a running jump or you will miss the vines). Once across, jump down to your left to the chest. You will find the heart piece inside.

#15) Location: Lake Hylia

How to find it: Once the lake fills up, play Falbi’s Flight-by-Fowl game to land on the Isle of Riches. The top most non-spinning platform holds the chest with the heart-piece.

#16) Location: Castle Town

How to find it: Donate 1000 Rupees to the man near the east gate. Once all 1000 are provided, a heart piece will fall from the sky. Note: This is easily done by giving bugs to Agitha, then giving the money to the old man.

#17) Location: Lakebed Temple

Required Item: Clawshot

How to find it: In the room with the spinning staircase, use the clawshot to pull yourself to the top of the chandelier. A chest with the hear piece is up top.

#18) Location: Lakebed Temple

Required Item: Clawshot

How to find it: Once you release the second source, use the spinning staircase to allow the water to flow to the lower west level. This will cause the bridge to rise to gain access to the new area. Step on the switch and use the clawshot on the target to pull yourself to the chest. Beware the Lizalfos.

#19) Location: Sacred Grove

Required Item: Bombs

How to find it: After you get the master sword, return to the area where you fought the Skull Kid. Bomb the boulder in the center. It will reveal an area where you can dig in wolf-form. Be careful as a poe is also under that rock. Defeat all of the Bio Deku Babas to get the heart piece.

#20) Location: Lake Hylia

How to find it: Visit Plumm (the parrot) at either howling grass locations as a wolf and play the balloon popping game. If you get 10,000 points, you will get a heart piece.

#21) Location: Fishing Hole

Requirements: Clawshot

How to find it: Swim out to the island in the center and use the clawshot to pick it up. It will register that you got it once you get back to land.

#22) Location: Lake Hylia

How to find it: Inside the spirit’s spring, use the clawshot on the vines to get to the back. Light the 2 torches and the chest will appear.

#23) Location: Lake Hylia

Requirements: Lantern and Lots of Bombs

How to find it: South of the howling stone, there is a rock covering a cave in the wall. This is a very long cave with lots of rocks to blow up and not many bombs to be found, so bring lots (at least 30). There is enough yellow chu to keep your lantern full as long as you have a free jar.

#24) Location: Hyrule Field (Eldin Province)

Requirements: Lakebed Temple Completed, Donate 1000 Rupees at Malo Mart

How to find it: After you complete the Lakebed temple, a Goron will be taking donations to fix the bridge to Castle Town. Donate 1000 Rupees. Once done, talk the Goron just outside the shop, he will give you a barrel of Springwater to take to the Goron on the other side of the bridge to Castle Town. This is not as easy as it sounds. Cross Hyrule Field to get to the bridge to the east. Avoid the enemies as if they hit you they will break the barrel. Also don’t set the barrel down in the water as that will cool it off. Stick close to the south cliff side and you should have very few issues getting there. Z-Target the Goron and throw the barrel onto him. When he returns, he will leave behind a heart piece.

#25) Location: Gerudo Desert (Enemy Camp)

How to find it: You will find a roasting pig in the northwest corner. Hack it to pieces with your sword to get the heart piece.

#26) Location: Arbiter’s Grounds

How to find it: It is located in the top-left corner of the room where you first meet the 4 ghosts.

#27) Location: Arbiter’s Grounds

Required Item: Spinner

How to find it: After the mini boss, you will find a large room with lots of spinner tracks. In the center area, to the left of the map, you will find the heart piece. (Pretty hard to miss it actually)

#28) Location:  Hyrule Field (Eldin Province) – Bridge of Eldin

Required Items: Clawshot, Iron Boots

How to find it: Just north of the Bridge, you will find a ledge to the west. There is a clawshot target on the north side of it. Go south on the cliff and enter the cave. Get ready with your iron boots as you will need to make several leaps to the magnetic beams. The heart piece is in the chest at the very end (between the 2 already lit torches).

#29) Location: Hyrule Field (Eldin Province)

Required Item: Spinner

How to find it: Travel north of the Bridge of Eldin and you will come across a smaller wooden bridge. Just look to your right and you will notice a set of spinner tracks. Use the spinner to travel down to a ledge. Change to wolf-form and you will find a dig hole in the grass. Defeat the 3 Stalfos and the chest will appear.

#30) Location: Hyrule Field (Lanaryu Province)

Required Items: Bombs, Spinner

How to find it: North of Lake Hylia, there is a path blocked by lots of rocks. Use bombs to blast through them. You will notice lots of spinner tracks here, but the ones you care about are at the north end. You will find spinner tracks that go up the wall here. This will likely take a few tries, but bounce back and forth to the end and you will get a chest with a heart piece. This is by far one of the hardest to get.

#31) Location: Snowpeak Ruins

Required Item: Ball and Chain

How to find it: In the main room with the broken stair cases, hit the platforms to move them back and forth. The chest is on the ledge in the south end of the room.

#32) Location: Snowpeak Ruins

Required Item: Ball and Chain, Clawshot

How to find it: On the 2^nd floor, just west of the room with the staircases, you will be in a room that spirals around 2 cages. There is an area with a red carpet here. Use the ball and chain to destroy the floor at the east end of the carpeted area and fall down the hole to find the chest. Use the clawshot to get back up.

#33) Location: Snowpeak

How to find it: You will need to beat Yeti and his wife Yeta at snowboarding. Yeti is easy, Yeta will likely take a few tries and it requires use of the shortcut. This is only available after you complete Snowpeak Ruins.

#34) Location: Hyrule Field (Lanaryu Province)

Required Item: Ball and Chain

How to find it: There is cave south of the entrance to Zora’s Domain covered by a rock on the south side of the dividing rock formation. Once inside, destroy the ice with the ball and chain, and then continue to complete the 3 block moving puzzles. The chest is at the end.

#35) Location: Temple of Time

Required Item: Dominion Rod

How to find it: When transporting the statue down, place it on the switch on the other side of the beams on the 5^th floor to disable them. You will find the chest on the southeast corner of this floor.

#36) Location: Temple of Time

Required Item: Dominion Rod

How to find it: Return to the south section of the 5^th floor on your way back down. At the south side, there are 2 fenced off areas, one with a small statue, one without. Throw a statue into the side without one and use the Dominion Rod to move them down onto the switches to reveal the chest.

#37) Location: Sacred Grove (Temple Area)

Required Item: Dominion Rod

How to find it: After entering the door to the restored temple, move the owl statue on the west side. You will find the chest inside.

#38) Location: Hidden Village

How to find it: Talk to the cucco on the west side to play ‘Find the Cats’. Find all 20 cats and you get a heart piece.

#39) Location: Faron Woods

Required Item: Dominon Rod

How to find it: Move the owl statue to the hole by the tree. Transform into wolf-form and use Midna to guide you up to the chest.

#40) Location: Hyrule Field (Eldin Province) – Bridge of Eldin

Required Item: Dominion Rod

How to find it: You will need to bring the owl statue on the northeast side of the bridge all the way to the southeast side. Drop it into the hole there and jump across to the ladder. The chest is at the top, but beware the archer that guards it.

#41) Location: City in the Sky

Required Item: Double Clawshot

How to find it: Make your way through the east side of the city. When you reach the round area with the big plant in the middle you will need to clawshot up to a target, then the vine. Make your way around the narrow path, then down the ledge. Scale the ledge to the opening to find the chest. It is guarded by 2 Keese and a hanging Deku Baba.

#42) Location: City in the Sky

Required Item: Double Clawshot

How to find it: Continue up on the east side of the city until you are outside. Latch onto the Peahats until you reach the area where you make your way back to the center of the city. Instead of latching onto the Peahat to get to the center, use the one on the east side. Follow it to the end and enter the door to reach the chest with the heart piece.

#43) Location: Hyrule Field (Eldin Province) - Kakariko Gorge

Required Item: Double Clawshot

How to find it: On the east side, there is a tall rock pillar in the middle of the gorge. From the south side, you will see a clawshot target. Latch onto that one, and down to your right there is another, then latch onto the vines and circle the rock. The chest is on the ledge on the other side.

#44) Location: Palace of Twilight

Required Item: Orb of Sol or Light Sword

How to find it: The first room where you find the waterfalls of twilight, the northeast waterfall covers and entrance to an area with a heart piece. Throw the orb into the waterfall, then use the clawshot to get up the ledge that the chest resides.

#45) Location: Palace of Twilight

Required Item: Orb of Sol or Light Sword

How to find it: In the first room on the east side were there are platforms over the black mist. Use the orb or sword to active the black orb at the north side of the room, step on the west glowing tile and you will be lifted to the heart piece.

Heart Pieces by Location: [tploca]

Arbiter’s Grounds (2): 

- It is located in the top-left corner of the room where you first meet the 4 ghosts.

- After the mini boss, you will find a large room with lots of spinner tracks. In the center area, to the left of the map, you will find the heart piece. (Pretty hard to miss it actually)

Castle Town (1): 

- Donate 1000 Rupees to the man near the east gate. Once all 1000 are provided, a heart piece will fall from the sky. Note: This is easily done by giving bugs to Agitha, then giving the money to the old man.

City in the Sky (2): 

- Make your way through the east side of the city. When you reach the round area with the big plant in the middle you will need to clawshot up to a target, then the vine. Make your way around the narrow path, then down the ledge. Scale the ledge to the opening to find the chest. It is guarded by 2 Keese and a hanging Deku Baba.

- Continue up on the east side of the city until you are outside. Latch onto the Peahats until you reach the area where you make your way back to the center of the city. Instead of latching onto the Peahat to get to the center, use the one on the east side. Follow it to the end and enter the door to reach the chest with the heart piece.

Death Mountain (1): 

- Make your way up Death Mountain from Kakariko till you reach the second Goron. Get him to boost you up to cliff on the right. Make your north to the end. You will find a small cave/hole in the right side of the mountain. Jump down to find the heart piece

Faron Woods (2): 

- In the north-western section of this area, you will find a cave (that the gate key is found in). At the back of the cave, you will find two unlit torches. Light both torches and a chest with a heart piece will appear.

- Move the owl statue to the hole by the tree with the dominion rod. Transform into wolf-form and use Midna to guide you up to the chest.

Fishing Hole (1): 

- Swim out to the island in the center and use the clawshot to pick it up. It will register that you got it once you get back to land.

Forest Temple (2):

- In the room with the Mantraps, feed a bomb into the one on the lower level to find a chest with a heart piece behind it. There is a bombling on the level above it that you can throw into it.

- In the room that you first meet the Tile Worms on the path over the water, you will find 4 lit torches. Use the boomerang to extinguish all of them to reveal a chest with the heart piece.

Gerudo Desert (1):

- You will find a roasting pig in the northwest corner. Hack it to pieces with your sword to get the heart piece.

Goron Mines (2):

- After meeting with the first elder in the mine, you will find yourself in a large area where you need to walk on the ceiling. Take the north path (the one your right) to the end. There will be a ledge with a chest on it, containing a heart-piece.

- Once you get to the 2^nd floor, you will find yourself in a room with 2 Beamos and a magnetic wall on one side. Take the south (right) path to a ledge containing a chest. Inside you will find the dungeons second heart piece.

Hidden Village (1):

- Talk to the cucco on the west side to play ‘Find the Cats’. Find all 20 cats and you get a heart piece.

Hyrule Field (Eldin Province) (8):

 - In the Gorge, there is a tall pillar of rock with a heart piece on the top of it. You will need to stand at the edge of the Gorge near the pillar and grab it with the boomerang.

- On the south-west side of the area, you will find a rock on the side of the gorge. Bomb it to enter a very dark branching cave. In a room on the top-left corner of the map, light the 2 torches to reveal the chest.

- Near the North entrance to Kakariko on the South side of the area, you will find a rock against side of the rock bridge. Blow up the rock, make your way up. Use bomb-arrows on the rock above the vines and jump across (you will need to make a running jump or you will miss the vines). Once across, jump down to your left to the chest. You will find the heart piece inside.

- After you complete the Lakebed temple, a Goron will be taking donations to fix the bridge to Castle Town. Donate 1000 Rupees. Once done, talk the Goron just outside the shop, he will give you a barrel of Springwater to take to the Goron on the other side of the bridge to Castle Town. This is not as easy as it sounds. Cross Hyrule Field to get to the bridge to the east. Avoid the enemies as if they hit you they will break the barrel. Also don’t set the barrel down in the water as that will cool it off. Stick close to the south cliff side and you should have very few issues getting there. Z-Target the Goron and throw the barrel onto him. When he returns, he will leave behind a heart piece.

- Just north of the Bridge, you will find a ledge to the west. There is a clawshot target on the north side of it. Go south on the cliff and enter the cave. Get ready with your iron boots as you will need to make several leaps to the magnetic beams. The heart piece is in the chest at the very end (between the 2 already lit torches).

- Travel north of the Bridge of Eldin and you will come across a smaller wooden bridge. Just look to your right and you will notice a set of spinner tracks. Use the spinner to travel down to a ledge. Change to wolf-form and you will find a dig hole in the grass. Defeat the 3 Stalfos and the chest will appear.

- You will need to bring the owl statue on the northeast side of the bridge all the way to the southeast side. Drop it into the hole there and jump across to the ladder. The chest is at the top, but beware the archer that guards it.

- On the east side, there is a tall rock pillar in the middle of the gorge. From the south side, you will see a clawshot target. Latch onto that one, and down to your right there is another, then latch onto the vines and circle the rock. The chest is on the ledge on the other side.

Hyrule Field (Faron Province) (1): 

- In the center of the southern area of Hyrule field, there is a bridge in the center over a small shallow stream. The heart piece is in the tree closest to the bridge on the south side. Use the boomerang to get the piece.

Hyrule Field (Lanaryu Province) (2):

 - North of Lake Hylia, there is a path blocked by lots of rocks. Use bombs to blast through them. You will notice lots of spinner tracks here, but the ones you care about are at the north end. You will find spinner tracks that go up the wall here. This will likely take a few tries, but bounce back and forth to the end and you will get a chest with a heart piece. This is by far one of the hardest to get.

- There is cave south of the entrance to Zora’s Domain covered by a rock on the south side of the dividing rock formation. Once inside, destroy the ice with the ball and chain, and then continue to complete the 3 block moving puzzles. The chest is at the end.

Kakariko Village (3):

 - Climb to the top tower to speak with Colin after you return from Death Mountain with the bow. After completing a small shooting challenge, you will be given the heart piece.

- You will find a large rock at the base of the cliff between the spring and the South entrance. Bomb the rock and make your way up behind the spring. Use the Iron Boots to sink to the bottom of the deep area to find the chest.

- High up on the top of the cliff between the spring and the South Entrance, you will see 3 rocks. Combine the bombs and arrows and blow them up with a bomb arrow. Use the boomerang to bring the heart piece to you.

Lake Hylia (4):

 - Once the lake fills up, play Falbi’s Flight-by-Fowl game to land on the Isle of Riches. The top most non-spinning platform holds the chest with the heart-piece.

- Visit Plumm (the parrot) at either howling grass locations as a wolf and play the balloon popping game. If you get 10,000 points, you will get a heart piece.

- Inside the spirit’s spring, use the clawshot on the vines to get to the back. Light the 2 torches and the chest will appear.

- South of the howling stone, there is a rock covering a cave in the wall. This is a very long cave with lots of rocks to blow up and not many bombs to be found, so bring lots (at least 30). There is enough yellow chu to keep your lantern full as long as you have a free jar.

Lakebed Temple (2):

 - In the room with the spinning staircase, use the clawshot to pull yourself to the top of the chandelier. A chest with the hear piece is up top.

- Once you release the second source, use the spinning staircase to allow the water to flow to the lower west level. This will cause the bridge to rise to gain access to the new area. Step on the switch and use the clawshot on the target to pull yourself to the chest. Beware the Lizalfos.

Ordon Ranch (1):

 - Simply return to the ranch and help round up the herd again once you have Epona. For a reward for helping, you will be given another heart piece.

Palace of Twilight (2):

 - The first room where you find the waterfalls of twilight, the northeast waterfall covers and entrance to an area with a heart piece. Throw the orb into the waterfall, then use the clawshot to get up the ledge that the chest resides.

- In the first room on the east side were there are platforms over the black mist. Use the orb or sword to active the black orb at the north side of the room, step on the west glowing tile and you will be lifted to the heart piece.

Sacred Grove (2):

- After you get the master sword, return to the area where you fought the Skull Kid. Bomb the boulder in the center. It will reveal an area where you can dig in wolf-form. Be careful as a poe is also under that rock. Defeat all of the Bio Deku Babas to get the heart piece.

- After entering the door to the restored temple, move the owl statue on the west side. You will find the chest inside.

Snowpeak (1):

 - You will need to beat Yeti and his wife Yeta at snowboarding. Yeti is easy, Yeta will likely take a few tries and it requires use of the shortcut. This is only available after you complete Snowpeak Ruins.

Snowpeak Ruins (2):

 - In the main room with the broken stair cases, hit the platforms to move them back and forth. The chest is on the ledge in the south end of the room.

- On the 2^nd floor, just west of the room with the staircases, you will be in a room that spirals around 2 cages. There is an area with a red carpet here. Use the ball and chain to destroy the floor at the east end of the carpeted area and fall down the hole to find the chest. Use the clawshot to get back up.

Temple of Time (2):

- When transporting the statue down, place it on the switch on the other side of the beams on the 5^th floor to disable them. You will find the chest on the southeast corner of this floor.

- Return to the south section of the 5^th floor on your way back down. At the south side, there are 2 fenced off areas, one with a small statue, one without. Throw a statue into the side without one and use the Dominion Rod to move them down onto the switches to reveal the chest.