Piece of Heart

A classic Zelda item. Four Pieces of Heart are required to form one Heart Container in most Zelda games. Pieces of Heart are scattered all across Hyrule and the subsidaries of the mainland. Link can usually acquire a Piece of Heart by completing a task, reaching an out-of-the-way area through use of a special item, or from within dungeons and temples. Pieces of Heart are usually part of a sidequest related to the game but are not at all necessary to the game's completion.

Like their complete contemporaries, the Heart Containers, collecting a Picece of Heart refills the health of the player to maximum. With all boss-held Heart Containers and individual pieces of heart collected, it is possible to obtain a total of 20 hearts in the majority of the game.

Twilight Princess breaks the tradition set in A Link to the Past and requires that five Pieces of Heart be collected to complete a Heart Container. This game is also set apart from the others in that upon collecting the pieces, health is only partially restored.

A Link to the Past

 * ZeldaUniverse.net's Guide
 * Karri Huismann's Guide

Link's Awakening

 * Map at GameFAQs showing locations of both the Pieces of Heart and the Secret Seashells

Ocarina of Time

 * ZeldaDungeon.net's Guide

The Wind Waker

 * ZeldaUniverse.net's Guide

Twilight Princess

 * Pieces of Heart Location Guide at [[image:Sw_small_logo.png]]StrategyWiki

Other games

 * Super Smash Bros.
 * Super Smash Bros. Melee
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl