Heart Piece

Heart Pieces are smaller pieces of a full Heart Container and four are needed to create a Heart Container. Heart Pieces are found in mostly every Zelda game starting with A Link to the Past and they are found in many different places throughout the game. They are either hidden in hard to reach places that need tools you find later in the game, in treasure chests within dungeons or the overworld, or by helping someone with a deed. Heart pieces are usually part of the side quests in a game and are not necessary to completing the game.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess breaks the tradition set in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and requires that five Pieces of Heart be collected to complete a Heart Container.