Ocarina of Time Heart Pieces: All 36 Locations
Where every Piece of Heart and Heart Container is, what you need to reach it and how to claim it, grouped by the age Link has to be.
- Pieces of Heart
- 36
- Heart Containers
- 8
- Starting hearts
- 3
- Maximum
- 20 hearts
Child Link only: 12 Pieces of Heart
| # | Piece | How to get it | Need |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skull Kid’s stumpLost Woods | Play Saria’s Song to the Skull Kid sitting on the stump near the Kokiri Forest entrance. |  Saria’s Song |
| 2 | Skull Kids’ ocarina gameLost Woods | Win the memory game with the two Skull Kids on the stumps: copy their tunes three rounds in a row. |  Fairy Ocarina |
| 3 | Ranch siloLon Lon Ranch | Push the crates aside in the silo (the tower behind the house), crawl through the hole behind them and find the piece in the hay. | Nothing extra |
| 4 | Richard the dogHyrule Castle Town | At night, find the white dog roaming the Market and lead him to the woman in the back-alley house. | Nothing extra |
| 5 | Treasure Chest gameHyrule Castle Town | At night, beat the Treasure Chest game by picking the right chest in every room. The Lens of Truth shows which one holds the key. |  Lens of Truth |
| 6 | Bombchu BowlingHyrule Castle Town | Win the Piece of Heart as one of the Bombchu Bowling prizes. |  Bomb Bag |
| 7 | Dampé’s grave-digging tourKakariko Graveyard | At night, pay Dampé 10 Rupees to dig where you stand. The piece turns up at random, so keep trying different spots. | Nothing extra |
| 8 | Spinning potGoron City | Light the four torches on the bottom floor to set the big pot spinning, then throw a Bomb or Bomb Flower in when it shows the happy face. |  Deku Stick  Bombs |
| 9 | Frog songsZora’s River | Stand on the log by the frogs and play the Song of Storms. (The other songs you know earn Purple Rupees.) | Song of Storms |
| 10 | Frogs’ bug gameZora’s River | Once you have played Zelda’s Lullaby, Epona’s Song, Saria’s Song, the Sun’s Song and the Song of Time to the frogs, play the notes they call out as fast as you can in their bug-catching game. | Zelda’s Lullaby Epona’s Song Saria’s Song Sun’s Song Song of Time |
| 11 | Torches behind the waterfallZora’s Domain | Light all the torches around the waterfall pool with a Deku Stick before any go out; a chest appears behind the waterfall. | Deku Stick |
| 12 | Fishing Pond (child)Lake Hylia | Catch a big fish in the Fishing Pond and show it to the owner. | Nothing extra |
Either age: 13 Pieces of Heart
| # | Piece | How to get it | Need |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | ReDead graveKakariko Graveyard | Pull back the gravestone near the Royal Family’s Tomb that hides a hole, drop in, freeze the ReDead with the Sun’s Song and play it again on the Triforce mark for the chest. | Sun’s Song |
| 14 | Business Scrub by Lake HyliaHyrule Field | Bomb the middle of the small fenced square near the Lake Hylia entrance and buy the piece from the Business Scrub in the grotto for 10 Rupees. | Bombs |
| 15 | Grotto under the lone treeHyrule Field | Bomb the ground by the lone tree near the river in the west of the field to open a grotto, then reach the bottom of its pool: sink with the Iron Boots, or dive with the Golden Scale. | Bombs  Golden Scale |
| 16 | House of Skulltula, 50 tokensKakariko Village | Bring 50 Gold Skulltula Tokens to the House of Skulltula. |  Gold Skulltula Token |
| 17 | WindmillKakariko Village | As a child, knock the piece out of the windmill alcove with the Boomerang. As an adult, drop to it from the ledge where Dampé’s race comes out. |  Boomerang |
| 18 | Impa’s house cowKakariko Village | Get onto the roof of Impa’s house (the owl drops child Link nearby; adults can use the Hookshot) and drop through the hole into the cow pen. | Nothing extra |
| 19 | Above Dodongo’s CavernDeath Mountain Trail | Reach the top of the Dodongo’s Cavern entrance: ride the plant from a Magic Bean planted outside, or drop onto it from the trail above. |  Magic Beans |
| 20 | Crater wall alcoveDeath Mountain Crater | Enter the crater from the summit trail and climb down the wall to a small alcove. | Nothing extra |
| 21 | Pillar near the entranceZora’s River | Glide down with a Cucco from the high ground to the pillar in the river, or use the Boomerang or a Magic Bean plant. | Nothing extra |
| 22 | Ledge by the waterfallZora’s River | Carry a Cucco up to the waterfall end of the river and glide to the separate ledge, or walk across with the Hover Boots. | Nothing extra |
| 23 | Laboratory diveLake Hylia | With the Golden Scale, dive to the bottom of the pool in the Lakeside Laboratory and talk to the scientist. | Golden Scale |
| 24 | Behind the waterfallGerudo Valley | Plant a Magic Bean on the ledge below the bridge as a child and ride it as an adult, or drop to the ledge behind the waterfall. | Nothing extra |
| 25 | Crate on the far ledgeGerudo Valley | Glide to the crate on the ledge on the Hyrule Field side with a Cucco, or Longshot to it as an adult. | Nothing extra |
Adult Link only: 11 Pieces of Heart
| # | Piece | How to get it | Need |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Man on the roofKakariko Village | Hookshot or Longshot up to the roof of Granny’s Potion Shop and talk to the man sitting there. |  Hookshot |
| 27 | Dampé’s race (under a minute)Kakariko Graveyard | Race Dampé’s ghost again and reach the end in under a minute. | Hookshot |
| 28 | Crate on the graveyard ledgeKakariko Graveyard | Plant a Magic Bean in the soft soil as a child, then ride the plant as an adult to the crate on the high ledge (or Longshot to it). | Magic Beans |
| 29 | Volcano peakDeath Mountain Crater | Plant a Magic Bean by the Bolero of Fire warp pad as a child, then ride the plant as an adult to the top of the volcano. | Magic Beans Bolero of Fire |
| 30 | Laboratory roofLake Hylia | Ride the plant from a Magic Bean planted by the lab (or use the Scarecrow’s Song and the Hookshot) and climb to the lookout on the roof. | Magic Beans |
| 31 | IcebergZora’s Fountain | Jump across the floating ice platforms to the farthest one. | Nothing extra |
| 32 | Bottom of the fountainZora’s Fountain | Wear the Iron Boots and the Zora Tunic and sink to the bottom of Zora’s Fountain. |  Iron Boots  Zora Tunic |
| 33 | Red ice roomIce Cavern | Melt the red ice in the side room off the spinning-blade room with Blue Fire. |  Bottle |
| 34 | Chest on the rooftopGerudo’s Fortress | Longshot to the chest on top of the fortress (or use the Scarecrow’s Song with the Hookshot). |  Longshot |
| 35 | Horseback ArcheryGerudo’s Fortress | Score 1,000 points in the Horseback Archery game on Epona. |  Fairy Bow  Gerudo’s Card |
| 36 | Arch over the ColossusDesert Colossus | Plant a Magic Bean near the Spirit Temple entrance as a child, then ride the plant as an adult to the piece on top of the arch. | Magic Beans |
All 8 Heart Containers
3 starting hearts + 8 Heart Containers + 36 Pieces of Heart ÷ 4 (9) = 20. Only the eight main bosses leave a Heart Container. Ganondorf and Ganon leave none, and the mini-dungeons have no boss.
FAQ
How many Heart Pieces are in Ocarina of Time?
36: 12 only child Link can collect, 11 only adult Link can collect and 13 at either age. Every four make one heart.
How many hearts can Link have?
20: 3 to start, 8 Heart Containers and 9 hearts from Pieces of Heart.
Which Heart Pieces need Magic Beans?
The ones on the Kakariko Graveyard ledge, above Dodongo’s Cavern, on the Death Mountain volcano, on the Lake Hylia laboratory roof and on the Desert Colossus arch are easiest with a bean plant (plant as a child, ride as an adult). Magic Beans.
Sources & picture credits
Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against Zeldapedia and walkthrough guides. Screenshots, models and artwork © Nintendo; local copies archived from Zeldapedia file pages (listed on the image gallery).