Pieces of Heart
by Joshua Lindquist on September 21, 2019
Table of Contents
Mabe Village
Bottom of the well
Sword Required
There is a Piece of Heart hidden inside the Mabe Village well at the northwest corner of the village. Use your Sword to cut the grass at the top of the cliff near the well. Then, jump off the cliff to fall into the well. The Piece of Heart will be waiting for you.
Use the stairs to leave the well and return to the village.
Cut down the grass above the well. 
Jump down to find the Piece of Heart.
Fishing: Beginner’s Luck
There is a fishing hole north of Madam MeowMeow’s house in Mabe Village. The fisherman there will give you a chance to catch a fish using his equipment for 10 Rupees a try.
Fishing offers many rewards, but you will earn a Piece of Heart for your first catch!
Game Boy Only: Catch A Specific Fish
The fishing minigame is much simpler in the original release. There are always five fish: three small and two large. You need to catch the large fish closest to the edge of the pond to earn the Piece of Heart.
Catching the large fish is easier if you catch the three small fish first, so bring some extra Rupees.
Fishing: You’re a Pro Now?
Switch Remake Exclusive
You will earn
Trendy Game
Switch Remake Exclusive
A Piece of Heart is a prize at the Trendy Game from the start of the game. It is not on a moving platform, so it’s easier to collect than some of the other prizes.
Trendy Game #2
Switch Remake Exclusive
The second Piece of Heart won at the Trendy Game is on one of the moving platforms, so it’s a bit more tricky to win. You need to learn proper timing to have a chance at winning.
This Piece of Heart only appears as a prize after you have won the first Piece of Heart, the first Secret Seashell, and the first Chamber Stone.
First, move the crane as far up as possible. Begin moving the crane to the right just before the platforms begin moving to the right, but stop the crane before you reach the east wall. This will help you hit the Piece of Heart, but it could still fall out! It may take several attempts to win the prize.
Village Shop
Switch Remake Exclusive
One Piece of Heart is available to purchase at the Mabe Village shop. It costs 200 rupees and is available from the beginning of the game.
Koholint Prairie
The Crossroads at the Forest’s Edge
Roc’s Feather Required
You cannot miss this Piece of Heart. You can only avoid getting it by jumping over it. However, you’ll see this Piece of Heart before you can actually obtain it.
On your way to the Moblin Hideout, you will pass a landmass in a cross-shape that is surrounded by several pits. The Piece of Heart is in the center of the cross-shape. Use Roc’s Feather to jump across and claim the Piece of Heart.
Tabahl Wasteland
Treasure Among the Wastes
Switch Remake Exclusive
Roc’s Feather Required
A Piece of Heart is waiting in plain sight in the northeast corner of Tabahl Wasteland. It is guarded by Crows and a couple of pits, so it may as well not be guarded at all.
You can enter Tabahl Wasteland as soon as you have Roc’s Feather, but most of the entrances require the Power Bracelet. To enter the wasteland without the Power Bracelet, first travel to the Dampé’s Hut east of Goponga Swamp. Look for the grass south of Dampé’s Hut and walk through it to enter the wasteland.
All you need to do to collect the Piece of Heart is jump across the pits with Roc’s Feather.
Mysterious Woods
The Toadstool Tunnel
Power Bracelet Required
This Piece of Heart will be seen well before it can be earned. Return to the first tunnel you visited in the Mysterious Woods on your way to the Toadstool.
The final room of the tunnel contains a block puzzle, and there is a Piece of Heart in the northwest corner of the room. The Power Bracelet is the key to obtaining the Piece of Heart.
There are multiple ways to reach the Piece of Heart. You need to push the stones in a way that clears a path to the skulls near the center of the room. You can lift the skulls with the Power Bracelet to clear the rest of the path to the Piece of Heart.
The Hookshot Cave
Switch Remake Exclusive
Hookshot Required
There is a cave along the north edge of the Mysterious Forest that can only be accessed with the Power Bracelet. A Piece of Heart is inside the cave, but you need the need to use the Hookshot to cross the large pit in the center of the cave.
The cave on the north edge of the forest is blocked by boulders. 
Use the Hookshot to cross the large pit in the center of the cave.
First, use the Hookshot to grab the Treasure Chest to reach the northeast corner. Then, use the Hookshot again to grab the stone in the northwest corner. Finally, push the stone to your south to claim the Piece of Heart.
Pothole Field
More Than Holes
Switch Remake Exclusive
Pegasus Boots Required (Usually)
There is a Piece of Heart hiding in plain sight near the northeast corner of Pothole Field. The Piece of Heart is across two holes in the ground, so you need to use the Pegasus Boots and Roc’s Feather together to cross them.
Trying the Same Thing Over and Over Again
Actually, you can collect the Piece of Heart on your first visit to Pothole Field before you have the Pegasus Boots. Roc’s Feather alone can make it across the two holes in the ground, but it will probably take several tries. If you keep trying, you’re bound to make it!
Ukuku Prairie
Secret in the Sealed Cave
Pegasus Boots Required
There is a Piece of Heart hidden in a cave south of the Witch’s Hut near a series of holes in the ground. The cave is west of the tree where you earn the Honeycomb.
The cave entrance is closed. Use a bomb to open the entrance.
Use the Pegasus Boots to crash through the crystals blocking the path.
Look for the cracks on the east wall. Use a bomb to blow it open.
The Piece of Heart will be waiting for you!
Game Boy Only: No Cracked Wall
The original version of this puzzle is a bit mean. The crack in the wall is not visible. You still need to place a bomb on the east wall.
The only way to know if you have placed a bomb in the right place is to tap the wall with your Sword. A wall that can be destroyed will always sound differently when tapped than a wall that cannot.
Cave Among the Grass
Switch Remake Exclusive
Power Bracelet Required
There is a cave on the west edge of Ukuku Prairie just east of Mabe Village. You can see the cave entrance as soon as you leave Mabe Village while heading East.
When you enter the cave, you can immediately see the Piece of Heart in the southeast corner, but you need to move some stones to reach it.
First, walk to the left side of the room near the treasure chest. Push the stone southwest of the treasure chest to the right to clear a path to the north wall of the cave. Then, walk east and push the only stone against the north walk to the right. Next, pick up the skull directly to your south.
You should now be near the southeast corner of the cave. There are two groups of two stones directly beside each other with a walking path between them. Ignore the group on the left. Push the north-most stone in the right group to the right and then push the south-most stone in the right group to the south.
Finally, pick up the skull to clear the path to the Piece of Heart.
Five Secret Seashells
Switch Remake Exclusive
When you have collected at least five Secret Seashells, visit the Seashell Mansion near Kanalet Castle to obtain a Piece of Heart.
Tunnel Diving
Switch Remake Exclusive
Flippers Required
This Piece of Heart is very easy to miss! It’s hidden in the tunnel that you visit on your way to Animal Village for the first time, but you cannot pick it up on your first trip. You have to return later with the Flippers.
It is common to never visit the tunnel again after you activate the warp point in Animal Village, so make a note to visit one more time!
The tunnel is full of shallow water except for a deeper pool of water near the east end. When you have the Flippers, dive into the deep water to collect the Piece of Heart.
Cemetery
The Ghost’s Treasure
Bombs and Pegasus Boots, or Hookshot Required (Method 1)
Roc’s Feather Required (Method 2)
Travel to the southwest corner of the cemetery to find a group of four graves. Push the grave at the bottom-right corner of the four to find an underground cave. Walk all the way to the east end of the cave to find a Piece of Heart on the other side of a large pit.
There are a few different ways to reach the Piece of Heart.
The easiest method is to use a Bomb to destroy the cracked stone. Then, use the Pegasus Boots and Roc’s Feather to jump across the pit. Alternatively, you can use the Hookshot to cross the pit.
The second method involves tweaking your jump. There are two boulders beside the Piece of Heart. Push the boulder closest to the pit to the right. Then, stand the newly cleared space and use Roc’s Feather to jump onto the small platform in the southeast corner.
Regardless of your method, once you reach the platform in the southeast corner, you’re just a small hop from the Piece of Heart.
Push the stone to the east. 
Then jump diagonally to the small platform.
Animal Village
The Village Secret
Hookshot Required
There is a Piece of Heart hidden in a cave in the northeast corner of Animal Village. To reach the cave, exit the village from the southwest corner as if you were heading to the Yarna Desert. Before entering the Desert, turn north to access a narrow path along the east side of Animal Village. Continue north until you reach a dead end.
Use a Bomb to open the cave in the northeast corner of Animal Village.
Defeat the Hardhat Beetle and use Roc’s Feather to jump to the north to reach the cracked wall.
Use a Bomb to destroy the cracked wall. Then, follow the path north and west until it dead ends.
Throw a bomb south across the small stones that block the path. You need to destroy the cracked stone on the south wall.
Walk back to the cave entrance and enter the northwest path. Then, use the Hookshot to cross the large pit and claim the Piece of Heart.
Game Boy Only: No Cracked Wall… Again
The original game is a bit notorious for hiding cracked walls. This is yet another case. The cracked wall in the northeast corner of the first room is not visible. But, if you place a bomb along the wall, you will still find the secret path.
The only way to know if you have placed a bomb in the right place is to tap the wall with your Sword. A wall that can be destroyed will always sound differently when tapped than a wall that cannot.
Animal Village Alley
Switch Remake Exclusive
Pegasus Boots Required
As soon as you enter Animal Village for the first time, you can see a Piece of Heart behind the houses in the northwest corner of the village. To reach the small path behind the houses, exit the village through the southwest corner as if you were going to Yarna Desert. Before you enter the desert, turn north to enter the small path.
There is a cave at the north edge of the path, but you do not need to enter it for this Piece of Heart. Instead, just turn west and continue walking until you reach the Piece of Heart.
Yarna Desert
The Desert Secret
Take Marin to Animal Village First
After you defeat Lanmolas, the Angler’s Key will fall into the quicksand. Fall into the center of the quicksand yourself to enter a cave. Use a bomb on the crack in the north wall to find a secret room that contains a Piece of Heart.
Fall into the center of the quicksand. 
Then, bomb the north wall.
Game Boy Only: No Cracked Wall
This is another case of the original game not showing the cracks in the wall. The crack in the wall is not visible. The placement of the secret door is still the same; use a bomb on the north wall.
The only way to know if you have placed a bomb in the right place is to tap the wall with your Sword. A wall that can be destroyed will always sound differently when tapped than a wall that cannot.
Tal Tal Heights
The Flooded Cave
Flippers Required
There is a cave east of the entrance to Angler’s Tunnel that is only accessible by swimming. The cave is empty except for a Piece of Heart under the water.
Kanalet Castle
Lost in the Moat
Flippers Required
There is a Piece of Heart underwater in the Kanalet Castle moat near the bridge. The moat extends around the entire castle. There is a ladder that leads into the moat near the northeast corner of the moat in Tal Tal Heights.
Game Boy Only: Lost in a Different Part of the Moat
Over the years between releases, the Piece of Heart must have drifted east.
In the original release, the Piece of Heart is still underwater in the moat, but it’s near the southwest corner of the moat instead of near the castle entrance.
Martha’s Bay
Lost in the Bay
Switch Remake Exclusive
Flippers Required
A Piece of Heart is waiting at the bottom of Martha’s Bay. You can see it while standing on the shore, but it’s easy to miss while you are adventuring
Mad Batter’s Final “Punishment”
Switch Remake Exclusive
Flippers Required
The tunnel that leads to Mad Batter’s alter in Martha’s Bay is also hiding a Piece of Heart! Use the Pegasus Boots and Roc’s Feather to enter the tunnel along the south side of the bay.
Inside the tunnel, use the Flippers to swim across, but stop when the tunnel turns west to dive and collect the Piece of Heart. It’s easy to miss this Piece of Heart because the tunnel walls cover it until you are almost on top of it.
Rapids Ride
The Rapids Tunnel
Switch Remake Exclusive
Hookshot Required
There is a cave east of Angler’s Tunnel that leads to the Rapids Ride. Swim to the cave and enter it
The cave has a single path; follow it north to find a Piece of Heart just out of reach.
Instead of jumping down to the lower level and exiting the cave, use the Hookshot to grab the stones near the northwest corner of the cave. Then, use the Hookshot a second time to grab the stone on the east side of the cave to collect the Piece of Heart.
River Rapids Raid
Switch Remake Exclusive
There is a Piece of Heart on the west side of the Rapids Ride near the start of the ride. Select the River Rapids Raid option and begin moving west. Follow the rapids as far west as possible before falling down the waterfall. If you have the Hookshot, you can use it to grab the wood posts to reach the west side faster.
Take the raft to the far west. The Hookshot is helpful! 
Stay along the west wall to find the Piece of Heart. 
Wedge the raft against the trees to stop at the island.
After you fall down the waterfall, stay along the far west wall until you see the Piece of Heart sitting on a small island. Guide the raft to the east and wedge it against the trees to stop it in front of the island and claim the Piece of Heart.
River Rapids Race
Switch Remake Exclusive
Hookshot Required
You will win a Piece of Heart if you complete the River Rapids Race in less than 40 seconds. The key to finishing in time is to use the Hookshot to grapple on to wood posts and trees along the course. It’s also definitely quicker to ride down the first waterfall at the very beginning as well.
Tal Tal Mountain Range
The Hidden Mountain Path
This Piece of Heart is very easy to miss. It’s hidden in the cave that connects East and West Tal Tal Mountain Range on the west side of the long bridge, but you will likely see it much earlier in the game.
Bomb the small space along the south wall. The cracks are difficult to see.
Follow the new path to find the Piece of Heart.
Game Boy Only: Guess what? Another Invisible Cracked Wall
This cracked wall is difficult to see on Nintendo Switch, but it has no markings at all on Game Boy.
The only way to know if you have placed a bomb in the right place is to tap the wall with your Sword. A wall that can be destroyed will always sound differently when tapped than a wall that cannot.
Along the Mountain Path
Switch Remake Exclusive
Power Bracelet Required
The cave leading to east Tal Tal Mountain Range contains a Piece of Heart in the southeast corner of the first area. You have to pass by it on your way to Angler’s Tunnel.
You can collect the Piece of Heart when you first enter the room from the west side, but it requires some jumping and moving back-and-forth across the room a couple of times to get it right. It is much easier to first go down the stairs on the east side of the room, and then immediately go back up the stairs to return to the first area.
Returning to the room from the east will reset the position of the stones, crystals, and cracked floors and make it much easier to collect the Piece of Heart.
When you re-enter the room from the stairs, push the stone to your south to the south. Then, step into the spot you just cleared and push the stone to your west to the west.
The rest of the puzzle requires moving across cracked floors, so be prepared to move quickly!
Quickly use your Sword to cut down the crystal and clear the path to the Piece of Heart. If you move too slowly, the floor will break beneath you. If that happens, you can use Roc’s Feather to jump across. If too many floor panels break, you may have to leave the room and try again.
Tal Tal Cliffside
Switch Remake Exclusive
Hookshot Required
While traveling across the western side of Tal Tal Mountain Range on your way to Turtle Rock, you eventually hit a dead end where you are forced to jump down to a lower level of the mountain.
After you jump, you normally bomb open a cave entrance to continue to Turtle Rock. Instead, ignore the cave entrance and continue walking west. You will end up on a narrow cliffside where a Piece of Heart awaits you.
Jump down to reach the lower level. 
Ignore the cave entrance and continue walking west. 
The path to the west will dead end at the Piece of Heart.
Turtle Rock
Dungeon Intermission
Midway through Turtle Rock, west of the Dodongo Snakes, there is a staircase actually leads outside of the dungeon to an area near the northwest corner of Koholint Island. When you emerge, you’ll find a Piece of Heart waiting for you, in plain sight.
Chamber Dungeons
Fill Up Your Hearts
Switch Remake Exclusive
Complete Dampé’s fourth challenge, titled Fill Up Your Hearts, to earn a Piece of Heart.
Passageway Central
Switch Remake Exclusive
Complete Dampé’s eighth challenge, titled Passageway Central, to earn a Piece of Heart.
Ticking Clock
Switch Remake Exclusive
As a final bonus, when you have completed the twelfth Dampé challenge, titled Ticking Clock, he will also reward you with a full Heart Container! That’s four Pieces of Heart!
