Like other games in the Zelda series, your health system is determined by hearts, with more to collect as you progress through the game. However, there are two things that are largely different from the other Zelda games that you may have played.
- There are no Heart Pieces, just Heart Containers. This means that for every one of these you find, you will gain another heart on your life bar, rather than collecting them in pieces as is in the case in other Zelda games.
- Heart containers are no longer items specific to Link. The S.S. Linebeck also has its own proprietary heart life meter. “Heart Containers” for the S.S. Linebeck come as you build up sets with certain parts, although there are no physical Heart Containers for the ship.
Heart Containers for Link
You can get a total of 16 hearts for Link. Some containers are retrieved through clearing certain obstacles in specific side quests and mini-games, some of them are stolen from the bosses Link defeats, and three of them are freebies that Link begins the game with. Here’s a list of the hearts and the different ways to acquire them. Note: This does not imply an order in which you need to get them. This is simply a way of counting
them.
For a more comprehensive list of bosses and strategies to defeat them, have a look at our bosses page.
| Number | Type | What you have to do: |
| 1 | Freebie | Start a new game. Link begins with these three hearts. |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 4 | Boss | Kill the boss inside the Temple of Fire and a chest will appear. Take the Heart Container from it. |
| 5 | Defeat the boss inside the Temple of Wind. | |
| 6 | Defeat the boss inside the Temple of Courage. | |
| 7 | Defeat the boss of the Ghost Ship. | |
| 8 | Defeat the boss of the Goron Temple. | |
| 9 | Defeat the boss inside the Temple of Ice. | |
| 10 | Defeat the boss of Mutoh’s Temple. | |
| 11 | Side Quest | Go to Bannan Island in the Northwestern Sea and do the Romantic Fishing side quest. This involves a series of fishing quests given to you by the Old Wayfarer. Once you’ve completed them all, you’ll get a Heart Container. |
| 12 | Mini-game | After you make it to the Northwestern Sea, you can visit a traveler’s ship called “the Prince of Red Lions”. Play the mini-game with the owner until you get a Heart Container. |
| 13 | After getting the Sun Key, head to Molida Island. There, get a score of 2000 points playing the Bow Shooting Range mini-game. | |
| 14 | At the Northwestern Sea, win the Maze Island mini-game on Expert mode. You’ll have to complete the Beginner mode and Normal modes first, though. | |
| 15 | Bought | Purchase it from Beedle’s Masked Ship for 1500 rupees. |
| 16 | Can purchase from the Mercay Island teepee store after buying the Bombchu Bag. |
Heart Containers on the S.S. Linebeck
Linebeck’s ship is different in that you don’t actually collect Heart Containers to increase your heart life meter, but collect ship parts instead. For a comprehensive guide and list about collecting and using ship parts, please view our page about ship parts.
| Number | Type | What you have to do: |
| 1 | Freebie | The default number of hearts on the S.S. Linebeck is four – you already have these at the start of the game. |
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| 5 | Parts | Attach three of matching set parts to the S.S. Linebeck. |
| 6 | Attach six of the matching set parts to the S.S. Linebeck, or four golden ship parts. | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | Attach all eight golden ship parts to the S.S. Linebeck. |
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