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Heart Container
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First appearance The Legend of Zelda (1986)
Latest appearance The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch, 2019)
Location(s) Various
Effect Represent a unit of Link's life bar
Related items
Heart
Piece of Heart

Heart Containers, originally formatted as heart containers[1] and also known as Container Hearts, are items that represent the units of Link's health on the life bar in every The Legend of Zelda game. Most of them can be obtained if Link defeats a boss, or if he collects a number Pieces of Heart (usually four), which make up a Heart Container. Heart Containers are optional because when Link collects one, another heart unit is added to his health bar.

Pieces of Heart usually resemble Heart Containers except less of their perimeter is filled red.

History

The Legend of Zelda

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In The Legend of Zelda, there are 13 heart containers that Link can obtain. The LIFE meter begins with 3 hearts and can have up to 16 hearts if Link collects every heart container. 8 heart containers are obtained by defeating a boss. The 5 others are offered by old men in caves, along with a Red Potion. Link can only choose one item, so if he chooses the Life Potion, the heart container is gone permanently.

Link must have at least 5 heart containers for the White Sword, or 12 of them for the Magical Sword.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

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In Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Link's life meter is represented by bars instead of hearts. As such, every Heart Container adds another bar to his life meter. There are 4 Heart Containers in the game, so Link can have up to 8 bars of health.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

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In The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, there are 17 Heart Containers. Like the first The Legend of Zelda and subsequent games in the series, Link's life meter is represented by hearts, and every Heart Container adds another unit to his life bar.

The first Heart Container is located inside a Treasure Chest in the Sanctuary. A total of 10 Heart Containers are earned by defeating a boss. 6 Heart Containers can be each formed by four Piece of Hearts, which were introduced in the game.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

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In The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, there are 11 Heart Containers. 8 are obtained from defeated bosses, and the other 3 are obtained by four Pieces of Heart each.

Gallery

  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past artwork

References

  1. ^ The Legend of Zelda manual, page 16.
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The Legend of Zelda
Characters
Protagonists Link • Princess Zelda • Impa (mentioned)
Supporting Fairy • Hungry Goriya • Merchant • Old man • Old woman • Secret Molblin
Bosses Aquamentus • Dodongo • Manhandla • Gleeok • Digdogger • Gohma • Ganon
Enemies and obstacles Armos • Bubble • Darknut • Gel • Ghini • Gibdo • Goriya • Head of Gleeok • Keese • Lanmola • Leever • Like Like • Lynel • Molblin • Moldorm • Octorok • Patra • Peahat • Pols Voice • Rock • Rope • Stalfos • Stone Statue • Tektite • Trap • Vire • Wall Master • Wizzrobe • Zol • Zola
Locations
Overworld Cave • Graveyard • Lost Hills • Lost Woods • Main screen • Spectacle Rock • Spring
Levels Eagle (Second Quest) • Moon (Second Quest) • Manji (Second Quest) • Snake (Second Quest) • Lizard (Second Quest) • Dragon (Second Quest) • Demon (Second Quest) • Lion (Second Quest) • Death Mountain (Second Quest)
Items 2nd Potion • Clock • Compass • Container Heart • Food • Heart • Key • Letter • Life Potion • Magical Key • Map • Raft • Recorder • Rupy • Stepladder • Triforce fragment • Triforce with Wisdom
Weapons and equipment Arrow • Blue Candle • Blue Ring • Bomb • Book of Magic • Boomerang • Bow • Magical Boomerang • Magical Rod • Magical Shield • Magical Sword • Power Bracelet • Red Candle • Red Ring • Shield • Silver Arrow • Sword • White Sword
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (3D)
Characters
Protagonists Link • Navi • Princess Zelda • Sheik
Supporting Epona • Great Deku Tree • Great Fairy • Kaepora Gaebora • Malon • Pierre • Talon
Races Gerudo • Goron • Hylian • Kokiri • Sheikah • Zora
Six Sages Darunia • Impa • Nabooru • Princess Ruto • Rauru • Saria
Other Bazaar Owner • Bean Seller • Biggoron • Bombchu Shop Owner • Bombchu Bowling Alley Operator • Bonooru • Buyer • Carpenters • Carpet Merchant • Composer Brothers (Sharp and Flat) • Cucco Lady • Cursed Rich Man • Dampé • Dancing Couple • Death Mountain Trail Gatekeeper • Deku Tree Sprout • Fabulous Five Froggish Tenors • Fado • Fishing Hole Man • Granny • Graveyard Boy • Happy Mask Salesman • Hot Rodder Goron • Ingo • King Zora • Know-It-All Brothers • Lake Scientist • Link (Goron) • Lord Jabu-Jabu • Mamamu Yan • Master Craftsman's Son • Medicine Shop Owner • Medigoron • Mido • Phonograph Man • Poe Collector • Professor Shikashi • Running Man • Shooting Gallery Owner • Skull Kid • Soldiers • Treasure Chest Shop Owner • Twin Jugglers
Species Bug • Butterfly • Cow • Cucco • Fairy • Fish (Hyrule Bass, Hyrule Loach) • Horse (Gerudo Stallion)
Bosses Gohma • King Dodongo • Barinade • Phantom Ganon • Volvagia • Morpha • Twinrova (Koume and Kotake) • Bongo Bongo • Ganondorf • Ganon
Minibosses Bigocto • Dark Link • Dead Hand • Flare Dancer • Gerudo Thief • Iron Knuckle • Lizalfos • Meg • Stalfos • Wolfos
Enemies Anubis • Armos • Baby Dodongo • Bari • Beamos • Big Deku Baba • Big Poe • Big Skulltula • Biri • Bubble • Business Scrub • Dead Hand's Hands • Deku Baba • Deku Scrub • Dinolfos • Dodongo • Fire Keese • Floormaster • Freezzard • Gerudo guard • Gibdo • Gohma Egg • Gohma Larva • Gold Skulltula • Great Moblin • Guay • Ice Keese • Iron Knuckle • Keese • Leever • Like Like • Lizalfos • Mad Scrub • Moblin • Octorok • Parasitic Tentacle • Peahat Larva • Peahat • Poe • Poe of the graveyard • Poe sisters (Amy, Beth, Joelle) • ReDead • Shabom • Shell Blade • Skull Kid • Skulltula • Skullwalltula • Spike • Stalchild • Stalfos • Stinger • Tailpasaran • Tektite • Torch Slug • Wallmaster • Wolfos
Traps and obstacles Boulder • Brob • Door Mimic • Fire barrier • Fire Eye • Floor Spikes • Flying Pot • Flying Tile • Razor Trap • Rolling Pin • Scythe
Items Adult Wallet • Blue Fire • Blue Potion • Bomb Bag • Boss Key • Bug • Compass • Deku Seed Bullet Bag • Dungeon Map • Empty Bottle • Fairy • Fairy Ocarina • Fish • Gerudo Token • Giant's Wallet • Gold Skulltula Token • Golden Gauntlets • Golden Scale • Goron's Bracelet • Goron Tunic • Green Potion • Heart • Heart Container • Hover Boots • Iron Boots • Kokiri Boots • Kokiri Tunic • Letter in a Bottle • Magic Bean • Magic Jar • Masks (Gerudo Mask • Goron Mask • Keaton Mask • Mask of Truth • Skull Mask • Spooky Mask • Zora Mask) • Medallions • Milk • Ocarina of Time • Piece of Heart • Poe Soul • Quiver • Red Potion • Rupee • Silver Gauntlets • Silver Scale • Stone of Agony* / Shard of Agony** • Small Key • Spiritual Stones (Kokiri's Emerald, Goron's Ruby, Zora's Sapphire) • Trading items • Wallet • Weird Egg (hatches to Cucco) • Zora Tunic
Weapons Biggoron's Sword • Bomb • Bombchu • Boomerang • Deku Nut • Deku Seed • Deku Shield • Deku Stick • Din's Fire • Fairy Bow • Farore's Wind • Fairy Slingshot • Fire Arrow • Giant's Knife • Hookshot • Hylian Shield • Ice Arrow • Kokiri Sword • Lens of Truth • Light Arrow • Longshot • Master Sword • Megaton Hammer • Mirror Shield • Nayru's Love
Locations
Main Death Mountain • Ganon's Castle • Gerudo Valley • Hyrule Castle • Hyrule Castle Town • Hyrule Field • Kakariko Village • Kokiri Forest • Lake Hylia • Lon Lon Ranch • Lost Woods • Temple of Time • Zora's Domain
Dungeons Inside the Deku Tree • Dodongo's Cavern • Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly • Forest Temple • Fire Temple • Water Temple • Spirit Temple • Shadow Temple • Inside Ganon's Castle • Ganon's Tower
Mini-dungeons Castle Courtyard • Royal Family's Tomb • Dampé's Grave • Bottom of the Well • Ice Cavern • Thieves' Hideout • Gerudo Training Ground
Shops and games Bazaar • Bombchu Bowling Alley • Bombchu Shop • Fishing Hole • Ghost Shop • Goron Shop • Granny's Potion Shop • Happy Mask Shop • High-Dive Practice Spot • Horseback Archery Range • Kokiri Shop • Medicine Shop • Shooting Gallery • Treasure Chest Shop • Zora Shop
Other Back Alley • Chamber of Sages • Death Mountain Crater • Death Mountain Trail • Desert Colossus • Evil Realm • Forest Stage • Forest Training Center • Gerudo's Fortress • Goron City • Graveyard • Guard House • Haunted Wasteland • House of Skulltula • Kakariko Windmill • King Zora's Throne Room • Lakeside Laboratory • Link's House • Market • Sacred Forest Meadow • Sacred Realm • Sleepless Waterfall • Temple of Light • Zora's Fountain • Zora's River
Songs Zelda's Lullaby • Sun's Song • Saria's Song • Epona's Song • Song of Time • Song of Storms • Scarecrow's Song • Prelude of Light • Minuet of Forest • Bolero of Fire • Serenade of Water • Requiem of Spirit • Nocturne of Shadow
Other GameCube version • Master Quest • Gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Soundtrack (3DS)
* Exclusive to N64 version   ** Exclusive to 3DS version
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