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- This article is about the item that increases Link's health. For the health meter, see Life Gauge.
[[File:.png|20x20px]] [[|]] Heart Containers, also known as a Bowl of Hearts in The Adventure of Link,[1] are recurring items in Template:LZS. They increase Link's Life Gauge, which is represented by a set of Hearts, excluding The Adventure of Link, where his health is symbolized by a life bar. Collecting enough Pieces of Heart assembles a Heart Container and increases Link's maximum health.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Location and Uses
As Link progresses through the games, he will require more and more health in order to survive the greater challenges. This additional health is acquired in the form of Heart Containers,[11] with each Heart Container adding one whole heart to the amount of hearts Link has.[12] A Heart Container is awarded after every major boss in most games.[13] Most games finish with Link having gained a total of 20 hearts. It is possible to finish some games without collecting any Heart Containers.
Four Swords and Four Swords Adventures break from the series standard since Heart Containers are not permanent upgrades. In these titles, stages contain Heart Container upgrades, but the Links begin the next stage without them. Tri Force Heroes also breaks from the series standard as there are no obtainable Heart Containers. Instead, the Links can temporarily increase their total number of hearts by entering a Level while wearing the Jack of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, or Lady's Ensemble Outfits. Both the Jack of Hearts and Lady's Ensemble increase the Links' shared Hearts by one, whereas the Queen of Hearts Outfit increases their Hearts by three.
Heart Containers can apparently form when people display deep affection for each other, as seen in Twilight Princess where Yeto and Yeta create Hearts and a Heart Container in their embrace. Twilight Princess also considers Pieces of Heart to be sources of love, as seen with Madame Fanadi when she asks Link for what type of prediction he wants to see.
In Breath of the Wild, Link receives a Heart Container after defeating each of the four bosses found in the Divine Beasts. Link can also earn Heart Containers by choosing them over a Stamina Vessel after trading in four Spirit Orbs to a Goddess Statue anywhere in Hyrule. Spirit Orbs are rewarded to Link at the end of every Ancient Shrine. Link can obtain up to 23 Heart Containers from Goddess Statues, allowing him to have a maximum of 30 hearts. If Link instead uses his Spirit Orbs to achieve three full Stamina Wheels from the Goddess Statue, he will only have enough Spirit Orbs left to obtain a total of 27 hearts.
By visiting the Horned Statue in Hateno Village, Link can exchange his Heart Containers for Stamina Vessels and vice versa. This is achieved by selling either a Heart Container or a Stamina Vessel to the Horned Statue in exchange for 100 Rupees. The Horned Statue then allows Link can then buy one of either item at a higher price of 120 Rupees. This allows Link to change how he spent his Spirit Orbs at the total cost of 20 Rupees for each conversion.
Heart Containers Summary
Game | TLoZ | TAoL | ALttP | LA | OoT | MM | OoX | TWW | TMC | TP | PH | ST | SS | ALBW | BotW |
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Starting Life Gauge | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Obtained from Bosses | 8 | - | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
Found in the Overworld | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 6 | 8 | 2 | - | 23 |
Formed by Pieces of Heart | - | - | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | - | - | 6 | 7 | - |
Maximum Life Gauge | 16 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 30 |
Other Appearances
Philips CD-i Games
In The Faces of Evil and The Wand of Gamelon, Heart Containers are called Life Hearts. Link and Zelda both start out with three, and gradually earn more as they complete errands and defeat certain bosses. In The Faces of Evil, more Life Hearts can be obtained from the Fairies in Spearfish Falls, by defeating Goronu, and by rescuing the Blacksmith's Daughter in Shipwreck Cliff. In The Wand of Gamelon, Life Hearts can be obtained by the Fairies in the Fairy Pool, by defeating the Iron Knuckle in Tykogi Tower, and by defeating Hektan in Dodomai Palace.
In Zelda's Adventure, Heart Containers appear as heart-shaped jewels called Crystal Hearts.[14] Zelda initially starts out with three, and earns more as she defeats the Shrine Keepers of Tolemac. Four Crystal Hearts can also be found hidden throughout the land, and will increase Zelda's heart meter by one when she finds one.
Super Smash Bros. Series
- See SmashWiki's article on Heart Container for more information.
In every game within the Super Smash Bros. series, the Heart Container appears as a healing item. In Super Smash Bros., it reduces all damage to 0%. In every subsequent game, however, it reduces only 100% of damage. In Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee, the player that grabbed the Heart Container cannot receive any damage from opponents while the item is restoring health. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, any damage that is taken will be subtracted from the 100%.
Heart Containers also appear as Trophies.
Trophy Information
Super Smash Bros. Melee
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Heart Container
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| Heart Containers drift toward the ground slowly and replenish 100 percentage points of health. In The Legend of Zelda, these items beefed up Link's life meter; in most cases, Link found them in the possession of bosses or hidden in secret areas. Heart Containers are often scattered across the land in several fragments.
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U
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File:SSBU Heart Container Trophy.png Heart Container |
An important item in the Legend of Zelda series, this item would appear when you beat a boss and increase your life by one when collected. In Smash Bros., grabbing this will heal 100 points of damage. Grab it as it gently floats to the ground! | Random |
Nomenclature
Names in Other Regions | |||
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Language | Name | Meaning | |
EnglishUK | Heart Container | ||
Japanese | 命の器 (Inochi no Utsuwa) ハートの器 (Hāto no Utsuwa) |
Life Container Heart Container | |
FrenchEU | Réceptacle de Cœur | Receptacle of Heart | |
German | Herzcontainer | Heart Container | |
Italian | Portacuore | ||
SpanishEU | Contenedor de Corazón | Heart Container | |
SpanishLA | Contenedor de Corazón | Heart Container |
Gallery
- TLoZ Container Heart Sprite.png
Heart Container from The Legend of Zelda
- TLoZ Container Heart Million Publications Artwork.png
Heart Container artwork from The Legend of Zelda
- TLoZ Container Heart Artwork.png
Heart Container artwork from The Legend of Zelda
- Heart Container AOL.png
Heart Container from The Adventure of Link
- Pieceofheartaol.png
Link finding a Heart Container in The Adventure of Link
- Heart Container Sprite LttP.gif
Heart Container from A Link to the Past
- Heartcontainerlttp.png
Heart Container artwork from A Link to the Past
- HeartContainerPickupLttP.png
Heart Container from A Link to the Past
- HeartContainer.png
Heart Container from Ocarina of Time
- Heart Container2.png
Heart Container artwork from Ocarina of Time
- Heart Container OOX.png
Heart Container from the Oracle series
- HeartContainerWW.png
Heart Container artwork from The Wind Waker
- Heart Container FSA.png
Heart Container from Four Swords Adventures
- Heartcontainer.png
Heart Container artwork from Twilight Princess
- Heart container SS.png
Heart Container from Skyward Sword
- TFH Heart Container.png
Heart Container artwork from Tri Force Heroes
References
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- ↑ "You collected four Pieces of Heart. Now, you have a complete Heart Container!" — N/A (Link's Awakening)
- ↑ "You got a Piece of Heart! Collect four pieces total to get another Heart Container. More containers mean more life energy!" — N/A (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "You got a Piece of Heart! Collect four Pieces of Heart to assemble a new Heart Container." — N/A (Majora's Mask)
- ↑ "You got a Piece of Heart! Collect four in all to get an extra Heart Container!" — N/A (OoX)
- ↑ "You got a Piece of Heart! Collect four to form one Heart Container. More Heart Containers mean more life energy! How exciting!" — N/A (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "You got a Piece of Heart! Collect 5 pieces to form a new Heart Container and increase your life energy!" — N/A (Twilight Princess)
- ↑ "You got a Piece of Heart! Collect four to make a new Heart Container for even more life energy!" — N/A (The Minish Cap)
- ↑ "You got a Piece of Heart! This completes the Heart Container. Your heart capacity will increase by one!" — N/A (Skyward Sword)
- ↑ "Collect four pieces of heart to gain another heart container." — N/A (A Link Between Worlds)
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- ↑ "Also, a legend tells of four red crystal hearts hidden somewhere in the land of Tolemac. Each time Zelda finds and grabs one, her Life Meter increases by one heart." (Zelda's Adventure manual, pg. 3)
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